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'American Idol' recap: Top 5 tackle the '60s and the Brits
Show TrackerA recap of "American Idol" in which the top 5 -- Hollie Cavanagh, Jessica Sanchez, Phillip Phillips, Joshua Ledet and Skylar Laine -- perform.... -
Johnny Otis dies at 90; R&B singer wrote 'Willie and the Hand Jive'
Pioneering rhythm-and-blues singer, songwriter, drummer, bandleader and disc jockey Johnny Otis made the kind of conscious life choice early on that few people have the inclination, or circumstance, to carry out.
Born white, the son of Greek immigrant...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Disc Jockeys, Radio Industry, Obituaries, Country and Western (genre)
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'American Idol' recap: Hollywood dreams stoked and stymied
Show TrackerNow that’s what I’m talking about. The first Hollywood Week episode of “American Idol’s” Season 10 flew by at a breathless pace, with audition favorites briskly moving on or left, sadly and sometimes surprisingly, by the ways... -
Michael Jackson's "Music & Me"
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThis album contains a flock of romantic ballads, like "Too Young,' "Up Again" and "Music and Me," wich is merely fodder for the reveries of Jackson's army of adolescent female fans. This fasction will probably flip over these numbers, through none of them...Tags: Michael Jackson, Arts, Arts and Culture, Fine Arts
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Daring 'Gaye' delivers stories and songs
When Black Ensemble Theatre opened its beautiful new building in November, it did so with a show, "The Jackie Wilson Story," that not only was under-rehearsed but was merely a pro forma remount of a hit from the past. The second, far more successful...
Tags: Concerts, Music Theater, Entertainment Events, Marvin Gaye, Motown Records
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'American Idol' Top 5 set list and mentor - 'Little Steven' Van Zandt - revealed
Zap2itWhen music legends agree to appear on "American Idol," the producers probably don't question the congruity of which giant appears on which theme week. So let's ignore the fact that it's British week and celebrate the fact that The E Street Band's Little...Tags: Bee Gees (music group), Hollie Cavanagh, Music, Entertainment, The Temptations (music group)
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'Dancing with the Stars' recap: Week 3 performances
Week 3 and tonight's the first night I'll lament not hearing the announcer say "Navratilova" in that special way. And as if that's not sad-making enough, it's "their most memorable year" night. Hope your heartstrings are screwed in tight because they're...
Tags: Concerts, Happy Endings (tv program), The Jackson Five (music group), Gavin DeGraw, Entertainment Events
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History Lesson
Anyone ever tell you history is dull, tedious and irrelevant? Not us. And for some particularly fascinating and relevant insights into black history, ditch the textbooks and head to these stage shows, which explore everything from the politics in...Tags: Jackie Robinson, Entertainment Events, Awards and Prizes, Music, Goodman Theatre
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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: Apollo Theater, Radio Industry, Concerts, African Americans, Marvin Gaye
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2011 FALL THEATER GUIDE
New theaters. Renovated playhouses. Hot dramas. Nervous new artistic directors. Stephen Sondheim and his “Follies.” A celebration of Stephen Schwartz, a dissection of Mark Rothko, and a look at the tragedy that befell the Amish of...Tags: Arts, Steppenwolf Theatre, The Second City, Music Theater, Stephen Schwartz
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This fall, a Black Ensemble Theater transformed
Jackie Taylor, the founder and artistic director of Chicago's Black Ensemble Theater, is staring at an utterly transformative fall.
On Nov. 18, the $19 million new Black Ensemble Theater will open at the hitherto moribund 4450 North Clark St.,...Tags: Steppenwolf Theatre, Foods and Beverages, African Americans, Public Employees, Goodman Theatre
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