Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Former Kinks Ray Davies brings rough, exciting show to ChicagoApr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Magazine spreads in trendy magazines and corporate rock shows in sports arenas will tell you punk is now just fashion and pose, the facile combination of a generation t...
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Velvet Revolver ditches WeilandApr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Four founding members of the rock band Velvet Revolver said on Tuesday they were splitting with the group's troubled singer, Scott Weiland, citing his "in...
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Moby returns to the DJ booth for 'Last Night'Mar 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Moby became America's favorite DJ thanks to "Play," a 1999 smash he followed up with albums that spanned electro-pop to strummed singer-songwriter fare. On the sample-he...
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Kids choose MileyMar 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Miley Cyrus wins 2 trophies at Kids Choice Awards LOS ANGELES -- It was the best of both worlds at Saturday's Kids Choice Awards for Miley Cyrus, who took home trophies ...
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New theater company director's second lifeMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Whoever said there are no second acts in American lives never met Ann Filmer, founder and artistic director of the recently formed Berwyn-based 16th Street Theater and d...
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Dog gimmick wears thin, but comedy still fetchingMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - In "Sylvia," the female around whom A. R. Gurney's frisky romantic comedy revolves, says words most men would love to hear. "I think you're God," gushes Sylvia, enthusia...
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Williams' poetry makes 'Candles' blazeMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Imagine your luck if you "discovered" a lost Shakespeare play or found an ignored early novel by J.K. Rowling. Eclipse Theatre Co. has done something nearly as remarkabl...
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Brothers in rockMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - April 3: Darkroom, Chicago, with Brighton, MA and Cameron McGill. $8 at the door. www.darkroombar.com. Band relationships are tumultuous enough. Throw a few siblings...
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Gift's take on Judas has hard edges, but tender heartMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Gift Theatre's "The Last Days of Judas Iscariot" clocked in at 2 hours, 40 minutes. They were the speediest nearly 3 hours I've experienced in the theater in some time. ...
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Music notesMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Trailer country Chicago Filmmakers is hosting a monthly film series hosted by cartoonist and notorious country music record and novelty collector Heather McAdams. The in...