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Broadway musicals these days mostly fall into two camps. First there's the candy: shows with bouncy songs--often recycled rock songbooks--and jerry-built, cartoony, tongue-in-cheek books. These shows (Mamma Mia!, Hairspray, Avenue Q) give audiences a carefree evening of entertainment, which is all most of them want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Louisa May on Broadway | 1/30/2005 | See Source »

PRACTICALLY EVERY successful Broadway musical these days seems to look backward in one way or another. There are musicals inspired by old rock groups (Mamma Mia), old movies (Hairspray) and old husbands of Liza Minnelli's (The Boy from Oz). So it may be no surprise that somebody decided to make a musical based on the 1975 film comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail. But Spamalot--scheduled to open on Broadway in March--could give the tired old genre a happy jolt. The movie, after all, seems a challenge from the get-go: an unwieldy hodgepodge of slapstick, splatter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: The Knights Who Sing Ni! | 10/11/2004 | See Source »

...stereo in my living room knows too much about me. It knows that I listen to cheesy love songs by Rod Stewart and that I am hooked on show tunes from the Mamma Mia! original-cast recording. It remembers which songs I play five times in a row and which ones I skip altogether. The Bose Lifestyle 48?available in Britain next month for $7,094?understands all this because it comes with uMusic, an "intelligent playback system" that stores hundreds of CDs on a hard drive and can learn its owner's musical tastes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Stereo with a Brain | 9/20/2004 | See Source »

...internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder The stereo in my living room knows too much about me. It knows that I listen to cheesy love songs by Rod Stewart and that I am hooked on show tunes from the Mamma Mia! original-cast recording. It remembers which songs I play five times in a row and which ones I skip altogether. The Bose Lifestyle 48 - available in Britain next month for $7,094 - understands all this because it comes with uMusic, an "intelligent playback system" that stores hundreds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Stereo with a Brain | 9/16/2004 | See Source »

...stereo in my living room knows too much about me. It knows that I listen to cheesy love songs by Rod Stewart and that I am hooked on show tunes from the Mamma Mia! original-cast recording. It remembers which songs I play five times in a row and which ones I skip altogether. Called the Bose Lifestyle 48 and available this week for $3,999, the stereo understands all this because it comes with uMusic, an "intelligent playback system" that stores hundreds of CDs on a hard drive and can learn its owner's musical tastes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tech: A Stereo with a Brain | 8/23/2004 | See Source »

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