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'In the Heights' recoups its $10 million Broadway investment
AP Drama WriterNEW YORK (AP) — "In the Heights" is now in the black financially. The Tony-winning musical celebration of Latino life in an upper Manhattan neighborhood has recouped its $10 million production costs, 10 months after it opened on Broadway, the show'...Tags: Music, Theater, Television Industry
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Revved-up 'West Side Story' gets a trial run in Washington
The Broadway-bound revival of West Side Story that opened last night in Washington has dirt on its shins and blood under its fingernails. It is urgent, explosive and revved up with testosterone from the moment the curtain raises and Riff, the leader of...Tags: Jerome Robbins, Gang Activity, Music, Dance, Dancing
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Our sob stories
Tribune criticSad sells. Let's put it another way: Somewhere, Aristotle is chortling into the sleeve of his tunic. It was the Greek philosopher and literary critic, after all, who foresaw the success of "Marley & Me" way back in 350 B.C. He figured out, long ago,...Tags: Arthur Miller, Charles Dickens, Elia Kazan, Culture, Nathaniel Hawthorne
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What moves them to tears
Bill Mason, general director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago: "Audiences get emotional with the Puccini operas where there's a death at the end—'La Boheme,' 'Madama Butterfly. I sometimes am moved to tears by something that's just so beautiful, the...Tags: Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Christmas, Charlie Brown, A Charlie Brown Christmas (tv program)
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Play dates
To submit listings online, go to metromix.com/listings. 79th Annual Chicago Boat, RV & Outdoors Show: Exhibitors showcase hundreds of the newest boats, RVs, accessories and travel destinations at what's billed as the largest show of its kind in the...Tags: Ice Skating, Garfield Park Conservatory, Music Industry, Andy Kaufman, Society
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New symphony director says product offered is solid
Of The Morning CallThe Allentown Symphony Association believes it has hit a home run by choosing Sheila K. Evans as its new executive director. Given the 54-year-old Lincoln, Neb., native's extensive background in music, business and arts management, she seems to have all...Tags: Kansas City Royals, Music Industry, Public Employees, Baseball, Major League Baseball
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Peabody instructor part of Obama inauguration
Moments after Joe Biden is sworn in as vice president of the United States on the West Front of the Capitol and just before Barack Obama takes his oath as president, four classical musicians will perform a work created by John Williams for the history-...Tags: Marin Alsop, Music Industry, Peabody Conservatory, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Culture
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See Spot act
In Baltimore's long history of hosting traveling theater productions, it's possible that a cast has never been so delighted to pull into town as the one that arrived, with a yelp, this week.
Has a performer ever literally jumped for joy and bounded...Tags: Hot Dogs, Vehicles, Alaska, Foods and Beverages, Broadway
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In the Clubs
ALLENTOWN AREA Allentown Brew Works: DJ Wolf, Fri.; The Formula; DJ Synstr; , Fri. 10 p.m.; Queen City Dance Party, Fri. 10 p.m.; , 812-816 W. Hamilton St., Allentown. 610-433-7777. Bally Inn and Pub: DJ with Froggy Entertainment, Sat. 10 p.m.; Trivia...Tags: Jim Thorpe, Tourism and Leisure, Physiology, Starfish Brasserie, Begley's College Hill Tavern
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Activities Calendar - January 8-16, 2009
THURSDAY JAN. 8 FILM From Shore to Shore: Video documentary of Irish music in New York City is presented in the first in a monthly series of ''Media Nights'' presented by the Celtic Cultural Alliance. A limited menu of fish and chips and shepherd's pie...Tags: Allentown Art Museum, Judaism, Lehigh Valley Zoo, Distilling and Brewing Industry, Soups
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Lehigh Valley Charter High School alumni put heart and soul into theater company
Special to The Morning CallIn 2006 two students at the Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Performing Arts, Tony Dong and Josh Gulotta, founded GD Productions with a mission to produce new works by young artists. This weekend, the two, now college students, have returned to...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Culture, Vermont, Music, Film Festivals
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O'Neill Center Plans Major Campaign
After years of perilous financial struggle, the O'Neill Theater Center is launching one of its most ambitious initiatives in its 45-year history. The nonprofit center, home to the National Playwrights Conference and National Theater Institute, is...Tags: Westport Country Playhouse, High Schools, Hartford Stage, Waterford, Long Island Sound
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