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carewyncromwell · 3 years ago

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faceclaims left to right -- Kento Nakajima as Shika; Hunter Schaefer as Sparrow; Sebastian Stan as Ed “Zorro” Rosier; Jeremy Jordan as Colt; and Shawn Mendes as Orson

Referencing Chess Thornton @cursebreakerfarrier at one point because come on, we all know the tabloids would take some interest in her and Ed’s relationship at some point ❤

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[excerpt from Witch Weekly, issue 10, Oct. 1995]

They Put a Spell on Us!: A special Q/A session with the members of the new hit band Spellb🔮und

Q: Well, first of all, welcome, gentlemen, it is an absolute pleasure to have you with us. Who do we have to thank for us scoring this interview?

Sparrow: “(grinning) Zorro.”

Colt: “Zorro, yeah.”

Shika: “Zorro put in a word with Mr. Green.”

[Orson nods.]

Zorro: “(grinning smugly) Guilty as charged.”

Q: Mr. Green being Iago Green, your manager, of course. He’s the one who brought you all together, as the story goes. But let’s get to know the men behind the band -- behind the stage names and makeup...

Zorro: “(amusedly) Are you sure you know what you’re asking? I wouldn’t subject any of these poor men to what I look like, before sitting in the makeup chair.”

[Sparrow can’t stifle the giggling erupting out of him.]

Q: Your fans want to get to know the real you! So first off, what are your real names, how old are you, and where are you from? Shika, why don’t we start with you, and then we can make our way down?

[Shika pauses before answering very methodically, almost primly.]

Shika: “My name is Shiraki Katsuro and I am 28 years old. I was born in Shibuya, in Japan, but now I live in Ely, in the district of Cambridgeshire.”

[Sparrow, once he’s sure Shika’s done, answers eagerly.]

Sparrow: “Uh, hi! My name’s Tony Bianco, I’m 21, and I was born in Queens! New York, I mean. The United States. Though my parents and I live in London, now!”

[Zorro waits very patiently for Sparrow to finish, looking almost indulgent when the younger boy glances at him.]

Zorro: “My name is Ed Rosier, I’m 36, born and raised in Cardiff. Now I call London home sweet home.”

[Zorro nods to Colt, who jumps right in to respond.]

Colt: “Name’s Jared Katz -- 25 -- and I’m from Moortown, Leeds!”

[Colt looks at Orson, who is comparatively very soft-spoken in his response.]

Orson: “Mischa Poliakoff. 37. I was born in Leningrad, raised in Leipzig, Germany...and now my family and I live in Manchester.”

Q: Wow! I don’t think I realized how very diverse your backgrounds are...Mr. Green truly has assembled a world showcase of talent! (laughs) So what got you all into music in the first place? Did your families encourage you?

Zorro: “(gives a bark-like laugh) Hardly! I daresay they would’ve been much more pleased if I’d gone to work for the Ministry of Magic. I am glad they tolerated me singing and writing songs on the piano constantly, though -- my dear old mum used to say that many a woman has an appreciation for a man who can perform for her on command, and what do you know? Turns out she was right. (smirks)”

Colt: “(laughs) I first got into music for that too! Sort of. I had a crush who was into musical theater, so I joined that, and after scoring the lead in the spring musical, I was invited to join the choir, and then a garage band or two after that. It’s around then I learned how to play the drums. Wish I could say my folks were supportive, but I guess I did disrupt their sleep a few times with my practicing! (sniggers)”

Shika: “Music is very important in my family. I learned how to play the shamisen from my baa-baa -- my grandmother -- and then, after that, I learned the other strings, from my mother and brothers. I didn’t start singing until I was older -- after my voice changed. From then, I did talent competitions and auditioned for acts outside of Japan, so as to gain more experience.”

Sparrow: “(shyly) My parents encouraged me -- they’ve always loved music. They actually work for our record company! They used to travel a lot with me when I was little, and they’d always want me to sing for their friends, whenever we went to any parties. That was how I met Mr. Green, through Mamma and Papa.”

Orson: “...My family...also very much enjoys music. My father was a guitarist for Lorcan D’Eath for many years, when he was alive. I always wished to be just like him.”

Q: That’s fascinating...now Sparrow -- you’ve gone on the record saying that your favorite musical artist is Celestina Warbeck. Would the rest of you tell us about some of your favorites?

Colt: “The Beatles, of course!”

Zorro: “Their stuff is classic.”

[Shika nods in agreement.]

Shika: “I do not think any of you are familiar with the songs of Amuro Namie...but Amuro-san is an idol, back home. She performs pop music, but with some electronic dance and rhythm and blues, as well.”

Zorro: “(interested) Sounds like something you might like, Orson, if it’s got some R&B flair. (indicates his bandmate) Orson’s favorite Muggle artist is Stevie Wonder.”

Shika: “(to Orson) Lorcan D’Earth would be the other favorite of yours, I believe, yes?”

[Orson nods.]

Orson: “...I like the Beatles too, though.”

Sparrow: “(grinning) Oh, don’t forget Michael Jackson! He’s Zorro’s favorite, hands-down...”

Zorro: “(coolly) Perhaps if more of you listened to his discography, he would be yours too.”

Colt: “(dryly) We almost don’t have to, considering how much you play his stuff on the keys, before rehearsal.”

Q: An awful lot of Muggle artists...I seem to recall you once saying off-the-record, Colt, that most Muggle musicians are just better than magical ones -- care to comment?

Colt: “(faintly annoyed) That was taken out of context -- !”

[Before Colt can finish, Zorro’s swept in to answer for him.]

Zorro: “(coolly) I have to wonder how you heard Colt say that, my dear, if it was ‘off-the-record’...but I suppose reporters have a certain magic about them that way. Rita Skeeter, for instance. A shame she took a break from writing, after the Triwizard Tournament -- her headlines always did make for good gossip kindling.”

[Zorro gives an amiable laugh.]

Zorro: “Now then, what was the question? Is Muggle music better than magical music? I don’t think any of us would say that, exactly -- we’re simply musicians with a deep love of our craft. We appreciate musical talent, wherever it comes from.”

[Sparrow, Shika, and Orson nod. After Shika passes him a significant look, Colt does too, though a bit more reluctantly.]

Q: (laughs) Well, you certainly have it to spare! You in particular, Zorro, both writing and singing your band’s songs. Care to delve into your process? Your inspiration?

[Zorro looks rather pleased by the praise despite himself.]

Zorro: “Thank you. I’m glad to know my work is appreciated. In regards to process, though, I’m afraid there isn’t much to tell. I simply write what I feel, or have felt, or have known. ‘Write what you know,’ as the saying goes. I’m just glad that the opportunity popped up where we could include something I wrote on one of our albums, in the first place -- if it weren’t for the public responding to 'Starlight’ as much as it has, I doubt I would’ve become a permanent addition to the songwriting team. So yeah, to all our fans, thanks for that! It means a lot.”

Q: There have been a lot of rumors about the special someone you’ve written about, in your songs. Some say it’s your old intended, Alecto Carrow -- still others says it’s an old childhood friend of yours, Francesca Thornton...can’t you give us a hint -- just the tiniest hint about who this woman is, who’s stolen your heart?

[Zorro’s eyes grow that little bit smaller as he smirks.]

Zorro: “Now, now, my dear! Half of the success of a good love song is the ability for the audience to hear the words and imagine themselves as an active party -- you can hardly expect me to sabotage my work, by divulging that.”

Colt: “Besides, how do you know it’s a woman, anyhow?”

[The rest of the band immediately looks at Colt. Colt tries to play it off, but sounds a bit defensive.]

Colt: “Ahh, nu, it might not be! Not every love song written by a bloke is about a girl, you know -- ”

[Shika places a hand on Colt’s shoulder and adds in a far more composed sort of voice,]

Shika: “From what I’ve seen, Zorro’s songs are written as gender-neutral. Our fans who are not female will be just as able to see themselves in the words, if they so desire.”

Zorro: “(grins) Indeed.”

Q: May I take that to mean Spellb🔮und supports gay relationships?

Colt: “Damn straight we do! Whatever your sexuality or identity, what you believe, where you’re from, what your background is, we support you.”

[For once, no members of the band make any move to censor him. On the contrary, Sparrow is actually beaming. Orson shifts a bit in the background, but doesn’t speak.]

