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'American Idiot' rocks Chicago Broadway
WGN NewsWhat do you get when you mix punk rock, amazing aerial ballet, and a great storyline? Green Day's"American Idiot" on Broadway. The Grammy award-winning and three-time Tony Award nominated musical tells the story of three suburban guys looking for...Tags: Tony Awards, Billie Joe Armstrong, Broadway Theater, Green Day (music group), Entertainment
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Broadway sees itself in 'Smash'
— In the second episode of the new NBC series "Smash," a hard-driving Broadway producer played by Anjelica Huston throws a drink in the face of her ex-husband and former business partner at a midtown Manhattan watering hole.
"Would you get out of...Tags: Broadway Theater, Entertainment, Katharine McPhee, Debra Messing, Music
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'Show Boat' makes new waves – at Lyric Opera
It's high time to lay to rest the shopworn canard that American musical theater works are somehow unsuitable for presentation by the big American opera houses. As a matter of fact, no piece in the cavalcade of American musicals has a more legitimate right...Tags: Broadway Theater, Ira Gershwin, Great Depression (1929), Entertainment, Music
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"Amazing Grace" Opens Goodspeed's Norma Terris Theatre Season
Hartford CourantThe musical workshop of “Amazing Grace,” based on the life of John Newton, the former slave trader who wrote the world's most recognized hymn, will kick-off Goodspeed Musical's Norma Terris Theatre season of three works May 17 through June 10....Tags: Julie Andrews, New York City, Spider-Man (fictional character), Entertainment, Music
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Garden Theatre presents Florida premiere of 'The Bikinis'
"The Bikinis: A New Musical Beach Party" will make its Florida premiere Friday, Feb. 10, at the Garden Theatre in Winter Garden.
Conceived by Broadway directors/producers Ray Roderick and James Hindman, "The Bikinis: A New Musical Beach Party" is...Tags: Concerts, Entertainment, Music, Arts and Culture, Theater
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Chicago music website to take flight – with help from Boeing
Music in Chicago is about to get a cyber-boost, thanks to an innovative collaboration between Boeing and the Elastic Arts Foundation, a non-profit presenting organization.
Boeing has contributed an initial $150,000 to an interactive website that...Tags: Boeing Co., Companies and Corporations, Austin (Chicago, Illinois), Entertainment, Music
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Spider Saloff to star in one-woman musical
The well-known Chicago cabaret star Spider Saloff is to appear in her self-penned, one-woman musical, "The Roar of the Butterfly" at Victory Gardens' Richard Christiansen Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln Ave., in May.
The show, previously seen in Los Angeles and...Tags: Concerts, Entertainment, Music
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Our Laguna: A busy weekend for community events
As Councilwoman Elizabeth Pearson has often said, "There is never a dull moment in Laguna Beach. If you can't find a nonprofit to support or an event to attend, you are not paying attention."
Never truer than last weekend.
On Feb. 3, No Square Theatre...Tags: Auction Service, George Bernard Shaw, Super Bowl, Entertainment, Music
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'Billy Elliot,' 'American Idiot' Part Of 2012-13 Bushnell Broadway Season
The Hartford CourantTouring companies of Broadway's "Billy Elliot," "American Idiot," "Sister Act," and "Million Dollar Quartet" will make up much of the 2012-13 Broadway series for the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford. Also on tap as an off-...Tags: Johnny Cash, Spider-Man (movie), Dr. Seuss, Smash (tv program), Entertainment
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Forgive its weaknesses and enjoy razzmatazz of 'Smash'
The Washington PostYea, though NBC walks through the valley of the shadow of death, all hope is not lost. "Smash," the network's easily engaging new Monday night drama about the making of a Broadway musical, turns out to be quite the little sunbeam. It has some endearing...Tags: Broadway Theater, Television, Katharine McPhee, Entertainment, Joe DiMaggio
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Grammy Awards: Funny how the comedy category has changed
The comedy category at the Grammys is a funny thing…
In a flash-and-pop show that's all about music, the comedy category has always been something of a square peg. But in the 1960s and 1970s, a heyday for comedy albums, the category was...Tags: Television, Margaret Cho, Entertainment, Music, Arts and Culture
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'Honeymoon' wed to Toronto run: Musical aiming for Broadway next year
VarietyTony Danza will topline the tuner version of 1992 comedy "Honeymoon in Vegas," preeming in Toronto this fall ahead of a planned Broadway run. Gary Griffin ("The Color Purple") helms the musical, with tunes by Jason Robert Brown ("Parade," "13") and a...Tags: Broadway Theater, Trips and Vacations, Entertainment, Travel, Music
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