#La Colline Theatre National

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Rent the musical viewing thoughts list

(this is entirely out of order)

Two people in the cast led the musical theatre workshop I attended in March: one was Maureen, I previously saw her as Veronica in a 2022 production of Heathers the musical; one was supposed to be Joanne but fractured their leg, so instead they were ensemble and the soloist for Seasons of Love

The production company is "Hong Kong Singers" so everyone had a strong, really good voice, but the choreography was a bit lacking

I mouthed along to most of the songs because I know the show lmao

And for that very reason, I could tell when they made a mistake: Colins missed his "getting dizzy" line in Rent, and Mark fucking lost it and gave up during his solo part of La Vi Bohme

Cried during Another Day

Cried during Will I

Full on UGLY SOBBED the moment Angel died, all through I'll cover you reprise, to the point the person sitting next to me handed me a tissue, I couldn't fucking breathe

Colin's kissed Angel on his temple during Without I I BROKE

When they were leaving the stage after curtain call, Colin's picked up Angel and spun him around, it was the cutest shit

I always skip Over the Moon when I watch a production on YouTube or listen to the album because it makes me cringe: this is the first time I didn't, and laughed by fucking ass off instead

Every fucking body mooed along

Stand outs in the main cast: Colins, Mimi, Maureen, Joanne, Benny (holy shit the voice of whoever played Benny, so smooth and powerful)

Stand outs in the ensemble: Joanne's dad, Mark's Mom/Homeless Woman, Alexis Darling (is that her name? The buzzline woman)

Everyone with a solo in the cast speaks/sings English in an American/International accent, and then the drug dealer opens his mouth to sing and it's such a heavy Hong Kong accent lmao everyone laughed

Colins and Angel had the best chemistry out of the couples

Roger had a great voice but his acting was... Like, he was more like a sad teenager than a person who hates the whole world and themselves

I was squealing internally and squirming in my seat when the beginning notes of I'll Cover You started playing, so far it's my favourite musical love duet

Angel was holding an umbrella during I'll Cover You and I was wondering what was that for, but then when they kissed at the end of the song, they opened the umbrella and covered their faces with it: it was a rainbow umbrella. It was a gay umbrella.

Roger and Mimi, Angel and Colins smooched during Curtin Call, everybody awed

Angel looked like Sharpy Evans during Happy New Year

The sorrow on Colins face during I'll Cover You reprise further broke me

The last thing Angel did before leaving the stage was wrap his arms around Colins and rest his head on his shoulder, I sobbed even more

I'd say the vast majority of the cast were non Chinese; no one in the main cast was Chinese: Benny was Black, the lesbians were both White, Mark, Mimi, Angel and Collins are ethically Filipino. The programme doesn't state Roger's nationality but his surname isn't a Chinese one. Theatre really is one of the most diversed and accepting communities here. But it also says a lot a out the locals attitude on musical theatre/contemporary theatre here.

Btw here's the QR code to the programme which has a details introduction to every cast member

All in all although I went alone, I'm kinda glad that I went alone so I could fully immerse myself into the show! It was a great performance and probably the closest we'll ever get to anything like Broadway over here

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Bright Eyes Expand Tour

Bright Eyes have expanded their 2025 tour dates. 01/16 — Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren 01/18 — Del Mar, CA @ The Sound 01/19 — Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory 01/20 — Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades 01/21 — Eugene, OR @ McDonald Theatre 01/23 — Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom 01/24 — Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre 01/25 — Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom 01/26 — Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom 02/06 — Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater 02/07 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern 02/26 — Fayetteville, AR @ George’s Majestic Lounge * 02/27 — Austin, TX @ ACL Live at the Moody Theater * 02/28 — Dallas, TX @ The Factory in Deep Ellum * 03/01 — San Antonio, TX @ Aztec Theater * 03/02 — Baton Rouge, LA @ Chelsea’s Live * 03/03 — Jacksonville, FL @ Florida Theatre * 03/05 — St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Live * 03/07 — Orlando, FL @ The Beacham Theater * 03/08 — Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle * 03/09 — Knoxville, TN @ The Mill & Mine * 03/10 — Richmond, VA @ The National 03/13 — Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel * 03/14 — Pelham, TN @ The Caverns * 03/17 — Memphis, TN @ Minglewood Hall * 03/18 — Little Rock, AR @ The Hall * 03/20 — Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom * 03/21 — Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theater * 03/22 — St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant * 03/26-30 — Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Fest 04/01 — Fort Collins, CO @ Washington’s ^ 04/03 — Madison, WI @ The Sylvee ^ 04/04 — St. Paul, MN @ Palace Theatre ^ 04/05 — Chicago, IL @ Salt Shed ^ 04/08 — Detroit, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre ^ 04/09 — Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre ^ 04/10 — Toronto, ON @ History ^ 04/11 — Buffalo, NY @ Buffalo Riverworks ^ 04/13 — Portland, ME @ State Theatre ^ 04/17 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount ^ 04/18 — Boston, MA @ House of Blues ^ 04/19 — Philadelphia, PA @ The Met Philadelphia ^ 04/20 — Washington, DC @ The Anthem ^ 04/22 — Pittsburgh, PA @ Roxian Theatre ^ 04/23 — Newport, KY @ MegaCorp Pavilion ^ 04/24 — Louisville, KY @ Old Forester’s Paristown Hall ^ 04/25 — Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room at Old National Centre ^ 04/26 — West Des Moines, IA @ Val Air Ballroom ^ * = Hurray for the Riff Raff ^ = Cursive --- Please consider becoming a member so we can keep bringing you stories like this one. ◎ https://chorus.fm/news/bright-eyes-expand-tour/

[classicalmusicdaily]

Adrian gives his stage debut at the Romanian National Opera Cluj-Napoca in 2003 as Zuniga in Carmen, followed by appearances as Masetto in Don Giovanni, Colline in La Bohème and Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor. During the 2007-08 season he was a member of the Young Artists Project at the Bavarian State Opera Munich. He could be heard in the 2008-09 season in Der Vampyr at the Teatro Comunale Bologna, in The Queen of Spades at the Opéra de Monte Carlo and in Lucia di Lammermoor at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf. Starting with the 2009-10 season he became a member of the Deutsche Opera am Rhein Düsseldof. In 2011 he made his debut as Leporello in Don Giovanni at the Salzburg Festival and appeared in the same role in 2012 at the Bolshoi Theatre Moscow, in the frame of a tour of the Teatro alla Scala di Milano and in 2013 at the Staatsoper Berlin under the baton of M° Daniel Barenboim. He is winner of various singing competitions: International Singing Competition „Hariclea Darclée“, International Singing Competition „Eugenia Moldoveanu“ and so many others. Dear Adrian, it’s a pleasure to talk to you! Only a few know that you are the first artist I have ever interviewed, back in 2016, so it is also, indirectly, thanks to you that OPERA Charm Magazine was eventually born, 4 years later. Thank you very much for believing in me at that time and for accepting our invitation! It’s a pleasure! Hello, Bianca, the pleasure is mine, as it was 6 years ago. Thank you for the invitation. First of all I have to admit I am happy as well as a bit proud to have contributed, even indirectly, to the birth of such an interesting project. Congratulations to you and the whole OPERA Charm team for your dedication! First of all, where do our questions find you? How did Anna Bolena go? This was a role debut for you, wasn’t it? Well, Anna Bolena had it’s last performance at the Dutch National Opera two days ago and I am already in Aix-en-Provence rehearsing for Rossini’s Moïse et Pharaon as Pharaon for this year’s Summer Festival. Yes, Enrico VIII was a role debut as is Pharaon, by the way, so two in a row. This is the exciting dynamics of our profession, sometimes you sing for seasons in a row only the roles you already have in your repertoire and then comes a time, like this year for me, with three role debuts. The third one will be Count Rodolfo in La sonnambula, but I prefer not to say where, since the season is not announced yet from what I know. Coming back to Anna Bolena, I have to say it was a production that I enjoyed a lot, lovely house to work in, wonderful conductor and colleagues, great staging, beautiful costumes and set, so I was spoiled to have my debut under this circumstances and now that it is over, I am missing it already. reposted from https://opera-charm.com/

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4 days in Las Vegas

4 days in Las Vegas

When an organization whose Board you’re on schedules its annual conference in Las Vegas, you sign up for the tax-deductible vacation. When you find out an artist you’ve loved for 35+ years has a very rare live performance at the same time, you go early and make it a weekend to remember for life. So, that’s what I did right before Halloween 2018.