Q: Aha...well, then -- back to my original question, though. Since you won’t divulge the nature of your love life, Zorro, perhaps the rest of you might? I believe all of you are still single, but --

Zorro: “Not Orson. Sorry, ladies -- he’s taken.”

[The others grin at Orson -- he actually gives a small smile and holds up his hand to show his wedding band.]

Q: Oh yes, that’s right -- most of you, then. Any of you currently on the look-out, on the dating scene? How about you, Sparrow? Is there someone special in your life?

[Sparrow laughs a bit self-consciously.]

Sparrow: “Ah well, uh, n-not really...it’s a lot of work, just playing with the band! N-not that it isn’t fun, of course -- I love working with Zorro and the others! It’s just that I never really went to parties much when I was younger, unless they were music functions, you know, so...”

[He’s looking more uncomfortable by the moment, so Zorro swoops in to his rescue.]

Zorro: “Colt is much more the sort to go to clubs and parties than Sparrow is.”

Colt: “(laughs) You know it! The club scene is where it’s at.”

Shika: “The Thestral Club just outside of Diagon Alley is a respectable establishment. Colt and I have been there, on a few occasions.”

Colt: “Their DJ’s are all excellent. Pretty cute, too!”

Q: Ooh, well, that’s an endorsement I’m sure they’ll appreciate! But I’m sorry, I just have to circle back to you, Sparrow. You’re arguably the most popular member of the band, so one could say you’re also the Wizarding World’s most eligible bachelor! What would you say you’re looking for, in a lover?

[Sparrow flushes darkly.]

Sparrow: “W-well, that’s -- heh -- not exactly...um...”

[He’s laughing even more as he becomes more self-conscious. Once again, Zorro swoops in to his rescue.]

Zorro: “Well, certainly I’d say Sparrow, like all of us, would want someone who loves us for who we are, rather than our fame. Right, birdie?”

[Sparrow is encouraged by Zorro’s support.]

Sparrow: “Y-yeah! I reckon we all do...I’d say all of us would deserve to find that, in somebody.”

[He glances at the other members of the band self-consciously. Shika nods.]

Shika: “Whether romantically or not. I would say finding kindred spirits can make the human experience significantly more fulfilling.”

Zorro: “(grinning) Well said!”

Q: Well, unfortunately, that’s all the time we have! Before we go, though, is there anything you’d like to say to your fans?

Sparrow: “(brightly) Thank you! Thank you, thank you, thank you!”

Colt: “(grinning) What Sparrow said. Thanks a lot, you all! We couldn’t do this without you!”

Shika: “It’s true. We will be eternally grateful for all of the support you have given us, and we hope that you will continue to send us your love.”

Orson: “Yeah -- thanks.”

Zorro: “(smiling fully) Please remember the impact a single life can have, in shaping another -- and take heart knowing that each of you have undoubtedly helped shape ours for the better.”

#my writing #ed rosier #golden era #chess thornton #spellb🔮und #yes at one point ed's parents intended to have him marry alecto carrow #good thing ed dodged THAT bullet *cringes*#yes colt is the loose cannon #and yes zorro often ends up being the unofficial manager of the others bc for as much as he loves attention he's the planner #so he thinks about the future way more than the others and is overly conscientious about the potential ripple effects of what they say #orson puts off this 'strong and silent' affect like mori from ouran but he's honestly kind of a shy guy #he loves music and performing but he is way not into his family getting a lot of scrutiny thanks to his fame #so yeah the others kind of try to keep the focus off him so as to help him out #shika and colt being the closest in age are probably the most like 'friends' of the batch despite their opposite temperaments #ed of course is tony's 'big brother' of sorts

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norikateatro · 5 years ago

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Norikateatro’s Audio List! 💙

As of: July 31, 2019 😄!

