Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Crowded fieldDec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - Closing out 2007 by surveying the year's best music became a pleasurable chore. Unlike previous years, this one had an abundance of contenders, both newcomers and longti...
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These 10 releases of 2007 offer a measure of distinctionDec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - The ongoing changes in the recording industry have really influenced the classical field this year, with organizations and individual musicians marketing performances on...
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'Good' enough for off-BroadwayDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - By all accounts, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's "Good Boys and True" is already a hit. A new production -- not the solid, respectable world premiere that opened Friday at Step...
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Jon Brion steps in and out of the studioDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Jon Brion wears multiple hats -- producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, engineer, film composer -- but the one that connects them all is the most simple: M...
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'The Mistress Cycle' raises feminist hacklesDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Let me get this straight: Getting involved with a married man is a good thing? That's what "The Mistress Cycle" suggests during its final moments when five very talented...
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Marvel Comics writer returns to theater with 'Good Boys' premiereDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Robert Aguirre-Sacasa is best known for his work with Marvel Comics; he just completed a series on "Spider-Man" and is currently finishing up the story for a series in "...
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Worth the tripDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Hello 'Goodbye Girl' Director Gary Griffin returns to Oak Brook Terrace to direct "The Goodbye Girl," the musical version of Neil Simon's Academy Award-winning 1977 film...
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Daphne Willis looking to stand on its ownDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - It doesn't seem fair to write off Daphne Willis as a female Jack Johnson, even if that's what mainstream-radio comparisons might push us to do. For one, I'm pretty sure ...
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Concert picksDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - R. Kelly, 7:30 p.m. today at the United Center, 1901 W. Madison St., Chicago. $45/$100. (312) 559-1212. On the heels of a Grammy nomination and still -- after five y...
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Compelling 'Three Hotels' gets powerful revivalDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - It never fails. Sure as snow in January, each December a show sneaks in under the wire to snag a spot on my list of the year's top theater productions. (For the complete...