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Happy 100th! Celebrating Solti with World Orchestra Peace

Happy 100th! Celebrating Solti with the World Orchestra for Peace

Friday night at Carnegie Hall featured an all-star lineup in the imposingly named Solti Centennial Celebration, with commentary by Lady Valerie Solti, a note in the program from th... Read more

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Review: The Arsonists (Trap Door Theatre)

No doubt, their latest production of The Arsonists is important, and impressive. But this bourgeois parable reimagined with European Clowning technique isn’t all that enjoyable. ... Read more

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The 15 October 2012 by Chicagotheaterbeat
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The 29 October 2012 by Superconductor
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We can all remember that one cuddly toy that meant the world to us when we were young (mine was a stuffed spotted dog, which I still possess in all his faded... Read more

The 09 October 2012 by Chicagotheaterbeat
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Opera Review: Unmoored

Otello at the Metropolitan Opera. by Paul J. Pelkonen He is nothing if not critical: Falk Struckmann as Iago in the Met's Otello.Photo © 2012 The Metropolitan... Read more

The 18 October 2012 by Superconductor
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The 12 October 2012 by Chicagotheaterbeat
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The 20 October 2012 by Chicagotheaterbeat
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Orientale: Orientalism Goes Meta with Monteverdi

Gotham Chamber Opera's advertisement of "an evening of music at the intersection of East and West" had me concerned as well as intrigued. Who would be... Read more

The 02 October 2012 by Singingscholar
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Review: Human Landscapes (Joffrey Ballet Chicago)

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The 25 October 2012 by Chicagotheaterbeat
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Concert Review: High and Tight

Nicholas Phan Sings Britten at Le Poisson Rouge. by Paul J. Pelkonen Nicholas Phan's new release Still Falls the Rain. Image © 2012 AVIE Records. Read more

The 17 October 2012 by Superconductor
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Review: Duck for President (Lifeline Theatre)

Duck for President Adapted by James E. Grote Music and Lyrics by George Howe Directed by Shole Milos at Lifeline Theatre, 6912 N. Glenwood (map) thru Nov 25 |... Read more

The 25 October 2012 by Chicagotheaterbeat
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