Highlights
A collection of news and information related to Michael Crawford published by Tribune Company sources.
Displaying items 1-12 of 14
» View newsday.com items only
1
2
Next >
-
Trans-Siberian Orchestra swirls Dickens, Judas Priest, then sets it on fire
POP MUSIC WRITERHow big is the touring holiday package known as Trans-Siberian Orchestra? Founder Paul O'Neill says his production spends "a million dollars every two weeks just on explosives." Christmas might not be the season for blowing things up, but Christmas in...Tags: Iowa, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Paul O'Neill, Florida, Ossie Davis
-
'WALL-E': 4 stars! Pixar's trash-compacting robot will be collecting hearts
Tribune criticIt's the surest thing in the infinitely malleable world of animation: Get the eyes right, and you're halfway home. One look at the binocular-eyed trash compactor starring in the marvelous new Disney/Pixar feature "WALL-E," and you're halfway home. One...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Music, Sigourney Weaver, Homer Simpson, Movies
-
'Charlie Wilson's War'
jan.stuart@newsday.com; VERNE GAYYou certainly can't accuse Hollywood of being a quitter. Studios have been trying to sell the turmoil in Iraq and neighboring lands all year, and still, no one's buying. Maybe we need a dose of sophisticated fizz with our fizzled global policies. Perhaps...Tags: Joan Crawford, Walter Matthau, Johnny Depp, Central Intelligence Agency, Tom Hanks
-
Movie Review: 'Phantom of the Opera'
Newsday Staff Writer1 1/2 Stars (out of 4) The history of the Broadway musical on film is a potholed trail strewn with butchered scores, songs patched in from other shows, frantically edited dance numbers, movie stars who can't sing, screenplays ludicrously tailored to...Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Andrew Lloyd Webber, Miranda Richardson, Joel Schumacher, Theater
-
'Phantom' becomes longest-run champion
With a burst of confetti, balloons and streamers -- plus an emotional appearance by the musical's original star -- Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera" set a theatrical record Monday night, becoming the longest-running show in Broadway...Tags: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Music, New York, Music Industry, Celebrity
-
Mental Illness Plagued Church Musical Director
Times Staff WritersPianist Roger Williams called Johnnie Carl late Thursday afternoon. Williams was playing Christmas Eve at the Crystal Cathedral, where Carl was musical director, and the two men needed to talk. Carl's voice was almost unintelligible, more growling than...Tags: Police, Mental Illness, Euthanasia, Illnesses, Religious Festivals
-
Deck the screens
From the popular to the prestigious, this week's new movies offer plenty of variety. For some people, it is traditional to go to the movies over the long Christmas holiday. And for a change, this year's offerings include risk-taking films as well as the...Tags: Errol Flynn, Jodie Foster, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Film Festivals, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
-
'Lestat' is a feast for fools
If "The Producers" were taking place in 2006, Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom would not need to produce "Springtime for Hitler" as their commercial box-office bomb. They could simply create Broadway's newest vampire musical.
In spite of the economic...Tags: Palace Theater, Roman Polanski, Music, Adolf Hitler, Broadway
-
Linda Winer's review: Scenery steals the show
STAFF WRITERThere are three heroines in "The Woman in White," and two actually do wear white. There are also two villains - one brutal, one buffo - along with yards and yards of Andrew Lloyd Webber music, much of which sounds as if it could be snipped from any part...Tags: Wilkie Collins, Forests, Andrew Lloyd Webber, New York, Maria Friedman
-
Phantom of the Opera
STAFF WRITERManifold Delights in the 'Phantom' BYLINE: Allan Wallach BODY: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. Musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, book by Richard Stilgoe and Lloyd Webber, and lyrics by Charles Hart (additional lyrics by Stilgoe). Directed by...Tags: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Music, New York, Sarah Brightman, Broadway
-
Great Windy Way continues
Tribune arts reporterThe sudden strong flow of pre-Broadway shows to Chicago will continue next season when Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Woman in White" holds a holiday pre-Broadway engagement here from Nov. 15 to Jan. 8, 2006. "The Woman in White," a popular hit in London,...Tags: Wilkie Collins, Palace Theater, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Broadway, Theater
-
A debut at home
Sun Theater CriticWhen Hairspray launches its national tour at the Mechanic Theatre on Tuesday, one cast member will be making his professional debut in his former home state. And no one is more surprised than that actor himself - Bryan West. A 1995 graduate of the...Tags: Mariah Carey, Joel Grey, Justin Timberlake, Film Festivals, Television
Nov 9, 2008
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Jun 25, 2008
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Dec 21, 2007
|Story| Newsday
Dec 22, 2004
|Story| Newsday
Jan 9, 2006
|Story| Associated Press
Dec 18, 2004
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Dec 20, 2004
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Apr 25, 2006
|Story| AM New York
Jan 23, 2006
|Story| AM New York
Jan 23, 2006
|Story| AM New York
Feb 9, 2005
|Story| Metromix
Sep 4, 2003
|Column| Baltimore Sun


