Articles filed under Performing Arts
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10 hot tickets: Alice Cooper in Rosemont Theatre, Alicia Keys in Chicago and more on sale this weekendJan 23, 2020 5:00 am - Rammstein — “North America Stadium Tour”: 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, at Soldier Field, Chicago: metal/hard rock. Ticket prices not available at press time. On sale 10 a.m...
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Extra! Extra! 'Newsies' opens Friday in ElmhurstJan 23, 2020 5:00 am - Eleven-year-old Daniel Casey put tap shoes on for the first time when he was cast as Tommy Boy, a Manhattan news boy, in Elmhurst Children's Theatre production of "Newsi...
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Celtic roots group Runa to perform Valentine's Day concert Feb. 14Jan 22, 2020 10:00 pm - The Celtic American roots music group Runa will make their only local stop of their Midwest tour on Valentine's Day in Glen Ellyn. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. Frida...
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Sound check: Windy City Smokeout early-bird tickets, lineup with Dierks Bentley, Darius RuckerJan 22, 2020 9:00 am - Windy City Smokeout tickets (on the cheap) Get your mouth watering and your dancing shoes warmed up! The Windy City Smokeout, Chicago's celebration of country music...
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Detroit orchestra names Jader Bignamini next music directorJan 22, 2020 6:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - The Detroit Symphony Orchestra on Wednesday announced the selection of Italian conductor Jader Bignamini as its next music director. The century-old orche...
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Can equality pledges fix country music's gender problem?Jan 22, 2020 6:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - What started as a joke on Twitter about an unwritten rule among country radio stations not to play two female artists in a row prompted outrage b...
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John Legend on Grammys, new 'dark' single and 'This Is Us'Jan 22, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Some artists record Christmas albums to fulfill a recording contract. But not John Legend. And now he has a Grammy nomination to prove it. The 10-time Gr...
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Will Grammy voters take the 'Old Town Road' on Sunday?Jan 22, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The 2020 Grammy Awards are shaping up to be the night of the new kids, with Lizzo, Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X leading in nominations. Those acts, who al...
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Best bets: Ventriloquist Terry Fator tours to Waukegan's Genesee and Aurora's ParamountJan 22, 2020 5:28 am - Such characters! Celebrated comic ventriloquist and Las Vegas stalwart Terry Fator tours with his merry menagerie of puppets to two area locations this weekend: first at...
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Ribfest's first Romeoville headliner: NellyJan 22, 2020 12:00 am - Step into your "Air Force Ones" and get ready to "Shake Ya Tailfeather" - Nelly is coming to the Exchange Club of Naperville's Ribfest. The St. Louis rapper is set to p...