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    Dec 17, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Spice Girls musical opens in London, fails to impress critics

    Theater critics will tell you what they hate. What they really, really hate. In London, it's a new stage musical called "Viva Forever!" that uses songs from the British pop group Spice Girls. With a book written by Jennifer Saunders, of "Ab Fab" fame, the musical is backed by Judy Craymer, the producer who brought us another pop-jukebox musical, the blockbuster "Mamma Mia!"
    Theater critics will tell you what they hate. What they really, really hate. In London, it's a new stage musical called "Viva Forever!" that uses songs from the British pop group Spice Girls. With a book written by Jennifer Saunders, of "Ab Fab" fame, the...

    Tags: Music, London Theatre, Music Theater, Theater, Entertainment

    2. Oct 29, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Update: Hurricane Sandy forces closures for Broadway, concerts, museums

    Hurricane Sandy has forced many cultural institutions in the Mid-Atlantic region to close their doors and cancel performances.
    Hurricane Sandy has forced many cultural institutions in the Mid-Atlantic region to close their doors and cancel performances. In New York, Broadway shows that perform on Mondays have canceled their scheduled evening performances. That includes "Annie,"...

    Tags: Hurricanes, Museums, Idina Menzel, Museum of Modern Art, Rock of Ages Corporation

    3. Mar 15, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  3. Theater review: 'American Idiot' at the Ahmanson Theatre

    Culture Monster
    "American Idiot," the Broadway show adapted from Green Day's recording of the same title, opens at the Ahmanson Theatre....
    4. Nov 2, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Cystic fibrosis drug ivacaftor offers patients new hope

    All her life, Lindsay Shipp knew that she was dying. As a baby, she would cry after eating, and salt collected on her forehead. The diagnosis was cystic fibrosis, an incurable genetic disease that, at the time, meant a life expectancy of 18 years.
    All her life, Lindsay Shipp knew that she was dying. As a baby, she would cry after eating, and salt collected on her forehead. The diagnosis was cystic fibrosis, an incurable genetic disease that, at the time, meant a life expectancy of 18 years. The...

    Tags: University of Iowa, Music, Placebo, Pancreas, Hospitals and Clinics

    5. Sep 9, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  5. Broadway observes 9/11 anniversary with outdoor performance (video)

    Culture Monster
    The Broadway community came out in full force Friday afternoon in New York to observe the10nth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. Performers from the musicals "The Book of Mormon," "Sister Act," "Mama Mia!" and more gathered in Times Square to sing "New...
    6. Dec 20, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Theater: Amid the many bloated musicals, originality sneaks in

    Millennial anxieties ushered in the new decade with Y2K panic, 9/11 made it seem as if the paranoid were on to something, two quagmire wars were launched and the Great Recession left everyone wondering about the prognosis of the American economy as it enters its 21st century teens on life support. Yet if the theater, perpetually on the brink of extinction, taught us anything during this unenviable era, it's that apocalyptic fantasies are just that -- the wishful fears that somehow the chaotic slate will be wiped clean.
    Millennial anxieties ushered in the new decade with Y2K panic, 9/11 made it seem as if the paranoid were on to something, two quagmire wars were launched and the Great Recession left everyone wondering about the prognosis of the American economy as it...

    Tags: Jude Law, Twitter, Inc., Kirk Douglas, Social Issues, Theater

    7. Feb 28, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  7. 'Billy Elliot,' 'Memphis,' 'La Cage' coming to Pantages Theatre in 2011-12

    Culture Monster
    Broadway/LA said that its upcoming 2011-12 season at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood will feature a total of nine productions, including touring versions of the Tony-winning shows "Billy Elliot," "Memphis," "La Cage aux Folles" and "Million Dollar...
    8. Jan 11, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  8. 'Bank to the stars' City National opens second New York office

    Money & Company
    L.A.'s City National Corp., the business and private-banking firm known for its Hollywood ties, has become a fixture on New York's live entertainment scene as well, providing financial services to about a third of Broadway shows. On Tuesday, City...
    9. Nov 29, 2001 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. 'Sacred Ground' in N.Y.

    Times Staff Writer
    From world leaders pulling up in stretch limousines to cheerleaders in town from Ohio, ground zero at the former World Trade Center is drawing thousands of people a day who feel a need to view the wreckage firsthand and somehow pay homage. In a sad...

    Tags: Restaurants, Politics, Museum of Modern Art, Public Officials, United Nations

    10. Jan 14, 2013 |Story| Tribune Media Services

  10. Boneau/Bryan-Brown promotes two: Meier, Schwartz tapped to become VPs

    Variety
    Chris Boneau and Adrian Bryan-Brown, the heads of Broadway praisery Boneau/Bryan-Brown, have upped longtime associates Aaron Meier and Heath Schwartz to VP posts. Promotion comes after staffer Matt Polk and a BBB colleague exited to start their own...

    Tags: AIDS, Bette Midler, Broadway Theater

    11. Dec 11, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  11. Chicago actress Elana Ernst Silverstein, 29

    While most of her friends at Highland Park High School were still thinking of where they were going to study, Elana Ernst Silverstein already was booking the national tour of one of Broadway's biggest hits: "Mamma Mia!". And she had a bright future on the Chicago-area stage.
    While most of her friends at Highland Park High School were still thinking of where they were going to study, Elana Ernst Silverstein already was booking the national tour of one of Broadway's biggest hits: "Mamma Mia!". And she had a bright future on the...

    Tags: Marriott Theatre, Music, Ravinia Festival, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Arts and Culture

    12. Dec 6, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Faithful reading of hit 'Book of Mormon'

    “I'm about to do it for the first time,” chirps goofy Mormon missionary Elder Cunningham. “And I'm gonna do it with a girl!” The young man in a white shirt and tie isn't singing about a lusty encounter, but a holy rite of passage...

    Tags: Robert J. Lopez, Music, Mormonism, Satire (genre), Separation of Church and State

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