Archiv - Dezember, 2003
Martin Bruny am Sonntag, den
7. Dezember 2003 um 12:28 · gespeichert in Pop
December 5, 2003 — SO how does a Jewish kid from Brooklyn grow up to become Mr. Christmas?
For Barry Manilow, it’s a cultural tradition. “Irving Berlin was a super-Jew, and he composed the greatest Christmas song ever. Berlin wrote ‘White Christmas’ and the whole world embraced it,” Manilow told The Post from rehearsals for tonight’s broadcast of A&E’s “A Barry Manilow Christmas: Live By Request.” “Christmas isn’t about the religion for me. The holiday season is about joy, togetherness and family. That’s why the season moves me,” he said. Manilow, 57, may not have written the Noel melodies, but he recorded two best-selling holiday albums - and he isn’t concerned that any viewer’s request can stump him.
Whatever happens tonight will be easy compared with the past roller-coaster year, one of the busiest in Manilow’s life.
He rekindled his friendship with Bette Midler during their collaboration of “Bette Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook,” he fractured his famous aquiline proboscis, he learned the pain and pleasure of creating a Broadway musical, and next Thursday he has a cameo on the hit TV comedy “Will and Grace.”
“I’m in the last scene. The whole show is based on Will trying to get a ticket to one of my concerts. I won’t tell you my lines, but the scene takes place in my tour bus and we end up singing ‘It’s a Miracle.’ ”
Manilow is easy to talk to. He’s passionate about music and seems to want to have fun, even if that means poking a little fun at himself. When called a pop-culture icon, he dismisses the notion, saying, “If you live long enough, anything can happen.” [story]
Martin Bruny am Dienstag, den
2. Dezember 2003 um 12:27 · gespeichert in Tonträger
On a typical Sunday at Footlight Records, you’ll see hipsters snatching up Italian lounge CDs, hip-hop artists trolling for new beats among the vinyl movie soundtracks, seniors browsing through the Broadway cast recordings, a Liza impersonator scoring Cabaret on DVD. Since the 27-year-old East Village landmark fills niches that the chains ignore, its sales haven’t been hurt much by Tower or Virgin—the latter even refers customers here for imports. Best known for its rich cache of male and female vocalists, Footlight (113 East 12th Street; 212-533-1572; footlight1@aol.com) is also one of the few stores that carry certain works by Ur-monologuist Ruth Draper and the Akira Kurosawa soundtrack-CD boxed sets, and it’s the exclusive source for Dame Edna CDs. Owner Ron Saja started collecting the recordings of his favorite film composer, Bernard Herrmann, at 12; he bought Footlight in 1993 after working there for six years. Ironically, Saja prefers dramas to musicals, but he goes to the theater constantly and loves Avenue Q. (If only Princeton, Q’s mix-tape-constructing puppet, had access to Footlight—he might have moved beyond the Billy Joel basics.) [story]
Martin Bruny am Dienstag, den
2. Dezember 2003 um 12:26 · gespeichert in Flicks, TV, Theater
Die Bühnenversion des Kinoblockbusters “When Harry Met Sally” feiert am 20. Februar 2004 am Londoner Theatre Royal Haymarket seine Premiere.
In der Rolle, die Billy Crystal im Hollywoodstreifen verkörperte, wird “Beverly Hills 90210″-Star Luke Perry zu sehen sein.
Wer an seiner Seite agieren wird, ist noch nicht bekannt. [story]
Martin Bruny am Montag, den
1. Dezember 2003 um 12:25 · gespeichert in Tonträger
Als wahrlich unverwüstbar erweist sich Top-Entertainer Neil Diamond. Seit 1966 steht er auf den Bühnen dieser Welt, die Jahre von 1970 bis 2002 dokumentiert er nun mit einer üppigen CD-Box:
“The first two CDs, “A Night In Las Vegas, 12/27/02,” are an entire uncut Neil Diamond concert recording. The next two CDs, “Many Stages,” comprise performances recorded between 1970 and 2001, in the United States, Canada, England, Ireland, Australia, and Germany. The fifth CD, “Live Christmas,” has live versions of 12 yuletide favorites recorded in the U.S. and Ireland between 1978 and 1999. The sixth disc is a 2-part DVD. Part 1, “On Stage Highlights: Filmed Live In Dublin, 7/6/02, Lansdowne Road,” has 12 songs. Part 2 of the DVD is titled “Backstage: Welcome To Diamondville 2001-2002,” and is sub-titled “A Documentary Of Life On The Road.”
Das perfekte Weihnachtsgeschenk.
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