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  Musical in Nederland - Musical in Nederland
Een musical is een doorlopend theaterstuk waarin toneelspel, zang, muziek en dans worden gecombineerd.
Daarmee was de musical eveneens verwant aan opera en operette.
Musical: modern, veelal Engelstalig (musical comedy) en doorgaans met het muzikale karakter van popmuziek.
musical.blogse.nl   (2347 words)

  
 Barry Manilow's Copacabana - A New Musical Comedy
The music is by Barry Manilow, lyrics by Bruce Sussman and Jack Feldman, and the book the result of the collaborative effort of all three.
Copacabana has musical staging and choreography by Wayne Cilento, direction by David Warren and is designed by Derek McLane, with lighting by Donald Holder, costumes by David C. Woolard, and the musical supervision of Andy Rumble.
Barry Manilow’s Copacabana was produced by Pittsburgh CLO, Rodger Shiffman, Anita Drobny and The Paradigm Group, Dallas Summer Musicals and American Musical Theatre of San Jose in association with Garry Kief, John Ashby and Stiletto Entertainment.
www.pittsburghclo.org /copacabana2.html   (280 words)

  
 hip online: artists: barry manilow
The tour was Barry's salute to the American musical theater and depicted the evolution of the Broadway musical through sketches and songs, including many of Barry's hits as if they had been performed in well-known Broadway shows.
Copacabana's great reputation has spread, and the musical is presently booked for the next two years.
Harmony is a completely original musical based on the true story of the Comedian Harmonists, a brilliantly talented group of male singers who attempted to find harmony during one of the darkest chapters in human history as the Nazi party came to power in Germany.
www.hiponline.com /artist/music/m/manilow_barry   (2726 words)

  
 Southampton Musical Society
Copacabana is a tale of love and romance set at the heart of the swinging nightclub scene of the 1940's.
While creating the world's next big hit, Stephen, an aspiring songwriter, is carried back to and era when "music and passion were always the fashion" at the world famous Copacabana nightclub in New York City.
Despite hearing from disc jockeys that "Copacabana" was producing some excitement, the record company decided to release three other songs as singles.
www.southamptonmusicalsociety.co.uk /6902/12029.html?*session*id*key*=*session*id*val*   (619 words)

  
 Musical in Nederland
De scheidslijn tussen musical en operette is niet eenduidig.
Bij het maken van de selectie voor een nieuwe musical is vooral gekeken naar de bezetting en het aantal koorpartituren en de inhoud van het stuk.
De musical dateert uit de jaren 60 en is uiteraard geschreven in het Engels.
musicalnederland.web-log.nl   (2803 words)

  
 Copacabana, Bolivia
It has none of the glitz and glamour of Rio, but instead offers small town charm in a place where the locals are both welcoming and fiercely proud of their Indian heritage.
To the east are the snow capped mountains of Bolivia and to the west the rolling green hills of Peru.
Copacabana lies on the Western border of Bolivia, two hours away from Peru.
www.itisnet.com /english/e-america/e-bolivia/e-copaca/e-copacabana.htm   (1197 words)

  
 COPACABANA - DVD
Hoping to get Carmen some play dates, he approaches the Copacabana club's head Steve Hunt (Steve Cochran), and for reasons too tedious to describe here, he gets her two auditions, as herself and as a veiled French chanteuse named Mademoiselle Fifi.
Thus the musical numbers inexcusably lack any sort of magic or oomph, on the assumption that a bevy of chorines will distract you from the total lack of imagination on hand.
The worst thing about Copacabana is that it tries to fit Groucho to this painfully conventional box instead of allowing him free range on our sensibilities, which is what he--and the audience--so richly deserved.
filmfreakcentral.net /dvdreviews/copacabana.htm   (705 words)

