‘When the Rain Stops Falling’: A family play that puzzles and pleases
Joe Dziemianowicz
Wednesday, March 10th 2010, 3:44 PM
Through April 18.Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, 150 W.
Los Amigos Invisibles: A ‘Commercial’ Breakthrough
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Los Amigos Invisibles.
The hit Venezuelan band Los Amigos Invisibles began as an underground group of Caracas musicians who played a mixture of funk, disco and Latin grooves. But, unlike many of their counterparts on the local music scene, they opted not to take common cues from salsa or hard rock. Instead, they focused on making music similar to what they heard from the U.K., home to bands they admired as part of the so-called acid-jazz movement: Brand New Heavies ...
Phantom Sequel Argues That ‘Love Never Dies’
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But Does It Change Everything? In Love Never Dies, Paris Opera star Christine Daae (Sierra Boggess) accepts an invitation from an anonymous impresario to perform at Coney Island. She soon discovers that her mysterious new patron is her onetime mentor and lover, the former Phantom of the Opera (Ramin Karimloo).
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But Does It Change Everything? In Love Never Dies, Paris Opera star Christine Daae (Sierra Boggess) accepts an invitation from an anonymous impresario to perform at Coney ...
All-Nighter With The Bard Gives Students The ‘Shakes’
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The clock is ticking at Wellesley College in Massachusetts. At a small Tudor-esque cottage on the campus of the women’s college, students are attempting to read all the words of Shakespeare in 24 hours. They call this reading marathon 24 Shakes. Thats 14,000 lines, 154 sonnets, 39 plays. They started at 3:00 p.m.
Movie Music 2010: Oscar-Nominated Scores
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Elementary: Andy Trudeau predicts that Sherlock Holmes, starring Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock, will will the Oscar for Best Film Score.
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Elementary: Andy Trudeau predicts that Sherlock Holmes, starring Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock, will will the Oscar for Best Film Score.
Last year, the voters for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decided that a song-based soundtrack should win the Oscar for Best Film Score.
Halle Berry: The Many Faces Of A Diva
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Actress Holly Berry receives an Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role for the film Monster’s Ball in 2001.
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Actress Holly Berry receives an Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role for the film Monster’s Ball in 2001.
In 2001, Halle Berry won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Monster’s Ball, directed by Marc Forster. The award made her the first African-American woman to win an Oscar in ...
Emotions left untapped in ‘The Miracle Worker’
Theater Review
Joe Dziemianowicz
Thursday, March 4th 2010, 4:00 AM
As Annie Sullivan strives to break through to a young Helen Keller, she intently and repeatedly finger-spells words into the blind and deaf girl’s hand, like d-o-l-l.
Judith Ivey clings to her dream role in ‘The Glass Menagerie’
Joe Dziemianowicz
Thursday, March 4th 2010, 4:00 AM
Good things come to those who wait. Good roles, too.
‘The Duchess of Malfi’: Royal blood, and lots of it
Joe Dziemianowicz
Tuesday, March 2nd 2010, 12:03 PM
Through March 14. Theatre at St. Clement’s, 423 W. 46th St.
Experts confirm: ‘Le Blute-Fin Mill’ is work of Vincent Van Gogh art
By Michael Sheridan DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Wednesday, February 24th 2010, 1:03 PM
This Van Gogh is Van Good!
Experts have authenticated an 1886 piece of art as the work of painter Vincent Van Gogh.
“Le Blute-Fin Mill” had long been in the possession of art curator Dirk Hannema, who was ridiculed for claiming he possessed several works by the famous postimpressionist artist.
‘Mr. & Mrs. Fitch’: Confidentially, it’s not so hot; John Lithgow, Jennifer Ehle fail to lift comedy
‘Mr. & Mrs. Fitch’: Confidentially, it’s not so hot; John Lithgow, Jennifer Ehle fail to lift comedy
Joe Dziemianowicz
Originally Published:Monday, February 22nd 2010, 4:04 PM Updated: Tuesday, February 23rd 2010, 11:54 AM
Douglas Carter Beane’s new comedy about married gossip columnists, “Mr.
Annette Bening, Playing ‘The Female Of The Species’
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Annette Bening, shown here in a 2009 file photo, stars in The Female of the Species, a controversial exploration of feminism.
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Annette Bening, shown here in a 2009 file photo, stars in The Female of the Species, a controversial exploration of feminism.
In Joanna Murray-Smith’s latest play, The Female of the Species, Annette Bening plays the main character, feminist icon Margot Mason, who has written such literary gems as The Cerebral Vagina and Madame ...
Father And Son: Sheen Revisits ‘Subject Was Roses’
Craig Schwartz
The Next Stage: Brian Geraghty (left) plays the role of Timmy in the 2010 production of The Subject Was Roses. The role was originally played by Martin Sheen (right) in 1964. Now, 46 years later, Sheen returns to Frank D. Gilroy’s Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning play — this time, as the dad.
Few of us get to revisit the glory days of our youth. That’s especially true for actors, who age out of the roles that made them ...
Shaquille O’Neal adds art curator to list of talents with exhibit ‘Size DOES Matter’
By Jacob E. Osterhout DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Saturday, February 20th 2010, 4:00 AM
Shaquille O’Neal, 37, is a huge man with big-time talent. He’s a basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers, a reserve police officer (in Miami), a motion picture star, a rapper and now an art curator.
Composer Robert Schumann And Sting: ‘Twin Spirits’
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Robert Schumann was a brilliant, if unpredictable, composer who suffered bouts of what would this day be called bipolar disorder.
One of the most moving love stories in the world of music is the relationship between Robert and Clara Schumann. In 2007, the British producer David Caird put together a music theatre piece called Twin Spirits at London’s Covent Garden in which Derek Jacoby narrated the romantic and tragic story, with Sting and his wife Trudie Styler reading passages ...
Cool jobs: 7 questions for jazz violinist Aaron Weinstein
By Heidi Evans DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Friday, February 12th 2010, 6:07 PM
He may be only 24, but Aaron Weinstein’s swinging jazz violin brings back an era: the 1930s, when New Yorkers packed smoky nightclubs to hear giants like Joe Venuti.
Lauren Conrad’s new novel, ‘Sweet Little Lies,’ is bestseller
By Olivia Smith DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Friday, February 12th 2010, 12:57 PM
Reality TV star turned author Lauren Conrad has beaten the sophomore slump.
Her second novel, “Sweet Little Lies,” is sitting pretty atop the New York Times bestseller list.