#TALMAN HARRIS

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From the Golden Age of Television

Season 1 Episode 2

Perry Mason - The Case of the Sleepwalkers Niece - CBS - September 28, 1957

Legal Drama

Running Time: 60 minutes

Written by Laurence Marks and Gene Wang

Produced by Ben Brady

Directed by William D. Russell

Stars:

Raymond Burr as Perry Mason

Barbara Hale as Della Street

William Hopper as Paul Drake

Tony Michaels as Jackson

William Talman as Hamilton Burger

Ray Collins as Lt. Arthur Tragg

John McNamara as Peter Cole

Hillary Brooke as Doris Cole

John Archer as Frank Maddox

Nancy Hadley as Edna Hammar

Darryl Hickman as Steve Harris

Helen Mowery as Lucille Mays

Thomas B. Henry as Ralph Duncan

Harry Hickok as Phillip Kendall

Kenneth MacDonald as Judge

Clark Howat as Policemany

Fred Graham as Sheriff

Joey Ray as Detective

Jack Harris as Court Clerk

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wot reread: the fires of heaven (chap 43)

spoilers for the fires of heaven

1. Rand hates that he’s come to this situation where men will die because of his orders. But he can’t see what he could have done to avoid the situation this time and just hopes that maybe next time, he’ll be able to stop things before they come down to a battle. “Life was only a dream, and all dreams had to end” - “Aiel did not run toward death, yet they did not run from it either”.

2. Rand is trying to keep the Maidens away from the battle, it sounds like, and they are getting very frustrated about it, talking to the Wise Ones behind his back.

3. Lan points out to Rand how silly it is for him to be ready to fight Couladin to the death, one-on-one in a regular fight. It’s a waste of what Rand is actually capable of bringing to the battle. Rand is annoyed at the idea that he should avoid the fighting because he’s too important to risk, but that’s exactly what he’s trying to do to the Maidens, yeah? He’s decided their lives are too important for him to risk, even if they are willing to face death.

4. Egwene, Aviendha, and all the Maidens are also all here to point out how incredibly foolish it is for Rand to be in the thick of the fighting when he is far more useful using the One Power as a weapon and should be with the channelers, not the non-magical fighters. And that if he wants the Maidens to be uselessly guarding anyone away from the battlefield, it should be him. And he does, eventually, see sense and give in and agree to go to the Tower with Egwene and Aviendha.

5. Aviendha has decided to take part in the battle as well, having successfully argued that if an ‘Aes Sedai’ like Egwene can fight, so can she. The Wise Ones agreed with her reasoning, telling her to do what she thought she must and that the Car’a’carn was said to bring change.

6. Aviendha and Egwene link to hurl down lightning bolts and Rand engulfs entire hilltops in molten fire, before the battle for true starts, to harry the Shaido out of their hiding spots.

7. Mat is trying to avoid the fighting as he leaves and has basically pinballed across the terrain trying to avoid both sides. Ooo, we learn that Melindhra is with the other Maidens, of course, but left Mat’s tent sounding as if she were arguing with herself about honor and “Far Dareis Mai above all”. Trying to avoid Rand’s Aiel, he ends up running into the Tairen/Cairhien forces instead. He spots them about to rush into an ambush of Shaido and heads to warn them, internally cursing himself the whole time.

8. Haha, he uses Rand’s title as a way to get them to halt their advance before they enter the Shaido’s killing ground. “By order of the Lord Dragon!” and he uses Rand’s channeling as a threat against them. He really has come a long way. “Halt, in the name of the Lord Dragon!”

9. Estean recognizes Mat and hastily whispers to the Lord in charge. I wish Perrin were here so that I knew exactly what Estean said about Mat. The Tairen Lords were, ah, real convinced that Mat and Rand were incredibly close and spent tons of time together, back in the Stone of Tear. lol, Mat gets an upgrade to Lord Mat temporarily, based on what Estean whispered to the guy.

10. And, of course, the fact that Mat casually calls the Lord Dragon ‘Rand’ is going to further cement that HIS relationship with the Dragon Reborn is very different from the Tairen Lords’ relationship with the Dragon Reborn. Mat is certain that it’s his relationship with Rand that makes them pay attention to him when he orders them around.

11. He gives them orders to get into position, using Rand’s name as a bludgeoning weapon whenever they protest. He knows if they just do what their instincts tell them, they will all die.

12. TALMANES!!!! lol, calm down, we only just met him. I’ll do my best not to get overexcited. But I didn’t remember exactly where/when we met him. pg 489. “Talmanes of House Delovinde, his con three yellow stars on blue and his banner a black fox, was even shorter than Daerid and had three years on Mat at most, but he led these Cairhienin although there were older men and even gray hairs present.”

13. Talmanes makes a deal with Mat that he will lead half the forces if Mat leads the other half. “Talmanes studied the map [Mat] drew, and studied [Mat] from boots to hat, even his spear”. Mat wants to think of himself as a gambler and a lover, not a fighter, but he surprises himself by agreeing to the deal.

14. “It had all started so simply. Just give warning and go. Each step after had seemed so small, so necessary. And now he had waded waist deep into the mud, and no choice but to keep on.” He also impresses Talmanes purely with his tactical skill -- Talmanes doesn’t even know Mat’s name or that he’s friends with Rand.

15. Mat charges with his side of cavalry - “Not that he really wanted to, but he could not see any choice now. He had put those men down there -- some might have gotten away if he had told them to turn and run -- and he just did not have a choice”. Such a strong sense of responsibility.

16. And Mat is in the thick of the battle, with the responsibility of this wing of Rand’s forces now under his care.

[luckhissoul]

CHARACTER SHEET

BASICS

NAME: mat cauthon

NICKNAME: : idk ? son of battles? lmao

ALIAS(S): n/a he’d have so much fun much making one up though.

GENDER: male

SIZE: 6′

AGE:   canonically ranging from 19 to 23

ZODIAC:  it doesn’t exist here bros lolol

SPOKEN LANGUAGES: the old tongue and i guess english?

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

HAIR COLOR: brown

EYE COLOR: brown ( let me jsut ignore barney harris’ green eyes for right now )

SKIN TONE: idk skin tones. light ish? 

BODY TYPE: slender

VOICE: lower ? i d k 

DOMINANT HAND: right

POSTURE: not the greatest. slightly slouched. 

SCARS: a lot of them from battles and such. most prominently the one he hides on his neck.

TATTOOS: none.

BIRTHMARKS: -  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

CHILDHOOD

PLACE OF BIRTH: emond’s field , the two rivers. 

HOMETOWN: emond’s field , the two rivers

SIBLINGS: two younger sisters - bodewhin and eldrin

PARENTS: abell and natti cauthon

ADULT LIFE

OCCUPATION: general of the band of the red hand

CURRENT RESIDENCE(S): he’s always just traveling  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

CLOSE FRIENDS: rand al’thor / perrin aybara / elayne trakand / birgitte silverbow / nynaeve al’meara  / thom merrilin / talmanes delovinde / aludra nendenhald /  i almost put olver except thats basically his son but he deserves a mention 

RELATIONSHIP STATUS: (verse dependent) but married to tuon paendrag, empress of the seanchan empire. she’s a tiny and slightly scary

FINANCIAL STATUS: wealthy now.

DRIVER’S LICENSE: these don’t exist lmao but he would. 

CRIMINAL RECORD none. but he was always in some kind of trouble growing up. 

VICES:  gambling, sleeping around, drinking, can i include knife fights? lmao

SEX AND ROMANCE

SEXUAL ORIENTATION: straight

PREFERRED EMOTIONAL ROLE: would rather ignore an emotional role and be a good time or the reluctant but reliable helping hand lmao 

PREFERRED SEXUAL ROLE:  giver. 

TURN ONS: loyalty, honesty, sense of humor, strong will, beauty, complicated ( hey he likes a challenge okay ) lmao

TURN OFFS: disloyal, betrayal, overbearing, uncaring

LOVE LANGUAGE: gift giving / acts of service / physical touch

RELATIONSHIP TENDENCIES: unsure of how to respond or initiate the emotional aspects of it he’ll over compensate with gifts, physical things, compliments, or acts of service. always looking for validation. he’ll risk his life for someone before telling them he actually loves them. lmao but he’ll get there eventually. he’s just mad that he’s squishy. but relationships can be tough to get into since he does like his freedom. 

MISCELLANEOUS

CHARACTER’S THEME SONG: jak o’the shadows because i have to 

MENTAL ILLNESSES: ptsd

PHOBIAS: nothing to be classified as like PHOBIA. there’s fears obviously but nothing on that scale? 

SELF CONFIDENCE LEVEL: the most confident insecure person you’ll meet

Tagged by : @caracarnn​

Tagging: @agoldenlily​ x @ofimaginarybeings​ x @ycllowhaired​​ x @iithildim​ x @windtold​

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Top 5 least threatening horror movie villains

1. Tony in Midnight Lace.  

I actually think that Tony could have been a great villain, but unfortunately, he ended up being all talk and no action.  The way he tries to drive Kit insane with the creepy calls and threats, and even his motivation of needing her money (and the fact that he was so convincing in his act of being in love with her that a not so naive woman actually married him) set him up to be a really creepy and threatening villain.  But instead, he just sort of....gives up.  She runs away onto the scaffolding outside, and he doesn’t even attempt to chase after her until his girlfriend tells him to.  And then the cops show up, and he’s like....oh well....I’m not one for remakes, but this is something that would have to be updated if they ever made one of this movie.

2. The Castevets in Rosemary’s Baby

Even though they are actually great villains, they aren’t particularly threatening.  Mostly because they don’t actually want to hurt Rosemary.  They try to control her during her pregnancy, as well as you know....drugging her so the Devil can have sex with her.  But they don’t want to kill her or cause bodily harm to her...they want her to be a mother.  Still super creepy, just not threatening.  Though the might have pushed Teresa out the window....or did something to cause it....who knows?

3. Tony Wendice in Dial M for Murder

This is another character who is all talk and no action....or I guess, his actions are more indirect.  He hires someone to do the dirty work, rather than doing it himself.  Yes, this is to give himself an alibi and a patsy (in case Lesgate had been caught)...He’s a creep, but I don’t think I’d feel unsafe if I was left in a room alone with him.

4.  Frankenstein’s Monster

While he might look scary, he’s actually only dangerous if you provoke him.  As shown in the first two films, if you show him kindness and understanding, he’s not going to hurt you.  Just don’t make fun of him, chase him or threaten him with fire and you should be perfectly fine!  He’s more of a misunderstood villain.

5. Mike Talman in Wait Until Dark

This one is kind of cheating, since he’s not the main villain of the film, Harry Roat Jr. is.  I’d probably classify Mike as more of a sympathetic villain, as he and Carlino have been blackmailed into doing the job in the first place.....And even though he says that it doesn’t matter if someone gets hurt on their job, he doesn’t enjoy it the way Roat does.  I feel like he’d only ever hurt someone if he was backed into a corner, and even then, he probably wouldn’t try to kill someone, just wound them so he could get away.

[weirdletter]

Ave • atque • Vale: Reminiscences of H.P. Lovecraft, edited by S.T. Joshi and David E. Schultz, Necronomicon Press, 2018. Trade paperback and limite edition hardcover, info: necropress.com.

H.P. Lovecraft was one of the most beloved individuals of his era, and many friends, colleagues, and correspondents wrote memoirs of their association with him. This volume, one of the most exhaustive collection of Lovecraft memoirs ever published, gathers together some of the best-known accounts of Lovecraft the man and writer, including W. Paul Cook’s classic In Memoriam: Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1941) and Sonia H. Davis’s The Private Life of H.P. Lovecraft, a moving discussion of her marriage to the Providence writer. Members of the celebrated Kalem Club (Frank Belknap Long, Rheinhart Kleiner, Samuel Loveman, James F. Morton) add their assessments, while such neighbors as Harold W. Munro (Lovecraft’s classmate at Hope Street High School), Clara Hess, and Muriel Eddy offer unique glimpses of Lovecraft’s life in Providence. As Lovecraft became a titan in the world of pulp fiction, such colleagues as Donald Wandrei, E. Hoffmann Price, and H. Warner Munn recounted their recollections. Late in life, Lovecraft became a mentor for a cadre of young fans and writers who were spearheading the fantasy fandom movement, and many of them—R. H. Barlow, Fritz Leiber, Robert Bloch, Kenneth Sterling, and others—told of their memories of the dreamer from Providence. Ave atque Vale has been meticulously edited by S.T. Joshi and David E. Schultz, two of the leading authorities on Lovecraft. They have supplied biographical information on the various authors and annotated each essay thoroughly to explain obscure references and to correct errors. This book will be an invaluable contribution to the study of H.P. Lovecraft.

