Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Review: Peter Buck and Joseph Arthur in spontaneous allianceJun 12, 2018 7:00 am - Arthur Buck, "Arthur Buck" (New West Records) Former R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck and often-experimental singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur have teamed up for an album that ...
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Sound check: Suburbia Story headlines Palatine showcaseJun 12, 2018 6:00 am - Rumble in the Suburbs The Northwest suburban band Suburbia Story — which recently dropped the new single “Stars Crossed” — headlines a pop-punk lineup curated by lo...
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Theater spotlight: Phylicia Rashad makes Steppenwolf debut with 'The Roommate'Jun 12, 2018 6:00 am - Cohabitation comedy Tony Award-winner Phylicia Rashad makes her Steppenwolf Theatre directing debut with "The Roommate," Jen Silverman's comedy about cohabitation. Stepp...
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The beat goes on: 'The Cher Show' premieres in ChicagoJun 11, 2018 5:20 pm - Rest assured Cher fans, one of the star's signature mannerisms - the hair flip - appears in all its incarnations in the new Broadway-bound musical "The Cher Show" beginn...
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Kendrick Lamar, Lil Wayne celebrate Summer Jam's 25th yearJun 11, 2018 7:00 am - EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - Recent Pulitzer Prize winner Kendrick Lamar, Lil Wayne and Meek Mill helped the famed Summer Jam music event celebrate its 25th anniversary ...
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Tony winner's success 'not a shock' back home in BarringtonJun 11, 2018 1:00 am - Katrina Lenk — who Sunday night won the Tony Award for leading actress in a musical — showed potential greatness even as a teenager at Barrington High School, according ...
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St. Charles Singers to premiere new work by choral music legend John Rutter June 21 in ChicagoJun 10, 2018 11:00 pm - The St. Charles Singers, conducted by founder and music director Jeffrey Hunt, will present the world premiere of a new work written for them by revered English composer...
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Josh Groban, Sara Bareilles rely on each other for Tony gigJun 10, 2018 7:26 am - NEW YORK - Josh Groban and Sara Bareilles say they're glad they're hosting Sunday's Tony Awards together, in part because of their banter. The Broadway veterans say they...
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Sunday picks: Angela Ingersoll croons as Judy Garland at ParamountJun 10, 2018 7:00 am - Tragic star Jeff Award-winning actress Angela Ingersoll once again inhabits the music associated with a Hollywood legend when she performs her tribute show “Judy Garland...
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'The Band's Visit' outshines Harry Potter at Tony AwardsJun 10, 2018 1:00 am - NEW YORK — The American, grown-up musical “The Band's Visit” outmuscled the acclaimed and sprawling British import “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” for the most Tony ...