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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. [...]

26 September 2011

Cirque du Soleil’s swell Hollywood opening night party

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It was a wild ride, circling in a Ferris wheel above Hollyweird Boulevard at the Cirque du Soleil “Iris” opening party. [...]

26 September 2011

Cirque du Soleil’s “Iris,” mais oui!

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Cirque du Soleil’s new permanent show in Hollywood, “Iris” (pronouned “eer-ese”), is fun, beautiful, entertaining. Recommended. [...]

19 September 2011

Emilio Doorgasingh, actor, “terrorist” & funny Indian

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My career got a boost playing Arab terrorists. Now I’m a specialist in funny Indians, says the Guyana born actor Emilio Doogasingh. [...]

14 September 2011

Line-up of geniuses: West Side Story’s Broadway creative/production team

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Portrait of the creative team behind the Broadway staging of “West Side Story” [...]

29 August 2011

After strong out-of-town previews, “Irene” bombs in NYC

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Instead of Good Night Irene, we had Sleep Tight, New York. [...]

27 August 2011

Irene gives her regards to Broadway

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No hurricane could be as harrowing as the run-up to the hurricane which has me a nervous wreck. [...]

28 April 2011

What a guy! Ehrich Weiss, a.k.a. Harry Houdini

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There is something for everyone in the saga of Harry Houdini, the Budapest-born, Appleton, Wisconsin-raised obsessed son of a Rabbi. [...]

14 April 2011

Jack Cole dancer George Martin dies

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One of Jack Cole’s faithful film and nightclub male dancers, George Martin, died in Atlanta. Martin kept the flame burning for Cole over the past decades and we are grateful. [...]