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Onstage, 'Singin' in the Rain' doesn't hold water
You certainly could not accuse Kyle DeSantis, the producer of the Drury Lane Oakbrook's huge new production of "Singin' in the Rain" of failing to deliver the wet stuff — as required for the title number and as immortalized by Gene Kelly in the 1952...
Tags: Movies, Music, Arts and Culture, Theater, Comedy (genre)
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Contemporary tap show 'Pulse' premieres in Sarasota
Bradenton HeraldThe collaboration started with a fan letter. About 10 years ago, Jeff Calhoun saw a Broadway show called "Never Gonna Dance." One of the performers, a dancer named Noah Racey, bowled him over. "Although the show was not successful, I thought, 'He's...Tags: Entertainment, Music, Culture, Arts and Culture, Newsies (musical)
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CSO at the movies: 'Singin' in the Rain'
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra's Friday Night at the Movies selection this week is a doozy. No matter how many times you see "Singin' in the Rain," the iconic dance numbers by stars Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds are still a marvel to...
Tags: Movies, Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Culture, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Bonnie Franklin dies at 69; mom on TV's 'One Day at a Time'
Bonnie Franklin, the actress who created an indelible television character playing a divorced, working mother of two headstrong daughters on the long-running series "One Day at a Time," died Friday at her Los Angeles home. She was 69. The cause was...
Tags: Music, Theater, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Celebrities, Entertainment Events
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Rediscovering a Laurel High coach and Irish pizza pub's 'leprechaun'
Occasionally this column takes a look at what happened to a person or thing that was a memorable part of Laurel's past. This month it looks at two Laurel icons from the late 1960s and early 1970s. Laurel High coach set the standard Laurel High...
Tags: Leprechauns (legendary entities), Sissy Spacek, Foods and Beverages, Charlton Heston, Maureen Stapleton
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Magician Bill Chaudet dies at 91
VarietyMagician Louis William "Bill" Chaudet, a protege of Harry Blackstone Sr. and a technical adviser for film and television during the 1950s and 1960s, died in Folsom, Calif., on Jan. 5 after a long battle with Alzheimer's. He was 91. Chaudet, who was...Tags: Movies, James Stewart, Mary Pickford, Shirley Temple, Mike Douglas
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Great Old Broad Series: Debbie Reynolds
Hartford CourantLast Sunday's screening at New Haven's Lyric Hall of the documentary "Broads,"that features salty, outspoken interviews with actresses of a certain age remind me of some of my own favorite interviews of like-minded dames. I'll post a series of these...Tags: Elizabeth Ashley, Academy Awards, Music, Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, Maureen Stapleton
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