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WEDNESDAY 22 OCTOBER
Presented by John Wilson
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE
The multi-award winning Broadway musical Thoroughly Modern Millie was a smash hit in New York. Can Amanda Holden and the British cast do the same in London's West End? Matt Wolf, London correspondent for Variety magazine reviews.
Thoroughly Modern Millie is at The Shaftesbury Theatre, London
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SESAME STREET
Can The Muppets succeed where George Bush and Tony Blair have failed? John Wilson finds out how Sesame Street is helping spread a message of peace in the Middle East.
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BILL VIOLA
Author and critic, Michael Arditti reviews video artist Bill Viola's new show The Passions as he becomes the first living artist to have a solo exhibition at the National Gallery.
The Passions opens today at the National Gallery in London and runs until 4 January
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PARAM VIR'S ION
Front Row talks to composer Param Vir, whose opera, Ion, based on David Lan’s translation of the Euripides’ play, receives its British premiere at the Royal Opera House tomorrow evening.
Param Vir's opera Ion is at the Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, London, 23 and 24 October and then on tour to Basingstoke, Poole, Sheffield, Mold, Huddersfield, Cardiff and Birmingham
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WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL
Tomorrow sees the inaugural concert at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. Clad in stainless steel panels and glass, the hall was designed by Frank O. Gehry, whose other works include the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. Architecture and design critic Sam Hall Kaplan talks to Front Row about his impression of the building.
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