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Music Theatre Of Wichita
Music Theatre Wichita is a summer musical theatre, which has produced over 200 Broadway-scale productions since its founding in 1972. Founded as Music Theatre of Wichita in 1972 to provide summertime entertainment inside the 2100-seat Concert Hall of the newly built Century II Complex in downtown Wichita, Kansas, the organization has had only three artistic producers to date: founding producing director Jim Miller (1972-1979), John Holly (1980-1987) and current producing artistic director Wayne Bryan (1988–present).Bob Curtwright"At 40, Music Theatre of Wichita still going strong" ''The Wichita Eagle'', May 22, 2011. The organization adopted its current name and logo in May 2014. Theatre history Music Theatre of Wichita was established in 1972 by a group of local business leaders who raised $100,000 to fund it as a community theatre and hired Jim Miller as the first director. Under Miller, the group relied on local teachers and performers. After Miller left in 1979, his assista ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Century II Convention Hall
Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center is a performing arts and convention center in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It is located between Douglas Street and Waterman Street near the east bank of the Arkansas River in downtown Wichita. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020. Century II is the largest center for entertainment, consumer shows and meetings in Wichita and is home to four arts organizations - Wichita Symphony Orchestra, Wichita Grand Opera, Music Theatre Wichita, and Music Theatre for Young People. The facility has almost of contiguous exhibit space, 20 meeting rooms, a Concert Hall that seats 2,197 people in continental seating, the Mary Jane Teall Theatre that seats 650 people in continental seating, and Convention Hall that seats 4,700 people. The Performing Arts and Convention Center hosted Miss USA pageants from 1990 to 1993 and Miss Teen USA 1995, as well as the 1989 ABC Masters bowling tournament. History The facility was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karla Burns
Karla Burns (December 24, 1954 – June 4, 2021) was an American mezzo-soprano and actress who performed nationally and internationally in opera houses, theatres, and on television. Her first major success was as Queenie in the Houston Grand Opera's 1982 revival of Oscar Hammerstein II and Jerome Kern's 1927 musical ''Show Boat''. This production premiered in Houston, and then toured nationally and on Broadway. For her portrayal of Queenie, Burns won a Drama Desk Award and received a nomination for the Tony Award. The role of Queenie became a pivotal part in Burn's career, and she portrayed the character in many productions internationally for two decades. For this part, she became the first black person, African-American or otherwise, to win the Laurence Olivier Award, Britain's most prestigious award for theatre. Burns's career spanned a broad repertoire from musical theatre, to opera, and stage plays. Her work included performances with the Metropolitan Opera, Paris Opera, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Culture Of Wichita, Kansas
Culture () is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups.Tylor, Edward. (1871). Primitive Culture. Vol 1. New York: J.P. Putnam's Son Culture is often originated from or attributed to a specific region or location. Humans acquire culture through the learning processes of enculturation and socialization, which is shown by the diversity of cultures across societies. A cultural norm codifies acceptable conduct in society; it serves as a guideline for behavior, dress, language, and demeanor in a situation, which serves as a template for expectations in a social group. Accepting only a monoculture in a social group can bear risks, just as a single species can wither in the face of environmental change, for lack of functional responses to the change. Thus in military culture, valor is counted a typical be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darren Ritchie (actor)
Darren Ritchie (born 1977 in South Carolina) is an American actor and singer, originally from Florida. Career Currently Tours internationally with the UK X factor famed group "Tenors Of Rock". Mr. Ritchie is also a principal singer for the California Philharmonic Symphony as well as a singer for the US and international singing group "Broadway Rox". He is perhaps best known for originating the role of the White Knight/Jack On Broadway in Wildhorn's '' Wonderland: Alice's New Musical Adventure ''he also originated the role of Jonathan Harker in Frank Wildhorn's Broadway production of ''Dracula, the Musical'' in 2004. He has also appeared as Orin Scrivello and other featured roles in the Broadway revival of ''Little Shop of Horrors'''', ''2003, and in '' Bells are Ringing, ''2001, (as Blake Barton). He understudied lead roles in ''Les Miserables'' and ''Thoroughly Modern Millie''. He appeared in the world premiere of Wildhorn's ''Camille Claudel,'' at the Goodspeed Opera Hous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashley Park (actress)
Ashley Jini Park (born June 6, 1991) is an American actress, dancer, and singer based in New York City. She is best known for her portrayal of Mindy Chen on Netflix's ''Emily in Paris,'' which garnered her a Critics' Choice Award nomination, and for originating the role of Gretchen Wieners in the 2018 Tony Award-nominated musical ''Mean Girls'', for which she received Drama Desk Award and Tony Award nominations. Her theatre roles also include Tuptim in the 2015 Broadway revival of ''The King and I'' and MwE in Ars Nova's ''KPOP'' Off-Broadway. Early life and education Park was born in Glendale, California, and grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Her parents are Andrew and Sara Park, and she has a younger sister, Audrey. She is of Korean descent, and is a second cousin of actor Justin H. Min. Park was placed in dance classes at the Oceanside Dance Academy at age three and began piano lessons at age five. Park's love of performing led her to participate in Ann Arbor's community ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelli O'Hara
