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‘Purple’ actress cherishes her own colorful history
It\’s not unusual for an actress to assume a professional name, but it was quite a stretch for the daughter of Haya Kapelovitch and granddaughter of Sofia Katz to become Stephanie St. James and star in the African American cast of \”The Color Purple.\”
Theater: ‘A’ is for ‘angst’ when you’re the creators of ‘Avenue Q’
The musical is \”how \’Friends\’ might be if it had Fozzie Bear and Miss Piggy arguing about their one-night stand but with more angst, expletives and full-on puppet sex,\” The Times of London said.\n
The ‘Show’ behind the show
The documentary, \”ShowBusiness,\” captures the behind-the-curtain drama of the 2003-2004 Broadway season, illustrating the ups and downs the public isn\’t privy to – from blockbusters that shine to \”turkeys\” that crash and burn.
Gershwin is resurrected but Miller’s ‘Salesman’ dies again; Theater gets ‘Bent;’ Eshman and Barak Q
No Rat King, no fairies — just one ‘MeshugaNutcracker’
\”The MeshugaNutcracker!\” tells the tale of eight citizens of Chelm, the mythical shtetl of fools, who gather every year to perform at their Chanukah festival. Through the course of the two-act musical, each tells a story of Chanukah heroes from the time of the Maccabees through today.
Grown-up Ringwald gets ‘Sweet’ again — thanks to Fosse
Molly Ringwald will play Charity Hope Valentine, a nice but tarnished rent-a-girl who remains optimistic despite a series of humiliating misadventures.\n\”It\’s, um, not exactly the kind of thing I\’m most associated with.\”
Two Shows Set the Stage for Chanukah
Two winters ago, in one of its traditional Victorian teas, A Noise Within (ANW), the classical repertory theater company in Glendale, staged a series of holiday readings from actors as varied as Ed Asner and Fred Savage.
Enter Three Little Maidelehs
For strictly observant women, being Orthodox can often mean putting a kibosh on artistic aspirations. Halachic prohibitions against singing and dancing in front of men means that many women who enjoy those art forms find they have little opportunity to perform.
Enter Margy Horowitz, a Los Angeles-based piano teacher from Chicago who\’d heard about all-women\’s productions in her hometown from a friend. Intrigued, she started envisioning an all-women\’s production for Los Angeles with women not only just in the cast, but also in the audience.
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