Elsie Fest
Elsie Fest is an annual music festival in New York City co-created and produced by Darren Criss, Ricky Rollins, Lea Michele, and Jordan Roth. The yearly festival is touted as "New York City’s first outdoor music festival celebrating tunes from the stage and screen". Elsie Fest's inaugural event was held at New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un ...'s JBL Live at Pier 97 on September 27, 2015. A portion of the proceeds benefited ''BroadwayCares/Equity Fights AIDS''. Lineups The 2015 line-up included: The second annual Elsie Fest was held on September 5, 2016, at the Ford Amphitheatre on Coney Island, NY. The line-up included: Elsie Fest returned for its third production on October 8, 2017, at Central Park's Summerstage and amassed a crowd of more than ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Evan Rachel Wood
Evan Rachel Wood (born September 7, 1987) is an American actress and activist. She is the recipient of a Critics' Choice Television Award as well as three Primetime Emmy Award nominations and three Golden Globe Award nominations for her work in film and television. She began acting in the 1990s, appearing in several television series, including '' American Gothic'' (1995–96) and '' Once and Again'' (1999–2002). She made her debut as a leading film actress at the age of nine in '' Digging to China'' (1997) and garnered acclaim for her Golden Globe-nominated role as the troubled teenager Tracy Freeland in the teen drama film ''Thirteen'' (2003). She continued acting mostly in independent films, including ''Pretty Persuasion'' (2005), '' Down in the Valley'' (2005), '' Running with Scissors'' (2006), and ''Across the Universe'' (2007). Since 2008, Wood has appeared in more mainstream films, including ''The Wrestler'' (2008), ''Whatever Works'' (2009), and ''The Ides of March'' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Keala Settle
Keala Joan Settle (born November 5, 1975) is an American actress and singer. Settle originated the role of Norma Valverde in '' Hands on a Hardbody'', which ran on Broadway in 2013, and was nominated for the Outer Critics Circle Award, Drama Desk Award, and Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. In 2016 she was in the original Broadway cast of ''Waitress'' portraying Becky. In 2017, she portrayed Lettie Lutz, a bearded lady, in the musical film ''The Greatest Showman''. The song " This Is Me" from the film, principally sung by Settle, won the 2017 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. On January 27, 2019, Settle sang "Seasons of Love" in Fox's '' Rent: Live''. Personal life Settle was born in Hawaii, the oldest of five children of Susanne (née Riwai), who is of Māori (Rangitāne, Ngāti Kahungunu) descent from New Zealand, and British-born David Settle. She is a graduate of Kahuku High School (clas ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Auliʻi Cravalho
Chloe Auliʻi Cravalho (; born November 22, 2000) is an American actress and singer who made her acting debut as the voice of the titular character in the 2016 Disney 3D computer-animated musical feature film '' Moana''. She went on to star in the NBC drama series ''Rise'' (2018), the Netflix drama film '' All Together Now'' (2020) and the Hulu romantic comedy '' Crush'' (2022). Early life Cravalho was born in Kohala, Hawaii, to Cathleen Puanani Cravalho and Dwayne Cravalho. She is of Native Hawaiian, Puerto Rican, Portuguese, Chinese, and Irish descent. At the time she made her breakthrough, she was living in Mililani, Hawaii, with her mother and was in her freshman year of high school, singing soprano in the glee club at Kamehameha Schools' Kapālama campus. Career Cravalho has stated that she was initially not going to audition for '' Moana'' because "there were already so many great submissions that I didn't think I needed to try out". However, an Oahu talent agent dis ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Norm Lewis
Norm Lewis (born June 2, 1963) is an American actor and singer. He has appeared in Europe, on Broadway, in film, television, recordings and regional theatre. Productions that he has been involved in include '' Dessa Rose'', ''Miss Saigon'', '' The Wild Party'', and several others. Lewis was the first African-American actor to perform in the title role in Broadway's long-running production of ''Phantom of the Opera''.Hetrick, Adam and Daniels, Karu F"Norm Lewis Ends History-Making Engagement in Broadway's 'Phantom of the Opera ''Playbill''. February 7, 2015. Early life Lewis was born in Tallahassee, Florida and grew up in Eatonville, Florida. He graduated in 1981 from Edgewater High School, Orlando. He worked at the ''Orlando Sentinel'' prior to his acting career. Career Lewis credits the kickoff of his career to Ralph Petillo, who ran Theatre on Park in Winter Park, Florida. Lewis was featured as Agwe in the Gateway Playhouse (Bellport, New York) production of ''Once on This ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Ingrid Michaelson
Ingrid Ellen Michaelson (born December 8, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Her first album, '' Slow the Rain,'' was released in 2005, and she has since released eight more albums: '' Girls and Boys,'' '' Be OK'', '' Everybody'', '' Human Again'', '' Lights Out'', ''It Doesn't Have to Make Sense'', ''Songs for the Season'', and her most recent, '' Stranger Songs.'' Her two highest-charting singles are " The Way I Am" (2007) and "Girls Chase Boys" (2014), at #37 and #52 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, respectively. Early life Michaelson is half Swedish and was born in 1979 in New York City to artistic parents. Her father, Carl Michaelson, was a manager of copyrights for the publishing company Carl Fischer Music and a composer on the side ("The Praise of Christmas"). Her mother, Elizabeth Egbert, was a sculptor, of Dutch ancestry. As a child, Michaelson performed in a musical theatre group called Staten Island Kids On Stage. She took up piano at age 4, and trained ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Jeremy Jordan (actor, Born 1984)
