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    Pantomime (/ˈpæntəˌmaɪm/; informally panto) is a type of musical comedy stage production designed for family entertainment. It was developed in England...
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    The Scottish Play and the Bard's play are euphemisms for William Shakespeare's Macbeth. The first is a reference to the play's Scottish setting, the second...
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  • Operabase is an online global database for audiences and professionals. It lists details on opera performances, opera houses and companies, and performers...
    10 KB (1,154 words) - 10:51, 28 May 2023
  • "The Lambeth Walk" is a song from the 1937 musical Me and My Girl (with book and lyrics by Douglas Furber and L. Arthur Rose and music by Noel Gay). The...
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  • Michael Skinner (1941 – 1998) was an American magician known for his close-up magic work. He was born in Rochester, New York in 1941; but he spent most...
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  • September 24 – The Bolshoi Theatre Company hosts its first annual opera season, with the opening of the Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre in St Petersburg.[failed...
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  • Gary Griffin (born 1959/1960) is an American theater director. Griffin grew up in Rockford, Illinois, where he graduated from East High School in 1978...
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  • Thumbnail for Chimène
    Chimène, ou Le Cid is a French-language opera by Antonio Sacchini. It takes the form of a tragédie (lyrique) in three acts, with a libretto by Nicolas-François...
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  • Egisto Macchi (4 August 1928 – 8 August 1992) was an Italian composer. Born in Grosseto, Macchi moved to Rome to study composition, piano, violin and singing...
    15 KB (1,938 words) - 14:39, 12 June 2023
  • Robert Jarman is an Australian theatre artist based in Hobart, Tasmania. Primarily a director and actor, he is also a writer and designer. Jarman studied...
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  • Thumbnail for La Statira
    La Statira is an opera seria in three acts by the Italian composer Tomaso Albinoni with a libretto by Apostolo Zeno and Pietro Pariati. It was first performed...
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  • Thumbnail for Der Graf von Gleichen
    Der Graf von Gleichen D 918 is an unfinished 1827 opera in two acts by Franz Schubert after a libretto by Eduard Bauernfeld. The opera is for four sopranos...
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  • Thumbnail for Jacques Schmidt
    Jacques Schmidt (16 March 1933 – 8 September 1996) was a French costume designer, who collaborated regularly with stage directors Antoine Bourseiller,...
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  • Pete M. Wyer (born 24 March 1964) is a British composer. Wyer was born in Cheltenham, England. He began his career as a guitarist with pop and jazz bands...
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  • Thumbnail for Janet Chvatal
    Janet Marie Chvatal (born September 26, 1964) is an American classical soprano and musical theatre singer, director and author, best known for her production...
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  • Thumbnail for Kevin B. Winebold
    Kevin B. Winebold (born June 17, 1979) is a New York music director and actor. Winebold has musically directed productions of Kiss Me, Kate, The Irish…...
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  • James "Buster" West (31 March 1901 – 19 March 1966) was an American dancer and actor who was a featured performer in vaudeville, the Broadway stage, motion...
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  • Ivor Parry (known as Rovi) (29 November 1919 – 8 June 1996) was a Welsh magician. He was a Gold Star Medalist of the Inner Magic Circle, was known amongst...
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  • Thumbnail for Canton Theatre
    The Canton Theatre is an old theatre located in the downtown area of Canton, Georgia and has been in existence since early 1911. During that time the theatre...
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