  
 SLU News-Copacabana
Tickets for “Copacabana” are $33, orchestra 1 and loge; $30, orchestra 2 and balcony 1; and $27, balcony 2.
Critics say Manilow's musical is flamboyant fun and gorgeous silliness, “just plain fun and a good night out.” Described as a loving colorful tribute to the Technicolor movies of Hollywood's early days, the show is filled with beautiful costumes, beautiful people and beautiful voices.
Despite hearing from disc jockeys that "Copacabana” was producing some excitement, the record company decided to release three other songs as singles.
www.selu.edu /NewsEvents/PublicInfoOffice/Copacabana.html   (793 words)

  
  Prikbord
Narnia de Musical is afgelopen najaar in première gegaan en heeft al veel lovende recensies mogen ontvangen.
Bij het maken van de selectie voor een nieuwe musical is vooral gekeken naar de bezetting en het aantal koorpartituren en de inhoud van het stuk.
Een musical die het verhaal vertelt van een groep toneelspelers die een musical versie van Shakespeares "The taming of the schrew" opvoeren, waarbij hun eigen levens overeenkomsten vertonen met de rollen die ze spelen.
www.musical-nederland.nl /prikbord.htm   (934 words)

  
 'Copacabana' debuts tonight
Written for a made-for-television movie and later adapted for the stage, the musical features 270 costumes and lively dance numbers and songs ranging from 1940s swing and Latin tropical style to ballet and jazz.
The musical begins in the present day with a songwriter named Stephen who imagines himself as Tony, an aspiring songwriter and bartender at the Copacabana nightclub.
Copacabana opens tonight and runs each night at 7:30 through Saturday in the auditorium at the school near Guadalupe and Rural roads.
www.azcentral.com /community/tempe/articles/0307tr-musical0307Z10.html   (490 words)

  
  Sheet Music Plus - Barry Manilow: Barry Manilow's Copacabana - The Musical   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Barry Manilow: Barry Manilow's Copacabana - The Musical
Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology - Volume 2 Revised - Mezzo Soprano For mezzo soprano voice and piano...
Jeff Marx, Robert Lopez: Avenue Q - The Musical For voice, piano and guitar (chords...
www.sheetmusicplus.com /a/item.html?id=77965&item=3974553   (176 words)

  
 LyricsVault: Hall of fame: Barry Manilow
The tour was Barry's salute to the American musical theater and depicted the evolution of the Broadway musical through sketches and songs, including many of Barry's hits as if they had been performed in well-known Broadway shows.
Copacabana's great reputation has spread, and the musical is presently booked for the next two years.
Harmony is a completely original musical based on the true story of the Comedian Harmonists, a brilliantly talented group of male singers who attempted to find harmony during one of the darkest chapters in human history as the Nazi party came to power in Germany.
www.lyricsvault.net /halloffame/Barry_Manilow.html   (2132 words)

  
 Copacabana's Costumes
COPACABANA Set in 1940s New York at the world famous Copacabana nightclub, this multi-sensual musical extravaganza transports us back to an era when 'music and passion were always in fashion'.
Copacabana, Female Copacabana, Male Rumba Party Female Rumba Party Male South of the Border Female Costume Male Costume Fiesta Costumes Her Name Was Lola Barry Manilow's Copacabana, is based on Manilow's hit song "Copacabana." The show's plot involves a songwriter working on a composition about the Copacabana.
Copacabana The Copacabana tale is set in the heart of the swinging nightclub scene of the 1940s.
www.mtco.com /~sullivan/costumes/copacabana   (1453 words)

  
 BARRY MANILOW - Scores compact disc from Micksmuse.com
Still, Broadway proved elusive and Manilow set his sights on a new project, Harmony, an original musical about the Comedian Harmonists, who were a popular German vocal act during the '20s and '30s and whose demise was instigated by the rise of the Nazi regime.
The musical debuted at the La Jolla Playhouse in 1997, but it has yet to be launched as a Broadway production.
Musically and lyrically these songs are denser and their textures blend together forming a more consistent piece of work.
www.micksmuse.com /cgi-bin/shopper.cgi?preadd=action&key=0040BMANILOWSCORES   (497 words)

