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ROBERT BLAKE
Prosecutors in Los Angeles said they won t seek the death penalty in the murder case against actor Robert Blake. Instead, they ll seek life in prison without the possibility of parole if Blake is convicted of killing his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley, in May 2001.
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Blake was arrested on April 18, 16 days shy of the first anniversary of his wife s death.
The decision was announced Thursday after a meeting of the district attorney s Special Circumstances Committee, which routinely reviews potential death penalty cases.
Blake s lawyer, Harland Braun, agreed with the prosecution s decision. It was the right decision and they made it early and quickly and ended the speculation, said Braun. You reserve the death penalty for the most egregious cases.
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How to satisfy your craving for musicals during lockdown
In a new Hot Docs lecture series, Come From Away producer Michael Rubinoff discusses the creation of 11 well-known Broadway shows By Glenn Sumi
The Magic of Musicals Michael Rubinoff helped develop the Tony-winning Come From Away.
Theatres may currently be closed, but a new digital lecture series at Hot Docs should satisfy that yearning for big musicals, which have been hit hard during the pandemic.
The six-part, six-hour Magic Of Musicals series – part of Hot Docs’ Curious Minds Speakers Series – includes deep-dive discussions into 11 well-known musicals, everything from West Side Story and The Sound Of Music to A Chorus Line and Les Misérables.
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A THEATRICAL adaptation of Chicago is hoped to return to Venue Cymru stage this summer. The multi-award-winning talents of John Kander, Fred Ebb and legendary choreographer Bob Fosse will bring Chicago’s sexy and sassy score to life on the stage with one show-stopping song after another. Set during the razzle-dazzle decadence of the 1920s, Chicago follows the story of Roxie Hart, a housewife and nightclub dancer who murders her on-the-side lover after he threatens to walk out on her. Desperate to avoid conviction, she dupes the public, the media and her rival cellmate Velma Kelly by hiring the city’s slickest criminal lawyer to transform her malicious crime into a barrage of sensational headlines.
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