We landed late Friday night and checked in at…

[papermoonloveslucy]

ROUGH ROAD TO TOP

August 16, 1953

(1)

One of the more famous CBS-TV shows is “I Love Lucy.” 

Its two chief characters - Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz - have had a rocky road to their present status as one of the top comedy teams in the country. 

At the end of Lucille's first year in dramatic school she was told by her teachers that she was wasting her time and money, that she would never become an actress. She was fired from all four of her first jobs as a chorus girl. Later, as a model, she almost lost her life in an automobile accident and was told she would never walk again. 

Revolution Factor 

It was a revolution in Cuba and a mishap in World War II which were fateful turns in Arnaz’ trip to stardom. The Cuban revolution destroyed his family’s wealth, drove them to the United States. World War II got him a broken kneecap in basic training, and since he had been a professional entertainer, he was placed in limited service and assigned to entertain hospitalized G.I.s'. 

Columbia Pictures gave Lucille a contract as a stock player, and, convinced that her luck finally had turned, she sent for mother, grandfather, and sister to join her in California. But, the morning after she wired her family, the studio decided to dissolve its stock company. When the family arrived, Lucille was working as an extra at Paramount.

Bit parts and extra roles in a number of pictures kept Lucille busy, but not prosperous, until she was cast in ’"Roberta.” RKO officials, impressed by her work, gave her a contract. When not busy before the cameras, she was a mainstay of the studio's Little Theater. (2)

Offered Stage Lead 

Her performance in the second lead in “The Girl from Paris" (3) drew Broadway's attention to Miss Ball and she was offered a lead in the musical "Hey Diddle Diddle.” After satisfying her yen to perform on the Great White Way (4), she returned to Hollywood for "Stage Door” and “Too Many Girls.” In the latter picture, she was costarred with Desi Arnaz. They were married Nov. 30 1940 in Greenwich, Conn.

Back from her honeymoon, Lucille walked into her first really big break a role in "The Big Street,” based on a story by Damon Runyon (5). Overnight it made her a star. 

Her first assignment at M.G.M. in 1942 was the title role in the Technicolor production "Du Barry Was a Lady” (6). Stellar roles followed in "Best Foot Forward” and "Meet the People" (7). After completing "Easy to Wed” with Van Johnson (8), she headed for New York to be with her husband, then out of the army and on his way to success in the orchestra business. 

Starred on Tour

Shortly after completing "Her Husband’s Affairs,” (9) Miss Ball went on tour as star of Elmer Rice's play "Dream Girl” (10) then worked with Sonny Tufts and Victor Mature in "Interference” for R.K.O. (11)

Lucille, Desi, arid their year-old daughter Lucy Desiree, live at Desilu, their five-acre ranch at Chatsworth, Calif. They raise cattle, chickens, dogs, and cats and dabble in farming. Enthusiastic fishermen they spend a lot of time on their boat.

Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha was born in Santiago, Cuba, son of the mayor. Desi’s mother, Dolores de Acha, was considered among the 10 most beautiful women In Latin America. 

Three ranches totaling 100,000 acres, a palatial home in the city, a private island in Santiago Bay, speedboats, a fleet of motor cars, and a racing stable were all at the command of the youthful Desi during the pre-revolutionary days. His father, after eight years as mayor of Santiago, was made a member of the Cuban congress In 1932. 

On Aug. 12, 1933, came the revolution. Congress was dissolved. Its members jailed. The Arnaz property was confiscated, the homes burned to the ground. In 24 hours everything was gone except $500 Desi's mother had hidden. Desi and mother fled to Miami, devoted the next six months to efforts to free Papa Arnaz.  from prison. They were finally reunited in Florida.

For Desi, life in these United States for several years was hard but interesting: he worked at truck driving, train yard checking, taxi driving, bookkeeping, and, of all things, bird cage cleaning. Desi’s father managed to launch an importing business. It went broke when a shipment of fruit spoiled in transit.

Show business at this point finally caught up with Desi. His first job was playing guitar and singing with a seven-piece rhumba band at Miami’s Roney-Plaza Hotel (12). Xavier Cugat (13) spotted him, was impressed with this Cuban boy who was to be dubbed "The Tempo” by critics of modem music. After a year as featured vocalist with the Cugat band, Desi organized his own group of musicians and moved into the swank La Conga Café in Miami (14). 

George Abbott's Broadway hit "Too Many Girls” (15) was Desi’s next step up the ladder, in 1939. He played a Cuban football player, one of the leads, and played tropical drums. RKO bought the film rights and signed Desi to play his stage role. When the shooting was over Desi married the leading lady, Lucille Ball.

He spent from Feb. 1943 to Nov. 1945 in the Army, after which he toured the nation with his band playing theaters, dances, night clubs. He hasn’t been without a band since. In 1948, Desi made the Columbia film "Holiday in Havana.” (16)

He made a vaudeville tour with Lucille Ball and that convinced them they’d do well as a husband-and-wife team on television. The tour inspired the CBS-TV show “I Love Lucy,” which has been highly rated since it started. (17)

Desi Arnaz’s personality is as vibrant as the music he makes. He is friendly, direct in manner, has flashing dark brown eyes and brown hair. He’s an avid fisherman, rides and swims expertly: his tennis is the envy of his San Fernando Valley neighbors, Sue and Alan Ladd, Francis Lederer, Jackie Oakie, and the Andrews Sisters. (18) A good cook, he specializes in such tempting dishes as Ginger Beef and Bouillabaisse.

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FOOTNOTES FROM THE FUTURE

(1) The photo is from “Be a Pal” (ILL S1;E2) aired on October 22, 1951, nearly two years earlier.  There’s one thing missing from this file photo: Vivian Vance. The success of the show was its foursome, not threesome! If you look closely you can see the hands of the other poker players, Richard Reeves (Hank, left) and Tony Michaels (Charlie, right).

(2) Lucille did several plays at the RKO Little Theatre under the direction of Lela Rogers (above), Ginger’s mom.  When Lucille later bought RKO, she dubbed it the Desilu Playhouse, a training ground for new young performers, often hand selected by Ball herself. 

(3) “That Girl from Paris” (not “The” as the article states) was Lucille’s 33rd film. The light-hearted musical romance earned an Oscar nomination for Sound Recording. It was released on the first day of 1937. 

(4) Lucille was indeed cast in the Broadway-bound comedy (it was not a musical, however) “Hey Diddle Diddle!” It opened in Princeton, New Jersey, the first of several out-of-town stops on the way to Broadway.  What Lucille’s publicity omits is that the show never got further than Washington DC due to the serious illness of its leading man, Conway Tearle. So Lucy’s Broadway debut would have to wait - until 1960!

