Backstage with Theoni Aldredge profiles a famed costume designer
Theoni V. Aldredge, renowned for stage costumes in works like Annie and La Cage aux Folles, shares backstage insights from a 30 year career. She recalls revisions for Merrick and Laurents projects, notes how costumes communicate character, and discusses her methods with Barbara Matera.
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Broadway
Theoni V. Aldredge
Joseph Papp
David Merrick
Michael Bennett
Papp
Aldredge
Laurents
Nick
Nora
Christine Baranski
Katharine Hepburn
Marlene Deitrich
Joanna Gleason
Terrier
Asta
Gleason
Faye Dunaway
Elizabeth Taylor
Tom Aldredge
New York City
City
Jessica Lange
Jane Fonda
Victoriana
Bennett
Evening of silent Laurel and Hardy cartoons marks Oliver Hardy birthday
The Weinberg Center hosts an 8 p.m. Saturday tribute of silent Laurel and Hardy comedies for Oliver Hardy’s 100th birthday. Floyd Werle will accompany. titles include Leave Em Laughing From Soup to Nuts Youre Darn Tootin Their Purple Moment and Unaccustomed As We Are. Norvell Hardy born January 18 1892 in Harlem Ga is profiled along with his stage name memory. Hal Roach’s studio era 1926 1940 cited. 106 films made with Stan Laurel.
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Weinberg Center
Oliver Hardy
Floyd Werle
Stan
Ollie
Norvell Hardy
Harlem
Oliver
Hardy
Norvell
Emily
Milledgeville
Florida
California
Hal Roach
Stan Laurel
Laurel and
Laurel
John Wayne
Laurel and Hardy
Kennedy assassination debate fueled by film and book
The Kennedy assassination remains a live topic as Oliver Stone's JFK and Mark Lane's Plausible Denial stimulate renewed inquiry. Lane argues CIA involvement and calls Warren Commission findings flawed, citing FOIA documents and a recent trial verdict supporting his view. Fans, students, and locals discuss the film’s impact at Waldenbooks and Frederick Towne Mall, reflecting on where beliefs stand decades later.
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John F. Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Jfk
Mark Lane
Warren Commission
Oswald
Lane
Waldenbooks
Francis Scott Key Mail
CIA
Oliver) Stone
Ida Vanaman
Frederick Towne Mall
Gettysburg
Paul Hubbard
Ron Ringle
Judith Siegel
Frederick
Frederick Symphony Plans Jan 17 Concert at Weinberg Center
The Frederick Symphony Orchestra under Donald Black performs January 17 at 8 p.m. in Frederick's Weinberg Center with soprano Donna Gullstrand tenor Aaron McGill and bass David Crawford, plus Gov. Thomas Johnson High School Concert Choir and Middletown High School Chamber Choir. Tickets cost 8 adults 5 seniors and free for children and students.
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Frederick Symphony Orchestra
FSO
Donald Black
Weinberg Center For the Arts
Frederick
Donna Gullstrand
Aaron McGill
David Crawford
Gov. Thomas Johnson High School
Middletown High School
Jean Sibelius
Finland
Russia
Sibelius
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Newspaper Enterprise Association
Ea Ae
Rae
Frederick Towne
Mark Crummett
Sts UR Comtested
der Freischutz
Zamiel
von Weber
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Johnny
Newspapero
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