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Rousing royals kick up their feet in Carriage Houses family musical
June 18--Inspired by an old tale of 12 enterprising princesses who find a way to literally dance the night away, the Carriage House Arts Center will present a new take on this story, complete with some modern touches. "I mixed it up a bit," said Joe Guttadauro, who wrote and is directing the center's new family musical "The Dancing Princesses: A Not-So-Grimm Tale." In ...
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BRIEF Neil Patrick Harris returning to Broadway in Hedwig
June 17--Is Broadway ready to see Neil Patrick Harris' angry inch? Coming off a successful stint hosting the Tony Awards last week, Harris will be heading back to Broadway next year in a production of the musical "Hedwig and the Angry Inch." Producers announced on Monday that Harris will star in the first Broadway staging of the popular John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask ...
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Debut of New Day Fails to Increase CNNs Morning Audience
CNN introduced its new morning program, ...
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Money and Morals Sharing the Stage With Shakespeare
The connection between Shakespeare and nuclear waste might seem tenuous, but Michael J. Sandel, the political philosopher, did his utmost to unite the two at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park on Monday night, assisted by readings given by the likes of Alan Alda, Vanessa Redgrave, Christine Baranski and Matt Damon. The sold-out event, organized by the Public Theater as part of its ...
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Photos SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival Main Stage headliners
Sask. Party MLA and former Saskatchewan Roughriders player Gene Makowsky has paid back more than $2,000 in fees he received this spring for appearing at charity ...
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Man caught on Rihannas roof
A man has been arrested on suspicion of trespassing after he was caught on the roof of Rihanna's California home. The 26-year-old male was spotted by eagle-eyed private security guards working near the Umbrella hitmaker's Pacific Palisades home on Monday night and they detained the suspect until police arrived on the scene. He was then placed under arrest and taken into custody, with ...
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Critics Notebook A Boston Biennial Celebrates the Baroque Tradition
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Music Review Orchestra of the League of Composers Takes On a Challenge
Making new music is hard work, both for the composer confronted with a blank page (or screen) and for the performer, who is usually faced with limited time to hone an unfamiliar piece before offering it to the public. The challenge is especially acute for an orchestra, for which expenses are high and time is in short supply. Full marks, then, to the Orchestra of the League of ...
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Umm al-Qaiwain Crown Prince opens 7th Exhibition of Fine Arts
WAM UMM AL-QAIWAIN, June 18th, 2013 (WAM) -- H.H. Sheikh Rashid bin Saud bin Rashid Al Mu'alla, Crown Prince of Umm al-Qaiwain, has commended the keen interest and support given by the wise leadership of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and his brother Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum for the ...
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A Word With Rick Moranis Rick Moranis Discusses His New Album My Mothers Brisket
Rick Moranis already had one of the odder résumés in show business. This week he made it more so with a new album of songs about, among other things, a brisket and a bris. On Tuesday, Mr Moranis released ...
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Mark Morris The man who put heart back into dance
Mark Morris: 'You don't feel like you're looking at a dance company,' said Canadian dancer Peggy Baker of the Mark Morris Dance Group. 'You feel like you're looking at a gathering of people who dance together.' (Michael Falco FOR THE GLOBE AND ...
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God of Carnage at Center Stage Theater
/small-ad --> The director and teacher Peter Frisch has given a great deal of support to the performing arts community here in Santa Barbara, both through his leadership as the initial directory at the new Granada and through his acting studio classes. He's a seasoned professional, with serious credits in stage and television, and I'm sure he'll be back with something ...
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Marlings career a bit of a fluke
Brit Marling looks as if she might have been born wearing a string of very good pearls. That the patrician blonde, 29, is a screenwriter and actress is a bit of a fluke, to hear her tell it. The Chicago-born Marling was on another sort of trajectory altogether when she started an economics degree at Georgetown University. There was, for example, that job at Goldman Sachs she turned down. ...
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Cyrus Hemsworth go on date night
Singer/actress Miley Cyrus and her fiance Liam Hemsworth proved their romance is still going strong on Monday after stepping out together for the first time since January. The stars' relationship has come under intense scrutiny amid persistent reports suggesting they are on the verge of a split, but they showed no signs of trouble in Los Angeles, where they were photographed heading out to ...
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John Studzinski Marrying business and the arts
The banker John Studzinski is helping to nurture young theatre directors. He's a living example of how commerce and culture can sit comfortably ...
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Painting of the artists son wins BP portrait award for Susanne du Toit
Susanne du Toit's portrait of her son Pieter. 'I look to the body to provide as much expression as the face,' she says. Photograph: National Portrait ...
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Dance Review Swan Lake Returns to American Ballet Theater
What is an American Ballet Theater season at the Metropolitan Opera House without swans? On Monday the company presented its first ...
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Dance Review Rebecca Laziers Coming TogetherAttica Evokes 1971 Riot
Thanks largely to live music, but also to excellent dancers and a memorable use of space and lighting, Rebecca ...
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Music Review The Chelsea Music Festival Opens With a Homage
If you look past the sillier aspects of the Chelsea Music Festival ...
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NBC Replaces Veteran Director of Today
NBC News is replacing the longtime director of ...
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In Overhaul Today Show Directer Gets a New Title
NBC News is replacing the longtime director of ...
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The many musical pinnacles of T Bone Burnett
Producer-musician T Bone Burnett, firmly established as the guru of Americana music, was recruited by folk-rock icon John Mellencamp and suspense author Stephen King to make some sense out of their long-gestating Southern-gothic ...
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New book claims child-catchers kidnapped boys for the Elizabethan stage
Child-catchers stalked the streets of Elizabethan England seeking out boys they could force on to the stage, an Oxford academic has claimed in a new ...
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Goo Goo Dolls return with Magnetic
Veteran Buffalo pop-rock band Goo Goo Dolls' return to a more upbeat sound on their new album, Magnetic, which hit stores this month, is the result of a number of positive things going on. First and foremost, frontman Johnny Rzeznik, the group's 47-year-old singer-songwriter-guitarist, has given up drinking and is about to get married in L.A. in July for the second time (he divorced ...
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Books of The Times Seven American Deaths and Disasters Transcribes the News
Kenneth Goldsmith is a conceptual poet, a literary trickster whose books are found art of a sort. He mines the mundane. One of his volumes, ...
A Look at Copenhagen
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Copenhagen leading the eco-charge
Copenhagen has, for many decades, been an extremely influential city in world affairs, most notably in the realm of environmental management and conservation activities. It is in Copenhagen that world leaders meet to agree on eco-friendly policies at the famous Copenhagen Accord, and the city will host mayors from around the world at the Copenhagen Summit. So what is the extent of the city’s leadership on such issues?
Copenhagen has long been considered one of the most environmentally friendly cities in the world. In 1973 Denmark was the first country in the world to implement a national Environmental Law, and this paved the way for a strong combination of national and municipal legislation aimed at limiting the cities carbon footprint. Read more
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