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1. Mummers Parade: Jersey bands influence a great Philly New Year's Day tradition
(Life/Style)

... Edition) clad in elaborate costumes perform in the parade each year. They are organized into four distinct types of troupes: Comics, Fancies, string Bands and Fancy Brigades. Mummery is an old tradition ...

2. ‘Young Victoria’: Refreshing, entertaining … and great for those who still believe in princess power
(Entertainment/Movies)

... woman who wants and needs a male mentor. With its fabulous locations and costumes, light historical insights, and top-notch British cast, "Young Victoria" feels like a really good PBS Masterpiece production. ...

3. Catherine Zeta-Jones and Angela Lansbury shine in a darker ‘A Little Night Music’
(Entertainment/Movies)

... 1900s costumes. Staged more as a rueful comedy with music, this show unfolds quietly against a flexible setting of duskily mirrored panels that later opens to disclose a modest view of birch trees. During ...

4. ‘An Education’ has the glow of an Oscar
(Entertainment/Movies)

... It was great and I tried to speak to a lot of people about what it was like to be a teenager (then) ...I mean aside from the costumes and all that sort of thing, there was the music and the culture and ...

5. Cirque acrobats put on a holiday extravaganza at Trump Taj Mahal
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Mahal in Atlantic City. The 90-minute show combines colorful set design and more than 100 gorgeous costumes. The talented singers, dancers, aerialists and acrobats perform to an original musical score, ...

6. N.J. anti-fur demonstrators confront N.Y. shoppers on Black Friday
(U.S./Nation)

... against Canada's baby seal hunts. A few in animal costumes and most holding grisly signs, scores of activists marched with police escort down Fifth Avenue and then to Macy's. There, an advance guard ...

7. Irving Berlin classics deck out ‘White Christmas’
(Entertainment/Movies)

... numbers performed in a big way to great old tunes like "I Love A Piano" and "Blue Skies." Snazzy costumes and pretty settings dress out the package. Sure, it's great-grandma heaven, but last year the ...

8. ‘The Thing About Men' a shining holiday beacon
(Entertainment/Movies)

... singer, sushi delivery boy, etc.) changing costumes and wigs in a flash. Now, since the main topic is adultery, you might expect the dialogue to be a bit racy, juicier at least than, say, Shakespeare, ...

9. New Broadway comedy explores Victorian sex lives
(Entertainment/Movies)

... 1880s costumes provide suitably classy looks. Prepare for a visual surprise at the happy ending. Not an easy piece to perform — balancing period manners with contemporary humor is tricky — the play ...

10. Radio City Music Hall’s ‘Spectacular’ inaugurates holidays
(Entertainment/Movies)

... view of the intricate patterns the Rockettes weave while marching about in those white-red-yellow-black soldier costumes designed way back when by a pre-Hollywood Vincente Minnelli. As ever, the sequence ...

11. Disney on Ice set to stir things up at Prudential and Izod Centers
(Entertainment/Movies)

... they're doing it in big mouse and duck costumes. Disney on Ice Presents Let's Celebrate! will be at the Prudential Center in Newark, Nov. 18-22 and at the Izod Center, East Rutherford, Nov. 24-29. Tickets ...

12. Dog Halloween Parade
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I would like to Congratulate Jen and Joe on their winning Best in Show. I am also impressed with the fact that the costumes were all hand made. ...

13. A dog-day of a Halloween at Brookdale Park
(Life/Style)

... dog park, admiring costumes, taking photographs and enjoying a welcome break in the stormy weather. Awards were given for Best in Show, Most Scary, Best Owner Costume, Most Original and Cutest. "This ...

14. McCarter's ‘She Stoops to Conquer' a delicious revival
(Entertainment/Movies)

... and enough doors so that one might expect farce to rear its head. Ben Stanton has lit it with care and Gabriel Berry has supplied costumes of the period, some with considerable flair. Goldsmith's attempt ...

15. ‘Memphis’ sings and dances along the 1950s racial divide
(Entertainment/Movies)

... by some juicy orchestrations, there's just no stopping this production. Drenched by Howell Binkley in rich shades of lighting, the handsome costumes by Paul Tazewell and swift, nifty sets by David Gallo ...

16. ‘Bye Bye Birdie’ doesn’t fly high with Gina Gershon and John Stamos
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Robert Longbottom has dulled it down with a setting of translucent panels that looks mighty gray behind the actors' brightly colored ‘60s costumes. If his rock ‘n' roll dances are humdrum, at least Longbottom ...

17. Whatever happened to the good old Halloween nights?
(Life/Style)

... costumes for her two daughters. The themes were pretty standard: we alternated between being princesses, ballerinas, and, if we were feeling reckless, pirates. On Halloween night, my mom or dad would ...

18. Review of Alice in Wonderland at the Kelsey Theatre
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... charater was my favorite when I was 10 and still is now that I'm 60. The costumes were very imaginative. I'm sure the frequent costume and character changes proved challenging for all; especially ...

19. McCarter Theatre invites young actors to audition for A Christmas Carol
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Unger will return to stage McCarter's production of this cherished family tradition, with scenery by the legendary set designer Ming Cho Lee, costumes by Tony winner Jess Goldstein and choreography by ...

20. Cuzco, Peru well worth visiting again and again
(Life/Style)

... of the musicians and dancers is excellent, the costumes colorful and professional. The audience is usually made up of tourists and locals alike, a real tribute to the continuing popularity of the Andean ...