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'La Cage aux Folles' is a Broadway bonanza
Forum Publishing GroupThe Stage Door Theatre's exquisitely water-colored backdrop of St. Tropez, the quaint seaside town and setting of the classic, and first, Broadway musical to portray a homosexual romance, prepares the audience for a theatrical sensation. Eye-arresting...Tags: Minority Groups, Coral Springs, Theater, Bars and Clubs, Gays and Lesbians
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Curtains for 'Hairspray'
The curtain comes down on Hairspray, the musical based on the John Waters cult movie classic, on Broadway in January. That month will also see the close of Monty Python's Spamalot, also a long-running, Tony-winning best musical. Spamalot pulls up the...Tags: Neil Simon, Monty Python's Spamalot, John Waters
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End draws near for Broadway jewels
January is usually a pretty chilly month on Broadway. But this year, the post-holidays could be a little colder than normal. Hairspray and Monty Python's Spamalot, both long-running, Tony-winning best musicals, are closing up shop. Spamalot pulls up...Tags: Mike Nichols, Neil Simon, Monty Python's Spamalot, Times Square, John Waters
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Winokur can't stop beat: She'll be back in 'Hairspray'
Marissa Jaret Winokur will return to Hairspray on Dec. 9 for the final four weeks of its Broadway run at the Neil Simon Theatre. She will join Harvey Fierstein, her original co-star, in the long-running musical that opened in August 2002. He came back...Tags: Neil Simon, John Waters, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Television, Dancing
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'Spamalot' and 'Hairspray' set January closings
The Associated PressNEW YORK -- January is usually a pretty chilly month on Broadway. But this year, the post-holidays could be a little colder than normal. "Hairspray" and " Monty Python's Spamalot," both long-running, Tony-winning best musicals, are closing up shop....Tags: Monty Python's Spamalot, Will Ferrell, Alfred Hitchcock, John Travolta, Mike Nichols
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Liza Minnelli and Matthew Broderick highlight latest Broadway news
amNewYork Theater CriticLiza Likely to Play the Palace Rumors suggest that Liza Minnelli is likely to play Broadway's Palace Theater for a limited engagement in December. And while Liza admits that the production is in the works, she has also pointed out that no contract have...Tags: Broadway, Frank Langella, Judy Garland, Theater, Matthew Broderick
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Estelle Getty, 'Golden Girls'
Estelle Getty, who played Sophia on TV's "The Golden Girls," died at about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday. She was 84. Getty, who suffered from advanced dementia, died at her Hollywood Boulevard home, said her son, Carl Gettleman of Santa Monica. "She was loved...Tags: Movies, Barry Manilow, Rue McClanahan, Estelle Getty, NBC
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Theater season preview
Sentinel Staff WriterAmway Shakespeare Opportunity Twitter of the Shrew will be at a site to be announced. The Shakespeariment will be at the Walt Disney Amphitheater at Lake Eola Park, 101 N. Rosalind Ave., Orlando. Details: 407-792-9421. Twitter of the Shrew: Feb. 14....Tags: Beatrix Potter, George S Kaufman, Cypress Gardens, Brighton Park, Colleges and Universities
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Estelle Getty, 84; 'Golden Girls' actress brought humor, depth to mother roles
Special to The TimesEstelle Getty, whose acting career bloomed late in life with her Emmy-winning performance as Sophia Petrillo, the wisecracking mother of Bea Arthur's character on the popular NBC sitcom "The Golden Girls," died Tuesday. She was 84. Getty, who also won...Tags: Movies, Barry Manilow, Estelle Getty, Heroes (tv program), Television
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'Golden Girls' Star Estelle Getty Dies
Zap2It.comEstelle Getty, the diminutive actress who won an Emmy for her portrayal of sassy Sophia Petrillo on "The Golden Girls," has died. She was 84. Getty passed away at 5:35 a.m. on Tuesday, July 22 in her home in Los Angeles surrounded by her family and...Tags: Estelle Getty, Rue McClanahan, Los Angeles, Celebrity, Television
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Competitors no match for 'South Pacific's' visual sweep
Tribune criticNEW YORK—The harmonic Seabees warbling "There is Nothing Like a Dame" at the start of Bart Sher's Lincoln Center revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "South Pacific" include whites and African-Americans. Nothing unusual there. It took decades, but...Tags: Movies, Minority Groups, Lincoln Center, Theater, Gore Vidal
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'Catered Affair' brings post-war life to Broadway
Tribune criticThe new Broadway musical "A Catered Affair" is another cinematic adaptation set in the 1950s, but one in which everyone is too terminally depressed to cry. Based on the 1956 Richard Brooks movie "The Catered Affair" (penned by the formidable duo of...Tags: Theater, Music Theater, Gore Vidal, Paddy Chayefsky, John Doyle
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