Articles filed under Performing Arts
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'Rabbit Hole': A whole lot of heartFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - There's no recrimination like self-recrimination. And self-recrimination abounds in "Rabbit Hole," a quietly moving examination of loss, grief and guilt by David Lindsay...
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Lyric warms the heart with 'The Barber'Feb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - One of the masterpieces of comic opera, Gioachino Rossini's "The Barber of Seville" (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) is back at Lyric Opera of Chicago, and a most welcome retur...
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Mills, McCartney still about $50 million apartFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - LONDON -- The divorce hearing between Paul McCartney and Heather Mills looks set to stretch into a second week, after a judge allotted extra time for the couple's court ...
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Duo to create 'four-hand' piano sound at concertFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - One of the joys of my musical childhood was attending concerts by the renowned duo-pianists Ferrante and Teicher during their annual national tours. That same unique so...
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On stageFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - Domestic tragedy Buffalo Theatre Ensemble presents "Rabbit Hole," David Lindsay-Abaire's heartrending examination of loss and grief that chronicles a couple's struggle t...
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Connect the DotsFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - Talking with Adam Blair about his newly indoctrinated rock-star status is like witnessing a baseball-card addict walk into the World Series locker room. Though I couldn'...
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Droll 'Augusta' scrutinizesFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - Talk about being nickel and dimed. Writer Barbara Ehrenreich, who spent a year waiting tables, cleaning houses and ringing up purchases at a big box store researching he...
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Revival can't fix dogmatic mystery-thrillerFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - J.B. Priestly doesn't do his play "An Inspector Calls" any favors by having one of his characters reference George Bernard Shaw. As social criticism, Priestly's mystery-...
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Chicago theater veteran to head to MetropolisFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - Matt O'Brien is no stranger to the Chicago theater scene. Many theater fans will remember him as the founder and director of the Irish Repertory Theater of Chicago. In i...
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Beyonce's dad weighs in on 'queen' controversyFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK-- Beyonce's father says Aretha Franklin's criticism of his daughter for referring to Tina Turner as "the Queen" at the Grammys is "ridiculous." On Tuesday, the ...