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Can slots save horse racing in the long run, or are they a temporary fix?
Money lifeline? You bet By Bill Ordine There are very few horsemen who would choose to rely on slot machines or other alternate forms of wagering to preserve their industry and an agrarian-based culture that predates the Industrial Revolution. However,...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Lotteries, Horse and Harness Racing, Casino and Gambling, Casino and Gambling Industry
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Lucas, Spielberg usher in summer with sci-fi wars
AP Movie WriterThis summer means war between old buddies George Lucas and Steven Spielberg. Colleagues on the "Indiana Jones" franchise, the two will duke it out for the title of galactic overlord on the 2005 science fiction front, Lucas with the final installment of...Tags: Jackie Gleason, Jennifer Lopez, Will Ferrell, Milk (movie), Sean Penn
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Perspective: Christian musicals with miraculous staying power
Before "Godspell" and "Jesus Christ Superstar" first hit off-Broadway and Broadway, respectively, 40 years ago — the first like an ember that caught fire, the other like an explosion — who but the most prescient or devout would have laid...Tags: Stephen Schwartz, Religious Texts, Kurt Weill, Entertainment Events, Theater
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Book review: 'At the Fights: American Writers on Boxing,' edited by George Kimball and John Schulian
Special to the Los Angeles TimesAt the Fights American Writers on Boxing Edited by George Kimball & John Schulian Library of America: 517 pp., $35 Part freak show, part sitcom, part mortal combat — ah, yes, behold the world of professional prizefighting, the face-break...Tags: Book, Jack Dempsey, Jane Austen, Ring Lardner Jr., Jack London
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`Guys and Dolls' on high school stage this weekend
Waynesboro Area Senior High School will present "Guys and Dolls" Friday through Sunday as this year's all-school production.
Based on the "Idyll of Sarah Brown" by Damon Runyon and set in his mythical New York City, the plot showcases the characters...Tags: Toy Industry, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Sarah Brown, Tony Awards, New York City
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‘Guys and Dolls’ is Saturday from Orlando Philharmonic-Mad Cow Theatre
Orlando Theater BlogHere's Friday's Calendar-section theater-page spotlight: WHAT: “Luck Be a Lady” and “Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat” are just two of the well-known musical gems from “Guys and Dolls,” the gambler-fall... -
Orlando Philharmonic-Mad Cow ‘Guys and Dolls’ is Saturday
Orlando Arts BlogWhat's the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra up to this weekend? With collaboration from Mad Cow Theatre, its playing a concert version of Broadway's “Guys and Dolls.” Singers include Davis Gaines, Michelle Knight, Andrea Canny and Philip Nolen.... -
Review: ‘Guys and Dolls’ from Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra/Mad Cow Theatre
Orlando Arts BlogHere's my colleague Scott Warfield's review of this weekend's “Guys and Dolls”: By Scott Warfield, Special to the Sentinel Just two weeks after giving an exceptional performance of a symphonic warhorse by Mahler, the Orlando Philharmonic... -
Dark Passages: Where American dreams go to die
Special to the Los Angeles TimesAmerica has long trafficked in the idea that so long as you have a sound mind, a strong work ethic and maybe a connection or two, the sky is the limit, and dreams can come true. Most of the time this idea is mythology, its metaphorical streets littered...Tags: Iraq War (2003-2011), Heart Attack, Iraq, Los Angeles International Airport, Infants
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'Guys and Dolls' at the Marriott Theatre: Mueller is just the dame to lead this 'Guys and Dolls'
The Theater LoopTHEATER REVIEW: "Guys and Dolls" ★★★ Through March 27 at the Marriott Theatre, 10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire; Running time: 2 hours, 40 minutes; Tickets: $40-$48 at 847-634-0200 and www.marriotttheatre.com Very few actresses can play both sweet-... -
Marina High tackles 'Guys and Dolls'
In one life, Chris Lancaster is a straightforward, churchgoing, career-driven young man. In another, Lancaster is a crook, involved in illegal business and unable to get his life in order.
Lancaster, 18, a senior at Marina High School in Huntington...Tags: Toy Industry, Music, Music Theater
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'Titanic Thompson: The Man Who Bet on Everything' by Kevin Cook
Special to the Los Angeles TimesAlvin Clarence Thomas, a.k.a. Titanic Thompson, was a gambler and golf hustler who died at age 82 on May 19, 1974, but whose outlaw career really flourished, as Kevin Cook records with breezy relish in his biography "Titanic Thompson: The Man Who Bet on...Tags: Horatio Alger, Clarence Thomas, Babe Ruth, Howard Hughes, Ben Hogan
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