Shoe Attack A Fitting Curtain Call For End Of Bush’s Failed Presidency
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on December 22, 2008
Ethologist Desmond Morris writes in his book, “Manwatching,” that humans possess a much broader range of ways to express contempt than any other animal. Among these behavior patterns, spitting and pinching one’s nose are signs that one considers the other party filthy. And filth, explains Morris, suggests vulgarity and indecency.
Shoes an Iraqi journalist hurled at [...]
Cast Lowers Curtain On Piven
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on December 22, 2008
Jeremy Piven may be gone from the Broadway revival of Speed-the-Plow reportedly the victim of mercury poisoning from too-much-sushi but he is far from forgotten.
Following the Sunday matinee, former costar Raul Esparza reportedly used the opportunity of the curtain call to slam the actor while castmate Elizabeth Moss wept.
The reaction among audience members was reportedly [...]
Curtain Call For Curlin At Churchill Downs
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on November 29, 2008
This weekend marks both an end and a beginning for North America’s highest earning horse, as he is set to take his curtain call this Saturday. Curlin, the reigning horse of the year, will make his final parade performance before a most appreciate crowd at Churchill Downs before he is scheduled to stand at stud [...]
Jewish Theater Teen Troupe To Perform
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on November 24, 2008
All Rights Reserved, the teen improvisational acting troupe of the Arizona Jewish Theatre Company, will perform next month at Congregation Beth Israel, 10460 N. 56th St.
The troupe consists of talented teens from around the Valley who have been working together since September with professional Improv artist Bill Binder. The members are Aaron Blitz, Courtney Collins [...]
Drama Troupe Takes First Curtain Call In Inaugural Year
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on November 22, 2008
For Ellen Coryat, taking on the role as drama director at Creekside High would be a heavy one.
It’s Creekside’s inaugural year. It’s the school’s first drama production. And, though she’s a theater buff, being a drama teacher was something she’d never done before.
Knowing this was an ambitious project, the English teacher wanted the challenge. And [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
No Carolina Curtain Call
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on November 10, 2008
The last time Casey Dick came to Williams-Brice Stadium, he walked off the field as one of the stars of the game, having relieved Mitch Mustain and thrown for more than 200 yards and a touchdown while helping Arkansas beat South Carolina.
Dick was replaced by his younger brother, Nathan Dick, and did not attend the [...]
Curtain Up On A New Era
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on October 31, 2008
DESPITE one or two teething problems staff and pupils at a Burnham acting school have enjoyed a successful start to life in their new home.
Curtain Call School of Performing Arts was left homeless at the end of last term due to structural issues at the Community Centre in Berrow Road.
The budding actors were forced to [...]
Cole Will Get Chance For Curtain Call
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on October 28, 2008
Erik Cole’s impending return to the RBC Center with the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday should mark one of the few times Carolina Hurricanes fans have had a real chance to salute one of their departed favorites.
Ron Francis, Arturs Irbe and Glen Wesley, just to name a few, were traded elsewhere but never played against the [...]