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    Jul 22, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. 'Respect: The Girl-Empowered Musical'

    No doubt about it: "Respect," a "Girl Em-Powered Musical" that examines women's roles in American popular music, packs plenty of entertainment value. In the show's West Coast premiere at the El Portal's Forum Theatre, a crack ensemble performs a plethora of popular standards, from 1900 to the present, from the sad laments of fluffy female victims ("A Bird in a Gilded Cage") to the angry anthems of women who are mad as hell and not going to take it anymore ("I Am Woman" and "You Don't Own Me").
    Special to The Times
    No doubt about it: "Respect," a "Girl Em-Powered Musical" that examines women's roles in American popular music, packs plenty of entertainment value. In the show's West Coast premiere at the El Portal's Forum Theatre, a crack ensemble performs a...

    Tags: Paris Hilton, Music Theater, Popular Music, Music, Theater

    2. Jan 11, 2008 |Story| Newsday

  2. Review: 'The Little Mermaid' on Broadway

    On 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."
    linda.winer@newsday.com
    On 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, Julie Taymor, Theater, Manhattan (New York City)

    3. Feb 6, 2007 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  3. Eubie Blake

    Sun Reporter
    Eubie Blake Feb. 7, 1883 - Feb. 12, 1983 James Hubert "Eubie" Blake was born in Baltimore on Feb. 7, 1883. He was the son of former slaves John Summer Blake and Emily. "I'm proud of my heritage," Blake said. "I want everybody to know that I came from...

    Tags: Music Theater, Music, Mount Vernon, Theater, Slavery

    4. Mar 5, 2006 |Story| Newsday

  4. ATLANTIC CITY: With modish new image it bets on a renaissance

    Special to Newsday
    As you walk past a stunning new building that combines perfect ocean views with fanciful architecture, you're wondering how to spend the rest of the day. Should you try to get a reservation at a four-star restaurant? Afterward, you can celebrity-watch...

    Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Hotels and Accommodations, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Taj Mahal, Country Music

    5. Jul 30, 2005 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Robert Wright, 90; Composer, Lyricist for Musicals and Films

    Robert Wright, a Tony Award-winning composer and lyricist whose songwriting collaboration with George "Chet" Forrest included the hit Broadway musicals "Song of Norway," "Kismet" and "Grand Hotel," has died. He was 90.
    Times Staff Writer
    Robert Wright, a Tony Award-winning composer and lyricist whose songwriting collaboration with George "Chet" Forrest included the hit Broadway musicals "Song of Norway," "Kismet" and "Grand Hotel," has died. He was 90. Wright, a three-time Oscar nominee,...

    Tags: Theater, Schools, Los Angeles, Cinema Industry, Broadway

    6. May 9, 2005 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  6. Back in the '30s and '40s, slots and stickmen ruled Broward

    Staff Writer
    There was the corrupt sheriff who encouraged gambling houses to flourish, and even held a share in one. Preening gangsters such as Julian "Potatoes" Kaufman, Jimmy "Blue Eyes" Alo and Longy Zwillman strutted about town, pockets filled with ill-gotten...

    Tags: Corporate Crime, Regional Authority, Casino and Gambling Industry, Corruption, Local Elections

    7. Aug 11, 2003 |Story| Newsday

  7. F. Scott Fitzgerald Country

    It was the beginning of a decade of Prohibition and apparent prosperity: a time of jazz bands and petting parties, high-stepping flappers and college boys with hip flasks.
    Staff Writer
    It was the beginning of a decade of Prohibition and apparent prosperity: a time of jazz bands and petting parties, high-stepping flappers and college boys with hip flasks. On Long Island, there were rumrunners and dealers in bathtub gin, gaudy parties on...

    Tags: Celebrity, John F. Kennedy, Juvenile Delinquency, George M Cohan, Marcel Proust

    8. Sep 16, 1999 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Get Bruce!

    TIMES FILM CRITIC
    Friday September 17, 1999      It's too bad the title "Unzipped" is already spoken for: The fit would be perfect for the genial profile of writer Bruce Vilanch called "Get Bruce!"      That 1995 film, a portrait of designer Isaac Mizrahi, has a lot in...

    Tags: Celebrity, Ted Danson, Rosie O'Donnell, ABBA, Jack Benny