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American Masters does Carson to biographical perfection - except for that masculinity thing
The Baltimore SunFrom Norman Rockwell and Leonard Bernstein to Baltimore's Cab Calloway, no one does biography like "American Masters" on PBS. I've been reviewing these superb productions for all of the 26 seasons that "American Masters" has been on the air, and have...Tags: Movies, Cab Calloway, PBS (tv network), NBC (tv network), Johnny Carson
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Local dancer returns with New York City Ballet
Off stage, Dana Jacobson stands a stunning 5 feet 9 inches tall, with arms and legs that go on forever. When she dances, she stretches her arabesques and lengthens her high-flying leaps to look even taller, at least 7 feet from the tips of her toes to the...
Tags: Dance, Concerts, Peter Martins, George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins
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Ruth L. Thomas, philanthropist
Ruth L. Thomas, whose philanthropic interests ranged from medical and educational institutions to helping newly arrived immigrants, died Wednesday of complications from a stroke at Springhouse Assisted-Living in Pikesville.
Mrs. Thomas would have...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Immigration, Pikesville, Colleges and Universities, Television
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Day Trip
Philadelphia NHL Winter Classic The summer home of the Philadelphia Phillies, Citizens Bank Park, will be turned into a full-size ice rink for the NHL's fifth annual Winter Classic. Start your New Year's Eve with the Winter Classic Alumni Game, where...Tags: New Year's Day, Dick Clark, Dance, Ryan Seacrest, Ice Hockey
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Loraine P. Bernstein
Loraine P. Bernstein, a musical trust's administrator who assisted young musicians in gaining an audience, died of a heart attack Tuesday at Good Samaritan Hospital. The Mount Washington resident was 82.
Born Loraine Panek in Warehouse Point, Conn.,...Tags: Music Industry, Yale University, Timonium, Connecticut River, Arts
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BSO lights a new fire under 'Joan of Arc'
At the age of 16, a French villager named Jeanne d'Arc responded to what she said were the voices of saints, exhorting her to take up arms against English invaders. Dressed in male clothing, she led troops to victory in battle after battle before being...Tags: Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Satire (genre), Carnegie Hall, Concerts, France
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Off Topic: last-minute stand-ins
Dining@LargeI'm working on tomorrow's Top 10 dining destinations for large groups, as well as my introduction to our group-dining guest consultant. In the meantime, I am moving the off-topic conversation about last-minute stand-ins and substitutions up here. Here's a...Tags: Bruno Walter
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'West Side Story' rumbles into Baltimore
"West Side Story," with one foot in Shakespeare and the other on the lawless streets of New York, rattled Broadway in 1957. Not surprisingly, it lost the Tony Award for best musical to something far more digestible and comforting" "The Music Man."
But...Tags: Jerome Robbins, Music, Dance, Gang Activity, Music Theater
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Peabody instructor part of Obama inauguration
Moments after Joe Biden is sworn in as vice president of the United States on the West Front of the Capitol and just before Barack Obama takes his oath as president, four classical musicians will perform a work created by John Williams for the history-...Tags: Music Industry, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Gustav Mahler, Opera (genre), Music Theater
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Complete list of 2005 primetime Emmy winners
The Associated PressNominees in all categories for the 57th annual Primetime Emmy awards: Winners denoted in bold. Comedy Series: "Arrested Development," Fox; "Desperate Housewives," ABC; "Everybody Loves Raymond," CBS; "Scrubs," NBC; "Will & Grace," NBC Drama Series:...Tags: Grammy Awards, Fred Willard, Space Programs, Civil Unrest, Stockard Channing
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A lively Alsop conducts in Florida
Sun Music CriticDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Picture it. A TV commercial. Voice-over: "Congratulations Marin Alsop! Now that you've just been named new music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, what do you do next?" Alsop grins broadly and declares: "I'm going to...Tags: Music Industry, ABC (tv network), Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Florida International Festival, Laura Benanti
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The life and rhymes of Sondheim
Sun Theater CriticStephen Sondheim has told the story so often, it's nearly a legend. When he was 15, he showed Oscar Hammerstein a musical he had written with two fellow students. He was, he admits, naive enough to think it was worth putting on professionally....Tags: The Sound of Music (movie), Miriam Shor, Music Industry, Goodman Theatre, Off-Broadway Theater
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