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New movies-to-stage fund backs 'Flamingo Kid' musical
Like them or not, Broadway musicals based on movies have become a staple of the New York theater scene. Risk-averse investors see them as a safe bet in an industry marked by escalating costs. But theater critics often look askance at the artistic merit of...
Tags: Music Theater, Entertainment, Theater, Broadway Theater, Arts and Culture
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After overcoming cancer, UCF rower Claire Frenkel to graduate Saturday
It is dawn on May 2. Fog hovers over the moss-covered cypress trees that surround Lake Pickett, isolating it from the rest of East Orlando. An eight racing shell glides atop the water. Claire Frenkel's raspy and upbeat voice bellows from the boat and...
Tags: Florida Hospital, Conference USA, University of Central Florida Knights, Hospitals and Clinics, Cancer
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Preview local Orlando Fringe Festival acts in 2 separate shows
The traditional Orlando Fringe Festival preview is arriving in triplicate this year. The Orlando Fringe, a 12-day festival of theater, cabaret, comedy, music and more, takes place in May. The shows are short (90 minutes or less) and there are a lot of...
Tags: Joan Crawford, Entertainment, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Arts and Culture, Fringe Festival
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Orlando Fringe Festival preview is a double act
The Orlando Fringe Festival's annual preview night — in which performers for the upcoming festival get to give potential patrons a taste of their acts — had a split personality this year. For the first time, the preview was split into two...
Tags: Joan Crawford, Entertainment, Concerts, Star Wars (movie), Arts and Culture
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Firmer Fantasyland dates, more details released
Walt Disney World revealed a more specific timeline for Magic Kingdom's Fantasyland expansion and other details about upcoming attractions at its "What's New, What's Next" session for members of the media on Friday. The next stage of Fantasyland to...
Tags: Disney Channel (tv network), Walt Disney World Resort, Cinderella Castle, Crofton, Walt Disney
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'Hunger Games' surpasses $300 million at box office
"The Hunger Games"surpassed the $300-million milestone at the box office over the weekend, making the film more popular with American moviegoers than any of the "Twilight" installments. For the third consecutive weekend, the adaptation of Suzanne...
Tags: Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott, Russia, Movies, Kate Winslet
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'Lion King' actors circle back to Orlando
Let's call it the Orlando "Circle of Life": When Disney's hugely successful touring production of"The Lion King" roars into town Tuesday, April 17, two of the performers will be coming home. Selena Moshell, 29, who has danced in the ensemble for three...
Tags: Science and Technology, Theme Park Vacations, Music, Amusement and Theme Parks, Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre
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'The Lion King' surpasses 'Phantom of the Opera' as box-office champ
Culture Monster"The Lion King" has dethroned "The Phantom of the Opera" as Broadway's all-time box-office champion. The Disney musical, based on the popular animated movie, has grossed a total of $853.8 million since opening on Broadway in 1997.... -
Producer of Disney's 'The Lion King' continues trek into nature with 'Chimpanzee'
It’s a long way from the comforts of Burbank to the wilds of the remote Ivory Coast in Africa, and Don Hahn, executive producer of Disneynature’s new film, “Chimpanzee,” laughs at the comparison. “Luckily for me, I got to...
Tags: Elton John, Don Hahn, Animation (genre), Tim Allen, Pocahontas
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Theater review: Broadway tour of 'The Lion King'
It's fun to imagine the reaction of Disney executives when director Julie Taymor first pitched her vision for"The Lion King": Artistic masks and costumes, though the performers' faces would be seen; African dance; chanting; some Swahili thrown in for good...
Tags: Music Theater, Entertainment, Orlando, Theater, Broadway Theater
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'The Lion King' tour marks 10 years on the road Friday
"The Lion King"national tour will reach a big milestone during its Orlando engagement at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre. This Friday, April 27, the touring company will mark 10 years on the road. Since launching in April 2002 in Denver, Colo.,...
Tags: Elton John, Garth Fagan, Concerts, Tokyo (Japan), Germany
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Former Chicagoans Paula Killen and Shira Piven come to Evanston with their indie road comedy "Fully Loaded"
Here's what happens when you Google the new indie comedy "Fully Loaded": A host of Lindsay Lohan/"Herbie: Fully Loaded" YouTube videos pop up, plus a few others that are, as they say, not safe for work.
Here's hoping the film, which has its local...Tags: NBC (tv network), Music, Jesse Spencer, House (tv program), Danny Pudi
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