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Review: 'Kinky Boots' is unsteady in its Broadway walk
NEW YORK — Let the record show that on April 4, 2013, the night that "Kinky Boots" opened on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, drag officially became a commodity of the tourist masses. Female impersonation has long had mainstream appeal,...
Tags: Stark Sands, Cyndi Lauper, Allergies, Music, Entertainment
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Baltimore's own Divine to be featured at SXSW Festival
"I Am Divine," a documentary on the life and career of Baltimore's favorite home-grown drag queen, was to make its debut Saturday night at the South by Southwest arts festival in Austin, Texas. Director Jeffrey Schwarz, interviewed for SXSW's online...
Tags: John Waters, Bruce Vilanch, Film Festivals, Celebrities, Sundance Film Festival
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ABC Family to air weekend of classic animated Disney movies
Channel Guide MagazineEaster weekend will be a special treat for fans of beloved, classic animated Disney movies, as ABC Family will be showing Alice in Wonderland (1951), Mulan (1998), The Lion King (1994) and Beauty and the Beast (1991) Saturday, March 30, and Sunday,... -
Savage Love: Father Figures
I'm a 37-year-old single father with a 14-year-old son. I've raised him on my own basically since birth, with help from some good friends and nearby family. Overall he's a good kid: gets decent grades, rarely gets in trouble. Our relationship isn't...
Tags: Eating Disorders, Harvey Milk, Social Media, Same-Sex Marriage, Gays and Lesbians
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Make it your mission to visit these spots after 'Book of Mormon'
It's a little after 10 p.m. in Chicago's theater district and you just got out of "The Book of Mormon" at the Bank of America Theatre, but the show's dirty jokes and catchy music numbers have left you a little too giddy to go home. What are some good...
Tags: Gilt Bar, Oriental Theater, Palace Theater, Arts and Culture, Gold Coast
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Cyndi Lauper talks Broadway, philanthropy and her upcoming WE tv reality show
Channel Guide MagazineIf you still think of Cyndi Lauper as the rainbow-haired, helium-voiced pop music confection who defined ’80s girl power with tunes like “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” and “She Bop” — well, you’re partially right.... -
Broadway musical 'Newsies' turns quick profit for Disney
In bygone days "extra, extra" is what newspaper hawkers used to shout to sell copies. Now it's what the Walt Disney Co. is adding to its bottom line, with word that "Newsies, the Musical," about turn-of-the-20th century paperboys who go on strike, has...
Tags: The Walt Disney Co., Mary Poppins (musical), Tony Awards, Music, Entertainment
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'Grinch': It's a stretch for this seasonal favorite
So what maketh an excellent Grinch? Well, take one part Harvey Fierstein, add one part Christopher Walken, shake the whole with just a macabre splash of Richard Nixon and you've got a verdant critter capable of evoking nightmares, the intensity of which...
Tags: Christopher Walken, Celebrities, Luxury Vehicles, Music, Entertainment
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John Waters Brings His Filthy World to New London
John Waters — This Filthy World 7:30 p.m. Nov. 9 at the Garde Arts Center, 325 State St., New London. (860) 444-7373, gardearts.org A discussion with John Waters is that rarest of celebrity things: an actual discussion. He's happy to reel...
Tags: Authors, New London (New London, Connecticut), Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Arts and Culture, Martin O'Malley
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When it comes to Baltimore, Travolta does it his way
John Travolta knew what he wanted to do with the role of Edna Turnblad, the zaftig housewife at the center of "Hairspray." The movie's producers, however, weren't so sure. Especially when he insisted on using a Bawlamer accent. "I got fought on it, by...
Tags: John Waters, Film Festivals, Anna Nicole Smith, Grease (movie), Celebrities
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These 'Boots' are made for reworkin'
You would not exactly tag Cyndi Lauper as one of those old-school composers who work on a Broadway show, see a musical number that's not working, scurry back to their hotel room to stay up all night writing a new song by breakfast, and, that following...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Stark Sands, Cyndi Lauper, Music, Entertainment
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Mar 5, 2013
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Feb 13, 2013
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Jan 15, 2013
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Jan 9, 2013
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Dec 21, 2012
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Dec 6, 2012
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Nov 7, 2012
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Nov 5, 2012
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Nov 1, 2012
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Oct 17, 2012
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