As American as apple pie: "Smile" provides a platform for some musical-theater stars of tomorrow, but also gives rise to thought.
As I was driving home from tonight's Opening Night of "Smile", the musical by Marvin Hamlisch and Howard Ashman that deals with the "American Young Miss" beauty pageant of 1985, a couple of thoughts went through my mind: I was impressed with the cast's obvious hard work to bring this performance to the Players' stage; I "discovered" (for me) some great new…
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Added by Cliff Roles on April 17, 2009 at 3:30am —
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This evening I'll be hosting SCENE UpClose TV from 8 - 8.30 pm on BLAB TV, Sarasota Local Channel 21. In addition to talking about various new events going on this week in town and looking at the new issue of SCENE Magazine, I'll be welcoming as my guests Leslie Jones & Stacey Corley from the Junior League as well as Philip Tavill & Angie Stringer of Children First.
Don't worry if you can't see the show live - the edited clips will be available for viewing throug…
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Added by Cliff Roles on April 14, 2009 at 9:00am —
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LIVE on the airwaves, I'll be hosting "Cliff On Sundays", a 2-hour show with the Best Guests On Radio every Sunday from 12 - 2 pm! It's also available via the the Live- (and Video-) stream at http://www.wtmy.com!
You can then listen to the show from the 1280 website, my website http://www.cliffroles.com, my newsletter & my Facebook page!
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Added by Cliff Roles on April 12, 2009 at 10:15am —
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When a show or a movie are hyped to the heavens when they first come out, I normally attribute that to an over-zealous publicist and take my time before going to see them, if at all. Such was the case in London at the beginning of the Nineties with Joseph and the Amazing Techni…
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Added by Cliff Roles on April 1, 2009 at 6:30pm —
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Cliff Roles' Talk of the Sun Coast
It's Show Time!
Where everybody knows your name ...
The Sarasota Film Festival's up and running!
Woody Harrelson and daughter Deni
Photo: Cliff Roles
It's a big week for Sarasota and for movies: the Sarasota Fil…
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Added by Cliff Roles on March 30, 2009 at 11:30pm —
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I'm not going to be broadcasting my lifestyle and arts-oriented radio show Talk of the Sun Coast, which I have presented live on-air every weekday afternoon since 2004, any more through local Sarasota station WSRQ.
According to an email I received last Friday from station owner Don Murphy, he has sold the majority of his investment in the station to a Tampa media outlet, which will take the station in a more conservative and political direction.
Murphy: "This is something I am very much…
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Added by Cliff Roles on March 17, 2009 at 3:00pm —
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So I'm sitting in Row J of the Players next to my wife Maria, who after two minutes is a quivering mass of proud mother telling the whole row - and anyone else who will listen - that her son's in the cast. And all over the theatre, fathers and mothers and sons and daughters and girlfriends and boyfriends and Facebook and MySpace friends are doing the same thing. Namely, with a cast of 48 and a crew of 25, the Kevin Bacon rule of probability suggests that every audience member in the packed th…
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Added by Cliff Roles on March 13, 2009 at 1:30am —
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THE REGAL ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
11TH ANNUAL SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL
March 27 thru April 5, 2009
Films/Competitions/Events/Tributes/Parties/Special Guests
Steve Buscemi ~ David Carradine ~ Christo & Jeanne-Claude ~ Nick Dawson ~ Illeana Douglas ~ Antonio Ferrera ~ Ben Foster ~ Woody Harrelson ~ TJ Jagodowski ~ Norman Jewison ~ Oren Moverman ~ David Ortiz ~ Joe Pantoliano ~ David Pasquesi ~ Bill Paxton ~ Paul Schiff ~ Richard Schiff ~ Jon Voight
The 11th Annual Regal Entertainment Group S…
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Added by Cliff Roles on March 11, 2009 at 10:38pm —
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Jeffery Kin, Artistic Director of the Sarasota Players, is the founder of "etc", the eclectic theatre company, and its one-minute play festival "Got A Minute", which is being held this summer for the fourth time.
Other founder members include Pam Wiley, Bob Trisolini and yours truly.
We need PLAYS!
Jeff has put out the following request:
Dear Playwright, Actor and Supporter!
