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Images from Boulder's Dinner Theatre's "Singin' in the Rain." Photos by Sue Daniels.

Dear David: One of my favorite musicals is "Brigadoon." I am not a fan, however, of the Gene Kelly film version in which several of the original songs were left out to make time for Kelly's too-long dance sequences.

Have you ever wanted to see on the big screen Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O'Connor dancing and singing away Singin' in the Rain or what about The Thin Man starring William Powell and Myrna Loy? Starting in December, you will be able to see these classic movies and more at All-Star Cinemas.

Published: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 12:02 p.m. There are just two things you need to know when you buy your ticket to see the Gainesville Community Playhouse's production of the musical "Singin' in the Rain" at the Vam York Theater.

For the next few weeks, the forecast calls for intermittent nostalgia, melodic refrains, spirited dance routines and perfectly timed downpours - all on stage at the Tonne Playhouse in Largo Cultural Center.

Writer, director and star Matthew Newton preps for war in Three Blind Mice. Plenty of movies have shown soldiers enjoying a brief period of freedom before shipping out to an uncertain fate, and writer-?director Matthew Newton knows it.

I am beginning to feel like a character in "Pilgrim's Progress," trudging along, heavy-laden and in depressed mode.

Welcome to On the Radar, where we preview up-and-coming arts events to mark your calendar for.

'Let Them Sing it for You' is an awesome time-suck of a website that turns whatever you type into a box into a song.

Ranked No. 75 on imdb.com's list of the Top 250 Films of All Time, "Singin' in the Rain" starring Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor will show at 2 p.m. on Sunday at Merrimack Hall, 2211 Triana Blvd.

IT wasn't God, but the male voice that floated over the P.A. system managed to convey all the solemnity and importance of a sacred occasion.

After three days of gloom and doom, the sun finally broke through Sunday afternoon, just as the 10th annual Black Bear Film Festival wound up.

The Tuesday Musical Film series at the Haverstraw King's Daughters Public Library presents the 1949 hit musical "On the Town" at 1:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. The wacky musical-comedy follows a trio of sailors on 24-hour leave in New York City, as they search for fun and romance.

Theater fosters talk on civil liberties A classic movie about the first high-profile trial for the American Civil Liberties Union will be the subject of a special screening and panel discussion Tuesday at Film Streams' Ruth Sokolof Theater, 14th and Webster Streets.

Turner Classic Movies is running a special on Leslie Caron in October -- every Monday this month features her movies, and tonight are the best-known musicals: An American In Paris , Gigi and Lili .

Inherit The Wind is one of my favorite movies of all times. You have Spencer Tracy fighting against the ignorance and intolerance of religious bias.

In a concert from the Monterey Jazz Festival, Jamie Cullum links Gene Kelly's "Singin' in the Rain" to Rihanna's "Umbrella." In a concert from the Monterey Jazz Festival, Jamie Cullum links Gene Kelly's "Singin' in the Rain" to Rihanna's "Umbrella." "I Get a Kick Out of You" "Blame It on My Youth" "Ex-Factor" "You and Me Are Gone" "Twentysomething" ...

Sally Struthers is a delight in the role as the supposedly goodie-two-shoes mayor in the Ogunquit Playhouse's offering of "All Shook Up." But she's not the only reason to pay an autumn visit to the Playhouse.

IT NEVER rains but it pours for a Dorset theatre company that has built the set for a major touring production of Singina in the Rain.

After one particular show in London, Tim Flavin received a letter from a fan who said 'You made me dance all the way back to my car'. For Tim, that sums up precisely what it's all about.