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Tom Alan Robbins
Tom Alan Robbins (born March 29, 1954) is an American actor known for his roles in theatre and television. Early life and education Born and raised in Canton, Ohio, Robbins graduated from Lehman High School. He earned a bachelor's degree from the Juilliard School as a member of Group Six. Career Tom has performed in eight Broadway shows, including ''The Lion King'' in which he created the role of Pumbaa. He played Thenardier in the first national tour of ''Les Misérables''. Off-Broadway productions include '' Little Shop of Horrors'' (2020 revival), ''Brooklynite'', ''On the Verge'' (New York Premiere), ''Isn't It Romantic'' (World Premiere), ''The Cradle Will Rock'', ''The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket'' (World Premiere), ''Henry V'' (Public Theatre), ''King Lear'' (Cornwall), andOn The Air, A Nostalgiaspoof Review of the Golden Age of Radio (Van Buren's New York Premiere). Robbins also appeared in regional productions of ''The Whale'' (Charlie, World Premiere), '' A Mids ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canton, Ohio
Canton () is a city in and the county seat of Stark County, Ohio. It is located approximately south of Cleveland and south of Akron in Northeast Ohio. The city lies on the edge of Ohio's extensive Amish country, particularly in Holmes and Wayne counties to the city's west and southwest. As of the 2020 Census, the population of Canton was 70,872, making Canton eighth among Ohio cities in population. It is the largest municipality in the Canton–Massillon metropolitan area, which includes all of Stark and Carroll counties, and was home to 401,574 residents in 2020. Founded in 1805 alongside the Middle and West Branches of Nimishillen Creek, Canton became a heavy manufacturing center because of its numerous railroad lines. However, its status in that regard began to decline during the late 20th century, as shifts in the manufacturing industry led to the relocation or downsizing of many factories and workers. After this decline, the city's industry diversified into the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Name Is Asher Lev
''My Name Is Asher Lev'' is a novel by Chaim Potok, an American author and rabbi. The book's protagonist is Asher Lev, a Hasidic Jewish boy in New York City. Asher is a loner with artistic inclinations. His art, however, causes conflicts with his family and other members of his community. The book follows Asher's maturity as both an artist and a Jew. Potok asserted that the conflict between tradition and individualism is constant and that the tension between religion and art is lifelong. Potok was, as well as an author, a painter, and his personal struggle is apparent in his painting titled "Brooklyn Crucifixion." And yet despite this seemingly agonizing struggle, Potok remained active as an artist/writer and engaged in the religion of his upbringing until his death in 2002. Potok continued Asher Lev's story in the book '' The Gift of Asher Lev''. Plot Asher Lev is a boy with a prodigious artistic ability born into a Hasidic Jewish family. During his childhood in the 1950s, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bris
"The Bris" is the 69th episode of the sitcom ''Seinfeld''. It is the fifth episode of the fifth season, and first aired on October 14, 1993. The story centers on the bris for the newborn child of two of Jerry and Elaine's friends. Jerry and Elaine struggle in the role of godparents, while Kramer objects to the entire concept of the bris and attempts to prevent the baby from being circumcised. Plot Jerry, Elaine, George, and Kramer go to meet friends who have just had a baby. George gets a parking spot right in front of the hospital. A mental patient jumps from the roof and lands on it. George attempts to get the hospital to pay for the damages, but the director refuses and insinuates that George is running a scam. Meanwhile, Kramer stumbles into the wrong room at the hospital (1937 instead of 1397) and becomes convinced that he has seen a "pig man" (half-pig, half-man). He espouses a conspiracy theory concerning the government and genetic mutation leading to pig-men armies. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tales Of The City (1993 Miniseries)
''Tales of the City'' (formally ''Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City'') is a 1993 television miniseries based on the first of the ''Tales of the City'' series of novels by Armistead Maupin. To date, the first three books have been adapted into television miniseries; the first, ''Tales of the City'', was produced by the UK's Channel 4 and was first screened in the UK in 1993, then shown on PBS in the US in January 1994. Channel 4 eventually teamed up with the American cable network Showtime to produce the sequel, ''More Tales of the City'', which premiered in the US and UK in 1998. The third installment of the series, ''Further Tales of the City'', was produced by Showtime (without Channel 4) and was originally aired in the US on Showtime in May 2001. A fourth installment, '' Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City'', premiered on Netflix on June 7, 2019, with Laura Linney, Olympia Dukakis, Barbara Garrick and Paul Gross reprising their roles. Premise and release Following th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Down The Shore
''Down the Shore'' is an American sitcom television series created by Alan Kirschenbaum, which aired on Fox from June 21, 1992, to May 27, 1993. Synopsis The series revolves around three childhood friends, Aldo, Zack, and Eddie. In hopes of meeting women at the Jersey Shore over the summer, they decided to get a beach house in Belmar, New Jersey. To cover expenses, they share the beach house with three female co-workers, Donna, Miranda, and Arden. At the start of the second season, Miranda was written out of the series by having a job that was too demanding, and the new female occupant of the beach house was a woman named Sammy, whom Aldo once had a fling with. Although the show was largely comedic in nature, it did have one notable episode where Aldo, a noted Lothario, had been briefly hospitalized and was awaiting the result of an AIDS test. This made all the renters of the beach home, while supportive of Aldo awaiting the results, mull over the fact that casual sex can come wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder, She Wrote
