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A 'Willy Wonka' confection on Navy Pier
A year or two ago, a major Broadway producer told me, sotto voce, that he thought he had the Broadway rights to "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory."
Well, I thought: Oompa, Loompa, Doompa-Dee-Do. It's hard to imagine better source material for a...Tags: Broadway, Movies, Dennis DeYoung, Johnny Depp, Music Theater
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Peel back the layers on fruit, 'Esperanza' and chocolate
Special to the Chicago TribuneOne of my fondest moments as a parent was the time my son, then 7, came downstairs wearing 17 pairs of underpants. "Look, Mommy," he said, the bulky mass of fabric straining around his narrow midsection. Then he peeled them off one at a time while I...Tags: Movies, Johnny Depp, Goodman Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Music
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Free On The Big Screen
They won't be first-run flicks or the summer's newest blockbusters, but free movies are on the big screen at area parks and movie theaters this summer. OUTDOOR MOVIES Grab your blanket and head to the local park for a family-friendly movie on a big...Tags: Movies, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Easton (Northampton, Pennsylvania), Promenade Shops, Center Valley
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Absolutely free
It's summer, and they say the living is easy. But maybe not so much these days, when tight budgets don't leave as much money for entertainment. That's where we can help. A little searching has revealed there's a lot of summer fun to be had that doesn't...Tags: Binney and Smith, Festive Event, Donovan, Music, Ceremonies
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TV Highlights
Series ■■ Frontline Nine young people coming of age in China are part of a generation torn between traditional culture and new choices. (N) 9 p.m. ■■ Groomer Has It The remaining groomers face the ultimate challenge in the...Tags: Colin Farrell, Movies, New Jersey, Gene Kelly, Mike Myers
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TV a vast wasteland this summer season
The Philadelphia InquirerGranted, summer has always been a dodgy time for television. But this is getting ridiculous. When I flip around at night lately, I feel like I did as a kid going through the lunch line at school. "These are my options? Really?" At least we used to get...Tags: Tiger Woods, Golf, Dana Carvey, American Idol, Mel Brooks
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The week's best bets for kids
"Handy Manny": Poor Mr. Lopart, as if that comb-over was not bad enough, he thinks everyone has forgotten his birthday. But he forgot how thoughtful Manny always is. Manny and Mr. Lopart's mom throw a surprise party for him. In the second story, Mr. Ayala...Tags: Movies, Police Investigations, Vehicles, Rob Reiner, Fred Savage
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Play examines the abnormal
Special to the sunBay Theatre ends its sixth season with a new level of dramatic excellence in Edward Albee's 1992 play, The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?, a challenging work by an author often described as America's greatest living playwright. While Bay Theatre's 2007-2008...Tags: Family, Sex, Literature, Woody Allen, Theater
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'Frankenstein' actor nurtures a new role and a new son
Associated PressWhen Christopher Fitzgerald learned he would be in one of Broadway's biggest shows, he was already deep in another role. He was trying to act from inside an enormous, marshmallowy Cabbage Patch costume, filming one of those offbeat Geico auto insurance...Tags: Maine, Broadway, Celebrity, Music Theater, Mel Brooks
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