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EXCLUSIVE: A two-day, invitation only reading of the in-development musical adaptation of John Berendt’s 1994 non-fiction novel Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil will feature recent Tony winner J. Harrison Ghee (Some Like It Hot) as Lady Chablis, the real-life transgender pioneer depicted in Berendt’s book. Joining Ghee will be Steven Pasquale as
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EXCLUSIVE: Moulin Rouge! The Musical, based on Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 luscious pop classic movie starring Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor and Jim Broadbent, has recouped its costs — not only the $28 million Broadway price tag, but it also recouped sizable sums in London’s West End and Australia. Luhrmann tells me that it’s “so gratifying that breaking
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Nothing Compares, a documentary about Sinead O’Connor, will still air on Saturday to provide viewers the opportunity to “hear her tell her side of the story”, according to the filmmaker. Belfast-born director Kathryn Ferguson confirmed the original plan to release the programme on Sky Documentaries and Now from 29 July will proceed despite the recent
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This year’s Emmy Awards ceremony has been postponed, Sky News understands. The awards show was supposed to go ahead on 18 September, but will now be pushed back possibly until January, according to a source close to the plans. The source said the dual writers’ and actors’ strikes are the reason behind the postponement. Some
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Sinead O’Connor had a complicated relationship with the single that skyrocketed her to international fame. Nothing Compares 2 U was, famously, written by Prince for The Family, but it will always be O’Connor‘s song. Like Whitney Houston’s I Will Always Love You and Amy Winehouse’s Valerie, it’s a cover that transcended the original. Released in
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Shaven-headed, doe-eyed, a solitary tear trickling down her pale cheek – an unforgettable balance of anger and vulnerability is the image by which Sinead O’Connor will always be remembered. The raw emotion in those close-up shots in the video for 1990 single Nothing Compares 2 U, the cover that eclipsed the Prince original, was matched
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Aubrey Plaza, making her stage debut, and Christopher Abbott will star in an Off Broadway revival of John Patrick Shanley’s 1984 classic Danny and the Deep Blue Sea this fall, with a producing team that includes Sam Rockwell. The revival will begin previews Monday, October 20, at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, with an opening night
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