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ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS, Feb. 10
Duke presents Eisenstein retrospective
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Your favorite 90s sitcoms as improv
Nobody’s Token performing at N.C. Comedy Arts Festival
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Jackson, a rock ‘n’ roll and roots pioneer, to perform at Ar...
Wanda Jackson is one of the pioneers of early rock ‘n’ roll and American roots music, but it took a younger generation of musicians to remind many American listeners of the contribution of the “Queen of Rockabilly.” From 1985 until 1995, the vast majority of her touring dates were in Great Britain and the Scandinavian countries, Jackson said in ...
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Nasher to present Calder exhibit
An exhibition that provides a fresh perspective on modern sculptor Alexander Calder (1898-1976) and his influence on a new generation of artists will be presented at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University beginning later this month.
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SmART group unveils creative economy recommendations
A state task force released recommendations for promoting arts and culture as catalysts for economic development and revitalization across North Carolina during a Thursday presentation at American Tobacco Historic District.
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ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS, Feb. 3
‘Braveheart’ director to speak at Duke
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Michael Winters as Sir John Falstaff
Shakespeare’s King Henry, extended version
With actor Michael Winters as Falstaff, PlayMakers takes on ‘Henry IV’ and ‘Henry V’
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Learning to play the blues
Harvey Dalton Arnold Band now in second year as group
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Tosh, James bringing big laughs to DPAC
Daniel Tosh, star of the Comedy Central series “Tosh.0,” and Kevin James, star of the hit comedies “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” and “Zookeeper,” will perform at separate dates at the Durham Performing Arts Center. Tosh’s “Tour Twenty Twelve” will come to DPAC April 11, 2012. James will perform April 10 at DPAC.
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Great Depression exhibit at Kreps Gallery
A new exhibit in the Kreps Gallery at the Center for Documentary Studies includes a slideshow of black-and-white images from the Great Depression – cars inundated in a dust storm, men playing guitars and fiddles, a family stopped under a billboard that advertises train travel, with the slogan, “Travel While You Sleep.”
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ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS, Jan. 27
Carrack to display Elliott’s 365 project
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Submitted | Broadway Worldwide<br> J. Bernard Calloway as Delray in the opening number of Broadway’s Tony Award-winning musical “Memphis,” recorded in 2011 by Broadway Worldwide for a brief run in movie theaters last year and now available on DVD.
Broadway’s “Memphis” released on DVD
If you’ve seen the Broadway tour of “Memphis” at the Durham Performing Arts Center this week and want to see how it was done on Broadway without a trip to New York City, you’re in luck. This week, a recording made last year for a limited movie theater run was released on DVD ($17.98) and Blu-Ray ($24.98) by Shout! Factory in association with Bro...
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A movie with the heart of a lion
Families encouraged to view animated Easter tale
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Felicia Boswell and Bryan Fenkart in the national tour of “Memphis,” which will be at DPAC Jan. 24-29.
REVIEW: ‘Memphis’ has it all
Audiences in Durham now know why the Broadway musical “Memphis” won the 2010 Tony Award for best musical. Now on national tour, “Memphis” has it all – stellar cast, fabulous original music, compelling story and awesome costume, lighting and set design.
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Luchadoras take to the ring
Proceeds from Saturday’s event went to the N.C. Dream Team, a group of undocumented immigrant youth and allies who work to raise awareness and reform the current immigration system.
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Brinkley on tour with ‘Chicago’
After her critically-acclaimed debut as Roxie Hart on Broadway and in London’s West End, Christie Brinkley will make her Broadway tour debut this spring as she reprises her role in the six-time Tony Award-winning musical “Chicago.”
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ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS, Jan. 20
Frosch gallery to present local artist
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A ‘mixed bag’ of silkscreen prints
The artists and their work on view in a new show opening today at the Durham Arts Council represent “a whole mixed bag of processes,” said Judy Jones, chairperson and founder of Printmakers of North Carolina and organizer of the show.
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Review: Jazz fans should hope Ketch CD a sign of things to come
Jim Ketch, director of UNC’s Jazz Studies Program and music director of the North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra, has a new release titled “A Distant View,” the follow-up to his release “Next Set,” both on the Summit Records label. He is joined on this recording by several local musicians – composer and pianist (and UNC colleague) Stephen And...
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Felicia Boswell and Bryan Fenkart in the national tour of “Memphis,” which will be at DPAC Jan. 24-29.
Black and white music of ‘Memphis’
Tony-winning musical tells an original story of ’50s music across color lines
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