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shakespearenews · 2 years ago

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The way Bensussen is wrestling with this multi-faceted challenge is to see “The Winter’s Tale” as a storytelling exercise. She has shifted a line from the second act to the top of the play to emphasize it: “A sad tale’s best for Winter.” She has broken down the play’s structure into three main sequences. She is keeping in mind that “The Winter’s Tale” owes a lot to Ovid’s epic poem “Metamorphoses.” Like that story, it involves long-hidden secrets, surprise transformations and deep human emotions sharing the story with outrageous fantasy.

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ensoledadminido · 9 days ago

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XLR8R Podcast 437: The Gaslamp Killer

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vsthepomegranate · 3 years ago

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Heart Math (2020)

by The Gaslamp Killer

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freenewstoday · 4 years ago

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New Post has been published on https://freenews.today/2021/02/09/4-million-extra-bobbleheads-2020s-lost-mlb-giveaways-could-be-a-jackpot-for-fans/

4 million extra bobbleheads? 2020's lost MLB giveaways could be a jackpot for fans

Trevor Williams thought there was no way the Pittsburgh Pirates would cancel his bobblehead day. Amid the initial chaos following the outbreak of COVID-19 and the announcement of a delay to the 2020 Major League Baseball season, the starting pitcher at first figured they’d need to wait only an extra week or so before handing them out.

“My bobblehead day wasn’t until the end of August,” Williams said. “I was like, oh, it’ll still be fine. No problems. There’s no way that they shut down the ‘Star Wars’ bobblehead giveaway.”

Fast forward nearly 11 months, when several large cardboard boxes from the Pirates, filled with 200 bobbleheads featuring his likeness in a stormtrooper outfit, arrived at his home in Arizona. The Pirates had planned on giving away 10,000. Most of them, packed into 917 boxes, sit in a storage room at PNC Park. They’re now part of a leaguewide treasure trove of unused promotional items that pose problems for teams, but could mean unprecedented freebies for fans when they return to games.

Because Williams signed a one-year deal with the Chicago Cubs this offseason and is no longer a Pirate, rescheduling his bobblehead day in 2021 is, well, complicated.

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The Pirates’ promotional puzzle goes beyond Williams. The team had also announced a bobblehead giveaway, for last July, of first baseman Josh Bell, who was traded this offseason to the Washington Nationals. When asked what they had in mind for their leftover souvenirs, the Pirates didn’t provide a plan — but their predicament is far from unique.

When the sports world came to a pause last spring, Jay Deutsch, the CEO of Bensussen Deutsch & Associates (better known as BDA), said his company, which produces the majority of promotional bobbleheads for MLB teams, needed to pivot from distribution to storage. He estimates that about four million bobbleheads planned for giveaways last year are currently sitting in warehouses.

Teams plan promotions months in advance because of the production schedule required. Deutsch said BDA produced items scheduled through May 2020 (plus some for further out, including Williams’ stormtrooper bobblehead) before the pandemic.

If you’re scoring at home, those are three large boxes of Trevor Williams bobbleheads stacked in the pitcher’s Arizona home. Which means there are 914 more. Courtesy of Trevor Williams

“It all got put on hold. It was a lot of what ifs. We had to work together to put together a Plan B, a Plan C, a Plan D. It was scenario planning for what would happen,” Deutsch said. “Ultimately, there were no fans. Then it became Plan F, which was how to store everything and save it for next year. A couple of teams did creative things. Teams still wanted to engage fans, but when you don’t have a stadium, it becomes kind of tough. But for the most part, the giveaway days are in a warehouse, waiting for 2021.”

Deutsch said he is working with MLB to figure out contingency plans on distributing promotional items scheduled for 2020 that will likely be reused in 2021 and are not outdated.

“Most teams are going to try to utilize the bobbles in different ways, whether it becomes a season-ticket holder collectible, while some of these are donated to charity,” Deutsch said. “The majority of the plan is that they’ll give it to kids who are not worried about what happened last year. If we do have to recycle them, that’s what we’ll end up doing.”

The Texas Rangers face a similar problem. The majority of the players who had bobbleheads scheduled for 2020 — including Mike Minor, Lance Lynn, Corey Kluber, Shin-Soo Choo and Elvis Andrus — are no longer on the roster. Chuck Morgan, the Rangers executive vice president of presentation, production and promotions, said the backlog created storage issues — the Rangers were left with more than 10,000 boxes — and forced the team to get creative. The current plan is to hold a promotional giveaway every Saturday and Sunday through August, with the inventory of some items spread out across multiple games.

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“I had to juggle it again today to move the Elvis [Andrus] bobblehead, but we’ll still give those away because he’s been so great for the franchise,” Morgan said after Texas dealt the popular shortstop to Oakland. “The Minor, Lynn and the Kluber — those will be handed out on tours and we’ll sell some at our Foundation table. I’m holding onto Choo, because if he retires, the club will have a day for him, or if he comes back on another team, we’ll give them away then.”

Given a similar excess of promotional items across the majors, Deutsch expects teams to plan more giveaway days than usual in 2021, presuming the seats aren’t empty again.

“If fans can be in the stands on Opening Day, I think it’s going to be the year of the fan,” Deutsch said. “There’s going to be so many more giveaways and a lot of teams are planning on utilizing last year’s stuff in the first half of the season, as fast as possible. In the second half, they can do things that are focused on 2021.”

With the boxes of bobbleheads now sitting in his garage, Williams took matters into his own hands recently by announcing on Twitter a giveaway of 75 of them for his fans and supporters.

“It was a little disappointing because if you’re really lucky, you get multiple bobblehead days, and if you’re lucky, you get one bobblehead day,” Williams said. “I was thrilled about it. My wife doesn’t like that we have five boxes in our garage now that are just taking up space. My son has already broken four bobbleheads.”

