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Staying at a luxury hotel has always had its perks. There are the welcome basket with fruit or even wine, the daily supply of mega-hundred-thread-count linens and, of course, the services of the concierge--the in-house fixer who's adept at getting seats to sold-out shows and tables at totally booked restaurants. But now the concierge concept is being extended to a broader range of specialized services, and stays are getting even sweeter...
...films are just one arm of a Tyler Perry empire that includes sold-out road shows and popular DVDS of the plays, the tbs sitcom House of Payne (Allen Payne stars, but Perry wrote the scripts, which do invoke the Almighty), the best-selling book Don't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings: Madea's Uninhibited Commentaries on Love and Life and, on the Internet, The Tyler Perry Show. All of which make him the most successful "unknown" conglomerate in show business. If official culture takes little notice of Perry, that's O.K. with him. He can laugh...
...Australia and New Zealand. She called Mulovhedzi, who ran a choir she often booked. Within a month, they auditioned hundreds of singers from Soweto, picked 32 and recorded an album to accompany the tour. It topped the Billboard world-music chart in a matter of days. Then came sold-out tours of the U.S., Europe and Asia; Grammies for their next two albums, Blessed and African Spirit; concerts and recordings with stars like Bono and Robert Plant; and private shows for Bill Clinton and Nelson Mandela. So great was the demand that the choir has taken on 20 more singers...
...excited enough, the barrage continued, as guard Adam Gore faked a three-point attempt from the top-left, getting Crimson sophomore guard Dan McGeary to bite. Gore, who finished with a game-high 14 points, calmly steadied himself and sunk the now wide open three-pointer. The sold-out crowd—led by the deafening student section—went wild.“They’ve certainly done a good job getting a pretty good atmosphere—it was rocking all night,” Pusar said. “They were out here a good...
...respectively. In Saturday night’s performance, Cavallaro overcame her illness to deliver a strong performance with her emotive facial expressions. Kapusta enhances the humor written into each of his scenes by masterfully contorting his countenance—which drew repeated laughs from the nearly sold-out crowd. All the actors on stage use the natural chemistry between them to enliven the material and make Mozart’s 18th century opera relevant to the 21st century.Tying the direction, set design, and acting together is the live orchestral music that John M. Sullivan ’09 guides...