On this, the 50th anniversary of the premiere of Chicago, Bob Fosse and Kander & Ebb’s great musical about corruption and celebrity, set in the bad old, good old, days of Chicago’s underworld, here’s a look back to the first production in 1975 at the original Velma and Roxie – Chita Rivera and Gwen Verdon. This clip is introduced by Tommy Tune.
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The Luxembourg Philharmonic has named Martin Rajna as its next music director, succeeding Gustavo Gimeno. Rajna, 29, has been principal conductor of the Hungarian State Opera, for the past two years. The post Budapest […]
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Nicolas de Staël (1914-1955) was a Russian-born French painter whose turbulent life often overshadowed his short career. Composer John Casken describes de Staël’s canvases as being as vibrant and vivid of any artist working at […]
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