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Entertainment: theater news

Entertainment: theater news


WRITERS WRITE: Theater and the arts — what are they worth?

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 01:13 AM PDT

Why do so many people disdain theater and the arts as professional careers? I don't know, because it's obvious that a lot of people value the same thing that they disdain. Millions of dollars a year are spent across the state of Wisconsin to attend

'Snakes and Ladders': divorce, foreclosure-style | Theater review

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 01:12 AM PDT

Poor Adrian is a loser in career, marriage, finances and even board games. He's sloppy, eats like a pig and is belligerent. But he and Evelyn, the wife who recently divorced him, are trapped together in the house they bought in those happier days before

American art exhibition at SAM is 'O Beautiful' | Art review

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 01:12 AM PDT

With the Fourth of July right around the corner, perhaps you're feeling philosophical about what it means to be American or maybe you're downright patriotic. Sure, you could wave a flag or reread the Declaration of Independence, but with Seattle Art

Mamma Mia musical in London

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 01:12 AM PDT

Not just a song name of a 70's disco classic, and not just the popular Italian phrase we all seem to hear, no.., Mamma Mia! is also stage musical based on the songs of ABBA. The Swedish pop icons Abba were one of the most commercially successful acts in

Cheap seats in London

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 01:12 AM PDT

Not fussy when it comes to visiting a show/concert in London? Then you might be in luck in trying to obtain cheap seats. Ignore those wretched ticket touts found on the side streets and you can still benefit from cheap tickets. There are a lot of ways to

Disney Presents The Lion King tickets

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 01:12 AM PDT

It was a happy and pride moment for the royal family as they have got themselves someone who will take his place on the Lion King throne. But one member of the royal family didn't think the same; it was Scar, Mufasa's brother, who urged to make his way

Theatre review: Jekyll & Hyde at Milton Keynes

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 01:08 AM PDT

MANY will know the tale of Robert Louis Stevenson?s 1886 novella, The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde, about a visionary scientist and his misanthropic alter ego, but few may imagine it would transpose easily into musical theatre. However,

Theatre: Daniel Evans stage return with help from Victor Meldrew

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 12:56 AM PDT

He triumphed in the West End and took Broadway by storm, but then Daniel Evans chose to disappear from the spotlight. Four years later the Welsh stage star tells Nathan Bevan why Victor Meldrew is responsible for bringing him back to the stage WHEN I ask

Music: Greek opera is toured by Music Theatre Wales

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 12:56 AM PDT

An opera based on the Oedipus myth is being toured by Music Theatre Wales. Director Michael McCarthy tells Karen Price why the time is just right for them to stage the piece AROUND the same time that Music Theatre Wales launched in 1988, composer

CHELSEA: Staff lay-offs at actor Jeff Daniels' Purple Rose Theatre

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 12:54 AM PDT

Staff at the Purple Rose Theatre Company in Chelsea confirmed Friday the layoff of three employees, including longtime Managing Director Alan Ribant. The theater is the brainchild of Hollywood actor and Chelsea native Jeff Daniels of "Terms of

CNN Entertainment: Andrew Lloyd Webber: Jackson wanted to play 'Phantom'

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 12:49 AM PDT

Andrew Lloyd Webber is working on a stage revival of "The Wizard of Oz" Webber's musical "The Phantom of the Opera" turns 25 this year His song "I Don't Know How to Love Him," was first named "I Long for Kansas Morning" "Piers Morgan Tonight" airs

Colorado Shakespeare Festival's "The Little Prince" delivers on many levels

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 12:47 AM PDT

/script if(requestedWidth 0)} "What is essential is invisible to the eye." This central message in "The Little Prince" is pretty risky to convey through theater, an inherently visual art form. If the essential meaning of a story cannot be seen, it must

The Hub Theatre presents Birds of a Feather by Marc Acito

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 12:36 AM PDT

Location: New School of Northern Virginia 9431 Silver King Ct, Fairfax, VA When: July 15, 2011 / July 16, 2011 / July 17, 2011 / July 22, 2011 / July 23, 2011 / July 24, 2011 / July 29, 2011 / July 30, 2011 / July 31, 2011 / August 5, 2011 / August

Theatre's act of defiance in Europe's last dictatorship

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 12:23 AM PDT

On a quiet street strewn with weeds in the suburbs of Minsk, a few dozen people file into the knocked-through living room of a dilapidated bungalow. It is hard to believe that this ramshackle building houses the home stage of one of the world's most

