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Creative Cultural Cross Referencing (How to Link Stephen Sondheim to the Original Siamese Twins)

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, Scott Barry Kaufman, Peter Glazer, Bob Merrill, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Conjoined Twins, E. L. Doctorow, Fanny Brice, Stephen Sondheim, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Phd, Anna May Wong: In Her Own Words, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Jule Styne, Nick Arnstein, Flower Drum Song, Erika Chong Shuch, Gentleman Farmers, The Boys in the Band, Douglas Fairbanks, Chang and Eng Bunker, Philip Kan Gotanda, Yunah Hong, Side Show, Together (Wherever We Go), Edna Ferber, The Good Earth, UC Berkeley, Show Boat, Pearl Buck, Catch a Falling Star, Daisy and Violet Hilton, Marlene Dietrich, I Dream of Chang and Eng, Anna May Wong, Gypsy: A Musical Fable, Ragtime, Mart Crowley, The Thief of Baghdad, The Toll of the Sea, Funny Girl, Piccadilly, Rags, Film, Arts News
George Heymont

Let's look at two recent events, play a little cultural mashup, and examine the results.

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

Cedric Perrier | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Denzel Washington, Bernice King, Civil Rights Movement, Atlanta, Musical Theater, Jasmin Guy, President Obama, Mlk, Martin Luther King Jr., Theater, Les Miserables, Broadway, Demetria McKinney, Fela!, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Dej Mahoney, MLK Musical, MLK Opera, I Dream, Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery, Christine King Farris, Theatre, Cedric Perrier, Coretta Scott King, Douglas Tappin, Dr. C.T. Vivian, Ragtime, Quentin Earl Darrington, Andrew Young, Arts News
Cedric Perrier

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

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Broadway Looks at Racism in the Obama Era

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: E. Y. Harburg, Shrek, Broadway Plays and Musicals, South Pacific, Hamlet, Barack Obama Influence, Oscar Hammerstein, Finian's Rainbow, Memphis, Avenue Q, West Side Story, Jude Law, Race, After Miss Julie, August: Osage County, E.L. Doctorow, Burton Lane, Hair, Racism, In the Heights, Patrick Marber, Tracy Letts, David Mamet, Superior Donuts, Ragtime, New York News
David Finkle

Of the 35 productions running or opening shortly -- including Hamlet and Patrick Marber's After Miss Julie -- at least 10 offerings have a rainbow-coalition hue.

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What I Learned From Ragtime

Michael Kaiser | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Non-Profits, Arts Management, Marketing, Broadway, Disney, Ragtime, Musical Theater, Kennedy Center, Entertainment News
Michael Kaiser

It is much easier it is to sell a show when it is produced by a not-for-profit institution (like the Kennedy Center) than when it is a stand-alone, for-profit venture, as most Broadway shows are.

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Ragtime Battles Celebrity Factor on Broadway, Closes Proudly

James Sims | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Scarlett Johannson, Jude Law, Broadway, Ragtime, Celebrity, Stephen Sondheim, Recession, New York, Catherine Zeta-Jones, New York News
James Sims

Ragtime's lack of celebrity is one of many reasons why the musical failed to set box office records. While that ultimately led to an early demise, it should wear that as a badge of honor.

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