Contents: Introduction   I. Some Overviews Ave atque Vale! by Edward H. Cole A Few Memories by James F. Morton In Memoriam: Howard Phillips Lovecraft—Recollections, Appreciations, Estimates by W. Paul Cook Howard Phillips Lovecraft by Samuel Loveman Some Random Memories of H.P.L. by Frank Belknap Long A Memoir of Lovecraft by Rheinhart Kleiner The Normal Lovecraft: A Memoir to Restore Balance to the Shade of a Man of Delightful Character by Wilfred B. Talman The Private Life of H.P. Lovecraft by Sonia H. Davis Memories of Lovecraft by Sonia H. Davis Amateur Affairs by Hyman Bradofsky   II. Childhood and Early Adulthood (1890–1922) Lovecraft, My Childhood Friend by Harold W. Munro Letter to Winfield Townley Scott by Clara Hess Little Journeys to the Homes of Prominent Amateurs by Andrew Francis Lockhart Young Man Lovecraft by L. Sprague de Camp From “Further Recollections of Amateur Journalism” by Arthur Goodenough Lovecraft Was My Mentor by Horace L. Lawson 20 Webster Street by George Julian Houtain Howard Phillips Lovecraft: The Sage of Providence by Maurice W. Moe A Tribute from the Past by Ira A. Cole Discourse on H. P. Lovecraft by Rheinhart Kleiner Memories of a Friendship by Alfred Galpin I Met Lovecraft by Paul Livingston Keil   III. Early Professional Career (1923–1930) Howard Phillips Lovecraft by Muriel E. Eddy The Man Who Came at Midnight by Ruth M. Eddy The Kalem Letters by George Kirk Bards and Bibliophiles by Rheinhart Kleiner Lovecraft as a Conversationalist by Samuel Loveman Recollections of H. P. Lovecraft by Vrest Orton H.P. Lovecraft: A Pupil’s View by Zealia Bishop Lovecraft in Providence by Donald Wandrei H.P.L.: A Reminiscence by H. Warner Munn One Day in the Life of H. P. Lovecraft by Frank Belknap Long   IV. Later Years (1931–1937) An Interview with Harry K. Brobst by Will Murray The Sage of College Street Howard Phillips Lovecraft H.P. Lovecraft the Man by E. Hoffmann Price Idiosyncrasies of H.P.L. by Ernest A. Edkins Some Memories of H.P.L. by Helen V. Sully Three Hours with H.P. Lovecraft by Dorothy C. Walter [Memories of HPL (1934)] The Wind That Is in the Grass: A Memoir of H.P. Lovecraft in Florida by Robert H. Barlow Letter to Fantasy Commentator by Robert Bloch H.P. Lovecraft as I Knew Him by Duane W. Rimel Caverns Measureless to Man by Kenneth Sterling Interlude with Lovecraft by Stuart M. Boland Lovecraft’s First Book by William L. Crawford My Correspondence with Lovecraft by Fritz Leiber Miscellaneous Impressions of H.P.L. by Marian F. Bonner A Glimpse of H.P.L. by Mary V. Dana The Last of H.P. Lovecraft by John B. Michel   V. Brief Tributes Howard P. Lovecraft [1890–1937] by Walter J. Coates From “More Regrettable Passings” by Arthur Harris Howard Phillips Lovecraft by Charles W. Smith O Artemidorus, Farewell! by Ernest A. Edkins From Maurice Moe’s Son by Donald J. Moe A Walk in the Field by George W. Macauley Letter to Weird Tales by Hazel Heald Letter to Weird Tales by Robert Bloch In Memoriam: H. P. Lovecraft Letter to Weird Tales Letter to Science-Fiction Critic by Clark Ashton Smith Howard Phillips Lovecraft by Donald A. Wollheim A Tribute to Lovecraft by Robert W. Lowndes The Genius of Lovecraft by Henry George Weiss (Francis Flagg)   VI. Poetic Tributes Elegy in Spring by August Derleth To H.P.L. by Samuel Loveman To Howard Phillips Lovecraft by Clark Ashton Smith Biographical Notes Bibliography Index

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Wait Until Dark: A movie Review

Wait Until Dark: A Movie Review

“Wait Until Dark,” (directed by Terence Young) stars Audrey Hepburn in a thrilling and dramatic story with great suspense. The film masterfully uses lighting to build tension in certain scenes, which adds to the story, as the heroine (Susy, played by Hepburn) has been semi-recently blinded. The lighting forces the viewer to see things from Susy’s point of view, and to constantly guess what is happening in the story.

The movie starts with a beautiful woman (Lisa) carrying a doll stuffed with heroin through the airport. She hands the doll to a random man after noticing she is being watched. She tells him she will get it back from him later. Soon after, we see the man (Harry Roat) who was watching her blackmail “professional” criminals- Mike Talman and Sergeant Carlino- into helping him retrieve the doll. Shortly, the men find Lisa, dead, hanging in the closet, and realize that they are in the house of Susy and Sam Hendrix, a married blind woman and ex marine. The men take advantage of Susy’s blindness, but she figures out that they are up to something. With the help of her young helper Gloria, (and some very suspenseful fight scenes) she must keep the men from finding/taking the doll and hurting her or her husband.

The focus of this film was lighting. As stated previously, Susy is blind, so in the last half of the movie, the lights are often completely off- the screen is dark. Because the audience can not see what is going on, there is much more suspence- who has the knife? Who just got stabbed? The lack of lighting also gives the audience some of Susy/Roat’s perspective- (they are the only ones who participate in the fight scenes)- but the audience also knows that Susy can use the dark to her advantage. In other parts of the movie, lighting is used less obviously- for instance, there is a scene where someone gets run over by a car. You first see a figure walking in the street, then out of nowhere, a car’s headlights flash and all of a sudden, the figure is being crushed up against a chain link fence. Because of the shadows, the audience first believes the figure to be Roat, the clearest antagonist. However, because the lighting was so shadowed, the audience was unaware that the figure was actually Carlino! Dramatic irony was also in play here, because Talman did not know of his comrades death either, and he was about to walk away from the whole mess. Lighting was also used to show the goodness of each of the characters- Susy and Talman were both shot in soft and comforting light, while Carlino was in slightly less flattering light, and Roat was shot to look sleazy and menacing. So, lighting created tension, suspense, and helped paint the characters in different lights, both literally and figuratively.

Other focuses of the film included Mise en Scene, Camera, and Editing. The Mise en Scene of the movie included much of the transactions between Lisa, Sam, and Roat at the beginning of the movie, because the audience could not hear what was being said, but could see Lisa handing Sam the doll, and Roat suspiciously watching. Camera angles played a large part near the end of the movie, where Roat and Susy were fighting. There were many exchanges of power in these scenes: Roat started off with the knife (shot from low camera angle) and Susy was defenseless. (high angle). Then, Susy took control, and walked to the top of the stairs to escape, while Roat stood on the floor. (Switching of angles). Then, the angles switched again when Roat opened the ice box, (ice box=light) and Susy was shown frantically trying to escape the apartment. The Editing of the film was hard to notice, and not a main feature of the film, as it was made in the 60’s where CGI had not yet been invented. Most of the movie seemed to be one continuous shot, so if there were transitions, they were very smooth.

I enjoyed this film thoroughly. I was already an Audrey Hepburn fan, and this movie did nothing but heighten my love of her. I loved the dark scenes- the suspense, the drama! I wish that today’s films would use the element of suggestion about what might be happening instead of showing everything outright. All in all, this film might have moved into one of my favorite films of all time.

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Wait Until Dark

One of the few plays written by Frederic Knott (also the man behind Dial M for Murder), Wait Until Dark took just one year after its Broadway release to come out in theaters. Starring Audrey Hepburn as a blind woman, Wait Until Dark starts off with a mysterious encounter between a young girl named Lisa (Samantha Jones) and a man named Sam Hendrix (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.). Entering a flight from Montreal with a doll filled with drugs, Lisa is escorted off the plane by a mysterious while her doll goes off with Sam. However, his role as a safekeeper for the doll goes haywire when he cannot find the doll. Even worse, Lisa's employers have caught wind of her starting her own operation and send Harry Roat Jr. (Alan Arkin) to track it down in the Hendrix home. Hiring two of Lisa's friends Mike Talman (Richard Crenna) and Carlino (Jack Weston) to assist him, the three come in and out of Susy's (Hepburn) apartment, searching for the doll, terrorizing her, and getting her to help them by warning that her husband killed Lisa (whose body was found out back). Thrilling at all times, Terence Young's Wait Until Dark is imperfect but is nonetheless a terrifically gripping film.

From the very beginning of the film, Young sets the perfect tone for the film by relying upon the score from Henry Mancini in the first act and then again in the third act. Eerie, off-beat, and greatly unsettling, the score for the film sets the atmosphere just right for the events that will follow and serves as the perfect transition out once the film is wrapping up. While not particularly present during much of the film, the sprinkling of the score as needed to unsettle the audience from the very beginning is a great touch that allows Wait Until Dark to quickly achieve its creepy atmosphere. As the film sort of rushes into its plot with very little characterization, this score allows it to overcome this and lets the audience focus on the horror, not the characters.

With such a good score, it is no surprise that Wait Until Dark is a terrifically thrilling work that continuously keeps the audience on edge. As these comes in and out of Susy's house, questioning her, toying with her, and lying about who they are, Wait Until Dark builds up until the presumable climax where she must finally hand over the doll. A lot of this tension is contributed by the fact that Susy is blind. Unaware of what is going on, who is there, and what they are doing, Susy's blindness serves to be a huge crutch at times in the film. However, Young plays with it smartly. As she is blind, her hearing is excellent and allows her to keep tabs on where the men in her apartment are, highlighting their odd behavior (the blinds) which allows her to be clued into the fact that everything may not be as it seems.

Similarly, her blindness comes in handy in the climax as she knocks out all of the lights to face off with one of the intruders. This climax where all of the lights off and the audience is forced to use our hearing to decipher what is going on is absolutely the highlight of the film. Not only does it put us in Susy's mind and disorient us tremendously, but it acts as a great flip on what she was experiencing throughout. As these men shuffle in and out of her home, trick her, and torment her to find this doll, she is now able to turn the tables on them and drop them in an uncomfortable world of darkness. This is a world she knows all too well, giving her an absolute home-court advantage. Feeling her way around the room like an expert, she is able to rely upon this darkness to give her an upper hand and keep her opponent on his toes. For the audience, it serves as a fittingly claustrophobic, suffocating, and mysterious finale that allows this thriller that has built up tension so well - accomplished through her mysterious encounters with strangers, which leaves us both curious as to where the doll is and how she will escape - to pay-off in an equally successful fashion.

However, it is more than the thrills that makes the film so engaging to watch. Instead, it is the mental warfare that occurs before the climax ever begins. Getting the jump on Susy, Mike claims to be an old friend of her husband's from the military. Carlino pretends to be a cop investigating the tie between Lisa and Sam, claiming that the doll was a gift for Lisa and would be the defining clue to arresting Sam for murder. Harry plays both Lisa's husband and the man's father, pretending to be trying to find out information about his missing wife and believing her to be an unfaithful with Sam. As these men act their way through the scenario, leave and come back frequently from their van across the street, and calling one another on the payphone to clue one another into how to proceed next, it is clear that this plot was meticulously planned. Watching this practically musically choreographed movement of these men in and out of this home is partially beautiful to watch, but also rather fun. This is especially true once Susy begins to get wise to what is going on. Enlisting the assistance of the young girl upstairs who helps her sometimes, Gloria (Julie Herrod), Susy begins to fight back against the men with her own smartly put together plans that both prove her suspicions and allow her to get the upper hand against them. In crafting this portrait of mental warfare, Wait Until Dark manages to be a film that becomes incredibly fun to watch. Though intricate and always thinking a few steps ahead, the film keeps the audience engaged through the mystery of how each element will come together and who will eventually come out ahead. With this thrilling duel ongoing, Wait Until Dark builds anticipation for how it will all turn out and who will eventually wind up victorious.

Where Wait Until Dark falls apart is in its logic. Though its slow build-up is often worth it, the poor pacing - another flaw - really allows the audience to realize just how stupid everybody is in this film. The chief among this being Susy. She is smart as a whip in putting together the plans that get her out of this situation, but she is not smart enough to ever lock her door. She may be blind, but the door is unlocked from the very beginning of the film to the absolute end. Nobody ever bothers to lock the door, allowing these men to come in and out freely. Susy even walks outside to smash lights in the hallway, yet she leaves the door unlocked. Gloria similarly comes and goes, yet she never thinks to suggest locking the door. Similarly, logic in the film falls apart when it comes to Sam. Leaving for a job in Asbury Park, he is gone for much of the film, but conveniently arrives right after the events of the film wrap up. This would be a problem on its own, but he only arrives when he does because of Gloria. Sent to Asbury Park by Susy to get Sam, Gloria eventually returns with him and the police. Except, one of the intruders told Susy that they were done playing around because Sam should be on his way back from the hospital, where he was sent by the intruders to look for Susy after he received news she was injured. If Sam was sent to the hospital, how did Gloria ever find him at Asbury Park? These are not exactly plotholes so much as it is the film out-thinking itself at times. Trying to go ahead with too many twists, unfortunate circumstances, and too much mental warfare, Wait Until Dark winds up spinning itself into a circle and forgetting exactly what it said and when it said it, so it really upon some convenient plotting and forgetfulness to overcome any issues that arise.

Nonetheless, Terence Young's Wait Until Dark is a terrifically acted film, led by a terrifically menacing turn by Alan Arkin. As the blind woman terrorized by Arkin and his band of thieves, Hepburn is equally strong but can fall into overly theatrical acting at times in a performance that is truly out of the ordinary for her. Known for her energy, lightness, and charisma, Hepburn's stripped back performance is one that rightfully earned her a Best Actress nomination even if it is not her best performance. The way in which she so confidently exits her comfort zone is more than enough to warrant her receiving some commendation for this role. As one of the intruders, Richard Crenna is also excellent, delivering a smooth and confident turn as Mike Talman. Playing the "good guy" who comes to help Susy, Crenna is entirely believable, making it plausible that Hepburn's Susy would believe his every word. Calm and collected at all times, Crenna's performance is truly what Wait Until Dark relies upon in selling its scenario. If the audience does not buy his acting, they will not believe Susy would be tricked by him. Thus, Crenna's acting is the glue that holds this film together, even if Arkin is truly the brightest star in the film.

Thrilling and highly entertaining, Wait Until Dark is undone by some logic and pacing issues, but is luckily just gripping enough to overcome both. With a great score, terrific acting, and a fun battle of the wits set in Greenwich Village, Wait Until Dark is another gripping thriller based on a play by Frederic Knott.

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New, revised, and updated bootleg list!

•1776 Pro shot, good quality, I don’t know what cast or year.

