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Bailiwick Repertory's Jeff Award-nominated production of rocker Dennis DeYoung's new musical adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic, The Hunchback of Notre Dame , now extended by the Chicago troupe, welcomes ...

Bailiwick Repertory's Jeff Award-nominated production of rocker Dennis DeYoung's new musical adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic, The Hunchback of Notre Dame , now extended by the Chicago troupe, welcomes ...

So many people are moving to Hugo it's actually sprouting a dining scene. Until recently, eating out in this tiny 'burb generally meant pizza or dive bars.

Bailiwick Repertory's Jeff Nominated production of Dennis DeYoung's new musical adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic The Hunchback of Notre Dame has become a summer hit, playing to sold-out crowds and earning ...

Bailiwick Repertory's Jeff Award-nominated production of rocker Dennis DeYoung's new musical adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic, The Hunchback of Notre Dame , now extended by the Chicago troupe, will welcome ...

Irving Thalberg was a filmmaker's dream of a producer. He worked long hours making sure every shot of his productions worked to serve the film's story, often causing other obligations such as meetings with ...

Tickets start at $22 for open seating tiers and range in options up to the premier reserved seating section from $67. Online Tickets: http://www.laketahoeshakespeare.com Description: The Festival's in-house ...

The murderous Richard III utters these words in his most foul plot to take the throne of England.

When the 36th season of the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival opens Thursday, audiences can view the work of a new in-house directorial and artistic team.

Classic French filmmaker Jean Delannoy, who adapted novels by Victor Hugo and Andre Gide and won the Cannes Film Festival's top prize in 1946, has died at age 100, officials said Thursday.

A priest struggling to suppress his sinful desires. An army captain hungry for one last encounter before heading to war.

“The soaring ballads and driving musicality of DeYoung's score are a perfect match for this story set against the spires of the world's most beloved cathedral”

Come sail away - to Paris. Bailiwick Repertory Theatre's Chicago world-premiere production of rocker Dennis DeYoung's epic new musical The Hunchback of Notre Dame opens May 19 after previews from May 8. The ... via Playbill

“But then I went, 'Let me think, actors do eight shows a week, writers write and stay at home. Maybe I should try my hand at writing one of those musicals.”

Dennis DeYoung was once the frontman of the most popular band in America. In 1980, when Styx had multiple albums high on the Billboard charts and played live for more than 1.2 million fans, a Gallup poll made ... via Chicago Tribune

As local theatrical masochists will remember forever, in 1998, Seattle was blessed with a locally produced world-premiere rock musical based on Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame . via Slog

Dennis DeYoung's eagerly anticipated new musical adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic The Hunchback of Notre Dame begins performances on May 8 in the Bailiwick Repertory Mainstage at 1229 West Belmont. via BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content

Christina Stern In Victor Hugo's 1831 novel Notre-Dame de Paris , there is a chapter called "The Rat Hole." The term refers to a hermit's cell This is just the beginning of the article. via Commonweal

“Quasimodo, the monstrous hunchback; Esmeralda, the gypsy dancer; and Claude Frollo, the priest tortured by the specter of his own damnation.”

Notre-Dame lies at the eastern end of the le de la Cit © and was built on the ruins of two earlier churches, which were themselves predated by a Gallo-Roman temple dedicated to Jupiter. via BOOKPATHS

“The soaring ballads and driving musicality of DeYoung's score are a perfect match for this story set against the spires of the world's most beloved cathedral”

Principal casting has been announced for Bailiwick Repertory Theatre's Chicago world-premiere production of rocker Dennis DeYoung's epic new musical The Hunchback of Notre Dame. via Playbill

“Victor Hugo said 'Nothing can stop an idea whose time has come.' Well, my fellow veterans, the idea is democracy.”

February 26, 2008 at 11:20 am Filed under Culture , Education , Religion , Vox Populi "God is behind everything, but everything hides God," wrote Victor Hugo in his classic Les Miserables, Book 5, Chapter 4. ... via Men's News Daily

Stephane Urbain has revolutionized the ringing of the bells at the famous Parisian cathedral, but some say that in order to preserve the bells, they should be used less By John Tagliabue NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE, ... via Taipei Times