Williams said he has no input on how the Pirates will handle the remaining 9,800 bobbleheads, but expresses little doubt that all will eventually find a home.

“I don’t know how they’ll give out nearly 10,000,” he said. “But they’ll find ways.”

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ijeffrey · 4 years ago

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larryland · 5 years ago

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HARTFORD, CT — February 26, 2020 — In response to popular demand, an additional performance of Jane Eyre, adapted and directed by Hartford Stage Associate Artistic Director Elizabeth Williamson, has been scheduled for Thursday, March 12, at 7:30 p.m. The show will close on Saturday, March 14.

Jane Eyre has received rave reviews from audiences and critics alike. The Hartford Courant called the production “a spooky, sultry Gothic romance.” Broadway World praised Jane Eyre as “captivating and entertaining…a sweeping narrative delivered by a talented cast and supported by strong technical design. Talkin’ Broadway commended Williamson for “bringing Brontë’s novel to vibrant life on stage.”

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Helen Sadler. Photo by T. Charles Erickson.

Chandler Williams and Helen Sadler. Photo by T. Charles Erickson.

Charlotte Brontë’s Gothic masterpiece features one of literature’s greatest feminist heroines in the character of Jane Eyre. Orphaned as a child, Jane (Helen Sadler) takes a position working as governess at Thornfield Hall for the brooding Edward Rochester (Chandler Williams). The strong-willed Jane falls in love with her mysterious employer, but the discovery of a dark secret and its devastating aftermath forces the young governess to make a heart-wrenching decision that changes their lives forever.

For tickets, visit https://www.hartfordstage.org/jane-eyre/ or contact the Hartford Stage Box Office at 860-527-5151. Student tickets are $20.

HARTFORD STAGE

Hartford Stage enters its 56th season beginning an exciting new chapter. Artistic Director Melia Bensussen and Managing Director Cynthia Rider will continue the theatre’s legacy of artistic excellence by creating theatrical works that enlighten, entertain, and educate.

Renowned for producing innovative revivals of classics, as well as provocative new plays and musicals, Hartford Stage has earned many of the nation’s most prestigious awards, including the 1989 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. Additional national recognition includes honors from the Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, American Theatre Wing (OBIE), and the New York Critics Circle.

Hartford Stage has produced over 80 world and North American premieres, including the new musicalAnastasia, which enjoyed a two-year run on Broadway; A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder,winner of four 2014 Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Direction of a Musical; and Quiara Alegría Hudes’ Water by the Spoonful, winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Other notable premieres include The Engagement Party by Samuel Baum; Make Believe by Bess Wohl; The Age of Innocence by Douglas McGrath; Seder by Sarah Gancher; Rear Window, adapted by Keith Reddin, and starring Kevin Bacon; An Opening in Time by Christopher Shinn; Reverberation by Matthew Lopez; Big Dance Theatre’s Man in a Case with Mikhail Baryshnikov; and Breath & Imagination by Daniel Beaty. Nationally-renowned titles include the New York transfers of Enchanted April; The Orphans’ Home Cycle; Resurrection (later retitled Through the Night); The Carpetbagger’s Children;and Tea at Five.The leading provider of theatre education programs in Connecticut, Hartford Stage’s offerings include student matinees, in-school theatre residencies, teen performance opportunities, theatre classes for students (ages 3-18) and adults, afterschool programs and professional development courses.

The leading provider of theatre education programs in Connecticut, Education @ Hartford Stage offers student matinees, in-school theatre residencies, teen performance opportunities, theatre classes for students (ages 3-18) and adults, afterschool programs and professional development courses. Education @ Hartford Stage programming reaches approximately 21,000 Connecticut students annually.

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kevindurkiin · 5 years ago

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Gaslamp Killer’s sexual assault case reaches its conclusion

Nearly two years ago, Chelsea Tadros accused Gaslamp Killer, real name William Bensussen, of drugging her at a party in Hollywood and raping her back in his hotel room. As with most stories in the #MeToo era a couple years ago, Bensussen’s longtime residency with Low End Theory was terminated and his name was dragged through the mud.

He provided a statement to Your EDM at the time, “Firstly, I want it to be known that I would never hurt or endanger a woman. I would never drug a woman, and I would never put anyone in a situation where they were not in control, or take anything that they weren’t offering.”

One month after the initial allegations, Bensussen filed a defamation lawsuit against Tadros and RaeAn Medina, who was also present during the alleged rape.

“Mr. Bensussen is seeking to restore his good name the right way – through a court of law, where people must testify under oath and there is accountability for false statements,” said Bensussen’s attorney Parag Amin.

Now, in a joint statement with Tadros, Bensussen has announced he is dropping the defamation suit and the two have come to a mutual understanding.

“After engaging in heartfelt dicussions with each other about the event of July 5, 2013,William Bensussen and Chelsea Tadros have decided it is their mutual desire to move on with their lives and put this lawsuit behind them,” expressed the statement.

It continues, “After their discussions, Ms. Tadros acknowledges she does not know who drugged her, and both parties recognize that Ms. Tadros could have been drugged by one of the many attendees that were present on July 5, 2013.

“Ms. Tadros continues to maintain that she was drugged and thereby unable to consent on July 5, 2013. Mr. Bensussen maintains that he has never drugged or raped anyone, and that he did not have any indication that Ms. Tadros was drugged or unable to consent. Furthermore, had Mr. Bensussen known of believed that Ms. Tadros did not or was unable to consent, he would not have engaged in any sexual activity.”

Read the full statement below from Gaslamp Killer below.

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It has been almost two years since I filed a defamation lawsuit against Chelsea Tadros. Many of you have asked me for an update. I have one for you today.

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bluebuzzmusic · 5 years ago