•25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee OBC Broadway Lisa Howard (Rona Lisa Peretti), Jay Reiss (Douglas Panch), Derrick Baskin (Mitch Mahoney), Celia Keenan-Bolger (Olive Ostrovsky), Dan Fogler (William Barfee), Sarah Saltzberg (Logainne SchwartzandGrubenierre), Deborah S Craig (Marcy Park), Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Leaf Coneybear), Jose Llana (Chip Tolentino)

•3 musketeers- Beverly 23 August Pro shot Cast: Kevyn Morrow, John Schiappa, Jimmy Smagula, Aaron Tveit, Kate Baldwin, Chad Ackerman, Mark Aldrich

•A Bronx Tale - Broadway November 14, 2016 OBC Nick Cordero (Sonny), Richard H. Blake (Lorenzo), Bobby Conte Thornton (Calogero), Ariana DeBose (Jane), Lucia Giannetta (Rosina), Bradley Gibson (Tyrone), Hudson Loverro (Young Calogero)

•A Chorus Line - OBC Archived Black and White Scott Allen (Roy), Renee Baughman (Kristine), Carole Bishop (Sheila), Pamela Blair (Val), Wayne Cilento (Mike), Chuck Cissel (Butch), Clive Clerk (Larry), Kay Cole (Maggie), Ronald Dennis (Richie), Donna Drake (Tricia), Brandt Edwards (Tom), Patricia Garland (Judy), Carolyn Kirsch (Lois), Ron Kuhlman (Don), Nancy Lane (Bebe0, Baayork Lee (Connie), Prscilla Lopez (Diana), Robert LuPone (Zach), Cameron Mason (Mark), Donna McKenchie (Cassie), Don Percassi (Al), Michael Serrecchia (Frank), Michel Stuart (Greg), Thomas J Walsh (Bobby), Sammy Williams (Paul), Crissy Wilzak (Vicki)

•A Chorus Line - Broadway Preview September 30th 2006 ORC (Ken Alan, Brad Anderson, Michelle Aravena, David Baum, Michael Berresse, E. Clayton Cornelious, Natalie Cortez, Mike Cannon, Charlotte D'Amboise, Mara Davi, Joey Dudding, Lyndy Franklin, Jessica Lee Goldyn, Deidre Goodwin, Tyler Hanes, Nadine Isenegger, Pamela Jordan, James T. Lane, Lorin Latarro, Paul McGill, Heather Parcells, Michael Paternostro, Alisan Porter, Jeffrey Schecter, Yuka Takara, Jason Tam, Grant Turner, Chryssie Whitehead, Tony Yazbeck)

•A Christmas Story- Broadway November 7, 2012 Dan Lauria (Jean Shepherd), John Bolton (The Old Man), Erin Dilly(Mother), Johnny Rabe (Ralphie), Zac Ballard (Randy), Caroline O'Connor (Miss Shields)

•Aida- Broadway 12 December 2001 Cast: Maya Days, Matt Bogart (u/s), Idina Menzel

•Ain’t Misbehaving OBC, other than that, I don’t know what cast or date

•Aladdin (Alan Menken)- Broadway August 22 2014 OBC Cast: Aladdin: Adam Jacobs, Jasmine: Courtney Reed, Genie: James Monroe Iglehart, Jafar: Jonathan Freeman, Sultan: Clifton Davis, Iago: Don Darryl Rivera, Babkak: Brian Gonzales, Omar: Andrew Cao (u/s), Kassim/Spooky Voice/Voice of the Cave: Brandon O’Neill, Razoul: Dennis Stowe, Prince Abdullah: Jaz Sealey, Shop Owner: Bobby Pestka, Henchmen: Donald Jones Jr, Aleks Pevec (u/s), Attendants: Tia Altinay, Khori Michelle Pentinaud, Marisha Wallace

•Aladdin (Cole Porter)- TV Broadcast 1958 Cast: Anna Maria Alberghetti, George Hall, Dennis King, Una Merkel, Sal Mineo, Basil Rathbone, Cyril Ritchard

•A Little Night Music- Broadway 2010 Bernadette Peters (Desiree Armfeldt), Elaine Stritch (Madame Armfeldt)

•Allegiance- Broadway 16 November 2015 OBC Cast: George Takei (Sam/Ojii-San), Lea Salonga (Kei), Telly Leung (Sammy), Katie Rose Clarke (Hannah), Michael K. Lee (Frankie), Christopheren Nomura (Tatsuo), Greg Watanabe (Mike)

•All Shook Up - Broadway OBC Jenn Gambatese (Natalie Haller/Ed), Johnathan Hadary (Jim Haller), Mark Price (Dennis), Sharon Wilkins (Sylvia), Nikki M James (Lorraine), Cheyenne Jackson (Chad), Alix Korey (Mayor Matilda Hyde), Cutis Holbrook (Dean Hyde), John Jellison (Sheriff Earl), Leah Hocking (Miss Sandra), Ensemble: Brad Anderson, Justin Bohon, Justin Brill, Paul Castree, Cara Cooper, Michael Cusumano, Francesca Harper, Trisha Jeffrey, Michelle Kittrell, Anika Larsen, Michael X Martin, Karen Murphy, John Eric Parker, Justin Patterson, Michael James Scott, Jenny-Lynn Suckling, Virginia Ann Woodruff

•LA December 4, 2016 Phillipa Soo (Amelie), Adam Chanler-Berat (Nino), Savvy Crawford (Young Amelie), Tony Sheldon ( Dufayel/Collignon), Alison Cimmet (Amandine/Philomene), Mandel Felciano (Raphael/Bretodeaux), Harriett D Foy (Suzanne), Randy Blair (Hipolito), Alyse Alan Louis(Georgette/Sylvie), Maria-Christina Oliveras (Gina), David Andino (Blind Beggar/Garden Gnome), Paul Whitty(Joseph/Fluffy), Heath Calvert (Lucien/Lug/Mysterious Man)

•Amélie (Broadway) − March 29, 2017 ***NFT AUGUST 1 2017*** : Philippa Soo (Amelie), Adam Chandler-Berat (Nino), Savvy Crawford (Young Amelie), Tony Sheldon (Dufayal/Colignon), Manoel Feliciano (Raphael/Bretodeaux), Alison Cimmet (Amandine/Philomene), Maria-Christina Oliveras (Gina), Harriet D. Foy (Suzanne), Alyse Ann Louis (Georgette), David Andino (Blind Beggar/Garden Gnome), Randy Blair (Hipoloto), Paul Whitty (Joseph)

•An American in Paris- Broadway March 14 2015 Cast: Robert Fairchild, Leanne Cope, Veanne Cox, Jill Paice, Brandon Uranowitz, Max von Essen

•Annie - US Tour January 30, 2010 Costa Mesa, CA Madison Kerth, David Barton, Lynn Andrews, Traci Bair, Zander Meisner, Cheryl Hoffmann, Jeffrey B. Duncan, Mackenzie Aladjem, Jordan Mariah Boezem, Roni Caggiano, Ivy Moody, Emily Rudolph, Laura Spineti, Ricky Pope, Kelly Goyette

•Annie - Broadway Revival October 15, 2012 Lilla Crawford (Annie), Katie Finneran (Miss Hannigan), Anthony Warlow (Mr Warbucks), J. Elaine Marcos (Lily St Regis), Brynn O'Malley (Grace), Clarke Thorell (Rooster), Madi Rae DiPietro (July), Georgi James (Pepper), Junah Jang (Tessie). Description: Clarity is gorgeous and there is literally no washout or bouncing. You can tell it was filmed at an angle and there are a couple small obstructions, but otherwise it’s very good quality. Quite a lot of full stage shots.

•Annie Get Your Gun 2006 Revival, I don’t know what cast.

•Anything Goes (Broadway) − April 3, 2011 Sutton Foster, Joel Grey, John McMartin, Jessica Walter, Colin Donnell, Adam Godley, Laura Osnes, Jessica Stone, Walter Charles, Robert Creighton.

•American Psycho - Broadway May 13, 2016 Benjamin Walker (Patrick Bateman), Helene Yorke (Evelyn Williams), Alice Ripley (Svetlana/Mrs. Bateman/Mrs. Wolfe), Jennifer Damiano (Jean), Drew Moerlein (Paul Owen), Dave Thomas Brown (David Van Patten)

•Anastasia Hartford, CT June 15, 2016 Matinee Christy Altomare (Anastasia), Derek Klena (Dmitry), Mary Beth Peil (Maria Feodorovna), Manoel Felciano (Gleb), John Bolton (Vlad), Caroline O'Connor (Lily), Nicole Scimeca (Young Anya)

•Asassins- Broadway May 29 2004 Cast: Neil Patrick Harris, Becky Ann Baker, James Barbour, Mario Cantone, Michael Cerveris, Mary Catherine Garrison, Alexander Gemignai, Marc Kudisch, Jeffrey Kuhn, and Denis O'Hare

•Asassins Original Off Broadway Cast

•Avenue Q - Broadway July 26, 2003 Preview  Jenifer Barnhart (Mrs. T/Bad Idea Bear), Jordan Gelber (Brian), Stephanie D´Abruzzo (Kate Monster/Lucy the Slut), John Tartaglia (Princeton/Rod), Ann Harada (Christmas Eve), Rick Lyon (Nicky/Trekkie Monster/Bad Idea Bear), Natalie Venetia Belcon (Gary Coleman)

•Barnum Live - TV Movie 1986 Michael Crawford (Phineas Taylor Barnum), Eileen Battye (Charity ‘Chairy’ Barnum), Michael Heath (Ringmaster), Christina Collier (Jenny Lind), Sharon Benson (Joice Heth), Paul Miller (Tom Thumb), Peter Barbour, Sue Barbour, Michael Cantwell, Perry Davey, James Francis Johnston, Graham Fawcett, Richard Gauntlett, Paul Goddard, Alan Heap, Amanda Newman, Joanne Robley-Dixon, Nadine Shenton, Debbie Steel, Christopher Talman, Jane Watts

•Beautiful- Broadway April 9 2014 Cast: Jessie Mueller, Jake Epstein, Anika Larsen, Jarrod Spector, Jeb Brown, Liz Larsen •Beauty and the Beast- Los Angeles 1995 Cast: Erin Dilly (Belle), James Barbour (The Beast), Burke Moses (Gaston), Gary Beach (Lumiere), Michelle Lee (Mrs. Potts), Peter Bartlett (Cogsworth), Tom Bosley (Maurice), Harrison Beal (Lefou)

•Billy Elliot- London 2005 Cast: Liam Mower (Billy), Brad Kavanagh (Michael), Brooke Havana Bailey (Debbie), Haydn Gwynne (Mrs Wilkinson), Philip Whitchurch (Dad), Chris Lennon (Tony), Ann Emery (Grandma), Alex Delamere (Mr Braithwaite), Paul Broughton (George)

•Bombshell Concert

•Bonnie & Clyde (Broadway) − November 9, 2011: Laura Osnes, Jeremy Jordan, Claybourne Elder, Melissa Van Der Schyff, Louis Hobson, Joe Hart, Talon Ackerman, Leslie Becker, Mimi Bessette, Alison Cimmet, Daniel Cooney, Jon Fletcher, Kelsey Fowler, Victor Hernandez, Michael Lanning, Garrett Long, Matt Lutz, Marissa McGowan, Tad Wilson.

•Bonnie and Clyde- La Jolla 14 November 2009 Cast: Laura Osnes, Stark Sands, Melissa van der Schyff, Claybourne Elder, Chris Peluso, Wayne Duvall, Mare Winningham, Michael Mulligan, Michael Lanning

•Book of Mormon - National Tour Chicago December 23, 2012 Nic Rouleau (Elder Price), Ben Platt(Elder Cunningham)

•Breakfast at Tiffany’s Broadway- March 9, 2013 Emilia Clarke (Holly Golightly), Cory Michael Smith (Fred), George Wendt(Joe Bell), James Yaegashi, Suzanne Bertish, John Rothman, Tony Torn, Lee Wilkof

•Bridges of Madison County- Broadway March 9 2014 Cast: Kelli O'Hara (Francesca), Steven Pasquale (Robert), Hunter Foster (Bud), Michael X. Martin (Charlie), Cass Morgan (Marge), Caitlin Kinnunen (Carolyn), Derek Klena (Michael), Whitney Bashor (Marian)

•Bring it on- Broadway, 24 October 2012 Cast: Taylor Louderman, Adrienne Warren, Ariana DeBose, Jason Gotay, Gregory Haney, Neil Haskell, Janet Krupin, Elle McLemore, Nicolas Womak

•Cabaret- Broadway November 20 2014 Cast: Alan Cumming, Emma Stone, Kristie Dale Sanders as (u/s) Fraulein Schneider, Philip Hoffman as (u/s) Herr Shultz, Bill Heck, Aaron Krohn, Gayle Rankin

•Camelot Broadway 1982 Proshot Cast: Richard Harris, Meg Bussert, Richard Muenz, Barry Ingham

•Carousel - Lincoln Center 2013 Kelli O’Hara, Jessie Mueller, Nathan Gunn, Jason Danieley, Stephanie Blythe, Alexander Gemignani

•Carousel 1994 Broadway no idea what cast or date

•Carrie- Off-Broadway March 18 2012 Cast: Molly Ranson (Carrie White), Anne Tolpegin (u/s Margaret White), Carmen Cusack (Miss Gardner), Christy Altomare (Sue Snell), Jeanna de Waal (Chris Hargensen), Derek Klena (Tommy Ross), Ben Thompson (Billy Nolan), Wayne Alan Wilcox (Mr. Stephens), Blair Goldberg (Norma), Jen Sese (Frieda), Corey Boardman (George), F. Michael Haynie (Freddy), Elly Noble (Helen), Andy Mientus (Stokes)

•Catch me if you can- Broadway, 27 April 2010 Cast: Aaron Tveit, Norbert Leo Butz, Tom Wopat, Kerry Butler, Joe Cassidy, Rachel deBenedit, Linda Hart, Timothy McCuen Piggee

•Cats- US tour, Boston 23 February 2007 Cast: Dave Schoonover (Tugger), Christopher E. Sidioli (Asparagus, Bustoher, Growltiger), Ian Lakowski (Munkustrap)

•Cats Broadway July 22, 2016 Leona Lewis (Grizabella), Tyler Hanes (Rum Tum Tugger), Ricky Ubeda (Mistoffelees), Quentin Earl Darrington (Old Deuteronomy), Eloise Kropp (Jennyanydots), Giuseppe Bausilio (Carbucketty), Jeremy Davis (Skimbleshanks), Kim Faure (Demeter), Sara Jean Ford (Jellylorum), Lili Froehlich (Electra), Daniel Gaymon (Macavity), Shonica Gooden (Rumpleteazer), Christopher Gurr (Gus/Bustopher Jones), Andy Huntington Jones (Munkustrap), Kolton Krouse (Tumblebrutus), Jess Le Protto (Mungojerrie), Georgina Pazcougin (Victoria), Emily Pynenburg (Cassandra), Arianna Rosario (SIllbub), Ahmad Smmons (Alonzo), Christine Cornish Smith (Bombalurina), Corey Snide (Coricopat), Emily Tate (Tantomile), Sharrod Wiliams (Pouncival)

•Chaplin Broadway August 22 2012 Cast: Rob McClure, Erin Mackey, Jenn Colella, Christiane Noll, Jim Borstelmann, Michael McCormick, Zachary Unger, Wayne Alan Wilcox.

