Articles filed under Performing Arts
-
Rapper DMX arrested on drug, animal cruelty chargesMay 11, 2008 11:00 pm - DMX was arrested on drug and animal-cruelty charges following an overnight raid on the rapper's house Friday, authorities said. The 37-year-old rapper, whose given name ...
-
Groovy ode to '60sMay 09, 2008 11:00 pm - And the award for hardest working ensemble goes to … the women of "Shout! The Mod Musical," off-Broadway's musical salute to swingin' '60s London and the gals who made i...
-
Frontman Jourgensen to put Ministry to restMay 09, 2008 11:00 pm - After 27 years, Al Jourgensen is putting Ministry to rest. Jourgensen, perhaps America's most legendary name in industrial rock, moved to Texas during the 1990s but bega...
-
Instrumental weaponMay 08, 2008 11:00 pm - One of the most gratifying, semi-unspoken parts about independent music is discovering bands that few people among the radio-listening public can identify and rolling th...
-
Morgan Freeman returns to Broadway to show his vulnerabilityMay 08, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Morgan Freeman has returned to Broadway with one goal in mind: to try to kill the Morgan Freeman you know and love. He's sick of playing the all-knowing cop,...
-
'Ballad of Emmett Till' tough to watchMay 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Playwright Ifa Bayeza doesn't make things easy for an audience. Not that she should, not when she's based her play on the brief life and brutal death of Emmett Till, a b...
-
Styx's DeYoung shows his stage chops in 'Hunchback'May 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Dennis DeYoung made his name in the '70s and '80s with the rock band Styx. But these days you are as likely to find DeYoung in a small theater like Chicago's Bailiwick R...
-
Recently annouced showsMay 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Following is a list of recently announced shows. Ticket prices do not reflect service or handling fees. Bootsy Collins and TheHardestWorkingBand, House of Blues, 329...
-
Local H at Beat KitchenMay 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Four years after releasing "Whatever Happened to P.J. Soles," Zion natives Local H return to the scene with "12 Angry Months," a bloody, yearlong homage to nasty breakup...
-
Relationship sendup 'I Love You' still sparklesMay 08, 2008 11:00 pm - "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change" hasn't been absent from Chicago-area stages for long. And before we even had time to miss it, the pop-infused musical revue by ...