The Tony Award-winning originator of the title role in the global stage success The Phantom Of The Opera Michael Crawford brings his unique voice and charismatic presence to this one-of-a-kind concert event. Crawford performs Broadway inspirational and traditional favourites at the Cerritos Center in Los Angeles. For his signature Phantom songs he is joined by Dale Kristien his co-star in the Los Angeles company of that show. He salutes that show's co-creator Andrew Lloyd Webbe
Fifteen year old Fiona Fullerton heads an all star British cast in this double BAFTA winning musical comedy - widely regarded as the most lavish and most faithful adaptation of Lewis Carroll's classic fantasy Novel. Filmed to mark the centenary of the completion of the Alice novels this extravagantly lush British spectacle which brings Sir John Tenniel's famous illustrations enchantingly to life with a bewitching score by James Bond composer John Barry and BAFTA winningcinematography by Geoffrey Unsworth (2001: A Space Odyssey.
My Favourite Broadway--The Love Songs, the follow-up to 1998's My Favourite Broadway--The Leading Ladies, allows the gentlemen in, but that's not always an advantage. Sure, Michael Crawford developed a great following as the Phantom and Nathan Lane is a comedian nonpareil, but Tom Wopat, Brent Spiner, Peter Gallagher, Adam Pascal, and Ron Raines, while all fine performers with good career histories, simply can't match the marquee power of the original's Liza Minnelli, Audra McDonald, Jennifer Holliday, Nell Carter, and many others. And even when old-timers appear, Robert Goulet seems closer to Las Vegas than Lancelot, and Barry Manilow (mostly making his name as a composer these days) looks pretty awkward. That said, this is still an enjoyable live show from New York's City Centre. Among the ladies returning, Rebecca Luker and Marin Mazzie shine in songs from the revivals they star in, and super diva Linda Eder raises the roof with a three-song medley. And there are other additions to the roster, one legend, Chita Rivera (reprising her "English Teacher" from Bye Bye Birdie), and one up-and-comer, Heather Headley (sharing her "Elaborate Lives" duet with Aida co-star Pascal). But the first 100 minutes is all prologue, anyway. The real star is the host, Julie Andrews, who also hosted the original show and conspicuously did not sing in it, following her infamous, lawsuit-laden vocal-chord surgery that effectively ended her music career. Throughout the evening she teases the audience, reciting lyrics and making references to My Fair Lady. So when Crawford begins the finale "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" and Andrews enters, the audience holds its breath: Will she or won't she? It's an electric moment, and perfect theatre. --David Horiuchi, Amazon.com
Michael Crawford has starred in some of the biggest box-office hits of all time. From Frank Spencer in Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, to the original Phantom in Phantom of the Opera, both in London's West End and on Broadway; from circus showman in Barnum to EFX, the multi- million extravaganza at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, then the biggest hotel in the world, which he dominated for over two years, playing Merlin, Houdini and H.G. Wells, and which broke all existing box office records. He is the ...
Tracklisting: 'Overture' 'Love Is Sweeping The Country/'Til There Was You/ Lover/ So In Love' - Adam Pascal Brent Spiner Rebecca Luker Peter Gallagher and Marin Mazzie 'Music Is Better Than Words' 'Lullaby Of Broadway' - Tom Wopat and dancers 'Sue Me' - Nathan Lane and Doo Wop Trio 'He Touched Me' - Heather Headley 'La Donna E Mobile/ Let The Good Times Roll/ Standing On The Corner' - Three Mo' Tenors 'Gigi' - Ron Raines 'No Longer Shy' 'Smoke Gets In Your Eyes' - Jeffrey Denman a
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Dennis Hopper stars as Captain Ellisworth in this drama that focuses on crooked cops and the crime underworld. The captain is up to his neck in red tape when new officer (Marc Singer) tries to play hero during a bank robbery turning it into a dangerous shoot-out. Soon the new officer also happens upon a dirty lieutenant (Michael Madsen) and his crew in the middle of wrongdoings and accepts a payoff to keep his mouth shut. This opens up a new story of conspiracy and corruption within
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