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'Spider-Man' legal case, starring Julie Taymor, gets underway
The legal case pitting director Julie Taymor against the producers of the Broadway musical "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" is underway in a federal court in New York. Though the trial isn't scheduled to begin until early next year, a judge presided over a...
Tags: Judges, Tony Awards, U2 (music group), Entertainment, Music Theater
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The Art Of Making 'The Tempest'
The Hartford CourantDarko Tresnjak is hanging upside down, swinging on a 25-foot stretch of red fabric at Hartford Stage. It's not that tech rehearsals for Shakespeare's"The Tempest"have pushed the theater's artistic director over the edge. After he watched Joshua Dean...Tags: Theater, Daniel Davis, Entertainment Events, Broadway Theater, Helen Mirren
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BROADWAY REVIEW: Audience subscribes to 'Newsies' charms
NEW YORK —There is something uniquely appealing, entertainment history reveals, about urban urchins in cloth caps, be they Parisian waifs, London pickpockets or unflaggingly optimistic New York orphans. If they sing and dance and have lost a...
Tags: Harvey Fierstein, Alan Menken, Newsies (musical), Entertainment, Music Theater
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Tony Awards 2012: No clear front-runners for Tuesday's nominations
This story has been updated. If there's one thing that Broadway insiders can agree on this season, it's that there is no clear front-runner for the Tony Awards. The season lacks the blockbuster Tony magnets of recent years, such as "The Book of Mormon,""...
Tags: Porgy and Bess (movie), John Lithgow, Religion and Belief, Mormonism, Newsies (musical)
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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: Theater, Music, Entertainment Events, The Lion King (movie), Orlando
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Olympia Dukakis To Play Prospero In "Tempest" In Berkshires
Hartford CourantThere must be something in the air with “The Tempest.” Julie Taymor made a film version of it not to long ago. Yale Summer Cabaret produced it last year. Darko Tresnjak will direct his version of it in May at Hartford Stage, where he is the...Tags: Music, Charles Busch, Economy, Business and Finance, Connecticut Repertory Theatre, Companies and Corporations
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'Lion King' moves smoothly back to the Hippodrome
![With the broad appeal of a fast-food chain — 54 million people served in 14 countries on five continents — "The Lion King" enjoys a mighty status on Broadway, where it's the seventh-longest-running musical and has packed them in since 1997.](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-12/66676615-10211313.jpg "With the broad appeal of a fast-food chain — 54 million people served in 14 countries on five continents — "The Lion King\" enjoys a mighty status on Broadway, where it's the seventh-longest-running musical and has packed them in since 1997.")
With the broad appeal of a fast-food chain — 54 million people served in 14 countries on five continents — "The Lion King" enjoys a mighty status on Broadway, where it's the seventh-longest-running musical and has packed them in since 1997....Tags: Tim Rice, Forests, Elton John, Roger Allers, Michael Curry
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'Lion King,' still top of the food chain at Hippodrome
![<strong>"The Lion King"</strong> still roars. This 1997 Broadway musical is still running in New York. A touring version was a box office smash during a 14-week run at Baltimore's Hippodrome Theatre in 2005 and now the musical has returned for a month-long stay.](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-12/66747550-13131403.jpg "<strong>"The Lion King\"</strong> still roars. This 1997 Broadway musical is still running in New York. A touring version was a box office smash during a 14-week run at Baltimore's Hippodrome Theatre in 2005 and now the musical has returned for a month-long stay.")
"The Lion King" still roars. This 1997 Broadway musical is still running in New York. A touring version was a box office smash during a 14-week run at Baltimore's Hippodrome Theatre in 2005 and now the musical has returned for a month-long stay.
Judging...Tags: Tim Rice, Elton John, Michael Curry, Music Theater, Entertainment
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2011 year in review: Top arts and culture stories
Culture Monster"Art in the Streets" at L.A.'s Museum of Contemporary Art and the National Sept. 11 Memorial were among the top arts stories of 2011.... -
Athena Film Festival, celebrating women, announces its lineup
24 FramesThe Athena Film Festival, described as a "celebration of women and leadership,” announced its lineup.... -
'Spider-Man' producers countersue Julie Taymor [Updated]
Culture Monster"Spider-Man" producers said they have filed a countersuit in federal court against Julie Taymor, accusing her of failing to fulfill her contractual obligations on the Broadway musical.... -
Monster Mash: Brian Stokes Mitchell on 'Glee'; a new Liz auction
Culture MonsterMonster Mash: Brian Stokes Mitchell on 'Glee'; another Liz auction...
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