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'Young Frankenstein' to close in January
robert.kahn@newsday.com"Young Frankenstein," the Mel Brooks musical that came on the heels of the author's tremendous success with "The Producers," will close Jan. 4, producers said last night. It will have played 484 regular performances and 30 previews at the Hilton Theatre....Tags: Music Theater, Music, Theater, Spider-Man, Monty Python's Spamalot
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Met: Kristin Chenoweth opera victim of bad economy
The Metropolitan Opera is giving up "The Ghosts." Cutting costs in the wake of the economic downturn, the Met is dropping next season's highly anticipated revival of John Corigliano's "The Ghosts of Versailles" that was to feature the company debut of...Tags: Music Theater, Opera, Placido Domingo, Classical Music, Theater
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Taymor Tosses Oscar Winners Into 'Tempest'
Zap2It.comJulie Taymor has rounded up a slew of Oscar favorites for her gender-bending take on William Shakespeare's "The Tempest." According to The Hollywood Reporter, "The Queen" star Helen Mirren will duchess-turned-sorcerer Prospera in her new "Tempest,"...Tags: Geoffrey Rush, William Shakespeare, Movies, Alfred Molina, Jeremy Irons
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Lend your ears to a powerful Redmoon story of daughters and DNA
Chicago Tribune criticIf you think that visual theater is all sweetness and whimsy, consider the inciting incident at the top of the rather startling "Dr Egg and the Man With No Ear" at Redmoon Central. A man, his wife and their baby have a terrible crash on their bike. The...Tags: Theater, Brad Pitt, Biotechnology Industry
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L.A. Opera enlists David Cronenberg, William Friedkin and Woody Allen
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIN DIRECTOR David Cronenberg's 1986 movie "The Fly" -- remember "Be afraid. Be very afraid"? -- scientist Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum) commits a fatal error when he combines his own genes with those of a common housefly. At Los Angeles Opera these days,...Tags: Theater, Batman, Martin Scorsese, Los Angeles, Ceremonies
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Marvel Comics creates its own film studio
Los Angeles Times; Genetta M. AdamsBuilding a superhero from scratch is noisy and hazardous. "Let's find a place where it's quieter!" The man shouting was Kevin Feige, the president of production for Marvel Studios, the Hollywood start-up that takes flight May 2 with its first film, "Iron...Tags: Robert Downey Jr., News Media, Stan Lee, Livent Incorporated, Los Angeles
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Review: 'The Little Mermaid' on Broadway
linda.winer@newsday.comOn the way into "The Little Mermaid," audiences - that is, little girls old enough to read - can enjoy a poster proclaiming this witty bit of mer-marketing: "Sometimes the hardest thing about falling in love is taking the first step." Alas, it is even...Tags: Music Theater, Music, Theater, Sophie Tucker, Manhattan (New York City)
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DVD Review: 'Across the Universe'
The music of the Beatles informs this ambitious, 1960s-set musical drama from director Julie Taymor, whose stage successes include "The Lion King." Evan Rachel Wood plays the new love of a British emigrant (Jim Sturgess), but their relationship faces...Tags: Eddie Izzard, Music Theater, Music, Theater, Salma Hayek
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Marvel is on a mission
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBUILDING a superhero from scratch is noisy and hazardous. "Let's find a place where it's quieter!" The man shouting was Kevin Feige, the president of production for Marvel Studios, the Hollywood start-up that takes flight on May 2 with its first film,...Tags: Halle Berry, Gwyneth Paltrow, Paramount, News Media, Stan Lee
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Globes' Music Noms Are All About Glamour
"You must make the wood cry," says Armin Mueller-Stahl in "Eastern Promises," giving an impromptu violin lesson to two adoring little girls. With a flourish of bow upon strings, he charms his young proteges, along with visitor Naomi Watts and the...Tags: Celebrity, Music, Academy Awards, Theater, Ryan Gosling
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ABC leads nominees for GLAAD awards
For the second straight year, ABC led nominees for awards from an organization that monitors depictions of gays and lesbians in the media.
The network landed nine nominations from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, while CBS garnered...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Wilson Cruz, CBS Corp., Satellite and Cable Service, Rufus Wainwright
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Golden Globe noms: Upsets, shoo-ins and favorite sons
Don't let anyone tell you that this year's awards season is anything but a nail-biter.
The week began with the nation's top critics groups dividing their love basically between the Coen brothers' "No Country for Old Men" and Paul Thomas Anderson's "There...Tags: Celebrity, Theater, Sean Penn, Reviews, Angelina Jolie
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