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Orfeh
Orfeh (born March 28, 1971 as Orfeh Or) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Orfeh and her husband, Andy Karl, performed at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Lincoln Center's American Songbook Series in 2016, and in the Broadway musicals ''Saturday Night Fever (musical), Saturday Night Fever'', ''Legally Blonde (musical), Legally Blonde'', and ''Pretty Woman: The Musical, Pretty Woman''. Early life and career Orfeh was born and raised in New York City. She attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts and received a record deal shortly after graduation. Her first release was ''Life in the Movies'', which she released as a part of the group Genevha with her musical partner Mike More in 1987. After the release, the duo formed the group Or-N-More and signed with EMI Records. In 1991, the duo released a self-titled album, their single "Everyotherday" reached number 46 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orfeh Singing In Make It Fair
Orfeh (born March 28, 1971 as Orfeh Or) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Orfeh and her husband, Andy Karl, performed at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Lincoln Center's American Songbook Series in 2016, and in the Broadway musicals ''Saturday Night Fever (musical), Saturday Night Fever'', ''Legally Blonde (musical), Legally Blonde'', and ''Pretty Woman: The Musical, Pretty Woman''. Early life and career Orfeh was born and raised in New York City. She attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts and received a record deal shortly after graduation. Her first release was ''Life in the Movies'', which she released as a part of the group Genevha with her musical partner Mike More in 1987. After the release, the duo formed the group Or-N-More and signed with EMI Records. In 1991, the duo released a self-titled album, their single "Everyotherday" reached number 46 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legally Blonde (musical)
''Legally Blonde'' is a 2007 musical with music and lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin and a book by Heather Hach. It is based on the novel ''Legally Blonde'' by Amanda Brown and the 2001 film of the same name. The show tells the story of Elle Woods, a sorority girl who enrolls at Harvard Law School to win back her ex-boyfriend Warner. She discovers how her knowledge of the law can help others, and she successfully defends exercise queen Brooke Wyndham in a murder trial. Throughout the show, very few characters have faith in Elle, but she manages to surprise them when she defies expectations while staying true to herself. ''Legally Blonde'' premiered in pre-Broadway tryouts in San Francisco, California. In April 2007 the show moved to Broadway, opening to mixed reviews and disappointing sales. Jerry Mitchell directed and choreographed. The original cast starred Laura Bell Bundy as Elle, Christian Borle as Emmett, and Richard H. Blake as Warner. It received seven To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Karl
Andy Karl (born August 28, 1974 as Andrew Karl Cesewski) is an American actor and singer, best known for performing in musical theatre. He appeared on Broadway in the original productions of the musical version of ''Groundhog Day'' (for which he won the Olivier Award, Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award), ''Legally Blonde'', ''9 to 5'', ''Rocky the Musical'' and '' Pretty Woman: The Musical'', as well as appearing in ''Wicked'' (in which he played Fiyero in 2010), ''The Mystery of Edwin Drood'', ''Jersey Boys'', ''On The Twentieth Century'' (for which he won the Outer Critics Circle Award), ''And So It Goes'', and ''Into the Woods''. Early life Karl was born on August 28, 1974 in Baltimore, Maryland to Walter Cesewski and Susan Weisman. He attended Towson High School, where he was on the football team and performed in theater. In high school, he played Jud Fry in ''Oklahoma!'' and General Bullmoose in ''Li'l Abner''. At age 16 he performed as the title role in ''Alad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Model Behavior
''Model Behavior'' is a 2000 television film that aired on ABC's ''The Wonderful World of Disney'' anthology series. The film starred Maggie Lawson, Justin Timberlake in his film debut, and Kathie Lee Gifford, and was directed by Mark Rosman. It is based on the book ''Janine and Alex, Alex and Janine'' by Michael Graubart Levin. It is also a modern-day gender-bending take on the story ''The Prince & The Pauper'' by Mark Twain. Summary Alex Burroughs is a shy, insecure teenage girl who dreams of becoming a fashion designer. While helping her father with his catering business at a party, she meets beautiful Janine Adams, a famous teen model. Meanwhile, Janine is fed up with her manager mother making her life nothing but work. Especially after not being home when she has her first book signing, because her younger brother Max is going on a publicity tour. Through a strange coincidence, the girls meet and realize that they look identical to each other (the only real difference bei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturday Night Fever (musical)
''Saturday Night Fever'' is a 1998 jukebox musical based on the 1977 film '' Saturday Night Fever''. Its book is by Nan Knighton (in collaboration with Arlene Phillips, Paul Nicholas, and Robert Stigwood), and the songs mostly consist of songs that were featured in the film's soundtrack, which in turn were mostly written and performed by the Bee Gees. The musical focuses on Tony Manero, an Italian-American Brooklyn youth whose weekend is spent at the local discotheque. There he luxuriates in the admiration of the crowd and a growing relationship with Stephanie Mangano, and can temporarily forget the realities of his life, including a dead-end job in a paint store and his gang of deadbeat friends. In an effort to make it a family-friendly show, many of the film's darker elements, including references to racial conflict, drug use, and violence, were eliminated from the plot. Productions Original West End production (1998) Directed and choreographed by Phillips, the £4 million s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great American Trailer Park Musical
