Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Concert picksOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Nina Nastasia and Jim White with Jim Becker and Scott Tuma, 10 p.m. today at Schubas, 3159 N. Southport Ave., Chicago. $12. (773) 525-2508. This is a collaboration no on...
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Top dogsOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - When Dr. Dog was given the chance to record by Rough Trade, the legendary London label that famously plucked Lucinda Williams, Belle Sebastian, The Smiths and, ...
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Top 10 music hitsOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Here are the top 10 music hits as they appear in Billboard magazine. Platinum signifies more than 1 million copies sold; Gold signifies more than 500,000 copies sold. Ho...
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Powerful acting drives gripping police dramaOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Watching Keith Huff's unrelenting "A Steady Rain" is like watching the entire season of "The Shield" condensed into 90 minutes. Forget must-see TV. Director ...
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The Bard goes BollywoodOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - If Shishir Kurup doesn't solve all the problems inherent in Shakespeare's thorny "The Merchant of Venice," he at least assigns culpability objectively in his dro...
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The soulful side of a warrior princessOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Excuse me, is there a butt-kicking warrior princess in town? Inside a recording studio on Chicago's South Side is blond-haired Lucy Lawless, and she's not screamin...
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Maná rocks the crowd at sold out concertOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - If a great rock concert is about blasting the crowd into a delighted frenzy, Mexican band Maná hit the mark Thursday night. Maná, which has won three Grammy and five La...
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Hypocrites carries O'Neill classicOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - A revival of a 20th century classic, a Chicago premiere and a world premiere are among the recent openings. 'Desire Under the Elms' The Hypocrites don't do melodrama as ...
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Departing conductor looks back on 51 years of opera in ChicagoOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Back in 1956, the 2-year-old Lyric Opera of Chicago desperately needed a replacement conductor for its scheduled production of Verdi's "Il Trovatore" and almost reluctan...
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What Mark Guarino's listening to this weekOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Home spun What Mark Guarino's listening to this week Robert Pollard, "Coast To Coast Carpet of Love" (Merge) GBV veteran can't stop making albums ... Robert Pollard, "S...