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Phillyist's quick-picks for your evening agenda.

Most of us probably have that memory of the school field trip to see The Nutcracker. Our teachers sent notes home a few weeks in advance, asking our parents to make sure we dressed up. Then, the day of, we all got on the bus (single-file, of course!) and headed downtown, into the theatre, where one of two things likely happened: either we were bored or we were in awe.

Wednesday's opening performance of Chicago: The Musical at the Academy of Music had it all: Signature Fosse moves, an infectious soundtrack, a little razzle, a little dazzle, and of course... Springer.

Get ready to paint the town, Philly! Tonight is the opening night of Chicago: The Musical at the Academy of Music. As the show's beginning warns: "You are about to see a story of murder, greed, corruption, violence, exploitation, adultery and treachery. All the things we hold near and dear to our hearts."

It just may be that this particular Phillyist is going to the sold out Jimmy Eat World show in Atlantic City tonight. And it just may be that you aren't.

Recognize this silhouette? You might if you had been to Feist's shadow-intensive show this past Sunday at the Academy of Music. The evening opened with Hayden, a Canadian modern-day Dylan with a little less angst. His one-man show packed in great virtuosity on all three instruments: guitar, harmonica, and piano. His songs demonstrate a strange, but honest and often humorous, viewpoint on the world. His stage banter was also top-notch, joking after a little voice crack that "this is just like my Bar Mitzvah." For a local touch, he closed with Springsteen's "I'm On Fire."