Sting starred as the vile Macheath in a 1989 revival of this Weill musical
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J! Archive - Show #3517, aired 1999-12-14  A stray bullet ends the life of Eponine in this epic musical (don't "Mis" it!) ... Sting starred as the vile Macheath in a 1989 revival of this Weill musical...
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The Threepenny Opera - Wikipedia  The Threepenny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper) is a "play with music" by Bertolt Brecht, ... By 1933, when Weill and Brecht were forced to leave Germany by the Nazi ..... as 3 Penny Opera, translated by Michael Feingold starred Sting as Macheath. ... the production was nominated for the "Best Musical Revival" Tony award.
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Mack the Knife - Wikipedia  "Mack the Knife" or "The Ballad of Mack the Knife", originally "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer", ... The play opens with the moritat singer comparing Macheath (unfavorably) with a ... Weill's widow, Lotte Lenya, the star of both the original 1928 German ... This interpretation was later also recorded by Sting and Nick Cave in the...
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Chronology - Threepenny Opera  Revival of adapted version of Beggar's Opera in London runs 1,463 performances ... versions takes place; Threepenny becomes one of the first musical films. Weill and Brecht file lawsuits against the production company over its ... Tim Curry stars as Macheath at the National Theatre in London, with a new ... November 1989.
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Review/Theater - 'Threepenny Opera,' With Sting - NYTimes.com  Published: November 6, 1989 ... Not that the star's Macheath should be put on the gallows as the scapegoat for all the ... Like Richard Foreman, who staged the blistering 1976 revival with Raul Julia, ... It says much about this production that the neighboring ''Sweeney Todd,'' a musical influenced by Weill and Brecht that...
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Death of a Salesman  Attention must be paidas the theater's greatest American masterpiece returns to Broadway, in a new production directed by eight-time Tony Award winner...
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Wall of Fame | Tony's Di Napoli  Cumming plays the role of Macheath, the master criminal of London who ... Cumming won a Tony Award for his performance as the Master Of ... Taking place in California during the 1980's, Xanadu is centered around a Greek muse sent to Earth. .... The musical comedy was adapted from the 1975 film Monty Python and the...
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Theater|For Liza Minnelli, the Affection Of Her Fans Is the Milk of Life  Jan 14, 1997 ... Ben Brantley reviews Liza Minnelli filling in for Julie Andrews in the Broadway ... is making her first appearance in a Broadway musical in more than a decade), ... Correction: January 15, 1997, Wednesday A theater review yesterday ... Some in G.O.P. Who Deserted Donald Trump Over Video Are Returning...
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THEATER; Finally, Footlights On the Fat Girls - The New York Times  Aug 11, 2002 ... John Waters article on Hairspray, Broadway musical based on his 1988 ... But I'll be honest, I'm a real amateur in the theater world. ... to cough medicine, cockroaches nesting in the girls' teased hairdos, even ... used to create some of the most atrocious bouffant ''hair-don'ts'' seen on a Broadway stage.
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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (musical) - Wikipedia  Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a 2004 comedy musical, with music and lyrics by David Yazbek and a book by Jeffrey Lane; it is based on the 1988 film of the same name. The musical premiered on Broadway in 2005 and ran for 626 performances ... The cast included John Lithgow, Norbert Leo Butz, and Sherie Rene Scott, with...
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Show History | Music Theatre International  1776 opened on Broadway on March 16, 1969, at the 46th Street Theater. ... 1776 was revived on Broadway by the Roundabout Theatre Company, opening on ... the original motion picture soundtrack (1972) and the Broadway revival cast (1997). ... Filichia Features: At the Very First Annual North Dakota Spelling Bee.
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Sting (musician) - Wikipedia
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Adam Garcia stage adaptation of Saturday Night Fever | V&A  Back to British musicals since the 1990s ... Adam Garcia as Tony Manero in Nan Knighton's stage adaptation of Saturday Night Fever, London Palladium, April 1998, black and white photograph. ... It was based on the 1977 smash hit film starring John Travolta as Tony Manero, a New York Italian roughneck, who falls in love...
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Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) - Rotten Tomatoes  Critic Consensus: No consensus yet...
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That wasn't such a nice clambake: Some thoughts on the Carousel ...  May 1, 2015 ... This would be my first Carousel, but I'd heard a lot recently about its ... It was a great production: music, singing, dancing, even acting, usually a weak point in musicals. ... Besides, they'd only been married two months, and he'd only hit her once. ... Someday, like 75 years from now, there will be a revival of...
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Chita Rivera on Apple Music  Tony-winning dancer, actress, and singer Chita Rivera made her primary impact as a ... Zenda, a musical adaptation of The Prisoner of Zenda, in which she starred with Alfred Drake. ... Her appearance in the televised concert My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs in ... She had a cameo in the 2002 film version of Chicago.
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You're A Good Man Charlie Brown (BroadwayWorld.com Board)  I just heard the soundtrack to the play from the revival cast and I was just ... after the 1999 Tonys, even though Chenoweth and Roger Bart won Tonys for their roles. ... they had clowns on stilts, jugglers, a chocolate fountain, popcorn, hot dogs.
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Shirley Jones | The Official Masterworks Broadway Site  In 1957, Shirley Jones played Liz Templeton opposite Pat Boone's Nick ... a Hollywood adaptation of a Broadway musical came with her role as Marian ... being compartmentalized in the role for the rest of her life, she was happy in ... She can be heard singing the role of Fiona MacLaren in Brigadoon, opposite Jack Cassidy,...
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Jeopary Questions page 1372 - LITERATURE - TriviaBistro.com  THEATRE: In 1999 Lea Salonga returned to the cast of this musical that won her a Tony not salonga go (in 1991) ... THEATRE: Ferenc Molnar's Hungarian drama "Liliom" inspired this "merry-go-round" of a musical that debuted in 1945.
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Kennedy Center Performance Highlights from the 1980s  Frederick Lonsdale's stylish comedy was revived with a powerhouse cast led by the ... A first-class revival of the venerable Rodgers and Hammerstein musical featured Tom Wopat ... The Kennedy Center Friedheim Awards - October 27, 1985 ... The Eighth Kennedy Center Honors Gala - December 8, 1985
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Candide / Selected Writings 09  Now director Harold Prince is bringing the classic Leonard Bernstein show back to where it all began  Broadway  in what may finally be a definitive version. ... "I said, `How would you like it if I gave you an entrance earlier in the evening? ... This latest revival is based on a version Prince did for Chicago's Lyric Opera two...