Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Two plays give unique look at black theaterSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Days after Congo Square Theatre's Midwest premiere of Afro-British playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah's "Elmina's Kitchen," Pegasus Players opened its revival of August Wilson'...
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Worth the TripSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Ghost story Buffalo Theatre Ensemble begins its 21st season today with the seasonally appropriate "The Woman in Black," about a lawyer who gets more than he bargained fo...
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Music NotesSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Mucca weekend Mucca Pazza, the indie rock marching band that has risen to prominence in the Chicago area and boasts a large lineup of horns, drums, accordions and cheerl...
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Top 10 musicSep 20, 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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The Backroom proves there's an art to pop songsSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - The first song on The Backroom's first full-length album is so clean and unabashedly catchy that I'm not ashamed to say I woke up this morning with the tune in my head. ...
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'Savannah Disputation' fits in well at Writers' TheatreSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Two years ago the intrepid folks at Writers' Theatre in Glencoe produced a short, witty play, "The Uneasy Chair," by a young writer based in Savannah, Georgia -- Evan Sm...
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Bowie donates $10,000 to teenagers' defense fundSep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW ORLEANS -- David Bowie has donated $10,000 to a legal defense fund for six black teens charged in an alleged attack on a white classmate in the tiny central Louisian...
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Out & AboutSep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Robert Jordan Baily, left, plays the Actor and Kurt Naebig is Kipps in Buffalo Theatre Ensemble's "The Woman in Black," in previews today at College of DuPage. Start fal...
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Spector jury at an impasseSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- The jury in the trial of legendary rock producer Phil Spector said Tuesday it was deadlocked on murder charges after seven days of deliberation, but the j...
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Britney ordered to take random drug, alcohol testSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Britney Spears has been ordered to undergo random drug and alcohol testing twice a week, according to court documents in her custody dispute with ex-husba...