“Most of Lloyd Webber’s musicals have been recorded at Abbey Road. They include the classic Jesus Christ Superstar and Love Never Dies, his upcoming sequel to The Phantom of the Opera.”
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Kathryn Grayson, 88, Star Of MGM Musicals
Her “operatic voice and campus-sweetheart beauty embodied the glamour of Hollywood movie musicals in the 1940s and ’50s” – films such as Anchors Aweigh, Show Boat and Kiss Me Kate.
Florida Dance Festival Quits Miami, Returns To Tampa
“In 1998, when the Florida Dance Festival moved from Tampa to Miami, some observers worried that dance students from around the state would not follow. Those worries proved to be correct, and the festival is returning to the University of South Florida in Tampa in June.”
Unnamed Angel Provides Hundreds Of Free Tickets To Colorado Ballet
“An anonymous donor has purchased $100,000 in tickets to Colorado Ballet’s production of Beauty and the Beast for use by disadvantaged Denver families.”
Women On The Verge Of A Lincoln Center Musical
A musical theater adaptation of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, the 1988 comedy that made filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar world-famous, will be a centerpiece of Lincoln Center Theater’s 2010-11 season. Director Bartlett Sher and Almodóvar have been developing the piece in workshops for over a year.