* 1986 – The musical The Phantom of the Opera has its first performance at Her Majesty's Theatre in London.

Her episodes featured musical interludes showcasing her singing performances.

Her novels were especially popular and included the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big ( 1924 ), Show Boat ( 1926 ; made into the celebrated 1927 musical ), Cimarron ( 1929 ; made into the 1931 film which won the Academy Award for Best Picture ), and Giant ( 1952 ; made into the 1956 Hollywood movie ).

Her autobiography details how the young actress had an instinctive ear for recreating musical sounds.

Her story of the doomed trumpet player Rick Martin was inspired, she wrote, by " the music, but not the life " of Beiderbecke, but the image of Martin quickly became the image of Beiderbecke: His story is about " the gap between the man's musical ability and his ability to fit it to his own life.

Her next film, At Long Last Love ( 1975 ), a musical again directed by Bogdanovich, also flopped.

Her research finds that anything — math, musical composition, business dilemmas — may get solved during dreaming.

Her musical style contains elements of jazz and alternative rock.

Her maternal grandparents were Millicent Green, a dancer with the George White's Scandals, a series of 1920s musical revues similar to the Ziegfeld Follies, and Johnny McAfee, a multireedist and vocalist of the big band era ; her grandparents met while touring with Johnny Hamp and his orchestra.

Her first performing experience on film was at age three where she appeared in the final scene of the 1949 musical In the Good Old Summertime.

Her appearance opposite Robert De Niro in the 1977 musical drama film, New York, New York however, gave Minnelli her best known signature song.

" Her musical style and choreography have influenced and inspired a younger generation of recording artists.

Her name is added to a list of great artists and notables in the popular Broadway musical " Rent " in the song " La Vie Boheme ".

Her voice has been described as mezzo-soprano, of near-flawless tonal quality, capable of lending itself to a variety of musical styles with apparent ease.

People published a commemorative issue in honor of Selena's memory and musical career, titled Selena 1971 – 1995, Her Life in Pictures.

Her Majesty's Theatre in Haymarket ( London ) | Haymarket, home to Andrew Lloyd Webber ’ s The Phantom of the Opera ( 1986 musical ) | The Phantom of the Opera.

She has made numerous appearances in the West End including the role of Miss Trant in the 1974 musical version of The Good Companions at Her Majesty's Theatre.

Her next project was Sadie Thompson, a Vernon Duke / Howard Dietz musical adaptation of a W. Somerset Maugham short story, but Merman found she was unable to retain the lyrics and resigned twelve days after rehearsals began.

While famous for classic recordings from Rod Stewart, Aretha Franklin, Eric Clapton, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Rolling Stones and The Allman Brothers, recent hit songs such as " Before He Cheats " by Carrie Underwood and " I Loved Her First " by Heartland continue the city's musical legacy.

After returning to work in Europe, Renoir made a trilogy of color musical comedies on the subjects of theater, politics and commerce: Le Carrosse d ' or ( The Golden Coach ) ( 1953 ) with Anna Magnani, French Cancan ( 1955 ) with Jean Gabin and María Félix and Eléna et les hommes ( Elena and Her Men, 1956 ) with Ingrid Bergman and Jean Marais.

Her revue, with future TV pioneer Danny Thomas as her opening act, included songs from her films, performances on her musical saw ( a skill she had originally acquired for stage appearances in Berlin in the 1920s ), and a pretend " mindreading " act.

From 1846 to 1852 Balfe was appointed musical director and principal conductor for the Italian Opera at Her Majesty's Theatre.

Her performances in the Broadway musical Black and Blue earned Brown a Tony Award, and the original cast recording won a Grammy Award.

Her career also faced turmoil as a result of her marriage to Parks, and the two spent much of the 1950s doing theatre and musical variety shows.

Her life story was published in book form, before being turned into musical which had a run in London's West End.

Her character design shows influences from shoujo and art nouveau.

Her current vocal influences are Sade, Kim Burrell, Boyz II Men, The Clark Sisters, Enya, and her father Willie Norwood.

Her influences included Edvard Munch and Egon Schiele ; later she destroyed all her paintings from this early period, and for a time studied philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London.

Her earliest theatrical influences were the teenaged actress Deanna Durbin, screen star Irene Dunne and Lansbury's mother, who encouraged her daughter's ambition by taking her to plays at the Old Vic.

Her dance company developed into the Pearl Primus Dance Language Institute which teaches her method of blending African-American, Caribbean, and African influences with modern dance and ballet techniques.

Her autobiography, The Woman Within, published after her death, details her progression as an author and the influences essential for her becoming an acclaimed Southern woman writer.

Her painting can be divided into several distinct phases: her early work, before her studies in Paris ; her early paintings under the Fauvist influence of her time in Paris ; a post-impressionist middle period before her encounter with the Group of Seven ; and her later, formal period, under the post-cubist influences of Lawren Harris and American artist and friend, Mark Tobey.

Her work, like the work of her contemporaries in the 1970s New York milieu of which she was a vital part — writers like Alice Notley and Bernadette Mayer, to name only two — is more diverse in its influences and ambitions.

Her main literary influences are Dickinson, Charles Olson and early Puritan writers like Cotton Mather, as well as minimalist artists such as Agnes Martin and historians such as Richard Slotkin.

Her unique style reflected those secular influences: she bent notes the way that blues and rock artists did and picked guitar like Memphis Minnie.

Her musical influences were better expressed on Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams, when she considered herself mature and was able to write and produce songs as she wished, without worrying about the expectations of others.

) Her music remained planted firmly in jazz, however, reflecting influences including those of Ellington, Charles Mingus, and Bud Powell.

Her main influences are Prince, Ella Fitzgerald and Thom Yorke ( Radiohead ).

Her musical influences include the Afropop, Caribbean zouk, Congolese rumba, jazz, gospel, and Latin styles ; as well as her childhood idols Bella Bellow, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Jimi Hendrix, Miriam Makeba and Carlos Santana.

Her music has folk, rock, and pop influences.

" Her work often prioritizes " impressions and feelings over plot development " and often features conflict with both a strong maternal figure and colonial and neocolonial influences.

Her early musical influences were the French chanson stars Charles Trenet and Cora Vaucaire as well as Anglophone singers Paul Anka, the Everly Brothers, Cliff Richard, Connie Francis and Marty Wilde whom she heard on the English-language radio station, Radio Luxembourg.

Her influences include Barbra Streisand and Dionne Warwick.

Her influences include William Golding, author of Lord of the Flies, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez's 1967 novel, 100 Years of Solitude and the magical realism style.

Her musical influences include American singers such as Britney Spears, Madonna, and Janet Jackson.

Her early music influences are Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, The Jackson 5, The Carpenters, Roberta Flack, Prince, Grace Jones and various jazz artists including Nancy Wilson.

Her second album contains a bewildering range of pop and New Age influences including drum machine, harp and bass guitar.

Her influences included the work of Hannah More, William Wordsworth, and William Cowper.

Her love for being active and playing greatly influences the town.