Articles filed under Performing Arts
-
Strong acting can't boost so-so political musicalMay 01, 2008 11:00 pm - The best moments in the new musical "Old Town" don't involve singing or dancing. The acting prowess of the Strawdog Theatre cast surpasses their singing in the company'...
-
'Another Piece of Cake' puts former actor back on stageMay 01, 2008 11:00 pm - When Madelyn Sergel gave up her career as an actor to marry, have kids, move to a house in Gurnee, she never dreamt that ten years later she would be back in the theater...
-
Defenders of the FaithMay 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Just weeks before Chicago Powerfest 2008, its organizers are still banging their heads against the details. Lake Zurich's Rob Such, bassist of Twelfth Gate, and Prospect...
-
Rogé finds his language with French composersMay 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Most youngsters consider practicing the piano a chore. French pianist Pascal Rogé saw it as a reward. His mother, and first piano teacher, took to locking the door of t...
-
The accidental tourMay 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Collaborations and side projects are nothing new for Chicago's The Lawrence Arms, whose nine-year history includes singer Brenden Kelly's side trio The Falcon and partne...
-
Reports: Mariah Carey marries actor Nick CannonMay 01, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Nick Cannon is cast as Mariah Carey's lover in her new video -- but has the superstar diva given the young actor a considerably bigger role in real life? Acc...
-
'Neverwhere' drops the ballMay 01, 2008 11:00 pm - One gets a sense that somewhere in "Neverwhere: A Circus Underground," a weighty message lies buried. Watching this show, adapted from Neil Gaiman's novelization of his ...
-
Album review: Testament's "The Formation of Damnation"May 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Bay Area thrashers Testament spent the '90s in the underground, culminating in 1999's hidden classic "The Gathering." Its all-star lineup was almost inconsequential next...
-
Bach takes center stage for festMay 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Richard Webster, music director of the Bach Week Festival for more than three decades, is taking this year's festival back to its roots: all Bach, all the time. Starting...
-
Suburban alums have musical rootsMay 01, 2008 11:00 pm - "Old Town," the new musical by Brett Neveu and Mikhail Fiksel about an old-fashioned political dynasty and the old-school politics they practice is an anomaly for Strawd...