Posts by Constance Cherise
The Palace Theater will be hosting a Carnivale Masquerade Ball April 27 at 8 p.m. in the newly-renovated Spotlight Room located right next door to the theater on Hanover Street.
Known for spectacle, DeMille definitively found an unbeatable combination in religion, and sexuality that kept his audiences thoroughly entertained.
Livingston Taylor takes center stage at the Palace Theatre April 11 in Manchester NH, opening for the David Bromberg Quintet.
The Nicholas Brothers: When Fred Astaire and Gene Kelley idolize you, you must be doing everything right.
“When do you think the time is to love somebody … it’s when he is at his lowest and he can’t believe in himself ’cause the world done whipped him so. When you start measurin’ somebody measure him right.”
This classic is returning to the big screen Jan. 27-Feb. 3 at area theaters across the country, and locally in Londonderry, Merrimack and Hooksett.
Let’s start the beginning of the year with the end — the end of what most fans would agree is the last of the great movie musicals.
As a fan of classic film, I must confess that I have never seen It’s a Wonderful Life until researching for this article. Of course, as we all have, I’ve seen the advertisements for the film during the typical holiday line-up, but had no desire to actually watch it.
However, this is not the final chapter in Thomas’ business career. He unrolls blueprints detailing his newest venture, that does not include the pain of a tattoo gun or piercing needles. Clearly seeing he has the ability to bring life to his dreams, Thomas’ next phase is the creation of Angel City Music Hall, located below Spider Bite, complete with bar, restaurant, and live acts of varying music genres. He expects the hall to be completed in approximately one year.
Known as a camp classic, the 1943 production of 20th Century Fox motion picture The Gang’s All Here, was mainly a vehicle to showcase the hottest starlet of the day, Carmen Miranda.
When I finally watched the classic movie, Top Hat, I immediately recognized the set as being the same one I recalled on Sesame Street, and instantly understood why the child in me was enraptured.
You have not seen glamour until you’ve seen 1932’s multi-Oscar winning, The Great Ziegfeld.
Homegrown talent Jodi Katz, on finding her place in the spotlight, touring with Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and what the next chapter of her professional career looks like.
As an all-black musical production during a time where black performances where scripted to be cut out of movies in order to be shown to white Southern audiences (in fact Cabin In The Sky was banned in Memphis) it was a massive gamble for director Vincente Minnelli,
“All right Mr. Demille … I’m ready for my close-up …”
The story of Carlos Martinez is one of conquest over circumstance. Born in Chicago and raised in Texas by Spanish and Mexican parents, childhood proved to be dire.
Set during the turn of the century, this 1948 Oscar-winning musical smash hit backed by an Irving Berlin score, grossed six million dollars. Although, six million seems petty by today’s standards, consider in 1948 the average movie ticket was 37 cents.
Red River Theatre’s recent Oscar Party got me thinking: Are we just looking for a reason to dress up, or has Hollywood’s retro-underground taken a turn for the mainstream?
When I got the thumbs-up to launch this column, my heart nearly exploded from my chest. There was no question as to which movie would be the first I would review, the movie that rightfully began my love affair with classic film, ‘Singin’ in the Rain.’