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Father's Musical Touches Song In My Heart
The Hartford CourantI won't lie to you. I can't face another column about guns or bombs. Maybe we all need a break. So, today, I'm going to tell you a story. In 1961, my father, Robert McEnroe, and the songwriter Johnny Burke collaborated on a musical adaptation of the...Tags: eBay Inc., Eddie Foy, Entertainment, IBM, Music Theater
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Broadway review: 'Pippin' pulls off a theatrical high-wire act
NEW YORK — There are shows that revive aging material through revisionism. And there are productions that prefer to celebrate the pull of nostalgia, especially when the songs are great. "Pippin," the brilliant Diane Paulus revival of the...
Tags: Entertainment, Music Theater, Theater, Music Box Theatre, Stephen Schwartz
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Duffy treads familiar ground in new collections
It's April, so poetry is in order And there is no better place to start than with Britain's poet laureate, Carol Ann Duffy. Duffy's two most recent books are just out for the first time in the U.S., and deserve attention. Published in 2005 in...
Tags: Poetry, United Kingdom, The Rapture
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Jambando still jams after 10 years
Orlando musician Dave Mann always looks happy. Even in the midst of organizing a slate of more than 20 local bands for Saturday's Jambando concert series, Mann is rarely seen without his Cheshire-cat grin. One of the founders of that series, which...
Tags: Florida Music Festival, Concerts, Bonnaroo, Music Industry, Festive Events
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Heat rises at Porchlight in this most Chicago of musicals
When you're sitting watching a new musical, it's easy to focus on a book or a score and underestimate the perennial dependency of Broadway tuners on lyrics. And if you're ever looking for lyrical excellence, the songs of Lorenz Hart (an early...
Tags: Bewitched (tv program), Poetry, Chicago Loop, Entertainment, Music Theater
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Chicago saxophonist Pat Mallinger gets ready for his close-up
When singer-pianist Diane Schuur headlined at the Jazz Showcase last week, she wasn't the most commanding player on stage. At leat not whenever Chicago saxophonist Pat Mallinger stepped up to solo. Each time he brought the mouthpiece to his lips,...
Tags: Green Mill (club), Mayne Stage, Music Theater, Theater, Concerts
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Obama and Susan Rice get last laugh on Benghazi
Bill PressIn the last five years, I've been to a lot of uplifting events at the White House, from welcoming NASCAR winners, to awarding the Medal of Honor, to honoring the teacher of the year. But I've never been to a bigger White House celebration than Wednesday...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Police Investigations, Current TV (tv network), FBI, White House
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The curse of Redskins sticks with Washington football
See if this makes sense to you: For years, I've argued with certain African-American people about their insistence upon using the so-called N-word which, to my ears, is, inalterably, a statement of self-loathing. They say I don't understand. They say the...
Tags: Washington Redskins, The Miami Herald, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Pulitzer Prize Awards, National Football League
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Q&A: 'Pain and Gain' star Anthony Mackie
If you played a bodybuilder whose steroid use caused size and performance issues in the downstairs region, you'd expect people to ask about that. But still. “This [female journalist] asked me, ‘I’ve never seen a crooked, small penis. So...
Tags: Bleep (euphemism), Academy Awards, Movies, Erectile Dysfunction, The Hurt Locker (movie)
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Grant Park Orchestra, Chorus take delayed season opener in stride
One of the things that makes going to outdoor concerts at the Grant Park Music Festival such a grand adventure is that you can never predict who will emerge victorious from the eternal struggle between mankind, mother nature and music. The Grant Park...
Tags: Grant Park Chorus, Culture, Entertainment, Grant Park, Chicago Park District
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Annoyance Theatre on the move
The Annoyance Theatre, a venerable Chicago comedy theater, is on the move. Jennifer Estlin, the theater's owner and executive producer, said Wednesday that it will exit its Uptown digs on the same block of North Broadway as the Uptown Theatre and move...
Tags: Entertainment, Theater, Arts and Culture, Broadway Theater, Lakeview (Chicago, Illinois)
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Broadway: Bette Midler serves up Hollywood dish in 'I'll Eat You Last'
NEW YORK — Almost none of us would have been invited to one of the famous parties at Sue Mengers' swishy pad in "The Hills of Beverly." Those networking opportunities — wherein Faye Dunaway could get cast in "Chinatown" between appetizer and...Tags: Entertainment, Theater, Chinatown (movie), Arts and Culture, Broadway Theater
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