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Jazz bandleader, music arranger, critics' favorite
The Washington PostBob Florence, a Grammy Award-winning bandleader and music arranger whose elegant harmonic stylings brought him a devoted following in jazz circles, died May 15 of pneumonia at a hospital in Los Angeles. He was 75 and lived in Thousand Oaks, Calif. Mr....Tags: Emmy Awards, Julie Andrews, Washington Post Company, Grammy Awards, Red Skelton
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Almost a Play, Waste of an Evening
STAFF WRITERAlmost an Evening – The New Century – We advise you to avoid any play that is merely a collection of short sketches by a single playwright. It usually serves the playwright's temptation to combine unrelated stuff and declare it a finished product....Tags: Film Festivals, Movies, Lincoln Center, Gays and Lesbians, Minority Groups
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Highlights of what's new Off-Broadway
linda.winer@newsday.comThough much happens on Broadway this time of year, it's a mistake to let the commercial theater suck all the air out of the room. Here are a few highlights from Off-Broadway and other venues unfazed by the pressure-cooking schedule of the Tony Awards....Tags: Broadway, Max Casella, Samuel Beckett, Athol Fugard, Ellen Burstyn
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Fast Chat: Linda Lavin
'Massapequa? That sounds like a wonderful old Indian name. What does it mean in English?" a character asks Linda Lavin partway through "The New Century," a new comedy at Lincoln Center. Comes Lavin's deadpan reply: "It means 'Don't touch my hair.'" Lavin'...Tags: Maine, Movies, Lincoln Center, North Fork, Celebrity
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Spring awakening
linda.winer@newsday.comHowever the wind blows, theatergoers know it's spring when Broadway gets crazy with openings. Whatever the calendar says about the year's end, commercial theater will be observing New Year's Eve on May 7 - the last night to open eligible shows before the...Tags: Athol Fugard, Paddy Chayefsky, Bing Crosby, Reese Witherspoon, Off-Broadway Theater
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'O.C.' Creator Promises a Liberating Season
Zap2It.comThings got pretty rough in Newport Beach last year. There were shootings and beatings and college rejections. Relationships ended, businesses collapsed, offices burnt down. Characters sought solace in alcohol, cocaine and scuzzy surfers. Characters got...Tags: Adam Brody, Mischa Barton
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Spotting celebrities in New York: A diary
Special to amNewYorkWhether it's our easy-to-understand block system or our renowned sanitation department, there's something about New York that attracts stars. The potential for celebrity sightings is what first brought me to the city, hoping some of that showbiz magic...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Bars, Celebrity, New York, Jon Stewart
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A misfit 'Finishing'
Tribune theater criticOn the nervous, much-photographed movie set of "The Misfits," Henri Cartier-Bresson took a picture of Arthur Miller scrunched in a director's chair. In the picture, just behind the writer, Miller's then-wife Marilyn Monroe is receiving advice from her...Tags: Forests, Stephen Lang, Manhattan (New York City), Lee Strasberg, Movies
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Painting yet another 'Picture' of Marilyn
STAFF CORRESPONDENTThroughout his long and massive career, Arthur Miller has been expected to be our big-picture playwright: the skeptical, passionate, flawed but heroic conscience of the American dream. So it takes a while to appreciate that "Finishing the Picture," which...Tags: Stephen Lang, Fires, Movies, Lee Strasberg, Thomas Lynch
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An Enduring Rose
Staff WriterRose is "one of the few really great roles in musical theater,” Arthur Laurents said of the character who sits squarely at the center of "Gypsy,” the musical being revived -- yet again -- on Broadway. Having written the show's libretto, the outspoken 85-...Tags: Ed Asner, Bernadette Peters, David Merrick, CBS Corp., New York Times
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In her 70s, a new mom
STAFF WRITERNone of that never-do-the- same-thing-twice jazz for Doris Roberts. "I started at City Center in 1956," says the actress during a lunch break in rehearsals for "Bye Bye Birdie," the Encores! musical in which she's appearing this week - at City Center....Tags: Charles Grodin, CBS Corp., Marlo Thomas, Movies, Lynbrook
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Theater review, 'The Tale of the Allergist's Wife' at the Shubert Theatre
Tribune theater criticLate in "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife," continuing at the Shubert Theatre through Jan. 26, there's a line spoken by Lee, the mysterious seductress causing some trouble for a long-married Manhattan doctor and his fraught, searching wife. Lee accuses...Tags: Broadway, Valerie Harper, Charles Busch, Manhattan (New York City), Mary Tyler Moore
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