The musical comedy takes place in turn-of-the-century Paris, where La Mome Pistache, proud owner of the Bal du Paradis, famous for its sexy can-can girls, spars with Aristide Forestier, a self-righteous judge determined to close all Parisian dance halls.
The original Jersey Boy Frankie Valli will headline a one-night-only concert for his first-time-ever appearance at the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines on Friday, Oct. 28, 2011. With his three-and-a-half-octave vocal range, over 100 million records sold and a multi-decade career, iconic Frankie Valli, along with his The Four Seasons, demonstrate why they are still the hottest ticket in town with a catalog of hits like: 'Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You,' 'Big Girls Don't Cry,' 'Rag Doll,' 'Grease,' 'Dawn,' 'Let's Hang On,' 'Sherry,' 'December 1963 (Oh What a Night)' and so many more.
MASTERWORKS BROADWAY, recently praised by the Wall Street Journal for its ongoing reissue campaign, continues to make good on its promise to open its vaults with three classic cast recordings previously unavailable in the CD era. The Saint of Bleecker Street (1955 Original Broadway Cast), Half-Past Wednesday (1962 Off-Broadway Cast) and Divine Hair/Mass in F (1971) will be available as downloads through all major digital service providers and as disc-on-demand, with the original cover art and liner notes, via Arkivmusic.com and Amazon.com. Also coming this summer are ten recordings available digitally for the first time utilizing the approved master tapes, including Say, Darling, and two live recordings from Noël Coward. All releases will be accompanied by new album pages and photos on MasterworksBroadway.com.
Merry-Go-Round Playhouse is pleased to present the regional professional premiere of Hairspray! The smash Broadway hit that was awarded eight Tony Awards, takes you to Baltimore in 1962 and tells the story of Tracy Turnblad, a girl with big hair, a big heart, and a big passion to dance.
South Bend Civic Theatre hits the dance floor in 1962 Baltimore for Hairspray, the blockbuster musical the New York Times called 'as sweet as a show can be without causing tooth decay.' Plucky plus-size teen Tracy Turnblad chases her dream of appearing on her favorite TV dance show, overcoming prejudice, segregation and those who feel 'inappropriate hair height' is grounds for detention.
In a statement posted on the star's web site, Barbra Streisand writes 'Arthur and I go way back to 'I Can Get It For You Wholesale' in 1962. Then we did 'The Way We Were' in 1973 and we were about to do 'Gypsy' together.
He created people you care about because he cared about people. I spoke to him a few weeks ago and he sounded so strong, as always. He was lucky to have lived a full and creative life up 'til the very end.
I'll miss working with him again.'
In celebration of its 50 year anniversary, the critically-acclaimed Steppenwolf Theatre Company production of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? will open on Broadway Saturday, October 13, 2012-exactly 50 years to the date after the play's original Broadway opening on Saturday, October 13, 1962. Directed by Pam MacKinnon, the Broadway production will feature the original Steppenwolf cast: ensemble members Tracy Letts and Amy Morton with Carrie Coon and Madison Dirks and will open at a Shubert Theatre TBA.
Today begins the one-year countdown to The Next Fifty, six months of events and activities planned in 2012 at Seattle Center that celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1962 Seattle World's Fair, the legacy it left to the region, and the opportunities ahead during the next fifty years.
The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association today announces the Hollywood Bowl summer 2011 subscription series for its 90th season at the historic venue.
Robert Mulligan's 1962 film of Harper Lee's magnificent novel To Kill a Mockingbird is for me one of the greatest black and white films ever made. Christopher Sergel adapted the novel to the stage in 1990, and the play respects Lee's keen vision of humanity and keeps intact the poetic beauty of her words. The Prodco's production @ The Lex, the first play in their new home, ardently resonates the timeless message of tolerance and friendship.
Michael Riedel is reporting in the New York Post today that straight from the mouth of bookwriter Arthur Laurents is word that Barbra Streisand is 'deep in negotiations to direct, produce and star in a movie version of GYPSY' for which Laurents has given her approval.
