Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Marriott using its firepower for 'Princess and the Pea'Jul 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Time was when creating shows for children was something of an afterthought for theater companies. At Second City in the '70s, the official children's show was not even p...
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Guy's blues seep into 'Skin Deep'Jul 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Blues may be an ageless music, but most players ease into old age with relaxed grace. Not Buddy Guy, who sounds as distinctively piercing on "Skin Deep" as on his classi...
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'Boys from Syracuse' coming to Drury LaneJul 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Brothers reunited Previews begin next week for Drury Lane Theatre Oakbrook Terrace's Chicago-area premiere of "The Boys from Syracuse," the 1938 musical by Richard Rodg...
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Nothing of value in new Dylan DVDJul 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Bob Dylan seems to bring the armchair scholar out of everyone. In the latest derivative documentary on rock 'n' roll's unwilling crown prince, a half-dozen of them lead ...
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CSO shows surplus, but other groups falteringJul 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Professional classical music organizations seem to be in a perennial fight for financial security, if not survival. The 2008 economic slowdown has not helped, and we're ...
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Alice Cooper still bugs us decades laterJul 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Alice Cooper is still sick after all these years. Oh, the real-life Vincent Furnier is doing fine, making records, hosting a syndicated radio show and playing lots of go...
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'Full Monty' shows off in funny, frothy styleJul 24, 2008 11:00 pm - The big question with the Marriott Lincolnshire's production of "The Full Monty" has to be: Will they or won't they? Bare all, we mean. Well, I'll let audiences see for ...
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Years after their first backyard gig, live shows still drive bandJul 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Exactly 16 years ago on July 6, Washington's MxPx played their first show at the only place that made sense for circa-Green Day punks to lay groundwork for seven-album c...
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Sabbath's 'Rules of Hell' a nightmareJul 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Black Sabbath, "The Rules of Hell" (Rhino) These are words almost too blasphemous to type: Enough with the Black Sabbath reissues already. With "The Rules of Hell," Rhin...
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Spears and Federline settle custody caseJul 24, 2008 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES _ Britney Spears and Kevin Federline finalized their child-custody settlement Friday, including a $5,000-per-month increase in child support for the pop sin...