Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Heart of 'Sparrow' rises above conventionsOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - The storybook saga of "The Sparrow" continues. An imaginative, beguilingly told coming-of-age fairy tale about a young girl with a wounded spirit and special...
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Theater group turns its reducing eyes on HollywoodOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Austin Tichenor has built a career out of making nothing out of something. As a member of the crazy Reduced Shakespeare Company, he helped squeeze all of Shakespeare's p...
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Cubs + '80s song = World Series championship?Oct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Should the Cubs go with Prince's "Let's go Crazy" -- or another '80s song? An '80s pop anthem can take you places. The Bulls used Alan Parson Project's 1982 hit "Eye in ...
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Impressive 'La Boheme' debut for Mimi understudyOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Lyric Opera of Chicago's Saturday-Monday opening "weekend" is history, and now, "La traviata" and "La Boheme" will be with us exclusively for the rest of this month and ...
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Genesis lives in land of contradictionOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - The schizophrenic classic rock behemoth known as Genesis played the United Center Tuesday and demonstrated that everything about it is writ large. The number of nights i...
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Cubs '80s pop anthem = World Series championship?Oct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - An '80s pop anthem can take you places. The Bulls used Alan Parson Project's 1982 hit "Eye in the Sky" to introduce their championship teams, and that other Chicago base...
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Impressive 'La Boheme' debut for Mimi understudyOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Lyric Opera of Chicago's Saturday-Monday opening "weekend" is history, and now, "La traviata" and "La Boheme" will be with us exclusively for the rest of this month and ...
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Springsteen weaves his 'Magic' once againOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Mary, Bobby, Theresa and other protagonists you grew up following in Bruce Springsteen's legion of albums enter the stage one more time on "Magic," his first album with ...
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Fan-club access to tickets being sold on InternetOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Stephanie Kendrid could have paid $29.99 to join Kelly Clarkson's fan club and gain special access to concert tickets. Instead, she placed an ad on Craigslist and paid $...
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Lyric gets past backstage drama for spectacular debutSep 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Last week's behind-the-scenes drama at Lyric Opera of Chicago was forgotten Saturday night when the Lyric presented its gala opening-night performance of Giuseppe Verdi'...