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Stepping Out (play)
''Stepping Out'' is a play written by Richard Harris in 1984. It was produced in the West End, London, where it received the Evening Standard Comedy of the Year Award, and on Broadway, New York. Plot The play concerns eight individuals from disparate backgrounds and with differing motivations who attend the same weekly tap dancing class in a dingy North London church hall. Despite the students at first treating the classes as social occasions, and showing little co-ordination, they later develop a level of skill and cohesiveness. The dance routines are the background for the focus of the play, the relationship and interaction of different people. Background According to the play's writer, Richard Harris, the inspiration for the show came from his own wife, actress Hilary Crane: "My wife started her career as a dancer and she liked to keep her foot in, as it were, so she went down to the local dance class and when she came back she suggested that I should go and have a look ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Harris (television Writer)
Richard Harris (born 26 March 1934) is a British screenwriter and playwright, most active from the early 1960s to the mid-1990s. He wrote primarily for the crime and detective genres, having contributed episodes of series such as '' The Avengers'', '' The Saint'', '' The Sweeney'', ''Armchair Mystery Theatre'', and '' Target''. He has helped to create several programmes of the genre, including ''Adam Adamant Lives!'', ''Man in a Suitcase'', and '' Shoestring''. Despite a career that has been largely spent writing for the crime and detective genre, in 1994 he won the prize for best situation comedy from the Writers' Guild of Great Britain for '' Outside Edge'', a programme he had originated as a stage play. Although the majority of his work has been for television, a substantial amount of his output has been for the stage. Career Harris began writing freelance episodes for British television in his mid-twenties. His first sale was to Sydney Newman's 1960 ITV series, '' Poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Young (actress)
Barbara Young (9 February 1931 – 27 April 2023) was an English actress. She is known for her role as the future Emperor Nero's mother, Agrippinilla, in the landmark 1976 BBC serial '' I, Claudius''.Claudius Takes a New Wife , '''', 16 May 1978, p. 4. Retrieved 11 July 2011 Early life and education Barbara Young was born on 9 February 1931 in Brighouse to Dora (née Ratcliffe) and Jack Young. While training to be an actor at Bradford Civic Theatre, one of her teachers, Rudolph Laban, recommended her to |
Meagen Fay
Meagen Fay is an American actress known for her work in television. She is best known as Roxy in '' Ohara'' (1987–1988), Principal Halloron in '' Life with Louie'' (1995–1998), Gretchen Mannkusser in ''Malcolm in the Middle'' (2002–2004) and Rhonda in '' Loot'' (2022). Career Born and raised in Joliet, Illinois, Fay was a featured cast member with Chicago's The Second City in the early 1980s. Fay's first television role was in the 1987 television series '' Ohara''. She has guest-starred on numerous shows including ''Thirtysomething'', ''Roseanne'', '' Mad About You'', ''Seinfeld'', ''Dharma & Greg'', ''Gilmore Girls'', '' Suddenly Susan'', ''Charmed'' and ''Freaks and Geeks''. She starred in '' Carol & Company'', '' The Home Court'', '' Tales of the City'', and '' Woops!'', as well as appearing in ''Magnolia'' (1999). In 2004, she starred in Stephen King's '' Kingdom Hospital''. She has also had recurring roles on ''Malcolm in the Middle'' and ''The Bernie Mac Show'', an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cherry Jones
Cherry Jones (born November 21, 1956) is an American actress. She started her career in theater as a founding member of the American Repertory Theater in 1980 before transitioning into film and television. Celebrated for her dynamic roles on stage and screen, she has received various accolades, including three Primetime Emmy Awards and two Tony Awards, as well as nominations for an Olivier Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Jones made her Broadway debut in the 1987 play '' Stepping Out''. She went on to receive two Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Play for '' The Heiress'' in 1995 and ''Doubt'' in 2005. Her other Tony-nominated roles were in '' Our Country's Good'' in 1991, '' A Moon for the Misbegotten'' in 2000, and '' The Glass Menagerie'' in 2014. Her most recent Broadway performance was in '' The Lifespan of a Fact'' in 2018. She is also known for her work on television with breakthrough roles as Barbara Layton in ''The West Wing'' and President Allison Taylor in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carol Woods
Carol Woods (born November 13, 1943) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her roles in ''Sweet and Lowdown'' (1999), ''The Honeymooners'' (2005) and ''Across the Universe'' (2007). In February 2008, she received a standing ovation during the 50th Grammy Awards broadcast singing "Let It Be" from the ''Across the Universe'' soundtrack, with Timothy Mitchum. Inspired by Barack Obama's campaign and win, Woods recorded Grammy Award winner Julie Gold's song "America". The CD of ''America (The Song)'' made its debut in a Limited Inaugural Edition at the "Shades of Blue" Inaugural Gala, hosted by Create the Vision Source in Washington D.C. January 20, 2009. In July 2009, ''America'' became available to the public at large. In early 2009, she reprised the role of Matron "Mama" Morton in ''Chicago'' on Broadway, followed by two weeks at the National Theatre (March 31 – April 12, 2009). She remained on tour with the show through June 2010, returning to the Broadway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carole Shelley
Carole Augusta Shelley (16 August 1939 – 31 August 2018)Bartlett, Rhett"Carole Shelley, One of the Pigeon Sisters From 'The Odd Couple,' Dies at 79"''The Hollywood Reporter'', 1 September 2018"Carole Shelley Passes Away at 79" broadwayworld.com, 1 September 2018 was an English actress who made her career in the United States and United Kingdom. Her many stage roles included originating the roles of Gwendolyn Pigeon in '' The Odd Couple'' and Madame Morrible in '' Wicked''. She won the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Tune
