Articles filed under Performing Arts
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'Thriller,' the musical? Jacko's top seller may be Broadway-boundJan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- "Thriller" a Broadway musical? Producer James L. Nederlander says he has acquired the rights for a stage version of Jackson's iconic music-video spoof of hor...
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Posthumous Left Eye CD shows talentJan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - Though Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes was already a Grammy-winning, multiplatinum star as part of the superstar R&B/pop group TLC, many wondered whether Lopes -- the energetic ra...
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Former Cat Stevens releases song to help GazaJan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - JERUSALEM -- The musician formerly known as Cat Stevens released a charity song on Monday to help the children of Gaza. The United Nations said the London-born Yusuf Isl...
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Chamber group Trio Caprice at Des Plaines libraryJan 24, 2009 10:00 pm - Freebie! Talented trio The chamber music group Trio Caprice presents their classical selections on flute, violin and cello. 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 25, at the Des Plai...
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Famed quartet played inauguration to taped musicJan 22, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON - Millions of viewers heard a recording of the dulcet tones played by a celebrated quartet of musicians at President Barack Obama's inauguration rather than t...
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Playwright disappoints with 'Italian American Reconciliation'Jan 22, 2009 10:00 pm - Playwright John Patrick Shanley has been riding quite a wave. The critically acclaimed film version of his Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play "Doubt" earned a sp...
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Jazz musician David 'Fathead' Newman dies at 75Jan 22, 2009 10:00 pm - KINGSTON, N.Y. -- David "Fathead" Newman, a jazz musician who played with the Ray Charles Band and won fame as a tenor sax soloist, has died. He was 75. Newman died Tues...
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'Wicked' flies away from Windy CityJan 22, 2009 10:00 pm - LaGrange Park native Barbara Robertson won't have to apply lavender face makeup eight times a week after Sunday, Jan. 25. That's when the Chicago production of the Broad...
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"August" to return in 2010Jan 22, 2009 10:00 pm - The severely dysfunctional Weston family clan of "August: Osage County" will be returning to Chicago next year. Broadway in Chicago confirmed that the tour of the 2008 T...
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First Folio's 'Design for Living' opens Jan. 31Jan 22, 2009 10:00 pm - First Folio Theatre's season of passion continues with "Design for Living," Noel Coward's droll examination of a love triangle between two friends vying for the same wom...