(5) “The Big Street” opened on September 4, 1942. It was based on a Damon Runyan short story about a night club singer (Lucille) embittered by an accident that left her in a wheelchair and her romance with a naïve admirer (Henry Fonda) named Pinks. Lucy later said it was her favorite of the many films she made.  It was her 55th film. 

(6) “Du Barry Was A Lady” premiered in August 1943. It was Lucille’s  57th film, but her first for MGM.  She nabbed the role from her friend Ethel Merman, who had done the Cole Porter musical comedy on Broadway.  It was filmed in color, and was the film that earned her the nickname “Technicolor Tessie” because of her bright orange hair - a color she committed to from then on, despite her roots!  This is the film that introduced Lucy to the song “Friendship”, which she would also sing on “I Love Lucy.” 

(7) In the musical comedy “Best Foot Forward” (1943) Lucille Ball played herself.  It was her 58th film. “Meet The People” (1944) was a romantic comedy for MGM, Ball’s 60th film. 

(8) In 1946 she released her 63rd film, “Easy To Wed” co-starring Van Johnson and Esther Williams. Lucille and Van had appeared together in “Too Many Girls” and he would appear on Lucy’s television shows. 

(9) “Her Husband’s Affairs” (1947) was a romantic farce with Lucy teamed with Franchot Tone. It was her 69th film. 

(10) Back to the stage, Lucille accepted the leading role in a revival tour of “Dream Girl” a fantasy comedy by Elmer Rice. Once again, the play launched in Princeton, but this time Broadway was not the goal. It had already played the Great White Way two years earlier. The play toured the country at select cities, landing Lucille back in California in late 1947. In one SoCal gig she was appearing simultaneously with Desi and his band just a few blocks away.  No doubt this was by design. 

(11) RKO’s “Interference” was re-named “Easy Living” (1949) and dealt with the world of professional sports, namely football. It co-starred Victor Mature and Sonny Tufts. It was Ball’s 71st film. 

(12) The luxurious Roney Plaza Hotel in Miami Beach was located on the corner of Collins Avenue and 23rd Street. It opened in 1925 and was demolished in 1968. The resort attracted a who's who that included Hollywood stars and even the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. The hotel's Bamboo Room & Restaurant was the place to be seen on the Beach for decades.

(13) Xaviar Cugat (1900-1990) was a Spanish musician and bandleader who spent his formative years in Havana, Cuba. A trained violinist and arranger, he was a leading figure in the spread of Latin music. In New York City he was the leader of the resident orchestra at the Waldorf–Astoria before and after World War II.  He was a mentor and friend to Desi Arnaz, who kept his name before the public by making him a rival of Ricky Ricardo on “I Love Lucy” where his name became a punchline. In reality, Desi was grateful to Cugat, not jealous of him! 

“I learned a lot from Xavier Cugat” ~ Desi Arnaz

(14) La Conga Café was located in New York City, not Miami, although the article may be referring to a different, lesser known establishment where Desi Arnaz performed.  He became a regular headliner at La Conga, even issuing a record titled “La Conga” in 1939. 

(15) Speaking of 1939 New York, Desi appeared in his only Broadway show in 1939, Rogers and Hart’s “Too Many Girls.”  When the film rights were purchased by RKO, Desi was hired by director George Abbott to recreate his role. It was while filming this movie that he met Lucille Ball. 

(16) “Holiday in Havana” was a Columbia picture released in October 1949.  The film is about a Cuban hotel busboy (Arnaz) who dreams of becoming a composer.  His love interest was not Lucy, but Mary Hatcher. 

(17) The Tour incorporated some of the same routines seen in the “I Love Lucy” pilot as well as early episodes of the series, most notably the “Cuban Pete / Sally Sweet” duet.  The tour culminated at the Roxy in New York City, where Desi was playing when he married Lucille in 1940. 

(18) Before moving to their Beverly Hills mansion, Lucy and Desi lived on a ranch in Chatsworth in San Fernando Valley. They dubbed their ranch home Desilu.  About their neighbors: 

Alan Ladd (1913-64) was a chorus boy when Lucille was an Earl Carroll showgirl in Murder at the Vanities (1934). He was married to Sue Carol (1906-82) from 1942 until his death. Carol’s name was mentioned on “I Love Lucy” in “The Fashion Show” when Lucy selects the same Don Loper original that Carol has chosen to wear in the fashion show. She does not appear on screen. 

Francis Lederer (1899-2000) was a Hungarian-born actor. In 1960 he did an episode of Desilu’s “The Untouchables”. From 1941 until his death he was married to Marion Irvine. 

Jackie Oakie (1903-78) did four films with Lucille Ball between 1934 and 1938, including both “Annabell” movies. 

The Andrews Sisters were the pre-eliminant close-harmony girl group of their time. The consisted of Patty, Maxine, and LaVerne. They were mentioned on “I Love Lucy” in “Be a Pal” in the same scene that the photo at the top of the article came from. In 1969, Patty Andrews guest-starred as herself on “Here’s Lucy”.  Lucy and Lucie played the other two Andrews sisters. 

[totallytrucked]

list of sa vids (mostly boots, a few bts vids)

saw this done by @lady-ivie-iv and i didn't want to clog up her post with additions so I made my own

(contains a lot of the same videos, i just added some cast members + more int. productions)

Lincoln Center concert

OBC: Jonathan Groff (Melchior), L*a M*chele (Wendla), John Gallagher Jr (Moritz), Lauren Pritchard (Ilse), Jonathan B. Wright (Hanschen), Lilli Cooper (Martha), Gideon Glick (Ernst), Remy Zaken (Thea), Phoebe Strole (Anna), Brian Charles Johnson (Otto), Skylar Austin (Georg), Christine Estabrook (Adult Women), Steven Spinella (Adult Men)

Backstage at Spring Awakening with Jonathan Groff

OBC kinda: Jonathan Groff (Melchior), L*a M*chele (Wendla), John Gallagher Jr (Moritz), Phoebe Strole (u/s Ilse), Jonathan B. Wright (Hanschen), Lilli Cooper (Martha), Gideon Glick (Ernst), Remy Zaken (Thea), Krysta Rodriguez (u/s Anna), Brian Charles Johnson (Otto), Skylar Astin (Georg), Frances Mercati-Anthony (u/s Adult Women), Steven Spinella (Adult Men)

Jonathan Groff and L*a M*chele's last performance: Jonathan Groff (Melchior), L*a M*chele (Wendla), John Gallagher Jr (Moritz), Emma Hunton (Ilse), Matt Doyle (u/s Hanschen), Lilli Cooper (Martha), Blake Daniel (Ernst), Remy Zaken (Thea), Phoebe Strole (Anna), Brian Charles Johnson (Otto), Skylar Austin (Georg), Christine Estabrook (Adult Women), Glenn Fleshler (Adult Men)

7 Aug 2008: Matt Doyle (u/s Melchior), Alexandra Socha (Wendla), Gerard Canonico (Moritz), Emma Hunton (Ilse), Jesse Swenson (u/s Hanschen), Amanda Castanos (Martha), Morgan Karr (u/s Ernst), Caitlin Kinnunen (Thea), Emily Kinney (Anna), Gabe Violett (Otto), Andrew Durand (Georg)

Broadway probably 2008: Matt Doyle (u/s Melchior), Alexandra Socha (Wendla), Blake Bashoff (u/s Moritz), Emma Hunton (Ilse), Jesse Swenson (u/s Hanschen), Lilli Cooper (Martha), Blake Daniel (Ernst), Remy Zaken (Thea), Phoebe Strole (Anna), Brian Charles Johnson (Otto), Skylar Astin (Georg) Glenn Flesher (Adult Men), most likely Christine Estabrook (Adult Women)

