Articles filed under Performing Arts
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'My Fair Lady' sparklesJan 25, 2008 10:00 pm - Anyone who thinks "My Fair Lady" is dated obviously hasn't been watching reality TV lately. The Cinderella makeover is a cultural constant, be it on vapid TV makeover sh...
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Judge grants a delay in Spears' license caseJan 25, 2008 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Britney Spears' lawyer won more time Friday to work on the pop star's case in which she is charged with driving without a valid license. Attorney Michael ...
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Rapper faces felony drug, gun chargesJan 25, 2008 10:00 pm - YUMA, Ariz. -- The Yuma County Attorney's Office filed felony drug and weapons charges Friday against Lil Wayne. The 25-year-old rapper, whose real name is Dwayne Michae...
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Goodman's 'Shining City' cast luminousJan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Conor McPherson sure can spin a satisfying yarn. Moreover the Irish playwright has a special talent for ghost stories as evidenced by his oblique yet satisfying "Shining...
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Struming siblings: Assad Brothers tune up for guitar festJan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Starting on Thursday, for a mere $25 -- less than the price of the cheapest high balcony seat at Chicago's Symphony Center-- guitar aficionados can attend world-class c...
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Coachella Fest unveils music lineupJan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Portishead, Jack Johnson and former Pink Floyd principal Roger Waters will headline the 2008 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, to be held April 25-27 a...
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British take on 'My Fair Lady' sparklesJan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Anyone who thinks "My Fair Lady" is dated obviously hasn't been watching reality TV lately. The Cinderella make over is a cultural constant, be it on vapid TV makeover s...
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Puppeteer goes smaller with 'Giant'Jan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - When spoke with Chicago-based puppet master Blair Thomas two years ago he was working with songwriter Michael Smith on Smith's adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's "T...
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Horton Foote: The 'American Chekhov'Jan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Mention Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller and Edward Albee, and the average person responds with a knowing smile. Mention Horton Foote and that smile likely turns to a p...
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Director turns 'Titus Andronicus' into an intriguing piece of theaterJan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - It's all fun and games until someone gets his throat slashed and winds up as pie filling. That irreverent inversion of the old "it's all fun and games until somebody ge...