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Les Miserables

Director Of 'The King's Speech' To Tackle 'Les Miserables' Next

Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

Tom Hooper is going back in time. Once again. Will he find more gold? The Oscar-winning director of "The King's Speech" is closing in on directing ...

Alfie Boe: You've Got to Hear This Guy Sing!

Tamar Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Tamar Abrams

When my daughter was a toddler, she would want me to read the same storybook to her over and over, endlessly. I couldn't understand how she could enjo...

My Issue With Susan Boyle

Melody Breyer-Grell | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Melody Breyer-Grell

Susan Boyle's recent performance on The View was not that of a professional, but of a scared hit-or-miss amateur who seems to have lost her joy for singing.

Theater: The Great Game Gamble at The Public; Les Miz at Paper Mill

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Michael Giltz

The Great Game: Afghanistan -- an 11 hour, 12-play marathon -- is a case of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts; The 25th anniversary touring production of Les Miserables, now at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey, is superior to the Broadway revival in every way.

Exhaust the Limits: New Book Speaks to One Man's Successful Mission to Help Humanity

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Jim Luce

Although our lives have turned out different, I learned in my friend Charles "Chic" Dambach's exciting new book, Exhaust the Limits, that we have much...

More Funding for School Arts Programs, Less for Sports

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
George Heymont

Sports programs often produce extremely competitive students whose careers peak early in life. Arts programs often produce extremely creative students whose critical thinking skills deepen as they mature.

Proof? 'Real' Hunchback Of Notre Dame Uncovered

The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

A U.K. archivist has uncovered clues that may prove Quasimodo -- the disfigured bell-ringer hero of Victor Hugo's 1831 classic "The Hunchback of Notre...

Nick Jonas Joining London Les Miserables Cast

Mail Online | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

Pop heart-throb Nick Jonas arrives in London soon to prepare for his West End theatre debut, playing the role of Marius in Les Miserables. I can re...

I Dream: Lowery & Young Join King Family at World Premiere of New MLK opera

Cedric Perrier | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Cedric Perrier

The illustrious audience received I Dream in the spirit in which it was presented: as a fresh twist on an old story.

Susan Boyle Placed Rather Than Won: Hollie Steel Cried Her Way into the Finals

Michael Russnow | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Michael Russnow

it seems to me Susan's negative press in the tabloids and CNN, plus tweets on Twitter may have worked against her.

Susan Boyle: The Poster Child for Late Bloomers

Holly Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Holly Robinson

Boyle gives all late bloomers hope that we still have a chance to realize our own dreams. Want to be a singer? Run a marathon? Invent a flying car? Watching her, we know it's not too late!

Susan Boyle Made it to the Finals But Wasn't Great in the Semis: A Case of Nerves and the Wrong Song Choice

Michael Russnow | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Michael Russnow

To win the contest Boyle should revert to a song that shows her greater strengths, one which is in her complete range so that she can demonstrate she deserves to be a musical star.

I Just Don't Get the Big Deal with Susan Boyle

Rachel Thebault | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Rachel Thebault

I JUST DON'T GET THE BIG DEAL WITH SUSAN BOYLE. I watched the video on YouTube. In case you haven't seen it (but almost everyone I know has), it's ...

She Had A Dream

Neil McCarthy | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Neil McCarthy

Then Susan Boyle sang. She didn't just sing. She overwhelmed. She was perfect. The audience was on its feet. Simon was simply fooled and couldn't wash that "I've been had" smile off his face.

Thoughts on Susan Boyle

Anne Buelteman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Anne Buelteman

This is something else that bothers me in all this: the fact that many of us cannot believe that 'unattractive' people have sex. Yes, Virginia, all over the world, even in this country.

Stop the Music

Nora Ephron | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Nora Ephron

The worst thing about Susan Boyle -- and there are several, but I'm going to deal with only one -- is that she sings that horrible song.

Susan Boyle: Kissed by an Angel

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Dr. Susan Corso

Susan Boyle is the exact right singer with the exact right song for our exact right time. We have to let life kill the dreams we dreamed, and let new dreams surface.

I Dreamed a Dream

Dr. Brent Ridge | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Dr. Brent Ridge

Susan Boyle is a good singer, but she is not an extraordinary singer. So what is it about this performance that has resonated with so many people?

Two Reasons Susan Boyle Means So Much to Us

Mark Blankenship | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Mark Blankenship

I have a theory on why Susan Boyle has become such an instant and inescapable internet star -- she rebukes the bitchy cynicism that often defines reality talent shows.

What's Television Telling Us About American Men in Deep-uh-?

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
David Finkle

Maybe this is an overdue recognition that men -- traditionally socialized to be strong, to deny their flaws adamantly -- are finally able to come face to face with them.