  
 Barry Manilow : Scores: Songs from Copacabana and Harmony - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
The show was a success and it fueled Manilow's dreams to take his music to the Great White Way, but a job with Bette Midler and a song called "Mandy" forever changed his career trajectory.
Years later after the hits had stopped, Manilow and his writing partner Bruce Sussman rediscovered their love for Broadway musicals and looked to their 1978 hit "Copacabana" as inspiration for a show.
Still, Broadway proved elusive and Manilow set his sights on a new project, +Harmony, an original musical about the Comedian Harmonists, who were a popular German vocal act during the '20s and '30s and whose demise was instigated by the rise of the Nazi regime.
www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,3040793,00.html   (628 words)

  
 Gloc Musical Theatre - Copacabana NODA Review
Having seen the West End production of Copacabana I was keen to see what Gloc had up their sleeve with the first amateur version to be seen in the West of London.
Musically, the company was extremely strong under the baton of Ken Williams and the Copa Band had all the right ingredients of a Big Band sound.
It was well directed and choreographed, the music well interpreted and the whole company rose to the challenge.
www.glocmt.org.uk /oldshows/copa/coparev.htm   (1132 words)

  
 A Long, Desperate Night at the Copa
Music by Barry Manilow, Jack Feldman and Bruce Sussman.
The American Musical Theatre of San Jose is a co-producer of the project, which has been traveling the country since June.
Now that the musical "Copacabana" was finally out of the way, everyone could just bliss out to their where-I-was '70s memories of the song.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/01/15/DD68826.DTL&type=performance   (888 words)

  
 Copacabana
He turns to his drum machine as he begins to visualise the way his musical is going to take shape.
Back to the 1990s and Stephen's musical is beginning to take shape.
Tony is desperate to have his songs published and auditions them for music publishers while Lola does the rounds of theatre producers.
www.nodanw.com /shows_c/copacabana.htm   (825 words)

  
 The Hottest Spot North of Havana? / It will be San Jose, thanks to Barry Manilow and the musical 'Copacabana'
Manilow, who co-wrote the show but doesn't sing in it, was recently in San Jose, where he briefly and casually played the piano for a few dozen people in a room next to the center's lobby.
The musical "Copacabana" expands on the story told in the song's lyrics: A 1940s show girl named Lola (Darcie Roberts) works at the Copacabana nightclub in New York, loves bartender Tony (D'Ambrosio) and is pursued by the villainous Rico (Philip Hernandez).
His favorite from the musical "Copacabana" is "Who Needs to Dream?," though he still has evident awe for the title song.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/01/07/PK173148.DTL   (1050 words)

  
 High school musical preview: 'Copacabana' headed to Hopewell   (Site not responding. Last check: )
That adaptation of the story-song with the merengue beat will be onstage at Hopewell High School this weekend as the western Allegheny County and Beaver County high school musical season forges ahead.
Director Celeste Beley calls "Copacabana" "a really fun musical that has a big enough cast," to give a lot of talented young performers a chance to shine.
Still, the lack of recognition hasn't dammpened the enthusiasm of the teens, who have been having fun with the music and the period costumes.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/05110/492002.stm   (303 words)

  
 'Copacabana' theatre review - Nowt2Do.Com: Listings and Reviews for Bristol and Beyond!   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The well known song 'Copacabana' was the result of a trip Barry Manilow and lyricist Bruce Sussmn took to Rio de Janeiro in 1978.
Inspired by the 'Copacabana Palace', where they stayed, Sussman and Jack Feldman produced the catchy lyrics for the song which was to become the biggest single Manilow had ever had.
Later, the tune was adapted into a musical film for television and finally, after a few added sub-plots, characters and more music, 'Copacabana' opened as a musical at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth in 1994.
www.nowt2do.co.uk /review.php?id=79   (612 words)

  
 Scores: Songs from Copacabana and Harmony - Barry Manilow - Song Listings
Still, Broadway proved elusive and Manilow set his sights on a new project, Harmony, an original musical about the Comedian Harmonists, who were a popular German vocal act during the '20s and '30s and whose demise was instigated by the rise of the Nazi regime.
The musical debuted at the La Jolla Playhouse in 1997, but it has yet to be launched as a Broadway production.
In the meantime, Manilow revives songs from Copacabana and Harmony for Scores and, for the most part, successfully reshapes them into solo pop songs that stand on their own.
www.mp3.com /albums/646037/summary.html   (838 words)

