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IU graduates set up troupe

By Kelli Long · Thursday, Dec. 12,2002 11:57 p.m.

Bloomington Music Works is a local community theatrical troupe comprised of local artists and IU students. The troupe, which is currently in its fifth season, specializes in musical theater and produces three to four shows every year. Most of the shows are performed in the Buskirk-Chumley Theatre, 114 E. Kirkwood Ave. Brian Samarzea, a graduate of IU's School of Music and BMW's artistic director, founded the company along with other graduates of the School of Music after a theater group with which he was affiliated fizzled out.

Detective Nancy Drew returns to TV

By Alyson Brodsy and Beth Harris · Thursday, Dec. 12,2002 12:01 a.m.

LOS ANGELES -- Maggie Lawson believes she was born to play Nancy Drew. It would sound corny coming from anyone other than the ebullient Lawson, a Louisville, Ky., native who unapologetically admits she sees the good in everything.

Brits confirm Entwistle died of drug overdose

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Dec. 12,2002 12 a.m.

LONDON -- John Entwistle, bass player of The Who, died from taking cocaine, which stopped his heart from beating, a coroner ruled Wednesday.

Classic construction

By Alyson Brodsy and Patrice L. Worthy · Wednesday, Dec. 11,2002 11:59 p.m.

Ballerinas dancing about are the inspiration in R320, a highly complex costume construction class in the Costume Construction Technology Program (CCT). The class is one of a series where students learn behind-the-scenes techniques and costuming for operas and the stage. In this particular class, the students are constructing ballerina tutus. Making tutus is a time-consuming skill that not many people learn in school and fewer people perfect.

Smashes and duds taking the stage on Broadway

By Michael Kuchwara · Tuesday, Dec. 10,2002 10:49 p.m.

NEW YORK -- To paraphrase (sort of) from Charles Dickens: It was the best of shows, it was the worst of shows. Two big, expensive musicals arrived this week on Broadway within a day of one another, and their receptions couldn't have been more different. "La Boheme," Australian director Baz Luhrmann's takes on the beloved Puccini opera, received the best reviews since "Hairspray" opened last August. But "Dance of the Vampires," starring Michael Crawford, had most critics out for blood and tossing around such adjectives as "mindless," "vapid," "amateurish" and "mortifying." For "La Boheme," the rapturous notices have paid off at the box office. Monday's take, the day after the opening, was close to a million dollars, "in the high six figures" according to producer Jeffrey Seller, and sales continued to be strong Tuesday.

Musicians have makings of rock stars

By Kristin Lamb · Tuesday, Dec. 10,2002 10:46 p.m.

Musician Graham Colton has all the makings of an up and coming rock star. Performing songs from his debut self-titled album he showcased his unique style and talent Thursday night at Axis. Students filled the club for a charity concert featuring Better than Ezra. While most are familiar with the sound of BTE, the opening act, The Graham Colton Band, was a creative surprise. This was the second time the Dallas-based band played in Bloomington this year. The Graham Colton Band came to IU touring with the Counting Crows in October.

Ex-local drawing Internet success

By Jessica Levco · Tuesday, Dec. 10,2002 10:44 p.m.

Before the development of online comic "Cosmic Tom-ix," Rich Reardin posted his cartoons on bathroom doors. Reardin, a resident of Bloomington, attended University of New Mexico, and studied cinematography and film. He was inspired to write comics because of his love for art, cartoons on television and the newspaper. "I used my own comic drawings to poke fun at the world as I saw it," Reardin said. "Usually, it was centered around a work situation or a personal experience."

Copperfield taken to hospital

Monday, Dec. 9,2002 11:14 p.m.

LOS ANGELES -- Magician David Copperfield was taken to a Canadian hospital after stopping midway through a performance, his tour spokesman said. Copperfield, 46, was doing the second of three scheduled shows Sunday at the Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton, Alberta, when he decided he couldn't continue. The 4:30 p.m. show and an evening performance were canceled to allow doctors at the University of Alberta Hospital to perform medical tests.

New circus show full of excitement

By Hillel Italie · Monday, Dec. 9,2002 11:12 p.m.

