Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Even Britney Spears wonders what she was thinkingOct 09, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK _ If you're wondering what was going through Britney Spears' head during her erratic era, you are not alone -- so does she. "I sit there and I look back and I'...
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Catch 'Million Dollar Quartet' while you canOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - The cast of "Million Dollar Quartet" will have to hold off packing their bags for Broadway. For now. Any plans Chicago-based Dee Gee Theatricals and John Cossette Produ...
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'Century' turns on flimsy narrativeOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - "Turn of the Century" wants to go to Broadway. And it has a pedigree that all but guarantees it will get there. There's the score comprised of 20th-century standards an...
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On stageOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - 'Midsummer' at NWRT Like she did with last season's "Hamlet Remix'd," director Jean Gottlieb puts a contemporary spin on Shakespeare's romantic romp "A Midsummer Night's...
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Slash to play at Rock Hall's tribute to Les PaulOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - CLEVELAND -- Slash couldn't miss a chance to pay tribute to his own guitar hero Les Paul. The former Guns N' Roses guitarist signed up to play at the Rock and Roll Hall ...
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First Folio's disjointed 'Dracula' can't decide how to play itOct 07, 2008 11:00 pm - "The Passion of Dracula" incorporates a little bit of everything and not enough of one thing, which is a roundabout way of saying that Bob Hall and David Richmond's play...
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Pine's recording of Beethoven, Clement concertos one to treasureOct 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Your first reaction might be, "Why another recording of the Beethoven Violin Concerto?" But this is not "another recording." In her latest CD (her 10th) from Chicago-bas...
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Inchworm's latest shows maturity, diversityOct 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Inchworm, "Sheep in Wolf's Clothing" (self-released), The third release by Chicago's Inchworm, "Sheep" contains six mature roots pop tunes that sit as comfortably among...
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Dancer takes next step in opening a studioOct 07, 2008 11:00 pm - After running her own competitive and performing dance teams for nearly a decade, Stacie Freda took the next step and launched her own dance studio. Freda opened Lights,...
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From Madame Morrible to 'Mame'Oct 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Barbara Robertson, one of the mainstays of the Chicago theater scene, is going to play one of the great female roles in American music theater: the unstoppable auntie in...