Posts Tagged ‘the-stage’

Opera Singer Wendy White in Stable Condition After a Fall at the Met

Sunday, December 18th, 2011

The mezzo-soprano Wendy White fell from a platform eight feet above the stage during a performance of Gounod’s “Faust” at the Metropolitan Opera.

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Rowan Atkinson plans stage return

Friday, September 30th, 2011

Comedy actor Rowan Atkinson is set to make a return to the stage after the success of his role as Fagin in the West End musical Oliver! two years ago.

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Rowan Atkinson plans stage return

Friday, September 30th, 2011

Comedy actor Rowan Atkinson is set to make a return to the stage after the success of his role as Fagin in the West End musical Oliver! two years ago.

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Franklin announces stage comeback

Thursday, February 17th, 2011

Singer Aretha Franklin announces she is to return to the stage in May, months after being admitted to hospital for an undisclosed illness.

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Eminem and Arcade Fire Lead Bonnaroo Lineup

Tuesday, February 15th, 2011

After the Grammys received the most viewers in a decade, it’s no surprise that many of the musicians who graced the stage as performers and winners at Sunday’s Grammy Awards will soon be heading down south for the annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts…

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Arlington Artifacts go on auction block

Sunday, January 23rd, 2011

Grand and ornate, the nine-foot-tall, decorative marble urns for decades flanked the stage of Arlington National Cemetery’s Memorial Amphitheater, adjacent to the Tomb of the Unknowns.

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Military strength is eluding China

Saturday, December 25th, 2010

MOSCOW – The Moscow Machine-Building Enterprise Salyut on the east side of town has put up a massive Soviet-style poster advertising its need for skilled workers. The New Year’s party at the Chernyshev plant in a northwest suburb featured ballet dancers twirling on the stage of its Soviet-era Pa…

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‘Captain Beefheart’ dies aged 69

Friday, December 17th, 2010

American musician and artist Don Van Vliet, best known by the stage name Captain Beefheart, has died aged 69.

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Winehouse performs surprise gig

Tuesday, October 5th, 2010

Singer Amy Winehouse has made a low-key return to the stage in a surprise performance at her local pub in London.

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Mirren ‘reinvents’ Shakespeare hero

Sunday, September 12th, 2010

Dame Helen Mirren is helping transform a Shakespeare hero from a man to a woman, and from the stage to the screen.

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Libertines make festival return

Saturday, August 28th, 2010

After claiming they had “unfinished business” to complete, Pete Doherty’s reformed band The Libertines have returned to the stage at this year’s Leeds festival.

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U2 perform first Russian concert

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

U2 took to the stage for their first ever performance in Russia greeted by a crowd of 85,000 in Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium.

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