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Feinstein revs up Pasadena Pops summer season
The Pasadena Pops' star-studded "Sierra Acura Summer Concert Series" opens June 1 at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden in Arcadia. At the podium: singer, pianist and renowned interpreter of the American Songbook, Michael Feinstein,...
Tags: Mad Men (tv program), Grey Gardens (movie), TBS (tv network), Movies, Lincoln Center
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Review: 'Flashdance the Musical' breaks out leg warmers and '80s camp
This review has been corrected. See below for details. "Flashdance the Musical" has its way over "Flashdance" the movie in at least one critical regard: The show's plucky heroine — as you'll recall: welder by day! nonstripping stripper by night!...
Tags: Music, Movies, Entertainment Events, Bruce Springsteen, Rock of Ages (movie)
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Theater review: 'Priscilla Queen of the Desert' from Florida Theatrical Association
I intended to write a thoughtful treatise on the state of American theater vis-à-vis "Priscilla Queen of the Desert: The Musical." But then a large piece of glitter wafted into my eye, I exclaimed "Oy, mate, that bloody well hurts!" and I flounced out...
Tags: Music, Entertainment Events, Mamma Mia! (movie), Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre, Madonna
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Talk-show host Wendy Williams to star in 'Chicago' on Broadway
How you doin', Broadway? Daytime talk-show host Wendy Williams announced Monday that she’ll join the cast of the Tony-winning revival of "Chicago.” Williams will step in as corrupt key-wielding Matron Mama Morton, currently played by...
Tags: Broadway Theater, Sherri Shepherd, Whoopi Goldberg, Daniel Craig, Entertainment Events
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Tickets on sale Monday for 'Spring Awakening'
Opening April 10 at Northern State University is the Tony Award-winning musical, “Spring Awakening,” which is described by NSU Theater as exciting, provocative and powerful. The play, written by Steven Slater and Duncan Sheik, runs April...Tags: New York Observer, Music, Entertainment Events, Entertainment, Theater
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Al Pacino, Helen Mirren and David Mamet pool their collective talents in HBO's 'Phil Spector'
Executive producer Barry Levinson urges viewers to think of his HBO film "Phil Spector" as a two-person play —not a docudrama about the first murder trial of the rock producer. "It really is a two-person piece," Levinson said in a telephone...
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What a feeling! "Flashdance - The Musical" dances into South Florida
Staff WriterAt one time, the mega-hit "Flashdance" was imagined as a stage musical, and not a movie. That 1983 film made Jennifer Beals a star and turned dance togs into fashion must-haves. And now, we can see how things might have been with "Flashdance — the...Tags: Music, Pat Benatar, Entertainment Events, Duran Duran (music group), Fort Lauderdale
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'Xanadu' rolls into North Central College
Most college classwork doesn't end up in the spotlight, but for North Central College senior musical-theater majors, the stage is exactly where their talents will be tested. "They have to put on a full-mounted musical at Pfeiffer Hall and work with...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Olivia Newton-John, Music, Movies, Entertainment Events
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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, Movies, Dance, Entertainment Events, Sergio Trujillo
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Olivia Newton-John to perform at Luhrs Center at Shippensburg University
amyc@herald-mail.comOlivia Newton-John said she's always loved singing. She was in her first singing group by the tender age of 15. "But I didn't know that I would be able to make a career of it. But I'm very grateful that I could," she said during a telephone interview...Tags: Dolly Parton, Colleges and Universities, Politics, Music, Olivia Newton-John
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Screening Room: The Cinematheque boogies this weekend
The American Cinemathque's Egyptian Theatre gets its boogie on with a triple bill Saturday night of campy skating disco flicks. The first entering the rink is the 1980 cult fave "Xanadu," which was turned into a Broadway musical more than 20 years...
Tags: Olivia Newton-John, Movies, Thomas Ince, Entertainment, Irving Berlin
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Mary Testa, Others Added To Broadway Benefit For Sandy Hook
Hartford CourantAdd Mary Testa (“Broadway’s “Xanadu,” “Guys and Dolls”) and Paul Scott Goodman (off Broadway’s “Rooms,” “Bright Lights, Big City”) to the impressive line up of talent in Monday’s 7 p....Tags: Mary Testa, Stephen Schwartz, Entertainment Events, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Lance Guest
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