Broadway Tony Performance

Weird censored performance on good morning America

Spring awakening cast does grease (iconic)

Broadway press reel

First national tour: Kyle Riabko (Melchior), Christy Altomare (Wendla), Blake Bashoff (Moritz), Steffi D (Ilse), Andy Mientus (Hanschen), Sarah Hunt (Martha), Ben Moss (Ernst), Kimiko Glenn (Thea), Gabrielle Garza (Anna), Anthony Lee Medina (Otto), Matt Shingledecker (Georg), Angela Reed (Adult Women), Henry Stram (Adult Men)

29 Nov 2011 1nt: Jake Epstein (Melchior), Christy Altomare (Wendla), Blake Bashoff (Moritz), Steffi D (Ilse), Andy Mientus (Hanschen), Sarah Hunt (Martha), Ben Fankhauser (Ernst), Kimiko Glenn (Thea), Gabrielle Garza (Anna), Anthony Lee Medina (Otto), Matt Shingledecker (Georg), Angela Reed (Adult Women), Henry Stram (Adult Men)

Totally Trucked 1nt bts vids

2nd National tour (audio playlist, video playlist): Christopher Wood (Melchior), Elizabeth Judd (Wendla), Coby Getzug (Moritz), Courtney Markowitz (Ilse), Devon Stone (Hanschen), Aliya Bowles (Martha), Daniel Plimpton (Ernst), Emily Mest (Thea), Rachel Geisler (Anna), George Salazar (Otto), Jim Hogan (Georg), Sarah Kleeman (Adult Women), Mark Poppleton (Adult Men)

Class of 1891 bts vids (2nt)

London playlist: Aneurin Barnard (Melchior), Charlotte Wakefield (Wendla), Iwan Rheon (Moritz), Lucy May Barker (Ilse), Jamie Blackley (Hanschen), Hayley Gallivan (Martha), Harry McEntire (Ernst), Evelyn Hoskins (Thea), Natasha Barnes (Anna), Edd Judge (Otto), Jos Slovick (Georg), Sian Thomas (Adult Women), Richard Cordery (Adult Men)

Deaf West (act 1) Spring Awakening (act 2): Austin McKenzie (Melchior), Sandra Mae Frank/Katie Boeck (Wendla/voice of Wendla), Daniel Durant/Alex Boniello (Moritz/voice of Moritz), Krysta Rodriguez (Ilse), Andy Mientus (Hanschen), Treshelle Edmond/Kathryn Gallagher (Martha/voice of Martha), Josh Castille/Daniel David Stewart (Ernst/voice of Ernst), Amelia Hensley (Thea), Lauren Luiz (Voice of Thea/Melitta), Ali Stroker (Anna), Miles Barbee/Sean Grandillo (Otto/voice of Otto), Alex Wyse (Georg), Camryn Manheim and Marlee Marlin (Adult Women), Russel Harvard and Patrick Page (Adult Men)

LA dwsa woybr: Joey Haro (Hanschen), Josh Castille/Daniel David Stewart (Ernst/voice of Ernst)

Dwsa Tony performance

Dwsa on Seth Meyers

amateur/regional productions:

Spring awakening at Syracuse Summer Theatre: Chip Weber (Melchior), Maya Dwyer (Wendla), Tim Willard (Moritz), Madeline Shuron (Ilse), Liam Collins (Hanschen), Chelsea Colton (Martha), Doug Schneider (Ernst), Taylorann Flurschutz (Thea), Taylor Peck (Anna), Chris Wagner (Otto), Emmett Wickersham (Georg), Michaela Oney (Adult Women), Tallon Larham (Adult Men)

Bitch of living from Ann Arbor Concert: Ben Walker (Melchior), Rohit Gopal (Moritz), Matthew Kemp (Hanschen), Cameron Sirian (Ernst), Grant Rossini (Otto), Griffin Binnicker (Georg), John Siebert (Adult Men)

Some non-english language productions:

Mexico playlist ( Despertando en Primavera): Mauricio Romero (Melchior), Melissa Barrera (Wendla), Pepe Navarrete (Moritz), Roxana Puente (Ilse), Iker Madrid (Hanschen), Ivonne Garza (Martha), Arturo Valdemar (Ernst), Melissa Ortiz (Thea), Estibalitz Ruiz (Anna), Pablo Rodriguez (Otto), Diego Medel (Georg), Fernanda Borches (Adult Women), Cristobal Garcia-Naranjo (Adult Men)

Brasil cast recording (O Despertar da Primavera): Pierre Baitelli (Melchoir), Malu Rodrigues (Wendla), Rodrigo Palfando (Moritz), Leticia Colin (Ilse), Thiago Amaral (Hanschen), Laura Lobo (Martha), Felipe de Carolis (Ernst), Julia Bernat (Thea), Estrela Blanco (Anna), Bruno Sigrist (Otto), Andre Loddi (Georg), Debora Olivieri (Adult Women), Carlos Gregorio (Adult Men)

Some Spring Awakening Vienna videos: Rasmus Borkowski (Melchior), Hanna Kastner (Wendla), Wolfgang Turks (Moritz), Jennifer Kothe (Ilse), Johannes Huth (Hanschen), Sonja Dengler (Martha), Matthias Bollwerk (Ernst), Jeannine Wacker (Thea), Jana Nagy (Anna), Marlon Wehmeier (Otto), Dominik Hees (Georg), Julia Stemberger (Adult Women), Adult Men unknown

Argentina proshot (Despertando en Primavera): Fernando Dente (Melchior), Florencia Otero (Wendla), Federico Salles (Moritz), Mariana Jaccazio (Ilse), Eliseo Barrionuevo (Hanschen), Belén Pasqualini (Martha), Leandro Bassano (Ernst), Julieta Nair Calvo (Thea), Mivaela Pierani Méndez (Anna), Cristian Centurión (Otto), Julián Rubino (Georg), Irene Almus (Adult Women), Tony Lestingi (Adult Men)

SA Japan trailer (there are other vids on yt)

SA Korea Totally Fucked (South Korea)

gosh this is long as hell omg... Once again thank you to @lady-ivie-iv for the idea and great list!

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MC Tag

I was tagged by @ajs-freckles and credit to the template goes to @garyrennell I believe���

FULL NAME: Belle Hughes

HOMETOWN: Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England

AGE: 22

STAR SIGN: Gemini (10/06/1998)

OCCUPATION: musical theatre performer - but in the games terms, musician

SEXUALITY: straight

NATIONALITY/ETHNICITY: English

LANGUAGES: English

PERSONALITY: first and foremost - musical theatre nerd, if that can be a personality trait. She’s pretty energetic and hard-working, which she needs to be for her job. She is always eager to take on a new challenge, such as stepping up from ensemble one night and covering a main role.

STYLE: cute summer dresses and denim jackets are her favourite combo. In the winter, she settles for any dress that will go with tights.

FAMILY/CHILDHOOD: she’s the youngest child and has one older sister named Esme. She’s the fun aunt to Esme’s daughter, Molly. Her parents were always very supportive and encouraging of her when she decided she wanted to be in musical theatre.

HIDDEN TALENTS: she can do a smashing impression of Gemma Collins and considers that as a hidden talent. Also, she’s watched Friends that many times that all she needs to do is watch a small scene and will be able to guess the season and what happens in the episode.

