Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Stellar Betty Buckley takes center stage in superb 'Hello, Dolly!' revivalOct 25, 2018 11:00 pm - “Hello, Dolly!” - ★ ★ ★ ½ When a star vehicle like “Hello, Dolly!” motors into town with a bona fide Broadway diva like Betty Buckley behind the wheel, you pull over and...
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ASCAP hosts all-female songwriting camp to improve diversityOct 25, 2018 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - In a spacious recording studio in Nashville, two singer-songwriters, Priscilla Renea and Jillian Jacqueline, were working through a song idea, tr...
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Review: Boy George and Culture Club make long-delayed returnOct 25, 2018 7:00 am - Boy George and Culture Club, "Life" (BMG) Like clockwork, every decade or two you can count on a Culture Club reunion album. In 1999, "Don't Mind If I Do" closed a 13-ye...
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Aurora Central Catholic stages modern take on family and relationships with 'Sense and Sensibility'Oct 24, 2018 11:00 pm - Aurora Central Catholic High School will stage its fall drama production, Jane Austen's 1811 novel "Sense and Sensibility," at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 2-3, at t...
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Batavia High to bring on the razzle dazzle with 'Chicago the Musical' Nov. 8-10Oct 24, 2018 11:00 pm - Batavia High School will present "Chicago the Musical-High School Edition" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 8-10, at the Batavia Fine Arts Centre, 1201 Main ...
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Concerts: Andrew Belle plays Hey Nonny grand opening weekendOct 24, 2018 12:00 pm - Dirty Heads, Jukebox The Ghost, Just Loud: 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, at the Riviera Theatre, 4746 N. Racine Ave., Chicago. $29.50-$35. (773) 472-0449 or rivieratheatre.com...
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Libertyville High School alums find common ground on Chicago-bound 'Hello, Dolly!' tourOct 24, 2018 11:00 am - When the national tour of “Hello, Dolly!” sets up shop at Chicago's Oriental Theatre starting Tuesday, it's likely that all eyes will be on star Betty Buckley. But local...
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Review: David Crosby shares wisely on 'Here If You Listen'Oct 24, 2018 7:00 am - David Crosby, "Here If You Listen" (BMG) Crosby, Stevens, Willis & League doesn't have the ring or reputation of David Crosby's other multi-named band with Stills, Nash ...
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Review: Lukas Graham plumbs melancholy and infinite sadnessOct 24, 2018 7:00 am - Lukas Graham, "3 (The Purple Album)" (Warner Bros.) The new Lukas Graham album opens with the band attending funerals of their friends and the lead singer offering this ...
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10 hot tickets: Disturbed and Old Dominion, Lewis Black on sale this weekendOct 24, 2018 6:00 am - Steppenwolf Women in the Arts Luncheon with Danai Gurira: noon Monday, Dec. 10, at Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel, 221 N. Columbus Drive, Chicago; fundraising luncheon honoring...