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Porchlight's tuneful ambition
Under its new artistic director Michael Weber, Porchlight Music Theatre is going to concentrate on this pithy and concise mission: "American Musicals. Chicago Style."
So what, exactly, does that mean?
"Well," Weber said in an interview earlier this...Tags: Theater, Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Arts, Fine Arts
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Navy doesn't want to play flag football against W. Kentucky
After his football team opened the 2011 season with a 40-17 win over Delaware last Saturday in Annapolis, Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo was beaming.
Niumatalolo could not have been more proud of a quarterback, senior Kriss Proctor, who rushed for 176...Tags: Annapolis, Memorial Stadium, Ken Niumatalolo
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Gordon Parks
From the Kansas Historical Society:
African American photographer, author. Born November 30, 1912, Fort Scott, Kansas. Died: March 7, 2006, New York City, New York.
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks was born November 30, 1912, in Fort Scott, Kansas,...Tags: Eastman Kodak Company, Gordon Parks, Minority Groups, Washington, DC, Arts and Culture
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Wall Street protests: A long American tradition
The only thing really surprising about the Occupy Wall Street movement is that it didn't happen sooner. The United States has a long history of friction over policies that enable an elite to thrive at the expense of ordinary people. The earliest tensions...Tags: Parties and Movements, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Civil War anniversary stirs interest in Fort Wool
HAMPTON — Long before his audacious victories during the Civil War Robert E. Lee was sent to Fort Wool, a manmade island in the middle of Hampton Roads, to battle against the elements.
He wasn't entirely successful back in the 1830s according to...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Alec Guinness, Travel, History (tv network), White House
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Little kicker traced back to Minneapolis inventors
Q During football season, fans shop for T-shirts, banners, nodding heads, glasses and other souvenirs of the game. Through the years, many football toys also have been made. A 1930s iron mechanical place-kicker toy actually could kick a tiny football....Tags: Football, Martin van Buren, Toy Industry, Music, Entertainment
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Report from Stratford Shakespeare Fest: 'Jesus Christ Superstar,' 'Twelfth Night' and the rest
STRATFORD, Ontario — Des McAnuff, the artistic director of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, North America's largest and arguably most prestigious, classically based theater, has announced his intention to leave his post in 2013.
Personal...Tags: Philosophy, Theater, Sports, Titus Andronicus (music group), Entertainment
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G.D. Spradlin dies at 90; veteran character actor
Gervase Duan "G.D." Spradlin, a character actor best known for playing authority figures in television and films, including "The Godfather: Part II" and "Apocalypse Now," has died. He was 90.
Spradlin died of natural causes at his cattle ranch in San...Tags: Movies, Sports, Petroleum Industry, Entertainment, Television
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Is plutocracy really a threat?
Within a short period of time one can notice the word “plutocracy” being used by pundits to describe the direction in which our society is going. We are surely aware of the power of the wealthy because they can afford to hire lawyers,...Tags: Microsoft Corporation, Bill Gates, Retirement, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Kansas
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Miami-Dade, Duval schools threatened with closure, look likely to get reprieve
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelFour schools in Duval County and two in Miami-Dade County faced closure or new management because their students this year once again did poorly on the FCAT. But Education Commissioner John Winn announced Friday that he would recommend a reprieve —... -
‘Rock the Audition’ a book on getting into rock musicals
Orlando Theater BlogThose who desire to perform in rock musicals may find something of interest in “Rock the Audition,” a book that outlines what it takes for the actor/singer to succeed in getting cast in the pop and rock musicals found all over Broadway today....
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