''The Great American Trailer Park Musical'' is a two-act musical, written by David Nehls and Betsy Kelso. It explores the relationships between the tenants at the Armadillo Acres Trailer Park in Starke, Florida, particularly between Pippi, "the stripper on the run," the Dr. Phil-loving agoraphobic, Jeannie, and Jeannie's tollbooth-collector husband, Norbert. It was performed in the first annual New York Music Theater Festival in 2004 and Off-Broadway in 2005. Productions The musical opened Off-Broadway at Bows at Dodger Stages on September 22, 2005, and starred Marya Grandy (Lin), Linda Hart (Betty), Shuler Hensley (Norbert), Kaitlin Hopkins (Jeannie), Leslie Kritzer (Pickles), Orfeh (Pippi), and Wayne Wilcox (Duke); Betsy Kelso is the director. The show closed on December 4, 2005 after 121 performances. The U.S. regional premiere of ''Trailer Park'' opened on June 2, 2006 at Hippodrome State Theatre in Gainesville, Florida. The First National Tour of ''The Great American Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike More
Mike More (born Michael David Munves; January 5, 1966, New York) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. Early life More's mother died in a car accident when he was young. He attended the High School of the Performing Arts for music (Class of 1984), and met his musical partner, Orfeh, there. Their first recording endeavor was with CBS Records as the group Genevha (sic). They released a two song vinyl, ''Life in the Movies'', in 1987. His credits on the album were under the pseudonym of Amadayus Billionaire. After that project, they formed Or-n-More, and signed with EMI Records, where they experienced mild success. Their self-titled debut album went gold, and the single, "Everyotherday", became a hit stateside and abroad. However, after a hierarchy change at EMI, they were dropped from the label. Career After his short-lived recording career ended, More continued to write and produce music for other artists. Some of the artists he has written and produced musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Wilson (American Actor)
Patrick Joseph Wilson (born July 3, 1973) is an American actor who is best known for playing the role of demonologist Ed Warren in the Conjuring Universe (2013–present). He began his career in 1995, starring in Broadway musicals. He is a two-time Tony Award nominee for his roles in ''The Full Monty'' (2000–2001) and ''Oklahoma!'' (2002). He co-starred in the acclaimed HBO miniseries ''Angels in America'' (2003), which he was nominated for both the Golden Globe Award and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie. Wilson has also appeared in films such as ''The Phantom of the Opera'' (2004), ''Hard Candy'' (2005), '' Little Children'' (2006), ''Watchmen'' (2009), ''Insidious'' (2010), ''The A-Team'' (2010), '' Insidious: Chapter 2'' (2013), and as demonologist Ed Warren in the Conjuring Universe (2013–present). He has earned a reputation as a " scream king" due to his frequent casting in horror films. On television, Wilson starred in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fascinating Rhythm
"Fascinating Rhythm" is a popular song written by George Gershwin in 1924 with lyrics by Ira Gershwin. It was first introduced by Cliff Edwards, Fred Astaire and Adele Astaire in the Broadway musical '' Lady Be Good.'' The Astaires also recorded the song on April 19, 1926, in London with George Gershwin on the piano (English Columbia 3968 or 8969). Many recorded versions exist. One of the rarest recordings is by Joe Bari (a pseudonym of Anthony Dominick Benedetto, later better known as Tony Bennett) for Leslie Records in 1949 and issued as catalog number 919 with "Vieni Qui" as the flip side. Having rerecorded it as a duet with Diana Krall in 2018 for their duet album ''Love Is Here to Stay'', he currently holds the Guinness World Record for the "longest time between the release of an original recording and a re-recording of the same single by the same artist". "Fascinating Rhythm" inspired the riff to the 1974 Deep Purple song "Burn". The 1926 Astaire/Gershwin version and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adriane Lenox
Adriane Lenox is an American actress, best known for her performances in Broadway theatre. Her performance in the play ''Doubt: A Parable'' garnered her the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play in 2005. She received another Tony Award nomination for ''After Midnight (musical), After Midnight'' in 2014. Early life Lenox, who is from Tennessee, attended Lambuth College in Jackson, Tennessee and has a degree in drama. She appeared in ''Ain’t Misbehavin'' in New York after graduation. Career Stage Lenox appeared in ''Doubt: A Parable'' on Broadway theatre, Broadway in 2005 as Mrs. Muller. She won the Tony Award, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play, for this performance. Other Broadway appearances include Hattie in the Broadway revival of ''Kiss Me, Kate'' in 1999, a revue, ''The Gershwins' Fascinating Rhythm'' in 1999, ''Caroline, or Change'' in 2004 as standby for "Caroline Thibodeaux", and ''Chicago (musical), Chicago'' as the Matron (Replacement from Aug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Ramirez
Sara Elena Ramírez (; born August 31, 1975) is a Mexican-American actor and singer. Born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Ramírez moved to the United States at eight years old, eventually graduating with a fine arts degree from the Juilliard School. Ramírez began acting in Broadway theatre, Broadway productions, making their debut in Paul Simon's ''The Capeman'', and later ventured into film and television roles. Ramírez's breakthrough came with their portrayal of the original Lady of the Lake in the 2005 Broadway musical ''Spamalot'', winning the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Ramírez was offered to pick their own primetime television show in an array of American Broadcasting Company, ABC lineups, choosing ''Grey's Anatomy''. They portrayed Callie Torres, Dr. Callie Torres, one of the longest-running LGBT characters in US television history, appearing in 11 seasons and 239 episodes. Ramírez's volunteered addition of the character's bisexuality marked one of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Infobox Person
An infobox is a digital or physical Table (information), table used to collect and present a subset of information about its subject, such as a document. It is a structured document containing a set of attribute–value pairs, and in Wikipedia represents a summary of information about the subject of an Article (publishing), article. In this way, they are comparable to data table (information), tables in some aspects. When presented within the larger document it summarizes, an infobox is often presented in a sidebar (publishing), sidebar format. An infobox may be implemented in another document by transclusion, transcluding it into that document and specifying some or all of the attribute–value pairs associated with that infobox, known as parameterization. Wikipedia An infobox may be used to summarize the information of an article on Wikipedia. They are used on similar articles to ensure consistency of presentation by using a common format. Originally, infoboxes (and templates ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
