11 OVATION NOMS FLOW TO 'BIG RIVER' MUSICAL.Byline: - Staff and Wire Services The revival of the Huck huck n. Huckaback. Noun 1. huck - toweling consisting of coarse absorbent cotton or linen fabric huckaback toweling, towelling - any of various fabrics (linen or cotton) used to make towels Finn-inspired musical ``Big River'' by North Hollywood's Deaf West Theatre Founded in 1991, Deaf West Theatre Company has become a cultural institution serving as a model for deaf theatre worldwide. It is noted for being the first professional resident Sign Language Theatre in the western half of the United States. led the list of nominees for the 2002 Ovation awards Established in 1989, the Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Awards are a major Southern California award for excellence in theatre with is held each November. The Ovation Awards are the only peer-judged theatre awards in Los Angeles. Called the "... . ``Big River,'' which will be revived at the Mark Taper Forum The Mark Taper Forum is a small thrust stage with 745 seats at the Los Angeles Music Center built by Welton Beckett and Associates. It has presented innovative plays since 1967. The world premiere of Angels In America was produced here. in November, earned 11 nominations. Tied for second with eight nominations apiece were Center Theatre Group's productions of ``Flower Drum Song'' (at the Mark Taper Forum), and ``Into the Woods'' (Ahmanson) and a pair of Valley shows: ``Napoli Milionaria'' at the Road Theatre Company and the Colony Theatre's ``Side Show.'' Taper productions led the way with 16 nominations followed by the Colony with 15. The Ovations, which honor achievement in Los Angeles theater, will be held Nov. 24 at the Orpheum Theatre. The awards are sponsored by the Theatre League Alliance of Los Angeles. 'SARGENT' AT LACMA LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art LACMA Los Angeles County Medical Association LACMA Latin American and Caribbean Movers Association : More than six dozen paintings by Italian-born portrait artist John Singer Sargent are coming to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, also known as LACMA, is the official and world-renowned art museum of the County of Los Angeles, California, located on Wilshire Boulevard along Museum Row in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles. early next year for a three-month exhibition, it was announced Monday. ``Sargent and Italy'' will run Feb. 2 through May 11, giving audiences an understanding of the significance of Italy to the American artist, said Kirsten Schmidt of LACMA. The exhibition will feature 75 paintings, complementing LACMA's permanent Sargent collection. Sargent is most famous for his portraits capturing the elegance and glamour of international high society at the end of the 19th century. He began his career painting the island of Capri and the hidden byways of Venice in the 1870s and early 1880s. Between 1897 and 1914, Sargent traveled to Italy every year to paint his favorite subjects. The artist was born in Florence in 1856 to expatriate American parents. In 1878, he made his first trip to the United States, where he claimed his American citizenship. |
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