“There is something very wonderfully blasé about James Bond, you know. When he just throws that hat always hits, and hitting on Moneypenny and there is all this stuff, and is a man who just knows that he is got it no matter what. He is so cool, he is so together that he is going to be just fine, …
London, UK - The revival of A Chorus Line at the world famous London Palladium has received nominations for Best Musical Revival and Best Supporting Actress in a Musical for Leigh Zimmerman (Sheila) in this year’s Laurence Olivier Awards. The winners will be announced at the annual awards ceremony which will take place at the Royal Opera House on Sunday …
Up at the Paley Center on West 52nd Street, there was a Marvin Hamlisch event, “What I Did For Love: The Music and Life of Marvin Hamlisch.”- New York Social Diary, March 19, 2013 NEW YORK, NY — PALEY100: What I Did For Love: The Music and Life of Marvin Hamlisch — Monday, March 18, 2013 Performers: Lilla Crawford Marissa McGowan John …
‘Marvin Makes Music’ by Marvin Hamlisch: A picture book to inspire us all *The Second Printing is in* “Marvin Makes Music” by Marvin Hamlisch and illustrated by Jim Madsen is a beautifully written and illustrated picture book about Marvin as a child who loved music and hated to practice. Many children (and adults) will relate. “Marvin Makes Music” was completed prior to …
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming. The fictional British Secret Service agent has been adapted for television, radio, comic strip, and video game formats in addition to having been used in the longest continually running and the second-highest grossing film franchise to date, which started in 1962 with Dr. No, …
Remembering Marvin Hamlisch (1944–2012) — “I was the catcher during a baseball game, a singularly hazardous position. The leadoff batter was overzealous. Or maybe I was too close to home plate. History is unclear on this point. The batter swung heroically at the first pitch and missed. The bat’s momentum carried it around and struck me in the left eye. …
LONDON, UK - Speaking at Sunday’s Whatsonstage.com Awards, composer Marvin Hamlisch’s widow Terre Blair spoke movingly of her husband’s musical legacy. Blair, who was married to Hamlisch for 23 years, flew over to collect the Autograph Best Original Music award — a newly created category — on his behalf. Hamlisch, who died last August, won the award for his 2002 …
LONDON, UK — It’s a generous tribute to theatre’s unheralded performers, told through the ins and outs of the audition process as 17 hopefuls compete for eight spots as dancers in a Broadway musical. “Marvin Hamlisch’s music, which combines lyrical yearning with brutal functionalism and slap-down theatricality, is as brilliant and infectious as ever”- Michael Coveney of whatsonstage.com Their stories …
LONDON, U.K. — Marvin Hamlisch’s fiery Broadway noir musical finally makes its London premiere in a production that flaunts a smart and edgy razzle-dazzle cut with murky violence. (Marvin Hamlisch won the 2013 What’s On Stage Awards — U.K. for Best Original Music) David Bamber plays JJ Hunsecker (a role originated by Burt Lancaster in the 1957 film of the …
“I just want to say a quick little thing before we keep going: First of all I went to camp years ago, in Pennsylvania, a camp called Camp Geneva, and I met this fellow at camp who came from Metuchen, New Jersey, — I come from New York, — and you will not believe this but we became friends, and …