Articles filed under Performing Arts
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'The Sparrow' shows that it has legs with new revivalSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Some shows open, get respectable reviews (or not) and then close. And that's it. But only once in a blue moon a show comes along that is so popular it has a life beyond ...
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Critic's notebook: Current playsSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Here is a look at currently running plays recently reviewed by the Daily Herald. "Between Barack and a Hard Place," Second City Theatre, 1616 N. Wells St., Chicago. Seco...
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Worth the tripSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Haunting tales First Folio Shakespeare Festival reprises its Jeff Award-nominated "The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe: A Love Story," an inventive, expertly staged homa...
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Genesis play listSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - What chapter -- or chapters -- of Genesis will show up at the United Center next week? The answer: all of them. Judging from setlists from early shows, the "Turn It On A...
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Lyric's lureSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Lyric Opera of Chicago's "season of stars" is set to open Saturday and Monday with a double blast of two of the most popular operas ever written. Saturday night's gala o...
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Out & About: Our picksSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - "Fall Color Festival," 7 a.m. to sunset starting Saturday at the Morton Arboretum, 4100 Route 53, Lisle. Admission $9, $6 children; additional fees apply for some festiv...
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Plain old Sinead shinesSep 24, 2007 11:00 pm - As the concert hall was ornate, the singer dressed plainly. Balconies rose to the rafters but the singer didn't see them, instead, she sang mostly to the stage floor. Si...
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Sinead returnsSep 23, 2007 11:00 pm - As the concert hall was ornate, the singer dressed plainly. Balconies rose to the rafters but the singer didn't see them, instead, she sang mostly to the stage floor. Si...
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Heaven and Hell keeps holy the SabbathSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Black Sabbath, the world's first heavy metal band, has as elaborate a history as any rock act approaching the forty-year mark. While Sabbath's recent tours give the impr...
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'Woman in Black' comes to Glen EllynSep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - "The Woman in Black" 3 stars (out of four) A knowing smile flickered across the face of a fellow critic when I told her I was seeing "The...