Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Local bands make mark with spring releasesMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - With spring fast approaching, it's time to look at area bands that hold major promise for the new year. Here are a few recent releases that deserve further inquiry, and ...
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Greasy Joan's modern flair enlivens MoliereMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - The mission of Greasy Joan & Co. as expressed in rhyme, involves re-imagining classics for contemporary times. For its first foray into the oeuvre of Moliere, the compa...
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Tossers to perform on St. Paddy's DayMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - As far as hardworking bands go, the Tossers the Tossers rank among some of the most callused in rock music. Natives of Chicago's traditionally disciplined South Side nei...
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Famed tenor had Lyric tiesMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - The two greatest Italian tenors of the post-World War II period are now gone. Giuseppe di Stefano, regarded as one of the most dynamic opera stars of his generation, die...
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'Goodbye Blues': The Hush Sound sticks togetherMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - For some musicians, it takes a breakup to restart their career. For The Hush Sound, it took a trip to Pennsylvania. For two years since being scooped up by Fall Out Boy-...
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Slow-moving 'Crimes' falters on tight stageMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - On the surface, "Crimes of the Heart" seems like a fairly easy play to pull off. A dark domestic comedy about estranged sisters who return to their rural Mississippi h...
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Headlights, "Some Racing, Some Stopping" (Polyvinyl)Mar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Champaign's Headlights have come a long way. Since their stunning debut with the "Enemies" EP they've shown promise. Lots of promise, in fact. And their captivating live...
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Acclaimed 'Bountiful' concludes Goodman's salute to Horton FooteMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - "The Trip to Bountiful" makes no grand pronouncements. Yet Horton Foote's bittersweet play, a study in character about an elderly woman returning to her childhood home ...
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'Sweet Charity,' 'Match' opening soonMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Hey, big spender A dance hall gal with a heart of gold and a penchant for picking the wrong guy bumbles through assorted romances in "Sweet Charity." Jim Corti directs D...
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'Solo Tu' is 'by Latinas, about Latinas'Mar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - It takes courage to allow audiences to scrutinize the deeply personal and even painful, such as botched surgeries and failed pregnancy attempts. Tanya Saracho and Coya P...