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... as well as a runaway slave and an eccentric doctor. He keeps a diary that will be published and read by other characters. In the 1930s, a deadbeat young composer (Ben Whishaw) flees his creditors, and ...
... greet performances with genuine warmth and reward strong performances with cheers. And no wonder—the evening had been billed as a “Tribute to the late Marvin Hamlisch” the composer who passed this summer. ...
... the movie like that? MH: How does a melody occur to a composer? It simply occurs to you. "Amour opens Dec. 19.  ...
... the films of first-time filmmakers, including screenwriters, producers, directors and composers. So does New York really need another film festival? Only last night the cinematic juggernaut that is the ...
5. Pianist Byron Janis at age 84
(Entertainment/Movies)
... extremely old at the time. “That,” said Chotzinoff, “is how you should NOT play.” Still another key person: composer Frederic Chopin. Janis fell in love with Chopin’s music when he was only “7 or 8,” ...
... customers wishing for a brighter, happier experience. Chaplin’s times are hazily framed by composer-lyricist Christopher Curtis and co-writer Thomas Meehan as a movie being made about the legendary artist, ...
7. REVIEW: 'Into the Woods' looks good in Central Park
(Entertainment/New York Theater)
... James Lapine and composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim. The enjoyable outdoors staging of “Into the Woods” that opened on Thursday at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park more or less throws away the storybook ...
... “people’s composer,” whose “work on Broadway and film has won him virtually every major award, leaves behind an indelible legacy with his rich contributions to the American songbook. He is survived by ...
9. Death of Marvin Hamlisch devastates Barbra Streisand
(Entertainment/New York Theater)
BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The lights on Broadway dimmed for 60 seconds Wednesday night in tribute to composer Marvin Hamlisch, who died Monday after a short illness. He was 68 years old. Hamlisch ...
10. REVIEW: 'The Last Smoker in America' butts out
(Entertainment/New York Theater)
... feminine side. What can a smoking mother do? Set entirely in a kitchen, this 90-minute domestic cartoon is embellished by some 20 songs by Russell and composer Peter Melnick. A pretty “Hangin' Out in ...
... one of the best in the country. He’s also championed American composers—and won seven Grammy Awards. Back in the 1960s, he writes, the New York Philharmonic hired its assistant conductors through an ...
12. Richard Rodgers' gossipy autobiography
(Entertainment/Movies)
... Mary Martin came to the rescue. George M. Cohan was very unpleasant. These views were expressed by the great American composer Richard Rodgers (1902-1979), in his fun-to-read autobiography “Musical ...
... these songs date back to the 1996 games in Atlanta. The man behind a good number of these songs is the great John Williams, longtime conductor of the Boston Pops and arguably the greatest composer of ...
... at 42.5 million. Meanwhile, statements are still coming in from actors and creators of the film. "Dark Knight" composer Hans Zimmer, whose music is so propulsive in the film, especially during the ...
... The musical is based on the memoirs of stripper Gypsy Rose Lee, her early years and family hassles. It is all translated to the stage by the late Arthur Laurents who wrote the book; composer Julie Styne ...
... and silently mouthed, “Wow!” “Newsies” composer Allan Menken had a moment with his lyricist Jack Feldman. They were about to get photographed, and Mr. Menken’s face was shiny, so Mr. Menken took a brush ...
... Diane Paulus and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, along with composer Diedre Murray, who reworked the four-hour opera, shortening it and adding songs they said deepened the characterizations. ...
18. REVIEW: ‘February House’ not so inviting
(Entertainment/New York Theater)
... Victorian manse in Brooklyn Heights. Davis’s frequently complaining tenants include the British poet W.H. Auden (Erik Lochtefeld), rising composer Benjamin Britten (Stanley Bahorek), their respective ...
BY WARREN BOROSON NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM May 11 was songwriter Irving Berlin’s birthday. He called himself a “songwriter” because, unlike many other composers, he also wrote his own lyrics — like Cole ...
20. REVIEW: ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’ gets an Encore
(Entertainment/New York Theater)
... New York City Center on Wednesday, “Gentleman Prefer Blondes” combines a very flimsy, very silly script with an enjoyably brassy, melodic score from composer Jule Styne and lyricist Leo Robin. Co-writers ...
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