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Wicked: Chicago January 06, 2008 - Dan'yelle Williamson (Elphaba u/s); Kate Fahrner (Glinda u/s); Michael Seelbach (Fiyero); Peter Kevoian (The Wizard); K. Todd Freeman (Doctor Dillamond); Barbara Robertson (Madame Morrible); Summer Naomi Scott (Nessarose); Stanton Nash (Boq) Wicked 9 September 2008, 1NT Cast: Carmen Cusack (Elphaba), Katie Rose Clark (G(a)linda), Christopher Russo (u/s The Witch’s Father), Deedee Magno Hall (Nessa), Brad Weinstock (Boq), Myra Lucretia Taylor (Madame Morrible), Paul Slade Smith (u/s The Wizard), Clifton Hall (Fiyero) Wicked: San Francisco March 06, 2010 - Eden Espinosa (Elphaba); Libby Servais (Glinda s/b); D.J. Gregory (Fiyero u/s); Tom McGowan (The Wizard); Paul Slade Smith (Doctor Dillamond); Jody Gelb (Madame Morrible); Deedee Magno Hall (Nessarose); Etai BenShlomo (Boq) Wicked Broadway: March 3, 2013 Cast: Willemijn Verkaik (Elphaba), Alli Mauzey (Glinda), Kyle Dean Massey (Fiyero), Randy Danson (Madame Morrible), Adam Grupper (The Wizard), Catherin Charlebois (Nessarose), F. Michael Haynie (Boq), Tom Flynn (Dr Dillamond) Wicked: Broadway February 22, 2014 (Lindsay Mendez & Alli Mauzey’s Final Show) Lindsay Mendez (Elphaba), Alli Mauzey (Glinda), Kyle Dean Massey (Fiyero), Carol Kane (Madame Morrible), Tom McGowan (Wizard), Catherine Charlebois (Nessarose), Michael Wartella (Boq), Note: Lindsay, Alli, Kyle & Tom’s last performance. Wicked Mexico-June 20, 2014 Elenco: Viviana Barrera (u/s Elphaba), Cecilia de la Cueva (Glinda), Jorge Lau (Fiyero), Paco Morales (El Maravilloso Mago de Oz), Anahí Allué (Srita. Morrida), Marisol Meneses (Nessarosa), Sebastián Treviño (u/s Boq), Beto Torres (Dr. Dillamond), Emanuel Gáitan (Chistery). Viviana's first performance as Elphaba. Wicked: London June 23, 2014 Cast: Emma Hatton (s/b Elphaba), Sophie Linder-Lee (s/b Glinda), Jeremy Taylor (Fiyero), Philippa Buxton (u/s Nessarose), Sam Lupton (Boq), Sue Kelvin (Madame Morrible), Martyn Ellis (The Wizard), Paul Clarkson (Dr. Dillamond). Wicked: Broadway January 27, 2015 Caroline Bowman (Elphaba), Kara Lindsay (Glinda), Matt Shingledecker (Fiyero), Tom McGowan (The Wizard), Kathy Fitzgerald (Madame Morrible), Alicia L. Albright (Nessarose u/s), Robin de Jesus (Boq) The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Broadway March 14th, 1975 (Soundboard) Cast: Bill Miller (Brad Majors), Abigale Haness (Janet Weiss), Graham Jarvis (Narrator), Richard O'Brien (Riff Raff), Tim Curry (Dr. Frank-N-Furter), Jamie Donnelly (Magenta), Boni Enten (Columbia), Kim Milford (Rocky), Meat Loaf (Eddie/Dr. Scott) Notes: This is a live recording made on March 14th, 1975 of the (very short-lived) Rocky Horror Show's original run at the Belasco Theatre on Broadway. Cat 1991 México DF, México Cast: Marisol Arreola, Hector Arroyo, Simone Brook, Olivia Buzzio, Gabriel de Cervantes, Maru Dueñas, Cecilia Huerta, Javier Diaz Dueñas, Manuel Landeta, Armando Moreno, Enrique del Olmo, María del Sol, Fabiola Zepeda, Lenny Zundel. Notes: Soundboard Recording Missing Overture. This could be an audio rip from the DVD, but I'm not 100% sure. Cats London November 8th, 1995 Cast: Admetus/Macavity: Richard Armitage, Alonzo: Nunzio Lombardo, Bill Bailey: Daniel Crossley, Bombalurina: Vanessa Leagh-Hicks, Bustopher/Gus: Tony Timberlake, Carbucketty: Sandy Rass, Cassandra: Deborah Shrimpton, Coricopat: David Olton, Demeter: Michele Hooper, Electra: Nicola Lee-Owens, Etcetera: Charlotte Peck, George/Rumpus: Steven Wayne, Grizabella: Clare Burt, Jellylorum: Carrie Ellis, Jemima: Kimberly Partridge. Jennyanydots: Beth Robson (u/s), Mistoffelees: Thomas Paton,Mungojerrie: Ian Meeson, Munkustrap: Andrew Halliday, Old Deuteronomy: Graeme Lauren (s/b), Rumpleteazer: Vikki Coote, Rum Tum Tugger: John Partridge, Skimbleshanks: Tommi Sliiden (u/s), Tantomile: Tee Soo-Chan, Victor: John Stacey, Victoria: Sandra Kater Chicago: Broadway - 1975 8 Aug Cast-Liza Minelli (special temp. replacement - Roxie Hart), Chita Rivera (Velma Kelly), Jerry Orbach (Billy Flynn), Mary McCarty (Mama Morton), Barney Martin (Amos Hart) Cats 15 July 1998, Hamburg Cast: John Partridge (Munkustrap), Kristin Hölck (Grizabella), Stephan Drakulich (Old Deuteronomy), Ray Strachan (Rum Tum Tugger), Damian Kacperski (Mr. Mistoffelees), Lachlan Youngberg (Bustopher Mürr), Tanya Christensen (Gumbie Katz’), Marco Krämer (Skimbleshanks), Virginia Lilly (Rumpleteazer), Livio Salvi (Mungojerrie) Cats: Seoul, Korea 2008 Oct 16 Cast: 신영석 Shin Young Seok (Grizabella), 대성 Tae Seong (Rum Tum Tugger), 홍경수 Hong Kyung Soo (Munkustrap), 이희정 Lee Hui Jeong (Old Deuteronomy), 김보경 Kim Bo Kyung (Rumpleteazer), 강인영 Kang In Young (Mungogerrie), 강연종 Kang Yeon Jong (Gus), 정주영 Jeong Joo Young (Macavity), 유회웅 Yoo Hui Woong (Mr. Mistoffelees), 문병권 Moon Byung Gwon (Skimbleshanks), 왕브리타 Wang Brita (Jemima), 백두산 Baek Doo San (Alonzo), 이은혜 Lee Eun Hye (Jellylorum) Cats London: December 27th, 2014 Cats: Broadway September 24th, 2016 Cast: Leona Lewis (Grizabella), Tyler Hanes (Rum Tum Tugger), Ricky Ubeda (Mistoffelees), Nathan Patrick Morgan (Old Deuteronomy u/s), Eloise Kropp (Jennyanydots), Callan Bergmann (Carbucketty u/s), Jeremy Davis (Skimbleshanks), Kim Faure (Demeter), Sara Jean Ford (Jellylorum), Lili Froehlich (Electra), Daniel Gaymon (Macavity), Francesca Granell (Rumpleteazer u/s), Christopher Gurr (Gus/Bustopher Jones), Andy Huntington Jones (Munkustrap), Kolton Krouse (Tumblebrutus), Jess Le Protto (Mungojerrie), Georgina Pazcougin (Victoria), Claire Camp (Cassandra u/s), Arianna Rosario (SIllabub), Ahmad Smmons (Alonzo), Christine Cornish Smith (Bombalurina), Corey Snide (Coricopat), Emily Tate (Tantomile), Sharrod Wiliams (Pouncival) Cats (1989 Original French Cast Recording) Cats (1991 Original Mexican Cast Recording) Cabaret - Signature Theatre Washington DC - Date Unknown Cast: Wesley Taylor (Emcee), Barret Wilbert Weed (Sally), Gregory Woodell (Cliff), Rick Foucheux (Herr Schultz), Naomi Jacobson (Fraulein Schneider), Bobby Smith (Ernst), Maria Rizzo (Fraulein Kost) Carousel: 2018 Broadway Revival January 28th, 2018 (1st Preview) Cast: Joshua Henry as Billy Bigelow, Jessie Mueller as Julie Jordan, Lindsay Mendez as Carrie Pipperidge, Renée Fleming as Nettie Fowler, Alexander Gemignani as Enoch Snow, Amar Ramasar as Jigger, John Douglas Thompson as the Starkeeper, and Brittany Pollock as Louise Dear Evan Hansen: Broadway - May 15, 2018 Cast: Taylor Trensch (Evan Hansen), Laura Dreyfuss (Zoe), Will Roland (Jared), Phoenix Best (Alana), Alex Boniello (Connor), Rachel Bay Jones (Heidi), Michael Park (Larry), Jennifer Laura Thompson (Cynthia) Notes: Alex's first show as Connor. El Hombre de La Mancha (1969 Original Mexican Cast Recording) El Hombre de La Mancha (2017 Mexican Revival Cast Recording) Little Shop Of Horrors: Broadway | September 16, 2003 DeQuina Moore (Chiffon), Trisha Jeffrey (Crystal), Carla J. Hargrove (Ronnette), Rob Bartlett (Mushnik), Kerry Butler (Audrey), Hunter Foster (Seymour), Michael-Leon Wooley (voice of Audrey II) Into the Woods National Tour (Fiasco Theater Production) 4/11/17 Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles Eleasha Gamble (Baker's Wife), Anthony Chatmon II (Lucinda/Wolf/Cinderella's Prince), Fred Rose (Mysterious Man), Darick Pead (Rapunzel's Prince/Florinda/Milky White), Bonne Kramer (Cinderella's Stepmother/Jack's Mother), Laurie Veldheer (Cinderella/Granny), Stephanie Umoh (The Witch), Patrick Mulryan (Jack/Steward), Evan Harrington (Baker), Lisa Helmi Johanson (Little Red Ridinghood/Rapunzel). *Includes BC/EFA Speech by Patrick Mulryan. Wicked (2016 Original Mexican Cast Recording)This was released by the official Mexican Page on Youtube. It’s a Soundboard recording of Wicked México. Sound is crystal clear, some of the songs have dialogue. Cast: Ana Cecilia Anzaldúa (Elphaba), Cecilia de la Cueva (Glinda), Jorge Lau (Fiyero), Marisol Meneses (Nessarosa). Adam Sadwing (Boq), Beto Torres (Dr. Dillamond), Anahí Allué (Senorita. Mórrida), Paco Morales (El Mago de Oz), Beto Díaz (Frexspar/ El Padre de Elphaba), Lizeth Navarro (Melena/ La Madre de Elphaba). Alicia Paola Sanchez (La Partera) Wicked - 2016.08.18 - International Tour Cast: Jodie Steele (Elphaba s/b), Elizabeth Futter (Glinda u/s), Steven Pinder (The Wizard/Dr. Dillamond), Bradley Jaden (Fiyero), Kim Ismay (Madame Morrible), Emily Shaw (Nessarose), Iddon Jones (Boq) notes: This was Elizabeth’s first show as Glinda! On Your Feet: Broadway April 1st, 2017 (Evening) Ana Villafañe (Gloria), Ektor Rivera (Emilio), Yassmin Alers (Gloria Fajardo u), Alma Cuervo (Consuelo), Amaris Sanchez (Little Gloria), Eduardo Hernadez (Young Emilio and others), Eliseo Roman (José Fajardo), Genny Lis Padilla (Rebecca) My Master: This show was great but there was a very drunk lady sitting next to me, she belted some of the lyrics to the songs! A Chorus Line: Westchester Broadway Theatre February 3rd, 2018 (Evening) Cast: Drew Carr (Mike), Tiffany Chalothorn (Connie), Erika Conaway (Tricia), Joseph Cullinane (Greg), Kevin Curtis (Richie), Emma Degerstedt (Val), Brian Dillon (Larry), David Elder (Zach), Tim Fuchs (Al), Danielle Marie Gonzalez (Vicki), David Grindrod (Roy), Michael John Hughes (Paul), Tyler Jimenez (Don), Emily Kelly (Maggie), Ashley Klinger Kristine), Joey Lucherini (Frank), Erica Mansfield (Cassie), Alexandra Matteo (Diana), Logan Mortier (Bobby), PJ Palmer (Mark), Lauren Sprague (Sheila), Kelsey Walston (Bebe), Caitlin Wilayton (Judy) My Master: This performance was wonderful, it had no intermission. Avenue Q 1999 Demos Anastasia: Broadway July 21, 2017 ( 8:00 PM) cast: Christy Altomare (Anya), Derek Klena (Dmitry), Mary Beth Peil (Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna), Ramin Karimloo (Gleb), John Bolton (Vlad Popov), Caroline O'Connor (Lily), Kathryn Boswell (Countess Gregory swing) My Master Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Broadway November 11th, 2017 (Evening) Cast: Christian Borle (Willy Wonka), Ryan Foust (Charlie Bucket), Kyle Taylor Parker (Mrs. Green), John Rubinstein (Grandpa Joe), Emily Padgett (Mrs. Bucket), Kristy Cates (Grandma Josephine), Madeleine