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Finding racial harmony in song at BET
At one point in "From Doo Wop to Hip Hop," a Black Ensemble show that just tickled me pink, one of the characters says something along these lines: "We're not the same color. But we're all brothers. The proof is in the music." That's pretty much the...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Music, Arts and Culture, Concerts, Black Eyed Peas (music group)
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When jokes go too far
Oscar hosts are supposed to be irreverent and edgy, otherwise they are instantly accused of boring us silly. So Seth MacFarlane must have been surprised by the rolling backlash from his performance at last week's Academy Awards. In a gathering storm...
Tags: Theater, Crime, Law and Justice, Susan Boyle, Jon Stewart, Superman (fictional character)
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"The Book of Mormon" at the Bank of America Theatre ★★★★
Most of the audience flocking to “The Book of Mormon,” which officially descended on Chicago Wednesday night like satirical manna from some warped “South Park” heaven, are looking for amusement and escape. They'll surely find...
Tags: Josh Gad, Banking, Music Theater, Matt Stone, Wicked (musical)
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Lower prices make winter a great time to visit the Windy City
CHICAGO - It's sleek, shiny and sensational. But let's add two more words to describe Chicago for tourists: darn expensive. On Feb. 1, admission to the Art Institute of Chicago jumped to $23 for out-of-state visitors. In the past month, a host of...
Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Rentals, Millennium Park, O'Hare International Airport, Travel
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Orlando's 2013-14 Broadway shows include 'Book of Mormon,' 'War Horse,' 'Once'
"The Book of Mormon" will be in good company when the 2013-14 series of touring Broadway shows opens in Orlando in the fall. "War Horse," the 2011 best-play Tony winner, and "Once," the Tonys' best musical of 2012, will join "The Book of Mormon" when...
Tags: Theater, Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre, Music Theater, Matt Stone, Animals
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More tickets for Chicago 'Book of Mormon'
(POSTED BY DOUG GEORGE) More tickets for "Book of Mormon!" The next block of tickets – with seats through Sept. 8 – are going on sale for the hit, heavily sold musical at the Bank of America Theatre (18 W. Monroe St.). It begins with a...
Tags: American Express Company, Broadway Theater, Bank of America Corp., Services and Shopping, Ticketmaster
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'Book Of Mormon,' 'War Horse' Among Bushnell's 2013-14 Broadway Season
The Hartford CourantNational tours of two Broadway smashes, the musical "Book of Mormon," and the epic play featuring life-sized puppetry, "War Horse," highlight the seven-show 2013-14 season at Hartford's Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts. Those two shows, Tony...Tags: Theater, Dave Barry, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Tourism and Leisure, Travel
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Thank God I'm not watching 'Book of Mormon' with Mom
Last spring, during Easter dinner, my aunt leaned across the table and asked: "Chris, have you read this 'Fifty Shades of Grey?'" I said I had not but I had heard about it and, changing the subject, had she read — "What's 'Fifty Shades of Grey'?"...
Tags: Guggenheim Museum, Theater, Politics, Lars von Trier, Django Unchained (movie)
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The youngest Elder in 'Book of Mormon'
As the youngest of the Mormon elders in "The Book of Mormon," Arnold Cunningham is a case study in well-meaning ineptitude and comic confabulations that hybridize Mormon theology with geek-culture signifiers from "Star Wars" and "Lord of the Rings"...
Tags: Theater, Josh Gad, Music Theater, Duncan Sheik, Matt Stone
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Ready or not Chicago, 'The Book of Mormon'
CULVER CITY, Calif. — It's 4:30 p.m. on a warm November Monday in a nondescript building in Culver City. Trey Parker is pacing around the writers room at the so-called South Park Studios — which, once you're inside, feels like a cross...
Tags: Theater, Politics, Scientology, Banking, YouTube
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Make it your mission to visit these spots after 'Book of Mormon'
It's a little after 10 p.m. in Chicago's theater district and you just got out of "The Book of Mormon" at the Bank of America Theatre, but the show's dirty jokes and catchy music numbers have left you a little too giddy to go home. What are some good...
Tags: Banking, Goodman Theatre, Shrek (fictional character), Wicked (musical), Chicago Loop
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How young is too young to see 'Mormon'?
When it comes to "The Book of Mormon," how young is too young? Written by "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone (along with "Avenue Q" co-creator Robert Lopez), the Broadway musical that just set up camp at the Bank of America Theatre in...
Tags: Theater, Comedy Central (tv network), Harvard Medical School, Matt Stone, Broadway Theater
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