Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Kanye takes on MTVOct 31, 2021 8:42 pm - NEW YORK -- Kanye West blames MTV for Britney Spears' less than stellar performance at the Video Music Awards. "Man, they were just trying to get ratings, and they knew ...
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ESO's crescendoOct 31, 2021 8:36 pm - When Itzhak Perlman joins the Elgin Symphony Orchestra at 6 p.m. Saturday for its annual season-opening gala concert, the curtain rises on the latest chapter for America...
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Director keeps balance between new, familiarOct 31, 2021 8:39 pm - The Elgin Symphony Orchestra's 2007-08 season follows the philosophy of music director Robert Hanson: a balance between familiar masterpieces of the orchestral repertoir...
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West's album doesn't make the gradeOct 31, 2021 8:34 pm - Kanye West, "Graduation" (Def Jam/Roc-A-Fella) two stars Forget the current battle stance between Kanye West and 50 Cent, the two rap heavyweights with new albums in sto...
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Less, not 'More'Oct 31, 2021 8:31 pm - LAS VEGAS -- Somewhere, Kevin Federline is laughing. An out-of-shape, out-of-touch Britney Spears delivered what was destined to be the most talked about performance of...
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Actors find quirky roles in 'Eat the Runt'Oct 31, 2021 8:01 pm - It is not unusual for an actor to play many roles in his life. Or even many roles in a single play. But it is usual for an actor not to know which role he or she will pl...
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Baring all: 2 albums turn folk music upside downOct 31, 2021 8:01 pm - Folk music continues to be the mothership of musical styles. Continuing since the inaugural folk music revival of the early 1960s, artists starting with Bob Dylan and co...
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Music notesOct 31, 2021 8:02 pm - Help New Orleans Global Hope, a nonprofit aid organization in Downers Grove, is hosting a roadhouse jam benefit for New Orleans musicians, from 3 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Fit...
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Jeff nominees out for '06-'07Oct 31, 2021 8:06 pm - It wasn't a question of Marriott Theatre receiving multiple nods when the Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee announced its nominees for 2006-2007 equity productions Thurs...
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Classics highlight fall theater scheduleOct 31, 2021 8:12 pm - Talk about art all you like. The business of theater demands companies put bodies in the seats. And nothing draws a crowd like a classic play, unless it's a roll...