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ABC's 'Raisin' Plucks Stamos
Zap2It.comJohn Stamos and ABC parted ways earlier this year on less than happy terms, with the network scuttling the second season of his show "Jake in Progress" after just one episode. The actor apparently isn't holding too big a grudge, however, as he's signed...Tags: ER (tv program), The Beach Boys, Television, Family, Entertainment
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Today the Emmys -- and the Schmemmys
Times Television CriticYou recall the prime-time Emmys. That annual television feel-good of cosmic hair and designer name-dropping? That pantheon of cosmetic tweaking, frozen smiles and scripted ad-libs? That Sunday gridlock of stretch limos from Malibu to points east? Yup,...Tags: Crimes, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Michael Richards, Emma Thompson, Clive Owen
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'Gimme a Break' star dies
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Nell Carter, who played the stout, sassy housekeeper on the 1980s sitcom "Gimme a Break!" and won a Tony Award in 1978 for her sultry turn in the Broadway musical "Ain't Misbehavin'," died Thursday at 54. The singer-actress...Tags: Broadway Theater, Death, Theater, Television, Comedy (genre)
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The anguished and the reticent
Special to the TribuneToward the end of Mandy Patinkin's New York concert at the Neil Simon Theatre last month, the pianist Paul Ford played the Israeli national anthem very quietly on the piano. Patinkin took out children's flags one Israeli and one Palestinian and...Tags: Children, Mandy Patinkin, Ravinia Festival, Theater, Neil Simon
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Music review, Audra McDonald at Ravinia
Tribune Arts CriticWhat a difference a year makes. Last summer, singer Audra McDonald made her Ravinia debut in the Martin Theatre, turning in a musically solid but dramatically overbearing performance for such an intimate room. On Wednesday evening, McDonald returned...Tags: Broadway Theater, Ravinia Festival, Theater, Music Theater, Tony Awards
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'Wicked' receives 10 Tony nominations
Tribune theater criticThe supernatural wenches of midtown Manhattan swept up 10 Tony Award nominations Monday as "Wicked," the musical prequel to "The Wizard of Oz," became this year's most-nominated Broadway show. Other big nominees in a generally wobbly field include the...Tags: Wicked (musical), Theater, Anika Noni Rose, Moscow (Russia), Alfred Molina
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Movies, Music and Theater on the East End
MOVIE THEATERS - EAST HAMPTON: United Artists Cinemas, 30 Main St., 631-324-0448. - MATTITUCK: Mattituck Cinemas, Main Road, 631-298-SHOW. - MONTAUK: Movies, Edgemere, 631-668-2393. - SAG HARBOR: Cinema, Main Street, 631-725-0010. - SOUTHAMPTON:...Tags: Tom Wolfe, Howie Mandel, Irving Berlin, John Dos Passos, Dickey Betts
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Williams evokes hall's steel beginnings in 'Soundings'
Stars attract stars. With the opening of the Walt Disney Concert Hall such a celebrated event, it was only a matter of time before the celebrities started showing up en masse, parading before clicking cameras. Last night, "Soundstage L.A.," the final...Tags: Walt Disney, Jerry Goldsmith, Television, Tom Hanks, John F. Williams
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'Wicked,' 'Assassins' Lead Tony Nods
AP Drama WriterIt was a "Wicked" day, with the lavish "Wizard of Oz" musical nominated for 10 Tony Awards, Broadway's highest honor. "Assassins," the chilling Stephen Sondheim-John Weidman musical about presidential killers, followed with seven nominations Monday....Tags: Broadway Theater, Crimes, Anne Meara, Theater, Wicked (musical)
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A `Wicked' upset as `Avenue Q' bags top Tony
Tribune arts reporter"Avenue Q," a wry puppet-and-live-actors show about urban slackers "whose lives kind of suck," beat out the heavyweight favorite "Wicked" for the coveted best Broadway musical statuette at the 58th annual Tony Awards Sunday night. The witty Broadway...Tags: Broadway Theater, Minority Groups, Wicked (musical), Theater, Anika Noni Rose
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REVIEW: Matriarchal Power in 'Raisin'
AP Drama CriticMother scores best. And that goes for daughter-in-law, too. The matriarchal contingent is the reason to see the Broadway revival of "A Raisin in the Sun," Lorraine Hansberry's landmark drama that opened Monday at the Royale Theatre. As the widowed...Tags: Death, Theater, Family, Langston Hughes, Happiness (state of mind)
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