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2 brothers forever seek success in 'Road Show'
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Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:56 GMT
AP - Money showers the stage like confetti in "Road Show," the exhilarating Stephen Sondheim-John Weidman musical that finally has surfaced in New York after a long, arduous journey that included several different titles, directors and casts.
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Disney's latest dog picture a fetching romp
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Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:54:52 GMT
Reuters - Those Beverly Hills Chihuahuas might have run their course, but a Hollywood White Shepherd efficiently marks his territory in "Bolt," an animated adventure about a canine action hero who's inadvertently shipped from his studio to the East Coast.
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Steroid scandal rocks Itamar Moses' baseball drama
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Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:27 GMT
AP - A baseball drama might reasonably be expected to be about playing the game. But we barely get taken out to the ball game at all in "Back Back Back," the new off-Broadway play by Itamar Moses.
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Ricky Gervais a riot in HBO comedy special
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Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:40:46 GMT
Reuters - You knew Ricky Gervais was a genius at writing comedy ("The Office") and a superb comic actor ("Extras"), but did you know he can do stand-up with the best of them? His new HBO special "Ricky Gervais: Out of England," which debuted Saturday, makes the case loud and clear.
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'LittleBigPlanet' revitalizes a stale genre
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Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:47:10 GMT
AP - The platform game has fallen on hard times. Maybe it's that name, which came about in the 1980s when Mario was actually jumping on moving platforms in "Super Mario Bros." But the genre needs a catchier title, like "running-jumping-bouncing-super-fun-action-adventure." There has to be a Japanese word that encompasses all that.
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Billboard CD reviews
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Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:43:19 GMT
Reuters - Beyonce devoted half of the tracks on this double-disc set to her feisty alter ego Sasha Fierce (think "Single Ladies"). But, it's the classic, more timeless R&B songs on the "I Am" portion of the album that seem like a much-welcomed stretch for the singer.
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New generation pays tribute to Leonard Bernstein
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Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:30:39 GMT
AP - Leonard Bernstein was as much a teacher as a conductor and composer. Now, the post boomer generation — Bernstein's musical grandchildren — have taken the stage, and perhaps just in time for classical music.
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A distorted look at media's shortcomings
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Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:38:27 GMT
Reuters - A new series, "The IFC Media Project," promises the truth about American journalism or, as host Gideon Yago calls it, "the modern sideshow that passes stuff off as American news."
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