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'Mamma Mia!' A movie musical as good as the show
linda.winer@newsday.comEven before "Mamma Mia! The Movie" opened Friday, Broadway was feeling it at the box office. But contrary to historical expectations - that is, before the smash 2002 movie version of "Chicago" - that feeling at the box office was euphoria. Most shows...Tags: Audrey Hepburn, Rosalind Russell, Sophia Loren, ABBA, Music Theater
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FREE Players perform 'Guys and Dolls' in Commack
robert.kahn@newsday.comBarbara Sharkis' friends and family measure her development as an actress in steps - steps currently being taken in 3-inch high heels. Sharkis is a group home resident with obsessive-compulsive disorder, one of 50 actors with various disabilities who are...Tags: Commack, Physical Fitness, Diseases, Mental Illness, Sarah Brown
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On her way
Some excerpts from Greg Kot's reviews and stories from 1993, when Liz Phair and "Exile in Guyville" were bursting onto the national music scene: "This Wicker Park artist's debut has been weighed down with all sorts of baggage: It's a feminist manifesto;...Tags: Wicker Park, Music Industry, Liz Phair
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Elaine Stritch Has Audience In Stitches At Hartford Stage
COURANT STAFF WRITERElaine Stritch has staged her party with the bare minimums: a high-backed bar stool, a big white shirt over black tights and a swinging band. She's here to tell her life story, and she captivates for more than two hours in her limited engagement at...Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Rosalind Russell, Gig Young, Music Theater, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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Gay pair's new tune includes wedding bells
POINTS WESTOn occasion and for no particular reason, I break into song. But my crooning has been considerably less enjoyable for me and my family since we met Jamie Offenbach, a Juilliard-trained opera singer who often marches into our house in mid-performance....Tags: Minority Groups, Music Theater, Music, Local Authority, Clothing, Accessories, and Shoes
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Advocate of big school musicals
Special to the TribuneAs the longtime head of the music department at Naperville Central High School, John H. Pearce encouraged his students to think big. Big as in big, bold musicals, the likes of "My Fair Lady," "Hello, Dolly!" and "Oklahoma!" as well as many other Broadway...Tags: Classical Music, Indiana, High Schools, Music Theater, Music
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Everything's coming up roses for actress
The Associated PressWhen Patti LuPone was in her early teens, she appeared in a local Long Island production of Gypsy, put on by what she says was "a group of kids that got together in the summertime. . . . It was just kids who loved musical theater." LuPone played Louise,...Tags: Rosalind Russell, Music Theater, Music, Ravinia Festival, Long Island
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Review: Patti LuPone stars as Mama Rose in 'Gypsy'
linda.winer@newsday.comWhen "Gypsy" had a three-week run as part of City Center's "Encores!" series last summer, the reason was Patti LuPone. Finally, we had the chance to see this singular force of nature become Mama Rose, arguably the greatest musical-female role in...Tags: Rosalind Russell, Music Theater, Music, Dancing, Tyne Daly
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Broadway serenades Hollywood
Hollywood used to make Oscar-winning movies out of Tony Award-topping tuners like "My Fair Lady" and "The Sound of Music."
Nowadays, however, Broadway borrows from studio vaults, turning both celluloid hits and misses into stage shows. This year at least...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Harvey Fierstein, Music Theater, Music, Olivia Newton-John
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Stritch brings 'Liberty' to the Carlyle
At the top of her Tony-winning bio show "Elaine Stritch at Liberty" in 2002, Stritch entered while hauling an oversized stool on and offstage, as if to demonstrate the hustle and bustle of being a Broadway diva. But at the intimate Café Carlyle, where...Tags: Judy Garland, Music Theater, Broadway, Theater, Marlon Brando
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