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Wednesday, March 17,2010

Master P to masterpiece

Ella Joyce speaks for Rosa Parks in ´Rose´

by Lawrence Cosentino
“It’s the part I was born to play,” Joyce said. “I have actually felt her spirit right down inside of me on stage.” spur a court challenge to discrimina- Best known for her leading role in the tory seating practices on Montgomery socially conscious Fox sitcom “Roc,” which buses.
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Wednesday, March 17,2010

Gregarious guitars

L.A. Quartet finds strength in numbers

by Lawrence Cosentino
With arrangers like Kanengiser in the group, the entire universe of music is theirs to pillage, with one restriction: no electronics. In addition, all of the quartet’s material ' old, new, borrowed or blue ' has to make guitar sense. On Sunday’s slate, for example, is a crowdpleasing arrangement of six pieces from Bizet’s opera “Carmen.
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Wednesday, March 17,2010

Breaking new ground

by Lawrence Cosentino
On Tuesday morning, Kevin Waldman’s biggest headache was protecting big shots like architect Zaha Hadid, billionaire tycoon Eli Broad, Michigan State University president Lou Anna Simon and Gov. Jennifer Granholm from stepping in the March mud at the groundbreaking of MSU’s Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum.
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Wednesday, March 17,2010

Over my dead bodypaint

by Amy Alkon
He’s actually demanding that the bride rebook the church, the caterer, the florist, and the hall, and tell hundreds of her guests to change their plans.
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Wednesday, March 17,2010

Cemetery Symmetry

Death is only the beginning of the story in a Niffenegger novel

by Bill Castanier
Niffenegger and her writing are known for unusual goings on. Take her first book, “The Time Traveler’s Wife,” which put an unusual twist on H.G. Welles’ literary trope of time-travel. A young couple, Clare and Henry, meet, fall in love and marry. That’s where the tradition ends and Niffenegger’s imagination begins.
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Wednesday, March 17,2010

Comedic comfort food

´Opal´s Husband´ is predictable farce

by Paul Wozniak
The Starlight Dinner Theater is virtually immune to theater criticism for the same reason as summer blockbusters: It has a built-in audience. Their latest production, “Opal’s Husband,” never aims to be more than artistically clear, formulaic comic fare.
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Wednesday, March 17,2010

Kelly's comeback

Back in business in a new location

by ALLAN I. ROSS
A handwritten sign in the window is about as grand as this opening gets: “We’re Open!” “We didn’t know until 4 o’ clock on Friday we’d be open,” said Lynne Burns, who co-owns Kelly’s Downtown with her husband, Lenny, and some other partners. “We missed our customers and we’re really happy to be back, especially in time for St.
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Wednesday, March 17,2010

'Zeitoun' selected for One Book, One Community

Author Dave Eggers visits East Lansing Aug. 29

by James Sanford
The City of East Lansing and Michigan State University have selected Dave Eggers’ 2009 novel “Zeitoun” as the 2010 One Book, One Community novel. Set in New Orleans immediately after Hurricane Katrina has devastated the city, “Zeitoun” chronicles the journey of Syrian-American Abdulrahman Zeitoun, his wife, Kathy, and their four children as they face the storm’s terrifying aftermath.
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Wednesday, March 17,2010

The Screening Room

It´s ´80s redux: Remakes pour into cineplexes

by James Sanford
“I would love to see some new ideas come out of the big studios ' the remake thing is killing me,” one Facebook follower complained. “I think they have remade every cult horror movie and now they are going to remake every chees(y) ‘80s movie. I mean, what’s next.
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Wednesday, March 17,2010

'Cheatin','April' among this week's theater openings

by James Sanford
“Cheatin’” (Lansing Civic Players) — Wagging tongues and other wagging body parts stir up big trouble in a tiny Texas town where infidelity is inescapable. Leo Sell, Paul Levandowski, Bob Purosky, Kat Cooper, Sandy Vanlacker, Tim Cody and Tippy Canal star in a farce...
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