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Saturday 20 September 2014
Janet McAllister: Theatre company invites everyman reviewers
I got made redundant last week. So did all the theatre reviewers in the city. When we made our usual arrogant demands for free tickets, we were told kindly but firmly that our services would not be required for two Basement shows.Instead,...
On each other's team
Auckland playwright Gareth Davies, a self-confessed Everest "nut", knows so many stories about the historic efforts to climb the highest mountain in the world.Many of those stories are widely known but not so much the bizarre saga...
Friday 19 September 2014
Nightclub setting for Opera Don makes sense
From the start, New Zealand Opera's Don Giovanni presented the mix of tragedy and comedy stipulated in the opera's description as "dramma giocoso" (playful drama).Wyn Davies immediately captured its emotional ambivalence in a...
Jazz at Lincoln Center opens season with 'Ochas'
NEW YORK (AP) Wynton Marsalis has opened Jazz at Lincoln Center's new season with the world premiere of "Ochas," a three-movement suite blending jazz with the traditional folkloric music of Cuba.At a pre-concert reception Thursday...
Gospel stars go on tour after recent operations
ATLANTA (AP) Donnie McClurkin can hardly talk. Fred Hammond could barely walk. But the Grammy-winning gospel singers are preparing for the Festival of Praise Tour, which spans 31 cities.The tour, which includes Cleveland, Detroit,...
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