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Not so Secret Service
In the 1962 Howard Lindsay-Russel Crouse-Irving Berlin Broadway musical, "Mr. President," one of the songs in the production is titled "The Secret Service," which begins, "The Secret Service makes me nervous ..." If allegations are true that at least...
Tags: U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Military, Ethics, Music
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Havre de Grace High School performs classic musical 'Annie Get Your Gun'
It's the tale of famous gunslinger Annie Oakley and fellow sharpshooter Frank Butler. Putting aside their competitive differences, the two fall in love. "Annie Get Your Gun" first premiered on Broadway in 1946, with a major motion picture in 1950, then...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Annie Oakley, Entertainment Events, Concerts, Havre de Grace
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Sol Goodman, auto executive
Sol Goodman, a retired auto leasing and sales executive who wrote poetry that spoke of the joys of living in Baltimore, died of kidney failure Feb. 18 at Sunrise Senior Living in Pikesville. The longtime Mount Vernon resident was 88.
Born in Baltimore...Tags: Pikesville, Baltimore School for the Arts, Arts, Judaism, Concerts
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Homesick for the holidays
Irving Berlin wrote "White Christmas," one of the biggest-selling songs of all time, with tongue planted firmly in cheek. Although the wistful tune soothed homesick soldiers in such God-awful places as Guadalcanal more than half a century ago, and no...Tags: Dan Fogelberg, Bing Crosby, World War II (1939-1945), Mental Health, Music
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Passing on the torch of local arts
It was a great experience being arts editor in Howard County the past 25 years. This was a dream job for a guy like me and I can't believe I'm walking away from it this week with nary a kick nor a scream.
I'll always treasure the opportunities the job...Tags: Hippodrome Theatre, Edward Albee, Frank Zappa, Arts, Saul Bellow
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Congregation to discuss how Jews stay jolly at Christmas time
When Rabbi Susan Grossman's son was much younger, he noticed that a movie theater had put up a large Christmas tree and a comparably little menorah.
"He turned to me and said, 'How come the tree is so big, and how come the menorah is so small?' "...Tags: Menorahs, Ritual and Sacred Objects, Judaism, Talk Shows (genre), Television
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From Baltimore to Broadway to Hollywood
Over the years, many noted actors, such as Mildred Natwick, Edward Everett Horton, Mildred Dunnock, Charley Chase, Francis X. Bushman, Anita Gillette and Josh Charles, have hailed from Baltimore, and their paths to stardom often began by treading the...Tags: Bob Newhart, Maurice Chevalier, Eddie Cantor, Charley Chase, Dorothy Lamour
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In Columbia, Toby's gift of a 'White Christmas'
"Irving Berlin's White Christmas" is a nostalgia-laced ticket to simpler times, so consider it a gift from Toby Orenstein to your family this holiday.
Here is basically the same show and cast that had audiences at Toby's-Baltimore cheering back in 2009....Tags: Movies, Manhattan (New York City), Paramount Pictures, Theft, Rosemary Clooney
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'White Christmas' musical is a holiday treat at Toby's Columbia
Toby's Dinner Theatre of Columbia is offering what has become a seasonal favorite — Irving Berlin's "White Christmas, The Musical" in evening and matinee performances through Jan. 8.
Not just another holiday show, "White Christmas, The Musical"...Tags: Music Industry, Rosemary Clooney, Dance, Entertainment Events, Fred Astaire
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Making opera fun kid stuff at Arbutus Library
"Anything you can sing, I can sing lower," declared Grizzelino, a bear puppet before a crowd of 80 small children and their parents at the Arbutus Library last week. "I can sing anything lower than you," he sang in a deep baritone to the tune of Irving...Tags: Broadway Theater, Opera (genre), Music Theater, Catonsville
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'Dream' comes true — again — for Chesapeake
Whether you're Shakespeare-savvy or not, the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company aims to make you a lover. "A Midsummer Night's Dream," which opened the company's ninth summer festival last weekend at the Patuxent Female Institute Historic Park, goes a long...Tags: Ellicott City, Dance, Tourism and Leisure, Gardens and Parks, Festive Events
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Project Runway: Guess who's coming to dinner? Tim Gunn!
Reality CheckWell kids, I'm Kevin Van Valkenburg, sports writer in my spare time, but Project Runway blogger at heart. And as my favorite cheesy Swedish heavy metal band, Europe, would say...It's the final countdown! (Da da da daaaaa! Da da da......Tags: U.S. Presidential Election (2008), Hillary Clinton, Television Industry, Duke University, Defense
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