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This year held five truly pleasant surprises
Best-of lists are intensely personal. I sometimes wait months for a performance, only to be disappointed. Or I begrudgingly attend an event because I think I should, and I'm blown away. So here's what thrilled me and surprised me this year. Black...Tags: Theater, Dance, Dancing, Virginia Arts Festival, Festive Event
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Community Christmas gifts
The Virginia GazetteLet us pause to consider the gifts of time, resources and heroism in our community this year. Greg Morriswas canoeing at Waller Mill Reservoir when he saved three people whose canoe flipped. Alonzo Morning, Leroy McFadden and Trevor Charbonneauwere...Tags: Diseases, Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, Harley-Davidson Incorporated, Dining and Drinking, NASA
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TV and film producer William Finnegan dies at 80
From a Times Staff WriterWilliam R. Finnegan, a film and television producer whose credits include "Hawaii Five-0," "The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd" and "The Fabulous Baker Boys," has died. He was 80. Finnegan, who was nominated for five Emmy Awards, died Friday of Parkinson'...Tags: Diseases, Movies, Death and Dying, Emmy Awards, Studio City
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Classical music season preview
Bach Festival Society Of Winter Park Listings information is subject to change. Performances of the Choral Masterworks Series are in the Knowles Memorial Chapel at Rollins College, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park. Single tickets are $20-$50; 407-646-2182 or...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Halloween, Classical Music, Stetson University, Valencia Community College
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Fast Chat: Linda Lavin
'Massapequa? That sounds like a wonderful old Indian name. What does it mean in English?" a character asks Linda Lavin partway through "The New Century," a new comedy at Lincoln Center. Comes Lavin's deadpan reply: "It means 'Don't touch my hair.'" Lavin'...Tags: Theater, Movies, Celebrity, Television, North Carolina
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Spring awakening
linda.winer@newsday.comHowever the wind blows, theatergoers know it's spring when Broadway gets crazy with openings. Whatever the calendar says about the year's end, commercial theater will be observing New Year's Eve on May 7 - the last night to open eligible shows before the...Tags: Johnny Depp, Maureen Stapleton, Bing Crosby, Holidays, Max Casella
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'O.C.' Creator Promises a Liberating Season
Zap2It.comThings got pretty rough in Newport Beach last year. There were shootings and beatings and college rejections. Relationships ended, businesses collapsed, offices burnt down. Characters sought solace in alcohol, cocaine and scuzzy surfers. Characters got...Tags: Adam Brody, Mischa Barton
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Spotting celebrities in New York: A diary
Special to amNewYorkWhether it's our easy-to-understand block system or our renowned sanitation department, there's something about New York that attracts stars. The potential for celebrity sightings is what first brought me to the city, hoping some of that showbiz magic...Tags: Celebrity, Bars and Clubs, Stephen Baldwin, Jon Stewart
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In her 70s, a new mom
STAFF WRITERNone of that never-do-the- same-thing-twice jazz for Doris Roberts. "I started at City Center in 1956," says the actress during a lunch break in rehearsals for "Bye Bye Birdie," the Encores! musical in which she's appearing this week - at City Center....Tags: Bette Midler, Movies, NBC, CBS Corp., Charles Grodin
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An Enduring Rose
Staff WriterRose is "one of the few really great roles in musical theater,” Arthur Laurents said of the character who sits squarely at the center of "Gypsy,” the musical being revived -- yet again -- on Broadway. Having written the show's libretto, the outspoken 85-...Tags: Theater, Celebrity, Angela Lansbury, Judy Garland, CBS Corp.
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Of Blintzes and Broadway
Staff Writer‘YOU WANNA EAT something? Some blintzes?” asks Harry Edelstein, determined that nobody setting foot in his coffee shop should ever walk out hungry. "We got cheese, potatoes, cherry -- I think the cheese are best. You gotta try!” The blintzes are great,...Tags: Hotels and Accommodations, Theater, Celebrity, Neil Simon, Tourism and Leisure
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2001 Tony Award nominations
Tribune chief criticIn New York, there was joy among the producers of "The Producers" for the musical's record 15 Tony Award nominations. In Chicago, there were cheers and standing ovations for Victory Gardens, winner of this year's Tony as outstanding regional theater....Tags: Theater, Nathan Lane, Celebrity, Gary Sinise, Harold Pinter
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