''Murder, She Wrote'' is an American crime drama television series, created by Peter S. Fischer, Richard Levinson and William Link, starring Angela Lansbury, and produced and distributed by Universal Television for the CBS network. The series focuses on the life of Jessica Fletcher, a mystery writer and amateur detective, who finds herself becoming involved in solving a series of murders that take place in the fictional town of Cabot Cove, Maine, as well as across the United States and abroad. The program ran for 12 seasons from September 30, 1984, to May 19, 1996, for a total of 264 episodes, and included amongst its recurring cast Tom Bosley, William Windom and Ron Masak, as well as a vast array of guest cast members including Michael Horton, Keith Michell and Julie Adams. The series proved a ratings hit during its broadcast, becoming a staple of CBS Sunday night TV schedule for around a decade, while achieving distinction as one of the most successful and longest-running te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Different World
''A Different World'' is an American sitcom (and a spin-off of ''The Cosby Show'') television series that aired for six seasons on NBC from September 24, 1987 to July 9, 1993. The series originally centered on Denise Huxtable ( Lisa Bonet) and the life of students at Hillman College, a fictional historically black college in Virginia. It was inspired by student life at historically black colleges and universities. After Bonet's departure in the first season, the remainder of the series primarily focused more on Southern belle Whitley Gilbert-Wayne (Jasmine Guy) and math whiz Dwayne Cleophus Wayne (Kadeem Hardison). Concept While it was a spin-off from ''The Cosby Show'', ''A Different World'' typically addressed issues that were avoided by ''The Cosby Show'' writers (race and class relations, sexual assault, or the Equal Rights Amendment). One episode that aired in 1990 was one of the first American network television episodes to address the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS. The or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pocahontas (1995 Film)
''Pocahontas'' is a 1995 American animated musical historical drama film based on the life of Powhatan woman Pocahontas and the arrival of English colonial settlers from the Virginia Company. The film romanticizes Pocahontas' encounter with John Smith and her legendary saving of his life. The film was produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 33rd Disney animated feature film and the sixth film produced and released during the Disney Renaissance. The film was directed by Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg (in his feature directorial debut) and produced by Jim Pentecost, from a screenplay written by Phillip LaZebnik, Carl Binder, and Susannah Grant. The voice cast features Irene Bedard and Mel Gibson as Pocahontas and Smith, respectively, with David Ogden Stiers, Russell Means, Christian Bale, Billy Connolly, and Linda Hunt providing other voices. The score was composed by Alan Menken, who also wrote the film's songs with lyricist S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Swan Princess
''The Swan Princess'' is a 1994 American animated film, animated fantasy film based on the ballet ''Swan Lake''. Featuring Michelle Nicastro, Howard McGillin, Jack Palance, John Cleese, Steven Wright, Sandy Duncan, and Steve Vinovich, the film is directed by former Disney animation director Richard Rich (filmmaker), Richard Rich and scored by Lex de Azevedo. The film was distributed by New Line Cinema in the United States and by Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International outside the US. It was released theatrically on November 18, 1994, and grossed $9.8 million against a $21 million budget, becoming a box-office bomb, box-office bomb, partly due to struggling competition with a re-release of ''The Lion King'' (1994). The film later became popular through home video releases and has since been followed by a series of The Swan Princess (film series), direct-to-video sequels starting in 1997. The theme song "Far Longer than Forever" is performed by Regina Belle and Jeffrey Osbor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Law & Order
''Law & Order'' is an American police procedural and legal drama television series created by Dick Wolf and produced by Wolf Entertainment, launching the '' Law & Order'' franchise. ''Law & Order'' aired its entire run on NBC, premiering on September 13, 1990, and completing its 20th season on May 24, 2010. On September 28, 2021, after an 11-year hiatus, NBC announced that the series would be revived for a 21st season, which premiered on February 24, 2022. The revival saw the debut of new regular cast members and the reprisal of District Attorney Jack McCoy and Detective Kevin Bernard by series veterans Sam Waterston and Anthony Anderson, respectively. On May 10, 2022, the series was renewed by NBC for a 22nd season, which premiered on September 22, 2022. Set and filmed in New York City, the series follows a two-part approach: the first half-hour is the investigation of a crime (usually murder) and apprehension of a suspect by New York City Police Department detectives; the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NYPD Blue
''NYPD Blue'' is an American police procedural television series set in New York City, exploring the struggles of the fictional 15th Precinct detective squad in Manhattan. Each episode typically intertwines several plots involving an ensemble cast. The show was created by Steven Bochco and David Milch, and was inspired by Milch's relationship with Bill Clark (screenwriter), Bill Clark, a former member of the New York City Police Department who eventually became one of the show's producers. The series was originally broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC network, debuted on September 21, 1993‚ and aired its final episode on March 1, 2005. It was ABC's List of longest-running TV shows by category, longest-running primetime one-hour drama series until ''Grey's Anatomy'' surpassed it in 2016. ''NYPD Blue'' was met with critical acclaim, praised for its grittiness and realistic portrayal of the cast's personal and professional lives, though the show garnered controver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