CELEBRITY CRUSHES: Jeremy Jordan, Derek Klena, Alistair Brammer, Ryan Gosling (but will go into detail about how she loves him most in La La Land).

FAVOURITE DRINK (ALCOHOLIC AND NON-ALCOHOLIC): alcoholic - pink gin and tonic. Non-alcoholic - Cherry Coca-Cola

FAVOURITE TV SHOW/MOVIE: TV shows: Friends, Gavin and Stacey, SMASH, American Horror Story - and Love Island, of course. Movie: Anastasia, Peter Pan and most musical movies.

FAVOURITE DISH: very simple, but mac and cheese. It’s easy to make and she loves cheese.

FAVOURITE VACATION SPOT: Maldives for somewhere sunny and relaxing, New York for Broadway shows.

IDEAL DATE: drinks at a decent pub, a good show (West End, UK tour etc, but a musical at least), then back to the same pub for more drinks and food.

WHO’S HER INSPIRATION: Elaine Paige and Christy Altomare

BEST FRIEND: Genevieve

LI (FOR NOW): Harry

PICTURE OF YOUR MC AND FC: Olivia Moore is her FC🤍

I’m quite late at doing mine and not sure who has or hasn’t been tagged, so here’s me tagging everyone who hasn’t yet been tagged (pretend usernames are here, I’m bad at remembering those)

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"Alain Françon, 76, is said to have collapsed in a pool of blood after the shocking knife attack at 11.30am today (NDLR : Wednesday) in Montpellier. The knifeman fled after the attack near the Saint-Roch church in the historic city centre. The victim suffered a deep wound to the neck, according to Actu.fr.Midi Libre reported the blow severed his carotid artery, the main vessel supplying blood to the head. Fire service paramedics and an emergency doctor treated him at the scene before he was rushed to hospital. Pictures published in local media show spattered up a wall and along rue de l'Ancien Courrier and rue Voltaire in the l'Ecusson district. Officers reportedly found a bloody weapon nearby. Police threw up a large security cordon and closed off surrounding roads as they began hunting the attacker. The motive is so far unknown, but reports said police are not so far treating it as a terrorist attack.Mr Françon is an award-winning auteur who was director of the Théâtre national de la Colline in Paris for 14 years. He was in Montpellier teaching students at the National School of Dramatic Art, according to reports.The attack came hours after four women were stabbed in a St Patrick's Day knife rampage in Belfast, Northern Ireland." Article of The Sun : “Montpellier stabbing – Theatre director Alain Françon, 76, slashed in the throat outside church as cops hunt knifeman“

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Larkin Dance Studio

The Dance Awards, Las Vegas 2016: RESULTS

High Scores by Age:

PeeWee Solo

10th (3-way tie): Josie Lutz-’Walk The Walk’

Didn’t Place

Lillian Brady-’The Show’

Mini Solo

8th: Isabella Jarvis-’Dream On’

9th (3-way tie): Ava Wagner-’Winter’

Didn’t Place

Isabelle De St. Aubin-’A Star Is Born’

Adrianna Crawford-’Roxie’

Maria Neely-’Angel Over Me’

Diego Garcia-’Speechless’

Sidney Leciejewski-’All That Jazz’

Sophia Jurkovich-’Another Way to Die’

Charlotte Bosacker-Kass-’Annabelle’

Cameron Redpath-’The Stage Is Bare’

Kayla Truong-’Bang Bang’

Cecilia Thielen-’Bombastic’

Keira Redpath-’The Greatest Star’

Ashley Braun-’Forgive Me Love’

Melkamie Setnes-’His Eye Is On The Sparrow’

Israel Zion-’Hokey Pokey’

Lilliana Caffari-’Pop Drop and Roll’

Kylie Broberg-’I’m Available’

Ashley Gutz-’Show Off’

Alyssa Truong-’Last Moment’

Isabella Crawford-’Runway Walk’

Corryn Harvieux-’Where Is It Written’

Emily Fleetham-’Word Up’

Alaina Larson-’Beautiful Like Me’

Diarra Chatham-’Control’

Daniela Garcia-’On Eagles Wings’

Rachel Zillig-’Hallelujah’

Grace Frey-’Revolution’

Noelle Bjork-’I Want To Be A Rockette’

Sydney Sticha-’Weeping Strings’

Colin Benning-’Lil Man’

Alaina Bader-’Lily’s Theme’

Junior Solo

10th: Lauren Sklar-’Scherzo’

Didn’t Place

Olivia Penticoff-’Atmospheric’

Kendall Lewis-’Breathless’

Alexa Adams-’Strength’

Elizabeth Perelman-’Quenn’s Speech’

Sara Gutz-’Dangerous’

Miranda Shaughnessy-’Mein Herr’

Mackenzie Hall-’Tens’

Alicia Gan-’If I Had My Way’

Beau Leoplold-’Reflections’

Rachel Harris-’The Last Moment’

Ava Gerst-’Voices’

Ashley Truong-’Turning Pages’

Skyla Ward-’Dreams’

Bennet Espinada-Banick-’For You’

Lauren Olson-’Golden’

Teen Solo

7th (tie): Eva Igo-’It’s A Mans World’

10th (4-way tie): Ellie Wagner-’Hymm A’Lamour’

Didn’t Place

Lexi Heath-’Blackbird’

Alex Arce-’Slip’

Emma Klinzing-’Fly Before You Fall’

Paulina Villanueva-’Secret Garden’ (?)

Catie Sjoquist-’Affliction’

Emma Marx-’Lonely’

Olivia Nelson-’My All’

Kevin Avila-’Miss You’

Joshua Ukura-’Caught Up In the Sea’

Maddie Kasel-’Sands’

Lexus Johnson-’Try A Little Tenderness’

Lauren Busyn-’Long Days’

Sydney Ronneberg-’When Love Goes Wrong’

Ally Nelson-’Eternal Flame’

Senior Solo

1st (tie, $300): Taylor Sieve-’Grief’

7th (tie): Madison Jordan-’Nights’

Didn’t Place

Alex Anton-’I Will Love You’

Aless Abla-’Loves Me Crazy’

Brittney Ayers-’Goodbye My Lover’

Vanessa Tettamanzi-’Goodbye My Lover’

Peewee Duo/Trio

3rd ($100): ‘Odyssey’

Mini Duo/Trio

Didn’t Place

Isabella Crawford, Adrianna Crawford, Isabella Jarvis-‘Confident’

‘Broken’

‘Wind It Up’

‘The Light’

‘I Can’t Do It Alone’

‘Adam and Eve’

‘Tragedy’

‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’

Junior Duo/Trio

Didn’t Place

Bennet Espinada-Banick, Sara Gutz, Ava Wagner-‘Alive’

‘Stations’

‘Pray For Em’

Teen Duo/Trio

2nd ($200): Taylor Sieve, Ellie Wagner-’The Edge’

4th (3-way tie): Eva Igo, Catie Sjoquist, Ellie Wagner-‘The Falling Sea’

4th (3-way tie): Eva Igo, Alex Arce-‘As Long As You Love Me’

Didn’t Place

‘Marathon In Roses’

‘Bricks’

‘Unsteady’

Senior Duo/Trio

Didn’t Place

‘Let It Go’

PeeWee Group

Didn’t Place

‘Glory’

Mini Group

4th: ‘Forget About The Boy’

Didn’t Place

‘Red Dress’

‘Downtown’

‘Listen’

‘Hey How You Doing’

Junior Group

5th (3-way tie): ‘Memories’

Didn’t Place

‘Wild Is The Wind’

‘Breathe’

‘Rule the World’

‘My Faith’

Teen Group

5th (4-way tie): ‘Love Story’

