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3 classics by 3 divas
"Barbara Cook at Carnegie Hall" (Sony). Recorded live in 1975, this landmark album marks the soprano's dramatic transition from Broadway baby to cabaret star. Dianne Reeves: "A Little Moonlight" (Blue Note). Without fuss or pretense, Reeves eases into...Tags: Jerome Kern, Sony Corp., Carnegie Hall
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Star trio shines at Humanities gala
Chicago Tribune criticSo the gala got its groove back. Two years ago, the Chicago Humanities Festival slipped on a banana peel when its opening-night gala performance featured peculiar slide shows and alleged performance art. Last year, the fest improved matters by presenting...Tags: Leonard Bernstein, Festive Event, Jazz Music, Chicago Humanities Festival
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MUSIC REVIEW: Broad Stage in Santa Monica gala opening
Times Music CriticThe Broad Stage, the latest addition to the Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center, put out the welcome mat Saturday night. The handsome, comfortable, generously equipped 499-seat theater is designed for a wide range of activities, including...Tags: Dustin Hoffman, Classical Music, Popular Music, Kurt Weill, Culture
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Some festival highlights
Barbara Cook will make two appearances at the Chicago Humanities Festival, which also will include several musical events. Some highlights: "Barbara Cook, Dianne Reeves, Frederica von Stade: Once in a Lifetime." The worlds of cabaret, jazz and...Tags: Evanston, Northwestern University, DePaul University, Chicago Humanities Festival, David Amram
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Cabaret queen's lessons for life
Chicago Tribune criticHer creamy soprano seduces audiences around the world. Her ability to cut to the dramatic essence of a song makes her a legend among cabaret singers. Astonishingly youthful of sound even at age 80, Barbara Cook may know as much as anyone about the...Tags: Chicago Humanities Festival, Gustav Mahler, Laurence Olivier
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Curtain about to rise at Santa Monica College's new performing arts center
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSisyphus had it easy. Or so it often seemed to the individuals who spent the last decade bringing to fruition Santa Monica College's new performing arts center. The king of Corinth was merely doomed to forever push a boulder up a mountain, only to have...Tags: Eli Broad, Government, National Government, Campaign Finance, Dustin Hoffman
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A voice silenced in 1996 is brought back to life
Special to The Baltimore SunDuring her short life of 33 years, singer Eva Cassidy was hardly known beyond her gigs at Blues Alley in Washington and at Pearl's, Reynolds Tavern and the Maryland Inn in Annapolis. Her two recordings, a 1992 CD called The Other Side that featured go-...Tags: Cancer, Patsy Cline, Folk Music, Ella Fitzgerald, Dolly Parton
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Avenue Q, The Drowsy Chaperone and other Kravis Center
Special Correspondent for South Florida Sun-SentinelVince Gill or Barbara Cook, Carmen or Avenue Q, Itzhak Perlman or a rock symphony derived from Led Zeppelin tunes. If you can't find something to quicken your pulse in the upcoming season at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, then you're not...Tags: Rufus Wainwright, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), The Drowsy Chaperone, John Denver, Classical Music
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Bebe Neuwirth Has Come A Long Way From "Lilith" to Cabaret Singer
Special To The CourantAlthough best-known for her classic role as Lilith, the alluring but viper-tongued, castrating Ice Queen of Mean on the hit comedy "Cheers," Bebe Neuwirth is an all-round performer, a dancer, singer and actor who has triumphed in a dazzling variety of...Tags: Edith Piaf, Festive Event, Litchfield Jazz Festival, Celebrity, Bebe Neuwirth
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Ravinia song series to feature 3 legends
Three noted performers of classic American popular song will headline next year's Martinis at the Martin cabaret series, at the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park. Betty Buckley, who leans toward a melodramatic performance style, will perform June 23....Tags: Betty Buckley, Ravinia Festival, Popular Music, Music Theater
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Pop calendar
South Florida Sun-SentinelOCTOBER Today -- Velvet Revolver, Alice in Chains, Sparta, 7 p.m. SoundAd. Today -- Boys Like Girls, All Time Low, The Audition, We The Kings, 7:30 p.m. Revo. Today -- Patti LuPone, 8 p.m. Carnival. Today -- Yellowjackets, 8:30 p.m., 10:30 p.m. Sandoval....Tags: Symphony of the Americas, K.D. Lang, Queen Latifah, Brooklyn Bridge, Tourism and Leisure
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True children of the theater
Sun StaffOne in a series of occasional articles It's all so familiar, so old-fashioned: The dim church hall with its utilitarian stage and acres of beige linoleum. The squeak of folding chairs, the melodies from the workhorse of a piano. Except for the flip-...Tags: Robert Preston, Govans, Harry Potter
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