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...earned two Grammy nominations. Says Alison Krauss, herself a former bluegrass prodigy, who produced the band's album: "I can't imagine what they'll be doing in a year." And that's just the point, for to hear Nickel Creek is to hear the vibrant reinvention of a classic form...
...Pulitzer Prize and Tony award for That Championship Season, of a heart attack; in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The play is based on Miller's experiences on his high-school basketball team, but he is perhaps best remembered for his Oscar-nominated performance as Father Damien Karras in the classic 1973 horror film The Exorcist. DIED. BRUNO CAVALIERI DUCATI, 96, architect, author, and last surviving founder of the motorcycle company that bears his name; in Ispra, Italy. DIED. PERRY COMO,88, causal crooner whose career in show business spanned six decades; in Jupiter, Florida. (See Eulogy) DIED. R.K. NARAYAN, 94, prolific novelist...
...composers steered clear of the theater--at least, the sort of theater where the band is in the pit, not on the stage, and the audience applauds politely from its seats. From Beatlemania to Saturday Night Fever, producers have looked for ways of bringing the music of rock's classic period to theater audiences. It's a smart commercial move: at their best, these shows can lure both the young (more apt to visit the theater if it disguises itself as a rock concert) and the getting-old (baby boomers who love any opportunity to revisit the playlist of their...
...this theater, or a classic-rock FM station? The hits of the '60s and '70s have lately become as ubiquitous on the legit stage as the endlessly recycled standards of Gershwin, Porter and Kern. In addition to Nyro and Joplin, Jim Morrison and his life and music were the subject of another recent off-Broadway show. The '70s hits of the Swedish rock band Abba make up the score for Mamma Mia!--a hit in London that's due on Broadway this fall. A new Beatles musical, All You Need Is Love, is about to open in London...
Bush is making the classic Reagan mistake in pushing too far right. In attempting to demonstrate his dominance, he is starting to bank right not realizing that his squadron isn’t with him. Just as Reagan vetoed a couple popular bills dealing with water pollution and transportation and was soundly overridden on both, Bush is bravely going where only a bunch of oilmen friends want him to go, and Congress is going to stop putting up with it. So will the American people. Bush is moving very quickly on loosening environmental regulations, strengthening anti-abortion laws, cutting taxes...