Didn’t Place

‘The Last Word’

‘Hold Me Down’

‘My Squad’

‘Until The Leevee’

‘Confident’

‘Forgiven’

Senior Group

3rd (tie, $100): ‘Now That You’re Gone’

Didn’t Place

‘Strong’

‘Panda’

‘Ne Me Qui Te Pas’

‘Tremors’

Mini Line

4th (3-way tie): ‘Stars and Stripes’

Didn’t Place

‘Azillion’

Junior Line

2nd ($200): ‘Dreaming Awake’

5th (tie): ‘Flight’

Senior Line

Didn’t Place

‘Break The Silence’

‘I Found’

Mini Extended Line

2nd (tie, $200): ‘Better Have My Money’

Didn’t Place

‘Bathing Beauties’

‘Fire’

‘Rotten To The Core’

‘Rhythm Nation’

Junior Extended Line

4th (tie): ‘Liza With A Z’

Didn’t Place

‘Tango’

Teen Extended Line

Didn’t Place

‘No Flex’

‘Shapes’

‘Body Language’

Senior Extended Line

1st ($300): ‘We Have It All’

3rd ($100): ‘Carry On’

4th: ‘Hello’

Teen Production

2nd (tie, $200): ‘FOSSE’

3rd (tie, $100): ‘Icons’

Didn’t Place

‘A Soldier’s Heart’

‘Chess’

High Scores by Performance Division:

PeeWee Lyrical

2nd (tie, $200): ‘Glory’

Mini Ballet

1st ($300): ‘Stars and Stripes’

Mini Specialty

2nd ($200): ‘Bathing Beauties’

5th: ‘Red Dress’

Mini Hip Hop

2nd ($200): ‘Better Have My Money’

4th: ‘Downtown’

Didn’t Place

‘Azillion’

Mini Tap

5th: ‘Fire’

Mini Contemporary

5th: ‘Wild Is The Wind’

Mini Jazz

5th (3-way tie): ‘Hey How You Doing’

Didn’t Place

‘Rotten To The Core’

‘Rhythm Nation’

Mini Lyrical

Didn’t Place

‘Listen’

Mini Musical Theatre

1st ($300): ‘Forget About The Boy’

Junior Hip Hop

2nd ($200): ‘Flight’

Junior Contemporary

4th (tie): ‘Dreaming Awake’

Didn’t Place

‘My Faith’

Junior Musical Theatre

3rd ($100): ‘Liza With A Z’

Junior Specialty

2nd ($200): ‘Memories’

Didn’t Place

‘Breathe’

Junior Jazz

4th: ‘Tango’

Didn’t Place

‘Rule the World’

Teen Musical Theatre

1st ($300): ‘FOSSE’

Teen Lyrical

2nd (tie, $200): ‘A Soldier’s Heart’

Didn’t Place

‘The Last Word’

Teen Hip Hop

2nd ($200): ‘Icons’

Didn’t Place

‘No Flex’

‘My Squad’

Teen Contemporary

Didn’t Place

‘Shapes’

‘Hold Me Down’

‘Until The Leevee’

Teen Ballet

1st (3-way tie, $300): ‘Love Story’

Teen Jazz

Didn’t Place

‘Confident’

‘Body Language’

Teen Specialty

Didn’t Place

‘Forgiven’

Teen Tap

Didn’t Place

‘Chess’

Senior Contemporary

3rd (tie, $100): ‘We Have It All’

4th (4-way tie): ‘Now That You’re Gone’

Didn’t Place

‘Strong’

‘Break The Silence’

‘I Found’

Senior Hip Hop

2nd ($200): ‘Panda’

Senior Specialty

4th (tie): ‘Carry On’

5th: ‘Tremors’

Senior Lyrical

5th: ‘Ne Me Qui Te Pas’

Didn’t Place

‘Hello’

Specialty Awards:

Junior Outstanding Technical Achievement

‘Dreaming Awake’

Best Ballet Performance

‘Passacaglia’

‘Love Story’

Best Musical Theatre Performance

‘Forget About the Boy’

‘FOSSE’

Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design

‘Chess’

Best Performance:

Junior

5th runner-up: ‘Dreaming Awake’

Teen

4th runner-up: ‘FOSSE’

Senior

2nd runner-up ($100): ‘We Have It All’

Best Dancer:

Mini Female

Top 22: Ava Wagner

Didn’t Place

Corynn Harvieux

Sophia Jurkovich

Audrey Healy

Adrianna Crawford

Cameron Redpath

Alaina Larson

Keira Redpath

Grace Frey

Diarra Chatham

Noelle Bjork

Isabella Jarvis

Alaina Bader

Josie Lutz

Maria Neely

Rachel Zillig

Mini Male

Top 10: Diego Garcia

Top 22: Collin Benning

Junior Female

Didn’t Place

Kendall Lewis

Alicia Gan

Bennet Espinada-Banick

Miranda Shaughnessy

Alexa Adams

Sara Gutz

Mackenzie Hall

Skyla Ward

Teen Female

Top 12: Ellie Wagner

Top 21: Eva Igo

Didn’t Place

Charliz Ann Baliaco

Abby Welter

Sydney Ronneberg

Catie Sjoquist

Lexus Johnson

Lauren Busyn

Teen Male

Top 18: Alex Arce

Top 20: Eli Smutny

Didn’t Place

Kevin Avila

Joshua Ukura

Senior Female

Winner: Taylor Sieve

Top 22: Madison Jordan

Didn’t Place

Alex Anton

Savannah Johnson

Sally Franco

Senior Male

Top 14: Nico Lonetree

Studio of the Year:

Winner: Larkin Dance Studio

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"Da una lingua all'altra" - Gli incontri letterari di Villa Medici

“Da una lingua all’altra” – Gli incontri letterari di Villa Medici

Dal 16 al 18 maggio, Villa Medici presenta “Da una lingua all’altra”, incontri letterari curati da Eva Dolowski, che vuole porre l’accento sulla diversità e le affinità della due lingue: l’italiano e il francese nelle sue diverse espressioni e forme di comunicazione. Letteratura, teatro, sociologia, filosofia e altro ancora. “Come metterle in relazione? Come metterle in scena?” – si chiede la…

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Theatre Bucket List

Plays to Read/See:

Agamemnon (Aeschylus)

American Buffalo (David Mamet)

Angels in America (Tony Kushner)

Antigone (Sophocles)

Arms and the Man (George Bernard Shaw)

As You Like It (Shakespeare)

August: Osage County (Tracy Letts)

The Bacchae (Euripides)

The Birthday Party (Harold Pinter)

Betrayal (Harold Pinter)

Blackbird (David Harrower)

Buried Child (Sam Shepard)

The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Bertolt Brecht)

The Cherry Orchard (Anton Chekhov)

The Clean House (Sarah Ruhl)

Clybourne Park (Bruce Norris)

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime

Cyclops (Euripides)

Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)

Disgraced (Ayad Akhtar)

Doctor Faustus (Christopher Marlowe)

A Doll’s House (Henrik Ibsen)

Doubt (John Patrick Stanley)

Eclipsed (Dunai Gurira)

Electra (Sophocles)

Equus (Peter Shaffer)

A Free Man of Color (John Guare)

The Glass Menagerie (Tennessee Williams)

Glengarry Glen Ross (David Mamet)

Hamlet (Shakespeare)

The Heidi Chronicles (Wendy Wasserstein)

Hir (Taylor Mac)

The Humans (Stephen Karam)

The Iceman Cometh (Eugene O’Neill)

The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)

Indecent (Paula Vogel)