Local fan of Warped Tour now part of it

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 12:22 AM PDT

_ POMONA - Growing up in Upland, Johnny Cooke was accustomed to visiting Fairplex not only for the Vans Warped Tour, but other staple events such as the Los Angeles County Fair. What Cooke, the vocalist for the band Winds of Plague, was not used to, was

Official: 21 trapped in SW China coal mine flood

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 12:22 AM PDT

_ BEIJINGAn official says a flood in a coal mine in southwestern China has trapped 21 miners underground. A staffer from the Pingtang work safety bureau confirmed that there had been a flood Saturday at the Niupeng coal mine in the county of Pingtang in

Group: China sentences Tibetan writer to 4 years

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 12:22 AM PDT

_ BEIJINGAn activist group reports that a Tibetan writer has been sentenced to four years in prison in southwestern China for his writings about the unrest and crackdown in Tibet. The U.S.-based International Campaign for Tibet reported on Friday that

Crash scuttles NY museum's 1911 Navy flight event

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 12:22 AM PDT

_ HAMMONDSPORT, N.Y.A demonstration flight commemorating the centennial of the Navy acquiring its first aircraft has been canceled after a reproduction of the 1911 seaplane crashed shortly after taking off from one of New York's Finger Lakes during a

K-On! Characters Teach Theater Etiquette in Short

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 12:19 AM PDT

The Shouchiku Theater chain will air a manner video featuring super-deformed K-ON!

Director Rafael Santos apologizes to theater community

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 12:18 AM PDT

MANILA, Philippines – Independent film director Rafael Santos has apologized to the theater community after making insensitive remarks about theater actors. Santos said on ANC's "Cityscape" last June 24 that "theater actors are better to work with

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at Kroc Theatre

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 12:17 AM PDT

Location: The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center 6845 University Ave, San Diego, CA When: Daily Infinity Dance Arts, located in El Cajon, presents their rendition of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the Joan B. Kroc Theatre.

Park Avenue Cat

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 12:15 AM PDT

Showing at:Arts Box Office:020 7555 5566 Age:General Genre:Play Sub Genre:Play-Comedy When does a twosome become a threesome? A very confused LA therapist finds out when one beautiful woman and two alpha males meet for couples therapy in this frenetic

Tina Malone and Margi Clarke to take to the staeg at St Helens Theatre Royal

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 12:13 AM PDT

VARIETY could be the scouse of life when a show featuring some of the best Liverpool-based talent around hits St Helens Theatre Royal. Introduced by Tina Malone (Shameless, Brookside) and compered by Margi Clarke (Waterloo Road, Coronation Street),

Sexual predator sent to prison for 18 years over child sex abuse

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 12:13 AM PDT

An "evil" man who raped and sexually abused 13 young children over two decades has been jailed for 18 years. Robert Rohleder stood impassively with his hands clasped behind his back as the jury of seven men and five women delivered 52 guilty and eight

Annual event celebrates city's times past

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 12:13 AM PDT

Visitors to a three-day celebration have taken a step back in time in Exeter.

These boots are made for walkies – relief at last for ...

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 12:13 AM PDT

This Jack Russell has to be dressed in specially made boots for walkies to protect his delicate paws because he is allergic – to grass. Eight-year-old Jaxs suffers a painful reaction if he comes into contact with even a single blade of grass. It causes

Ceilidh promises fun for the family

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 12:13 AM PDT

DEVON'S folk arts charity Wren Music presents a family ceilidh with live music from the folk orchestra Rough Music at Broadclyst Victory Hall, next Saturday. Wren Music's young folk ensemble Roots Exchange will also make a special guest performance. The

City ChildLine base to close

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 12:12 AM PDT

THE city's NSPCC Childline base will be closed by the end of August, the charity has announced.

Movie location spotlight: Belasco Theatre in Los Angeles (video)

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 12:12 AM PDT

- Like this? Subscribe to get instant updates. The Belasco Theatre is Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Landmark No. 476.  Located at 1050 S. Hill Street in the city's South Park neighborhood, the venue recently received a $10M facelift and – in true

Shriver files papers to divorce Schwarzenegger

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 12:11 AM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2006 file photo, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger arrives in Mexico City, Mexico, with his wife Maria Shriver. Maria Shriver has filed for divorce from Arnold Schwarzenegger in Los Angeles Superior Court, Friday, July 1, 2011.

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