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Tony Award-winning choreographer Bob Avian dies at 83

Observer-Reporter 23 Jan 2021

... landmark musicals,” said Cameron Mackintosh in a statement ... Avian earned six Tony nominations and won twice, for choreographing “Ballroom” and co-choreographing “A Chorus Line.” He won an Oliver Award for choreographing Boublil and Schonberg’s musical “Martin Guerre” in London....

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Felicity Kendal joins cast of musical Anything Goes

Belfast Telegraph 22 Jan 2021

Felicity Kendal has joined the cast of musical Anything Goes. The production is scheduled to be staged at the Barbican Theatre in central London from June 5 ... “I am sure that this is a perfect moment for this glorious, funny and uplifting musical and cannot wait to get started.”....

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Bob Avian, Tony Award-winning choreographer, dies at 83

Chicago Sun-Times 22 Jan 2021

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Wolf Records International Releases CD by High Country Residents, “King Bees Featuring The Greatest Blues Stars”

High Country Press 22 Jan 2021

The King Bees have performed on festival stages in European capitals including Paris, Rome, Amsterdam, Stockholm and London and have taken their internationally-acclaimed music across numerous countries including the U.S....

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LSO/Rattle review – a touch of revolutionary sweetness from Kavakos

The Guardian 22 Jan 2021

LSO St Lukes, London, available online In a concert offered as Covid consolation and commemorating the Greek revolution, Simon Rattle oversaw ... “We hope our music helps dispel some of the gloom of the last year,” Rattle announced before the performance....

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Festival season 'still possible' despite Glastonbury cancellation

BBC News 22 Jan 2021

The three-day event, which attracts some of country music's biggest names to indoor venues in London, Dublin and Glasgow, said it had pulled the plug due to the "current restrictions on mass gatherings and international travel" ... At present, England has a scheme protecting film and TV shoots, but not music....

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Tony Award-winning choreographer Bob Avian dies aged 83

Belfast Telegraph 22 Jan 2021

He was a producer on the original Dreamgirls and Ballroom and did musical staging for Sunset Boulevard starring Glenn Close in 1994, Putting It Together with Carol Burnett and the original Miss Saigon with Lea Salonga in 1991 ... He won an Oliver Award for choreographing Boublil and Schonberg’s musical Martin Guerre in London....

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‘I’m really a bit of a home bird,’ despite 30 years of touring

The Irish Times 22 Jan 2021

I sang in the church choir at the Franciscan Church in Limerick and have fond early memories of going to see productions of the Cecilian Musical Society in the Crescent Hall in Limerick when I was six.” ... In 1991, McNamara moved to the UK to study opera at the Royal College of Music in London ... He also completed a masters in Music at UCC in 2014....

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Britain's Glastonbury Festival cancelled again this year, casting doubt over Europe's music festivals

Straits Times 22 Jan 2021

LONDON (NYTIMES) - Britain's Glastonbury festival, one of the world's most prominent pop music events, was cancelled on Thursday (Jan 21) for a second year in a row because of the coronavirus pandemic - sparking fear that large music festivals in Europe will not go ahead this summer....

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Samantha Kalman's Top 10 Games of 2020

Giant Bomb 22 Jan 2021

Lemme tell ya, London is a really cool place to live when you can be out in it! But when you're stuck in a single room it's a different story, even when you have time to make some awful experimental music ... While I was studying electronic music in London, we did a unit on hip hop & turntablism....

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Broadway dance legend Bob Avian, co-choreographer of 'A Chorus Line,' dead at 83

Hastings Tribune 22 Jan 2021

After Bennett’s death in 1987, Avian went on to choreograph the London and Broadway debuts of “Miss Saigon” and the original West End and Broadway productions of Andrew ... His musical staging for “Martin Guerre” in London landed him a prestigious Oliver Award for best choreography....

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Body found with DJ tattoos in Swiss lake yet to be identified

The Tennessee Tribune 22 Jan 2021

on Jan 17 ... Gayle San, 54, is a DJ who lives in London. According to a music website, her career began in the early 1990s in her hometown Singapore ... In 1988, San migrated to London to pursue her DJ career in the UK ... She soon rose to work at London’s Limelight Club, where she played along with global DJs ... .......

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