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1. Stephen Sondheim’s cult ‘Whistle’ encored
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... for anybody else, the great composer's legendary and rarely performed "Anyone Can Whistle" was brought back to spirited life on Thursday thanks to New York City Center's Encores! series of American musicals ...

2. Romantic ‘Fanny’ returns to New York in fine concert form
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... writing both the music and words for their scores, but their contemporary Harold Rome (1908-1993) has scarcely received his due recognition for the same accomplishment on a dozen Broadway musicals and ...

3. Fresh ‘Grapes of Wrath’ concert headed to Carnegie Hall
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Maplewood resident Christine Ebersole featured in Manhattan premiere BY MICHAEL SOMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Should Broadway's spring slate of new musicals appear to be too frivolous ("The Addams ...

4. Disney adds to franchise with ‘The Princess and the Frog’
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... Disney animated musicals like "Snow White" and "Cinderella" when she was growing up, Rose is especially pleased that "The Princess and the Frog" brings back the tradition of those hand-drawn films. "When ...

5. Noel Coward’s ‘Brief Encounter’ flickers only dimly in Brooklyn
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... with Gertrude Lawrence as part of his "Tonight at 8:30" cycle of nine short plays and musicals. Opening on Tuesday at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn, "Brief Encounter" is a curious mash-up of the original ...

6. 3 Mo' Divas provide an extraordinary evening at Crossroads
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... range and comfortable control. And then each, in turn, shows her individual operatic skills. First, Ms. Payton who hails from Washington, D.C., and has been in such musicals as "Smokey Joe's Cafe" ...

7. New Broadway comedy explores Victorian sex lives
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... If her acting style seems a trifle modern in comparison to the others, kindly remember her character represents a fresh spirit in a musty world. Another notable from musicals, Cerveris portrays the doctor ...

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

... hometown of Princeton. He's also designed sets for the Utah Festival Opera Theater, Goodspeed Musicals in Connecticut, and Tri-Cities Opera Company. He was also a design consultant for the soap opera Guiding ...

9. ‘Ragtime’ stirs up America’s 1900s melting pot
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Major musical drawn from Doctorow novel triumphantly returns to Broadway BY MICHAEL SOMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM BROADWAY REVIEW Among the few truly great musicals created in living memory, "Ragtime" ...

10. ‘Finian’s Rainbow’ glows with a colorful score and story
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Fantastical musical mixes social satire with Irish whimsicality BY MICHAEL SOMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM BROADWAY REVIEW Anyone with a taste for vintage musicals will want to savor the sparkling ...

11. Uneven ‘Urinetown' fails to hold water
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... producing a wide-ranging series of summer schedules. Musicals are not the troupe's forte, but this season, the opening show is "Urinetown," which has become a huge favorite among college theater circles. ...

12. Bon Jovi receives Hall of Fame honors
(Entertainment/Movies)

... for many Broadway musicals and films, and Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway, who wrote hits for the Fortunes, the Hollies and Gary Lewis and the Playboys, among others. ****** Idol winner signs record ...

13. Review: ‘Soup du Jour' a delicious musical comedy in Hopewell
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... keeps everything light-hearted and Bob Thick's direction keeps the pace at a fast trot. This is one of those musicals where the score itself is somewhat over-written and the patter songs are more interesting ...