Curtain Finally Closes On Tragic Comedy
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on September 17, 2008
PD. Perpetually Dithering. Practically Disbanded. It was hardly the end envisioned by Ciaran Cannon when he took over as leader of the Progressive Democrats six months ago.
Just before 10pm last night, he emerged from the meeting to face the cameras. Pale faced and composed, although clearly upset, he announced that his party was “no longer [...]
Curtain Comes Down With a Musical Classic
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on July 21, 2008
A doyenne of the local stage bows out with an alfresco production of one of the classics of musical theatre, writes Alan Cookman
COLE Porter’s sparkling musical comedy Kiss Me Kate is hardly a show which tugs at the heart strings.
If there are moist eyes in the stalls, they can usually be blamed on tears of [...]
Meeting a legend
Filed Under Curt Hennig | Posted on May 17, 2008
Growing up as a wrestling fan, I always relish the chance to interview the stars that graced my television set as a kid. The more I began to learn about the business, the more I began a fascination with the history of the industry. This is why I always value the chance to interview the [...]
Steele curtain dropping on league title
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on May 14, 2008
Steele Canyon broke out its one-two punch yesterday and had visiting Granite Hills seeing double.
As in double trouble from the Bellatti brothers – junior right-handed pitcher Andrew and senior southpaw first baseman Mark.
The 10th-ranked Cougars took down the three-time defending Grossmont South League champion Eagles 8-1 with a pair of left jabs and a strong [...]
Behind the Curtain: City museum hosts one-woman show
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on May 7, 2008
The last time a museum in Attleboro hosted theater it was the Attleboro Area Industrial Museum, which rented a wing to Attleboro Community Theatre to stage plays along Union Street for a decade or more.
ACT eventually moved out and, after a three-year stay at a Firearms School in North Attleboro, settled into a splendid small [...]
A starry ‘Country Girl’ gets an inert Broadway revival
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on April 27, 2008
The theater is mysterious,” murmurs the title character at one point during “The Country Girl” — one of the more pretentious (but true) pronouncements in Clifford Odets’ 1950 backstage potboiler about an alcohol-soaked actor attempting a comeback.
That mystery is further reenforced by the latest Broadway revival of Odets’ play, an inert production that has stymied [...]
The art of : Welsh showman never misses a beat
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on April 20, 2008
So many people spend so much time thinking about art that they forget all about entertainment. Yet the two are not mutually exclusive, as Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel reminded a thrilled and boisterous house at Roy Thomson Hall last night.Having cut his singing [...]
Diamond Hoo Ha
Filed Under Curt Hennig | Posted on April 20, 2008
Few bands catch the tenor of their musical times yet Supergrass
have done so twice. Their 1995 single Alright marked the
acceptance by British youth culture of Britpop, while four years
later their elegiac, emotionally scarred self-titled third album
brought the curtain down on the same movement and its desperate
excesses.
Diamond Hoo Ha is their sixth studio set and it [...]
Welsh singer’s style made huge hall homey
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on April 20, 2008
So many people spend so much time thinking about art that they forget all about entertainment. Yet the two are not mutually exclusive, as Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel reminded a thrilled and boisterous house at Roy Thomson Hall Tuesday night.Having cut his singing [...]
D茅cor & Renovation Work out practical loft plan
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on April 19, 2008
Q: In the spring, I will move into my first home, a tiny loft condominium in a renovated factory building.This space has loads of charm, including 11-foot high ceilings, large windows on two sides with a view of a marina, and the original, wide-plank floors (creaks and all!).With all that in mind, I am having [...]