Doherty (Grandma Georgina), Paul Slade Smith (Grandpa George), Mikey Winslow( Jerry u), Stephanie Gibson (Cherry), Kathy Fitzgerald (Mrs. Gloop), F. Michael Haynie (Augustus Gloop), Jared Bradslaw (Mr. Salt u), Emma Pfaeffle (Veruca Salt), Mr. Beauregarde (Alan H. Green), Violet Beauregarde (Trista Dollison), Michael Wartella (Mike TeaVee), Jackie Hoffman (Mrs. Teavee) (My Master) Miss Saigon: Broadway January 14th, 2018 Cast: Eva Noblezada (Kim), Jon Jon Briones (The Engineer), Alistair Brammer (Chris), Katie Rose Clarke (Ellen), Nicholas Christopher (John), Devin Ilaw (Thuy), Dorcas Leung (Gigi) (Final Show) Mary Poppins: (2012 Mexican Cast Recording) Bianca Marroquin (Mary Poppins), Mauricio Salas (Bert), Catalina Farias (Winifred Banks), Paco Morales (George Banks), Daniela Meneses [?] (Jane Banks), Sebastián Gallegos[?] (Michael Banks) Andrés Elvira (Valentin), Mariano Bucio (Neleus), Alm Cristal (Mrs. Brill), Andrés Sáez (Robertson Ay), Laura Cortés (Ms. Andrew & Bird Woman), Sergio Carranza (Almirante Boom), Paloma Cordero (Mrs. Corry), Natalia Saltiel (Mrs. Lark), Vince Miranda, Eden Pintos, Marcela Nava, Alma Escudero, Yolanda Campos, Majo Perez, Julieta Martínez, Eduardo Ibarra, Carlos Pulido, Omar Rodríguez, Alexo Fergo, Antonio Mariscal, Alicia Paola Sánchez, Jose Sampedro, Kim Yañez, Raymundo Montoya, Óscar Hernández, Roberto Hernández, Cecilia Arias, Mariano Villarello, Marcia Peña, Ruben Plascencia, Lolo Jiménez. *Songs only. This was recorded from the soundboard from various dates throughout the run. Once on this Island: Broadway Revival January 22nd, 2018 Cast: Hailey Kilgore (Ti Moune), Isaac Powell (Daniel), Tamyra Gray (Papa Ge), Lea Salonga (Erzulie), Norm Lewis (Agwe), Alex Newell (Asaka), Kenita R. Miller (Mama Euralie), T Oliver Reid (u/s Tonton Julian), Mia Williamson (Little Girl), Alysha Deslorieux (Andrea/Storyteller), David Jennings (Armand/Storyteller), Tyler Hardwick (u/s Beauxhommes/Storyteller). Frozen: Broadway March 4th, 2018- Cast: Alyssa Fox (s/b Elsa), Patti Murin, John Riddle, Jelani Alladin, Andrew Pirozzi, Greg HIldreth, Audrey Bennett, Brooklyn Nelson, Ann Sanders, James Brown III, Timothy Hughes, Olivia Phillip, Robert Creighton, Kevin Del Aguila Notes: Alyssa Fox’s debut as Elsa Chicago Broadway: April 1st, 2018 (Evening) Cast: Amra-Faye Wright (Velma), Charlotte d’ Amboise (Roxie), Brian O’ Brien (Fred Casey) , Evan Harrington (Amos) , Katie Mitchell (Liz), Pilar Millhollen (Annie), Donna Marie Asbury (June), Beth Johnson Nicely (Hunyak u/s), Angel Reda (Mona), Valerie Simpson (Matron “Mama” Morton), Chaz Lamar Shepherd (Billy Flynn), R. Lowe (Mary Sunshine), Jessica Ernest (Go-To-Hell Kitty) My Master: Act 1 only (Ends towards the middle of Cell Block Tango) Kinky Boots: Broadway April 28th, 2018 Cast: Charlie Price (David Cook), Blaine Alden Krauss (Lola u), Cooper Lantz (Young Charlie), Jesús del Orden (Young Lola), Stephen Berger (Mr. Price), Eugene Barry-Hill (Simon Sr), Caroline Bowman (Nicola), Marcus Neville (George), Daniel Stewart Sherman (Don), Kirstin Maldonado (Lauren), Natalie Joy Johnson (Pat), Jake Odmark (Harry), Jennifer Perry (Trish), Ciarán Mccarthy (Richard Bailey), Adinah Alexander (Milan Stage Manager), Kevin Smith Kirkwood, Alfred Dalpino (u/s), Fred Odgaard, Kyle Post, Charlie Sutton, and Joey Taranto (Angels) My Master: Ciarán Mccarthy’s Broadway debut! Mean Girls: Broadway 6/17/2018 Cast: Erika Henningsen (Cady Heron), Becca Petersen (u/s Regina George), Ashley Park (Gretchen Wieners), Kate Rockwell (Karen Smith), Barrett Wilbert Weed (Janis Sarkisian), Grey Henson (Damian Hubbard), Kerry Butler (Mrs. Heron/Ms. Norbury/Mrs. George), Rick Younger (Mr. Duvall), Kyle Selig (Aaron Samuels), Cheech Manohar (Kevin Gnapoor), Iain Young (u/s Mr Heron) Notes: Becca's Regina George debut Moulin Rouge: Boston Tryouts July 24th, 2018- Cast: Aaron Tveit (Christian), Karen Olivo (Satine), Danny Burstein (Harold Zidler), Sahr Ngaujah (Toulouse-Lautrec), Tam Mutu (Duke of Monroth), Ricky Rojas (Santiago), Robyn Hurder (Nini) Notes: Act I is pretty much the same but Act II has some changes. "Roxanne is now far more manic and powerful, Crazy/Rolling in the Deep has a much more desperate feel which makes the pain Christian and Satine feel much more obvious, and Come What May is restored in part to Satine's death scene." Be More Chill-August 2, 2018 (Off Broadway) Will Roland (Jeremy Heere), George Salazar (Michael Mell), Stephanie Hsu (Christine Canigula), Jason Tam (The SQUIP), Katlyn Carlson (Chloe Valentine), Lauren Marcus (Brooke Lohst), Gerard Canonico (Rich Goranski), Tiffany Mann (Jenna Rolan), Britton Smith (Jake Dillinger), Jason "SweetTooth" Williams (Mr. Heere/Mr. Reyes/Scary Stock Boy) Once on this Island: Broadway Revival August 18th, 2018- 2:00 PM Cast: Lauren Lott (Ti Moune), Isaac Powell (Daniel), Merle Dandridge (Papa Ge) Darlesia Cearcy (Erzulie), Quentin Earl Darrington (Agwe), Alex Newell (Asaka), Kenita R. Miller (Mama Euralie), Boise Holmes ( Tonton Julian), Mia Williamson (Little Girl), Anna Uzele (Andrea/Storyteller), David Jennings (Armand/Storyteller), and Daniel Yearwood ( Beauxhommes/Storyteller) My Master Notes: This was such an incredible show, I cried a lot! Wicked - Broadway December 1st, 2018 Cast: Jessica Vosk (Elphaba), Amanda Jane Cooper (Glinda), Ryan Mccartan (Fiyero), Jye Frasca (Boq), Kristen Martin (Nessarose), Nancy Opel (Madame Morrible), Kevin Chamberlin (The Wizard), Jamie Jackson (Dr. Dillamond), Michael Di Liberto (u/s Witch’s Father/Ozian Official), Lindsay Janisse (Witch’s Mother), Kathy Santen (Midwife), Dominic Giudici (Chistery), Ioana Alfonso, Larkin Bogan, Teneise Mitchell Ellis, Dominic Giudici, Dan Gleason, Josh Daniel Green, Jeff Heimbrock, Manuel I. Herrera, Courtney Iventosch, Lindsay Janisse, Britney Johnson, Katie Ladner, Marissa Lupp, Matt Meigs, Dashi Mitchell, Lindsay K. Northen, Jonathan Ritter, William Ryall, Kathy Santen, Hannah Shankman, Travis Taber, Jeremy Thompson (Monkeys, students, Denizens of the Emerald City, Palace Guards and Other Citizens of Oz) User: dnc445 on Reddit’s Master Dear Evan Hansen - Broadway December 12, 2018 Cast: Roman Banks (u/s Evan), Lisa Brescia (Heidi Hansen), Mallory Bechtel (Zoe Murphy), Sky Lakota-Lynch (Jared Kleinman), Phoenix Best (Alana Beck), Alex Boniello (Connor Murphy), Garrett Long (u/s Cynthia Murphy), Michael Park (Larry Murphy) Roman Banks First Performance King Kong Broadway: December 13th, 2018- 2:00 PM Cast: Christiani Pitts (Ann Darrow), Eric William Morris (Carl Denham), Erik Lochtefeld (Lumpy), Rory Donovan (Captain Englehorn), Harley Jay (Barman), Casey Garvin (Fake Carl), John Hoche (Voice of Kong ) My Master: This show was really fun! James Retter Duncan (swing) and Nick Rashad Burroughs’ first show Wicked: Broadway January 10, 2019 (Evening) Jessica Vosk (Elphaba), Brittney Johnson (u/s Glinda), Jake Boyd (Fiyero), Kevin Chamberlin (The Wizard), Nancy Opel (Madame Morrible), Jesse JP Johnson (Boq), Kristen Martin (Nessarose), Jamie Jackson (Dr. Dillamond), Michael Di Liberto as (u/s Witch's Father), Lindsay Janisse (Witch's Mother), Kathy Santen (Midwife). Master: thediaryofatheatrekid Notes: Brittney's debut as Glinda! She’s the first woman of color to portray Glinda on Broadway! Beauty and the Beast at WPPAC, White Plains, NY January 12, 2019 (Evening) Cast: Belle ( Erica Lustig), Beast (Ezekial Andrew), Gaston ( Tom DeMichele), Lefou (Robert Peterpaul), Maurice (David M. Beris), Lumiere (Patrick Pevehouse), Cogsworth (Brendan Doyle), Mrs. Potts (Paulette Oliva, Chip (Robbie Crandall), Madame de la Grande Bouche (Katelyn Lauria) and Babette (Elizabeth Brady) My Master Wicked: Broadway March 30, 2019 (Evening) Cast: Laurel Harris (Standby Elphaba), Katie Rose Clarke (Glinda), Gizel Jimenez (Nessarose), Boq (Jesse JP Johnson), Fiyero (Ryan McCartan), Dr. Dillamond (Jamie Johnson), Madame Morrible (Nancy Opal), The Wizard (Michael McCormick), Witch's Mother (Sterling Masters), Witch's Father (William Ryall), Midwife (Kathy Santen), Chistery (Raymond Joel Matsamura) My Master Kinky Boots: Broadway April 7, 2019 (Last Show) Cast: Andy Kelso (Charlie), J. Harrison Ghee (Lola), Carrie St. Louis (Lauren), Caroline Bowman (Nicola), Daniel Stewart Sherman (Don), Marcus Neville (George) Hadestown: Broadway July 9th, 2019 (Evening) Cast: Reeve Carney (Orpheus), Eva Noblezada (Eurydice), Amber Gray (Persephone), Patrick Page (Hades), Andre De Shields (Hermes), Jewelle Blackman (Fate), Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer (Fate), Kay Trinidad (Fate), Afra Hines, Timothy Hughes, John Krause, Kimberly Marable, Ahmad Simmons (Workers Chorus) (My Master) Jesus Christ Superstar: July 8th 2019 Barbican Center (Regent's Park Production) Cast: Robert Tripolino (Jesus of Nazareth), Ricardo Afonso (Judas Iscariot), Sallay Garnett (Mary Magdalene), Matt Cardle (Pontius Pilate), Samuel Buttery (King Herod), Cavin Cornwall (Caiaphas), Nathan Amzi (Annas), Matthew Harvey (Peter), Tim Newman (Simon Zealotes) Graverobber’s Master Les Misérables: London 13 July 2019 (Evening) CAST: Dean Chisnall: Jean Valjean, Bradley Jaden: Javert, Carley Stenson: Fantine, Elena Skye: Eponine, Toby Miles: Marius, Charlotte Kennedy: Cosette, Steven Meo: Thénardier, Vivien Parry: Madame Thénardier, Samuel Edwards: Enjolras Notes: The final show of the original production of Les Misérables. Includes Dean Chisnall's speech. Please gift this audio upon request. Instrumentals: A Chorus Line US Tour Pit Tracks Cats Instrumental Tracks (Mortifer) A lot of the tracks are synthesized, sounds like someone took a lot of karaoke tracks and put them together with orchestra but they’re some great tracks. Cats Mexico 1991 Orchestra Tracks (Teatro Silvia Pinal) Cats Backing Tracks (Midi) The Wizard of Oz Orchestra Tracks (RSC’ 1981) Les Mis US Tour Orchestra Tracks Wicked Orchestra Tracks Notes: This album is given to cast members when they first get cast in the show. People say this orchestration is the First National Tour one but it really isn’t, it sounds much more like the LA orchestrations. Perfect quality, includes every musical interlude, underscore, song, etc.

