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Review: Hamburg Ballet's 'Mermaid' swims murky passages
Hamburg Ballet’s visionary artistic director, John Neumeier, is the rare dance-maker who also dreams up his own magnificent lighting, set and costume designs, which accounts for the scenic sumptuousness of his two-act ballet “The Little...Tags: Dance, Literature, Entertainment Events, Arts and Culture, Entertainment
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‘Totoro,’ ‘Princess Mononoke’ returning to theaters for Ghibli series
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - latimes.comSome of Hayao Miyazaki's most popular films — including “My Neighbor Totoro” and “Princess Mononoke” — are returning to the ...... -
Royal Shakespeare Co. criticized over casting of Chinese play
One of the most prominent theater companies in England has found itself under fire for its casting of a classic Chinese play. The Royal Shakespeare Co. in Stratford-upon-Avon is being criticized for casting just three actors of Asian descent in the...
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Christopher Ashley discusses Asian American backlash at La Jolla
Christopher Ashley, the artistic director the La Jolla Playhouse, said Wednesday that he had not anticipated the level of negative feedback the company has received from members of the Asian American community regarding its multicultural casting of "The...
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La Jolla Playhouse gets heat from Asian Americans over casting
The La Jolla Playhouse has been receiving a barrage of negative criticism from members of the Asian American community over its casting choices for the new musical "The Nightingale," featuring songs by the "Spring Awakening" team of Duncan Sheik and...
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Asian American theater leaders react to 'Nightingale' controversy
"The Nightingale," a new musical being presented at the La Jolla Playhouse, has drawn sharp criticism in recent days for the relative lack of Asian American actors in a work set in ancient China. The creative team behind the musical, based on the Hans...
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Critic's Notebook: real world concerns about a fantasy 'Nightingale'
Are we really living in a post-racial world? It seems like we’re back in the 1990s, when all hell broke loose on Broadway after the British star Jonathan Pryce was cast as the Eurasian lead in “Miss Saigon.” The “multicultural&...
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'Frozen' and Tonka trucks: New animated films in the works
24 FramesTwo announcements Monday about new CG animated films -- Walt Disney Animation Studios' fairy tale-inspired musical "Frozen" and Sony Pictures Animation's untitled Tonka truck movie -- signal the breadth of projects in the bustling animation medium that... -
Book review: 'The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens'
The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens Edited by Jenny Hartley Oxford University Press: 458 pp., $34.95 This is the bicentennial year of Charles Dickens' birth. We need no reminder of his eminence as novelist, but there are celebrations of his other...
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Bratislava, Slovakia: A velvety visit to old city with new touches
If your destination is Bratislava, be prepared for a few questions: Is that in Eastern Europe? (No, it's in Central Europe.) Capital of Slovenia, right? (Uh, no.) Where is that? (The last question courtesy of a Customs employee at LAX.) Until recently,...
Tags: Artists, Arts and Culture, Christianity, Czech Republic, Conrad Murray
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'Spring Awakening' team to bring fairy-tale show to La Jolla
Culture Monster`Spring Awakening' creators Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater are working on a musical based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale, `The Nightingale.' It will have a workshop staging this summer at La Jolla Playhouse....
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