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Southern Rock and Country Band ‘Alabama’ Back To Their Bowery Tour at the Hard Rock Live Slava's Snow Show is a cross between Cirque du Soleil and the Blue Man Group.
By Eleanor Hannan Alabama is an American country music and southern rock band from Fort Payne, Alabama, founded in 1969 by Randy Owen, lead vocalist, and rhythm guitarist. The band’s blend of traditional country music and southern rock, combined with elements of gospel and pop music, gave the band a combined appeal that helped lead to their unprecedented success as they toured extensively. They have more than 30 number one country records on the Billboard Magazine charts to their credit and to date have sold over 73 million records. Through the years, from the very beginning, to the year 2011, Alabama has continued to score hit after hit from their very first greatest hit album released in 1986, that included the song: “She and I,” followed by so many more such as, “Touch Me When We’re Dancing,” “You’ve Got the Touch,” “Take a Little Trip,” “Once Upon a Time,” “Hometown Honeymoon,” “She Ain’t Your Ordinary Girl,” “In Pictures,” “Give Me One More Shot” and in 2003, their album “I’m In The Mood.” Alabama was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in 2005 and has received many Grammy Awards. Randy Owen, Teddy Gentry and Jeff Cook reunited at the 2011 ACM awards and now their tour will be celebrating their 40th Anniversary when they appear at the Hard Rock Live on August 10, 2013 at 8 p.m. Tickets range from $79 to $169 at the box office, (in person only) located on State Road 7 (U S 441) in Hollywood. Call: (954) 327-ROCK. Or: 1 (800) 937-0010 for information. Parking is free. JIM BROCHU KNOWN FOR HIS PORTRAYAL OF ZERO MOSTEL NOW AT STAGE DOOR THEATRE IN CHARACTER MAN Jim Brochu will greatly entertain his audience with his new solo show “Character Man” at the Broward Stage Door Theatre, now through August 11, 2013, famous for his dazzling role as Zero Mostel in “Zero Hour,” Jim, a Carbonell and Drama Desk Award
Winner will put his stamp on this original musical that will be opening Off-Broadway sometime this fall. Written by Brochu and dedicated to the finest character actors of the Broadway stage, the show spotlights the work of Jack Gifford, George S. Irving, Robert Preston, Jackie Gleason, Zero Mostel, Barney Martin, Cyril Ritchard, Phil Silvers and Jim’s own mentor, two-time Tony Award winner, David Burns. The show also features the lyrics and music of Julie Stein, Bob Merrill, Stephen Sondheim, John Kander, Stephen Schwartz, Fred Ebb, Jerry Bock, Jerry Herman, Sheldon Harnick, Kurt Weil, Maxwell Anderson, Betty Comden & Adolph Green, among a few others. Character Man is a salute to the great supporting players of Broadway, filled with hilarious backstage stories and touching recollections to be shared by Brochu with photos and videos from his own collection. He feels there would be no Broadway without these guys who supported these well known great stars and were also able to get so much laughter from their audiences as well. Jim says, “They were such dear, amazing, funny men and I don’t want them to ever be forgotten.” Judged as ‘The Best Show Of The Year,” tickets are $38 at the Broward Stage Door Theatre’s box office, located at 8036 West Sample Road, Coral Springs. For more information and reservations, call: (954) 344-7765. IT'S SNOW TIME IN MIAMI AT THE ARSHT CENTER AS PURE MAGIC AND ENCHANTMENT FILL THE AIR: Slava's Snow Show is a cross between Cirque du Soleil and the Blue Man Group. This entertaining phenomenon takes the audience on an alluring 90 minute journey that is absolutely breathtaking and fun. They call him "the best clown in the world." His Snow Show is celebrated as "A Theatre Classic of the 20th Century." Recognition came unusually fast for Slava Polunin and from that moment on his fame was unstoppable. Slava doesn't just do things.
Randy Owen, Teddy Gentry and Jeff Cook reunited at the 2011 ACM awards and now their tour will be celebrating their 40th Anniversary when they appear at the Hard Rock Live on August 10, 2013 at 8 p.m.
• Alabama has continued to score hit after hit from their very first greatest hit album released in 1986, that included the song: “She and I” Everything he accomplishes in life is very well thought out. No matter how crazy or incredible the most adventurous feat is, he will not allow it to defeat him. In achieving his ideas he is very exact, cool, collected and no one can challenge him or change his mind. Evidently, his personality has never changed. He attended the Economic Institute of Engineering in Novosil, a town in the Orlovsk province of Leningrad which he left, disappointing his mother's dreams of him becoming an engineer. He began working in pantomime, he lovingly named "Expressive Idiotism," bringing him a great deal of popularity. He was crowned as the artist laureate of Estrada, the Russian showbiz stage. The show is a fusion of traditional and contemporary theatrical clowning arts that brilliantly creates a world of wonderment and fantasy, transporting the audience into a joyous dreamland where a bed becomes a boat in a storm-tossed sea, a child walks inside a bubble while Slava boards a train and then becomes the train, the chimney-pot hat billowing smoke and a web of unspun cotton that completely surrounds the audience. The brilliant finale has a letter turn into snowflakes that turns into a snowstorm, whirling around the theatre leaving the audience ankle-deep in snow. Not recommended for children under 8 years. This remarkable world of wonder, a reminder that no one is ever too old to enjoy
clowns, takes center stage in the Ziff Ballet Opera House now through August 25, 2013. For tickets and
show time information, call the box office at: (305) 949-6722, located at 1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami.
“See You at the Theatre” Contact Eleanor at ESuntimes@aol.com