My Father Knew Charles Ives ( 2003 ): Adams writes, " My Father Knew Charles Ives is musical autobiography, an homage and encomium to a composer whose influence on me has been huge.

On their 2003 album Mescalero, ZZ Top adopted a more contemporary sound while maintaining their influences from their earlier musical pursuits.

In 2003 the Flemish company Studio 100 created a musical called Three Little Pigs ( Dutch: De 3 Biggetjes ), which follows the three daughters of the pig with the house of stone with new original songs, introducing a completely new story loosely based on the original story.

In 2003, Simon signed on as an official supporter of Little Kids Rock, a nonprofit organization that provides free musical instruments and free lessons to children in public schools throughout the US.

In the 2003 book Possessed: The Rise and Fall of Prince, author Alex Hahn says that Dickerson was reluctant to sign a three year contract and wanted to pursue other musical ventures.

* Paris ( 2003 musical ), a musical written by Australian rock musician Jon English

In 2003, Disney Channel premiered its first ever musical made-for-cable film, The Cheetah Girls ; it received 84 million viewers worldwide.

He and director Chen Shi-zheng have collaborated on three pieces of musical theatre ; Orphan of Zhao ( 2003 ), Peach Blossom Fan ( 2004 ), and My Life as a Fairy Tale ( 2005 ) Select tracks from these works have been released on Nonesuch Records under the title Showtunes.

After winning the award in 2003, John Adams expressed " ambivalence bordering on contempt " because " most of the country's greatest musical minds " have been ignored in favor of academic music.

This led to imaginative adaptations of two plays by Alan Ayckbourn, and two different styles of musical in On connaît la chanson ( Same Old Song ) ( 1997 ) and Pas sur la bouche ( Not on the Lips ) ( 2003 ).

A long-neglected operetta from the 1920s was the unexpected basis for Resnais's next film Pas sur la bouche ( Not on the Lips ) ( 2003 ), in which he sought to reinvigorate an unfashionable form of entertainment by recreating its theatricality for the camera and entrusting most of its musical numbers to actors rather than to trained singers.

Herman's work has been the subject of two popular musical revues, Jerry's Girls ( 1984 ) conceived by Larry Alford, and Showtune ( 2003 ) conceived by Paul Gilger.

The best known of all portrayals of Mowgli is the musical version in Disney's The Jungle Book ( 1967 ), where he is voiced by Bruce Reitherman, son of the film's director Wolfgang Reitherman ; and The Jungle Book 2 ( 2003 ) in which Mowgli is voiced by Haley Joel Osment and appearances in Disney's House of Mouse.

In December 2003, the musical play " A Southern Christmas Carol " by award-winning playwright Rob Lauer, made its world premiere at Colquitt's Cotton Hall Theatre.

In August 2003, Stephen Sondheim responded to a question about his next project that he was interested in something like a theme and variations — possibly a musical adaptation of Groundhog Day ; however, in a 2008 live chat said that " to make a musical of Groundhog Day would be to gild the lily.

In 2003, after an absence of more than 30 years, the color musical versions of The Honeymooners from the 1960s Jackie Gleason Show in Miami Beach were returned to television on the GoodLife TV ( now ALN ) cable network.

In 2003, DeMartini was hired to replace guitarist Doug Aldrich in the band Dio but after several rehearsals he decided to leave the band due to musical differences with band leader Ronnie James Dio.

In April 2003, Nerf Herder appeared as the musical guest in the final-season Buffy episode " Empty Places " – the very last band to play at The Bronze.

In 2003, the band announced an indefinite hiatus in order for band members to pursue other musical interests.

In 2003, North Carolina Playwright Keith Smith wrote a one act musical play entitled " My Name is Johnny Appleseed ", which is presented to school children to show that the true story of John Chapman is just as interesting as the mythical figure, who is shrouded in legend.

* Jerry Springer: The Opera, a musical by Stewart Lee and Richard Thomas ( 2003 )

More than two dozen independent theatrical and musical productions have been based on Einstein's Dreams, including a production at Chicago's National Pastime Theater in 2000, produced and directed by Patrizia Acerra and Dawn Arnold ; a production at Paradise Theater in New York in 2001, produced and directed by Paul Stancato and Brian Rhinehart ; a production at the Culture Project Theater in New York in 2003, directed by Rebecca Holderness ; a production at the People's Branch Theater in Nashville in 2003, adapted by Brian Niece and David Alford, directed by David Alford ; a musical production at the Martin Segal Theater of CUNY in New York in 2003, produced by Brian Schwartz with music and lyrics by Joshua Rosenblum and Joanne Lessner ; a production by the Underground Railway Theater in Boston in 2006 ; and a production by the University of Memphis in 2006, under the direction of Gloria Baxter ; a musical composition titled " In This World " by Paul Hoffman in 2000 and performed by the Silverwood Trio on their own CD ; and a musical composition titled " When Einstein Dreams " by Nando Michelin in 2003 and performed by the Nando Michelin Group on a Double Times Record CD.

For example, while Cedar Fair's flagship Cedar Point debuted Wicked Twister and Top Thrill Dragster in 2002 and 2003, respectively, Paramount's flagship, Paramount's Kings Island opened Tomb Raider: The Ride and Scooby-Doo and the Haunted Castle.

* In author Gregory Maguire's Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West ( a 1995 revisionist novel based on the inhabitants of Oz ) and in the 2003 Broadway musical Wicked ( based on Maguire's novel ), the Wizard is a tyrannical ruler who uses deceit and trickery to hide his own shortcomings.

The term also appears in the 2003 Broadway musical Wicked, where it is used by the characters Elphaba and Glinda to refer to the many inhabitants of the Emerald City: "...

In a career spanning over four decades, Schwartz has written such hit musicals as Godspell ( 1971 ), Pippin ( 1972 ) and Wicked ( 2003 ).

In 2003, Schwartz returned to Broadway, as composer and lyricist for Wicked, a musical based on the novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, which tells the story of the Oz characters from the point of view of the witches.

* Wicked ( 2003 ) composer, lyricist

The Tin Woodman is a minor character in author Gregory Maguire's 1995 revisionist novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, its 2003 Broadway musical adaptation and Maguire's 2005 sequel Son of a Witch.

( 1968 ), Goodtime Charley ( 1975 ), The Grand Tour ( 1979 ), Chicago ( 1996 ), Wicked ( 2003 ), and Anything Goes ( 2011 ).

Since the break-up of Madison Avenue in 2003, Cheyne recorded an album, Something Wicked This Way Comes, and its first single " I've Got Your Number " which reached No. 26 in 2004.

The Cowardly Lion is a minor character in author Gregory Maguire's 1995 revisionist novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West and its 2003 Broadway musical adaptation.

In 2003, Menzel starred with actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth on Broadway in Wicked, a musical by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman based upon the popular 1995 Gregory Maguire novel.

* Wicked ( musical ), a 2003 Broadway and West End musical based on the novel by Gregory Maguire

* 2003: Wicked, The Boy From Oz, Little Shop of Horrors, Never Gonna Dance

In 2003, they also contributed a track, " Wicked Little Town ", to Wig in a Box, a tribute album to the Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

* Wig in a Box ( Compilation, 2003 )-" Wicked Little Town "

In 2003, the novel became the basis for the Broadway musical Wicked.

In 2003, the novel was adapted into the Broadway musical Wicked.

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She also portrays teenage genius Elizabeth Hawke ( lead role ) in Wicked Science ( 2003 – 2005 ), an Australian-produced children's series.