•Charlie and the Chocolate Factory- London 22 January 2015 Cast: Alex Jennings (Willy Wonka), Zachary Loonie (Charlie Bucket), Vincent Finch (Augustus Gloop), Amy Carter (Veruca Salt), Rhianna Dorris (Violet Beauregarde), Daniel Rhodes (Mike Teavee), Billy Boyle (u/s Grandpa Joe)

•Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Broadway April 20, 2017 Preview ***NFT UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1, 2017*** Christian Borle (Willy Wonka), Ryan Foust (Charlie Bucket), John Rubinstein (Grandpa Joe), Emily Padgett (Mrs. Bucket), Ben Crawford (Mr. Salt), Kathy Fitzgerald (Mrs. Gloop), Alan H. Green (Mr. Beauregarde), Jackie Hoffman (Mrs. Teavee), Trista Dollison (Violet Beauregarde), F. Michael Haynie (Augustus Gloop), Emma Pfaeffle (Veruca Salt), Michael Wartella (Mike Teavee)

•Chess - Original Broadway Cast June 25, 1988 Final Show Judy Kuhn, David Carroll, Phillip Casnoff, Marcia Mitzman, Harry Goz

•Cinderella 1965 Movie (Not the one with Julie Andrews)

•Cinderella- Broadway January 1 2015 (Matinee) Cast: Ella: Keke Palmer Topher: Joe Carroll Marie: Judy Kaye Madame: Nene Leakes Gabrielle: Stephanie Gibson Charlotte: Laura Irion Jean-Michel: Todd Buonopane Lord Pinkleton: Phumzile Sojola Sebastian: Peter Bartlett Footman: Andy Mills Driver: Michael Callahan Lady of Ridicule: Jill Abramovitz

•Chitty Chitty Bang Bang- UK tour February 2010 Cast: Darren Bennett (Caractacus Potts), Katie Ray (Truly Scrumptious), John Griffiths (Grandpa Potts), Edward Peel (Baron Bomburst/Lord Scrumptious), Kim Ismay (Baroness Bomburst/Miss Philips), Dean Maynard (Child Catcher)

•Come From Away - Broadway March 10, 2017 ***NFT UNTIL JULY 15, 2017*** Petrina Bromley (Bonnie/Others),Geno Carr (Oz/Others), Jenn Colella(Beverly/Annette/Others), Joel Hatch (Claude/Others), Rodney Hicks (Bob/Others), Kendra Kassebaum(Janice/Others), Chad Kimball (Kevin T/Garth/Others), Lee MacDougall(Nick/Doug/Others), Caesar Samayoa (Kevin J/Ali/Others), Q. Smith (Hannah/Others), Astrid Van Wieren (Beulah/Others), Sharon Wheatley(Diane/Others)

•Company- Broadway 15 June 2011 Cast: Neil Patrick Harris, Stephen Colbert, Patti LuPone, Craig Bierko, Jon Cryer, Christina Hendricks, Katie Finneran, Aaron Lazar, Jill Paice, Martha, Plimpton, Anika Noni Rose, Jennifer Laura Thompson, Jim Walton, Chryssie Whitehead

•Crazy for You OBC? no idea what cast or date.

•Cry Baby OBC? no idea what cast or date

•Curious Woof Broadway? no idea what cast or date

•Cursed Child Audio only, original cast

•Dames at Sea - Broadway October 18, 2015 John Bolton (The Captain/Hennesey), Mara Davi (Joan), Danny Gardner (Lucky), Eloise Kropp (Ruby), Lesli Margherita (Mona Kent), Cary Tedder (Dick)

•Dear Evan Hansen (Broadway) − November 2016: Ben Platt (Evan), Laura Dreyfuss (Zoe), Will Roland (Jared), Kristolyn Lloyd (Alana), Mike Faist (Connor), Rachel Bay Jones (Heidi), Michael Park (Larry), Jennifer Laura Thompson (Cynthia).

•Disaster! The Musical- Broadway February 20, 2016 Adam Pascal (Chad), Roger Bart (Tony), Faith Prince (Shirley), Seth Rudetsky (Ted Scheider), Kerry Butler (Marianne), Kevin Chamberlin (Maury), Rachel York (Jackie), Jennifer Simard (Sister Mary), Baylee Litrell (Ben/Lisa), Max Crumm (Scott), Lacretta Nicole (Levora)

•Dreamgirls Broadway December 1981 Jennifer Holiday (Effie Melody White), Sheryl Lee Ralph (Deena Jones), Loretta Devine (Lorrell Robinson), Cleaving Derricks (James “Thunder” Early)

•Dreamgirls in Concert 2001 Audra McDonald, Heather Headly, Billy Porter

•Elf- Broadway 16 November 2011 Cast: Sebastian Arcelus, Amy Spanger, Beth Leavel, George Wendt, Mark Jacoby, Michael McCormick, Michael Mandell, Mattew Gumley, Valerie Wright

•Evita Original Cast with Patti LuPone besides that I have no idea what cast or date

•Evita - European Tour 1997 Harold Prince Version Susan Carr George (Evita), James Sbano (Che), Jeff Austin (Juan Peron), Scott Hayward (Magaldi), Zoe Abbott (Mistress)

•Evita- Broadway 15 August 2012 Cast: Jessica Lea Patty (u/s Eva), Ricky Martin, Michael Cerveris, Max von Essen, Rachel Potter

•Falsettoland - OOBC Stephen Bogardus, Chip Zien, Michael Rupert, Faith Prince, Heather McCrae

•Falsettos - Los Angeles 1993 OBC (Except for Jason who is played by Sivan Cotel.)

•Falsettos - Broadway October 28, 2016 Stephanie J. Block (Trina), Christian Borle (Marvin), Andrew Rannells (Whizzer), Anthony Rosenthal (Jason), Brandon Uranowitz (Mendel), Betsy Wolfe (Cordelia), Tracie Thoms (Charlotte)

•Falsettos (Broadway) − December 30, 2017: Christian Borle, Andrew Rannells, Stephanie J. Block, Brandon Uranowitz, Anthony Rosenthal, Tracie Thoms, Betsy Wolfe.

•Fiddler on the Roof - Broadway February 28th 2004 Cast : Alfred Molina (Tevye), Randy Graff (Golde), Nancy Opel, Stephen Lee Anderson, David Ayers, Laura Michelle  Kelly, Sally Murphy

•Fiddler on the Roof- Broadway 29 December 2015 Cast: Danny Burstein, Jessica Hecht, Alexandra Silber, Samantha Massell, Melanie Moore, Jenny Rose Baker, Hayley Feinstein, Alix Korey, Adam Kantor, Ben Rappaport, Nick Rehberger, Adam Dannheisser, Karl Kenzler, Michael C Bernardi, Adam Grupper, Jeffrey Schecter, George Psomas, Lori Wilner, Jessica Vosk, Mitch Greenberg, Aaron Young, Jennifer Zetlan

•Finding Neverland- Broadway July 22 2015 Cast: Kevin Kern as (u/s) J.M. Barrie, Laura Michelle Kelly, Anthony Warlow, Carolee Carmello, Teal Wicks, Christopher Paul Richards as Peter, Eli Toikash as Jack, Casey Butler as George, Alex Dreier as Michael

•First Date- Broadway, July 13 2013 Cast: Zachary Levi, Krysta Rodriguez, Sara Chase, Kristoffer Cusick, Blake Hammond, Kate Loprest, Bryce Ryness

•Follies- Broadway 6 November 2011 Cast: Bernadette Peters, Jan Maxwell, Danny Burstein, Ron Raines, Elaine Paige, Don Correla, Christian Delcroix, Rosalind Elias, Colleen Fitzpatrick, Danielle Jordan (u/s Young Sally), Michael Hayes, Leah Horowitz, Jayne Houdyshell, Florence Lacey, Mary Beth Peil

•Frozen at the Hyperion-California 28 May 2016

•Fun Home- Broadway March 29 2015 Cast: Michael Cerveris, Judy Kuhn, Beth Malone, Sydney Lucas, Emily Skeggs, Roberta Colindrez, Zell Steele Morrow, Joel Perez, Oscar Williams

•Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder- Broadway 3 May 2014 Cast: Jefferson Mays, Bryce Pinkham, Lisa OHare, Lauren Worsham, Jane Carr, Joanna Glushak, Eddie Korbich, Pamela Bob

•Gentlemen Perfer Blondes- New York City Encores 12 May 2012 Cast: Megan Hilty, Rachel York, Phillip Attmore, Steven Boyer, Brennan Brown, Stephen R. Buntrock, Jared Grimes, Simon Jones, Aaron Lazar, Deborah Rush, Sandra Shipley, Megan Sikora, Clarke Thorell

•Gigi- Broadway March 28 2015 Cast: Vanessa Hudgens, Victoria Clark, Corey Cott, Dee Hoty, Howard McGillin, Steffanie Leigh

•Godspell -Broadway Revival November 13th 2011 Cast: Hunter Parrish, Telly Leung, Lindsay Mendez, Wallace Smith, Uzo Aduba, Joaquina Kalukango

•Guys and Dolls 1991 with Nathan Lane and Faith Prince, other than that, I don’t know what cast or date

•Grease Live! 31 January 2016 Cast: Aaron Tveit, Julianne Hough, Vanessa Hudgens, Keke Palmer, Kether Donohue, Jordan Fisher, Carly Rae Jepsen, Didi Conn, Carlos PenaVega, Eve Plumb, Ana Gasteyer, Mario Lopez, Joe, Jonas, Jessie J, Sam Clark, Etc.

•Grey Gardens -Broadway December 6th 2006 Cast : Christine Ebersole, Mary Louise Wilson, John McMartin, Erin Davie, Matt Cavenaugh

•Groundhog Day - Broadway April 1, 2017 ***NFT UNTIL AUGUST 1, 2017*** Andy Karl (Phil Connors), Barrett Doss(Rita Hanson), Rebecca Faulkenberry (Nancy/Ensemble), John Sanders (Ned Ryerson/Ensemble), Andrew Call (Gus/Ensemble), Gerard Canonico (Fred/Ensemble), Josh Lamon (Buster/Ensemble), Raymond J. Lee (Ralph/Ensemble), Heather Ayers (Mrs. Lancaster/Ensemble)

•Gypsy- Broadway 1991 audio only for Act two Cast: Tyne Daly, Jonathan Hadary, Crista Moore, Robert Lambert, Tracy Venner

•Gypsy- Broadway 4 April 2003 Cast: Bernadette Peters, John Dossett, Tammy Blanchard

•Gypsy- Broadway, 25 March 2008 Cast: Patti Lupone, Laura Benanti, Boyd Gaines, Leigh Ann Larkin

•Gypsy - Bette Midler Movie 1993

•Hair- Broadway 15 March 2009 Cast: Gavin Creel, Will Swenson, Caissie Levy, Sasha Allen, Allison Case, Andrew Kober, Megan Lawrence, Darius Nichols, Bryce Ryness, Kacie Sheik

•Hairspray- Broadway 25 November 2006 Cast: Shannon Durig, Blake Hammond, Diana DeGarmo, Stephen DeRosa, Darlene Love, Tevin Campbell, Jonathan Dokuchitz, Lisa Jolley, Isabel Keating, Tara Macri, Kevin Meaney, Naturi Naughton, Aaron Tveit

•Hairspray- London October 16 2007 Cast: Michael Ball (Edna Turnblad), Mel Smith (Wilbur Turnblad), Leanne Jones (Tracy Turnblad), Ben James-Ellis (Link Larkin), Tracie Bennett (Velma von Tussle), Elinor Collett (Penny Pingleton), Johnnie Fiori(Motormouth Maybelle), Adrian Hansel (Seaweed), Rachael Wooding (Amber von Tussle)

•Hairspray- National Tour December 13, 2005 Keala Settle (Tracy Turnblad), Dale Calandra (u/s Edna Turnblad), Charlotte Crossley (Motormouth Maybelle), Susan Henley (Velma Von Tussle), Aaron Tveit (Link Larkin), Melissa Larsen (u/s Penny Pingleton), Alan Mingo Jr. (Seaweed), Bryan Crawford (u/s Corny Collins), Jane Blass (Prudy Pingleton/The Teacher/The Matron),Jim J. Bullock (Wilbur Turnblad)

•Hamilton- Broadway December 29 2015 Cast: Hamilton: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Eliza Hamilton: Phillipa Soo, Aaron Burr: Leslie Odom, Jr, Angelica Schuyler: Renee Elise Goldsberry, George Washington: Christopher Jackson, Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson: Daveed Diggs, Hercules Mulligan/James Madison: Okieriete Onaodowan, John Laurens/Philip Hamilton: Anthony Ramos, Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds: Jasmine Cephas Jones, King George: Jonathan Groff, Philip Schuyler/James Reynolds/Doctor: Sydney James Harcourt, Samuel Seabury: Daniel J Watts, Charles Lee: Neil Haskell, George Eacker: Ephraim Sykes. Ensemble: Gerald Avery, Carleigh Bettiol, Neil Haskell, Sasha Hutchings, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Austin Smith, Betsy Struxness, Ephraim Sykes, Kamille Upshaw, Daniel J Watts

•Hamilton (Broadway) − June 19, 2016: Javier Muñoz (u/s Alexander Hamilton), Nicholas Christopher (u/s George Washington), Andrew Chappelle (u/s Laurens/Philip), Alysha Deslorieux (s/b Peggy/Maria), the rest is the Original Broadway Cast.

