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West Side Story , This Time With Bilingual Approach, Will Return to Broadway in February 2009
The new Broadway production of the landmark musical West Side Story, directed by librettist Arthur Laurents, will begin previews Feb. 23, 2009, at a Nederlander theatre to be announced, the producers confirmed July 16.
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Foreign Jazz Musicians Find Niche in Tokyo's Underground Scene
TOKYO -- Dave Brubeck, Horace Silver, Cannonball Adderley -- just a few of the jazz legends who have been inspired by their experiences in Japan.
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Grand clubs lobby for performing arts venue : Local News
Two Sun City Grand clubs want community officials to move center stage the idea of building a new performing arts auditorium in the community.
YourWestValley.com |
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Apple to offer compensation for MobileMe problems
Apple is now offering limited compensation in the wake of the difficult MobileMe launch, according to announcement. The company admits that the transition from .Mac was "a lot rockier than we [Apple] had hoped," and notes that "within the next few weeks," it will extend select MobileMe subscriptions by 30 days. At present several important Mobile...
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Judge To Double JJ: Rothbury Cash Must Be Put In Escrow
GRNAD RAPIDS, Mich. — United States District Judge Paul Maloney denied a request by the Double JJ ranch to modify an earlier order to repay $17 million in loans to a South Dakota bank with the proceeds from the Rothbury Music Festival.
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Posted 07/17/2008
THEATER By Scott Renshaw Plan-B Theatre Company is, you know, a theater company. So why did it take until the sixth installment of the annual AND THE BANNED PLAYED ON fund-raiser—a one-night-only evening of performances and history drawing attention to banned artistic works—to focus on plays and musicals?
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Jazz veterans to perform at the Bucharest Masters of Jazz festival
This autumn between October 23 – 26, Bucharest will be visited by the greatest names of world jazz, attending the Bucharest Masters of Jazz Festival, an article published by Jurnalul National informs.
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Leonard Cohen hits the road again, will play in Bucharest in September
The famous Canadian singer Leonard Cohen will perform on September 21 on the Arch of Triumph Stadium in Bucharest, the Events Company, organizer of the show announces.
Nine O'Clock |
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Mango fest draws thousands to Fairchild Garden
Mango pie anyone? How about a little mango rice for the kids? Ever tasted a Zebda mango from Egypt or the Champagne mango? Anything mango was the craze at this year's International Mango Festival held at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.
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This Week in Jazz
Esther Williams and Davey Yarborough Leslie Casey and Company comes back to D.C. tonight and tomorrow, bringing back their brand of jazz/neo-soul to Twins Jazz . The New York based band has been giving great and solid performances since forming last May. Call 202-234-0072 for set times and cover information. Fiery trumpeter and Latin jazz legend Arturo Sandoval begins a four ...
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New stamps highlight vintage movie posters
WASHINGTON, DC Vintage movie posters highlighting various facets of the African-American cultural experience as represented in early film return on postage when the U.S. Postal Service issues the Vintage Black Cinema stamps. The 42-cent commemorative First-Class stamps will be dedicated July 16 at the Newark, NJ, Museum during the Black Film Festival and will go on sale nationwide that day. ...
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MB festival is all about pride
When Wayne Fishell graduated in 1994 from North Myrtle Beach High School, he was about eight years away from writing and performing his own music. As singer and guitarist with drummer big.peaches in the wayne fishell experiment, Fishell is excited the folk-pop duo will play Saturday at the Myrtle Beach Pride festival. The festival starts tonight with a pageant at 11:30 p.m. and continues Saturday.
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Long Bay Symphony season set
The Long Bay Symphony has announced its 2008-09 subscription concert season. All performances are at 4 p.m. Sundays in the Myrtle Beach High School Auditorium: Oct. 5 - "Rhapsody" - Dvorak's "Scherzo Capricioso," Vaughan Williams' "Norfolk Rhapsody," Dukas Sorcerer's "Apprentice" (from the film "Fantasia"), Rachmaninoff's "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini" and Tchaikovsky's "Capriccio Italien."
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Carolina Master Chorale sets 2008-09 season
The Carolina Master Chorale has announced its 2009-09 series, "Voices of Passion.' Confirmed concerts are, with more announcements expected: "Voices of Peace and Love" - Concert music of Petr Eben and Karl Jenkins celebrating peace initiatives in Prague and Kosovo, and world premiere of Andrew Fowler's "Love Songs of Pablo Neruda."
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McDonald's revives Big Mac jingle
The fast-food chain is holding a contest on MySpace, asking U.S. consumers to come up with an updated version of the "special sauce" song.
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EU finally cuts through licensing red tape for digital music
The European Commission has ordered 24 royalty collection societies to modify their restrictive agreements that prevent cross-border sales and exclusive memberships. Regulators hope the new policy will help spur competition and better adoption of digital music in Europe. Read More...
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Lineup for U.S. Bank Balloons, Tunes and BBQ announced
Organizers have announced the lineup for the 2008 U.S. Bank Balloons, Tunes and BBQ.
Bowling Green Daily News |
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Music Review: The Grascals' Experience Shows On CD
The Grascals, "Keep On Walkin'" (Rounder)
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Drummer Cindy Blackman sets down the jazz beat
GLENWOOD SPRINGS - It was more than 40 years ago that Cindy Blackman pounded on drums for the first time.
The Aspen Times |
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Pencil This In
MOVIE: Downtown Diversified presents Films in Tompkins ; tonight the summer series screens Batman Begins . Revisit it before you pile into the theaters for The Dark Knight this weekend! Sundown // Tompkins Square Park // Free Not into Gotham City's superhero? Pier 54 is hosting a a screening of Almost Famous as a part of their River Flicks series. Get a glimpse of the 1970’s rock ...
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Swamp Fest benefits cystic fibrosis
The Swamp Pop Music Festival will be heating up the music scene in an air conditioned environment. Erin Achberger joined us on 2une In with details on how the all the proceeds benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
The Advocate |
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E3'08: Downloadable Tracks For GH On Wii [News]
Activision reveals that Wii users will be able to download tracks for Guitar Hero World Tour...
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Donna Summer to play Jones Beach
Donna Summer could have taken the easy way out. She could have hopped on the nostalgia train and trotted out "Hot Stuff" to a backing tape at every high-priced disco revival night and sat home and counted all the cash. Instead, Summer pushed to come up with something new for "Crayons" (Burgundy/Sony), expanding her musical boundaries far beyond disco and her worldview well past the dance floor. ...
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Jay-Z's trick - imagine the crowd naked
Rap star Jay-Z imagines his audience naked when he performs live. The rapper - who headlined the main stage at Glastonbury festival last month - doesn't care how many people he plays in front of because they are all nude in his head.
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E3: Activision Announces New Titles, Metallica Album For GH
Publisher and developer Activision has announced several new games and detailed its E3 lineup, which includes Geometry Wars 2, Wolfenstein, and Guitar Hero World Tour. The company's fall lineup will consist of Call of Duty: World at War, Guitar Hero World Tour, Quantum of Solace, and Spider-Man: Web of Shadows. Activision also revealed several other titles currently in development, including ...
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