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Annapolis offers a big 'Swing' for its 47th season opener
Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre will begin its 47th season of theater under the stars May 23 with Paul Kelly's "Swing." The show, which debuted on Broadway in 1999, will open the troupe's season of three musicals at the outdoor theater at 143 Compromise...
Tags: Savoy (music group), Music Theater, Entertainment Events, Joanna Gleason, Concerts
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Toby's scales new 'Heights' with a Latin sensation
In offering the regional premier of the 2008 Tony award-winning musical "In the Heights," Toby's Dinner Theatre of Columbia has reached a new height of its own. Toby's production of "The Color Purple" last season garnered a record number of Helen...
Tags: Music Theater, Broadway Theater, Entertainment Events, Music, New York City
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'In the Heights' soars at Toby's Dinner Theatre
As a Broadway musical with a Latin beat, "In the Heights" rises pretty high. Set in the Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights, it fuses the traditional sound of Latin music with contemporary hip-hop energy. The vibrant result makes for a lively...
Tags: Poetry, Music Theater, Manhattan (New York City), Broadway Theater, Entertainment Events
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Washington National Opera presents revelatory 'Show Boat'
Time was when American opera companies considered musicals as suspect artifacts from another planet, hardly worthy of serious attention -- not even on a par with the operettas those companies would occasionally stage when they needed a box office lift....
Tags: Alcohol Addiction, Music Theater, Entertainment Events, Music, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
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When a dedicated director taps Cole Porter's genius, 'You Never Know'
Thanks to the tenacity of a director and a talented cast, fans of Cole Porter can get to know the composer's 1937 musical, "You Never Know," currently getting first-rate treatment at Prince George's Little Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse. The legendary...
Tags: Music Theater, Entertainment Events, Music, White Marsh, Music Industry
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For 'American Idiot,' Md. native went behind the music with Green Day
Michael Mayer knows a thing or two about coming of age. The Maryland-born director won a Tony Award for his work guiding the 2006 Broadway hit "Spring Awakening," which chronicles teens getting a grip on their budding sexuality. In 2010, he directed...
Tags: The Who (music group), Jesus Christ Superstar (musical), Music Theater, Entertainment Events, Action (Movie Genre)
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Barry Manilow has hits and awards, but he's focused on music class
Eight years ago, Barry Manilow was shocked to hear that a friend's daughter was futilely searching for a saxophone. The student wanted to try something new, but her school didn't have the instrument. Manilow, the veteran singer and composer with more...
Tags: Mayflower Voyage (1620), Music Theater, Entertainment Events, Awards and Prizes, Schools
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A stirring production of 'Les Miserables' at the Hippodrome
There's something about "Les Miserables" that keeps me coming back. It's not that "Les Miz," running through Sunday at the Hippodrome Theatre, is my favorite musical. Far from it. It's all too easy to point out the technical flaws in Claude-Michel...
Tags: Music Theater, France, Entertainment Events, Paris (France), Music
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Tarzan on stage at Liberty High School beginning April 19
Since taking on the lead role in Liberty High School's production of the Disney musical "Tarzan," Christfur White, 17, has cut his head, an injury that required four stitches, scraped his knees and arms, and bruised both ankles. "There's been a lot of...
Tags: Music Theater, Entertainment Events, Music, Tarzan (movie)
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'The True Story of the Three Little Pigs' takes the stage April 26
"The True Story of The Three Little Pigs" will be performed by the Dallas Children's Theater on Friday, April 26, at 7 p.m. at the Amoss Center in Bel Air. Hear the wolf's side of the story in this hilarious musical courtroom dramedy: Alexander T. Wolf...Tags: Music Theater, Entertainment Events, Harford Community College, Music, Arts
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'Flashdance -- The Musical' has flash, dance, little substance
Somewhere, a halfway decent adaptation of the 1983 hit movie “Flashdance” is fighting to break away from the amiable, strongly performed mess of a show that has arrived at the Hippodrome. Instead, we get an everything-plus-the-kitchen-sink...
Tags: Music Theater, Movies, Sergio Trujillo, Entertainment Events, Music
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Children's Theatre players dive into Disney's 'Little Mermaid Jr.'
With its spring production of Disney's "The Little Mermaid Jr.," the Children's Theatre of Annapolis has found an ideal vehicle to reach its goal of presenting shows highlighting young performers' talents. This shortened version of the 2008 Broadway...
Tags: Entertainment Events, The Little Mermaid (movie), Hans Christian Andersen, Annapolis, Alan Menken
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