•Hello Dolly- US tour, Melbourne 17-19 December 1977 pro shot Cast: Carol Channing (Dolly), Jay Garner (Horace), Lee Roy Reams (Cornelius), Jeanne Lehman (Irene), Scott Bridges (Barnaby), Monica Lee Gradischek (Minnie), Monica M. Wemitt (Ernestina), James Darrah (Ambrose), Christine DeVito (Ermengarde), Judi Mann (Mrs. Rose), Herman Petras (Rudolph), Michael Shames (Stanley), Roger Preston Smith (Judge)

•Hello Dolly- UK tour 2008 pro shot Cast: Anita Dobson (Dolly Levy), Carol Ball (Ernestina), Samuel Board (Ambrose Kemper), David McAlister (Horace Vandergelder), Sophir Wilkins (Ermengarde), Darren Day (Cornelius Hackl), Hamilton Sargent (Barnaby Tucker), Amanda Salmon (Minnie Fay), Louise English (Irene Molloy), Christopher Marlowe (Rudolph/Judge)

•Hello Dolly - Broadway March 30, 2017 ***NFT AUGUST 1st 2017***Bette Midler (Dolly Gallagher Levi), David Hyde Pierce (Horace Vandergelder), Kate Baldwin (Irene Malloy), Christian Dante White (u/s Cornelius Hackl), Taylor Trensch (Barnaby Tucker), Beanie Feldstein (Minnie Faye), Will Burton (Ambrose Kemper), Melanie Moore (Ermengarde), Jennifer Simard (Ernestina)

•Holiday Inn- Broadway January 14, 2017 pro shot Bryce Pinkham (Jim), Corbin Bleu (Ted), Lora Lee Gayer (Linda), Megan Lawrence (Louise), Megan Sikora (Lila Dixon), Lee Wilkof, Malik Akil, Will Burton, Darien Crago, Morgan Gao, Matt Meigs, Shina Ann Morris, Drew Redington, Catherine Ricafort, Amanda Rose, Jonalyn Saxer, Samantha Sturm, Amy Van Norstrand, Travis Ward-Osborne, Paige Williams, Victor Wisehart, Kevin Worley, Borris York

•Honeymoon in Vegas - Broadway December 5, 2014 Rob McClure (Jack Singer), Brynn O'Malley (Betsy), Tony Danza (Tommy Korman), David Josefsberg (Buddy Rocky/Roy Bacon), Nancy Opel (Bea Singer), Matthew Saldivar (Johnny Sandwich)

•How to succeed in bussiness without really trying- Broadway 1995 Cast: Matthew Broderick (J. Pierrepont Finch), Megan Mullally (Rosemary Pilkington), Ronn Carroll (JB Biggley), Jeff Blumenkrantz (Bud Frump), Jonathan Freeman (Bert Bratt), Victoria Clark (Smitty), Luba Mason (Hedy La Rue), Lillias White (Miss Jones)

•How to succeed in business without really trying- Broadway, 28 February 2011 Cast: Daniel Radcliffe (J. Pierrepont Finch), John Larroquette (J.B. Biggley), Rose Hemingway (Rosemary Pilkington), Tammy Blanchard (Hedy LaRue), Christopher J. Hanke (Bud Frump), Rob Bartlett (Mr. Timble), Mary Faber (Smitty), Ellen Harvey (Miss Jones), Michael Park (Bert Bratt), Cameron Adams (Kathy), Cleve Asbury (Mr. Ovington), Tanya Birl (Nancy), Kevin Cobert (Mr. Johnson), Paige Faure (Miss Grabowski), David Hull (Mr. Toynbee), Justin Keyes (Mr. Davis), Marty Lawson (Mr. Peterson), Barrett Martin (Mr. Andrews), Nick Mayo (Mr. Gatch), Sarah O'Gleby, Stephanie Rothenberg (Meredith), Megan Sikora (Miss Krumholz), Joey Sorge (Mr. Tackaberry), Ryan Watkinson (Mr. Matthews), Charlie Williams (Mr. Jenkins), Samantha Zack (Lily), Anderson Cooper (Voice of the Narrator)

•If/Then- Broadway March 8 2014 Cast: Idina Menzel, LaChanze, Anthony Rapp, James Snyder, Jerry Dixon, Jenn Colella, Jason Tam, Tamika Lawrence

•Into the Woods- Broadway, May 1989 Cast: Bernadette Peters (The Witch), Joanna Gleason (The Baker’s Wife), Chip Zien (The Baker), Tom Aldredge (Narrator/Mysterious Old Man), Kim Crosby (Cinderella), Danielle Ferland (Little Red Riding Hood), Robert Westenberg (Wolf/Cinderella’s Prince), Ben Wright (Jack), Barbara Bryne (Jack’s Mother), Merle Louise (Grandmother/Cinderella’s Mother/Giant), Chuck Wagner (Rapunzel’s Prince), Pamela Winslow (Rapunzel), Philip Hoffman (Steward), Lauren Mitchell (Lucinda), Kay McClelland (Florinda)

•Into the Woods- Central Park 28 July 2012 Cast: Donna Murphy, Amy Adams, Chip Zien, Denis O'Hare, Gideon Glick, Jessie Mueller, Sarah Stiles, Ellen Harvey, Ivan Hernandez, Josh Lamon, Laura Shoop, Tess Soltau, Kristine Zbornik, Jack Broderick, Eric Williams as (u/s) Rapunzel’s Prince, Glenn Close

•In Transit - Broadway November 13, 2016 Justin Guarini (Trent), Erin Mackey(Ali), Telly Leung (Steven), James Snyder (Nate), David Abeles (Dave), Moya Angela (Momma/Ms. Williams/Booth Lady), Chesney Snow(Boxman), Margo Seibert (Jane), Mariand Torres (Nina)

•It Shoulda Been You- Broadway July 21 2015 Cast: Sierra Boggess (Rebecca Steinberg), Tyne Daly (Judy Steinberg), Harriet Harris (Georgette Howard), Lisa Howard (Jenny Steinberg), Aaron C. Finley (u/s Brian Howard), Montego Glover (Annie Shepherd), Josh Grisetti (Marty Kaufman), Adam Heller (Walt/Uncle Morty), Edward Hibbert (Albert), Michael X. Martin (George Howard), Anne L. Nathan (Aunt Sheila/Mimsy), Nick Spangler (Gred Madison), Chip Zien (Murray Steinberg)

•Jekyll and Hyde- Broadway 1997 Cast: Robert Cuccioli, Christianne Noll, Linda Eder / Emily Skinner (u/s), Barrie Ingham

•Jersey Boys- Broadway 19 November 2005 Cast: Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer, John Lloyd Young, Peter Gregus, Mark Lotito, Tituss Burgess, Heather Ferguson, Steve Gouveia, Donnie Kehr, John Leone, Michael Longoria

•Jesus Christ Superstar - Farewell Tour - Milwaukee Theatre - Ted Neeley (Jesus of Nazareth), Corey Glover (Judas Iscariot), Christina Rea-Briskin (Mary Magdalene), Larry Alan Coke (Caiphas), Jeremy Pasha (Annas), Craig Sculli (Pointius Pilate), Aaron Fuska (King Herod), Chris Gleim (Peter), Jason D Bush (Simon), Darrel R Whitney (First Priest), Tony Castellanos (Second Priest), Camilo Castro (Third Priest), Lorelei Prince (Maid by the Fire), Soul Singers/Disciples: Bianca Atalaya, Rasmiyyah Feliciano, Margaret M Spirito, Disciple Girls: Nancy Emerson, Tess Ferrell, Apostles: Nick Algier, Gabe Belyeu, Jason R Cook, Michael Fasano, Thomas C Lash, Matthew G Myers, Fred J Ross, Troy Valjean Rucker, Jonathan Walsh 

•Jesus Christ Superstar- La Jolla, 4 December 2011 Cast: Paul Nolan, Jeremy Kushnier (u/s Judas), Chilina Kennedy, Sandy Winsby (u/s Pilate), Bruce Dow, Marcus Nance, Lee Siegel, Aaron Walpole, Mike Nadajewski

•Joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat- London, 17 October 2007 Cast: Lee Mead, Fiona Reyes as (alt) Narrator, Dean Collinson, Stephen Tate, John Alastair, Neal Wright

•Kinky Boots- Broadway, March 3 2013 Cast: Stark Sands, Billy Porter, Annaleigh Ashford, Celina Carvajal, Daniel Stewart Sherman, Marcus Neville.

•Kinky Boots- US tour, Los Angeles 15 November 2014 Cast: Steven Booth, Kyle Taylor Parker, Lindsay Nicole Chambers, Joe Coots, Grace Stockdale, Craig Waletzko, Amelia Cormack, Mike Longo, Ross Lekit es, Bonnie Milligan, David McDonald, Horace V. Rogers, Anne Tolpegin, Anthony Picarello, Andrew Theo Johnson

•Kinky Boots - National Tour April 17, 2016 Evening Adam Kaplan (Charlie Price), J Harrison Ghee (Lola/Simon), Tiffany Engen (Lauren), Aaron Walpole (Don), Charissa Hogeland (Nicola), Jim J Bullock (George), Shawna M Hamic, Josh Tolle (Harry), Zach Adkins, Patty Lohr (Pat), Tom Souhrada (Mr. Price), Horace V Rogers, Annie Edgerton (Milan Stage Manager), Aidan Passaro(Young Charlie), Jomil Elijah Robinson

•Kiss Me Kate- London 2002 pro shot Cast: Brent Barrett, Rachel York, Nancy Anderson, Michael Berresse, Teddy Kemper, Jack Chissick

•La Cage Aux Folles- Broadway April 7 2010 Cast: Kelsey Grammer, Douglas Hodge, Fred Applegate, Veanne Cox, Chris Hoch, Elena Shaddow, A.J. Shively, Nick Adams, Christine Andreas, Robin De Jesus

•Legally Blonde- San Fransisco February 24 2007 Cast: Laura Bell Bundy (Elle), Christian Borle (Emmett), Orfeh (Paulette), Richard H. Blake (Warner), Kate Shindle (Vivienne), Michael Rupert (Professor Callahan), Nikki Snelson, (Brooke/Shandi), Leslie Kritzer (Serena), Annaleigh Ashford (Margot), DeQuina Moore (Pilar), Natalie Joy Johnson (Enid/Veronica)

•Les Miserables- Broadway March 8 2014 Cast: Ramin Karimloo, Will Swenson, Caissie Levy, Nikki M. James, Cliff Saunders, Keala Settle, Samantha Hill, Andy Mientus, Kyle Scatliffe, Angeli Negron

•Little Shop of Horrors- Broadway September 21, 2003 Hunter Foster (Seymour), Kerry Butler (Audrey), Douglas Sills (Orin), Rob Bartlett (Mr. Mushnik), DeQuina Moore (Chiffon), Carla J. Hargrove, Trisha Jeffrey

•Little Shop of Horrors- UK tour, Liverpool, May 4 2009 Cast: Clare Buckfield (Audrey), Damian Humbley (Seymour), Alex Ferns (Orin), Sylvester McCoy (Mushnik), Clive Rowe (Voice of Audrey II), Nadia Di Mambro (Crystal), Lara Martin (Chiffon), Donna Hines (Ronette)

•Little Shop of Horrors- New York City Center Encores 2 July 2015 Cast: Ellen Greene, Jake Gyllenhaal, Taran Killam, Eddie Cooper, Joe Grifasi, Tracy Nicole Chapman, Marva Hicks, Ramona Keller

•Little Women - OBC (Sutton Foster, Megan McGinnis)

•Loves Never Dies - London April 29 2010 Cast : Ramin Karimloo (Phantom), Sierra Boggess (Christine), Joseph Millson (Raoul), Richard Linnell (Gustave)

•Mamma Mia- London 14 September 2002 Cast: Laura Michelle Kelly (Sophie), Louise Plowright (Donna), Simon Slater (Sam)

•Mary Poppins- US tour February 15 2013 Cast: Con O'Shea-Creal (Bert), Madeline Trumble (Mary Poppins), Madison Ann Mullahey (Jane Banks), Eli Tokash (Michael Banks), Chris K. Hoch (George Banks), Kerry Conte (Winifred Banks)

•Memphis pro shot, original Cast,

•Miss Saigon (Broadway) - January 7 2001 Kim- Lea Salonga The Engineer- Louyong Wang Chris- Will Chase John- Charles Wallace Ellen- Ruthie Hensall Thuy - Michael K Lee Gigi - Charlene Carabeo

•My Fair Lady- UK tour, Palace Theatre Manchester, 12th October 2005 pro shot Cast: Amy Nuttall (Eliza), Christopher Cazenove (Professor Higgins), Russ Abbot, Honor Blackman, Stephen Moore, Stephen Carlile, Romy Baskerville

•Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812 (Broadway) − October 29, 2016: Josh Groban, Denee Benton, Brittain Ashford, Nicholas Belton, Lucas Steele, Gelsey Bell, Nick Choksi, Amber Gray. Odd angle for such a complex scene and medium video quality but gets the job done. Denée is excellent as Natasha.

•Nine- Broadway 30 March 2003 Cast: Antonio Banderas, Laura Benanti, Jane Krakowski, Mary Stuart Masterson, Chita Rivera

•Newsies Live! Los Angeles, CA September 11, 2016 Jeremy Jordan, Kara Lindsay, Ben Fankhauser, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Steve Blanchard, Ethan Steiner, Aisha De Haas

•Next to Normal (Broadway) − July 18, 2010: Alice Ripley (Diana), Brian D’Arcy James (Dan), Kyle Dean Massey (Gabe), Jennifer Damiano (Natalie), Adam Chanler-Berat (Henry), Louis Hobson (Dr. Fine / Dr. Madden). Alice, Brian and Jennifer’s last show. VOB.

•Nice Work if You Can Get It Kelli O'Hara other than that, I don’t know what cast or date

•Oklahoma (1999 with Hugh

•Oliver- London September 2010 Cast: Russ Abbot (Fagin), Kerry Ellis (Nancy), Steven Hartley (Sikes), Edward Cooke (Oliver), Ben Wilson (Dodger)

•On A Clear Day You Can See Forever- Broadway 12 November 2011 Cast: Harry Connick Jr., David Turner, Jessie Mueller, Kerry O'Malley, Drew Gehling, Sarah Stiles, Paul O'Brien, Heather Ayers, Lori Wilner

•On the 20th Century- Broadway February 21 2015 Cast: Kristin Chenoweth, Peter Gallagher, Andy Karl, Mark Linn-Baker, Michael McGrath, Mary Louise Wilson

•On The Town- Broadway October 1 2014 Cast: Tony Yazbeck, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Clyde Alves, Megan Fairchild, Alysha Umphress, Elizabeth Stanley, Jackie Hoffman, Michael Rupert, Allison Guinn

•On Your Feet! (Broadway Preview) − October 17, 2015: Ana Villafane, Josh Segarra, Andrea Burns, Alma Cuervo, Eliseo Roman, Genny Lis Padilla, Alexandria Suarez, Eduardo Hernandez.

