Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Tickets for Guthrie's 'Little House' break recordsJun 30, 2008 11:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- The Guthrie Theater says a world premiere production of "Little House on the Prairie" is breaking ticket sales records. Friday was the first day of sales ...
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Language takes "Ragtime" out of park settingJun 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Cast and crew members of a production of "Ragtime" are searching for a new venue and funds to stage the show after its producer, the Wilmette Park District, canceled it ...
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Jessica Simpson winning over country listenersJun 30, 2008 11:00 pm - NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- When Jessica Simpson announced plans to go country after her last pop album flopped, there was a collective eye roll in Nashville. To some skeptics, ...
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Cirque's new show still dazzlesJun 27, 2008 11:00 pm - The more grounded (in every sense of the word), yet still enthralling "KOOZA" marked Cirque du Soleil's return to Chicago after a two-year absence. Gone are the dazzlin...
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ESO a 'better' orchestra after 58th seasonJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - The Elgin Symphony Orchestra's just-concluded 58th season was one to remember on several fronts. The orchestra continued to build its legacy through steady artistic and ...
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Too 'Much Ado About Nothing'?Jun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Oh, the embarrassment! Imagine showing up to a summer party only to find someone else wearing your exact same outfit. Fashion mavens forever fear finding other people sp...
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Mike Mangione talks about the tenets that fueled his new albumJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - As a senior in high school, Mike Mangione didn't just want to write songs; he wanted to write songs for a living. So the young Mangione - who, I should point out, has on...
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Local director revives once-popular love taleJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Plays are revived all the time. But it isn't often that a play like "repeat w/Madeline," by Chicago writer and film maker Hurt McDermott, gets done. Even though the play...
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Tin Horse embarks on their Horses Gone Wild TourJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Chatting with the three ladies who comprise Chicago country band Tin Horse means bearing witness to a trio of kindred sisters linked by a common thread that somehow surp...
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Fresh off Tony win, Chicago playwright serves up 'Donuts'Jun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Tracy Letts has earned some time off. For more than a year, "August: Osage County," his blistering dysfunctional family drama that took first Chicago and then New York ...