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21 January 2012

Cirque du Soleil’s big-top eggcellence

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The new Cirque show, OVO, offers big fun under the big tent. [...]

14 December 2011

Merrily TCM Classic Cruise rolled along . . .

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Links to Debra Levine’s story about TCM Classic Cruise on The Huffington Post. [...]

4 December 2011

Michael Jackson could only spin to the right, says Donald McKayle

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The great film, stage and concert dance choreographer Donald McKayle shares memories of working with Michael Jackson. [...]

16 November 2011

Chakiris, Tamblyn, Moreno cement their memories @ Grauman’s

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A touching trio of memories left behind at Grauman’s Chinese Theater on November 15, 2011, as three of the great stars of “West Side Story” gathered to join in Hollywood’s great sidewalk ritual. Vive les danseurs! [...]

16 November 2011

Joseph Horowitz’s spoken-word exploration of Mahler marriage to precede Pacific Symphony’s Mahler Ninth symphony

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A great symphony, Mahler’s Ninth, preceded by a playlet examining the marriage of the composer and his wife Alma. [...]

10 November 2011

Genius. West Side Story.

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Seeing West Side Story projected properly for perhaps the first-time ever … [...]

30 October 2011

Jack Cole danced in Pittsburgh

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A vintage program from 1935, a performance of an Austrian operetta by Robert Stolz, “Venus in Satin,” and Jack Cole danced in it. [...]

11 October 2011

The divine meets the dogged: Tippi Hedren & Edith Head reunite for “A Conversation with Edith Head”

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Through the magic of make-believe, the enduring Edith Head springs back to life to meet the living legend, Tippi Hedren, at the opening night of a one-woman play about the dogged designer, “A Conversation with Edith Head.” [...]

6 October 2011

Oy. Harry. Would you please lighten up? Harry Houdini goes for a dip.

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Harry Houdini takes a quick dip in the harbor. Fits my mood somehow, this evening. [...]

2 October 2011

Segerstrom Center for the Arts: 25 years of presenting stellar international dance

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For the past 25 years, the Costa Mesa, California, has been a beacon of international ballet, as world-class troupes perform at the House that Henry (Segerstrom) Built 45 miles south of L.A. [...]