•Pacific Overtures- Broadway 9 June 1976 (TV Broadcast) Cast: Mako, Soon-Tek Oh, Yuki Shimoda, Sab Shimono, Isao Sato, Alvin Ing, Ernest Harada, James Dybas

•Pal Joey - Broadway Revival 2008 Matthew Risch, Stockard Channing. Martha Plimpton, Jenny Fellner, Robert Clohessy. 

•Paramour - Broadway May 11, 2016 Jeremy Kushnier (AJ Golden), Ruby Lewis (Indigo James), Ryan Vona (Joey Green), Bret Shuford (Robbie), Sarah Meahl (Gina)

•Peter Pan - Proshot Cathy Rigby Tour June 2012

•Peter and the Starcatcher- Broadway 4 November 2012 Cast: Christian Borle, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Matthew Saldivar, Teddy Bergman, Arnie Burton, Matt D'Amico, Kevin Del Aguila, Carson Elrod, Greg Hildreth, Rick Holmes, Isaiah Johnson, Eric Petersen, Betsy Hogg, Orville Mendoza, Jason Ralph, John Sanders

•The Phantom of the Opera- Broadway April 1988 Cast: Michael Crawford, Sarah Brightman, Steve Barton

•The Phantom of the Opera Norm Lewis and Sierra Bogess other than this, I don’t know what cast or date

•Pippin- Broadway July 13 2013 Cast: Matthew James Thomas, Patina Miller, Terrence Mann, Charlotte d'Amoise, Rachel Bay Jones, Andrea Martin

•Promises, Promises- Broadway 1 April 2012 Cast: Sean Hayes (Chuck Baxter), Kristin Chenoweth (Fran Kubelik), Tony Goldwyn (J.D. Sheldrake), Katie Finneran (Marge MacDougall), Dick Latessa (Dr. Dreyfuss), Brooks Ashmannskas (Mr. Dobitch)

•RENT (OBC - Opening Night) - April 29, 1996 - Anthony Rapp (Mark Cohen), Adam Pascal (Roger Davis), Daphne Rubin-Vega (Mimi Marquez), Jesse L. Martin (Tom Collins), Wilson Jermaine Heredia (Angel Dumott Schunard), Idina Menzel (Maureen Johnson), Fredi Walker (Joanne Jefferson), Taye Diggs (Benjamin Coffin III)

Rent (Broadway) − September 7, 2008: Adam Kantor, Will Chase, Michael McElroy, Rodney Hicks, Tracie Thoms, Justin Johnston, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Eden Espinosa. Tracked. Closing performance. Pro-shot.

•Rocky: The Musical (Broadway) − March 29, 2014: Andy Karl (Rocky Balboa), Margo Seibert (Adrian Pennino), Terence Archie (Apollo Creed), Dakin Matthews (Mickey Goldmill), Danny Mastrogiorgio (Paulie Pennino), Jennifer Mudge (Gloria)

•Rocky Horror - Picadilly Theatre 1991 Anthony Head (Frank N Furter), Craig Ferguson (Brad), Zailie Burrow (Janet), Tim Whitnall (Riff Raff), The Narrator (Peter Bayliss), Kate O'sullivan (Magenta), Ivan Kaye (Eddie/Scott), Vicky Likorish (Columbia), Adam Cairie (Rocky) Phantoms: Ian good, Mark S Turnbull, Steve Thiebaut, Julia Hampson and Penny (surname unknown)

•Rocky Horror Broadway September 9, 2001 Terrence Mann (Frank N. Furter), Jarrod Emmick (Brad),  Kristen Lee Kelly (u/s Janet), Daphne Rubin-Vega (Magenta), Dick Cavett (Narrator), Aiko Nakasone (u/s), Mark Price, Sebastian LaCause, James Stovall, Jonathan Sharp, Rosa Curry, Kevin Cahoon, Asa Somers, John Jeffrey Martin, Denise Summerford

•Rocky Horror 2015 Professionally filmed

•Rocky Horror Picture Show 2016 Movie - Laverne Cox, Victoria Justice (Janet), Ryan McCartan (Brad)

•School of Rock- Broadway November 2015 Cast: Alex Brightman (Dewey), Sierra Boggess (Rosalie), Spencer Moses (Ned), Mamie Parris (Patty), Isabella Russo (Summer), Dante Melucci (Freddy), Brandon Niederauer (Zack), Jared Parker (Lawrence), Evie Dolan (Katie), Bobbi MacKenzie (Tomika)

•Seussical The Musical - February 9th 2001 Cast: Rosie O'Donnell, Kevin Chamberlin

•She Loves Me- Broadway 30 June 2016 pro shot Cast: Laura Benanti (Amalia), Zachary Levi (Georg), Jane Krakowski (Ilona), Gavin Creel (Kodaly), Byron Jennings (Maraczek), Tom McGowan (Sipos), Peter Bartlett (Head Waiter), Nicholas Barasch (Arpad)

•Show Boat- Wichita August 2001 Pro shot Cast: Frank Anderson, Darcy Fulliam, Kelli O'Hara, Gary Mauer, Terry Burrell.

•Shuffle Along - Broadway April 12, 2016 Audra McDonald (Lottie Gee), Billy Porter (Aubrey Lyles), Brian Stokes Mitchell (F.E. Miller), Joshua Henry (Noble Sissle), Adrienne Warren (Gertrude Saunders/Florence Mills), Brooks Ashmanskas (Al/Izzy/Mr. Broadway/Carlo), Amber Iman (Eva/Mattie Wilkes/Madame-Madame/Downtown Dilettante)

•Side Show- Broadway January 4 2015 Cast: Violet Hilton: Erin Davie Daisy Hilton: Emily Padgett Terry Connor: Ryan Silverman Buddy Foster: Matthew Hydzik Jake: David St Louis Sir: Robert Joy 3-Legged Man, Suitor: Brandon Bieber Geek, Doctor: matthew Patrick Davis Fortune Teller: Charity Angel Dawson

•Sister act- Broadway April 2 2011 Cast: Patina Miller, Victoria Clark, Fred Applegate, Sarah Bolt, John Treacy, Egan, Demond Green, Chester Gregory, Marla Mindelle, Kingsley Leggs

•Something Rotten Broadway March 23, 2015 Preview Brian d'Archy James (Nick Bottom), John Cariani (Nigel Bottom), Heidi Blickenstaff (Bea), Christian Borle (Shakespeare), Brad Oscar (Nostradamus), Kate Reinders (Portia),Brooks Ashmanskas (Brother Jeremiah), Peter Bartlett (Lord Clapham), Gerry Cichi (Shylock), Michael James Scott (Minstrel)

•South Pacific- London 1952 pro shot Cast: Mary Martin and Wilbur Evans

•Spring Awakening- Broadway 18 October 2015 Cast: Austin Mckenzie (Melchior), Daniel N. Durant (Moritz), Alex Boniello (Voice Of Moritz), Sandra Mae Frank (Wendla), Katie Boeck (Voice Of Wendla), Krysta Rodriguez (Ilse), Treshelle Edmond (Martha), Kathryn Gallagher (Voice Of Martha), Amelia Hensley (Thea), Lauren M. Luiz (Heidi/Voice Of Thea), Ali Stroker (Anna), Miles Barbee (Otto), Sean Grandillo (Voice Of Otto), Alex Wyse (Georg), Andy Mientus (Hanschen), Joshua Castille (Ernst), Daniel David Stewart (Voice Of Ernst), Camryn Manheim & Marlee Matlin (Adult Women), Patrick Page & Russell Harvard (Adult Men)

•Starlight Express Las Vegas 1997 I don’t know what cast or date

•Sunday in the Park with George Bernadette Peters with Spanish subtitles

•Sunset Boulevard- Los Angeles 1994 Glenn Close (Norma Desmond), Alan Campbell (Joe Gillis), George Hearn (Max von Mayerling)

•Sunset Boulevard- Broadway July 14, 1995 Betty Buckley (Norma Desmond), Alan Campbell (Joe Gillis), Alice Ripley(Betty Schaefer), Steven Stein-Grainger (u/s Max Von Mayerling)

•Sunset Boulevard- Broadway February 2, 2017 Glenn Close (Norma Desmond), Michael Xavier (Joe Gillis), Siobhan Dillon (Betty Schaeffer), Fred Johanson (Max von Mayerling), Preston Truman Boyd (Artie Green), Paul Schoeffler (Cecil B.DeMille), Andy Taylor (Sheldrake), Jim Walton (Manfred)

•Sweeney Todd- Broadway January 1980 Cast: Len Cariou, Angela Lansbury, Victor Garber, Ken Jennings, Betsy Joslyn, Cris Groenendaal

•Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – In Concert 2001. Pro-Shot. George Hearn, Patti LuPone, Neil Patrick Harris, Timothy Nolen, Davis Gaines, Lisa Vroman, Victoria Clark , John Aler and Stanford Olsen.

•Sweeney Todd- Broadway 2 April 2006 Cast: Patti LuPone, Michael Cerveris, Mark Jacoby, Donna Lynne Champlin, Manoel Felciano, Benjamin Magnuson, Lauren Molina, Alexander Gemingnani, Diana Dimarzio

•Sweeney Todd- London 2011 Cast: Michael Ball, Imelda Staunton, John Bowe, Peter Polycarpou, Rob Bur

•Sweeney Todd- New York September 26 2014 pro-shot Cast: Bryn Terfel, Emma Thompson, Jeff Blumenkrantz, Christian Borle, Kyle Brenn, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Erin Mackey, Philip Quast

•Sweet Charity - Tour April 29th 2007 Cast : East Lansing, MI Molly Ringwald, Bridget Berger, Francesca Harper, Guy Adkins, Aaron Ramey, Richard Ruiz

•Tarzan- Broadway, 30 March 2006 Cast: Josh Strickland, Jenn Gambatese, Merle Danridge, Shuler Hensley

•The Addams Family- Broadway March 21 2011 Cast: Nathan Lane, Bebe Neuwirth, Terrence Mann, Carolee Carmello, Kevin Chamberlin, Jackie Hoffman, Zachary James, Wesley Taylor, Krysta Rodriguez, Adam Riegler

•The Amazing Tour Is Not On Fire - Pro shot - Cast: Dan , Phil , Others

•The Apple Tree (Kristen Chenwoth)

•The Color Purple (Broadway) − November 5, 2016: Cynthia Erivo (Celie), Heather Headley (Shug Avery), Danielle Brooks (Sofia), Joaquina Kalukungo (Nettie), Isaiah Johnson (Mister), Kyle Scatliffe (Harpo).

•The Drowsy Chaperone OBC I don’t know what cast or date but with Sutton Foster

•The Great American Trailer Park the Musical - Off-Broadway Dodger Stages December 4, 2005 Cast : Linda Hart (Betty), Orfeh (Pepper), Shuler Hensley (Norbert), Leslie Kritzer (Pickles), Kaitlin Hopkins (Jeanne), Wayne Wilcox (Duke).

•The King and I- Broadway 28 March 2015 Cast: Kelli O'Hara, Ken Watanabe, Edward Baker-Duly, Jon Viktor Corpuz, Murphy Guyer, Jake Lucas, Ruthie Ann Miles, Paul Nakauchi, Marc Oka, Ashley Park, Conrad Ricamora, Adriana Braganza, Amaya Braganza, LaMae Caparas, Hsin-Ping Chang, Andrew Cheng, Lynn Masako Cheng, Olivia Chun, Ali Ewoldt, Ethan Halford Holder, Cole Horibe, MaryAnn Hu, James Ignacio, Misa Iwama, Christie Kim, Kelvin Moon Loh, Sumie Maeda, Paul HeeSang Miller, Rommel Pierre O'Choa, Kristen Faith Oei, Autumn Ogawa, Diane Phelan, William Poon, Brian Rivera, Bennyroyce Royon, Lainie Sakakura, Ann Sanders, Ian Saraceni, Atsuhisa Shinomiya, Michiko Takemasa, Kei Tsuruharatani, Christopher Vo, Rocco Wu, XiaoChuan Xie.

•The Little Mermaid Hollywood Bowl with Darren Criss, Sara Barilles & Rebel Wilson

•The Music Man - 2003 Matthew Broderick (Professor Harold Hill), Kristin Chenoweth (Marian Paroo), Debra Monk (Mrs. Paroo), Cameron Monaghan (Winthrop Paroo), Clyde Alves (Tommy Djilas), Cameron Adams (Zaneeta Shinn), Megan Moniz (Amaryllis), Linda Kash (Alma), Victor Garber (Mayor Shinn), Molly Shannon (Mrs. Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn), David Aaron Baker (Marcellus Washburn), Patrick McKenna (Charlie Cowell)

•The Producers- Broadway 4 November 2001 Cast: Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Roger Bart, Gary Beach, Brad Oscar, Cady Huffman

•The Sound of Music - Broadway Revival 2/20/98 Rebecca Luker, Michael Siberry, Patti Cohenour, Jan Maxwell, Fred Applegate, Patricia Conolly, Sara Zelle, Dashiell Eaves, Andrea Bowen, Ashley Rose Orr, Gina Ferrall, Ann Brown

•The Sound of Music- UK tour November 2011 Cast: Kirsty Malpass (Alt. Maria), Margaret Preece (Mother Abbess), Michael Praed (Captain von Trapp), Jacinta Mulcahy (Baroness Elsa), Martin Callaghan (Uncle Max), Claire Fishenden (Liesl), Jeremy Taylor (Rolf)

•Sound of Music- TV Broadcast 2013 Aired 5 December 2013 Cast: Carrie Underwood, Stephen Moyer, Audra McDonald, Laura Benanti, Christian Borle, Ariane Rinehart, Michael Campayno

•The Sound of Music- National Tour Cincinnati, Ohio October 4, 2016 Kerstin Anderson (Maria Rainer), Ben Davis (Captain Georg von Trapp), Melody Betts (Mother Abbess), Teri Hansen (Elsa Schrader), Merwin Foard (Max Detweiler), Paige Silvester (Leisl), Roy Gantz (Friedrich), Ashley Brooke (Louisa), Austin Levine (Kurt), Iris Davies (Brigitta), Kyla Davies (Marta), Anika Lore Hatch (Gretl), Darren Matthias (Franz), Donna Garner (Frau Schmidt), Austin Colby (Rolf Gruber), Carey Rebecca Brown (Sister Berthe), Julia Osborne (Sister Margaretta), Anna Mintzer (Sister Sophia), Robert Mammana (Herr Zeller), Christopher Carl (Admiral von Schreiber)

•The Sound of Music London 2006 I don’t know what cast or date

•The SpongeBob Musical (Chicago) − June 7, 2016: Ethan Slater (SpongeBob SquarePants), Danny Skinner (Patrick Star), Lilli Cooper (Sandi Cheeks), Gavin Lee (Squidward Tentacles), Nick Blaemire (Plankton), Carlos Lopez (Mr. Krabs), Gaelen Gilliland (Mayor), Emmy Raver-Lampman (Pearl Krabs).

