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Before 'Pina': Memorable moments in dance on film [Video]
Culture MonsterThe wonders of 3-D---and Pina Bausch’s innovations---get all the attention in Wim Wenders’ interviews. But if it’s true that most Academy members will see "Pina" on the 2-D discs provided them rather than at any 3-D screenings, then,... -
Movie review: 'Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance'
Culture MonsterTrue believers may be impressed by the feature-length documentary "Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance." But the lack of sustained dance footage and the overload of gush may leave others disappointed.... -
Jason Alexander to receive Actors Fund award
Culture Monster"Seinfeld" actor Jason Alexander is to receive the Julie Harris Award for Lifetime Achievement, presented by the Actors Fund.... -
Youmans: 'West Side Story' revival is some of the 'best theater'
!["West Side Story" was credited with changing the course of American musical theater when the Sharks and the Jets burst onto Broadway 55 years ago.](http://www.dailypilot.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-09/64422222-01210436.jpg ""West Side Story\" was credited with changing the course of American musical theater when the Sharks and the Jets burst onto Broadway 55 years ago.")
"West Side Story" was credited with changing the course of American musical theater when the Sharks and the Jets burst onto Broadway 55 years ago.
A national touring revival of the Broadway hit is coming to Orange County from Tuesday through Sept. 18...Tags: Tony Awards, Movies, Rita Moreno, Easter, Theater
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On Theater: A dynamic 'West Side Story' revival
To successfully revive a modern classic musical such as "West Side Story" for the 21st century, you need more than melodic voices and inspired choreography. You need the elusive ingredient of attitude — an "us vs. them" mentality that pervades the...Tags: Dancing, Dance, Somewhere (movie), Theater, Leonard Bernstein
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This 'Follies' is no second fiddle
![Among Stephen Sondheim fans, it's already being called "the other 'Follies.'" When Gary Griffin and Chicago Shakespeare Theater began making plans for a major Chicago revival of the 1971 musical (book by James Goldman, music and lyrics by Sondheim) about a bittersweet reunion of former showgirls, they'd no idea that director Eric Schaeffer's Kennedy Center revival would attract megawatt talent like Bernadette Peters and Elaine Paige, let alone move to Broadway and catch fire.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-10/65228193-05140827.jpg "Among Stephen Sondheim fans, it's already being called "the other 'Follies.'\" When Gary Griffin and Chicago Shakespeare Theater began making plans for a major Chicago revival of the 1971 musical (book by James Goldman, music and lyrics by Sondheim) about a bittersweet reunion of former showgirls, they'd no idea that director Eric Schaeffer's Kennedy Center revival would attract megawatt talent like Bernadette Peters and Elaine Paige, let alone move to Broadway and catch fire.")
Among Stephen Sondheim fans, it's already being called "the other 'Follies.'" When Gary Griffin and Chicago Shakespeare Theater began making plans for a major Chicago revival of the 1971 musical (book by James Goldman, music and lyrics by Sondheim)...Tags: Brent Barrett, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Dance, Navy Pier, Theater
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On "Fela" at Shubert Theater in New Haven -- and More
Hartford CourantThe show: “Fela!” The place: Shubert Theater in New Haven. Thoughts on leaving the parking lot?: I was going to write a standard blog-style review of "Fela" which I saw Friday night but since the run was so short -- it ended today -- I...Tags: Tony Awards, Social Media, Theater, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Artists
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Connecticut Ballet Presents The Sleeping Beauty at Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford
Choreographer Brett Raphael brings Tchaikovsky's classic love story of good and evil to Connecticut. Joining the cast will be Charles Askegard, principal dancer from the New York City Ballet, who has been featured in productions by big-name...Tags: Connecticut Ballet, Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, Dancing, Dance, George Balanchine
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Stephen Sondheim: In his own words, on his own words
![NEW YORK -- At the top of "Look, I Made a Hat," the second half of his exhaustively detailed two-volume set of collected lyrics to such incomparable musicals as "Gypsy" and "Follies," Stephen Sondheim addresses some of the complaints about the first book, "Finishing the Hat." "The most common of them," he writes, "is that I didn't speak enough about my personal life, 'personal' being the euphemism for 'intimate,' which is the euphemism for 'sexual.'"](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/column/2011-10/65719942-28125210.jpg "NEW YORK -- At the top of "Look, I Made a Hat,\" the second half of his exhaustively detailed two-volume set of collected lyrics to such incomparable musicals as \"Gypsy\" and \"Follies,\" Stephen Sondheim addresses some of the complaints about the first book, \"Finishing the Hat.\" \"The most common of them,\" he writes, \"is that I didn't speak enough about my personal life, 'personal' being the euphemism for 'intimate,' which is the euphemism for 'sexual.'\"")
NEW YORK -- At the top of "Look, I Made a Hat," the second half of his exhaustively detailed two-volume set of collected lyrics to such incomparable musicals as "Gypsy" and "Follies," Stephen Sondheim addresses some of the complaints about the first book,...Tags: Goodman Theatre, Awards and Prizes, Chicago Tribune, Cole Porter, Music Theater
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Thoughts from Dr. Joe: 'Somewhere there's a place...'
The curtain rises on a bleak scene somewhere on the west side of the South Bronx. For the next 12 minutes, not a word is spoken. Instead, the finger-snapping hooligans emerge in a dance sequence. The mood is sinister, establishing the emotional climate...Tags: Human Interest, Movies, Dance, Culture, Academy Awards
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First-class tour of 'West Side Story' sounds an authentic note
![THEATER REVIEW: "West Side Story" ★★★½ at Cadillac Palace<br>
I think it's fair to say this is your last chance to take an impressionable young person to the theater and say, "Look, this is 'West Side Story' as I remember it."](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/column/2011-07/63386233-20150525.jpg "THEATER REVIEW: "West Side Story\" ★★★½ at Cadillac Palace<br>
I think it's fair to say this is your last chance to take an impressionable young person to the theater and say, \"Look, this is 'West Side Story' as I remember it.\"")
The 2009 Broadway revival of "West Side Story" was the last such revival to be directed by its author, Arthur Laurents, who died earlier this year. And while a classic title like this will always be open for re-creation and re-interpretation, and while...Tags: Dancing, Billy Elliot (musical), Theater, Dance, Somewhere (movie)
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