Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Naked lads by candlelightAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - David Zak likes to defy convention. He put a bunch of naked guys onstage singing songs in the show "Barenaked Lads" at Bailiwick Theater in Chicago. And when the power w...
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Sparks hopes to live up to 'Idol' title with albumAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Given the multiplatinum, Grammy-winning successes of fellow "American Idol" winners Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood, Jordin Sparks is feeling pressure to...
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A little browsing musicAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Two full days of live entertainment are expected to jazz up the 38th Annual Glen Ellyn Festival of the Arts. Saturday is the Eclectic Picnic Music Experience, which feat...
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Steppenwolf taking play to BroadwayAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - In the end, it really wasn't a question of if, but of when Steppenwolf Theatre's "August: Osage County" would transfer to Broadway. The answer: Oct. 30, when previews b...
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'Sparrow' flies high at HouseAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - "The Sparrow" still soars. The House Theatre of Chicago's hit show about a small-town girl with special powers and a wounded spirit, sold out its initial January run a...
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Wheaton officials praise Grand Theater's renovation plansAug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Wheaton city officials fulfilled a promise to openly support the renovation of the Wheaton Grand Theater Monday night. As expected, the city council unanimously passed a...
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LPs are hip again -- with youthsAug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Maybe the older generation got something right, after all. More young music buffs have turned their backs on the MP3 revolution to embrace the vinyl LP, a format that th...
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Sequel bops to the topAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - On a weekend that saw new films from Nicole Kidman and Judd Apatow, three singing teens named Troy, Gabriella and Sharpay were the real stars -- and you didn't even have...
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'What If' a double winnerAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - A Geneva woman took home top honors at the first Art In Your Ear songwriting contest Saturday. Beatrice Eveland was the grand-prize winner for her song "What If." The so...
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He was the keeper of a new jazz beatAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Max Roach, the master percussionist whose rhythmic innovations and improvisations defined bebop jazz during a wide-ranging career where he collaborated with artists from...