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'Les Miserables' review: Excellent whether you're into it or not
***1/2 (out of four) Aside from “Newsies,” I don’t prefer musicals. I still know a good one when I see it, and the first big-screen musical version of “Les Miserables” is a very good one. The first-time-ever nature of the...
Tags: Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried, Music, Hugh Jackman, Eddie Redmayne
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‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’: Orlando nursing assistant plays
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelUPDATE AT THE END: Ralph Dukes, an Orlando nursing assistant at a veterans' home, will be a contestant Tuesday on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.” The game show, hosted by Meredith Vieira, airs at 10 a.m. weekdays on WFTV-Channel 9. Dukes... -
Sister Act opens at the Broward Center
This is not your mother's "Sister Act." The mega-successful Whoopi Goldberg movie vehicle from 1992 (and the sequel in 1993) has a whole new get-down-tonight, 1970s vibe for the stage musical "Sister Act the Musical," which is coming to the Broward...
Tags: Alan Menken, Music, Lifestyle and Leisure, Music Theater, Disco (genre)
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On New York stages, a year full of letdowns
The year 2012, as Queen Elizabeth II might have said, was quite the annus horribilis on Broadway. Especially after the leaves started to turn. Consider the less-than-regal disappointments. "The Anarchist," the polemical new play by David Mamet, closed...Tags: Music, Porgy and Bess (movie), A Streetcar Named Desire (movie), Once (musical), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (movie)
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Broadway musical 'Newsies' turns quick profit for Disney
In bygone days "extra, extra" is what newspaper hawkers used to shout to sell copies. Now it's what the Walt Disney Co. is adding to its bottom line, with word that "Newsies, the Musical," about turn-of-the-20th century paperboys who go on strike, has...
Tags: The Lion King (movie), Mary Poppins (musical), Music, Alan Menken, Harvey Fierstein
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More Broadway reflections: 'Newsies,' 'Once,' 'Forbidden Broadway'
Here are thoughts on some other shows I saw this year on Broadway: • Newsies: Let's not call this a great show. Let's call it a greatly entertaining show. Ridiculous plot holes can't hold up against the tidal wave of good will that spills out of...
Tags: Music, Once (musical), Entertainment
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Superior Thespians returns to Breakthrough Theatre
The Breakthrough Theatre of Winter Park will present its third annual "Superior Thespians" showcase Jan. 3-6. This event features Central Florida students that earned Superior ratings at their District Thespian Festivals from Orange, Seminole, Lake,...
Tags: Charlie Brown (fictional character), Shrek (fictional character), Winter Park, Mormonism, Marriage
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2013 Grammy Award nominees
Indie-rock trio Fun. and R&B/hip-hop star Frank Ocean scored big in Grammy Award nominations, scoring six nods apiece mostly in the top Grammy categories. The Recording Academy announced the nominations Wednesday during a show in Nashville. The 55th...Tags: Alan Jackson, Axwell (music group), Israel, Gotye (music artist), Ed Sheeran
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Grammys 2013: 'Once,' 'Follies' nominated for musical theater album
"Once" is once again in the awards spotlight. The original cast recording for the popular Broadway show is among the Grammy nominees this year in the category of musical theater albums. The show features songs by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, the...
Tags: Music, Glen Hansard, Grammy Awards, Music Theater, Once (musical)
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2012 Grammy Nominations
KTLA News1. Record Of The Year Lonely Boy The Black Keys The Black Keys & Danger Mouse, producers; Tom Elmhirst & Kennie Takahashi, engineers/mixers; Brian Lucey, mastering engineer Track from: El Camino [Nonesuch] Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) Kelly Clarkson...Tags: Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Steinway & Sons, Lil Wayne, Don Williams, Michael Tilson Thomas
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Looking ahead to the Tony Awards: An off year for musicals, but 'Once' deserves to win
NEW YORK — What with "Ghost,""Lysistrata Jones" and other wearying disappointments, the 2012-13 Broadway season hardly will go down as a banner year for new American musicals. Indeed, should the best-musical Tony Award go, at Sunday night's...
Tags: The Book of Mormon (musical), Music, David Alan Grier, Once (musical), Bruce Norris
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Tony Awards 2012: 'Once' wins eight Tonys, including best musical
"Once" was the big winner at the Tony Awards on Sunday, taking home eight awards, including best new musical. Based on the 2006 indie movie of the same name, "Once" is a modestly scaled romantic reverie that is leagues different in tone and size from...
Tags: Music, Glen Hansard, Neil Patrick Harris, Once (musical), Music Theater
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