| High School Musical on London stage
The Disney big hit High School Musical is being turned into a London stage show, it has been announced. The musical will be the latest new outing for the record-breaking global phenomenon, which first appeared as a children's TV film two years ago. The production will differ from the 31-date UK tour, which has its official opening on Monday night in Bromley, Kent, and is expected to be seen by 600,000 people. The London production will open with a 10-week season at the Hammersmith Apollo in June, with actors yet to be cast. It will be the latest Disney show in London following Mary Poppins, and The Lion King. The announcement comes as the box office opens for the High School Musical UK tour, following £9 million worth of advance sales.
There will be blood: Festival slasher stage show takes on messy new ...
Last April, Rob Matsushita and Morey Burnard drew two phrases out of a hat for Mercury Players Theatre 's 24-hour play festival, where Madison-area playwrights write a show based on those brief snippets. Matsushita and Burnard randomly picked "Thug Passion #2 " and "Discordia 's Sunshine Death, " both names of mixed drinks. That short stage play, written in 12 hours, became a 45-minute feature film with 11 original songs. The result, "Massacre (The Musical)," will make its premiere tonight at the High Noon Saloon. The Madison film also has been submitted to the Wisconsin Film Festival in hopes of a spring screening. "Massacre " tells the story of Discordia Doren (Kelly Kiopes), a good Catholic schoolgirl driven to dispatch her less-than-moral friends in gruesome ways during a getaway trip to a friend 's cabin.
2007: The Year in Review
Jaclyn Wachowiak of LaSalle was charged with disorderly conduct.March 3 — The Friends of Strays facility is flooded with up to two inches of water after recent rains. The hundreds of cats in the building are safe, but to repair the damage could cost thousands of dollars, FOS Director Bonnie Doty said.March 6 — The Princeton City Council votes against the approval of a total burn ban ordinance for the city.The Spring Valley City Council approves the final plat of Spring Creek Subdivision, Fourth Addition, a three-lot subdivision to be built on the city’s north side. The council annexes the property into the city limits.March 8 — Eighteen months after beginning with a vision and a hope, the new BueComm Emergency Communications Center in Princeton is fully operational. Coordinator Doug Miller said the facility officially came "on-line" Feb.
Pearce named as one of Capello's assistants
As well as being involved in all of the planning ahead of games, he will sit next to me on the bench during the matches and have a key position around the team." The Football Association was adamant when appointing an overseas coach last month that an Englishman had to be included as part of his staff. Capello's other assistants, goalkeeping coach Franco Tancredi and fitness coach Massimo Neri, are Italian. England's first overseas coach, Sven-Goran Eriksson, had Steve McClaren as his assistant until his resignation in 2006, but the Englishman struggled when he took over and was fired last year. The FA is keen for another English candidate to be better prepared to take over the national team when Capello eventually steps down. "There will also be opportunities at the end of the season when the under 21s and seniors are not playing at the same time when Stuart can be with us at all times," Capello said.
Analysis: Iowa challenged Clinton
But for all the Clintons' star power among Democrats, Obama and Edwards drew their own large followings by arguing it's time for a new direction in Washington. Voters clearly were interested in moving past the Bush presidency, with even underdog candidates Joe Biden and Bill Richardson drawing crowds that in previous years would have been impressive for a front-runner. But voters were divided over who would be the best nominee for the party after suffering narrow losses to Bush in the last two presidential elections. Edwards began with a strong following after his second-place finish in 2004, and his supporters did not abandon him even as his campaign suffered over the summer amid negative publicity over his expensive haircuts and lavish new home. But at the time when Edwards was down, he saw Clinton and Obama close his lead in Iowa.
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