Musicals

'Banana Shpeel': Cirque du Soleil slides into world of legitimate theater

“Banana Shpeel” grew out of a desire of Cirque founder Guy Laliberte’s to create a vaudeville show. But with the arrival of Cirque du Soleil’s new “Banana Shpeel” at the Chicago Theatre (it moves to New York’s New Beacon...

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Aspen's Crystal Palace Players carry on

ASPEN - Economics, changing tastes, competition in both the dining and entertainment sectors, and the aging of founder Mead Metcalf combined to bring down Aspen's Crystal Palace in the spring of 2008. But the spirit of the...

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Sailors and Mates, at Liberty

STEPPING OUT “On the Town” focuses on the adventures of three on-leave sailors played by, from left, Brian Shepard, Tyler Hanes and Jeffrey Schecter. Naturally, the first thing they do is burst into song: the original “New...

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10 Years Later, the Lodestone Takes a Final Bow with Grace

The Kim family women cry over a Korean soap opera in Grace Kim & The Spiders from Mars (Lodestone Theatre Ensemble Nov 14-Dec 20, 2009) | Photo by Nic Cha Kim by Lyle Zimskind/Special to LAist Since its inception in 1999, the...

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Canadians and Prostitutes

In a recent post on Arnold Bennett’s The Pretty Lady, I quoted the 1917 parliamentary debate on prostitution and its effect of the soldiers. During this, Col Sir Hamar Greenwood reflected on the scandal of seven thousand ‘clean...

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A Small Collection Of Brief Motion Picture Reviews To Look At (Merle Webster)

For a long time we have used the video store as one of our main ways to access movies. The next generation it seems will be getting their movies from movie downloads, avoiding any trips to the store. Following is a list of a...

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“Bat Boy: The Musical” Is the Best Kind of Beastly

Last night Sarah Camiscoli attended Bat Boy along with a mob of eager Columbia students that filled Lerner Black Box to the rim. Thankfully, several poor souls abandoned their spots on opening night, offering Bwog a spot in the...

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Mt. Carmel Junior’s annual day celebrated

NEW DELHI: Mount Carmel Junior School celebrated its annual day over the weekend by staging a musical play, The Pied Piper of Hamelin. A grand cast of 155 students from Classes I, II and III took part in the play and the choir...

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Lea Salonga’s 'Your Songs Concert' slated Dec. 12 at PICC

MANILA, Nov. 22 (PNA) –- International singer Lea Salonga is scheduled to have her concert dubbed "Your Songs" at 8 p.m. on Dec. 12, 2009 at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City.

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All Knowing Singing Narrator

In many musicals, there is a character who acts as the narrator, knowing everything about everyone's business despite the fact that he often is a character in the story himself, and shouldn't really be able to know this. The...

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