Virtuoso Life - May/June 2008 - (Page 34) LUXE REPORT Showtime in the West End. TASTEFUL ART CLOSE CALL Good wine is often compared to a work of art. With Bedell Cellars’ 2005 Musée, aficionados literally get both: Renowned artist Chuck Close produced the label, a photographic daguerreotype of a grape cluster that adorns each bottle of the merlot-cabernet sauvignon blend from Long Island’s North Fork. $65 at www.bedellcellars.com Staged Salute (STETHOSCOPE) TETRA IMAGES/ CORBIS, (LONDON) STEVE VIDLER/ESTOCK PHOTO, (WOMAN) JACQUES OLIVAR/ COURTESY GIORGIO ARMANI, (CREATURE) FIRSTVIEW WEST SIDE STORY POCKET PROTECTOR Card-Carrying Comfort To promote medical peace of mind abroad, Crystal Cruises offers guests PocketMD. The service ($149 for one year) downloads a subscriber’s health records onto a mini CD the size of a credit card, enabling doctors around the world to access the records in a variety of lanLufthansa’s new lounge in Munich. guages in case of emergency. 34 V I RT U O S O L I F E This year marks the official 100th anniversary of the West End theater district in London, although Shakespearean history indicates that plays have been performed in the British capital for far longer. The centenary celebrates the 1908 banding together of local theaters with a slate of events and promotions. Among marquee attractions, Trevor Nunn directs a musical version of Gone with the Wind at the New London Theatre, Jane Horrocks stars in The Good Soul of Szechuan at the Young Vic, and the Theatre Royal Haymarket debuts Marguerite with music by Michel Legrand and lyrics by the creators of Les Misérables. www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk http://www.bedellcellars.com http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk
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