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Dancin' at the Siskel Ask the Critic Lit Life
The Gene Siskel Film Center celebrates the films of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. PAGE 5 Tribune theater critic Chris Jones responds to a reader's question about what he reviews. PAGE 6 When it comes to the Civil War, the books may finally outnumber...Tags: Gene Siskel, Ginger Rogers
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'Assassins' takes a timely shot at revealing nine hearts of darkness
Special to The Morning CallThe timing could not be better. Stephen Sondheim's ''Assassins,'' a dark, disquieting musical portraying the lives of nine presidential killers or would-be killers, will have its Lehigh Valley premiere on July 4 in an election year. The opening date...Tags: John F. Kennedy, Gerald Ford, Music Theater, The White House, Leonard Bernstein
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Fred and Ginger dance again
They didn't dance on air (despite the female chorus doing their thing on the wing of a plane), but from their first on-screen pairing in the 1933 RKO picture "Flying Down to Rio" Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers made terra firma a magical place to sort...Tags: Dance, Ginger Rogers, Jerome Kern, Dolores Del Rio, Gene Siskel
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July 03: Feedback from newspaper readers
• Milton, Newport News: On your editorial page, you allow people to send in letters by e-mail or traditionally mailed letters. However, for Your Pix on page A2, you only offer the web option. It should say walk-in, conventionally shot photos are welcome,...Tags: Danville (Danville, Virginia), Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Los Angeles, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Movies
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'Hourglass' a spunky blend of graphic novel, tap dance
Chicago Tribune criticAs an exercise in genre blending, "The Hourglass and the Poisoned Pen" is quite the workout. It forges a most unlikely alloy: the graphic novel and tap dancing. Coming from Chicago Tap Theatre, that's no surprise. This is a troupe devoted to a new tap...Tags: Dance, Gene Kelly, Lollapalooza, Theater, Fiction
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June 30: Feedback from newspaper readers
• I would like to thank the Daily Press for printing on Page A3 Saturday the story, "Dominion gets OK to raise power rate 18 percent; more hikes planned." It was a wake-up call letting us all know that next month we can expect to see higher electric...Tags: Internet, Gene Kelly, George Carlin, Baseball, Homes
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Cyd Charisse dies in LA at 86
Cyd Charisse, the long-legged Texas beauty who danced with the Ballet Russe as a teenager and starred in MGM musicals with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, died Tuesday. She was 86.
Charisse was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Monday after...Tags: Dance, Cinema Industry, Leslie Caron, Arthur Freed, Diseases
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Cyd Charisse, film dancer, dies at 86
Cyd Charisse, who brought sizzle and sophistication to dance in movie musicals opposite Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire, died Tuesday. Charisse appeared in "Singin' in the Rain." METRO, PAGE 8Tags: Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse
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EASY GOING: There's an art to traveling light
Special to NewsdayThere's a new species of Airport Idols among us - those lean, mean, traveling machines who pack a bag with haiku spareness and have planned their carry-ons so precisely that they can easily do Italy for a week. You always watched them in awe. But now,...Tags: Ginger Rogers, Macy's, Samsonite
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Dancer Cyd Charisse Dies at 86
Cyd Charisse, who brought sizzle and sophistication to dance in such classic movie musicals as "Singin' in the Rain" and "Silk Stockings," died Tuesday. She was 86. Charisse died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after suffering an apparent...Tags: Dance, Diseases, Music Theater, Family, Tony Martin
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