Thomas James Tune (born February 28, 1939) is an American actor, dancer, singer, theatre director, producer, and choreographer. Over the course of his career, he has won ten Tony Awards, the National Medal of Arts, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Early life Tune was born in Wichita Falls, Texas, to oil rig worker, horse trainer, and restaurateur Jim Tune and Eva Mae Clark along with his sister, Gracey. He attended Mirabeau B. Lamar High School, Houston and the Methodist-affiliated Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, Texas. He studied dance under Patsy Swayze in Houston. He also studied dance with Kit Andree in Boulder, Colorado. He went on to earn his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama from the University of Texas at Austin in 1962 and his Master of Fine Arts in Directing from the University of Houston. Tune later moved to New York to start his career. Career Tune stands a lanky tall, and at first he found his height to be a disadvantage when auditioning for roles, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Golden Theatre
The John Golden Theatre, formerly the Theatre Masque and Masque Theater, is a Broadway theatre, Broadway theater at 252 West 45th Street (George Abbott Way) in the Theater District, Manhattan, Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S. Opened in 1927, the Golden Theatre was designed by Herbert J. Krapp in a Spanish style and was built for real-estate developer Irwin Chanin, Irwin S. Chanin. It has 800 seats across two levels and is operated by the Shubert Organization. Both the facade and the auditorium interior are List of New York City Landmarks, New York City landmarks. The facade is designed in a Spanish style with golden brick, Architectural terracotta, terracotta, and stone. The ground floor, which contains the theater's entrance, is clad in Rustication (architecture), rusticated blocks of Architectural terracotta, terracotta above a granite Water table (architecture), water table. Above are a set of three double-height arches, as well as two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadway Theatre
Broadway theatre,Although ''theater'' is generally the spelling for this common noun in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences#-re, -er, American and British English spelling differences), many of the List of Broadway theaters, extant or closed Broadway venues use or used the spelling ''Theatre'' as the proper noun in their names. Many performers and trade groups for live dramatic presentations also use the spelling ''theatre''. or Broadway, is a theatre genre that consists of the theatrical performances presented in 41 professional Theater (structure), theaters, each with 500 or more seats, in the Theater District, Manhattan, Theater District and Lincoln Center along Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Broadway and London's West End theatre, West End together represent the highest commercial level of live theater in the English-speaking world. While the Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway thoroughfare is eponymous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evening Standard
The ''London Standard'', formerly the ''Evening Standard'' (1904–2024) and originally ''The Standard'' (1827–1904), is a long-established regional newspaper published weekly and distributed free newspaper, free of charge in London, England. It is printed in Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid format, and also has an online edition. In October 2009, after being bought by Russian businessman Alexander Lebedev, the paper ended a 180-year history of print circulation, paid circulation and multiple editions every day, and became a free newspaper publishing a single print edition every weekday, doubling its circulation as part of a change in its business plan. On 29 May 2024, the newspaper announced that it would reduce print publication to once weekly, after nearly 200 years of daily publication, as it had become unprofitable. Daily publication ended on 19 September 2024. The first weekly edition was published on 26 September 2024 under the new name of ''The London Standard' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evening Standard Theatre Awards
The ''Evening Standard'' Theatre Awards, established in 1955, are the oldest theatrical awards ceremony in the United Kingdom. They are presented annually for outstanding achievements in London Theatre, and are organised by the ''Evening Standard'' newspaper. They are the West End's equivalent to Broadway's Drama Desk Awards. Trophies The trophies take the form of a modelled statuette, a figure representing Drama, designed by Frank Dobson RA, a former Professor of Sculpture at the Royal College of Art. Categories Three of the awards are given in the names of former ''Evening Standard'' notables: *Arts editor Sydney Edwards (who conceived the awards, and died suddenly in July 1979) for the Best Director category. *Editor Charles Wintour (who as deputy-editor in 1955, launched the awards after a nod from the proprietor, Lord Beaverbrook') for Most Promising Playwright. *Long-serving theatre critic Milton Shulman (for several years a key member of the judging panel) for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcia Warren
Marcia Warren (born 26 November 1943) is an English stage, film and television actress. On stage, she appeared in '' Blithe Spirit'' as Madame Arcati and '' The Sea'' (2008) at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. In 2022 and 2023, she starred as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in seasons 5 and 6 of the Netflix historical drama series ''The Crown''. She is a two-time Olivier Award winner. Early life Warren trained as an actress at Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, graduating in 1963. From there on she took the path of many of her performing contemporaries, acting in repertory throughout the country, beginning as an assistant stage manager in ''David Copperfield'' in Salisbury. Career From 1983 to 1986 she played Vera in the BBC sitcom, '' No Place Like Home''. From 2013 to 2016, she played the role of Penelope in the ITV sitcom '' Vicious'' and also starred in the 2014 sitcom '' Edge of Heaven'' as Nanny Mo. She has also appeared in ''Keeping Up Appearances'', ''Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
