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“Dirty Dancing” delivers signature scenes and songs, though not always the time of your life

After the runaway success of 1987’s movie musical starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey with a soundtrack that scored an Academy Award, Golden Globe and Grammy, it was [More…]

Los Lobos at SPACE

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Lollapalooza’s Saturday showdown: Metallica rocks, Sam Smith croons

Topping the sheer magnitude of Paul McCartney’s Lollapalooza headlining slot on Friday may have been impossible, but following up with one of the most enduring hard rock [More…]

Van Halen at the Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre

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Whitesnake at Vasa Park

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Ratt’s Stephen Pearcy at McHenry Fiesta Days

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The return of Cyndi Lauper’s revised, revitalized “Kinky Boots”

Following its 2012 debut right here in Chicago, “Kinky Boots” took Broadway by storm, racking up six Tony Awards the following season, including “Best Musical” and [More…]

Pre-Broadway musical “Beaches” juggles jokes, stirring songs and tons of tears

From its infancy as a novel by Iris Rainer Dart through a blockbuster silver screen adaptation starring Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey, “Beaches” continues to be an [More…]

U2 trades excess for introspection during tech-savvy journey

Coming off the most massive and highest grossing concert tour in history, U2 could’ve either repeated the formula verbatim or thrown the entire rule book out the window. [More…]

Emilio & Gloria Estefan’s “On Your Feet!” musical astounds during debut

With buzz steadily brewing around Broadway circles for the past year, Gloria & Emilio Estefan’s “On Your Feet!” finally landed at Chicago’s Oriental Theatre [More…]