Laurents, who directed Streisand in her first Broadway show, I CAN GET IT FOR YOU WHOLESALE, and who wrote THE WAY WE WERE for her said that he's has long talks with her on the subject, and that 'She had a mother who she always thought was Mama Rose. I don't want to get into the details, but the point is she knows. She's got it in her. She's going to be much more than people expect.'
Know Theatre of Cincinnati's current production is an adaptation by John Glore of Madeleine L'Engle's popular 1962 book, A Wrinkle in Time. A collaboration with the Minneapolis-based Four Humors Theater, Jason Ballweber returns to Cincinnati to direct this family-friendly play.
DAVID AMRAM: The First 80 Years Jazz, a spectacular, historic celebration of a true American original whom the Washington Post has described as 'one of the most versatile and skilled musicians America has ever produced,' will be presented by Jazz Forum Arts on Thursday, November 11, 2010 at 7:30 PM at Peter Norton Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, in Manhattan, it was announced by Mark Morganelli, Executive Director of the presenting organization. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Clearwater, the organization founded by Pete Seeger, as well as the Woody Guthrie Foundation.
Tickets for DAVID AMRAM: The First 80 Years are: $75, $55 and $35 (members, students, seniors: $70, $50 and $30; children: $65, $45 and $25) and can be purchased at the Symphony Space Box Office, 212.864.5400, or at http://www.symphonyspace.org. For information about Jazz Forum Arts, call 888.99.BEBOP, or visit http://www.jazzforumarts.org/.
DAVID AMRAM: The First 80 Years Jazz, a spectacular, historic celebration of a true American original whom the Washington Post has described as 'one of the most versatile and skilled musicians America has ever produced,' will be presented by Jazz Forum Arts on Thursday, November 11, 2010 at 7:30 PM at Peter Norton Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, in Manhattan, it was announced by Mark Morganelli, Executive Director of the presenting organization. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Clearwater, the organization founded by Pete Seeger, as well as the Woody Guthrie Foundation.
Tickets for DAVID AMRAM: The First 80 Years are: $75, $55 and $35 (members, students, seniors: $70, $50 and $30; children: $65, $45 and $25) and can be purchased at the Symphony Space Box Office, 212.864.5400, or at http://www.symphonyspace.org. For information about Jazz Forum Arts, call 888.99.BEBOP, or visit http://www.jazzforumarts.org/.
Get ready for big hair and big heart from this beautiful and bubbly Broadway hit! The TUTS debut of Hairspray October, 5 - 17, will have your family singing and dancing to hits like 'Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now,' 'You Can't Stop the Beat' and 'Good Morning, Baltimore.' Made all the more popular by the recent film, this is a show your family will love. The 50s are out, and Baltimore is ready for change! It's 1962. Trendsetting teenager Tracy Turnblad has big hair, a big heart and an even bigger dream - to dance on 'The Corny Collins Show.' When her once-in-a-lifetime opportunity arrives, she grooves her way from outsider to instant teen celebrity. But she'll need the help of a cast of crazy characters to really shake things up! Can she dethrone the program's reigning princess, integrate the show's dance floor and win the love of the dream-boat Link Larkin, without denting her 'do? Find out if a toe-tapping beat and an aerosol attitude are enough to make dreams come true!
The American Symphony Orchestra with Music Director and conductor Leon Botstein return to Carnegie Hall for the 2010-2011 season (where the ensemble debuted under Leopold Stokowski in 1962) with a program about James Joyce's iconic influence and musical inspirations on Wednesday, October 6 at 8:00 P.M.
Get ready for big hair and big heart from this beautiful and bubbly Broadway hit! The TUTS debut of Hairspray October, 5 - 17, will have your family singing and dancing to hits like 'Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now,' 'You Can't Stop the Beat' and 'Good Morning, Baltimore.' Made all the more popular by the recent film, this is a show your family will love. The 50s are out, and Baltimore is ready for change! It's 1962. Trendsetting teenager Tracy Turnblad has big hair, a big heart and an even bigger dream - to dance on 'The Corny Collins Show.' When her once-in-a-lifetime opportunity arrives, she grooves her way from outsider to instant teen celebrity. But she'll need the help of a cast of crazy characters to really shake things up! Can she dethrone the program's reigning princess, integrate the show's dance floor and win the love of the dream-boat Link Larkin, without denting her 'do? Find out if a toe-tapping beat and an aerosol attitude are enough to make dreams come true!
