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'Dallas' cast heads to Southfork for 30th anniversary
Associated PressPARKER, Texas—Larry Hagman was reluctant to be on a new TV show called "Dallas" when he first read the script in the late 1970s, figuring there wouldn't be any money in it. But his wife persuaded him to give the role of conniving oil baron and...Tags: Ojai, Bing Crosby, Linda Gray, Society, New York
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My voice lesson teaches more than singing
Every Wednesday morning for half an hour I take singing lessons at Carol Tingle's cozy studio in Santa Monica. Climbing the stairs, I let go of my to-do list, quiet my monkey brain that swings among the tortured vines of obligations and annoyances and...Tags: Stephen King, Santa Monica, Music, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter
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Stolen Pablo Picasso print is recovered
Brazilian police said Monday they have found a stolen Picasso print, the last of four artworks to be recovered following a museum heist in June.
On June 12, three robbers stole Picasso's "Minotaur, Drinker and...Tags: Music Theater, Foreign Aid, Jack Johnson, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Crimes
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Ernest Borgnine publishes autobiography but isn't done living
Los Angeles TimesErnest Borgnine isn't happy that the young whippersnappers running Hollywood these days have turned their backs on veteran actors and filmmakers. "They forgot them," he says. "It's a shame, isn't it? They just sit in a chair and just melt away. I would...Tags: Cinema Industry, Karl Malden, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Hawaii, New York
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'Mamma Mia!' A movie musical as good as the show
linda.winer@newsday.comEven before "Mamma Mia! The Movie" opened Friday, Broadway was feeling it at the box office. But contrary to historical expectations - that is, before the smash 2002 movie version of "Chicago" - that feeling at the box office was euphoria. Most shows...Tags: Sophia Loren, Lincoln Center, Music Theater, Kate Hudson, ABBA
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Gay pair's new tune includes wedding bells
POINTS WESTOn occasion and for no particular reason, I break into song. But my crooning has been considerably less enjoyable for me and my family since we met Jamie Offenbach, a Juilliard-trained opera singer who often marches into our house in mid-performance....Tags: Music Theater, Same-Sex Marriage, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Shoes, Gays and Lesbians
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FREE Players perform 'Guys and Dolls' in Commack
robert.kahn@newsday.comBarbara Sharkis' friends and family measure her development as an actress in steps - steps currently being taken in 3-inch high heels. Sharkis is a group home resident with obsessive-compulsive disorder, one of 50 actors with various disabilities who are...Tags: Diseases, Celebrity, Toy Industry, Mental Illness, Sarah Brown
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Stritch brings 'Liberty' to the Carlyle
At the top of her Tony-winning bio show "Elaine Stritch at Liberty" in 2002, Stritch entered while hauling an oversized stool on and offstage, as if to demonstrate the hustle and bustle of being a Broadway diva. But at the intimate Café Carlyle, where...Tags: Broadway, Marlon Brando, Music Theater, Theater, Judy Garland
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Broadway serenades Hollywood
Hollywood used to make Oscar-winning movies out of Tony Award-topping tuners like "My Fair Lady" and "The Sound of Music."
Nowadays, however, Broadway borrows from studio vaults, turning both celluloid hits and misses into stage shows. This year at least...Tags: Broadway, Olivia Newton-John, Music Theater, Celebrity, Reviews
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Not everything comes up roses in Merman biography
Tribune Newspapers: NewsdayCaryl Flinn's biography of Ethel Merman is as much an admiration of a voice as it is a story of a life. The author is quick to describe the "mesmerizing force" with "its homegrown Astoria accent" filling up auditoriums before amplifiers and microphones...Tags: Music Theater, Cole Porter, Astoria, Annie Oakley, Long Island
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'Rude Awakening' for Broadway
Few, if any, theater reviews survive for posterity. And few, if any, musical revues survive in their entirety. But "Forbidden Broadway," the long-running Off-Broadway spoof of Broadway musicals, is likely to live on years from now as an unflinching social...Tags: Broadway, Meryl Streep, Music Theater, Music, Cole Porter
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Chenoweth gives a powerhouse performance in 'Apple Tree'
Back in the day, Ethel Merman starred in a new show every season, but today¹s best musical theater performers only gravitate to a new show every three to five years. This season, however, we will at least be treated to a knockout bill by four stunning...Tags: Marilyn Monroe, Music Theater, Music, Theater, Marc Kudisch
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