In the Blood (Suzan-Lori Parks)

Jitney (August Wilson)

The Killer (Eugene Ionesco)

King Lear (Shakespeare)

Long Day’s Journey Into Night (Eugene O’Neil)

Lysistrata (Aristophenes)

Macbeth (Shakespeare)

Machinal (Sophie Treadwell)

The Mandrake (Nicolo Macchiavelli)

Medea (Euripides)

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare)

Miss Julie (August Strindberg)

The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail (Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee)

Noises Off (Michael Frayn)

The Normal Heart (Larry Kramer)

Oedipus the King (Sophocles)

Othello (Shakespeare)

Our Town (Thornoton Wilder)

The Playboy of the Western World (J.M. Synge)

Private Lives (Noel Coward)

Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)

A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansbury)

Richard III (Shakespeare)

Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare)

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (Tom Stoppard)

Ruined (Lynn Nottage)

The School for Scandal (Richard Brinsley Sheridan)

The Seagull (Anton Chekhov)

Significant Other (Joshua Harmon)

Small Mouth Sounds (Beth Wohl)

Speed-the-Plow (David Mamet)

Spreading the News (Lady Augusta Gregory)

A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)

The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare)

Tartuffe (Moliere)

The Tempest (Shakespeare)

The Threepenny Opera (Bertolt Brecht)

The Tracking Satyrs (Sophocles)

The Trojan Woman (Euripides)

Topdog/Underdog (Suzan Lori-Parks)

Twelfth Night (Shakespeare)

Ubu Roi (Alfred Jarry)

Uncle Vanya (Anton Chekhov)

The Vagina Monologues (Eve Ensler)

A View from the Bridge (Arthur Miller)

Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Edward Albee)

Gypsy

My Fair Lady

Sweeney Todd

Fiddler on the Roof

Guys and Dolls

Oklahoma!

Cabaret

West Side Story

The Music Man

A Chorus Line

Chicago

The Fantasticks

Carousel

Company

Show Boat

The King and I

Little Shop of Horrors

Sunday in the Park with George

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

A Little Night Music

She Loves Me

Nine

Follies

Falsettos

Ragtime

Kiss Me, Kate

1776

Into the Woods

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Urinetown

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Wicked

Hair

Evita

Hello, Dolly!

La Cage aux Folles

110 in the Shade

The Producers

Lady in the Dark

City of Angels

Dreamgirls

Avenue Q

The Book of Mormon

42nd Street

Brigadoon

The Cradle Will Rock

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Jesus Christ Superstar

Once on this Island

Adding Machine

On the Town

Les Miserables

Bat Boy

Caroline, or Change

South Pacific

The Pajama Game

The Sound of Music

Hairspray

The Phantom of the Opera

Damn Yankees

Rent

Grey Gardens

Assassins

Mame

Man of La Mancha

A Man of No Importance

You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown

Sweet Charity

Camelot

Anything Goes

Wonderful Town

The Light in the Piazza

The Drowsy Chaperone

The Full Monty

Romance/Romance

Godspell

Of Thee I Sing

The Secret Garden

Pippin

Kiss of the Spider Woman

Finian’s Rainbow

Pal Joey

Annie Get Your Gun

Pacific Overtures

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

On Your Toes

Candide

Annie

Beauty and the Beast

Ain’t Misbehavin’

Bye Bye Birdie 

Jelly’s Last Jam

A New Brain

Floyd Collins

Grand Hotel

Violet

A Day in Hollywood, A Night in Ukraine

The Scottsboro Boys

Next to Normal

Hadestown

Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812

The Band’s Visit

Hamilton

Dear Evan Hansen

Heathers

Dream Roles (plays):

Laura in The Glass Menagerie

Nora in A Doll’s House

Regina in The Little Foxes

Harper in Angels in America

Daisy in The Great Gatsby

Lady MacBeth in Macbeth

Catherine in Proof

Ashlee in Dance Nation

Emma in People, Places, & Things

Nina in The Seagull

Dream Roles (Musicals):

Johanna in Sweeney Todd

Fantine in Les Miserables

Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors

Cinderella in Into the Woods

Wendla in Spring Awakening

Amalia in She Loves Me

Sonya in Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812

Princess Mary in Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812

Sibella in Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder

Clara in The Light in the Piazza

Cathy in The Last Five Years

Margo in Bright Star

Rosa Bud in The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Tony in West Side Story (Anyone looking for a female Tony?)

Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar

To Be Continued as I Discover More Things...

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GISELE VIENNE - HOW YOU WILL DISAPPEAR

CHAILLOT NOMADE À LA COLLINE – THÉÂTRE NATIONAL DU 06 au 15 JANVIER

Dans une scénographie spectaculaire représentant une forêt de nuages, Gisèle Vienne interroge divers canons de la beauté à travers trois personnages évoquant respectivement l’autorité, la perfection et la ruine. Une réelle enquête au cœur de notre intimité.

This is how you will disappear s’enfonce dans une immense forêt, d’un grand naturalisme, où se déploient bientôt des phénomènes météorologiques qui bouleversent l’espace, la perception et la sensation que l’on en a. Un glissement de l’ordre du chaos qui entre en résonnance avec les trois personnages traversant cette forêt : un entraîneur représente l’autorité, garant d’un ordre qui sert un système de domination et permet ses abus ; une jeune gymnaste figure la beauté liée à la perfection culturellement construite ; et une jeune rock star, celle liée à la ruine. This is how you will disappear évoque ces idéaux culturels et ces canons de beauté apparemment contradictoires issus de notre culture contemporaine, cette lutte intériorisée entre notre intimité et la société qui s’exprime à travers ces représentations.

Site : https://theatre-chaillot.fr/fr/saison-22-23/how-you-will-disappear

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Barbara Crampton Taking Part in Live Reading of Creepshow Movie Script! |  Scripts Gone Wild

After an almost three-year hiatus from live performances due to the ongoing pandemic, Bloody Disgusting has learned that Scripts Gone Wild returns to El Cid on Sunset on August 24th at 7pm with a reading of the Stephen King horror classic, Creepshow (1982)!

Once referred to as “LA’s best kept secret”, Scripts Gone Wild had been performing virtual reads throughout the pandemic before taking time to regroup and finalize its 501(c)3 non-profit status. Creepshow is the first in a new series of quarterly performances at El Cid, each one benefiting a different charitable organization.

Headlining the read are horror legend Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator, You’re Next); star of the Sniper franchise, Chad Michael Collins; Mystery Science Theatre 3000’s Jonah Ray and Deanna Rooney; and Kirk Thatcher, the director of Muppets Haunted Mansion. Rounding out the cast are Scripts Gone Wild favorites Aaron Laplante (Primal), Rico E. Anderson (Truth Be Told), and Frank Dietz (Black Roses, Zombie Nightmare).

