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...about showbiz ego being cut down to size. Short calls it a one-man show - but five terrific performers are on hand to share the spotlight (and on occasion upstage him). He bills it as the story of his life - troubled childhood, years of hoofing in Broadway chorus lines, the inevitable drug-fueled crash and rousing comeback - only most of it isn't true. His voice cracks at the big note in his opening number; his brother from Canada pops up in the balcony to complain that Marty is being unfair to the family; and he confesses that, when...
Patrick (Sleepy) Brown has been making other people famous for more than a decade. He has co-written dozens of hits (including Waterfalls for TLC) and spiced up a handful of others (that's him singing the chorus of OutKast's The Way You Move) with his super-smooth vocals. On Mr. Brown, out Sept. 26, Sleepy finally gets his chance to shine with an R&B album that has more than just bedroom eyes and the requisite guest spots (Big Boi, Pharrell). It also has lots of humor and a refreshingly non-exploitative view of women...
...possible, sewing. "Ladies, we need your waist measurement and skirt length," says Valerie Campbell, 67, who doubles as wardrobe mistress. She holds up one of the peasant costumes the chorus women will wear in the Aug. 24-27 performances: "We'll have a sewing bee and cut them out; then everyone will take theirs home and sew it up." The men, who are outnumbered three to one-"we should get a medal," jokes Ken Martin-are building a gondola. "It's hard work," says Campbell, "but it brings us all together." And "what else are you going to do?" says...
...Well done," says Kirkman. "That's the kind of energy we need." Now for "the Hallelujah Chorus moment": The rightful king-let him forthwith be crowned. Fifty voices, aged from 17 to 81, raise the roof...
...ladies want to check on numbers and whether Frank would prefer sandwiches or sausage rolls as the morning tea's centerpiece. Though Taylor can be of little help on either count, the ladies like their local guardian very much. "A very nice chap ... a down-to-earth man," they chorus. "Everyone speaks highly...