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Peoria (Ill.) has been an old stand-by with comedians for years—but not only because of the "O" sound. Nor because of the four vowel sounds that give it a nice noisy resonance. But largely, I suspect, because of the fact that it is a whiskey town and a river town and not particularly famous for what is known as the genteel tradition.
The Peoria Civic Center is no stranger to big Broadway shows. "Wicked" will be in Peoria this year, and "The Lion King" was here previously. But it took 10 years to get "The Lion King," Edgar said.
COACH THOME: Peoria native Jim Thome back in uniform, this time coaching his son to an IHSA state title Coleman immediately guessed "The Terminator", but as of noontime Tuesday or Hour 27, he had ...
The fact is that, while Peoria was a butt of jokes on the vaudeville circuit, there is no documented use of "will it play in Peoria?" before Ehrlichman's use in 1969. It was not in fact used in A Night at the Opera, and the literal references to Peoria in Horatio Alger's Five Hundred Dollars have nothing to do with the phrase.
The Peoria Civic Center will be a stop on “Croce Plays Croce 50th Anniversary Tour.” “People in Peoria apparently wanted to see me and hear me, so I’m coming,” Croce said. “That’s ...
Peoria was a main stop on the circuits and the phrase "Will it play in Peoria?" became popular from the early 1880s through the early 1930s. [ 29 ] In 1889, Peter Sommer obtained a patent for a machine that wove wire into fence.
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PEORIA — The Harlem Globetrotters will make Peoria a destination on their 2025 World Tour. The famous basketball team will put on its show on Jan. 5 in Carver Arena, with their trademark song ...