2011 Drama Desk Nominations Announced - 12 for THE BOOK OF MORMON, 10 for ANYTHING GOES

Nominations for The 56th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced on Friday, April 29, 2011, at 9:30 AM at the New York Friars Club, 57 East 55th Street, in Manhattan. Former Drama Desk Award winners Audra MacDonald and Liev Schreiber made the announcemen


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New York: Stockard Channing, Edie Falco, Judith Light, Al Pacino, Daniel Radcliffe, Geoffrey Rush, et al. Receive Drama Desk Nominations

Nominations for the 2011 Drama Desk Awards -- honoring outstanding work on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway -- were announced this morning by Audra McDonald and Liev Schreiber. The awards will be presented at a ceremony to be held at Hammerst


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'Book of Mormon' leads Drama Desk nominations


NEW YORK - The profane musical "The Book of Mormon" and the zany revival of "Anything Goes" received the most nominations Friday from the Drama Desk, which honors both Broadway and off-Broadway productions.


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Charlie Sheen does Dallas

Maybe it’s art imitating life, maybe it’s just the inescapable nature of his warlock ways, but Charlie Sheen and his maniacal mystery tour have had a bumpy road. After a couple of highs, a lot of lows, “the most Googled man in the world” landed in Americ


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When musicians go to Hollywood

Starting this Friday, Paul Walker and Vin Diesel will be appearing once again in the high-octane, testosterone-fueled fifth installment of the "Fast and the Furious" franchise, "Fast Five."

Looking through the rest of the film's cast, names such as Chr


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CABINET CLEAN-OUT SLATED FOR SATURDAY

04.28 - Transforming Your Yard Into a Garden The Council Chambers at Red Bank Borough Hall is the setting as the RB Environmental Commission and RB Green Team host Wendy Weiner (owner of service company The Front Yard Farmer) in a free presentation on ho


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Shakespeare Festival Needs Cash to "Free Will"

Kansas City, Mo - infoZine - The Shakespeare Festival is a beloved summer tradition for a generation of Kansas Citians. A professional production of Macbeth is scheduled to run from June 14 through July 3 in Southmoreland Park, but the Festival doesn't h


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What You Don't Know About... Joe Mantegna


When Joe Mantegna met playwright David Mamet in the early 1970s at
Chicago's Organic Theater Company, it was the beginning of a long
and fruitful collaboration. Mantegna won a Tony in 1984 for his
performance in Mamet's Pulitzer-winning "Glengarry Glen R


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Ghetto Klown, and Why I'm Silent Lately

So I've been spending a lot of time lately writing my own actual musicals, one of which will be featured in a festival this summer but that's another post.  I'll be reviewing some upcoming/recent shows in non-Abridgement format... Abridging takes a surpr


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Crime Watch blog: The Scarface effect

In his blog Crime Watch, Brian Fraga notes that New Bedford Police are aware of the adoration of "Scarface" character Tony Montana held by many in the city:
A recent report by a New Bedford police officer notes that Tony Montana, Al Pacino's iconic chara


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When politics becomes a distraction & blogging an effort

One thing which makes a movie or story great is that its themes and episodes can help us describe situations in our lives, understand the actions of others or help elucidate the human condition. While many people fault The Godfather: Part III for being i


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War Horse receives four Outer Critics Circle Award nominations

The National Theatre’s much feted War Horse has received four Outer Critics
Circle Awards nominations.
The nominations open the New York theatre awards season and are given to shows
on and off-Broadway.
Following two sold-out seasons at the Nationa


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‘BEATLES’ HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE

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The Beatlemania Stage Show — co-starring Lucien Nocelli of Lincroft (right) as John Lennon — rolls up to the stage of Red Bank’s Two Rive


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Tickets on sale in Tampa Bay this week: Al Pacino, Mayhem Festival

Times staff writer Posted: Apr 27, 2011 10:22 AM Tickets for the following events go on sale this week: • Al Pacino , 8 p.m. May 31 at Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, $99-$150, on sale at noon Friday at the box office, 1111 McMullen Booth Road, or by calli


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'Sister Act' earns 9 Outer Critics nods


Slideshow Bobby Cannavale arrives at the Gen Art Film Festival Premiere of "Diminished Capacity" at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York on April 2, 2008. (UPI Photo/Laura Cavanaugh)  NEW YORK, April 27 (UPI) -- The Broadway musical "Sister Act" led the fiel


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Seattle: Al Pacino Set for One Night Only at Seattle's Paramount Theatre

Stage and screen star Al Pacino will come to Seattle's Paramount Theatre for Pacino: One Night Only, presented by Seattle Theatre Group and the 37th Seattle International Film Festival on Saturday, June 11 at 8pm.











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Outer Critics Circle Nominees Include Sister Act, Anything Goes, Book of Mormon


OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo

Good People

The Motherf**ker With the Hat

War Horse
OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL
The Book of Mormon

Priscilla Queen of the Desert

Sister Act

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Bre


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Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations Announced


The 61st Outer Critics Circle Award nominations were announced this morning for outstanding stage achievements on Broadway and Off-Broadway. Here's the full list:
OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Good People
The Motherf**ker


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Spend a night with Al Pacino at Seattle's Paramount Theatre

In conjunction with Seattle Theater Group, Seattle International Film Festival presents "Al Pacino: One Night Only," in which the Oscar- and Tony Award-winning actor ("The Godfather," "Serpico," "The Insider," "Scent of a Woman") comes to the Paramount T


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ArtsBeat: 'Sister Act' and 'Anything Goes' Lead Outer Critics Circle Nominations


Photographs by Sara Krulwich/The New York Times From left, Patina Miller and Marla Mindelle in “Sister Act”; Sutton Foster and Colin Donnell in “Anything Goes.”
No nominations for Signature Theater Company’s revival of Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America”?


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The American Film Institute and TV Land Announce the Benefit Committee for AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Morgan Freeman

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2011 Outer Critics Circle Nominations Announced! SISTER ACT Leads with 9!

Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers covering New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and other media beyond Broadway, announced their 2010-11 nominations this morning. Celebrating its 61st season of bestowing awar


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Marisa Tomei, Alison Pill in Talks for Sorkin's HBO Pilot

According to Deadline.com, Marisa Tomei and Allison Pill, who are both currently starring on stage in MARIE AND BRUCE, and THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES respectively, are in talks to join Jeff Daniels in Aaron Sorkin's HBO series: MORE AS THE STORY DEVELOPS.


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Outer Critics release theater prize nominations

The Associated Press | NEW YORK The Broadway musicals "Sister Act and "Anything Goes" top the list of nominations for the Outer Critics Circle Awards. Organizers announced Tuesday that "Sister Act," the show based on the 1992 Whoopi Goldberg movie, earn


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'Sister Act' and 'Anything Goes' top nominations for Outer Critics Circle Awards

NEW YORK, N.Y. - The Broadway musicals "Sister Act and "Anything Goes" top the list of nominations for the Outer Critics Circle Awards.
Organizers announced Tuesday that "Sister Act," the show based on the 1992 Whoopi Goldberg movie, earned nine nominati


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