  
 Lisa Kirk at the Persian Room
Kirk had enrolled as a law student at the University of Pittsburgh when during a trip to New York and a stay at the Rehearsal Club, she abandoned Blackstone for the Versailles chorus line.
Her acting, confined to cafes and the musical stage in some successful Broadway appearances, was as thorough as a theatergoer, certainly a cafegoer, would wish.
Her musical director, Peter Matz, leading Ted Straeter's orchestra, gave the nod for "Anything Goes" and Lisa was alone.
www.bigbandsandbignames.com /Kirk.html   (648 words)

  
 Diahann Carroll to appear at The Persian Room, 1951
Born in New York City, Diahann, at 10 years old, won a Metropolitan Opera scholarship and was subsequently accepted at the High School of Music and Art where she continued developing her voice.
Her versatility has been sharpened, no doubt, by the training she has had in motion pictures, in television shows, in stage musicals and in making recordings of great impact.
At the most present time her most recent film, "Paris Blues" in which she is featured with Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, is being shown locally and throughout the nation.
www.bigbandsandbignames.com /carroll.html   (512 words)

  
 Copacabana - Moviefone
Copacabana Movie Copacabana DVD movie $15.75 in stock at CD Universe, Easy listening legend Barry Manilow stars in this 1982 musical, based on the famous song of the.
Copacabana (1985) (TV) Copacabana is what I consider a "lost treasure." More people should realize the worth of this film.
Copacabana - Cast & Crew, movie showtimes, plot, synopsis, exclusive features, trailers, clips, theater listings, reviews, message boards, dvd, videos, rentals and more on Moviefone.
movies.aol.com /movie/copacabana/1007246/main   (151 words)

  
 Lake Tahoe AE - Tahoe.com
Hanna can't remember the first time he heard Manilow's music, as his mother was a big fan.
His music could be heard throughout the house.
At this point, his parents have seen him in the musical four times and counting.
www.tahoe.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?Site=VD&Date=20030315&Category=AE&ArtNo=303150606&Ref=AR   (440 words)

  
 New York Salsa ~ www.justsalsa.com ~ Salsa Music, Dance, Clubs, Radio, Salsa Classes, Salsa Socials
In this dance style the Mambo basic is danced on the first three counts of the musical bar and held for the last count (last quarter note of the musical bar when the written music in 4/4 count).
Dancing "on one" is dancing to the melody of the music, while dancing "on 2" is dancing to the rhythm of the music.
After you can hear the music this way it is not long until you can feel it as well and start to dance on this syncopated rhythmic pattern called "Clave".
www.justsalsa.com /newyork   (1033 words)

  
 Barry Manilow Back for 'One Night Live, One Last Time' : Soul Shine Magazine
Besides creating his own music, Manilow has produced albums for other artists like Bette Midler and Dionne Warwick among others.
On September 28 Manilow will release 'Scores' an album that features songs from the hit musical 'Copacabana' and the yet to be released show 'Harmony'.
After a hard fought court battle over the rights to the show when the show was mismanaged, Manilow has his musical back and hopes to debut it on Broadway next year.
www.soulshine.ca /news/newsarticle.php?nid=1021   (396 words)

  
 Hear What The Press and People Have to Say About Copacabana
The story, as lame as it is, is only there to support the musical numbers and deals with the small town gal who comes to New York secure in the knowledge that she'll wind up with her name in lights.
Instead of jamming the aisles for a hasty exit, the enthusiastic audience was practically jamming in the Benedum Center's aisles as it gave the musical an unfeigned standing O, then joined voices with the onstage Manilow in a final celebratory chorus of the title song.
PITTSBURGH: Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman came to town Tuesday to talk about their music and passion for "Copacabana." They were promoting their musical "Copacabana," based on Manilow's immensely popular and enduring song of the same name.
www.pittsburghclo.org /pgh_press_stories.htm   (1594 words)

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