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Departing 'SNL' cast members offer giddy goodbyes in season finale
The season finale of “SNL,” hosted by five-timer Ben Affleck, was a star-studded event commemorating the end of an era for several veteran cast members. Guest stars included Jennifer Garner, a.k.a Mrs. Ben Affleck, who showed up during the...
Tags: Kanye West, Jimmy Fallon, Music, Saturday Night Live (tv program), Entertainment
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Carole King to be honored with Obama-hosted show, Gershwin Prize
Carole King seems to have fans in high places: The singer-songwriter's life will be staged with an eye toward Broadway, and next week her oeuvre will be honored at the White House. Officials announced Friday that President Obama will host a star-studded...
Tags: Library of Congress, Music, Music Industry, Entertainment, Human Interest
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Kanye's rant, Armisen's exit and more 'SNL' finale backstory
The 38th season finale of "Saturday Night Live" airs this weekend and with it come more than a few questions about the confirmed departure of one cast member, the possible departure of two others and the unpredicatable nature of the tempermental musical...
Tags: Music, IFC (tv network), Entertainment, Portlandia (tv program), Roseland
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Malibu retreat with four-star pedigree for sale
Actor Nick Nolte has put a Malibu compound up for sale that has seen a galaxy of stars come through its arched entryway. Besides Nolte, other notables to have owned the house include comedian Tommy Chong, Don Felder of the Eagles and music producer...
Tags: Nick Nolte, Jack Rapke, New York City Police Department, Music, Warrior (movie)
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'Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder' heads to Broadway
The musical comedy “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder” may be nearly as nimble as its lead actor, Jefferson Mays, who plays multiple characters and dies no less than eight times in the production. In its third incarnation, the...
Tags: Music, Broadway Theater, Entertainment, Hartford Stage, Entertainment Events
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Jed Bernstein, Broadway producer, to head Lincoln Center
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York has tapped a prominent producer from the world of commercial Broadway to serve as its next president. Jed Bernstein, whose credits include the successful revivals of "Driving Miss Daisy" and "Hair," is...
Tags: Music, David Koch, Tony Awards, Culture, Entertainment
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John Caird brings blockbuster cred to L.A. Opera's 'Tosca'
John Caird, who's directing the L.A. Opera production of "Tosca" that opens Saturday, played crucial roles in launching two of the biggest stage blockbusters of modern times. The fact that the British director remains somewhat below the radar, at...
Tags: Les Miserables (movie), Music, Music Industry, Entertainment, Entertainment Events
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Las Vegas: 'Broadway Meets Hollywood' at songfest
Songs from well-known musicals will be performed as the 2013 Super Summer Theatre presents “Broadway Meets Hollywood” on May 17 and 18 in the mountains west of Las Vegas. Numbers from such shows as "Annie," "Fiddler on the Roof," "Grease,"...
Tags: Music, Music Industry, Entertainment, Grease (movie), Theater
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Review: 'Flashdance the Musical' breaks out leg warmers and '80s camp
This review has been corrected. See below for details. "Flashdance the Musical" has its way over "Flashdance" the movie in at least one critical regard: The show's plucky heroine — as you'll recall: welder by day! nonstripping stripper by night!...
Tags: Burlesque (movie) , Music, Entertainment, Dance, Bruce Springsteen
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Attendance for Broadway touring shows continues to dip
Attendance at touring Broadway shows nationwide dropped for the second straight season, according to a newly released report from the Broadway League. The report said that 12.7 million people attended a touring show in the 2011-12 season, down from 13.1...
Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Les Miserables (movie), Music, Wicked (musical), Tony Awards
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Duke Ellington's music lives to be heard
It's no big thing to play the music of Duke Ellington. That's done all the time: in cabarets, concert halls, movies, Broadway theaters and anywhere jazz musicians assemble. Ellingtonia, a word coined by admirers who realized that no existing musical...
Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., Music, Music Industry, Entertainment, Culture
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Broadway's 'Legally Blonde' to set sail
"Legally Blonde" is headed for the high seas. Norwegian Cruise Lines will bring the Tony-nominated Broadway musical on board its Getaway, a 4,028-passenger ship set to debut in January 2014. And "Blonde" isn't the only musical to sail. CHEAT SHEET:...
Tags: Rock of Ages (movie), Music, Broadway Theater, Entertainment, The Simpsons (tv program)
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