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Review: 'Scottsboro Boys' a dazzling show about a travesty
"The Scottsboro Boys" has finally arrived in Los Angeles, a year after this 2010 Broadway musical performed in San Diego and San Francisco. It shouldn't have taken this long, but don't miss the opportunity to catch one of the most inventive American...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Broadway Theater, Theater, Entertainment Events, Arts and Culture
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'The Scottsboro Boys' to make its case at Ahmanson Theatre
Actor Joshua Henry admits he didn't know much about the Scottsboro defendants before auditioning to play one of them in the musical "The Scottsboro Boys." But the scenes he received to prepare for that audition were powerful. As for the "gorgeous"...
Tags: Lobbying, U.S. Supreme Court, Music Theater, Music, Social Issues
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Paula Abdul, Angela Bassett at 'The Scottsboro Boys' opening night
As she entered the Ahmanson Theatre at the Music Center on Wednesday for opening night of “The Scottsboro Boys,” Paula Abdul said she was excited to see the show. A musical theater fan, Abdul said, “I go to everything in New York,&...
Tags: Paula Abdul, Music Theater, Dawnn Lewis, Music, Theater
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Friday's TV Highlights: 'Paper Heart' on KTLA
Click here to download TV listings for the week of Feb. 10 - 16, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES Access 360 World Heritage: This new episode visits Cappadocia, a region of Turkey that boasts one of its...
Tags: ESPN (tv network), Ricky Paull Goldin, ABC (tv network), Columbus Blue Jackets, Craigslist, Inc.
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New releases: Denzel Washington, Robert Zemeckis team in 'Flight'
Flight Paramount, $29.99; Blu-ray, $39.99 Available on VOD beginning Feb. 5 "Flight" marks Robert Zemeckis' return to live-action filmmaking after a decade-plus of making motion-capture animated features, and it proves that Zemeckis still has the...
Tags: Flight (movie), Movies, Theater, Broadway Theater, Christopher Nolan
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Review: 'Scottsboro Boys' in search of the truth
SAN DIEGO — Musicals are supposed to raise your spirits and warm your heart, right? Not necessarily. And certainly not in the case of "The Scottsboro Boys," the fearlessly inventive show about one of the most notorious episodes of racial injustice...
Tags: Music Theater, Concerts, Music, David Thompson, Justice and Rights
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Theater review: 'Cabaret' at UCLA's Freud Playhouse
Culture MonsterCharles McNulty reviews the Reprise Theatre Company revival of "Cabaret" at UCLA's Freud Playhouse... -
Classic Hollywood: Joel Grey looks back — and forward — at his career
There was a time in 1965 when Joel Grey thought he would throw in the towel on show business. He wanted to be Laurence Olivier but instead he was doing a dreadful musical in Jones Beach, Long Island, called " Mardi Gras" with the June Taylor Dancers.
"It...Tags: Louis Armstrong, Bars and Clubs, Cole Porter, Dancing, Comedy (genre)
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Can 'Confessions' make Liza Minnelli a grand slam awards champ?
Gold DerbyAfter sitting on third base since 1973, Liza Minnelli could finally become the 11th artist to complete the awards grand slam if she wins a Grammy Award for "Confessions," her first studio album in almost 15 years. The disc dropped Tuesday to good... -
A cakewalk from Kander & Ebb: 'The Scottsboro Boys'
Culture MonsterIt all started at lyricist Fred Ebbâs kitchen table about eight years ago. Ebb and composer John Kander, the legendary songwriting team that crafted celebrated scores for âChicago,â âCabaretâ and nearly a dozen other Broadway shows, were ready... -
Theater review: 'The Scottsboro Boys' at the Lyceum Theatre
Culture MonsterLocation is everything in real estate, and that goes for theatrical properties as well. Let me tell you a story that demonstrates the truth of this maxim, the tale of a boldly risk-taking off-Broadway musical that got its Broadway wish...... -
Shows you won't see on Broadway come January
Culture MonsterBroadway has looked like a killing field in recent weeks as some high-profile shows have shut down prematurely or announced early closings. The unforgiving economics of the New York theater world -- a combination of exorbitant rents, ruthless...
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