Michelle Dawson says you needn’t love ABBA to have a blast at “Mamma Mia!”
“Once you’ve seen it, you become an ABBA fan,” said Dawson who stars in the touring production of the musical, opening Tuesday at the Pioneer Center. “I mean the songs are incredible. “I don’t think people realize how popular and famous these [...]
Entries from May 2009
May 29, 2009
‘Mamma Mia!’ heading to Reno
May 29, 2009
Juilliard grad returns home for concert
Molly Carr is excited to be returning to Reno, if only for a few days.
The 22-year-old violist grew up in the Biggest Little City before moving to New York City to study at the Manhattan School of Music and the Juilliard School and will perform Sunday to benefit the Suzuki Music Association of Reno/Tahoe.
“I’m always [...]
May 26, 2009
Video Verdict: New DVDs for May 26
It’s a slow week on the DVD front, with only one major theatrical release making its way to home video.
May 24, 2009
‘Up’ avoids gimmicky 3D
Don’t go to Pixar Animation Studio’s first 3-D feature expecting things to fly out of the screen and hover in your face. That’s not going to happen.
“Our job is to make the audience forget they’re at the movies, as opposed to reminding them they’re watching a movie,” said producer Jonas Rivera. “We treated the screen [...]
May 24, 2009
Ed Asner helps ‘Up’ soar
When it came time to cast the lead voice actor for “Up,” Pixar filmmakers didn’t look beyond veteran actor Ed Asner.
The animated movie, opening Friday, tells the story of Carl Frederickson, an embittered elderly man who attaches hundreds of helium balloons to his home and floats to South America. Asner, said producer Jonas Rivera, was [...]
May 19, 2009
Video Verdict: New DVDs for May 19
This week’s DVD releases include a World War II thriller starring Tom Cruise, a goofy comedy featuring Kevin James and the first season of an excellent television drama led by Anna Paquin.
May 12, 2009
Video Verdict: New DVDs for May 12
This week’s DVD releases are anchored by a prequel to the popular “Underworld” franchise and an action-packed thriller featuring Liam Neeson.
May 8, 2009
Nimoy passes the Spock torch
For more than 40 years, science fiction fans have known Leonard Nimoy as Spock, the half-Vulcan Starfleet officer who cut his teeth aboard the starship Enterprise. This week, Nimoy, who lives part-time at Lake Tahoe, is passing the torch to Zachary Quinto, a sharp-featured young actor who plays Spock in the new “Star Trek” feature [...]
May 7, 2009
TMCC producing ‘Rocky Horror’
Talk to Truckee Meadows Community College theater instructor Paul Aberasturi and it doesn’t take long for him to start gushing about students and colleagues.
“We have something that we’re proud of,” he said before a rehearsal for the school’s upcoming production of “The Rocky Horror Show.” “We think it’s probably one of the best theater companies [...]