Audio Wants: Audio of the current run of Cats in Mexico, any production of Cabaret. Anything with Wicked, Cats México or Argentina, Dear Evan Hansen, Hadestown, Once on this Island, The Wizard of Oz, and anything I don’t have!

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Biden Details $1.52 Trillion Spending Request WASHINGTON — The Biden administration proposed a significant expansion of federal spending on Friday, asking Congress to boost funding by 16 percent for domestic programs including education, health research and fighting climate change as it tries to harness the federal government’s power to reverse what officials called a decade of underinvestment in the nation’s most pressing issues. The nearly 60-page request, totaling $1.52 trillion for domestic discretionary programs, comes on top of President Biden’s plan to seek trillions of dollars in new infrastructure spending. It does not include tax proposals, economic projections or so-called mandatory programs like Social Security, which will all be included in a formal budget request the White House will release later this spring. The request is a declaration of Mr. Biden’s belief that expanding, not shrinking, the federal government is key to economic growth and prosperity by directing government dollars toward some of the country’s biggest problems, from poverty to a warming climate. Among its major new spending initiatives, the plan would spend an additional $20 billion to help schools that serve low-income children, create a new multi-billion-dollar program for researching diseases like cancer and dramatically increase government spending to fight and adapt to the damages of climate change. It would also seek to boost the economies of Central American countries, where rampant poverty, corruption and devastating hurricanes have fueled migration toward the American border and a variety of initiatives to address homelessness and housing affordability, including on tribal lands. And it asks for a roughly 2 percent increase in spending on national defense. All told, the proposal calls for a $118 billion increase in discretionary spending in fiscal year 2022, when compared to the base spending allocations this year. It seeks to capitalize on the expiration of a decade of caps on spending growth, which lawmakers agreed to in 2010 but frequently broke in subsequent years. Administration officials would not specify on Friday whether that increase would result in higher budget deficits in their forthcoming budget proposal, but promised its full budget would “address the overlapping challenges we face in a fiscally and economically responsible way.” As part of that effort, the request seeks $1 billion in new funding for the Internal Revenue Service to enforce tax laws, including “increased oversight of high-income and corporate tax returns.” That is clearly aimed at increasing tax receipts and cracking down on tax avoidance by the wealthy. Officials said the proposals did not reflect the spending called for in Mr. Biden’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan, which he introduced last week, or for a second plan he has yet to roll out, which will focus on what officials call “human infrastructure” like education and child care. Congress, which is responsible for approving government spending, is under no requirement to adhere to the White House budget, which is generally viewed as a political messaging document. In recent years, lawmakers rejected many of the Trump administration’s efforts to gut domestic programs. The budget office does not have a confirmed director, after Mr. Biden’s first pick for the job, Neera Tanden, withdrew from consideration amid Republican opposition centered on her past statements on Twitter that were critical of conservatives. Shalanda D. Young, who was confirmed by the Senate last month to be deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget, is serving as Mr. Biden’s acting budget director. In a letter accompanying the proposal on Friday, Ms. Young told congressional leaders that the discretionary spending process would be an “important opportunity to continue laying a stronger foundation for the future and reversing a legacy of chronic disinvestment in crucial priorities.” Education is a major focus. The administration asked Congress to boost funding to high-poverty schools by $20 billion, which it describes as the largest year-over-year increase to the Title I program since its inception under President Lyndon B. Johnson. Today in Business Updated April 9, 2021, 9:20 a.m. ET The proposal also seeks billions of dollars in increases to to early-childhood education, to programs serving students with disabilities and to efforts to staff schools with nurses, counselors and mental health professionals — described as an attempt to help children recover from the pandemic, but also a longstanding priority for teachers’ unions. Unlike during the Obama years, there is no talk of tying federal dollars to accountability measures for teachers and schools, a signal of the closeness of the Biden administration to interest groups that have opposed such measures, such as teachers’ unions, as well as broader shifts among center-left education activists around the importance of addressing baseline resource inequities that impact students of color and those from low-income families. The request also shows an increasing sense of urgency within the Biden administration to deter migration to the southwest border. Mr. Biden proposed investing $861 million in Central America, just a margin of the four-year $4 billion package the administration has committed to spending to improve the economy and quality of life in the region. Another $1.2 billion would go toward investing in border security technology, such as sensors to detect illegal crossings and tools to improve entry ports. Mr. Biden followed up on his commitment to provide no new funding for border wall construction. The proposal directs significant government dollars toward addressing climate change across the government, requesting $14 billion toward advancing Mr. Biden’s vision of having every Cabinet head, from military leaders to diplomats to fiscal regulators to federal housing planners, charged with incorporating climate change into their missions. The broad-based increase in climate spending across government agencies would come on top of clean energy spending in Mr. Biden’s proposed infrastructure legislation, which would pour roughly $500 billion on programs such as boosting electric vehicle production and building climate-resilient roads and bridges. If successful, Mr. Biden’s approach to using the federal budget to fight climate change could anchor those programs into the heart of the government for years to come — but it could also politicize and inflame fights over programs such as agriculture and transportation spending. Much of the proposed increased in climate spending would go to research and development of advanced low-carbon energy technology, which would be funneled through the Energy Department’s network of national laboratories. The Energy Department would see its funding increased by $4.3 billion, or 10.2 percent over last year’s levels. That includes $1.7 billion to research and develop technologies such as new nuclear power plants or hydrogen fuels and $1.9 billion for a new clean-energy initiative to upgrade existing homes across the country and make them more energy-efficient, as well as to speed up the permitting up of transmission lines that can carry wind and solar power across the country. Mr. Biden has proposed further spending on those efforts in his infrastructure plan. The plan would also boost funding for the Environmental Protection Agency, whose funding and staffing levels the Trump administration sought to slash. The proposal asks for a $2 billion increase from the previous year’s enacted level, including $110 million just to restore the hundreds of employees who left the agency in recent years. The proposal also explicitly puts fighting climate change at the core of the E.P.A.’s mission, after the Trump administration sought to minimize and dismiss climate programs. Mr. Biden would double E.P.A.’s climate change research budget and puts $1.8 billion into programs to reduce carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gas pollution. The request would also spend what Mr. Biden calls “the largest investment in environmental justice in history,” requesting $1.4 billion on programs to redress the disproportionate impacts of pollution borne by poor and minority communities. It promises to pay in full funding to United Nations health and human rights agencies that were withheld when the Trump administration threatened to leave. It also cites efforts to counter authoritarian governments, specifically calling out China and Russia, while pledging to fully pay American commitments to longtime Middle East allies, including Israel and Jordan, where King Abdullah II said last week he faced a palace coup. Mr. Biden’s proposal calls for an almost 25 percent increase in discretionary funding — to $131.7 billion — for the health and human services department, the hub of the federal government’s pandemic response. That increase includes a $1.6 billion increase for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an agency public health experts have viewed as chronically underfunded and neglected until public health emergencies. Data collection would be modernized, and epidemiologists would be trained to support local health departments. Almost a billion dollars would go to the Strategic National Stockpile, the country’s emergency medical reserve, for supplies and efforts to restructure it that began last year. Mr. Biden’s proposal includes a stark increase in funding for the chronically underfunded Indian Health Service, advancing a campaign promise. And it includes a $900 million investment to expand affordable housing and improve housing conditions on Native American reservations. Reporting was contributed by Coral Davenport, Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Lisa Friedman, Brad Plumer, Christopher Flavelle, Mark Walker, Dana Goldstein, Mark Walker, Noah Weiland, Margot Sanger-Katz and Lara Jakes. Source link Orbem News #Biden #Details #Request #Spending #TRILLION

