It’s all downhill after the Fosse-packed opening number.
Tag: musicals
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A small stage makes Mercury Theater’s Pippin great
The young heir’s existential culture feels more relatable close-up.
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If you don’t know Megon McDonough, blame the maleness of Chicago’s 70s folk scene
Folk singer Megon McDonough made her 1972 debut LP while still in high school and in 1990 joined Christine Lavin’s Four Bitchin’ Babes.
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Terence Davies discusses the passions behind his latest film, A Quiet Passion
An interview with one of England’s greatest living filmmakers.
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Rauner taps Democrat Paul Vallas to turn around Chicago State University, and other news
Also, Obama’s Chicago staff reflect on working in the White House.
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The Goodman’s Wonderful Town is something less than wonderful
But Leonard Bernstein’s score and lead Bri Sudia soar in a revival of the 1953 musical directed by Mary Zimmerman.
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London Road turns a community’s response to murder into a brilliant musical
Britain’s National Theatre delivers a screen version of its acclaimed show drawn from real-life interviews.
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At least 14 CPS schools test positive for lead in the water supply, and other Chicago news
And, set your calendars: Hamilton tickets go on sale June 21.
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The Laquan McDonald video effect? Shootings increase, arrests decline, and other Chicago news
Also, Rahm vs. the rats.
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Pianist Anthony de Mare invites dozens of composers to reinvent Sondheim
New-music specialist Anthony de Mare performs selections from his new ECM album on Saturday at PianoForte Foundation.
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That wasn’t such a nice clambake: Some thoughts on the Carousel problem
Or how Rodgers and Hammerstein made something so ugly into something so pretty
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Reader’s Agenda Thu 6/5: Musical Theatre Fest, Rapid Pulse, and Vampire Weekend
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Thursday, June 5
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Pole dancers and playground injuries: the Reader’s latest performing arts reviews
Fresh opinions from Reader critics
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A.R. RAHMAN
Dubbed the “Asian Mozart” by the Daily Telegraph, 41-year-old composer A.R. Rahman redefined contemporary Indian film music in the early 90s, transforming a style that was formulaic and drowning in kitsch into something diverse and sophisticated, infused with everything from Baroque strings to pop guitar to dancehall beats. A student of Carnatic music who’d played […]
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Cats
Cats, Shubert Theatre. When Cats opened on Broadway 20 years ago, it was a sensation. More spectacle than story, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical transported theatergoers to a moonlit junkyard populated by sinuous, stretching, preening cats with electronic glittering eyes, all competing for the privilege of ascending to heaven in a spaceship and being reborn. But […]