In "Pippin, " the thrilling moments of Bob Fosse's choreography look tame compared with the aerial stunts.
In a passage in the first act, for example, Pippin (Matthew James Thomas) liberally sows his oats.
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At a recent performance of "Pippin, " she delivered the most exciting Broadway dance moment I've seen this season.
They are being supplied in 70 packs of three trees - Downton Pippin, Stoke Edith Pippin and Herefordshire Russet.
She unflinchingly grabbed Pippin's crown, put it on and danced with the aplomb that is honed with years of experience.
" Patina Miller, best actress in a musical nominee for "Pippin.
"Theater works in 20-year cycles, " said choreographer Chet Walker, who danced in the original "Pippin" in 1972 and created Fosse-style choreography for the new production.
Patina Miller, last on Broadway as the heroine of "Sister Act, " stepped into the Ben Vereen role of Leading Player in "Pippin" and earned her second straight nomination.
While the clownish antics of circus theater isn't really Mr. Morse's bag, a poignant scene between Pippin and his grandmother Berthe (Andrea Martin) connected his heart to the production.
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Schwartz had come to her with another show, and during the conversation, she raised the subject of "Pippin, " which is still performed by countless school groups and regional troupes.
Hobbits Merry and Pippin are given more chance to shine - especially Pippin (Billy Boyd), who has a more dramatic role than his jokey earlier persona, and braves darker scenes.
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Maybe, I thought, if I ordered this wireless Kindle 2 I would be pulled into a world of compulsive, demonic book consumption, like Pippin staring at the stone of Orthanc.
Jerry Seslowe, managing director of a holding company that Anschutz founded with the Pritzker family, recalls Anschutz's moral outrage in the early 1980s after taking his wife to see Pippin.
Jerry Seslowe, the managing director of a holding company that Anschutz founded with the Pritzker family, recalls Anschutz's moral outrage in the early 1980s after he took his wife to see Pippin.
Starting in 1967 Bill and Camille Cosby built a collection of 400 works dating from the 18th through the 20th century and including artists like Bearden, Lawrence, late-19th-century landscape painter Edward Mitchell Bannister, self-taught 20th-century artist Horace Pippin and 1960s abstract painter Alma Thomas.
Pippin is the young son of Charlemagne, and heir to the throne, but that's not enough for him: He's desperate to find a meaningful role in life (his own "Corner of the Sky, " to quote his opening song.) On Broadway, John Rubinstein (son of pianist Arthur) imbued the role with a sweet, almost absent-minded innocence.
Among revivals of musicals, "Pippin" is the strongest contender, with 10 nominations, including one for its director, Diane Paulus. (Only five musical revivals were eligible for the award, and four of them earned nominations.) A highly inventive revival that upped the ante by adding all manner of circus acts, including a grandmother hoisted aloft, Ms. Paulus will give "Matilda" director Matthew Warchus tough competition.
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