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Celebrity travel: Go away with Juliana Hatfield
Tribune Media ServicesJuliana Hatfield had a knack for penning clever songs with her group the Blake Babies. She was an indie sensation. What her fans didn't know was that Hatfield was battling an eating disorder and depression. With her telling memoir "When I Grow Up" (Wiley,...Tags: The New York Times, France, Juliana Hatfield, Bjorn Borg, Lena Olin
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Movie Review: 'Mamma Mia!'
It's funny what you buy completely onstage and resist completely, or nearly, on-screen. Case in point: "Mamma Mia!"—the ABBA-fueled stage phenomenon that has now become "Mamma Mia! The Movie." Of course I never miss a Meryl Streep musical. On-...Tags: Christine Baranski, Weddings, Pierce Brosnan, Mamma Mia! (movie), Movies
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ABBA redux, one more time
Special to the TribuneMaybe "Mamma Mia!" really is just an excuse for a simulated ABBA reunion--and maybe that's OK. Aggressively nostalgic, Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus' connect-the-hits hit, which returns to Chicago Tuesday for a month-long run, regales former and...Tags: Holidays, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Society, Chicago Loop, Dancing Queen (song)
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Get Bruce!
TIMES FILM CRITICFriday September 17, 1999 It's too bad the title "Unzipped" is already spoken for: The fit would be perfect for the genial profile of writer Bruce Vilanch called "Get Bruce!" That 1995 film, a portrait of designer Isaac Mizrahi, has a lot in...Tags: Miramax Films, Television, Michael Feinstein, The X-Files (tv program), Bruce Vilanch
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Pop, jazz and hip-hop artists to play Ravinia
Tribune arts criticJazz legends Chick Corea and McCoy Tyner, cabaret divas Barbara Cook and Sylvia McNair and hip-hop performer Wyclef Jean will headline the Ravinia Festival's pop and jazz season, the Highland Park-based organization has announced. Jean's appearance, on...Tags: Alison Krauss, Ben Folds, Barbara Cook, Arts and Culture, Toshiko Akiyoshi
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Britney in Concert: A Night Out With the Girls
Because I've heard teen sensation Britney Spears' two albums, I figured I'd be less than enthralled by her concert Saturday at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine, so I took along my favorite 8-year-old, Lindsey, to see how the whole thing...Tags: The Rolling Stones (music group), Texas, Teen-agers, Ricky Martin, Britney Spears
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A dramatic rebirth
Sun Architecture CriticThe show begins long before the curtain rises. That's all one needs to know to appreciate the dramatic transformation of Baltimore's Hippodrome Theatre, which reopens Tuesday after a $62 million restoration and modernization. The architects and artisans...Tags: Music Theater, Politics, Mamma Mia! (movie), Arts and Culture, Mel Brooks
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Happy hours in Brussels
Special to The Times"The things we do with beer, eh?" the waiter said as surprise registered on our faces. We had just tasted a delectable dessert: a sorbet made with three hop-brewed beverages — a wit (white) beer, a kriek (cherry) lambic and an abbey-style ale. We...Tags: New York, England, Sculpture, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Bars and Clubs
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Want more 'Mamma Mia!'? Abba-solutely
Tribune arts reporterSo what are you waiting for, oh ABBA-loving dancing queen? A personal invitation from Bjorn and Benny? Sorry, they're much too busy counting their kronas on that private island somewhere off Stockholm. But "Mamma Mia!" is ba-ack. Does your mother know?...Tags: New York, Mamma Mia! (musical), Comedy (genre), The Beach Boys
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`All Shook Up' an efficient tale full of Elvis
Tribune theater criticThe Beach Boys were so right. Wouldn't it be nice? Wouldn't it be nice to peer a decade or two into the future and assess, in total, all 900,000 shows in the ever-growing, ever-retro genre of the songbook musical? Look at this year alone. Thanks to the...Tags: John Lennon, Music Theater, Politics, Billy Joel, Dining and Drinking
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