Buy tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/scripts-gone-wild-presents-creepshow-tickets-388238982247

Benefiting National Multiple Sclerosis Society

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Adrian gives his stage debut at the Romanian National Opera Cluj-Napoca in 2003 as Zuniga in Carmen, followed by appearances as Masetto in Don Giovanni, Colline in La Bohème and Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor. During the 2007-08 season he was a member of the Young Artists Project at the Bavarian State Opera Munich. He could be heard in the 2008-09 season in Der Vampyr at the Teatro Comunale Bologna, in The Queen of Spades at the Opéra de Monte Carlo and in Lucia di Lammermoor at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf. Starting with the 2009-10 season he became a member of the Deutsche Opera am Rhein Düsseldof. In 2011 he made his debut as Leporello in Don Giovanni at the Salzburg Festival and appeared in the same role in 2012 at the Bolshoi Theatre Moscow, in the frame of a tour of the Teatro alla Scala di Milano and in 2013 at the Staatsoper Berlin under the baton of M° Daniel Barenboim. He is winner of various singing competitions: International Singing Competition „Hariclea Darclée“, International Singing Competition „Eugenia Moldoveanu“ and so many others. Dear Adrian, it’s a pleasure to talk to you! Only a few know that you are the first artist I have ever interviewed, back in 2016, so it is also, indirectly, thanks to you that OPERA Charm Magazine was eventually born, 4 years later. Thank you very much for believing in me at that time and for accepting our invitation! It’s a pleasure! Hello, Bianca, the pleasure is mine, as it was 6 years ago. Thank you for the invitation. First of all I have to admit I am happy as well as a bit proud to have contributed, even indirectly, to the birth of such an interesting project. Congratulations to you and the whole OPERA Charm team for your dedication! First of all, where do our questions find you? How did Anna Bolena go? This was a role debut for you, wasn’t it? Well, Anna Bolena had it’s last performance at the Dutch National Opera two days ago and I am already in Aix-en-Provence rehearsing for Rossini’s Moïse et Pharaon as Pharaon for this year’s Summer Festival. Yes, Enrico VIII was a role debut as is Pharaon, by the way, so two in a row. This is the exciting dynamics of our profession, sometimes you sing for seasons in a row only the roles you already have in your repertoire and then comes a time, like this year for me, with three role debuts. The third one will be Count Rodolfo in La sonnambula, but I prefer not to say where, since the season is not announced yet from what I know. Coming back to Anna Bolena, I have to say it was a production that I enjoyed a lot, lovely house to work in, wonderful conductor and colleagues, great staging, beautiful costumes and set, so I was spoiled to have my debut under this circumstances and now that it is over, I am missing it already. reposted from https://opera-charm.com/

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August Burns Red Reveal Tour With Fit For A King, Miss May I and Crystal Lake

One day after treating fans to an epic new music video starring the one and only Bigfoot, metalcore juggernauts August Burns Red have returned with some rather exciting news.

Starting January 24th, the Pennsylvania outfit will be hitting the road with some fellow punishers in Fit For A King, Miss May I and Crystal Lake.    

“There are a lot of cities we missed on our first tour of Phantom Anthem and we wanted to make sure we hit those places on this album cycle,” the band said. “It’s been far too long since we’ve played most of these cities and we can’t wait to return with our pals in Fit For a King, Miss May I, and our new friends from Japan — Crystal Lake!”

To check out dates and locations for the 31-date tour, be sure to look below. Afterward, to grab tickets, head here.  

Tour Dates:

1/24 — Lexington, KY @ Manchester Music Hall 1/25 — Richmond, VA @ The National ∞ 1/26 — Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel 1/27 — Charleston, SC @ Music Farm ∞ 1/29 — Destin, FL @ Club LA* 1/30 — New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues 1/31 — San Antonio, TX @ Alamo City Music Hall* 2/01 — Odessa, TX @ Dos Amigos 2/02 — Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater 2/04 — Tucson, AZ @ The Rock 2/05 — Pomona, CA @ The Glass House* 2/06 — Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades* 2/08 — Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory 2/09 — Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory 2/10 — Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot 2/11 — Grand Junction, CO @ Mesa Theater 2/12 — Fort Collins, CO @ Aggie Theatre 2/14 — Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom 2/15 — Lincoln, NE @ Bourbon Theatre 2/16 — Minneapolis, MN @ Cabooze 2/17 — Des Moines, IA @ Wooly’s 2/18 — Grand Rapids, MI @ Intersection* 2/20 — Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall* 2/22 — Ottawa, ON @ TD Place 2/23 — Quebec City, QC @ Imperial De Quebec 2/25 — Hampton Beach, NH @ Wally’s ∞ 2/26 —  Portland, ME @ Aura 2/27 —  Clifton Park, NY @ Upstate Concert Hall ∞ 2/28 — Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom 3/01 — Hartford, CT @ The Webster ∞ 3/02 — Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance Theater * No FFAK ∞ No MMI

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November History

November 25 1792 - The Old Farmer's Almanac first published by Robert B. Thomas. He added "Old" to the title in 1832 because there was so much competition in the Farmer's Almanac business.

1884 - The patent (#308,422) for the process of evaporated milk was issued to John Meyenberg, of St Louis, Missouri.

1920 - The Philadelphia Thanksgiving Day Parade is the oldest in the US, starting on this date.

1937 - World's Fair of Paris (Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne - International Exposition dedicated to Art and Technology in Modern Life) closed, with 31.2 million visitors.

1940 - Woody Woodpecker debuted with release of Walter Lantz's "Knock Knock." He was actually the antagonist to Andy Panda (already established character) in the cartoon.

1947 - The Hollywood Ten consisting of Alvah Bessie, Herbert Biberman, Lester Cole, Edward Dmytryk, Ring Lardner Jr., John Howard Lawson, Albert Maltz, Samuel Ornitz, Adrian Scott and Dalton Trumbo were cited for contempt of Congress for refusing to give testimony to the House Committee on Un-American Activities.

1952 - Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opened at the Ambassadors Theatre in London, eventually becoming the longest continuously-running play in history.

1959 - Once Upon a Mattress opened at Alvin Theater New York City. The play was written as an adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale The Princess and the Pea.

1963 - John F. Kennedy was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. The flags in Arlington National Cemetery are flown at half-staff from a half hour before the first funeral until a half hour after the last funeral each day.

1973 - Maximum speed limit was cut to 55 MPH as an energy conservation measure in the US.

1975 - The patent (#3,922,552) for a whole-body X-ray scanner was issued to Robert S. Ledley.

1979 - Pat Summerall and John Madden broadcasted a NFL game (Vikings vs Buccaneers) together for the first time.

1984 - Band Aid which was founded by Bob Geldof to help raise money to assist famine stricken Ethiopia, recorded the single Do They Know It's Christmas in a London studio. The group included Adam Clayton (U2), Phil Collins (Genesis, solo), Bob Geldof (The Boomtown Rats), Steve Norman (Spandau Ballet), Chris Cross (Ultravox), John Taylor (Duran Duran), Paul Young, Tony Hadley (Spandau Ballet), Glenn Gregory (Heaven 17), Simon Le Bon (Duran Duran), Simon Crowe (The Boomtown Rats), Marilyn, Keren (Bananarama), Martin Kemp (Spandau Ballet), Jody Watley (Shalamar), Bono (U2), Paul Weller (The Style Council), James Taylor (Kool & The Gang), Peter Blake (credited as 'sleeve artist'), George Michael (Wham!), Midge Ure (Ultravox), Martin Ware (Heaven 17), John Keeble (Spandau Ballet), Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet), Roger Taylor (Duran Duran), Sara (Bananarama), Siobhan (Bananarama), Pete Briquette (The Boomtown Rats), Francis Rossi (Status Quo), Robert 'Kool' Bell (Kool & the Gang), Dennis Thomas (Kool & the Gang), Andy Taylor (Duran Duran), Jon Moss (Culture Club), Sting (The Police), Rick Parfitt (Status Quo), Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran), Johnny Fingers (The Boomtown Rats), Boy George (Culture Club), Holly (Frankie Goes to Hollywood), Paul McCartney (The Beatles, Wings) and David Bowie .

2009 - Wikileaks - Information about 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon were distributed online, with more than 500,000 intercepted pager messages, mainly from US officials posted by wikileaks founder, Julian Assange.