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Naked Angels (theater Company)
Naked Angels is an American theater company founded in 1986 and based in New York City. It was named after John Tytell's book about the Beat Generation, ''Naked Angels''. It has produced plays on controversial social topics such as the critically acclaimed Broadway transfer ''Next Fall'', and featured many Hollywood stars. Naked Angels originated in a former picture-frame factory on West 17th Street in Manhattan. It "soon became the 'it' place for a generation of about-to-be famous young actors and playwrights." One of the company's longtime efforts is "The Issues Project", featuring plays or groups of plays focusing on socially relevant issues, often in collaboration with organizations like Amnesty International, The Center for American Progress, Project A.L.S. and The Culture Project. Also known are the group's long-runnin"Tuesdays@9" cold reading series, where new playwrights, novelists, short-story writers, and actors get together to review work that is still being writte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Company Of Angels
Company of Angels, now known simply as CoA is an American theatre company, based in Los Angeles and founded in 1959. The original company, incorporated by entertainment attorney Bertram Fields, included actors Richard Chamberlain, Leonard Nimoy, Vic Morrow and Vic Tayback. Company of Angels is the oldest not-for-profit repertory theater in Los Angeles. The company has received several Los Angeles theatrical awards, including the L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award, the Drama-Logue Award, the LA Weekly Theater Award, and the Ovation Award. The company has been sustained solely by its membership. Location The first theatre of the Company of Angels was located on Vine Street and Waring Avenue in Hollywood (Los Angeles, California). On April 27, 1988, fire destroyed that building and in 1989, the company relocated to the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles, at 2106 Hyperion Avenue, today's Lyric Hyperion Theater Cafe. Seventeen years later, the Company left Silver Lake for the re-developing d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pippin Parker
Pippin Parker (born June 22, 1969, in Syracuse, New York) is an American playwright and theatre director. He is Dean of The New School for Drama. Career Parker is an American playwright and director. He is the former Dean of the School of Writing, Acting, and Directing program at The New School. He is one of the co-founding members of Naked Angels, a theater company in New York City where he was Artistic Director. Along with Nicole Burdette, Frank Pugliese and Kenneth Lonergan, he is a member of a writer's group for dramatic and fiction authors. His short play ''A Gift'' was produced in New York and Los Angeles and a later radio adaptation was featured on NPR’s '' The Next Big Thing''. Naked Angels and New York Stage and Film have both produced his play ''Assisted Living''. His television work includes writing episodes of the animated series ''The Tick'' and Doug, as well as the CTW educational music show for children, ''Jam Inn''. He directed the production of George Pac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Jessica Parker
Sarah Jessica Parker (born March 25, 1965) is an American actress and television producer. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including six Golden Globe Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards. ''Time'' magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2022. She is known for her role as Carrie Bradshaw on the HBO television series ''Sex and the City'' (1998–2004), for which she won two Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress in a Comedy Series and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. The character was widely popular during the airing of the series and was later recognized as one of the greatest female characters in American television. She later reprised the role in films ''Sex and the City'' (2008) and ''Sex and the City 2'' (2010), as well as the revival seasons of '' And Just Like That...'' (2021–present). Parker made her Broadway debut at the age of 11 in the 1976 revival of '' The Innocents'', before going on to star i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Broderick
Matthew Broderick (born March 21, 1962) is an American actor. His roles include the Golden Globe-nominated portrayal of the title character in ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'' (1986), the voice of adult Simba in Disney's ''The Lion King'' (1994), and Leo Bloom in both the Broadway musical '' The Producers'' and its 2005 film adaptation. Other films he had starring credits in include ''WarGames'' (1983), '' Glory'' (1989), '' The Freshman'' (1990), ''The Cable Guy'' (1996), ''Godzilla'' (1998), ''Inspector Gadget'' (1999), '' You Can Count on Me'' (2000) and ''The Last Shot'' (2004). Broderick also directed himself in '' Infinity'' (1996) and provided voice work in ''Good Boy!'' (2003), ''Bee Movie'' (2007), and ''The Tale of Despereaux'' (2008). Broderick has won two Tony Awards, one for Best Featured Actor in a Play for ''Brighton Beach Memoirs'' (1983), and one for Best Actor in a Musical for ''How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'' (1995). In 2001, Broderick sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce MacVittie
Bruce James MacVittie (October 14, 1956 – May 7, 2022) was an American actor. He was known for playing Danny Scalercio in the fourth season of ''The Sopranos'', Mickey Mack in ''Million Dollar Baby'', and Detective Eastman in '' Lonely Hearts''. Early life MacVittie was born in Providence, Rhode Island, on October 14, 1956. Career MacVittie made guest appearances on television shows, including ''Miami Vice'', '' The Equalizer'', ''L.A. Law'', '' Homicide: Life on the Street'', ''Sex and the City'', '' Oz'', ''The Unit'', ''Numbers'', '' Blue Bloods'' and ''Chicago Med''. In 2002, MacVittie appeared as Danny Scalerio in the HBO drama television series ''The Sopranos'' for its fourth season. He appeared as Mickey Mack in the 2004 Academy Award-winning sports drama film ''Million Dollar Baby'', featuring Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank and Morgan Freeman. Personal life In 1997, MacVittie was married to Carol Ochs until his death 25 years later in 2022. Death MacVittie died on May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Williams (actor)
