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Drury Lane Oakbrook's "Miss Saigon" no stripped down affair
If you're just going to watch the special-effects helicopter land, this isn't your "Miss Saigon." But that doesn't mean the Drury Lane Oakbrook production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg's musical is any stripped-down affair. This Vietnam-era...Tags: Alain Boublil
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Funeral arrangements
Norm Van Lier: Services are at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the 4th Presbyterian Church of Chicago, corner of Michigan Avenue and Delaware Street. Johnny "Red" Kerr: Visitation will be open to the public from 2-9 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday at Chapel Hill...Tags: Delaware, Death and Dying, Johnny Kerr, Norm Van Lier, Funeral Parlor and Crematorium
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Chris Jones picks of the week
America: All Better! *** 1/2 The frightening, funny revue on the Second City mainstage is all about these yin-and-yang times in Chicago. Open run at Second City, 1616 N. Wells St.; $20-$25 at 312-337-3992. Brother, Can You Spare Some Change? *** The...Tags: Second City, National or Ethnic Minorities, Dining and Drinking, Broadway, Xanadu (musical)
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Thursday's market movers
DEVRY -$4.89 (9%) to $52.46 Shares of the Oakbrook Terrace-based for-profit education provider slumped along with others in the sector after ITT Educational Services said student default rates will rise under new government rules for federal...Tags: Financial Aid, ITT Educational Services Incorporated, Bank of America Corp., Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements
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Donating clothes? Not all collection boxes are equal
Tribune reporterThe weekend is here and you're in the mood for some spring cleaning. But before you throw that pile of too-tight pants and too-high heels into the clothing drop-off bin outside your local grocery store, think again. Many of the clothing donation boxes...Tags: Texas, Charity, Dining and Drinking, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Glenview
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Drury Lane's thrilling 'Miss Saigon' captures audience's hearts
Tribune criticJust 18 months ago, the Drury Lane Oakbrook was producing " Superman: The Musical," a regular-unleaded affair with the cheapest and tawdriest of sets. Now this remarkably transformed west suburban theater is producing a full-blown, no-holds-barred "Miss...Tags: Theater, Broadway, Ohio, Engineering, Music Theater
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Theater productions in the suburbs of Chicago rank with the Chicago theaters. Apple Tree Theatre artistic director Eileen Boevers was one to make it so.
I spent some time last Sunday night perusing the Chicago Tribune's archives, looking at the production history of the Apple Tree Theatre of Highland Park. The suburban company's founder and artistic leader, Eileen Boevers, had died earlier that day. I was...Tags: Skokie, Theater, Harold Pinter, Tom Stoppard, Glen Ellyn
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Fashion dangers
RedEyeWe suffer mightily for fashion. We fry our hair and pierce our skin and squeeze our feet into small torture chambers. We lug around enormous bags stuffed to the brim, because we never know when we just might need an extra pair of shoes, a hair dryer...Tags: Medical Specialization, Pain, Cancer, Health Organizations, Diseases
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Tetrodotoxin: Edward Bachner arrested after ordering pufferfish toxin
Federal authorities on Monday charged a Lake in the Hills man with possession of a pufferfish toxin in an amount that one expert said could kill almost 100 people. Edward F. Bachner IV, 35, who allegedly posed as a doctor when ordering the poison known...Tags: Police Investigations, Algonquin, FBI, Police Arrests, New Jersey
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'The Buddy Holly Story': Nothing like a great Buddy
Tribune critic"Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story" has been remounted in a fall production downtown at Drury Lane Water Tower Place. This is the review from the original production in Oakbrook. "Buddy Holly dies in the end?" said one of the droll bartenders at the Drury...Tags: Ritchie Valens, Theater, Music, Iowa
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Details shine in luxury apartments
Tribune staff reporterIf the devil is in the details, then it is swathed in elegance at Regency Place, a new 112-unit apartment community in west suburban Oakbrook Terrace. From top to bottom, this four-story building is appointed with details such as a cream-colored marble...Tags: Rooms and Sublets, Electrical Appliance, Downers Grove, Rentals, Building Material
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X-ray autopsies may someday ease burden on medical examiners
Ever alert for new ways to use their technology, radiologists may focus on the dead. At last week's annual meeting in Chicago of the Radiological Society of North America, Dr. Barry Daly, a radiology professor from the University of Maryland, discussed...Tags: Maryland, Medical Specialization, Health and Safety at School, Security, Assault
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