•The Who’s Tommy OBC I don’t know what cast or date

•Titanic - Australia 2006 PROSHOT Hayden Tee, Brendan Higgins, Nick Tate, Tony Farrell, Todd Goddard, Tony Cogin, David Pearson, Matthew Willis, Alexander Lewis, James Shaw, Cameron Mannix, David Goddard, Keegan Joyce, Robert Gard, Joan Carden

•Title of Show- Broadway July 6 2008 Cast: Jeff Bowen, Hunter Bell, Heidi Blickenstaff, Susan Blackwell

•Tuck Everlasting- Broadway April 4, 2016 Andrew Keenan-Bolger (Jesse Tuck), Carolee Carmell (Mae Tuck), Michael Park (Angus Tuck), Terrence Mann (Man in the Yellow Suit), Fred Applegate (Constable Joe), Michael Wartella (Hugo), Valerie Wright (Mother), Pippa Pearthree (Nana), Sarah Charles Lewis (Winnie Foster)

•Urinetown- Broadway 20 October 2001 Cast: John Cullum (Caldwell B. Cladwell), Jennifer Laura Thompson (Hope Cladwell), David Beach (Mr. McQueen), Nancy Opel (Penelope Pennywise), Hunter Foster (Bobby Strong), Rachel Coloff (Soupy Sue/Cladwell’s Secretary)

•Waitress (A.R.T) − September 2, 2015: Jessie Mueller, Keala Settle, Jeanna De Waal, Drew Gehling, Joe Tippett, Dakin Matthews, Eric Anderson, Jeremy Morse, Giana Ribeiro.

•Waitress (Broadway) − June 14, 2016: Jessie Mueller (Jenna), Keala Settle (Becky), Kimiko Glenn (Dawn), Drew Gehling (Dr Pomatter), Nick Cordero (Earl), Dakin Matthews (Joe), Eric Anderson (Cal), Christopher Fitzgerald (Ogie)

•Waitress - April 4, 2017 ***NFT UNTIL AUGUST 1st*** Sara Bareilles, Charity Angel Dawson, Molly Jobe as (u/s) Dawn, Chris Diamantopoulos, Will Swenson, Dakin Matthews, Eric Anderson, Christopher Fitzgerald.

•War Paint - Chicago June 29, 2016 Patti LuPone (Helena Rubinstein), Christine Ebersole (Elizabeth Arden), John Dossett (Tommy Lewis), Douglas Sills (Harrry Fleming), Joanna Glushak, Chris Hoch, Barbara Marineau

•West Side Story- Broadway February 23 2009 Cast: Matt Cavenaugh, Josefina Scaglione, Karen Olivo, Cody Green, Geroge Akram, Curtis Holbrook, Joey Haro

•What’s Inside (Songs from Waitress):Concert by Sara Bareilles, 2015.

•Wicked- Broadway, 12 October 2003 Cast: Idina Menzel (Elphaba), Kristin Chenoweth (Glinda), Nobert Leo Butz (Fiyero)

•Wicked - July 18th 2004 - Cast:  Idina Menzel (Elphaba), Kristin Chenoweth (Glinda), Norbert Leo Butz (Fiyero), Sean McCourt (Wizard), Michelle Federer (Nessarose), Carole Shelley (Madame Morrible)

•Wicked- London 18 October 2007 Cast: Kerry Ellis, Dianne Pilkington, Oliver Tompsett, Nigel Planer, Susie Blake, Katie Rowley Jones, James Gillan, Andy Mac

•Wicked March ?? 2009 - Cast: Nicole Parker (Elphaba), Alli Mauzey (Glinda), Aaron Tveit (Fiyero),Jayne Houdyshell (Madame Morrible), Anthony Galde (Wizard u/s), Cristy Candler (Nessarose), Alex Brightman (Boq), Timothy Britten Parker (Dr. Dillamond)

•Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf -Chicago February 12th, 2011 Tracy Letts, Amy Morton, Carrie Coon, Madison Dirks

•You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown - Broadway 1999 Anthony Rapp (Charlie Brown), Ilana Levine (Lucy van Pelt), B. D. Wong(Linus van Pelt), Stanley Wayne Mathis (Schroeder), Kristin Chenoweth (Sally Brown), Roger Bart (Snoopy)

Not on the list but I have them: - War Paint Broadway -!Follies NTL - Matilda final performance - Gypsy - audio with Ethel Merman - The Prom off Broadway - Lion King OBC

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Appellate court requires online tabloid to remove photos accusing recently withdrawn presidential nominee of participating in figurative ‘lynching’

As I wrote last month, a lawsuit in New York courts has led to an unprecedented (at least in recent years) injunction against criticism of someone who was until recently a presidential nominee to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Earlier this week, a New York appellate court essentially narrowed the injunction, but still reaffirmed parts of it — and I think this blatantly violates the First Amendment.

First, the backstory (and see here for more): Chris Brummer (Georgetown University Law Center) was nominated in March 2016 by President Barack Obama to serve on the commission; his nomination was withdrawn in March 2017. Even before the nomination, Brummer held a prominent position as an adjudicator on the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) National Adjudicatory Council (NAC) — a government-authorized self-regulatory system that has the power to effectively ban stockbrokers and others from the industry.

Some time before his nomination, Brummer participated in an NAC decision that upheld a permanent ban on two stockbrokers, Talman Harris and William Scholander, from associating with any FINRA-regulated firm. The stockbrokers are both black, and so is Brummer. Harris has since been convicted of fraud in a different matter and Scholander has pled guilty to fraud in an aspect of that matter.

As a result, Brummer drew the ire of the Blot, which I think can be fairly described as an online tabloid that’s big on insults and leaps of inference (at the very least). The Blot is run by Benjamin Wey, a rich financier who is now under indictment for securities fraud, though some important evidence against him was recently thrown out on Fourth Amendment grounds. Wey also recently lost a high-profile sexual harassment and defamation lawsuit, Bouveng v. Wey, which also involved statements posted on the Blot.

The Blot began to run articles such as this, which essentially accused Brummer of participating in a figurative “lynching” of Harris and Scholander:

Brummer sued Wey and related defendants for defamation, which of course he had every right to do — but even before trial, the trial court issued a preliminary injunction banning defendants “from posting any articles about the Plaintiff to The Blot for the duration of this action,” and requiring that they “remove from TheBlot all the articles they have posted about or concerning Plaintiff.” That injunction, I argued in the original post, violates the First Amendment.

Wey promptly appealed, and the injunction was stayed by an appellate judge; but last week, the New York intermediate appellate court partly lifted the stay, and thus partly reinstated the injunction. In effect, the injunction now provides that defendants must

remove all photographs or other images and statements from websites under defendants’ control which depict or encourage lynching; encourage the incitement of violence; or that feature statements regarding plaintiff that, in conjunction with the threatening language and imagery with which these statements are associated, continue to incite violence against plaintiff

and that defendants are

prohibit[ed] … from posting on any traditional or online media site any photographs or other images depicting or encouraging lynching in association with plaintiff.

I think this continues to be a massive First Amendment violation, which goes to the heart of traditionally understood free press protections:

1. A media outlet has been sharply criticizing someone who until recently was a presidential nominee to high office.

2. Its criticism relates to alleged race discrimination by the person in his actions as essentially a private judge, within an important governmentally ratified system for regulating an important profession. (Note that FINRA decisions can be appealed to the Securities and Exchange Commission, a governmental body.)

3. There has been no trial finding the statements to be constitutionally unprotected defamation. Indeed, the injunction isn’t limited to defamatory uses of the pictures, but includes uses that are simply expressions of opinion (as many accusations of figurative lynching will be).

4. There has been no trial finding that the statements are constitutionally protected true threats against Brummer. Indeed, they appear to be claims that Brummer is a lyncher, not that he should be lynched or otherwise violently attacked. There was one comment posted on a post at the Blot, which read, “These FINRA motherf–––––s ruin lives! F––– them or shoot them? Both perhaps.” But there has been no trial finding that the comment was posted by the defendant; and I don’t think that the presence of the comment makes the images into constitutionally unprotected “true threats” of violence.

5. There has been no trial finding that the statements are constitutionally protected “incitement[s] of violence.” The “incitement” exception has been expressly and deliberately limited by the Supreme Court to speech that is (a) intended to and (b) likely to © lead to imminent criminal conduct (with imminent basically meaning within the next few hours or days, rather than at some unspecified point in the future). See Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969); Hess v. Indiana (1973). There appears to be little evidence that these three prongs of the incitement test are satisfied as to these images. Even if they “encourage lynching” (and I don’t see how they do), that alone isn’t enough to make them unprotected incitement. But the injunction goes further and bans any “images depicting … lynching in associate with plaintiff,” and that certainly goes far beyond unprotected incitement.

6. To be sure, the Blot is tabloidy, hyperbolic and over-the-top. The posts may well prove to be defamatory at trial. They are certainly racially charged. None of us would want any such material to be written about us. But none of that can justify the injunction involved here, just as the tabloidy, hyperbolic, over-the-top, likely defamatory and overtly anti-Semitic content of the newspaper in Near v. Minnesota (1931) didn’t justify the injunction in that case. (To be sure, that injunction was broader than the revised one, since the Near injunction closed the entire newspaper; but First Amendment law bars injunctions against particular statements and images as well as against entire publications, at least unless those statements and images are specifically found to fall within a specific First Amendment exception at trial — something that hasn’t happened here.)

Now I think that the injunction here would have been unconstitutional even if it covered an individual speaker, rather than an online tabloid, or even if it was limited to speech about an ordinary citizen rather than about a recent nominee to high federal office. But the facts of this case just show what a strong and clear First Amendment case the publisher has. I don’t recall a single appellate decision in recent decades that has allowed an injunction against words or images on facts such as this. I understand that an appeal is planned, and I hope that the New York high court — or, if necessary, the U.S. Supreme Court — will reverse the injunction outright or at least issue a complete stay of the injunction.

Today, this injunction just applies to the Blot, Brummer and the use of images of lynching. But if it’s upheld, then similar injunctions could easily be issued against many other publications that criticize many other people (including public officials, public figures and professionals involved in matters of public concern) in many different ways. All it would take is some court concluding that the speech in some loose sense “encourage[s] the incitement of violence,” or even just “depict[s]” violent conduct — with no showing that the usual First Amendment tests for incitement or true threats are satisfied, as they have not been satisfied for the speech prohibited here.

Originally Found On: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/08/04/appellate-court-requires-online-tabloid-to-remove-photos-accusing-recently-withdrawn-presidential-nominee-of-participating-in-figurative-lynching/

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Appellate court requires online tabloid to remove photos accusing recently withdrawn presidential nominee of participating in figurative ‘lynching’

As I wrote last month, a lawsuit in New York courts has led to an unprecedented (at least in recent years) injunction against criticism of someone who was until recently a presidential nominee to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Earlier this week, a New York appellate court essentially narrowed the injunction, but still reaffirmed parts of it — and I think this blatantly violates the First Amendment.

First, the backstory (and see here for more): Chris Brummer (Georgetown University Law Center) was nominated in March 2016 by President Barack Obama to serve on the commission; his nomination was withdrawn in March 2017. Even before the nomination, Brummer held a prominent position as an adjudicator on the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) National Adjudicatory Council (NAC) — a government-authorized self-regulatory system that has the power to effectively ban stockbrokers and others from the industry.

Some time before his nomination, Brummer participated in an NAC decision that upheld a permanent ban on two stockbrokers, Talman Harris and William Scholander, from associating with any FINRA-regulated firm. The stockbrokers are both black, and so is Brummer. Harris has since been convicted of fraud in a different matter and Scholander has pled guilty to fraud in an aspect of that matter.

As a result, Brummer drew the ire of the Blot, which I think can be fairly described as an online tabloid that’s big on insults and leaps of inference (at the very least). The Blot is run by Benjamin Wey, a rich financier who is now under indictment for securities fraud, though some important evidence against him was recently thrown out on Fourth Amendment grounds. Wey also recently lost a high-profile sexual harassment and defamation lawsuit, Bouveng v. Wey, which also involved statements posted on the Blot.

The Blot began to run articles such as this, which essentially accused Brummer of participating in a figurative “lynching” of Harris and Scholander:

Brummer sued Wey and related defendants for defamation, which of course he had every right to do — but even before trial, the trial court issued a preliminary injunction banning defendants “from posting any articles about the Plaintiff to The Blot for the duration of this action,” and requiring that they “remove from TheBlot all the articles they have posted about or concerning Plaintiff.” That injunction, I argued in the original post, violates the First Amendment.

Wey promptly appealed, and the injunction was stayed by an appellate judge; but last week, the New York intermediate appellate court partly lifted the stay, and thus partly reinstated the injunction. In effect, the injunction now provides that defendants must

remove all photographs or other images and statements from websites under defendants’ control which depict or encourage lynching; encourage the incitement of violence; or that feature statements regarding plaintiff that, in conjunction with the threatening language and imagery with which these statements are associated, continue to incite violence against plaintiff

and that defendants are

prohibit[ed] … from posting on any traditional or online media site any photographs or other images depicting or encouraging lynching in association with plaintiff.

I think this continues to be a massive First Amendment violation, which goes to the heart of traditionally understood free press protections:

1. A media outlet has been sharply criticizing someone who until recently was a presidential nominee to high office.

2. Its criticism relates to alleged race discrimination by the person in his actions as essentially a private judge, within an important governmentally ratified system for regulating an important profession. (Note that FINRA decisions can be appealed to the Securities and Exchange Commission, a governmental body.)