Jeremy Michael Jordan (born November 20, 1984) is an American actor and singer. He has performed on Broadway, in television and film, in concert, as well as in other theatrical productions. He made his Broadway debut in 2009 as part of ''Rock of Ages''. Subsequently, he went to star in the original Broadway musicals ''Bonnie & Clyde'' (2011) as Clyde Barrow and '' Newsies'' (2012) as Jack Kelly, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award and a Grammy Award. He has also appeared in the musicals ''West Side Story'' and ''Waitress'' and the play ''American Son'' on Broadway. In 2021, he starred in the Off-Broadway revival of '' Little Shop of Horrors.'' On screen, he starred opposite Anna Kendrick in the 2014 musical film ''The Last Five Years'' and as Jimmy Collins in the NBC series '' Smash'' (2013). From 2015 to 2021, he played Winslow "Winn" Schott Jr. on the CBS/ CW DC Comics-based superhero drama series ''Supergirl''. Early life and education Jordan was born on November 2 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Lea Michele
Lea Michele Sarfati (; born August 29, 1986) is an American actress, singer, songwriter, and author. She began her career as a child actress on Broadway (theatre), Broadway, appearing in productions of ''Les Misérables (musical), Les Misérables'' (1995–1996), ''Ragtime (musical), Ragtime'' (1997–1999), ''Fiddler on the Roof'' (2004–2005), and ''Spring Awakening (musical), Spring Awakening'' (2006–2008). Michele came to prominence playing Rachel Berry on the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox series ''Glee (TV series), Glee'' (2009–2015), for which she received an Emmy Award nomination, two Golden Globe nominations and won four People's Choice Awards, three Teen Choice Awards and a Satellite Awards, Satellite Award. Michele and the rest of the ''Glee'' cast earned a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series from four nominations and three Grammy Award nominations for music recorded for the series, also spawning multiple hits on ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Alan Cumming
Alan Cumming (born 27 January 1965) is a British actor. His London stage appearances include ''Hamlet'', the Maniac in ''Accidental Death of an Anarchist'' (for which he received an Olivier Award), the lead in '' Bent'', The National Theatre of Scotland's ''The Bacchae'' and Samuel Beckett's ''Endgame'' at The Old Vic, opposite Daniel Radcliffe. On Broadway, he has appeared in ''The Threepenny Opera'', as the master of ceremonies in ''Cabaret'' (for which he won a Tony Award), ''Design for Living'', and a one-man adaptation of ''Macbeth''. Cumming's film roles include his performances in '' Emma'', ''GoldenEye'' and as Nightcrawler in '' X2'' (X-Men 2), Loki in ''Son of the Mask'', and as Fegan Floop in the ''Spy Kids'' trilogy. Cumming also appeared on ''The Good Wife'', for which he was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and a Satellite Award. Cumming starred in the 2018–2019 CBS TV series ''Instinct''. In ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Summerstage
The City Parks Foundation is the only independent, nonprofit organization to offer programs in parks throughout the five boroughs of New York City. The organization works in over 750 parks citywide, presenting a broad range of free arts, sports, and education programs. Founded in 1989, it is one of the oldest and largest citywide parks organizations in the country. Programs offered by City Parks Foundation include free performing arts festivals such as Central Park SummerStage and the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, which take place annually each summer in parks across all five boroughs of New York City. Sports programs include free instruction for city youth with CityParks Tennis, CityParks Golf, CityParks Track & Field, and the first of its kind, Junior Golf Center located adjacent to the Dyker Beach Public Golf Course in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, and CityParks Seniors Fitness. CityParks Education offers several educational programs turning parks into classrooms, reaching over 7,0 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Liz Callaway
Liz Callaway (born April 13, 1961) is an American actress, singer and recording artist, who is best known for having provided the singing voices of many female characters in animated films, such as Anya/Anastasia in ''Anastasia'', Odette in ''The Swan Princess'', Jasmine in the ''Aladdin'' sequels ''The Return of Jafar'' and '' Aladdin and the King of Thieves'', adult Kiara in '' The Lion King II: Simba's Pride'', and a dancing napkin ring in ''Beauty and the Beast''. She was also the original Ellen in the Broadway production of ''Miss Saigon''. Early life, family, and education Callaway was born in Chicago, Illinois to Shirley Callaway, a singer, pianist, and vocal coach, and John Callaway, a journalist. Her sister is actress, composer, and singer Ann Hampton Callaway, with whom she sang the theme song for the Fran Drescher comedy series ''The Nanny'', which Hampton Callaway also composed. Both sisters attended New Trier High School (New Trier East) in Winnetka, Illinois. Ca ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Gaten Matarazzo
Gaetano John Matarazzo III (; ; born September 8, 2002) is an American actor. He began his career on the Broadway stage as Benjamin in '' Priscilla, Queen of the Desert'' (2011–12) and as Gavroche in ''Les Misérables'' (2014–15). Matarazzo gained recognition for playing Dustin Henderson in the Netflix science-fiction-horror drama series '' Stranger Things'' (2016–present). He also hosted the Netflix show '' Prank Encounters'' (2019–2021). Early life Gaetano John Matarazzo III was born on 8 September 2002, in New London, Connecticut, to Gaetano Jr. and Heather Matarazzo (no relation to the actress of the same name), but raised in Little Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, and is of Italian descent. He was born with cleidocranial dysplasia (CCD). He has an older sister and a younger brother. Career He pursued vocal training at Starlight Performing Arts Center in New Jersey. In 2011, he competed and won third place with his vocal solo titled “Ben” at the Starpowe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |