Encore Theatre Company is opening the 2010 season with The Fantasticks . The familiar musical is about two neighboring fathers who put up a wall between their houses to ensure that their children fall in love because they know children always do what their parents forbid.

An embarrassed career adviser has revealed he once told musical legend Tom Jones to give up his dream of singing and "get a proper job". Sir Tom was an unemployed pub singer in the Welsh valleys when Roger Dinham, now 64, offered him a job as a factory worker.

The so-called "silly season" seems to have arrived early. In the news-starved haze of midsummer, the media often resort to offbeat yarns to fill the void.

KUALA LUMPUR: Evergreen entertainer Tom Jones is taking his Thunderball tunes back to town.

Nouriel Roubini is the New York University economist nicknamed "Dr. Doom" for his prescient forecast of the global economic downturn.

Looking for a show that's stood the test of time? None is quite like The Fantasticks, which ran from 1960 to 2002 off-Broadway. Seriously.

Where: Encore Theatre, Company, 6978 Lebanon Road Tickets: Call 598-8950 for pricing and showtimes About the event: Encore Theatre Company is a community theater group with a full roster of plays for the 2010 season.

Sunset Thomas and Mayor Oscar Goodman livin' it up at City Hall. Kirvin Doak Communications P Moss, photographed at his new club, Frankie's Tiki Room.

WELSH low-budget movie seen in just a handful of South Wales cinemas is to be given the red carpet treatment at a glitzy London premiere.

Tuesday, 12 January 2010, 4:29 pm Press Release: Peppers Hunter Valley retreat Peppers Guest House has set the stage for one of the most memorable musical getaways imaginable when superstar entertainer Tom Jones brings his legendary live act to the NSW wine country in February.

It would be scarier than the Legion trailer if you went to karaoke night and this guy -- who can be quite mild when he wants to be -- suddenly went into this psycho-sexual Tom Jones act.

Tom Jones became one of the most popular vocalists to emerge from the British Invasion.

Glastonbury Festival supremo Michael Eavis has beaten Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro to become the decade's "Beard of the Noughties". The 74-year-old dairy farmer was awarded the title by campaign group the Beard Liberation Front .

To look at him now, you would not think that young James Page's ambition in life was to enter "biological research", yet that was the startling admission this only child made in 1958 on the TV talent show All Your Own.

Worry not my Frisco friends, San Francisco stays open for business when it comes to local music for your entertainment pleasure.

It's Christmas! The 1960s were the golden era of music. The Beatles topped the UK singles chart four years during Christmas --- in 1963, with I Want To Hold Your Hand, in 1964 with I Feel Fine, in 1965 with Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out, and again in 1967, with Hello Goodbye.

During Encore Theatre Company 's yearly fundraiser, The Phantom Ball, guests were treated to a sneak peak at the troupe's 2010 season.

MEMBERS of Tom Jones' original backing band The Senators claim that they are still owed royalties from tracks they performed on in the '60s which were later released in the USA under the singer's name only.

The legendary Welsh showman brings his dynamic show of both greatest hits and unexpected treats to the Grand Arena, Grand West Casino and Entertainment World in Cape Town on Wednesday 7th April 2010 and at the Sun City Superbowl on Saturday 10th April 2010.

The legendary Welsh singer, Sir Tom Jones is coming to visit South Africa again next year.