3. There has been no trial finding the statements to be constitutionally unprotected defamation. Indeed, the injunction isn’t limited to defamatory uses of the pictures, but includes uses that are simply expressions of opinion (as many accusations of figurative lynching will be).

4. There has been no trial finding that the statements are constitutionally protected true threats against Brummer. Indeed, they appear to be claims that Brummer is a lyncher, not that he should be lynched or otherwise violently attacked. There was one comment posted on a post at the Blot, which read, “These FINRA motherf–––––s ruin lives! F––– them or shoot them? Both perhaps.” But there has been no trial finding that the comment was posted by the defendant; and I don’t think that the presence of the comment makes the images into constitutionally unprotected “true threats” of violence.

5. There has been no trial finding that the statements are constitutionally protected “incitement[s] of violence.” The “incitement” exception has been expressly and deliberately limited by the Supreme Court to speech that is (a) intended to and (b) likely to (c) lead to imminent criminal conduct (with imminent basically meaning within the next few hours or days, rather than at some unspecified point in the future). See Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969); Hess v. Indiana (1973). There appears to be little evidence that these three prongs of the incitement test are satisfied as to these images. Even if they “encourage lynching” (and I don’t see how they do), that alone isn’t enough to make them unprotected incitement. But the injunction goes further and bans any “images depicting … lynching in associate with plaintiff,” and that certainly goes far beyond unprotected incitement.

6. To be sure, the Blot is tabloidy, hyperbolic and over-the-top. The posts may well prove to be defamatory at trial. They are certainly racially charged. None of us would want any such material to be written about us. But none of that can justify the injunction involved here, just as the tabloidy, hyperbolic, over-the-top, likely defamatory and overtly anti-Semitic content of the newspaper in Near v. Minnesota (1931) didn’t justify the injunction in that case. (To be sure, that injunction was broader than the revised one, since the Near injunction closed the entire newspaper; but First Amendment law bars injunctions against particular statements and images as well as against entire publications, at least unless those statements and images are specifically found to fall within a specific First Amendment exception at trial — something that hasn’t happened here.)

Now I think that the injunction here would have been unconstitutional even if it covered an individual speaker, rather than an online tabloid, or even if it was limited to speech about an ordinary citizen rather than about a recent nominee to high federal office. But the facts of this case just show what a strong and clear First Amendment case the publisher has. I don’t recall a single appellate decision in recent decades that has allowed an injunction against words or images on facts such as this. I understand that an appeal is planned, and I hope that the New York high court — or, if necessary, the U.S. Supreme Court — will reverse the injunction outright or at least issue a complete stay of the injunction.

Today, this injunction just applies to the Blot, Brummer and the use of images of lynching. But if it’s upheld, then similar injunctions could easily be issued against many other publications that criticize many other people (including public officials, public figures and professionals involved in matters of public concern) in many different ways. All it would take is some court concluding that the speech in some loose sense “encourage[s] the incitement of violence,” or even just “depict[s]” violent conduct — with no showing that the usual First Amendment tests for incitement or true threats are satisfied, as they have not been satisfied for the speech prohibited here.

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New Zealand's bird of the year is a highly cheeky parrot known for messing with humans

New Zealand, you're alright.

What other country, teeming with magnificent, yet sadly endangered wildlife, would have an annual bird of the year competition?

Perpetual natural paradise New Zealand has announced the winner for the country's 13th bird of the year, awarded to the world's only alpine parrot, the kea.

SEE ALSO: Here are some of the most stunning nature photographs of 2017

What's a kea? It's an unusual olive-green parrot found in the country's southern alps, known for its intelligence, cheekiness, and curiosity — something that can "get them into trouble," according to the BOTY website.

Say hello to your #BirdOfTheYear for 2017 - the kea! It flew into first place with a record-breaking 7311 votes, followed by the kererū with 4,572 votes, and the kākāpō with 2,554. To all our campaign managers and voters - thank you! It has been an amazing few weeks! Congratulations to Laura, George, Harry, Annika and the rest of Team Kea.

A post shared by Forest & Bird (@forestandbird) on Oct 23, 2017 at 1:30pm PDT

The kea is classified as "nationally endangered" with just 3,000 to 7,000 keas currently in the wild — climate change for an alpine parrot isn't the greatest. Cats, stoats, rats, and possums are their main predators. 

But their curiosity for humans can lead them into peril or sickness too, according to BOTY — they're often hit by cars, fed unnatural food, or poisoned by materials like lead after chewing on human-made things like houses and cars.

However, they're smart, inquisitive creatures, no stranger to genuinely messing with humans. Check out David Attenborough's documentary on the kea, dubbed The Smartest Parrot. Listen to Attenborough's absolute delight at this wheelie bin raid:

And this clip, showing the keas' taste for fast food and beer during New Zealand's ski season:

"The curious kea will try anything once," says Attenborough.

According to BOTY, the kea had a strong team of campaigners behind its win, steered by researchers and supported by the Kea Conservation Trust.

It’s #BirdOfTheYear time again, and we’re asking for you to #VoteKea! Tell all of your friends & family to do the same! Link in bio. #kea #keaconservation @forestandbird @docgovtnz @geoffreidnz @laurie_winter @talman @rachstewartnz @__harryseagar__ @laura_mountain_explorer

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The kea received a whopping 7,311 votes, according to the Guardian, ahead of second place winner, the kererū, with 4,572 votes.

WATCH: Here's what animals would say if they could complain about work

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[Eugene Volokh] Appellate court requires online tabloid to remove photos accusing recently withdrawn presidential nominee of participating in figurative ‘lynching’

As I wrote last month, a lawsuit in New York courts has led to an unprecedented (at least in recent years) injunction against criticism of someone who was until recently a presidential nominee to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Earlier this week, a New York appellate court essentially narrowed the injunction, but still reaffirmed parts of it — and I think this blatantly violates the First Amendment.

First, the backstory (and see here for more): Chris Brummer (Georgetown University Law Center) was nominated in March 2016 by President Barack Obama to serve on the commission; his nomination was withdrawn in March 2017. Even before the nomination, Brummer held a prominent position as an adjudicator on the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) National Adjudicatory Council (NAC) — a government-authorized self-regulatory system that has the power to effectively ban stockbrokers and others from the industry.

Some time before his nomination, Brummer participated in an NAC decision that upheld a permanent ban on two stockbrokers, Talman Harris and William Scholander, from associating with any FINRA-regulated firm. The stockbrokers are both black, and so is Brummer. Harris has since been convicted of fraud in a different matter and Scholander has pled guilty to fraud in an aspect of that matter.

As a result, Brummer drew the ire of the Blot, which I think can be fairly described as an online tabloid that’s big on insults and leaps of inference (at the very least). The Blot is run by Benjamin Wey, a rich financier who is now under indictment for securities fraud, though some important evidence against him was recently thrown out on Fourth Amendment grounds. Wey also recently lost a high-profile sexual harassment and defamation lawsuit, Bouveng v. Wey, which also involved statements posted on the Blot.

The Blot began to run articles such as this, which essentially accused Brummer of participating in a figurative “lynching” of Harris and Scholander:

Brummer sued Wey and related defendants for defamation, which of course he had every right to do — but even before trial, the trial court issued a preliminary injunction banning defendants “from posting any articles about the Plaintiff to The Blot for the duration of this action,” and requiring that they “remove from TheBlot all the articles they have posted about or concerning Plaintiff.” That injunction, I argued in the original post, violates the First Amendment.

Wey promptly appealed, and the injunction was stayed by an appellate judge; but last week, the New York intermediate appellate court partly lifted the stay, and thus partly reinstated the injunction. In effect, the injunction now provides that defendants must

remove all photographs or other images and statements from websites under defendants’ control which depict or encourage lynching; encourage the incitement of violence; or that feature statements regarding plaintiff that, in conjunction with the threatening language and imagery with which these statements are associated, continue to incite violence against plaintiff

and that defendants are

prohibit[ed] … from posting on any traditional or online media site any photographs or other images depicting or encouraging lynching in association with plaintiff.

I think this continues to be a massive First Amendment violation, which goes to the heart of traditionally understood free press protections:

1. A media outlet has been sharply criticizing someone who until recently was a presidential nominee to high office.

2. Its criticism relates to alleged race discrimination by the person in his actions as essentially a private judge, within an important governmentally ratified system for regulating an important profession. (Note that FINRA decisions can be appealed to the Securities and Exchange Commission, a governmental body.)

3. There has been no trial finding the statements to be constitutionally unprotected defamation. Indeed, the injunction isn’t limited to defamatory uses of the pictures, but includes uses that are simply expressions of opinion (as many accusations of figurative lynching will be).

4. There has been no trial finding that the statements are constitutionally protected true threats against Brummer. Indeed, they appear to be claims that Brummer is a lyncher, not that he should be lynched or otherwise violently attacked. There was one comment posted on a post at the Blot, which read, “These FINRA motherf–––––s ruin lives! F––– them or shoot them? Both perhaps.” But there has been no trial finding that the comment was posted by the defendant; and I don’t think that the presence of the comment makes the images into constitutionally unprotected “true threats” of violence.

5. There has been no trial finding that the statements are constitutionally protected “incitement[s] of violence.” The “incitement” exception has been expressly and deliberately limited by the Supreme Court to speech that is (a) intended to and (b) likely to (c) lead to imminent criminal conduct (with imminent basically meaning within the next few hours or days, rather than at some unspecified point in the future). See Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969); Hess v. Indiana (1973). There appears to be little evidence that these three prongs of the incitement test are satisfied as to these images. Even if they “encourage lynching” (and I don’t see how they do), that alone isn’t enough to make them unprotected incitement. But the injunction goes further and bans any “images depicting … lynching in associate with plaintiff,” and that certainly goes far beyond unprotected incitement.

6. To be sure, the Blot is tabloidy, hyperbolic and over-the-top. The posts may well prove to be defamatory at trial. They are certainly racially charged. None of us would want any such material to be written about us. But none of that can justify the injunction involved here, just as the tabloidy, hyperbolic, over-the-top, likely defamatory and overtly anti-Semitic content of the newspaper in Near v. Minnesota (1931) didn’t justify the injunction in that case. (To be sure, that injunction was broader than the revised one, since the Near injunction closed the entire newspaper; but First Amendment law bars injunctions against particular statements and images as well as against entire publications, at least unless those statements and images are specifically found to fall within a specific First Amendment exception at trial — something that hasn’t happened here.)

Now I think that the injunction here would have been unconstitutional even if it covered an individual speaker, rather than an online tabloid, or even if it was limited to speech about an ordinary citizen rather than about a recent nominee to high federal office. But the facts of this case just show what a strong and clear First Amendment case the publisher has. I don’t recall a single appellate decision in recent decades that has allowed an injunction against words or images on facts such as this. I understand that an appeal is planned, and I hope that the New York high court — or, if necessary, the U.S. Supreme Court — will reverse the injunction outright or at least issue a complete stay of the injunction.

Today, this injunction just applies to the Blot, Brummer and the use of images of lynching. But if it’s upheld, then similar injunctions could easily be issued against many other publications that criticize many other people (including public officials, public figures and professionals involved in matters of public concern) in many different ways. All it would take is some court concluding that the speech in some loose sense “encourage[s] the incitement of violence,” or even just “depict[s]” violent conduct — with no showing that the usual First Amendment tests for incitement or true threats are satisfied, as they have not been satisfied for the speech prohibited here.

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UK’s green roof market experiences year on year growth

On Wednesday, July 26, the First Assessment of the UK Green Roof Market was launched at London City Hall at an event hosted by the deputy mayor for environment and energy, Shirley Rodrigues. Guests were also treated to speeches from James Talman, CEO of the National Federation of Roofing Contractors (NFRC), Mark Harris, chair of the Green Roof Organisation, Dusty Gedge, director of Livingroofs.org and Kelly Bream, operations director of Berkeley Homes.

Currently, our cities are said to face urgent challenges in the 21st Century. The impacts of climate change are increasingly being felt with heatwaves, storms and flooding, air pollution and more. Therefore, green roofs are said to be an essential tool in combatting climate impacts in cities, while providing much-needed space for nature. The authors of the Green Roof Market Report say the UK needs a healthy green roof market if it is to deliver the adaptation necessary for the health, well-being and prosperity of our towns and cities.

With this in mind, this is the first time that data is being published on the size, value and growth of the UK’s home-grown green roof market. The report shows that the UK green roof market is delivering a 17% increase in growth year on year.

“Roofing is sometimes viewed in a narrow context,” said James Talman.

“But the continued expansion of the green roof market plays an essential role in highlighting the diversity of the industry. Apart from the ecological, environmental and social benefits green roofs provide, they also are important in creating rewarding careers for multi-skilled professionals.

“We are pleased to support the green roof industry in its quest to see other large urban conurbations in the UK following the GLA’s lead on ‘greening’ our cities.”

The report also demonstrates that there is a green roof market focus in London, partly due to its specific planning policy.

Shirley Rodrigues said: “In London our planning policies support green infrastructure which has led to an impressive array of green roofs that boost air quality, help the environment and make the city more attractive. From roofs that prevent flooding by capturing rainwater to providing wildlife habitats or high-rise gardens, Londoners are using their space creatively. In the future, to help mitigate the impacts of climate change and achieve the Mayor’s ambition of making the city 50% green, we will need even more green roofs, green walls and street trees. I hope other cities follow our lead and realise the huge environmental benefits of urban greening.”

The report shows market growth of 17% year on year – both nationally and in London, where 42% of the market currently is focused.

But as the report also points out, there is huge potential to grow the market not just in London but in urban areas across the UK.

The growth of UK green roofs is helping to make the construction industry greener – and our cities healthier, more prosperous and resilient to climate impacts. The report predicts that this growth will continue next year as well but that the focus will shift away from London with other areas of the UK reaping the benefits of green roofs.

View the report here.

The post UK’s green roof market experiences year on year growth appeared first on Roofing Cladding & Insulation Magazine (RCI).

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Design for Ornamental Border with Foliage, Putti and a Lion's Head. by Alessandro Allori via Drawings and Prints

Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk or graphite, highlighted with white gouache, on blue paper, pasted down on a Talman mount

Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1971 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/341926