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On Theater: SCFTA lineup features shows based on movies
Something old ("Anything Goes"), something new ("War Horse") and a lot of shows in between (most of which were inspired by movies) have been announced for the 2012-13 season at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts, which begins its 26th season this fall....Tags: Tony Awards, Entertainment Events, Music, Theater, Billy Elliot (musical)
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This 'Addams Family' lacks snap
It has all the weight and nutritional value of cotton candy. But "The Addams Family," the Broadway musical that has taken up temporary residence at the Hippodrome Theatre, adds up to a mildly entertaining package of song and shtick. Revised since its New...Tags: Entertainment Events, Gomez (music group), John Astin, Music, Theater
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Second thoughts on 'The Addams Family'
"The Addams Family" seemed to have everything going for it when the musical opened on Broadway two years ago: a book by the creators of the mega-hit "Jersey Boys"; two exceedingly popular stars, Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth; and a title known to...Tags: Tony Awards, Entertainment Events, Bebe Neuwirth, Des McAnuff, Gomez (music group)
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John Astin is still everyone's favorite Gomez Addams
After a performance of "The Addams Family," the Broadway musical now playing at the Hippodrome Theatre, a tall, bald, mustachioed man went backstage to greet the cast — the original, the ultimate Gomez Addams, John Astin.
Douglas Sills, who...Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Raul Julia, Entertainment Events, Jackie Coogan, Cartoons
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New 'Addams Family' Adds Some Heart (And Some Snap, Snap)
The Hartford CourantIt's been a long and hard — not to mention spooky and ooky — road to get "The Addams Family"musical first to Broadway and then on tour. The national road company opens its one-week run Tuesday at Hartford's Bushnell Center for the Performing...Tags: Entertainment Events, Bebe Neuwirth, The Addams Family (tv program), The Addams Family (musical), Broadway Theater
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UMBC professor, author heeds call of the West
To those who think U.S. 50 is primarily a road that spans Maryland's bucolic Eastern Shore, Christopher Corbett begs to differ.
Corbett, an award-winning journalist and author, spent countless hours traversing the dusty stretch of Old U.S. 50 that lies...Tags: Trips and Vacations, John Wayne, Newspaper and Magazine, Hotels and Accommodations, Rodeo
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Theater review: 'The Addams Family' from Florida Theatrical Association
Charles Addams' cartoon creations are still creepy and kooky as described in the lyrics of their 1960s sitcom. They remain fond of the color black, instruments of torture, bumps in the night and screams of terror.
During the staged musical version of...Tags: Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre, Broadway Theater, Concerts, Gomez (music group), Music
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Michael Sragow's 13 great haunted house movies
Baltimore Sun reporterFrom the blog Michael Sragow Gets Reel: It hasn't been a great era for haunted-house movies. The third version of "House of Wax," in 2005, was awful enough to kill off the form, at least as far as big American studios were concerned. The day my review...Tags: Robert Wise, James Whale, Bela Lugosi, Skin, Genres
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'Despicable Me'
Movie criticAn agreeable jumble, the animated feature "Despicable Me" sells its 3-D in ways you wouldn't call sophisticated or witty. But you certainly notice it. Front car in a roller coaster, up, up, up, then down, down, down — aaaaahhhhAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!...Tags: Michael Phillips, Russell Brand, Kristen Wiig, Edward Gorey, Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who (movie)
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Burtonâs âEd Woodâ writers script a stop-motion animated âAddams Familyâ
Frankly My Dear - Orlando SentinelWell, at least this remake of an all-too-recent franchise will be animated in that computer-assisted stop-motion style tim Burton has long loved to dabble in. Burton's “Ed Wood” screenwriters have been hired to script a new “Addams... -
'The Addams Family' opens on Broadway with hilarious Nathan Lane, a little more snap-snap!
The Theater LoopAdam Riegler, Jackie Hoffman, Bebe Neuwirth, Nathan Lane, Kevin Chamberlin, Krysta Rodriguez and Zachary James are "The Addams Family" at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York. THEATER REVIEW NEW YORK - The Addams Family enjoys near-death experiences.... -
TV's Vampira Dies
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIn the early days of television, when horror movies were often campy by nature, actress Maila Nurmi created the character Vampira, a glamorous ghoul who as hostess of late-night fright films in the 1950s layered on her own brand of camp. Vampira played...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Death, Career and Workplace, Cartoons, Comedy (genre)
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