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'Fiorello!' is back and even better
Tribune criticI took a vacant seat in the front row at the "Fiorello!" opening at TimeLine Theatre on Thursday night. Might as well get close enough to smell the sweat of Tammany Hall. Fiorello H. La Guardia, the legendary mayor of New York City, was about 5 feet...Tags: New York City, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Music Theater, Palace Theater, Theater
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2008 Tonys: Oddly, the speeches were the best part
Times Television CriticThe Tony Awards are unique among the big award shows in that you cannot experience the nominated works or artists in the convenience of your own home, or even your own town, unless you live in New York. Notwithstanding some 12 million Broadway tickets...Tags: Whoopi Goldberg, Television, A Chorus Line (musical), Thurgood Marshall, Movies
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What's Broadway's formula for success?
"Nobody knows anything."
William Goldman lobbed that dictum at the screen trade, but it just as easily applies to the just-concluded 2006-07 Broadway season. Goldman's contention that producers haven't a clue as to what will resonate with critics and the...Tags: August Wilson, Duncan Sheik, London Theatre, Wicked (musical), World War I (1914-1918)
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Tony-contending musicals bring new audiences to Broadway
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTHERE ARE telltale moments when Lin-Manuel Miranda, the star and creator of "In the Heights," knows who's in the audience to see his new musical about Latinos in Upper Manhattan: Whenever he mentions the Dominican Republic or Puerto Rico in a rap song, or...Tags: Wicked (musical), Berkeley (Alameda, California), Dominican Republic, Culture, Tony Awards
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Vintage musicals aging well
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterNEW YORK -- "Finally my mother can see something I've done," said opera singer Nathan Gunn, "that she actually likes." The 37-year-old baritone was speaking of tonight's concert version of the pioneering musical "Show Boat," the centerpiece of a season-...Tags: Mamma Mia! (movie), Carnegie Hall, Jerome Kern, Death, Defense
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`Spring' shout-out
"SPRING Awakening," the musical lauded for giving Broadway fresh impetus by using rock songs to intensify its tale of teenagers wrestling with their libidos in 19th century Germany, racked up eight Tony Awards on Sunday night. Its haul during the Tonys'...Tags: August Wilson, Duncan Sheik, Dancing, Celebrities, Liev Schreiber
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Mitchell Lurie dies at 86; world-renowned clarinetist taught at USC
Mitchell Lurie, a world-renowned clarinetist and clarinet teacher who taught for many years at USC and the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, has died. He was 86. Lurie, who had been in ill health in recent years, died of pneumonia Monday at his...Tags: Aaron Copland, Pablo Casals, Australia (movie), Elmer Bernstein, University of Southern California
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'LoveMusik' leads Drama Desk noms
The Envelope"LoveMusik," a look at the relationship between composer Kurt Weill and actress Lotte Lenya, received 12 Drama Desk nominations Thursday, honoring the best of the 2006-2007 New York theater season. It was followed by three other musicals —...Tags: August Wilson, Meryl Streep, Literature, Celebrities, Liev Schreiber
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'Home' by Julie Andrews
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterJULIE ANDREWS' early life wasn't exactly Dickensian. It was, however, filled with trauma, drama and colorful -- often tragic -- characters. In her immensely readable "Home: A Memoir of My Early Years," the Oscar-winning actress, star of such...Tags: London Theatre, Children, Family, London (England), Death
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Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Enters 12th Storied Year April 28-29 at UCLA
LOS ANGELES, March 21, 2007 - The city renowned as the entertainment capital of the world will roll out the red carpet to celebrate the nation's largest public literary festival when the Los Angeles Times, in association with UCLA, holds the 12th Annual...Tags: Lee Iacocca, Literature, Festive Events, Kirk Douglas, Adults
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'Enchanted'
Zap2It.com"Enchanted" on DVD will sell itself thanks to Amy Adams' completely charming portrayal of Gisele -- a nice addition to the Disney princess line -- and the fact that the movie actually lives up to the claim that it's a new family classic. A handful of...Tags: Blu-ray Discs, DVDs and Movies, DVDs, New York City, Amy Adams
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