NEW YORK -- The New Shanghai Circus is a family show that gets right into the act. Without so much as a hello to the kids, the lights go down, the curtain rises and you're captured by the red ribbons and human roars of the lion dance.

2 Van Goghs stolen from museum

By Arthur Max · Sunday, Dec. 8,2002 11:01 p.m.

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Thieves broke into the Van Gogh Museum and made off with two works by the 19th century master -- less than a week after a multimillion-dollar gem heist from a Dutch diamond exhibition. The value of the oils was not immediately known, but major works by Vincent van Gogh sell for millions of dollars.

5 celebrities set for honor

By Vanessa Palo · Sunday, Dec. 8,2002 11 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- Academy Award-winning actress Elizabeth Taylor and Grammy-honored singer Paul Simon were among five stars from the world of performing arts honored Sunday for their career achievements. Joining them at a White House reception before a gala at the nearby Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts were actor James Earl Jones, actress-singer-dancer Chita Rivera and conductor James Levine.

Double feature ends semester for City Lights

By Brandon Morley · Sunday, Dec. 8,2002 10:59 p.m.

A Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall double feature played last Friday night at Ballantine Hall 013 as part of the City Lights Film Series, sponsored by the Department of Communication and Culture. Despite the cold and slush roughly 30 people showed up to watch the 16mm screening fall semester finale of City Lights. The first show was "To Have and Have Not" (1945) which was released by Warner Brothers. It was based on Ernest Hemingway's book of the same title.

Around the arts

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Dec. 5,2002 11:53 p.m.

'Taken' takes a record audience Irish writer receives honorary knighthood 'Chilli': TLC more than single member

Second boat movie for Cameron

By Alyson Brodsy and Lynn Elber · Thursday, Dec. 5,2002 11:52 p.m.

LOS ANGELES — The story of the ill-fated German warship Bismarck took hold of filmmaker James Cameron as a youngster, when he watched the 1960 British movie "Sink the Bismarck." He saw it again recently and was unimpressed. "Not that great a film. The special effects were terrible," said Cameron, who proved in "Titanic" and "The Abyss" that he knows a thing or two about the subject.

Meryl Streep returns to the big screen with two movies

By David Germain · Wednesday, Dec. 4,2002 11:42 p.m.

LOS ANGELES -- It's one thing for the fictional incarnation of a relatively new screenwriter to beat himself up with self-loathing and doubt his own talent.

Guggenheim donation saves the museum

Wednesday, Dec. 4,2002 11:41 p.m.

NEW YORK -- The billionaire who withheld money from charities in his hometown Cleveland has given the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum $12 million, but only after persuading the director to cut spending.

Becoming Marachi

By Jane Charney · Wednesday, Dec. 4,2002 11:30 p.m.

Dressed in black and white, the nine members of Mariachi de la Flor held their stringed instruments tightly but gently as they prepared to perform at Collins Coffeehouse Monday. Some of them have never before sung or played a Mariachi tune -- a rhythmic, lively melody, words that breathe of a culture unknown to most of us.

Around the Arts

Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 10:31 p.m.

Eminem's former home up for auction, Lacroix to design Air France uniforms, Oasis members held after bar fight.

Operas, symphonies faces woes

By Verena Dobnik · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 10:28 p.m.

NEW YORK -- Tenor Placido Domingo, who always packs the house at the Metropolitan Opera, didn't always this fall. The Lyric Opera of Chicago and the San Francisco Opera have each dropped plans to produce two operas they had announced for next season. The San Jose Symphony declared bankruptcy last month.

Seven Broadway plays to open soon

By Michael Kuchwara · Sunday, Dec. 1,2002 10:57 p.m.

NEW YORK -- Murderous passion in ancient Greece with the ultimate high-strung wife and mother. Singing vampires in exotic Lower Belabartokovich. A fierce feud between two literary lionesses. Don Quixote tilting again at windmills. All this, and Paul Newman, too. Broadway will be blooming in December, with seven major productions scheduled to open before Christmas, making the month feel more like spring, when the Tony Award deadline usually produces a spate of shows trying to nab nominations.

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