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'Million Dollar Quartet' headed to Las Vegas; 'Pump Boys' to Broadway
"Million Dollar Quartet," the Broadway jukebox musical developed in Chicago, where it still runs after more than four years, is now headed to a sit-down engagement in Las Vegas. The show, produced by Gigi Pritzker and her partners, will open at Harrah's...
Tags: Broadway Theater
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The Double Cupp Diner, now open for some real business
![THEATER REVIEW: "Pump Boys and Dinettes" at Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre ★★★ ... Even a warm, fun, country-rock night at the Double Cupp Diner, home of the "Pump Boys and Dinettes," must come to a close.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/column/2011-12/66474073-02133008.jpg "THEATER REVIEW: "Pump Boys and Dinettes\" at Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre ★★★ ... Even a warm, fun, country-rock night at the Double Cupp Diner, home of the \"Pump Boys and Dinettes,\" must come to a close.")
Even a warm, fun, country-rock night at the Double Cupp Diner — home of the "Pump Boys and Dinettes" — must come to a close. So the authors of this familiar, honkey-tonk musical revue helpfully provided a number — "Closing Time" —...Tags: Music Theater, Studs Terkel, Arts and Culture, Rogers Park, Theater
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Stephen Wade: A telling tale of making beautiful music
Stephen Wade's affection for the Chicago in which he grew up and that he left long ago is passionate and palpable in the introduction to his astonishing book, “The Beautiful Music All Around Us: Field Recordings and the American Experience.”...
Tags: Library of Congress, Old Town (Chicago, Illinois), Maritime (music group), Arts and Culture, Old Town School of Folk Music
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A rosy new stage for Sugar Blue
These are very sweet days for Sugar Blue. In a few months, he'll be a father once more, his wife and bass player Ilaria Lantieri expecting their first child together in late May or early June. In the meantime, the two — who own a home in...
Tags: Billie Holiday, James Stewart, Frank Capra Jr., Tameka Cottle, Music
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Sugar Blue a soaring voice for the blues
Last May, during a conference on "Race, Gender & the Blues" at Dominican University, the master harmonica player Sugar Blue addressed the theme in an impassioned, unforgettable soliloquy. Lamenting that blues increasingly has been expropriated by white...
Tags: Jazz (genre), Howard Reich, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Tourism and Leisure, Travel
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Charles Bradley pours tragic life into soul-searing music
It wasn’t until he was in his sixties that Charles Bradley had the resources and support to finally record his debut album. That 2011 release, “No Time for Dreaming” (Dunham/Daptone), is essentially his autobiography, the story of a soul...Tags: Vietnam War (1955-1975), Soul (genre), Charles Bradley, Arts and Culture, Music
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On the eve the grand opening on Clark Street, 10 moments in Black Ensemble's 35-year history
Most arts organizations have carefully worded mission statements, filled with arty buzzwords and forged by groups. Chicago's Black Ensemble Theater's mission statement was written by one woman and just gets right down to it: "to eradicate racism." Most...Tags: Radio Industry, Koko Taylor, Arts and Culture, Social Issues, Racism
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Lollapalooza Day 2: Rain, retro and Eminem
Day 2 of Lollapalooza in Grant Park has crossed the finish line. Here’s an hour-by-hour account with reporting from yours truly (GK) and the ever-vigilant Bob Gendron (BG):
11:44 a.m.: Want to go to Lollapalooza without having to buy tickets?...Tags: Celebrities and Bad Behavior, Bananas, Girl Talk (music group), Grant Park, NASCAR
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'Pinkalicious' a musical for the young and the pink-loving
![THEATER REVIEW: "Pinkalicious" ★★½ by Emerald City Theatre at the Broadway Playhouse<br> Pinkalicious Pinkerton, whom you'll detect is the heroine of this little musical fable for the preteen set, has a thing for pink cupcakes.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/column/2011-07/63308846-17155753.jpg "THEATER REVIEW: "Pinkalicious\" ★★½ by Emerald City Theatre at the Broadway Playhouse<br> Pinkalicious Pinkerton, whom you'll detect is the heroine of this little musical fable for the preteen set, has a thing for pink cupcakes.")
For most fans of "Pinkalicious," the full-on live experience begins in the selection of the day's attire. The uniform is open to individual interpretation in style and fabric but not in color. Thus the sea of pink that greets the theatergoer at the...Tags: Water Supply, Disney Channel (tv network), Water Tower Place, Music Theater, Human Interest
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Kemba Walker Embraced The Process
The Hartford CourantSTORRS — Jim Calhoun was using Charlie Villanueva as a comparison, but the truth is the UConn coach could have inserted the names of hundreds of college basketball players. The difference with Kemba Walker, Calhoun insisted, is he didn't have to...Tags: NBA Draft, Sports Illustrated, Arts and Culture, Jamal Coombs-McDaniel, Sports
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