| Cabaret to showcase 'Crazy' cast
Arizona Broadway Theatre presents a special cabaret to showcase the talents of the cast of Crazy for You at 10 p.m. Nov. 29 and Dec. 20 in the lobby, 7701 W. Paradise Lane. The cost is free. The dinner theater's bar will be open. Crazy for You runs from now to Dec. 30, followed by productions of Fiddler on the Roof (Jan. 11-March 2); Jekyll & Hyde (March 7-April 20), Ain't Misbehavin' (April 25-June 8), The Music Man (June 13-Aug. 3) and Nunsense (Aug. 8-Sept. 21). .
Broadway stagehand strike disappoints tourists
As if the Grinch really had stolen Christmas, children cried and parents were crestfallen. Confusion, surprise and anger played at ticket windows, and dispossessed theatergoers shared the sidewalks with grim pickets on Saturday as the stagehands' strike shut down most of Broadway's plays and musicals. Up and down the Great White Way and in the side streets where Broadway's theaters are clustered, marquees fell dark, and the electric playland of Times Square -- normally pulsing with anticipation for Saturday matinees -- was a canyon of gloom in Midtown Manhattan's petrified forest. Crowds of both US and foreign tourists, busloads from suburbia, throngs who had come by train or cab with children or grandchildren were caught off guard by the walkout and abruptly drawn into chaos: scrambling for refunds, seeking tickets to the few shows that remained open and in desperation looking for other attractions to ease their disappointment.
The CNN Wire: Monday, Nov. 19
Election date set as Musharraf heads for Saudi Arabia; Opposition ponders vote boycott, Khan launches hunger strike ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- As Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf left Pakistan for a two-day visit to Saudi Arabia, his country's chief election commissioner announced that voting for Pakistan's national assembly and its four provincial assemblies will take place on Jan. 8. Opposition parties, including those of former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, have not said if they will participate in the January elections. They've indicated they would boycott elections as long as the emergency declaration and suspension of the constitution ordered by Musharraf last month remained in place. Former cricket star and now opposition party leader Imran Khan launched a jail hunger strike which he said would continue until the Supreme Court justices fired by Musharraf last month are restored.
Beloved Grease kicks off at the Rose tomorrow
The popular musical runs three days only, from Thursday to Saturday. Craig Marshall, director, said he is anxious about staging the show at the Rose. "It is a little intimidating because it is a pretty big space," said Marshall, who is making his BMT directorial debut. "It is my first time working in the theatre, but it is exciting at the same time." There is a large cast for the show, with 35 people aged 13 through 50. Learning dance steps was one of the challenges for the cast, according to Gerard Engson who plays the lead role of Danny. "I'm not much of a dancer, so it has been a challenge, but I've lost a lot of weight practicing, which has been great," laughed the St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School graduate. "Another challenge is being cool on stage. I've never really played the cool type before and I don't consider myself to be cool at all, so any cool I project on stage is strictly acting." While Grease has been produced on some of the biggest stages in North America, it actually premiered in a garage in Chicago in the early 1970s.
'Urinetown: The Musical' dazzles at HSU
Brilliant. That's the comprehensive adjective that could best describe "Urinetown: The Musical," the current collaborative production of HSU's Department of Theatre, Film and Dance -- an innovative and darkly entertaining show that completes its all-too-limited run at the Van Duzer Theatre Saturday. Although the definitely attention-getting (and let's face it, disturbing) title may be initially off-putting to some potential audience members, get over it. If you don't, you miss out on a remarkable experience -- right here on a local stage -- that is near both Ashland and Broadway quality in what has been achieved. The 2004 "Urinetown" production in New York won prestigious Tony Awards for Best Original Score, Best Book (script), and Best Director, so the material has already been honored as outstanding by its peers.
Clooney gives $25,000 to strike fund
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - George Clooney has donated $25,000 (12,200 pounds) to the show business charity the Actors Fund to provide emergency relief for workers facing financial hardship due to the strike by Hollywood screenwriters. Clooney was quoted in Friday's edition of the entertainment trade paper Daily Variety that he planned to make periodic donations to the fund, and urged fellow stars to follow suit. He said he chose the New York-based nonprofit agency, which assists workers in all walks of the entertainment industry, because relief is provided in the form of grants, not loans, and eligibility does not depend on union membership. .
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