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Deborah Wilker

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Covers:  Live entertainment, power lists, icon obits, editing and more. Freelance editorial director specializing in biographies and live Q&As.
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Something's Coming: LA Opera Unveils a Cinematic 'West Side Story'

Something's Coming: LA Opera Unveils a Cinematic 'West Side Story'

The Hollywood Reporter — The production, created specifically for grand opera houses, has its West Coast premiere Saturday at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion: "Restoring the original scale and glory to certain pieces ... is what we do."
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Rita Wilson Talks Politics, Health and "Musical Intercourse" Ahead of Geffen Playhouse Show

Rita Wilson Talks Politics, Health and "Musical Intercourse" Ahead of Geffen Playhouse Show

The Hollywood Reporter — It wasn't long after the Universal Ampitheatre opened in 1972 that a teenager named Rita Wilson - a born-and-bred Angeleno - found herself in the middle of all the musical action with a short list of questions.
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Shawn Mendes Rocks His Dream Stage at Sold-Out L.A. Staples Center Concert

Shawn Mendes Rocks His Dream Stage at Sold-Out L.A. Staples Center Concert

Billboard — In the 10 months since Shawn Mendes released his sophomore set Illuminate, the Canadian singer-songwriter has graduated from theaters to arenas on tour - a big step for the 18-year-old, who just five years ago was still teaching himself to play guitar via YouTube tutorials.
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'Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of The Temptations': Theater Review

'Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of The Temptations': Theater Review

The Hollywood Reporter — In the divine vocals, chart-topping singles and supple dance moves of Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of The Temptations, audiences will surely find a lot to love next year when this much-anticipated production about the Motown trailblazers opens at New York's Imperial Theatre.
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'Hamilton': Theater Review

'Hamilton': Theater Review

The Hollywood Reporter — In the two years since debuted on Broadway, the game-changing musical about the founding fathers hasn't just become a pop-culture behemoth. It has transformed history lessons in schools and the way tickets are sold to live events. It has overhauled our notions of what Broadway musicals can be and who should star in them.
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Sterling K. Brown Jumps From 'The People v. O.J. Simpson' to Civil War in 'Father Comes Home'

Sterling K. Brown Jumps From 'The People v. O.J. Simpson' to Civil War in 'Father Comes Home'

The Hollywood Reporter — As the critically acclaimed FX limited series The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story wraps tonight, castmember Sterling K. Brown, who has hooked viewers as prosecutor Christopher Darden, won't be hosting a viewing party.
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Disciples of Bob Fosse Handle His 'Dancin' ' With Care

Disciples of Bob Fosse Handle His 'Dancin' ' With Care

Yahoo Entertainment — In the 40 years since Dancin' closed on Broadway, countless revivals and tours of Bob Fosse's shows have come and gone, Sweet Charity, Damn Yankees and Pippin, among them. The 1996 revival of Chicago is still running. Dancin', however, has always been MIA, despite its equally sexy shimmer.
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'Dear Evan Hansen': Theater Review

'Dear Evan Hansen': Theater Review

Billboard — When it debuted on Broadway in December 2016, was that rarest of modern-day musicals - a wholly original, baked-from-scratch piece with an unfamiliar score by emerging songwriters and a book that actually told an all-new story.
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Diplo Talks Thinking 'Beyond the US,' Going Off-The-Beaten-Path at Billboard Touring Conference

Diplo Talks Thinking 'Beyond the US,' Going Off-The-Beaten-Path at Billboard Touring Conference

Billboard — What would Diplo do? On Wednesday at the annual Billboard Touring Conference & Awards, the international hit-making DJ and producer discussed his approach to dominating the globe with his music and how he and his team make things work - even in the most challenging environments.
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'The Cher Show': Theater Review

'The Cher Show': Theater Review

The Hollywood Reporter — If Cher had ever envisioned a cage match between ex-husbands Sonny Bono and Gregg Allman, it's heartwarming to think she may have done so in the Cher-iest way possible: In one of the strangest theatrical numbers ever, with the men performing "Dark Lady" as a duet while sexy dancers writhe between them.
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Economic Clouds On Florida Film Horizon

Economic Clouds On Florida Film Horizon

Backstage — Fueled by historically low costs, a deep pool of production talent, exotic scenery and plenty of sunshine, Florida's lucrative location shooting business, valued at about $3.9 billion a year at its peak, has boomed right along with the state itself for much of the past three decades -- seemingly immune to the few rough storms that passed through. But two unusually active hurricane seasons, which brought eight major storms to the state during a 15-month period in 2004 and '05, have resulted in a new crisis: insurance increases of 500% to 2,000% for some businesses and residents.
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'Exhausted' Billy Joel: "I'm just tired of the larceny in this industry"

'Exhausted' Billy Joel: "I'm just tired of the larceny in this industry"

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Wire — A little over a year ago Billy Joel was in the midst of his sold-out "River of Dreams" tour, and a storybook life with his wife, model Christie Brinkley. Their quiet world on Long Island's far eastern shore with daughter Alexa seemed shielded from the intrusions that undo so many celebrity lives. Now, it has all come undone. "I remember nothing from this time last year," Joel says. "I was working a lot and just glad I was working. "My marriage broke up. I lost my family. I really need to just go home and reacquaint myself with my own humanity again."
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What make the Faux fab? The love they give

What make the Faux fab? The love they give

Reuters — NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - It was an evening straight out of Lincoln Center, with bravos for the harpist and a standing ovation for the trumpet solo. But this was no black-tie event.
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Tina Turner, Electrifying Entertainer and Feminist Hero, Dies at 83

Tina Turner, Electrifying Entertainer and Feminist Hero, Dies at 83

The Hollywood Reporter — Tina Turner, the trailblazing rock star who set world records for ticket sales - and whose dramatic triumph over domestic abuse and the music industry itself made her a feminist icon - has died. She was 83. Turner died Wednesday "after a long illness" in her home in Kusnacht near Zurich, Switzerland, her reps announced.
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