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Youmans: 'Shrek' visually, technically stunning
A life-sized storybook unfolded on Tuesday night as "Shrek the Musical" opened in Orange County. Everyone's favorite ogre appeared on the stage, bigger and greener than ever, but the stunning visual representation masked a lackluster composition. "Shrek...Tags: DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, Companies and Corporations, Animals, Tony Awards, Economy, Business and Finance
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Retromania: Pop's past is taking over
We live in a pop age gone loco for retro and crazy for commemoration. Band reformations and reunion tours, tribute albums and box sets, anniversary festivals and live performances of classic albums: Each new year is better than the previous year for music...Tags: YouTube, American Idol (tv program), Yuck (music group), Apple iPod, Popular Music (genre)
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'Dancing with the Stars' week 6: Broadway fever
Tonight's challenge: Simultaneously watch DWTS and the Ravens on Monday Night Football. Yikes! But challenge accepted.
The action in the ballroom was far more impressive than the action on the ballfield, so that's what we'll focus on here. Had...Tags: Music, Dance, Judges, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Dancing With the Stars (tv program)
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The new Kravis Center season: Whoopi, Yanni, Yitzhak and "Spring Awakening"
The Broadway hits "Spring Awakening," "Spamalot" and "Dreamgirls;" mirth and memories from the likes of Whoopi Goldberg, Shirley MacLaine and Don Rickles; the vocalism of Mandy Patinkin, Idina Menzel and Bernadette Peters; as well as dates with Michael...Tags: Mandy Patinkin, Radio City Music Hall, Academy Awards, André Watts, Shirley MacLaine
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The spread on `Spam'
Special to The TimesIT'S a dark and crowded theater in New York. The curtain has only been up five minutes, and Steve Wynn, the billionaire owner of the Wynn Las Vegas hotel, leans in, grips my knee and whispers in my ear: "Eric," he says, "this will be great in Las Vegas."...Tags: Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, International Travel, Music, Mike Nichols
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Broadway's theater schedule for August
Here's what's playing on Broadway through the end of August. Note that although some of these shows' official opening dates aren't until September or later, preview performances are offered. -- Avital Binshtock "A Chorus Line": This lively exploration...Tags: Mel Brooks, U.S. Supreme Court, Washington (U.S. state), Olivia Newton-John, Mary Poppins (musical)
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59TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS
Tribune arts critic"Monty Python's Spamalot" won not such a jolly lot, but what it got included the top slice of ham. "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" overachieved. And "The Light in the Piazza," this year's Broadway standard-bearer for serious, high-end musical...Tags: Cy Coleman, Mike Nichols, Katie Holmes, Radio City Music Hall, Celebrities
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All hail return of 'Spamalot'
Metromix.com"Monty Python's Spamalot," the hit musical that had a successful pre-Broadway tryout in Chicago last winter, has made plans to return to the city of its birth in the spring. After an initial stand in Boston, the first national tour of "Spamalot" (a spoof...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Eric Idle, Palace Theater
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Is 'Spamalot' digestible?
Tribune theater criticA good time for Monty Python obsessives as well as the Python-indifferent, "Monty Python's Spamalot" shares much in common with Hormel's mysterious canned product, the one packed with chopped pork shoulder meat and a few other things. You're not...Tags: Mel Brooks, John Cleese, Mike Nichols, Animals, Michael Phillips
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