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| Jun
10, 2009 |
"People
to Watch: Interview
with the cast of Flower Drum Song", Schema Magazine
Schema Magazine interviews lead actors Lannette
New, Rosie Simon and Jimmy Yi about their characters, performing
in Vancouver and being part of an all-Asian cast in VACT's
sold-out presentation of Flower Drum Song.
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| Jun
5, 2009 |
"Flower
Drum Song hits all the right notes: Vancouverites should
see it and demand more!", GungHaggisFatChoy
Lannette New has a tough job, living up to the role
of Linda Low played so excellently by Nancy Kwan in the 1961
movie. The Low character is flamboyant role of a night club
performer - sexy and independent - not your typical Chinese
daughter-in-law material. New reigns in the energy with sweetness
and presence.
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| Jun
3,
2009 |
"Fifties
musical crosses cultural divide", Vancouver Courier
When the mother of Sammy Fong (confident Jimmy Yi),
a hip nightclub operator, finds and sends for a "picture
bride" back in China, the pot starts to boil. Sweet
and innocent Mei Li (Rosie Simon) and her father are smuggled
in but Sammy is involved with entertainer/stripper Linda
Low (vivacious Lannette New).
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| Jun
2,
2009 |
"Flower
Drum Song",
Schema Magazine
Directed by Vancouver-based writer and actor, Rick
Tae, the Tony Award winning play will feature full Asian
Canadian cast: Isaac Kwok, Rosie Simon, Jimmy Yi, and the
incredibly talented singer-performer, Lannette New as Linda
Low.
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| May
29, 2009 |
"Flower
Drum Song",
ReviewVancouver.org
Standout performances come from the charismatic
Jimmy Yi, who looks like a young Jackie Chan, and gorgeous
Lannette New... Ms New reveals flawless comic timing as well
as some accomplished dance moves in her role of the coquettish
Linda Low.
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| May
29, 2009 |
"That's
what I'm talking about -- Asian-Canadian theater in
Vancouver",
Blog by WYN
I guffawed when NPY selected Lannette New's headshot
in the lobby as the one who appealed to him the most, for
I knew she had the sassy and flirty role... and she delivered!
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| May
26, 2009 |
"Back
with a sweeter beat",
The Province
Darker side adds substance to Flower Drum's
va-va-voom. (NOTE: they have incorrectly named Lannette by
her character name, Linda Low)
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| Oct
19, 2006 |
"Hopefuls
fight stereotypes for Pepper-like success", The
Georgia Straight
For Lannette New, dancing in a bikini and belting
out smutty lyrics in the 2005 Arts Club Theatre production
of Miss Saigon was the best part of her day.
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| Jun
1, 2005 |
"Canadian
TV Ratings: May 23-29, 2005", Pop Journalism
Plague City hits #19 on the week's top 30 TV programs
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| May
27, 2005 |
"A
TV movie about SARS tells a larger story", CBC.ca
Article includes 2 production photos with Lannette
New, courtesy of CTV
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| May
27, 2005 |
"Miss
Saigon doesn't miss", TheCommentary.ca
The entire case was stunning. The foursome of girls
from Dreamland-[including] Lannette New... -were bewitching
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| Apr
21, 2005 |
"Condemned
by the World, A City Faces Tragedy in CTV Original
Movie Plague City: SARS in Toronto, May 29", CTV
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| Dec
8, 2004 |
"CTV
Announces Production on Plague City: SARS in Toronto",
CTV
Plague City stars... Lannette New... as Rosie, Amy's
junior colleague who eventually contracts the illness
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| Nov
19, 2003 |
"A
New Role for Lannette", Burnaby Now
Burnaby resident Lannette New is the beautiful swan,
the love interes of the ugly duckling in the musical Honk!
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| Nov
9, 2003 |
"Nothing
Foul About This Ducky Tale", Vancouver Courier (Honk!
review)
Personally, I could do without
the romance between Ugly and Penny
(Lannette New)-in spite of New's
girlishly sweet performance.
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| July
19, 2003 |
"Local
Talent on stage at Theatre Under the Stars", Burnaby
Now
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| Dec
11,2000 |
"In
Pursuit of Porridge", North Shore News
HOT cereal connoisseur Goldilocks battles bears, mayors and rival porridge
restaurants in In Pursuit of Porridge |
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