THE TIME IS NOW for you to get involved in finding the cure for breast cancer, to delight in an exhilarating and creat…
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Added by Cliff Roles on March 7, 2009 at 1:30pm —
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The Players Theatre is in dire need of backstage crew for its forthcoming mammoth production of Titanic, which sports a 50-person cast, a gigantic set and bloody good music. You'll work all aspects of backstage crew and tech work. Ideal for theatre and performing-arts students, actors and would-be directors seeking backstage experience. You'll learn from the best. You're needed NOW and the production runs thru March 29. It's mostly evening work (approx. 7pm - 10.30 p
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Added by Cliff Roles on February 28, 2009 at 12:30pm —
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I got to spend a really lovely couple of hours this afternoon being pampered with tea breads, mini pastries and petit fours at the "Traditional English Afternoon Tea" in the Lobby Lounge of the Ritz-Carlton Sarasota.
It was my friend Bob Plunket's idea. Bob, Sarasota Magazine's Senior Editor and beloved "Mr. Chatterbox", wanted to experience what put the "Great" in "Britain", so we gave ourselves into the capable hands of tea server Elsa Gonzalez, executive chef Guillaume Marchand and Resta…
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Added by Cliff Roles on February 22, 2009 at 9:00am —
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COURTESY PHOTO / FRANK ATURA
Kraig Swartz, left, and David S. Howard star in "Visiting Mr. Green," about a young man trying to make amends for a near accident.
By Jay Handelman
Published: Monday, February 2, 2009
You know where Jeff Baron's play "Visiting Mr. Green" is going long b…
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Added by Cliff Roles on February 3, 2009 at 7:30am —
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Seen in this morning's Sarasota Herald Tribune:
By Michael Pollick
Published: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at 1:00 a.m.
SARASOTA - SNN News 6, the Herald-Tribune's pioneering 24-hour television news station, will go dark tonight at midnight as managers seek additional investors.
The move comes after a deal months in the making fell apart when…
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Added by Cliff Roles on January 27, 2009 at 7:00am —
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Cliff Roles' Talk of the Sun Coast: News, Previews, Reviews and The Best Guests on Radio!
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In the next SCENE Magazine ...
Do you know what a Blackberry is?
I didn't, until I'd spent
TWO HOURS ON THE PHONE
WITH A JAMAICAN NAMED CLIVE
& AN ANGEL NAMED SYLVIA ...
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Added by Cliff Roles on January 26, 2009 at 10:00pm —
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You can subscribe to this Monday newsletter free of charge by going to www.cliffroles.com and entering your email address in the Contact box in the middle of the homepage!
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Added by Cliff Roles on January 20, 2009 at 6:00am —
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I gave the following little missive to SarasotaLocal's Brian Ehrlich for his latest newsletter. Hope it gives you the one or other idea to brighten your days.
Positive into 2009
By Cliff Roles
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Added by Cliff Roles on January 17, 2009 at 8:30am —
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"Spitfire Grill" runs the gamut of emotions - you'll laugh, you'll cry, and you'll adore this superb cast and infectious music. Players Theatre, 365-2494 Continue
Added by Cliff Roles on January 15, 2009 at 11:26pm —
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Thursday, January 08, 2009
The End of an Era
So long, Marjorie.
by Bob Plunket
Marjorie North’s retirement party last night at Michael’s was an opportunity for the town to wallow in nostalgia like never before, and I’m glad to report that the town took full advantage. Sarasota, believe it or not, is not a nostalgic place; here at Sarasota Magazine we are always very leery about doing a…
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Added by Cliff Roles on January 9, 2009 at 12:30am —
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Cliff Roles' Talk of the Sun Coast: News, Previews, Reviews - and the BEST guests on radio!
What is this a list of? Go the end of today's newsletter for the answer.
A live opossum in a cage
An 8' tall and 8' wide 800-pound peach
A wooden duck
A mossbunker fish
A lighted ukulele
A 900-pound brass acorn
A walleye fish named "Captain Wylie Walleye"
A wooden cow
A large Lebanon bologna stick
A sphoctagon
A huckleberry
A wooden cigar held by a lion
An illuminated pear
A giant electric moon pie
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Added by Cliff Roles on January 6, 2009 at 11:00pm —
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Cliff Roles' Talk of the Sun Coast: News, Previews, Reviews and The Best Guests on Radio!
Morning Everyone!
This being my final newsletter of the year, I've taken the liberty of including some photos that I shot over the past few days of smiling, happy faces to accompany us into a Brand New Sarasota Year.
It's been a very busy season, so maybe you haven't heard me say it much lately, and I don't bring you flowers as often as I should, but:
I love living in your town, I love doing my daily ra…
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Added by Cliff Roles on December 30, 2008 at 1:30am —
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