• Events calendar Oct 31, 2008
The concerts are FEB. 25, "Latin Rhythms Meet Dizzy Gillespie," with Gillespie, Jon Faddis and an all-star band, vocalist Jackie Ryan, and Jose Rizo; FEB. 26, "Island Fever ??" Grooves From Brazil and the Caribbean," with Monty Alexander's Jazz and Roots, Kenny Barron's Canta Brazil with Trio da Paz and flutist Anne Drummond, and Anthony Wilson and Chico Pinheiro band; FEB. 27, "Sing and Swing, Tribute to Ray Brown," with Bobby McFerrin, Monty Alexander Trio, drummer Jeff Hamilton and... (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Granite promises Loverly Evening: My Fair Lady opens Oct. 10 Oct 8, 2008
A Broadway musical by Lerner and Loewe, who also penned Brigadoon, Camelot and Paint Your Wagon, My Fair Lady has a distinctly British aura about it, since it comes originally from George Bernard Shaw, by way of his play Pygmalion, and the original production, which opened in 1956, was dominated by British comedian Rex Harrison and the English ingenue Julie Andrews. Their lively combat between the proper Queen s English and cockney pride (peppered by Stanley Holloway s legendary turn as Alfred... (Westerly Sun, RI)
Bryant Park and Bank of America to Debut 'New York Now in Bryant Park', a First-of-Its Kind, Fall Classical Music Series Sep 18, 2008
New York City Opera, acclaimed for its pioneering role in creating an American operatic repertory, presents selections from the operas The Pearl Fishers, Trouble in Tahiti, Vanessa, Tosca, and Regina; operettas Candide, The Student Prince and Naughty Marietta; and musicals Kismet, Paint Your Wagon, Cinderella, and Lost in the Stars. Performed by gifted young City Opera artists - soprano Lielle Berman, mezzo-sopranos Heather Johnson and Cherry Duke, baritone Michael Chioldi, and bass-baritone... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
5Top: Worst moments in musicals Jul 16, 2008
Paint Your Wagon (1969). There was this wacky trend back in the day where people who made musicals decided that it didnt matter anymore if anyone in the cast could sing (a legacy that eventually brought audiences Albert Finney in Scrooge, Lucille Ball in Mame, Peter Finch in Lost Horizon and Jack Nicholson in Tommy). (MSNBC -- News)
Mamma Mia! What a fiasco! Jul 15, 2008
On the scale of Celebrities Who Cant Sing, hes a few notches above Lee Marvin in Paint Your Wagon but falls short of the vocal skills of Burt Reynolds in At Long Last Love. . (MSNBC -- Movies)
35 years of 'Peter Pan' puts a spring in Rigby's step Jun 19, 2008
On Broadway, she has also starred as the Cat-In-The-Hat in "Seussical the Musical." Other stage musicals around the country have included "Annie Get Your Gun," "Meet Me in St. Louis," "South Pacific," "Paint Your Wagon" and "The Unsinkable Molly Brown.". Now, many years later, she is a full show-biz professional, joining with Tom McCoy, her husband of 27 years, to lead the McCoy Rigby Entertainment Series at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts in California, as well as a production... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Sweeney Todd is a bloody good show Dec 19, 2007
And while movie musicals have long been plagued by stars cast for their box-office appeal rather than for their pipes a sorry history that covers the likes of Lee Marvin in Paint Your Wagon and Will Ferrell in The Producers the cast of Sweeney stands comfortably beside their Broadway and London antecedents in successfully performing Sondheims songs to their fullest. The story begins with Todd (Depp) returning to London after spending years in prison for a crime he... (MSNBC -- Movies)
Television movies for the week of Sept. 9 Sep 9, 2007
TV Movies: Sept. 9-15. G = General audiences PG = Parental Guidance PG-13 = Not recommended for preteens R = Restricted audience. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
UK: Meet the participants Mar 3, 2007
Songs Mar;a, Ricky Martin M (song), Ayumi Hamasaki Maria, Rage Against the Machine Maria, US5 Maria (1956 song), West Side Story Maria, Gackt Maria, The Sound of Music Maria (Blondie song), Blondie Maria (Green Day song), Green Day Maria (I Like it Loud), Scooter Maria Maria, Santana and The Product G&B Maria no Tsumeato Janne da Arc My Maria, B.W. Stevenson They Call the Wind Maria, Paint Your Wagon Maria, Caf; Tacuba Maria, Men at Work. Any more to add. (esctoday.com)
Rewind: When Actors Sing! Feb 27, 2007
In 1969, the musical/ Western/ comedy "Paint Your Wagon" gave us tough guys Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin as singing gold prospectors. Eastwood had actually recorded a few singles prior to this film (and has subsequently sung in movies including 1982's "Honkytonk Man" and composed the scores to many of his own films, such as 2004's "Million Dollar Baby"). (VHI.com -- Music News)
Frankie Laine: Big-voiced '50s star Feb 8, 2007
A couple of years later, Laine starred in a production of Paint Your Wagon at the Circle Arts Theatre in Kearny Mesa. Again, the Laines accepted a fishing invitation from the same audience member and again, Nan caught a marlin off Point Loma. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
