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Two terrific shows premiered last weekend in Annapolis , set in nearly the same time frame and dealing with history-making creative artists. At Colonial Players, "Moonlight and Magnolias" is set in 1939 and tells the behind-the-scenes story of making
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The catch to this story is I never thought this would happen. Neither my older brother, Marty, nor I, have children, even though we're now 40-somethings. Meaning my mom and dad are finally going to be grandparents for the first time. My mom won't
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That's how the Irving Berlin song goes and, when I was little, I remember sitting on the sofa, watching White Christmas, and gazing up adoringly at my older sister, Nicola, and thinking that that song was written about us...Only three years apart in
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That's the overall theme of Grand Junction vocal ensemble The Tonettes. Formed in 2009 by five friends, The Tonettes are inspired by 1940s fashion and music. Consequently, the women perform wearing bright red lipstick, fancy miniature hats and
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Reveille 3 is an Andrews Sisters tribute act that performs the songs of the famed '40s trio. They play to veterans groups and senior centers, the bulk of their fans a mix of aging soldiers, sailors and stalwarts on the home front. "This is our way of
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Its odd how two suburban theaters are both currently staging jukebox musicals about USO performers. But where the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshires film-to-stage premiere of For the Boys mixes comedy with wartime tragedy, the Chicago-area premiere of
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Frayns play examines what might have transpired between them, and asks the question: What is the moral obligation of the scientist during wartime? Opens Friday, Sept. 16, at the Elgin Art Showcase, 164 Division St., Elgin. (847) 991-8081 or
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When I was a kid, the only way to see films, outside of the cinema, was when they were shown on telly, so the best news you could receive was of the death of a major film star...Goodbye Six O'Clock news, hello North by Northwest!", as a commemorative
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Special to The Courant The Hartford Courant hc-owen-canfield-column508-20110508 Someday, people playing trivia games at parties will ask, "Where and when was Canfield, the famous song and dance man, discovered?'' The answer will come back, "In
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Few songs can get the feet tapping, the fingers snapping as quickly as "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy," made famous by the Andrews Sisters in the 1940s. "He was the top man at his craft But then his number came up and he was gone with the draft "..." Five
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