Jeffrey Caldwell Williams is an American actor of film, stage, and screen Screen or Screens may refer to: Arts * Screen printing (also called ''silkscreening''), a method of printing * Big screen, a nickname associated with the motion picture industry * Split screen (filmmaking), a film composition paradigm in which mul .... He is perhaps best known from his role as Lewis Niles, a series regular on the ABC television drama '' Birdland''. External links * New York Times Interview {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Jeff American male film actors [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gareth Williams (actor)
Gareth Williams is an American actor. Williams attended Palm Beach State College. He played astronaut James Irwin in the HBO miniseries ''From the Earth to the Moon'' (1998), and was in such films as ''Malcolm X (1992), Volcano'' (1997), and '' The Cell'' (2000). He has a long list of television credits including ''Dawson's Creek'', '' Time of Your Life'', ''Angel'', ''Law & Order'', and ''Mad About You ''Mad About You'' is an American television sitcom starring Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt as a married couple in New York City. It initially aired on NBC from September 23, 1992, to May 24, 1999, winning numerous awards including four Golden Glob ...''. References External links * Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) American male television actors Palm Beach State College alumni {{US-tv-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Travis
Nancy Ann Travis (born September 21, 1961) is an American actress. She began her career on Off-Broadway theater, before her first leading screen role in the American Broadcasting Company, ABC television miniseries ''Harem'' opposite Omar Sharif. Her breakthrough came in 1987, playing Sylvia Bennington in the comedy film ''Three Men and a Baby''. She later starred in its sequel, ''Three Men and a Little Lady'' (1990). Travis has starred in many films, including ''Internal Affairs (film), Internal Affairs'' (1990), ''Air America (film), Air America'' (1990), ''Passed Away (film), Passed Away'' (1992), ''Chaplin (film), Chaplin'' (1992), ''So I Married an Axe Murderer'' (1993), ''Greedy (film), Greedy'' (1994), and ''Fluke (film), Fluke'' (1995). On television, Travis went on to star in the CBS sitcom ''Almost Perfect'' in 1995, which ran two seasons, and in the short-lived ''Work with Me'' (1999). In 2002, she played a leading role in the ABC miniseries ''Rose Red (miniseries), Ros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marisa Tomei
Marisa Tomei ( , ; born December 4, 1964) is an American actress. She came to prominence as a cast member on ''The Cosby Show'' spin-off ''A Different World'' in 1987. After having minor roles in a few films, she came to international attention in 1992 with the comedy ''My Cousin Vinny'', for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She received two additional Academy Award nominations for ''In the Bedroom'' (2001) and ''The Wrestler'' (2008). Tomei has appeared in a number of successful films, including ''What Women Want'' (2000), ''Anger Management'' (2003), ''Wild Hogs'' (2007), ''The Ides of March'' (2011), and '' Parental Guidance'' (2012). She also portrayed May Parker in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, having appeared in '' Captain America: Civil War'' (2016), '' Spider-Man: Homecoming'' (2017), '' Avengers: Endgame'' (2019), '' Spider-Man: Far From Home'' (2019), and '' Spider-Man: No Way Home'' (2021). Tomei was formerly involved with the Naked Angel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fisher Stevens
Fisher Stevens (born Steven Fisher; November 27, 1963) is an American actor, director, producer and writer. As an actor, he is best known for his portrayals of Ben in ''Short Circuit'' and ''Short Circuit 2'', Chuck Fishman on the 1990s television series ''Early Edition'', and villainous computer genius Eugene "The Plague" Belford in ''Hackers''. He portrays Marvin Gerard on NBC’s ''The Blacklist''. His most recent successes include winning the 2010 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for '' The Cove'' and the 2008 Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature for '' Crazy Love''. In addition, he has directed the documentary '' Before the Flood'', which screened at the Toronto International Film Festival and by National Geographic on October 21, 2016. He stars as Hugo Baker on the HBO satirical drama series '' Succession''. Early life Stevens was born Steven Fisher in 1963 in Chicago, the son of Sally, a painter and AIDS activist, and Norman Fisher, a furniture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Slater
Helen Rachel Slater (born December 15, 1963) is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She played the title character in the 1984 film ''Supergirl'', and returned to the 2015 TV series of the same title, this time as Supergirl's adoptive mother, Eliza Danvers. In the intervening years, she starred in several films including ''The Legend of Billie Jean'' (1985), ''Ruthless People'' (1986), '' The Secret of My Success'' (1987), and ''City Slickers'' (1991). She additionally found work as an actress in television, and stage projects, including three guest appearances on the series ''Smallville'' (2007–2010). Early life Slater was born in Bethpage, New York. She is Jewish. Her parents, Alice Joan (née Citrin), a lawyer and nuclear disarmament peace activist based in New York City, and Gerald Slater, a television executive, divorced in 1974. She has a brother, David, who is a lawyer in New York City. Slater attended Great Neck South High School and then transferred to the Hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Stuart Masterson
Mary Stuart Masterson (born June 28, 1966) is an American actress and director. She has starred in the films ''At Close Range'' (1986), '' Some Kind of Wonderful'' (1987), '' Chances Are'' (1989), ''Fried Green Tomatoes'' (1991) and ''Benny & Joon'' (1993). She won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the 1989 film ''Immediate Family'', and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for the 2003 Broadway revival of ''Nine''. Early life and education Masterson was born June 28, 1966, in Manhattan (some sources cite Los Angeles, CA) the daughter of writer-director-actor-producer Peter Masterson and singer-actress Carlin Glynn. She has two siblings: Peter Jr., and Alexandra. As a teenager, she attended Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Training Center in upstate New York with actors Robert Downey Jr. and Jon Cryer. Later, she attended schools in New York, including eight months studying anthropology at New York U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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