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The Spoleto Festival USA reports brisk initial sales, despite a troubled economy
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston reports brisk initial ticket sales, despite a troubled economy. Tickets went on sale this week, and in the first five days, $160,000 worth of tickets sold. That's 17 percent more than...Tags: Peter Lorre, Sales, Tickets, Theater, Festive Event
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Advanced Trivia for Motown fanatics
Sun Sentinel1. Melvin Franklin, the bass singer from the Temptations, speaks the two-verse intro to the Marvelettes' My Baby Must Be a Magician. 2. Martha Reeves started at Motown as a receptionist. 3. The Jackson 5 had four singles reach No. 1 in 11 months: I Want...Tags: Broadway, Arsenio Hall, Linda Ronstadt, Music, Aretha Franklin
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Tributosaurus does The Monkees
Hey, hey we're the … wait, who are these guys? It's hard to get all four original members of The Monkees in the same room together these days (c'mon Mike Nesmith, would one little reunion hurt you?), so hit up the next best thing: the cover band....Tags: Davy Jones, Evanston, Theater
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Bring back the real, raw and R-rated 'Grease'
If you're seeing the touring production of "Grease" at the Auditorium Theatre this week, you'll see one "Grease." It's a day-glow, mostly PG-rated affair. It features an "American Idol" winner in the cast. It is based on a production that flowed from a...Tags: John Travolta, Broadway, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Schools, Olivia Newton-John
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In '09 discover and re-discover all that the jazz scene has to offer
Tribune criticThe New Year signifies many things, including an open door to musical discoveries. Performers, clubs and concert halls that listeners missed in 2008 stand ready to be explored in '09. To help the process, we've gathered a week's worth of artists richly...Tags: Broadway, Green Mill, Music, Checkerboard Lounge, Clothing and Textiles Industry
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Theater critic Chris Jones picks the hottest shows going
America: All Better! *** ˝ The frightening, funny new revue on the Second City mainstage is a darkly comic show about these yin-and-yang times. Open run at Second City, 1616 N. Wells St.; $20-$25 at 312-337-3992. Brother, Can You Spare Some Change? ***...Tags: Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Jean Genet, Oriental Theater, Bank of America Corp.
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On this day in history
On Jan. 9, 1788, Connecticut became the fifth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. In 1861 Mississippi seceded from the Union. Also in 1861 the "Star of the West," a merchant vessel bringing reinforcements to federal troops at Ft. Sumter, S.C.,...Tags: Mississippi, Armed Conflicts, Ronald Reagan, Connecticut, Civil Unrest
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Classical Corner
Andrew Brownell, Piano: In works by Messiaen, Ravel, Franck. 12:15 p.m. Wednesday at Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert, Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St. Free; 312-744-6630. Chicago Chamber Orchestra: Dieter Kober, the ensemble's music director...Tags: Riccardo Muti, David Schrader, Florida, Music, Yo-Yo Ma
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Zesty 'Chicago' opens
Special To The SentinelChicago The Musical, the pull-out-all-the-stops tale of murder, celebrity and corruption set in the Prohibition era, opens at 8 p.m. today at the Moonlight Players Warehouse Theatre. Jan Sheldon directs the Kander and Ebb musical, which uses styles of...Tags: Corruption, Corporate Crime, Montrose, Theater, Music
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Explore Wagner without the whole 'Ring'
757-247-4794This weekend, the Virginia Symphony gathers together all of its forces for an evening of the orchestral music of Richard Wagner. Few composers demand as much from musicians as this 19th century composer of German operas. His "Ring Cycle" of four operas...Tags: Chrysler Hall, Theater, Music Industry, Errol Flynn, Ferguson Center for the Arts
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'In the Heights' recoups its $10 million Broadway investment
AP Drama WriterNEW YORK (AP) — "In the Heights" is now in the black financially. The Tony-winning musical celebration of Latino life in an upper Manhattan neighborhood has recouped its $10 million production costs, 10 months after it opened on Broadway, the show'...Tags: Theater, Music, Television Industry
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Gavin Creel is set to play Claude in the Broadway revival of 'Hair'
NEW YORK (AP) — One actor in, another out of the upcoming Broadway revival of "Hair," scheduled to open March 31. Gavin Creel will play the pivotal role of Claude in this production of the quintessential 1960s "tribal love-rock musical." The show...Tags: Broadway, Theater, Al Hirschfeld, Mary Poppins (musical)
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