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Bernadette Peters stars as Feinstein picks Pasadena Pops season
Saturday in the park with Bernadette (Peters, that is) will highlight the summer season at the Los Angeles County Arboretum announced by the Pasadena Pops and its new principal conductor, Michael Feinstein. Peters, whose many starring turns on...
Tags: Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, Lari White, MGM Inc., Christine Ebersole
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Marcy and Zina — with luck, you'll know their names soon
NEW YORK — In the annals of showbiz, the chance encounter between lyricist Marcy Heisler and composer Zina Goldrich 21 years ago may not rank with Rodgers and Hammerstein's first meeting or Lerner linking up with Loewe. But it could prove to be a...
Tags: Stephen Schwartz, Loewe, Music Industry, Entertainment, Music
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Oscars 2013: A joyful night at the Governors Ball
On the elegant stairway up to the Governors Ball, a man was having fun with the name of the event he was about to attend, loudly proclaiming it — or, rather, a variation of it that suggested a part of the male anatomy — to anyone who’d...
Tags: AIDS, Government, Daniel Radcliffe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Entertainment Events
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Hal Schaefer dies at 87; musician known for Marilyn Monroe liaison
"The Real Reason for Marilyn Monroe's Divorce from Joe DiMaggio" read the headline on a 1955 Confidential magazine article that exposed a bumbling ambush involving the famous ballplayer and Frank Sinatra. The unlikely duo allegedly had tried to catch...
Tags: Music Theater, Jane Russell, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Marilyn Monroe, Music Industry
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Hal David dies at 91; songwriting partner of Burt Bacharach
Hal David, the renowned pop music lyricist whose prolific collaboration with composer Burt Bacharach produced a wealth of enduringly memorable hits in the 1960s and early '70s, including "Walk On By," "What the World Needs Now Is Love" and the Oscar-...Tags: Music Industry, Perry Como, Entertainment, Music, Entertainment Events
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Marvin Hamlisch dies at 68; award-winning composer of popular music
When Marvin Hamlisch auditioned for the Juilliard School of Music, he played not Chopin or Mozart but the American folk standard "Goodnight, Irene," a choice that could have had lamentable results for any other prospective student. But Hamlisch quickly...
Tags: Sting, Paul Newman, Music, Alan Bergman, Entertainment Events
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Michael Feinstein to succeed Marvin Hamlisch at Pasadena Pops
Michael Feinstein -- the renowned singer and pianist who specializes in music from the Great American Songbook -- has been named the new lead conductor of the Pasadena Pops. He will succeed Marvin Hamlisch, who died unexpectedly on Aug. 6. Feinstein...
Tags: Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, Arts and Culture, Marvin Hamlisch
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Marvin Hamlisch, 68, remembered by theater collaborators
Marvin Hamlisch, who died Monday in Los Angeles at 68, was one of the most honored composers in the theater world, and one of the hardest working. From his songs for "A Chorus Line," which opened in 1975 and ran on Broadway for close to 15 years, to...
Tags: Music Theater, John Lithgow, Entertainment, Music, Carole Bayer Sager
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Marvin Hamlisch dies at 68: Sudden, brief illness halted busy life
Marvin Hamlisch, the stage and film composer who created the memorable songs for "A Chorus Line," has died at 68. The composer died on Monday in Los Angeles after collapsing from a brief illness, his family said in a statement. One of the most...
Tags: Music Theater, Music Industry, Steven Soderbergh, Entertainment, Music
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Hal David, Burt Bacharach honored in D.C. with Gershwin Prize
Pop & HissHal David and Burt Bacharach were honored Tuesday night in Washington D.C. with the Library of Congress' 2012 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder, Sheryl Crow, Diana Krall and others saluted the music of Hal David and Burt... -
All Christmas all the time on TV
Show TrackerHoliday movies, specials and very special holiday episodes of your favorite series fill the TV screens between now and Christmas Day. Here are many of the highlights. “Glee” 8 p.m., Tuesday, Fox. Extraordinary Merry Christmas: The glee club... -
Arts on TV: Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Doctor Who; Sonny Rollins
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