Classical
Minnesota Orchestra Year End Financial Results: Lots of Positives, Insist Board
Eleanor Parker, Marjorie Lawrence in 'Interrupted Melody' and Original 'Sound of Music' Baroness, Dead at 91
"She so thoroughly prepared a role that she made her work look easy, the way Fred Astaire made his dance routines look easy. The sweat is never visible on the screen. It comes in preparation, not in performance," said William Ludwig, who won an Academy Award for his script for Parker's 'Interrupted Melody.' Quickies: Andrea Bocelli at MIT, Yo-Yo Ma at the Mall, Guitarist Jim Hall's Obit, 'Six By Sondheim' on HBO, 'Heathers' Musical Off Broadway
Bocelli, who became blind after a childhood accident, visited MIT in support of the Andrea Bocelli Foundation’s (ABF) funding of research on assistive technologies for the blind and for reducing global poverty.