Kelli Christine O'Hara (born April 16, 1976) is an American actress and singer, most known for her work on the Broadway and opera stages. A seven-time Tony Award nominee, O'Hara won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance as Anna Leonowens in the Lincoln Center Theater revival of ''The King and I''. She also received Tony nominations for her performances in '' The Light in the Piazza'' (2005), ''The Pajama Game'' (2006), '' South Pacific'' (2008), '' Nice Work If You Can Get It'' (2012), ''The Bridges of Madison County'' (2014), and ''Kiss Me, Kate'' (2019). O'Hara also received a 2019 Olivier Award nomination for her performance as Anna Leonowens in the West End revival of ''The King and I''. O'Hara made her debut at The Metropolitan Opera in a 2014 production of Franz Lehár's ''The Merry Widow''. In 2018, she played the role of Despina in the Met Opera's production of Mozart's ''Cosi fan tutte''. In 2022, she returned to the Met Opera, starrin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauren Kennedy
Lauren Kennedy (born September 3, 1973) is an American actress and singer who has performed numerous times on Broadway. She is now the producing artistic director of Theatre Raleigh in her home state of North Carolina. Education Kennedy was born and raised in Raleigh, North Carolina and graduated from Needham Broughton High School in 1991. She started acting at the North Carolina Theatre while in high school. Kennedy attended the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music where she pursued a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre. She left school at the age of 19, when she was cast in the 1993 Los Angeles production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's ''Sunset Boulevard'', After a nine-month run, she moved to New York for the musical's 1994 Broadway opening. Career Kennedy frequently appeared in the original cast of the short-lived ''Side Show'' as the standby for Emily Skinner. She has also starred in ''Monty Python's Spamalot'' on Broadway as a replacement for the Lady of the Lake. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristin Chenoweth
Kristin Dawn Chenoweth (; born Kristi Dawn Chenoweth; July 24, 1968)Kristin Chenoweth Biography '' The Biography Channel'' , accessed December 1, 2014; according to her autobiography, she was named Kristi Dawn Chenoweth upon her adoption five days after her birth. is an American actress and singer, with credits in , film, and television. In 1999, she won a |
Playbill
''Playbill'' is an American monthly magazine for theatergoers. Although there is a subscription issue available for home delivery, most copies of ''Playbill'' are printed for particular productions and distributed at the door as the show's program. ''Playbill'' was first printed in 1884 for a single theater on 21st Street in New York City. The magazine is now used at nearly every Broadway theatre, as well as many Off-Broadway productions. Outside New York City, ''Playbill'' is used at theaters throughout the United States. As of September 2012, its circulation was 4,073,680. History What is known today as ''Playbill'' started in 1884, when Frank Vance Strauss founded the New York Theatre Program Corporation specializing in printing theater programs. Strauss reimagined the concept of a theater program, making advertisements a standard feature and thus transforming what was then a leaflet into a fully designed magazine. The new format proved popular with theatergoers, who s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Charlebois
Catherine Charlebois (born July 16, 1987) is an American Broadway actress originally from Andover, Massachusetts. She is best known for her portrayal of Nessarose Thropp in the musical ''Wicked''. She currently resides in Virginia. Education Charlebois graduated from Andover High School (Massachusetts) in 2005 and from Syracuse University (New York) in 2009 with a BFA in musical theatre. During her time at Syracuse University, Charlebois played the following roles: * Anabelle Glick – ''Lucky Stiff'' (Syracuse University Stage); October 5–17, 2007 * Hodel – ''Fiddler on the Roof'' (Syracuse University Stage); November 28 – December 30, 2007 * Johanna – ''Sweeney Todd'' (Syracuse University Stage); April 24 – May 10, 2008 * Mick's Pick, Ensemble – '' Steel Pier'' (Syracuse University Stage); Oct 3–12, 2008 Professional career *She is a stylist with a professional fashion/style blog * Billie Delgado – ''Hurricane'' (NYTF; Theatre a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenni Barber
Jenni Barber (born July 22, 1983) is an American actress and singer best known for her performances in musical theatre and for her role as Lisa Heffenbacher on ''The Electric Company (2009 TV series), The Electric Company'' (2009 - 2011). Early life Barber was born in Mansfield, Ohio. There she took voice lessons from vocal trainer Lori Turner. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Michigan School of Music with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in musical theatre in 2005, after receiving an Earl V. Moore award. Career Television As previously mentioned, Barber played Lisa Heffenbacher in The Electric Company (2009 TV series), ''The Electric Company'' 2009 TV series. Stage Barber made her Broadway theatre, Broadway debut as Olive Ostrovsky in ''The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee'' in 2007, after playing the character in San Francisco and Boston productions. In 2008, she appeared in ''From Up Here'' at New York City Center; she had a minor role, but ''The New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wichita Eagle
''The Wichita Eagle'' is a daily newspaper published in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It is owned by The McClatchy Company and is the largest newspaper in Wichita and the surrounding area. History Origins In 1870, ''The Vidette'' was the first newspaper established in Wichita by Fred A. Sowers and W. B. Hutchinson. It operated briefly. On April 12, 1872, ''The Wichita Eagle'' was founded and edited by Marshall M. Murdock, and it became a daily paper in May 1884. His son, Victor Murdock, was a reporter for the paper during his teens, the managing editor from 1894 to 1903, an editor from the mid-1920s until his death in 1945. In October 1872, ''The Wichita Daily Beacon'' was founded by Fred A. Sowers and David Millison. It published daily for two months, then weekly until 1884 when it went back to daily. In 1907, Henry Allen purchased the ''Beacon'' and was publisher for many years. Mergers The ''Eagle'' and ''Beacon'' competed for 88 years, then in 1960 the ''Eagle'' p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
