Curtain Call’s Ode To Broadway
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on November 20, 2008
“The Producers” became the toast of Broadway upon its 2001 opening thanks largely to Mel Brooks’ approach of offend-everyone humor. In this case, the yucks were drawn from over-the-top accents, exaggerated caricatures of show-biz types, neo-Nazis and homosexuals, and a sendup (albeit loving one) of the theater world itself.
It’s quite a difference from the AIDS-fueled [...]
Final Curtain Players To Open With A Musical
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on November 19, 2008
Brownsboro High School’s theater department is ready to showcase a high-energy musical number for the Brownsboro Independent School District community. The musical is called Once Upon a Mattress, a comic and offbeat retelling of The Princess and the Pea.
Theater Director David Young said the musical is about a prince, the son of a controlling, overbearing [...]
‘curtain Up’ Offering 9 Works This Year
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on November 18, 2008
There are nine works in the Curtain Up 2008 dance celebration, all by local independent choreographers, some making their debuts at Curtain Up, some returning.
This is the event’s 19th year, and “in retrospect,” says Arts and Culture Authority dance department head Nili Cohen, “the aim of Curtain Up has been achieved that of promoting original [...]
Curtain Set To Open St Winifred Pantomime
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on November 17, 2008
On Saturday night, an audience comprising those who would be classified as the less fortunate were treated to a sneak preview of the Christmas Pantomime Of Robin Hood, an English folklore character.
With elaborate costumes and sets, the cast delivered their lines and musical numbers with great ease and confidence, belying their young ages.
Although based in [...]
Talking Steelers Football With L.C. Greenwood
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on November 13, 2008
L.C. Greenwood won four Super Bowl rings in his 13-year career with the Steelers, playing on the famed Steel Curtain defense.
Greenwood, a former 10th round draft pick in 1969, always stood out and not just because of his 6-6 frame, but the gold hi-tops he wore were easy to notice.
After his playing days ended Greenwood [...]
Curtain Call Looms For Egoli
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on November 12, 2008
THE stars of Egoli, South Africa’s longest running soap opera, are “going to miss the show dearly” but they still have a full year in which to shoot more scenes of deception and tangled love.
M-Net and Franz Marx Films have decided to pull the plug on the country’s first home-grown soap opera because of “changing [...]
Sanderson Launches New Wallpaper And Curtain Fabric Collections
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on November 11, 2008
Beautiful florals are brought to life in the satins, taffetas and silks of the ‘Mereville’ collection, with delicate motifs interpreted in subtle, feminine detail. The ‘Elyan’ collection of weaves and pretty embroideries captures a similar resonance, reflecting the faded elegance of French country houses and capturing a chic yet comfortable appeal.
The ‘Marney’ collection, comprising a [...]
Curtain Rises On Theatre Revamp
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on November 10, 2008
AN art deco former cinema in Hunter Street’s West End may be revamped as a function centre, bar and theatre.
Plans to revive the vacant Theatre Royal building have been lodged with Newcastle City Council.
Suggested operating hours are noon to midnight at the bar and 7am to midnight for the other areas.
The application said the development [...]
Defense Paving Way For Steelers
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on November 9, 2008
The numbers are so impressive, they invite comparisons with great Steelers defenses from the past: first in the NFL in total defense, first in pass defense and third in rushing defense.
If the Steelers finish with the league’s top-ranked defense for the second year in a row, it will be the first time that has occurred [...]
Curtain Closes On Illustrious Career
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on November 9, 2008
ots of people claim to have encyclopedic knowledge of a subject. David White has an encyclopedia to prove it.
The veteran Naval Academy English professor was an editorial consultant for a massive tome called “Shakespeare A to Z” several years back. It’s just one of hundreds of classic books that fill his office, a Sampson Hall [...]