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To my brothers and sisters in Israel, I'm in Tel Aviv at the moment trying to expose my manifest against Neural Weapons, and my personal story as a victim of Neural Weapons, at the newspapers Haaretz (journalist Aluf Ben), J. Post (journalists Steve Linde and Yaakov Katz), Yediot Ahoronot (journalists Yaron Ron and Neta Livne) and Hadashot Arutz 10 (journalist Israel Rosner), and they don't want to help; Please help me make pressure on them. Since terror organizations are using Remote Neural Control Weapons, it became very dangerous for Israelis to travel to countries like Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, etc; And the Israeli Government is not releasing any information about Neural Weapons. The present Israeli Government decided to stay silent during this case of International Genocide. I'm trying to recruit help to expose this case to the Israeli Media, and I thought you may be able to help. Kind Regards, Gino Barcal PS1: Phd Yona Zugman Greenman is a Senior Deputy Director at the Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism Sourasky Tel Aviv Medical Center; She is the sister of the psychopath pederast Ariel"a" Zugman (the nazi travesty). Dr. Yona Zugman Greenman is also a victim of her psychopath brother, and she is putting in risk her patients while she act as a doctor under torture and under influence of the RNM. Her brain frequency was also syntonized by her psychopath brother using the Remote Neural Monitoring. My family based in informations received from Mr. Elio Mauer (t Read the full article

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UK pause funding for UN Agency over Hamas attack claims

The UK has become the latest country to pause funding for the UN agency for Palestinians, UNRWA. It comes after the agency announced the sacking of several of its staff over allegations of involvement in the 7 October Hamas attacks. The UK government said it was "appalled" by the allegations made by Israel. The US, Australia, Italy and Canada have already suspended additional funding to the UN agency. Created in 1949, UNRWA provides health care, education and other humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. Since Israel began its ground offensive in October, UNRWA has used its facilities across Gaza to shelter hundreds of thousands of displaced civilians. It says it has ordered an investigation into information supplied by Israel. On Friday, an adviser to the Israeli prime minister told the BBC that the 7 October Hamas attacks had involved "people who are on their salaries". Mark Regev said there was information showing teachers working in UNRWA schools had "openly celebrated" the 7 October attacks. He also referred to an Israeli hostage who, on her release, said she had been "held in the house of someone who worked for UNRWA". "They have a union which is controlled by Hamas and I think it's high time that the UN investigated these links between UNRWA and Hamas," he added. The allegations prompted reaction from major donors. "The UK is appalled by allegations that UNRWA staff were involved in the 7 October attack against Israel, a heinous act of terrorism that the UK Government has repeatedly condemned," the UK Foreign Office said in a statement. "The UK is temporarily pausing any future funding of UNWRA whilst we review these concerning allegations," it added. Earlier, the US State Department announced that it was suspending additional funding to the UN agency, saying it was "extremely troubled" by the allegations of UN staff involvement in the attacks. The EU also said that it would assess further steps "based on the result of the full and comprehensive investigation". UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he was "horrified by this news". The head of UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarini, said a full investigation into the allegations was being carried out "to establish the truth without delay." Mr Lazzarini added: "To protect the agency's ability to deliver humanitarian assistance, I have taken the decision to immediately terminate the contracts of these staff members." He said any staff found to have been involved in "acts of terror" would be held accountable. Israel's Foreign Minister, Israel Katz said he aimed to stop UNRWA operating in Gaza after the war. But the Palestinian Authority's minister for civilian affairs, Hussein Al-Sheikh, said the decision by some countries to pause support for the vital UN agency "entails great political and humanitarian relief risks". Mr al-Sheikh urged Western donors to immediately reverse their decision, adding: "We need the maximum support for this international organisation." In a post on Telegram, Hamas's press office said the group urged the UN and the international organisations "to not cave in to the threats and blackmail" from Israel. Hamas killed 1,300 people, mostly civilians, in the unprecedented attack on southern Israeli communities on 7 October last year. Another 250 people were taken hostage. The events triggered Israel's retaliatory attacks on Hamas in Gaza, which have killed more than 26,000 Palestinians, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry. The US, Germany and the EU are among some of UNRWA's biggest donors. The agency says it is struggling to get humanitarian aid to many of the estimated 1.7 million people - nearly three-quarters of the population - displaced by 12 weeks of fighting. A number of UN facilities where Gazans had taken shelter have been hit in Israeli air strikes. On Thursday, 12 people were killed when a UN shelter was struck in Khan Younis in southern Gaza. Read the full article

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How Collectible Designer Toys Became an Art Form

Resting Place Companions (set of three), 2012. KAWS BC Gallery

Nearly two decades ago, Paul Budnitz was walking through Tokyo’s Harajuku district when he spotted a long line of Japanese youth waiting to enter a tiny gothic clothing store called Bounty Hunter. The shop was owned by streetwear designer Hikaru Iwanaga and sold small plastic toys, inspired by the trinkets found in cereal boxes, that could only be obtained by purchasing clothing from his boutique. The coveted toy, known as Kid Hunter, was a mischievous pirate figurine, a riff on the American cereal icon Cap’n Crunch—and you had to be in the know to get one.

