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Carner And Gregor
Carner and Gregor are an American musical theatre songwriting duo consisting of lyricist-librettist Sam Carner and composer Derek Gregor. Prominent works include '' Unlock'd'', ''Island Song'', and ''Techies!'', and among others. They are the recipients of the 2004 Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater, the Kleban Prize, and the John Wallowitch Award. They also have had thirteen songs nominated for "Best Song" or "Best Comedic Song" by the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs, winning for "The Egg Nog Song." Early lives Sam Carner attended Yale University as an undergraduate, where his play ''Just Call Me Eli'' won the Yale Dramatic Association's John Golden Prize for Best Student-Written Musical in 2000. He graduated in 2001 and enrolled in New York University's Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program with a Departmental Fellowship. Derek Gregor graduated from Skidmore College in 2000. The next year, he started the rock band M-Lab, for which he was the keyboardist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musical Theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre, theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an integrated whole. Although musical theatre overlaps with other theatrical forms like opera and dance, it may be distinguished by the equal importance given to the music as compared with the dialogue, movement and other elements. Since the early 20th century, musical theatre stage works have generally been called, simply, musicals. Although music has been a part of dramatic presentations since ancient times, modern Western musical theatre emerged during the 19th century, with many structural elements established by the light opera works of Jacques Offenbach in France, Gilbert and Sullivan in Britain and the works of Edward Harrigan, Harrigan and Tony Hart (theater), Hart in America. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TheatreWorks (Silicon Valley)
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley is a professional non-profit theatre company based in Palo Alto, California, United States. It was founded in 1970 by Robert Kelley. History 1970s Robert Kelley, a Bay Area native and Stanford University graduate in creative writing, founded TheatreWorks in July 1970. The company's inaugural production was ''Popcorn'', an original musical reflecting the social changes of the era, which premiered in July 1970. 1980s and 1990s In the 1980s, TheatreWorks continued to emphasize diversity and innovation under the leadership of Associate Artistic Director Anthony J. Haney. The company premiered productions such as ''The Fireworks Rag'' (1981), featuring a predominantly African-American cast. 2000s In 2002, TheatreWorks developed the musical '' Memphis'' at its New Works Festival. TheatreWorks then produced the world premiere of ''Memphis'' on its main stage in 2004. ''Memphis'' later opened on Broadway in 2009 and won four Tony Awards, including Best M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google Search. In January 2024, YouTube had more than 2.7billion monthly active users, who collectively watched more than one billion hours of videos every day. , videos were being uploaded to the platform at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute, and , there were approximately 14.8billion videos in total. On November 13, 2006, YouTube was purchased by Google for $1.65 billion (equivalent to $ billion in ). Google expanded YouTube's business model of generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by and for YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadway Licensing
Broadway Licensing Global is a theatrical licensing agency and publisher based in New York City, founded in 2017 by Sean Cercone. In 2023 the company rebranded from Broadway Licensing Group to Broadway Licensing Global to reflect its international growth. Broadway Licensing Global and its imprints currently have over 8,000 plays and musicals available for professional and non-professional licensing. Playwrights include Arthur Miller, Lynn Nottage, Tom Stoppard, John Leguizamo, and more. Recently acquired titles '' Jaja's African Hair Braiding'' by Jocelyn Bioh, '' Oh, Mary!'' by Cole Escola, ''Harry Potter and the Cursed Child'', based on an original story by J. K. Rowling, John Tiffany and Jack Thorne. History Broadway Licensing was established in 2017 by Rebel Rebel Capital, which had previously acquired Playscripts, Inc. in 2014. Cercone was named president, and purchased Broadway Licensing, as well as Playscripts, two years laters in 2019, with the company rebranding as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie Burns (actress)
Jackie Burns (born October 4, 1980) is an American actress and singer best known for her work in musical theatre. Early life and education Born on October 4, 1980, Burns grew up in Middletown, Connecticut, and Ivoryton, Connecticut, and in 2002, she graduated from the University of Connecticut with a degree in theatre. Career Burns performed in regional theatre at Paper Mill Playhouse, Connecticut Repertory Theatre, and Northern Stage, among other places, for the first six years of her career. She starred in the 2009 Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of ''Hair'' as part of the "Black Boys Trio." Burns also appeared in the original Off-Broadway cast of ''Rock of Ages''. From July 8, 2010, to June 5, 2011, Burns starred as Elphaba in the first national tour of ''Wicked'', alongside Chandra Lee Schwartz and Amanda Jane Cooper as Glinda. Following her departure from the tour, Burns reprised the role of Elphaba in the Broadway production, replacing Teal Wicks on September 27, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
