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Musical revivals outpace new shows on Broadway

NEW YORK — New musicals will be in short supply this fall on Broadway, but a quintet of revivals plus one other major show at the historic Apollo Theatre will ensure that New York isn’t bereft of song and dance.

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Choral and brass combine to create SPRING FEVER

Press Release: Christchurch City Choir MEDIA RELEASE Choral and brass combine to create SPRING FEVER Lively, bouncy, invigorating and exciting – that’s the promise of SPRING FEVER, a special concert event combing choral and...

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Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman Danny Kaye in A SONG IS BORN

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1959: The best movie year ever?

The year 1959 was the Best Movie Year Ever, claims film writer John Hartl. His evidence? "Some Like It Hot," "North by Northwest," "Ben-Hur," "The Diary of Anne Frank" and other Hollywood gems — plus art-house classics "Black...

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Hollywood puppeteer has been pulling strings since

The Lonely Little Petunia in the Onion Patch has just belted out her theme song while clutching her hankie, just as she has for the last 50 years. Soon, some of the 100 vintage puppets take their bows and the worn, red velvet...

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Writer Larry Gelbart dead at 81

September 12: Comedy writer LARRY GELBART, who co-created M*A*S*H and co-wrote Dustin Hoffman movie Tootsie, has died, aged 81. Gelbart got his big break writing jokes for comedians Sid Caesar and Danny Thomas and became a...

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R.I.P.

Longtime Variety columnist Army Archerd died this afternoon at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center of a rare form of cancer. Conventional wisdom had it that an Oscar campaign wouldn't be successful without multiple mentions in...

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Musical Revivals Outpace New Shows On Broadway

Musical Revivals Outpace New Musicals On Broadway This Fall (AP) New musicals will be in short supply this fall on Broadway, but a quintet of revivals plus one other major show at the historic Apollo Theatre will ensure that...

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The Court Jester

Giacomo: "King of Jesters, and Jester of—" (gets hit on the head, falls unconscious) (Many characters): The pellet with the poison is in the vessel with the pestle, the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true! The...

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Notes of gratitude

Musically yours Members of Dhwani band Thank you. Dhwani Band — a unique quartet of singers from Kolkata — has chosen a unique way to say this to the fraternity of teachers who are continuously engaged in shaping and moulding...

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