* 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 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.

Governors-general ( and their spouses ) have the style " His / Her Excellency " during their tenure, but no style applies to former governors-general purely by virtue of their former office.

They are entitled to the style Her Excellency or His Excellency during the office-holder's term of office.

The incumbent governor is entitled to the use the style of His or Her Excellency, while in office.

Her style of dressing in simple, boyish caps contrasting with gowns that were richly embroidered with plunging décolletage that revealed the nipples, was imitated throughout Italy and at the French court.

Her glamour, style, and youthfulness made her a frequent subject for press photographers.

Her style and her skill remains a mystery as none of her work is extant.

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The incumbent governor general and his or her spouse are also the only people in Canada, other than serving Canadian ambassadors and high commissioners, entitled to the use the style His or Her Excellency and the governor general is granted the additional honorific of The Right Honourable for their time in office and for life afterwards.

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* Members of royal families ( princes and princesses ) generally have the style of Royal Highness, although in some royal families ( for instance, Denmark ), more junior princes and princesses only bear the style of His or Her Highness.

The full style of Elizabeth II in the United Kingdom is, " Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith ".

At the time of her death, Princess Margaret's full style was: Her Royal Highness The Princess Margaret Rose, Countess of Snowdon, Companion of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India, Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, Dame Grand Cross of the Most Venerable Order of St. John of Jerusalem.

Her vocals and singing style has often been compared to the contemporary English singer Kate Bush.

Although in the United Kingdom there is no strict legal or formal definition of who is or is not a member of the Royal Family, and different lists will include different people, those carrying the style Her or His Majesty ( HM ), or Her or His Royal Highness ( HRH ) are always considered members, which usually results in the application of the term to the monarch, the consort of the monarch, the widowed consorts of previous monarchs, the children of the monarch and previous monarchs, the male-line grandchildren of the monarch and previous monarchs, and the spouses and the widows of a monarch's and previous monarch's sons and male-line grandsons.

The style His Majesty or Her Majesty ( HM ) is enjoyed by a king, a queen regnant, a queen consort, and a queen dowager.

Use of the style His Royal Highness or Her Royal Highness ( HRH ) and the titular dignity of Prince or Princess are governed by letters patent issued by George V on 30 November 1917 and published in the London Gazette on 11 December 1917.

Her sister-in-law ( born The Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott ) was given special dispensation by HM The Queen to use a similar style when she was widowed (" HRH Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester ") despite not being a princess by birth, rather than the more usual widow's style, " HRH The Dowager Duchess of Gloucester ".

Her signature dress of large upturned hat with netting and dresses with draped panels of fabric became a distinctive personal style.

Edward married Wallis six months later, after which she was formally known as the Duchess of Windsor, without the style " Her Royal Highness ".

The present Sovereign's full style and title is " Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith ".

Her father, the Duke of Teck, had no inheritance or wealth, and carried the lower royal style of Serene Highness because his parents ' marriage was morganatic.