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Every so often, one finds oneself standing in the midst of an event and feeling "this feels like a different city; just doesn't feel like Salt Lake." Such was the case at Friday night's premier performance at the brand new $15 million George S. and Delores Dore Eccles Theater.
WEST VALLEY CITY - In the late 1970s, Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg took the sweeping Victor Hugo tale "Les Miserables" and set it to music. Opening in Paris in 1980, the musical, which needs very little introduction in Utah, went on to sweep Broadway and enrapture international audiences, becoming the second-longest running musical in the world.
It's a summer evening in Denver. People sit at tables along a walkway enjoying their dinners. Some folks mill around, looking into windows and gazing at sculptures. Others enjoy drinks and snacks at many of the restaurants and bistros near the Denver Performing Arts Complex, the largest arts complex in the world.
"Please come prepared with 16 to 32 bars of a Broadway song, similar to the style of the show, an accompanist will be provided. Please bring a head shot and resume." That's a common audition notice. But what does that mean? Do you have to have the headshot? What should you wear?
When Paul Gibbs, a 34-year-old actor and film student, found out he needed a kidney transplant, the first thing that went through his head was, "Can I still go to my callback (audition) tonight?"
Michael McLean, the brains and talent behind "The Forgotten Carols," more than 25 albums of LDS and inspirational music and plenty of TV commercial jingles you could sing along with, wants to help aspiring songwriters. In conjunction with "The Ark," which is now running at The Grand Theatre, McLean will conduct a songwriting workshop Friday that is free and open to the public.
It must be nice - leave your mark on the world a la the Gershwins, Irving Berlin or The Beatles. And jazz pianist/singer Diana Krall toasted them all in her Red Butte Gardens concert on Wednesday night. As rain clouds threatened, crowds were undeterred, lining up before 3:30 p.m.
SALT LAKE CITY - With Tonys, Grammys, Oscars and a Pulitzer, one might conjure up a very different image of composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim than the 80-year-old clad in unassuming khakis and a brown sweater. I know I speak on behalf of the nearly sold-out crowd on Feb.
If you do an Internet search for "Ascot hats," you'll get 831,000 matches. And out of that, if you click on "images," your screen will be filled with pictures of fabulous hats - more than 61,000 of them. Then there are the hats inspired by the Ascot scene in "My Fair Lady," the musical theater staple by Lerner and Loewe.
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