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‘White Noise’ is loud and flashy, but needs to turn up the volume

Pop-aganda: The cast of “White Noise” rocks out. “Everyone’s a little bit racist,” sang those edgy puppets in another musical. That catchy five-minute tune manages to capture more revealing insights about racism in America than the entire 1 hour, 50 minute rock musical White Noise does. Racism is bad. We know this. Even the self-identified… Read More ‘White Noise’ is loud and flashy, but needs to turn up the volume

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A packed ‘Jim Caruso’s Cast Party’ gives Chicago performers a chance to show their stuff

When I interviewed Jim Caruso last week, he joked that the experiment to bring his Manhattan-based Cast Party to Chicago could be a disaster: “It might just be Billy [Stritch] and me singing all the chestnuts to an empty house,” he said, laughing. In fact, the exact opposite happened. I introduced myself to Mr. Caruso… Read More A packed ‘Jim Caruso’s Cast Party’ gives Chicago performers a chance to show their stuff

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