Inspired by what he had seen in Tokyo, and at toy conventions in Hong Kong, Budnitz founded Kidrobot in 2002. He sold the company in 2012 and, in 2018, founded another collectible toy company, Superplastic. Designer toys—often made from vinyl and referencing any number of pop culture motifs—skyrocketed in popularity at the turn of the millenium, with nascent toy companies, conventions, and websites generating excitement over a coterie of in-demand artists who were designing them. Designer toys have permeated the contemporary art market more recently as well, with the artist KAWS (real name Brian Donnelly) selling works in major evening auctions for prices in the millions.

RESTING PLACE BROWN, 2013. KAWS Marcel Katz Art

RESTING PLACE GREY, 2013. KAWS Marcel Katz Art

KAWS is famous for his morbid-but-cute Mickey Mouse–inspired toys known as “Companions,” which he first introduced in 1999, and are produced in sizes ranging from hand-held to monumental. Demand for the works is such that in May 2017, when the MoMA Design Store released a series of 11-inch-tall vinyl versions of his coveted “Companions” for only $200 apiece, the flood of traffic crashed their website.

And while the art world has sometimes turned up its nose at KAWS’s work, in 2018, the art market embraced the artist with gusto, with works frequently selling at auction for several multiples of their expected values. In September, at the Phillips “New Now” sale, six of his 4-foot-tall “Companion” figures sold for two to four times their presale estimates, with a brown colorway topping the group at $150,000 with fees; two months later, at a Phillips evening sale, the colossal 23-foot-tall fiberglass Clean Slate (2014)—one of three in the world—broke the artist’s record when it blew past its presale estimate of $900,000 to $1.2 million, closing at over $1.9 million with fees.

Kidrobot, “Hello My Name Is” Dunny, 2006. Courtesy of Paul Budnitz.

What makes KAWS so in-demand is not just the popularity of his “Companions,” but his output as a whole, according to Phillips’s head of evening sales, Amanda Lo Iacono. (On the same night that Clean Slate sold, his Fat Albert–inspired acrylic painting Untitled [FATAL GROUP], 2004, sold for over $2.7 million.) “I think it’s just the universality of not just his imagery, but also his democratic approach to artmaking,” Lo Iacono offered. “He works in a lot of different materials, he works in subject matter that’s pretty universal and known to pretty much anyone in the world who is engaged with visual culture.” Further, anyone can take home a KAWS—whether it’s the avid designer-toy collector scoring a $200 MoMA store edition, or the fine-art collector bidding in the millions for a large-scale “Companion.”

While KAWS has straddled a unique position between two worlds, he’s not the only creative force raising the cultural profile of designer toys. Budnitz’s famous designs for Kidrobot, created in collaboration with artist Tristan Eaton, were added to the Museum of Modern Art’s permanent collection in 2008. The toys are named Dunny and Munny—a bunny and a monkey, respectively—and Dunny has been customized by everyone from “Obey” giant Shepard Fairey to fashion icon Diane von Furstenberg to high-end glass company Steuben (the 2-foot-tall crystalline Dunny sold for $21,000). Meanwhile, Munny is a blank white design that anyone can draw or paint on, and thus, become the artist. Other toy designers like Tara McPherson and Frank Kozik have created toys that fetch thousands of dollars, such as McPherson’s “Lilitu” demon and Kozik’s Darth Vader helmet. The ever-prolific Japanese artist Takashi Murakami has also produced work in the vinyl toy space, with limited runs of his manga-inspired alter-ego Mr. DOB.

Superplastic, Lotus” Janky (front), 2018. Courtesy of the artist.

Superplastic, “Lotus” Janky (back), 2018. Courtesy of the artist.

The underlying ideas behind the designer toy movement have largely remained the same since they were first introduced in Asia in the mid-1990s: Create a character that would be popular with kids, and twist it into something more edgy, more adult. Then, curb their availability by releasing limited editions—make them precious. Through toy brands, artists can design the same character in different sizes that sell for different price points, from the standard 8-inch, which typically costs under $100; to a 3- to 3.5-inch-tall mini, at $10 to $15; to a mystery Blind Box, in which the exact design is a surprise, for $5 to $10. But those artists often also make larger, more costly versions of their characters in materials like bronze or fiberglass, for gallery shows or commissions.

Major toy companies followed early players like Iwanaga and his peers Michael Lau and Eric So by tapping a network of artists to develop new characters. In 2001, Tokyo’s Medicom Toy offered up the first run of the still-immensely-popular Be@rbrick, a simplified, paunchy bear with articulating limbs. The following year, Hong Kong’s Toy2R introduced its rival, Qee, a character that took various animal or humanoid forms. On the other side of the world, Budnitz founded Kidrobot in his garage in California, igniting an explosion of interest in designer toys in the West. Over the next decade, Kidrobot opened seven stores, from Manhattan to Las Vegas to London. Budnitz grew sales from $300,000 to $15 million.

Superplastic, “Ro Mu Lo” Janky, 2018. Courtesy of the artist.

Kidrobot wasn’t Budnitz’s first effort at turning consumer goods into collectibles; one of his earlier businesses involved customizing Air Jordans, which he then sold for as much as $16,000 a pair. But the manufacturing process for vinyl toys, in which the molds degrade over time, presented a ripe opportunity to create limited-edition collectibles—making the toys out of plastic kept production costs low and price points accessible to collectors. Though some individual Kidrobot toys have been known to sell for upwards of $400, the first designs cost between $10 and $100 when it launched in 2002, and generally cost the same today.

Budnitz sold Kidrobot a decade later in order to focus on his bicycle brand, Budnitz Bikes (he also founded a social media platform for artists, Ello, in 2014). The buyer, WildBrain Entertainment, announced a plan to focus on licensed characters, and nearly bankrupted the company; soon, its stores began closing. Kidrobot was acquired again by National Entertainment Collectibles Association in 2014, and Kozik joined as the creative lead. But the damage was done: In 2016, the company shuttered the last of its brick-and-mortar stores. Kidrobot continues to sell collectibles online, including both artist-designed and licensed toys.

KAWS, Clean Slate, 2014. Courtesy of Phillips.

Clean Slate (Grey), 2018. KAWS Black Book Gallery

Companion Brown, 2016. KAWS Richard Levy Gallery

Budnitz, however, returned to the toy market, partnering with longtime collaborator and toy designer Huck Gee to launch Superplastic, which produces extremely limited-edition toys designed by sought-after artists. Exhausted by what he called “instant culture,” in which the availability of products has reached its peak, he said, “[I] wanted to make stuff that was tangible and real and limited-feeling again. People are so starved for things they can’t get easily and that are special.” Their inaugural character, Janky, is a curvy, fox-like critter that’s simultaneously cute and edgy, which recalls the design principles that Budnitz used for Dunny and Munny.

But are designer toys, in fact, art? That’s a question that has followed Budnitz since the beginning, and his answer has always been “yes.” It’s the art world that needs to catch up—and it is. Budnitz believes this is because fine art and pop culture are moving closer together—a shift he likens to the way streetwear became high fashion. He points to artists like Eaton, Futura, and Gary Baseman, who have all seen their audiences expand through designing toys. “I think culture has come to them,” he mused. “I think part of it is they’ve stuck [with] it. [But] I think culture is now completely heading exactly in the direction of what we’re doing, and what a lot of these artists are doing.” KAWS may have nudged open the door to the art market, but who walks through next is anyone’s guess.

