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Gay Elders' Distinctive Challenges Get Closer Look
Associated PressFrank Carter was once a globe-trotting professional dancer; his world is smaller now. He battles multiple health problems, walks with a cane and rarely leaves his compact Manhattan apartment. As an 86-year-old gay man, with no family nearby and many...Tags: Family, People, New York, Lobbying, Same-Sex Marriage
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Local performing arts groups bring their unusual talents to the area.
Broadway legends and up-and-coming companies abound in what may be one of the most exciting and varied fall arts seasons to come along in a while. Here are five of my top picks chosen from artists who have never toured here before or are bringing us...Tags: Mike Nichols, Classical Music, American Theatre, Theater, Lincoln Center
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Stage ticker
The long-running Chicago production of "Jersey Boys" is getting a new Frankie. Jarrod Spector, who has been playing the lead role of Frankie Valli since the show's opening a year ago, is leaving on Sunday. On Sept. 27, his full-time replacement at the...Tags: Bank of America Corp., Marriott Theatre, Water Tower, Northwestern University
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Free outdoor music on Long Island
judy.bernstein@newsday.com"The Sound of Music" has nothing on Long Island, where every summer not only the hills, but the parks, beaches, fields and even parking lots are alive with the sound of music. From bouncy pop to classic rock, from country to classical, and from blues...Tags: Smith Point County Park, Classical Music, Labor Day, Montauk, Popular Music
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Wrote Tony-winner 'Kismet'
Tribune NewspapersLuther Davis, a writer for stage, film and television who won a Tony award for "Kismet," the Broadway musical and whose screen credits include, "Lady in a Cage," a thriller that starred Olivia de Havilland, has died. He was 91. Mr. Davis died July 29...Tags: Jose Ferrer, Theater, Movies, James Caan, Music
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The week's best bets for kids
"The Baby-Sitters Club": Family problems, boy problems and health problems threaten to break up the newly formed club, just as summer is in full swing. Director Melanie Mayron ("thirtysomething") assembled a distinguished supporting cast—including...Tags: Abigail Adams, Rachael Leigh Cook, Ellen Burstyn, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton
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Cuba B.C.*
McClatchy-Chicago Tribune newspapersCuban writer Jose Lezama Lima's description of Havana—"an unnameable feast"—fits the city's last great era like the flawless suits from Pepe Sastre fit the best-dressed mobsters of the glittering casino years. Here was a posh gambling scene...Tags: Fulgencio Batista, Organized Crime, John F. Kennedy, Casino and Gambling Industry, Gaming and Lotteries
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CBS Leads Daytime Emmy Nominees
Zap2It.comCBS sits atop the heap among the nominees for the 35th annual Daytime Emmy Awards. The Eye picked up 56 nominations for the awards, including 17 for its soap opera The Young and the Restless," which led all shows. Two of the network's other daytime...Tags: Anthony Geary, Ellen DeGeneres, Theater, Celebrity, Phil McGraw
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Dressing Up for Halloween on 'Bones'
Zap2It.comIt isn't unusual for episodes of "Bones" to revolve around bathtubs of rendered human goo, peculiarly misplaced limbs and all manner of desiccated flesh-and-bones, but the way the FOX show handles Halloween is a little surprising. Sitting on the show's...Tags: Religious Festivals, David Boreanaz, Public Holidays, Metal and Mineral, Cher
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ART
ariella.budick@newsday.comCRITIC'S PICKS Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era (Through Sept. 16 at the Whitney Museum of Art, Manhattan). The art of psychedelia was about eye-popping colors, free-form ooze, obsessive fantasies, altered consciousness and the broadening of...Tags: Andre Breton, Langston Hughes, Brooklyn Museum, Amelia Earhart, Edward Weston
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Pop music schedule
A key to addresses and contact information for pop music venues can be found at the end of this list. SEPTEMBER Sept. 7 // Part Harmony, Avenue Sept. 7 // Superstars of Jazz Fusion, Birchmere Sept. 7 // Edwin McCain Band, Recher Sept. 7 // Perry...Tags: Robert Earl, Organized Crime, Classical Music, Texas, Peter Frampton
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PBS leads Creative Daytime Emmys
PBS won a leading 13 Creative Craft Daytime Emmy Awards, including six for "Sesame Street," and recently retired game show host Bob Barker won his 18th trophy.
CBS's "The Price is Right" won Thursday night for game-audience participation show, where...Tags: Daytime Emmy Awards, CBS Corp., Ellen DeGeneres, Bob Barker, NBC
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