The American Symphony Orchestra with Music Director and conductor Leon Botstein return to Carnegie Hall for the 2010-2011 season (where the ensemble debuted under Leopold Stokowski in 1962) with a program about James Joyce's iconic influence and musical inspirations on Wednesday, October 6 at 8:00 P.M.
Reagle Music Theatre continues its 42nd consecutive season with Hairspray! This winner of 8 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, is set in the city of Baltimore in 1962 in the time of John F. Kennedy's presidency.
Frankie Valli came to fame in 1962 as the lead singer of the Four Seasons, and with the recent volcanic success of the Tony-winning musical 'Jersey Boys,' which chronicles the life and times of Frankie and his legendary group, such classic songs as Big Girls Don't Cry, Walk Like a Man, Rag Doll, and Can't Take My Eyes Off You, are the rage all over again.
HAIRSPRAY is set to hit Atlanta from July 23rd until August 8th at the Lyric Theatre.
Winner of eight Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Original Score, Best Direction and Best Male and Female Lead to name a few, it's 'Hairspray!' The year is 1962 and Baltimore's Tracy Turnblad is going to do whatever it takes to dance her way onto TV's most popular show. Can a big girl with big dreams-and even bigger hair-turn the whole town around and still have time to win the boy she loves? Don't miss this dancing, romancing musical-comedy treat based on John Waters' 1988 film classic, with a book by Mark O'Donnell and two-time Tony Award-winner Thomas Meehan and a brand-new score by five-time Oscar-nominee Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman.
Get ready for big hair and big heart from this beautiful and bubbly Broadway hit! The TUTS debut of Hairspray October, 5 - 17, will have your family singing and dancing to hits like 'Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now,' 'You Can't Stop the Beat' and 'Good Morning, Baltimore.' Made all the more popular by the recent film, this is a show your family will love. The 50s are out, and Baltimore is ready for change! It's 1962. Trendsetting teenager Tracy Turnblad has big hair, a big heart and an even bigger dream - to dance on 'The Corny Collins Show.' When her once-in-a-lifetime opportunity arrives, she grooves her way from outsider to instant teen celebrity. But she'll need the help of a cast of crazy characters to really shake things up! Can she dethrone the program's reigning princess, integrate the show's dance floor and win the love of the dream-boat Link Larkin, without denting her 'do? Find out if a toe-tapping beat and an aerosol attitude are enough to make dreams come true!
From June 25th to July 5th,The Australian Ballet presents Peggy! - a tribute to the woman who shaped The Australian Ballet: Dame Peggy van Praagh. On the centenary of Dame Peggy's birth and as The Australian Ballet's 50th anniversary draws closer, Peggy! will dip into the company's history to celebrate the lady, the legend and her ballets with a gala-style programme of highlights from her long and glittering reign. This Melbourne-only season opens at the Arts Centre with Orchestra Victoria. Bookings can be made at australianballet.com.au or 1300 369 741.
It's 1962, the ‘50s are out, and change is in the air. Baltimore's Tracy Turnblad, a big girl with big hair and an even bigger heart, has only one passion - to dance. She wins a spot on the local TV dance program, 'The Corny Collins Show' and, overnight, is transformed from outsider to irrepressible teen celebrity.
It's 1962, the ‘50s are out, and change is in the air. Baltimore's Tracy Turnblad, a big girl with big hair and an even bigger heart, has only one passion - to dance. She wins a spot on the local TV dance program, 'The Corny Collins Show' and, overnight, is transformed from outsider to irrepressible teen celebrity.
From June 25th to July 5th,The Australian Ballet presents Peggy! - a tribute to the woman who shaped The Australian Ballet: Dame Peggy van Praagh. On the centenary of Dame Peggy's birth and as The Australian Ballet's 50th anniversary draws closer, Peggy! will dip into the company's history to celebrate the lady, the legend and her ballets with a gala-style programme of highlights from her long and glittering reign. This Melbourne-only season opens at the Arts Centre with Orchestra Victoria. Bookings can be made at australianballet.com.au or 1300 369 741.
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