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A ROLL FOR PETER

Saturday, April 29 8pm Under the Stars and Free Pandora Park, 2325 Franklin Street

Iris Film Collective, in collaboration with Dance Troupe Practice is pleased to present “A Roll For Peter”, the touring program of films made in tribute to the late great filmmaker Peter Hutton.

Hutton, an American artist and educator, developed a unique perspective on both urban and remote landscapes through his images from the early 1970’s until his death in 2016. His obituary in the New York Times described his work thus:

All of his films were silent. Generally devoid of camera movement and montage, they suggest sketchbooks or photographic albums. Many are reveries in which the only animation in a precisely balanced composition might come from a wayward breeze or a slight shift in illumination. Most of his films were voluptuously monochromatic. (Mr. Hutton himself was mildly colourblind.)

In the fall of that same year, filmmakers Mark Street and Jennifer Reeves, themselves former students of Hutton, put out a call for films to honour Hutton, each to be drawn from a single silent 100 foot roll of 16mm film. The call resulted in 35 films that screened in New York City and at Bard College in late 2016 on 16mm only, and there the program was set to end. However, when Eric Thiese, a contributor to the project, began talking to others in the community, he found tremendous appetite for a tour of the films across North America. To date, the tour has amassed eighteen stops and counting.

The films come to Vancouver in serendipitous confluence with two screenings as part of the DIM series at The Pacific Cinematheque of Hutton’s work (the second takes place on April 26). In keeping with the nature of the spirit of Peter’s films, the screening will take place outdoors at Pandora Park (2325 Franklin St, Vancouver, BC). We are thrilled to work with Dance Troupe Practice, artists-in-residence at the Pandora Park Fieldhouse, to put on this event - a movement-based expansion on the program will precede the films.

Also accompanying the “A Roll For Peter” program will be Peter Hutton’s film “Boston Fire”. Filmmakers in the touring programme: Dominic Angerame, Roddy Bogawa, Cassandra Bull, Jacob Burckhardt, Jesse Cain, David Gatten, Richard Max Gavrich, George Griffin, Eve Heller, Mott Hupfel, Nikolas Jaeger, Amanda Katz & Josh Lewis, Theodore Rex King, Robbie Land, rebecca (marks) leopold, Paul Marcus, Daryl Meador, Mary Beth Reed, Jennifer Reeves, Dave Rodriguez, Peter Rose, Lynne Sachs, Josephine Shokrian, Fern Silva & students, Jordan Stone, Mark Street, G. Anthony Svatek & Zachary Nichols, Eric Theise, Audrey Turner, Michael Wawzenek, Max Weinman & Jake Carl Magee, Timoleon Wilkins. NOT TO BE MISSED!

Friends in other parts of Canada, we encourage you to seek out the program at its other dates in this country:

May 5: Toronto, ON - Niagara Custom Lab May 8: Montréal, QC - Visions May 19: Edmonton, AB - FAVA

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ericfruits · 8 years ago

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In the Middle East, Russia is blocking regime change and reasserting its power

THE black fur hat looked odd on a Libyan warlord. But fur is essential in wintertime Moscow, which has become an essential stop for Middle Eastern leaders like Khalifa Haftar, who visited twice in 2016. This month his rival, Fayez al-Sarraj, the head of Libya’s UN-backed government in Tripoli, dropped by. Jordan’s King Abdullah, Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Israel’s Binyamin Netanyahu have all stopped at the Kremlin for audiences with Vladimir Putin this year.

The visitors are a sign of Russia’s growing activity in the Middle East. “The policy is wider than just Syria,” says Andrei Kortunov of the Russian International Affairs Council, a think-tank. Russia’s interests in the region include security, arms sales and oil. But most important, the Middle East offers a platform to reinforce Russia’s status as a global power. “Those who have strong positions there will have strong positions in the world,” says Fyodor Lukyanov of the Council on Foreign and Defence Policy, a government advisory body.

Serving as a powerbroker in Syria has helped cultivate relationships. “Russia’s co-operation with the Arab world is on the rise,” declares Mikhail Bogdanov, Russia’s leading Middle East diplomat. It even bridges the Sunni-Shia and Israeli-Arab divides. While fighting alongside Iran in Syria, Mr Putin helped broker an oil-supply pact with Saudi Arabia. He has also developed a rapport with Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, repaired ties with Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan after the downing of a Russian jet over Syria, and maintained friendly ties with Israel’s Mr Netanyahu, even angling for a more active role in mediating the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “They go out of their way to talk with everyone in a way that the Americans don’t,” says Mark Katz of George Mason University.

Russia has even made minor inroads with traditional American allies. The Kurdish YPG militia, an American-backed group in Syria, recently said that Russia had set up a base to help train its fighters. Russia attracted Qatari investment last year in Rosneft, a state-owned oil giant, and the United Arab Emirates has pledged to buy a batch of Sukhoi fighter jets. “Like it or not, now you can’t do without Russia in the Middle East,” says a Western diplomat.

Western governments are especially concerned about Libya, where Russia may be aiding Mr Haftar, a secular strongman in the mould Mr Putin prefers. American officials say Russian special forces have been spotted near Sidi Barrani in Egypt, close to the Libyan border: Russian officials have denied it. Russian military contractors have said they are operating in Mr Haftar’s territory. Rosneft has signed a memorandum of co-operation with Libya’s National Oil Corporation.

Russia insists that its engagement with Mr Haftar is about dialogue and ultimately peace. Mr Haftar’s forces have “major potential” to influence events, says Andrei Baklanov, deputy director of the Association of Russian Diplomats. Yet many Western officials remain wary.

Russia’s ability to roam the region stems largely from the waning of American influence. “This is a region that knows how to play big powers off of each other,” says Daniel Kurtzer, a former American ambassador to both Israel and Egypt. Yet Russian aims are limited. Vitaly Naumkin, of the Institute of Oriental Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences, says the country has “neither the desire nor the resources” to become a new hegemon in the region. As one former Russian ambassador says, “We’re realists, we can compare figures.” Russia’s economy is one-tenth the size of America’s; its defence spending is 11% of America’s in dollar terms. And in contrast to Soviet times, today’s Russia does not promote an alternative system of governance. Instead, it preaches stability. “The Russian position is that preserving what exists is the only way to avoid chaos,” says Mr Lukyanov—even if existing leaders are “cannibals, murderers or autocrats”.

Moscow’s fixation with stability stems partly from the threat terrorism poses to Russia itself. “Russia sees the Middle East as rather close,” says Dmitri Trenin, director of the Carnegie Moscow Centre, a think-tank. From Sochi, the Russian elite’s favoured getaway, to Aleppo is 850km (530 miles), roughly the distance between Paris and Berlin. Officials say some 9,000 fighters have left Russia and former Soviet republics to join Islamic State.

But it has just as much to do with halting what Russia calls the West’s “policy of regime change”. When autocrats began falling during the Arab spring, Russia’s interest in the region reawakened from a long post-Soviet lull. Russian officials viewed the protests in the Arab world, “colour revolutions” in post-Soviet republics and the Bolotnaya demonstrations in Moscow during 2011-12 as links in the same American-built chain. For Mr Putin, the decision to intervene in support of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in 2015 was meant in part to “stop the spread of the virus of the Arab spring”, says Mr Trenin, as well as to “return to equal relations with the Americans” after the West’s isolation of Russia over the crisis in Ukraine.

A brutal bombing campaign has helped achieve just that. But as Russia’s engagement has deepened, the challenges have mounted. Despite successes on the battlefield in Syria, “an exit is still not visible”, says Alexander Shumilin of Russia’s Institute for US and Canada Studies. Israel has become increasingly concerned about a long-term Iranian presence in Syria. Negotiations over Syria’s political future continue to falter, and a massive reconstruction bill awaits when the hostilities end. Securing the peace, as America has learned, is often harder than winning the war.

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wickedmaven · 6 years ago

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**Disclaimer: It’s been brought to my attention that locals don’t call it the Big Apple. Obviously I know this, but I still needed the pun, so forgive me.

We took a little detour from our regularly scheduled programming to spend two days in New York. This is what happened:

Day 1

First stop: food. We ate at a restaurant called Junior’s in Time Square. Not pictured: the monstrous slice of red velvet cake that the three of us split and demolished.