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    Prince Is a Big Fan of West Side Story

    The Week in Theater: An Exciting Opening, a Sad Ending

    Toniiiight!

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    Image of City_Dater City_Dater
    06/09/09

    In reply to Prince Is a Big Fan of West Side Story
    The first time I saw Karen Olivo I thought "she's a little Appoloniaish, no?"
    Hopefully she will politely return all gifts of lacy unitards and purple velvet frock coats.
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    06/11/09

    @City_Dater: Yeah indeed. She can't compare with Appolonia on all levels though. Olivo can actually sing.. I hope she never buys Prince a guitar...
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    Image of NoWireHangers NoWireHangers
    06/09/09

    In reply to Prince Is a Big Fan of West Side Story
    Karen's married...well, not for long. Too bad "Karen O" is already taken. It was probably Prince's go-to for the grand renaming ceremony which will consummate their funky union.
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    Image of jasonelias jasonelias
    06/09/09

    In reply to Prince Is a Big Fan of West Side Story
    Uh oh, Karen Olivo sure fits the profile of women Prince "likes." I bet he wrote about her in his diary...


    Dear Diary. I saw this girl last night, she's a cross between that chick I was married to in the 90s, Nia Peebles and Rosario Dawson, Isn't that delicious? I think I'll call her CoCo...

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    Image of The New No. 2 The New No. 2
    06/09/09

    @jasonelias: It's only a matter of months before she releases a dance album ghostwritten by Prince. See E., Sheila; Vanity.
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    Image of jasonelias jasonelias
    06/11/09

    @The New No. 2: Now that sounds like some good/bad fun heh heh.
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    Image of unclevanya unclevanya
    03/21/09

    In reply to The Week in Theater: An Exciting Opening, a Sad Ending
    Broadway also dimmed its lights on Wednesday night fo Ron Silver.


    BTW, I'm so glad you're doing this roundup. Theater could use the online exposure.

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    Image of TedSez TedSez
    03/21/09

    In reply to The Week in Theater: An Exciting Opening, a Sad Ending
    Just so you know, there are still some special "recession-priced" $20 tickets available for the L.A. production of Frost/Nixon. Stacy Keach is out for now, but the whole show has gotten excellent reviews.
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    Image of SarahHeartburn SarahHeartburn
    03/21/09

    In reply to The Week in Theater: An Exciting Opening, a Sad Ending
    This morning I read a review of West Side Story in the Spanish newspaper El Pais, written by their New York correspondent. She liked it too, but made one good point: if you know Spanish, it's really disconcerting to hear Maria's very Argentine accent. I'm surprised nobody thought of a little dialogue coaching.
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    Image of bess marvin, girl detective bess marvin, girl detective
    03/21/09

    @SarahHeartburn: And as I'm sure there are many a light-haired Puerto Rican, I'm kind of disappointed they went with an obviously European looking Latina to play Maria. Granted, Natalie Wood is Russian, but they couldn't find someone who looks like a great majority of Puerto Ricans which is dark hair and olive skin?
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    Image of cmd cmd
    03/22/09

    @bess marvin, girl detective: Wait. I'm not trying to be an ass here, but "European looking" Maria? She's from Argentina...
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    Image of SarahHeartburn SarahHeartburn
    03/22/09

    @cmd: Lots of South Americans, especially in Argentina, are of European descent. I know a lot who have British, German, Ukranian, Russian, Polish anceestors, and arelight haired and fair skinned.
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    Image of SarahHeartburn SarahHeartburn
    03/22/09

    @bess marvin, girl detective: And that they couldn't find an actress of those characteristics in New York City?
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    Image of bess marvin, girl detective bess marvin, girl detective
    03/22/09

    @SarahHeartburn: boggles the mind doesn't it?
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    Image of bess marvin, girl detective bess marvin, girl detective
    03/19/09

    In reply to Toniiiight!
    i could be wrong, but from the variety picture, the actress who play maria hardly looks puerto rican. she's damn near blond.
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    Image of bess marvin, girl detective bess marvin, girl detective
    03/19/09

    @bess marvin, girl detective: upon further research, she is a brunette but not what i envisioned of maria at all.
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    Image of MisterHippity MisterHippity
    03/19/09

    In reply to Toniiiight!
    I knew a member of the WSS movie cast years ago -- Burt Michaels, who played Snowboy. He directed a summerstock version of West Sides Story I was in as a teenager. Nice guy. Great dancer.


    I looked for him in that picture, but then realized it's from the Broadway show, not the film.

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    Image of MisterHippity MisterHippity
    03/19/09

    In reply to Toniiiight!
    What's to be excited about? It's only a revival of the best show in the history of musical theater. No big deal.
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    Image of unclevanya unclevanya
    03/19/09

    @MisterHippity: I need to see this WSS, in order to wash away the memory of all the countless terrible high school and dinner theater productions I've sat through.
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    Image of secretagentman secretagentman
    03/19/09

    In reply to Toniiiight!
    That is a great review. So question for all the New Yorkers in the house? Other than Ticketmaster (with their evil surcharges), how does an out of towner get tickets?

    gracias!
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    Image of Richard Lawson Richard Lawson
    03/19/09

    @secretagentman: Practice!


    Wait. I don't think I did that right.

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    Image of Aaron Altman Aaron Altman
    03/19/09

    @secretagentman: The TKTS booth? OR! You could ask someone from Gawker who is here in NYC to pick you up tix from the box office. Of course, this would require both parties to be on the honor system.
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    Image of unclevanya unclevanya
    03/19/09

    @secretagentman: You could join TheaterMania.com, and look for discount tickets. But I didn't see WSS among the shows listed.
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    03/19/09

    In reply to Toniiiight!
    Variety's review is near-ecstatic:


    [www.variety.com]

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    03/19/09

    In reply to Toniiiight!
    Womb to tomb! Sperm to worm!
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    Image of EleanorRigby EleanorRigby
    03/19/09

    In reply to Toniiiight!
    I'll never forget my dad awkwardly explaining what a "social disease" was the first time we watched the movie as kids.
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    Image of Oy Veh (Informality Reigns) Oy Veh (Informality Reigns)
    03/19/09

    @EleanorRigby: My Mother told me poverty was their Social Disease..
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    Image of TedSez TedSez
    03/19/09

    In reply to Toniiiight!
    I'm depraved on account a' I'm deprived!
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    Image of Aaron Altman Aaron Altman
    03/19/09

    @TedSez: Krup you!
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    Image of SarahHeartburn SarahHeartburn
    03/19/09

    @TedSez: It's just my bringing-upke that gets me outta hand.
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    Image of hortense hortense
    03/19/09

    In reply to Toniiiight!
    Richard, you seem a bit excited about this. Breeze it, buzz it, easy does it. Turn off the juice, boy!


    Also: I am really excited about this.

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    Image of Richard Lawson Richard Lawson
    03/19/09

    @hortense: Oh hortense, it's terrific. I saw it last weekend. Swooooon.
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    Image of SarahHeartburn SarahHeartburn
    03/19/09

    @Richard: As Tina Fey's daughter would say, I want to go to there.
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