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1. Linda Lavin brings ‘Collected Stories’ to life
(Entertainment/Movies)

... entirely fulfilled ‘Sondheim on Sondheim' celebrates a master songwriter Green Day's ‘American Idiot' lands on Broadway (VIDEO) Petite ‘La Cage' looks sweet on Broadway Cirque du Soleil ...

2. ‘Enron’ accounts for a scandal
(Entertainment/Movies)

...  ALSO BY MICHAEL SOMMERS Denzel Washington hits one over the ‘Fences' ‘Promises, Promises' not entirely fulfilled ‘Sondheim on Sondheim' celebrates a master songwriter Green Day's ‘American ...

3. Denzel Washington hits one over the ‘Fences’
(Entertainment/Movies)

... songwriter Green Day's ‘American Idiot' lands on Broadway (VIDEO) Petite ‘La Cage' looks sweet on Broadway Cirque du Soleil offers ‘OVO' ‘Million Dollar Quartet' royalty rocks out Stephen ...

4. ‘Promises, Promises’ not entirely fulfilled
(Entertainment/Movies)

... a master songwriter Green Day's ‘American Idiot' lands on Broadway (VIDEO) Petite ‘La Cage' looks sweet on Broadway Cirque du Soleil offers ‘OVO' ‘Million Dollar Quartet' royalty rocks ...

5. ‘Sondheim on Sondheim’ celebrates a master songwriter
(Entertainment/Movies)

... sterling eight-member company led by the ever-glowing Barbara Cook lends vibrant voices and exceptional interpretive gifts to the words and music created by Broadway's master songwriter. This ...

6. 'Who Do You Love' is all about the blues


(Entertainment/Movies)

... the artists and the businessmen that made that music part of our lives. Songwriter/bassist Willie Dixon, well played by Chi McBride, becomes Leonard's tutor/ambassador to the black community. Their first ...

7. ‘Andrew Jackson’ emo-musical erupts at Public Theater
(Entertainment/Movies)

... songwriter Michael Friedman into a madhouse concert-style rock musical certain to irk traditionalists. Don't expect a well-made tuner like "Fiorello!" It's not that kind of musical. Actually, that's ...

8. Ann Hampton Callaway to star in Princeton Symphony gala
(Entertainment/Movies)

April 17 "Classic Cabaret" show benefits PSO education program Tops among her Manhattan nightlife contemporaries, singer-songwriter Ann Hampton Callaway comes to Somerset County for one night only to ...

9. China censored Academy Award over Oscar-nominated ‘Unnatural Disaster’
(World/International)

... singer/songwriter Prudence Mabhena. "China's Unnatural Disaster" was blocked from being aired in China and official Chinese media have either removed it from their reports on the Academy Awards or omitted ...

10. Misunderstood with a bad reputation: Jersey vultures are marvelous creatures
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... also include a performance by One Heart, featuring traditional American Indian Pow Wow songs, stories, and dances. Also, singer/songwriter Jim Six will appear with Greg Potter. And the Turkey Vulture ...

11. N.J. rock band Kindred Souls to go on 21-county diner tour to support food banks
(Entertainment/Movies)

... rock band flavored with blues, funk, jazz, and R&B. The founding members of Kindred Souls are lead vocalist and songwriter Jeff Rafferty and keyboardist Lon Bacharach. The band features bassist Stan ...

12. What if New Jersey courts do not follow the law?
(Opinion/Commentary)

... principles of equity are honored or whether the Courts follow the law. Iris Cooper-Shepard is a homeowner, pro se litigant, recreation therapist, teacher, advocate, songwriter, coordinator of events ...

13. Romantic ‘Fanny’ returns to New York in fine concert form
(Entertainment/Movies)

Encores! series revives a 1954 hit by neglected songwriter Harold Rome BY MICHAEL SOMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM OFF BROADWAY REVIEW Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and Frank Loesser are celebrated for ...

14. Stephen Rea stars in Sam Shepard’s latest play ‘Ages of the Moon’
(Entertainment/Movies)

... for nearly fifty years, swill bourbon and swap stories from their past - of women, horses, a clumsy brush with a famous songwriter and how the Virgin Mary miraculously appeared in the eye of a dead chicken. ...

15. Lady Gaga: Professional reinvention resulted in mega success with ‘The Fame’
(Entertainment/Movies)

... said. It was not until she changed her sound, and became Lady Gaga that her career took off. With the success of her debut CD, The Fame, she has gone from a struggling singer-songwriter to a headliner ...

16. ‘Play On’ with Carrie Underwood
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Casanova" was the first single released from "Play On". The song, which Carrie wrote with Nashville songwriter Brett James and hip-hop producer Mike Elizondo, recently became her eighth Number One Country ...

17. Afrobeat music drives Broadway’s new 'Fela!'
(Entertainment/Movies)

... into spectators' eyes. Production designer Maria Draghici creates the Nigerian nightclub where African songwriter and political rebel Fela Anikulapo-Kuti gathers his followers for a last-night party ...

18. Okay ‘Dreamgirls’ visits the Apollo Theater
(Entertainment/Movies)

... the Dreams' crossover success. A boyish Trevon Davis is scarcely better as the Dreams' songwriter. At least Syesha Mercado's slim, sweet Deena Jones sings as prettily as she looks. But what about Effie, ...

19. Singer-songwriter Seth Glier performs in Chatham
(Entertainment/Movies)

ANTHONY STOECKERT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM You hear a song called "I Just Want to Make My Daddy Proud" on Seth Glier's new album, and wonder if the singer-songwriter doesn't have some parental issues. ...

20. The E Street Band's Clarence Clemons meets fans in Clifton
(Entertainment/Movies)

... of photos that chronicle Clemons' childhood and his many years with Springsteen. The book's jacket features quotes from comedian Chris Rock, singer-songwriter and novelist Kinky Friedman, and fellow ...