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'Dancing With the Stars' recap: It's Motown night
They start the show with a ridiculous graphic of Gavin in his rowboat on the dance floor, getting overwhelmed by a giant wave. Oh, silly dancing show, it's fun when you have a little bit of a big budget. It's Motown night and one can only hope that they'...
Tags: The Temptations (music group), Jaleel White, Social Sciences, Maria Menounos, Justice System
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'American Idol' recap: March Motown Madness
Reality CheckJanell reports on last night's American Idol:Welcome to the next Milestone Marker in the American Idol Journey to the Road that will lead us up the Stairs to the Platform of the Finale. The loser from tonight can say that......Tags: Ryan Seacrest, Celebrity Parents, Willie Nelson, The Supremes (music group), Celine Dion
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'American Idol': Top 10 perform
Reality CheckDelayed a night because of Tuesday's presidential address, American Idol is finally back tonight. The Top 10 will be taking on the songs of Motown.Host Ryan Seacrest lets us know that the contestants are over last week's outbreak of flu. Then......Tags: Alexis Grace, Popular Music (genre), Ryan Seacrest, James Taylor, Music
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Tony Nominees Explain Broadway's Most Daunting Demands
VarietyThey met the challenge, now they've been rewarded with a Tony nomination. But how does that challenge differ for the many scribes, helmers and thesps nommed? Here's what several 2013 Tony nominees had to say on the subject. "The main challenge of any...Tags: Music, Cicely Tyson, Theater, Stark Sands, Cinderella (fictional character)
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Tonys 2013: Bette Midler, 'Motown' among nomination snubs
NEW YORK--The Tony Awards committee always loves a good surprise or three. Members did not disappoint Tuesday morning, leaving out audience favorites like “Motown: The Musical” and critical darlings such as Bette Midler in favor of less...
Tags: Amy Morton, Music, Cicely Tyson, Theater, Tony Awards
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The original 'Marriage of Figaro' at Muhlenberg
"The Marriage of Figaro," a comic opera by Mozart based on a play by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, is a familiar work. Less well-known is the 1784 comedy by the French playwright, a critical diatribe about 18th-century morals. Muhlenberg...Tags: Mamma Mia! (movie), The Book of Mormon (musical), Theater, Tony Awards, Michael Jackson
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Steve Jobs' approach a lesson for Broadway's 'Motown'
In 2011, Nick Bilton of The New York Times asked Walter Isaacson, the biographer of Steve Jobs, an interesting question: "Did he try to control what you wrote in the book?" "I anticipated that," Isaacson replied. "But he didn't. He kept surprising me by...
Tags: Media Industry, Motown Records, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Music, Sociology
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'Motown: The Musical' on Broadway: What did the critics think?
"Motown: The Musical" -- the new Broadway jukebox musical that resurrects the Temptations, the Four Tops, Martha and the Vandellas and many more -- opened at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York on Sunday. The production, directed by Charles Randolph-...
Tags: Chicago Tribune, Music, The New York Times, The Hollywood Reporter, Entertainment Events
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Songs, not stories, get top billing in 'Motown'
NEW YORK — Berry Gordy, the man who discovered Diana Ross and The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Mary Wells (and on and on), was a peerless record producer when it came to handpicking talent and building careers. But Berry Gordy, the...
Tags: Artists, Human Accomplishments, Motown Records, Music, Theater
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'Motown: the Musical' — signed, sealed but will it deliver?
NEW YORK — The songs are among the most popular of the baby boom era — "My Girl," "I Want You Back," "Dancing in the Streets." They may be the staple of oldies radio; they haven't been part of a big Broadway musical. Now "Motown: The Musical"...
Tags: American Idol (tv program), The Ed Sullivan Show (tv program), Music, Theater, Concerts
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Wednesday's TV Highlights: 'How to Live With Your Parents' on ABC
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of April 7 -13, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES The Middle Her schooling completed, Frankie...
Tags: ABC (tv network), Connie Britton, Jerry O'Connell, Dule Hill, A.J. Cook
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Bobby Rogers dies at 73; original member of Motown's the Miracles
Bobby Rogers, an original member of the Motown group the Miracles, who collaborated with lead vocalist and songwriter Smokey Robinson and kept the musical franchise going after its biggest name left, died Sunday at his suburban Detroit home. He was 73....
Tags: The Temptations (music group), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Detroit Free Press, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye
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