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Stars embrace playing Marlene Dietrich and Edith Piaf
Sept. 17, 2019 by Carly Maga Theatre Critic, The Star. Stars embrace playing Marlene Dietrich and Edith Piaf, ‘the kind of women everybody’s trying to be right now’ One is famous as a sparrow, a nickname that matched both her name and her nerves; the other as an angel, both for her most famous film…
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PIAF/DIETRICH, A LEGENDARY AFFAIR to Debut in Toronto
by BWW News Desk July 22, 2019 Edith Piaf and Marlene Dietrich were two of the greatest names in international show business during much of the 20th century. At a time when popular culture was still defined by a small handful of artists, these were two of the biggest. Piaf enchanted the world with her…
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BWW Review: Ahrens and Flaherty’s Stunning MARIE, DANCING STILL at the 5th Avenue Theatre
by Jay Irwin Broadway World Seattle April 6, 2019 Dear Readers, in my capacity as a reviewer and as a musical theater geek at large, I’ve been privileged to witness more than a few out of town tryouts, those plucky wanna-be Broadway shows taking a shot in another city. Both here at home and abroad,…
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Louise Pitre: Canada’s ‘First Lady of the Musical Theatre’ Comes to Seattle with ‘Marie, Dancing Still’
by Steve Duffy EDGE Media Network Contributor Thursday Apr 4, 2019 When librettist Lynn Ahrens saw the Edgar Degas statue “Little Dancer” in Washington’s National Gallery of Art for the first time, she wondered what the story was behind the statue. She explored what she could learn about Marie van Goethem, the 14-year old ballet dancer…
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31 Longest Running Broadway Shows
Flip through the slides of the longest Broadway runs to date: MAMMA MIA! # 8 with 5,773 performances. Click HERE for Playbill link.