Danza to play 'The Producers' in Vegas
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Tony Danza will reprise his lead role as Max Bialystock in the Las Vegas version of Mel Brooks' hit Broadway show "The Producers," he told The Associated Press on Monday.
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Robert De Niro has turned theater producer for the inaugural Tribeca Theater Festival to support a revival of New York's downtown theater scene, which has leaked audiences and money since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The result: an entertaining slate called "The Downtown Plays," nine pieces by nine of America's cleverest playwrights, all of whom celebrate life below 14th Street.
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LOS ANGELES  - Here's a prediction for  2005: Showtime is going to make some noise with its musical  remake of an agitprop cinema classic, "Reefer Madness."
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Las Vegas illusionists Siegfried and Roy wanted the new animated show based on them to air, even though Roy Horn was mauled by a tiger last year.
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Playbill - Tony Danza will play Max Bialystock in the Broadway production of The Producers starting Dec. 19.
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By MICHAEL KUCHWARA  NEW YORK - Terrence McNally, who already has had two new plays done in New York this year ("Deuce" and "Some Men"), will get a Broadway revival of an earlier effort this fall.
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LOS ANGELES  - "Die Hard" director John McTiernan is set to take the helm on the Las Vegas action thriller "High Stakes" for Persistent Pictures and Velvet Octopus.
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The New York Philharmonicâs concert in North Korea, to take place on Feb. 26 at the East Pyongyang Grand Theater, will be broadcast live internationally. The broadcast will be produced by the New York Philharmonic and EuroArts Music International, in co-production with the Munhwa Broadcasting Company of South Korea and ARTE France, and in cooperation with the European Broadcasting Union. Details of the broadcast in the United States are to be announced later. The concert, to be conducted by Lorin Maazel, above, the orchestraâs music director, will include the national anthems of North Korea and the United States; the Prelude to Act III of Wagnerâs âLohengrinâ; Dvorakâs Symphony No. 9, âFrom the New Worldâ; and Gershwinâs âAmerican in Paris.â The concert, and the Philharmonicâs visit, have aroused controversy, with some contending that they offer legitimacy to North Koreaâs government.
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A father-daughter dance will take place at 7 p.m. Saturday at the East Las Vegas Community/Senior Center, 250 N. Eastern Ave. Tickets are $3. Children 5 and younger are admitted free. Call 229-1515 for details.  A DJ will play Spanish and English music.
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Vallejo Gantner, an Australian director with a sizable international rÃ©sumÃ©, has been chosen as the next artistic director of the East Village theater.
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Joel Stein heads to the Bellagio to discover what happens when you merge democracy, capitalism and entertainment
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NEW YORK With the Latin Grammys bound for Las Vegas, where it will mount the 8th annual music event on Nov. 8, show sponsors such as Heineken USA said they are betting their brands will win big with Latino consumers. And like last year&#39;s awards show, which counted a dozen or so new and returning brand sponsors, the upcoming event in its new home promises to be just as successful.
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The Beatles and theatre group Cirque du Soleil are to produce a show in Las Vegas featuring Beatles music.
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NBC said Tuesday it has  renewed its casino drama "Las Vegas" for a fifth season next  fall.
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A mobster will be taking over for a cop on "Law &amp; Order." Michael Imperioli of "The Sopranos" will appear in the NBC drama while series star Jesse L. Martin, who plays New York police detective Ed Green, films the musical "Rent," NBC said Thursday.
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Playbill - The cast to sing "Big Girls Don't Cry," "Sherry" and "Oh What a Night" among other songs is set for the upcoming world premiere Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons musical Jersey Boys at the La Jolla Playhouse.
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The hit Broadway show may now be filmed.