Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Weekend picks: Comedian Mitch Fatel brings standup to SchaumburgJan 26, 2019 6:23 am - Funny Fatel Catch up with comedian Mitch Fatel as he returns to perform standup this weekend at the Improv Comedy Showcase, 5 Woodfield Road, Schaumburg. $22 plus a two-...
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New album, Grammy nods show James Blake is more than 'musician's musician'Jan 26, 2019 6:00 am - Some people get lots of invitations. James Blake gets the right ones. He's had a role on two of the greatest albums of the last decade — Beyonce's delicious “Lemonade” a...
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'Million Dollar Quartet' rocks in the round at Lincolnshire's MarriottJan 25, 2019 9:00 am - “Million Dollar Quartet” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Just call “Million Dollar Quartet” the “little jukebox musical that could” - especially in and around Chicago. Now making its Marriott...
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5 things to do this weekend in the suburbsJan 25, 2019 9:00 am - Be wowed by the highflying ski jumping at the Norge Annual Winter Ski Jump Tournament in Fox River Grove and the skating talents in "Disney On Ice" at Rosemont's Allstat...
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Concerts: Blacklist Regulars, Lateralus and Englebert HumperdinckJan 25, 2019 8:00 am - Pale Lungs, Whale Bones, The Million Reasons, Authentic Pines: 6:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25, at Subterranean Downstairs, 2011 W. North Ave., Chicago. $8. (773) 278-6600 or ...
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Review: Dave Keuning's solo album has a homemade feel, alasJan 25, 2019 6:00 am - Dave Keuning, "Prismism" (Thirty Tigers) The Killers' founding member and guitarist Dave Keuning shows off some very different sides of his music on a new solo album. Th...
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Review: Conor Oberst, Phoebe Bridgers make a grand duoJan 25, 2019 6:00 am - Better Oblivion Community Center (aka Conor Oberst and Phoebe Bridgers), "Better Oblivion Community Center" (Dead Oceans) Singer-songwriters Conor Oberst and Phoebe Brid...
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Review: Frances Cone delivers dreampop with a purposeJan 25, 2019 6:00 am - Frances Cone, "Late Riser" (Living Daylight/Thirty Tigers) Frances Cone's new album "Late Riser" is a brilliant work of modern melancholia that finds the sweet spot betw...
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Palatine native makes leap to Porchlight's 'A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder'Jan 25, 2019 5:00 am - Sometimes, a sudden impulse pays off. It did for Palatine native Ann Delaney. Last summer, she heard about Porchlight Music Theatre's auditions for the Chicago-area pr...
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Theater: Standup at Metropolis, plus regional premieres at Porchlight, Steppenwolf and Remy BumppoJan 25, 2019 5:00 am - • Previews begin Friday, Jan. 25, for Porchlight Music Theatre's local premiere of "A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder," Steven Lutvak and Robert L. Freedman's raucous...