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Willemijn Verkaik
Willemijn Verkaik (; born 16 June 1975) is a Dutch singer and actress. She is best known for her stage roles in ''Wicked'' and '' Elisabeth'', and for providing the singing voice for Elsa in both the German and Dutch versions of Disney's '' Frozen''. She was the longest running Elphaba in the musical ''Wicked'', having played the role over 2,000 times, and is the only person to have played the role in three languages. Her first performance as Elphaba was on 31 October 2007, in Stuttgart, Germany, and her final performance was on 22 July 2017 in the West End of London. Early life Verkaik was born in Son en Breugel, Netherlands, on 16 June 1975, and grew up in Nuenen near Eindhoven. She graduated from the Rotterdam Conservatory."Wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Son En Breugel
Son en Breugel () is a municipality in the southern Netherlands just outside Eindhoven. The municipality covers an area of of which is water. It had a population of in . Son en Breugel used to be two different villages: 'Son' and 'Breugel', with the stream the Dommel separating the two villages. Son en Breugel also borders the following larger municipalities: Eindhoven, Meierijstad, Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten, and Best. The spoken language is North Meierijs (an East Brabantian dialect, which is very similar to colloquial Dutch). Population centres * Breugel *Son ''Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Son en Breugel, June 2015'' History The villages of Son and Breugel were founded between the 12th and 14th centuries. The villages developed quickly; some 300 households (150 household for each village) occupied the two villages during the 15th century. According to Karel van Mander's 1604 ''Schilder-boeck'', the painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder was born in the vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gershwin Theatre
The Gershwin Theatre (originally the Uris Theatre) is a Broadway theatre, Broadway theater at 222 West 51st Street (Manhattan), 51st Street, on the second floor of the Paramount Plaza office building, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Opened in 1972, it is operated by the Nederlander Organization and is named after brothers George Gershwin, George and Ira Gershwin, who wrote several Broadway musicals. The Gershwin is Broadway's largest theater, with approximately 1,933 seats across two levels. Over the years, it has hosted Musical theatre, musicals, dance companies, and concerts. The Gershwin was designed by Ralph Alswang. It was one of the first theaters constructed under the Special Theater District amendment of 1967. The theater's main entrances are from a midblock passageway that runs between 50th Street (Manhattan), 50th and 51st Streets. There are escalators leading from the ground floor to the second-story lobby and rotundas. The American Theater Hall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annie (musical)
''Annie'' is a Broadway theatre, Broadway musical theatre, musical based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip ''Little Orphan Annie'' and loosely based on the 1885 poem "Little Orphant Annie" written by James Whitcomb Riley. The musical includes music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and a musical theater, book by Thomas Meehan (writer), Thomas Meehan. The original Broadway production opened in 1977 and ran for nearly six years, setting a record for the Alvin Theatre (now the Neil Simon Theatre). It spawned numerous productions in many countries, as well as national tours, and won seven Tony Awards, including the Tony Award for Best Musical. The musical's songs "Tomorrow (song from Annie), Tomorrow" and "It's the Hard Knock Life" are among its most popular musical numbers. Background Charnin first approached Meehan to write the book of a musical about ''Little Orphan Annie'' in 1972. Meehan researched by rereading prints of the comic strip, but was unable to fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bat Out Of Hell The Musical
''Bat Out of Hell: The Musical'' (promoted as ''Jim Steinman's Bat Out of Hell: The Musical'') is a rock musical with music, lyrics and book by Jim Steinman, based on the ''Bat Out of Hell'' album by Meat Loaf. Steinman wrote all of the songs, most of which are from the ''Bat Out of Hell'' trilogy of albums (''Bat Out of Hell'', '' Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell'', and '' Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose''). The musical is a loose retelling of ''Peter Pan'', set in post-apocalyptic Manhattan (now named 'Obsidian'), and follows Strat, the forever young leader of 'The Lost' who has fallen in love with Raven, daughter of Falco, the tyrannical ruler of Obsidian. Steinman has said in interviews that a version of the Peter Pan story inspired some of the songs on the 1977 album ''Bat Out of Hell'', and that is the connection between this musical and the 1977 album. Before the album ''Bat Out of Hell'' was released, Steinman worked on a musical of that storyline that was call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metronom Theater
Metronom Theater is a theatre in Oberhausen, Germany. Productions * 1999 – Juni 2001: ''Tabaluga & Lilli'' * November 2001 – December 2001: ''Vom Geist der Weihnacht'' * April 2002 – June 2002, September 2002 – December 2002: ''Falco meets Amadeus'' * November 2003 – December 2003: ''Vom Geist der Weihnacht'' * September 2004 – February 2005: ''Blue Balance'' Stage Entertainment: * December 2005 – January 2007: ''Beauty and the Beast'' * March 2007 – October 2008: ''Blue Man Group'' * November 2008 – January 2010: ''Tanz der Vampire'' * March 2010 – September 2011: ''Wicked'' * October 2011 – October 2012: ''Dirty Dancing'' * December 2012 – October 2013: ''Ich war noch niemals in New York'' * December 2013 - February 2015: ''Sister Act'' * March 2015 - October 2015: '' Mamma Mia!'' * November 2015 - September 2016: '' Das Phantom der Oper'' * November 2016 - September 2018: ''Tarzan'' * November 2018 - September 2019: ''Bat Out of Hell'' * November 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghost The Musical
''Ghost'' is a musical with book and lyrics by Bruce Joel Rubin and music and lyrics by Dave Stewart and Glen Ballard. Based on the hit 1990 romantic fantasy thriller film of the same name, the musical had its world premiere at the Manchester Opera House in Manchester in March 2011. ''Ghost'' then began its West End premiere in summer 2011, opening on 19 July.Bosanquet, TheGhost Confirms West End Run at Piccadilly, 22 Jun whatsonstage.com, 17 September 2010TV: GHOST THE MUSICAL Launch Preview!" broadwayworld.com, 22 November 2010 A transfer opened in April 2012. It toured the UK in 2013, after the London production ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarzan (musical)
''Tarzan'' is a musical theatre, musical based on the Walt Disney Animation Studios Tarzan (1999 film), 1999 film of the same name. The songs are written by Phil Collins with a book by David Henry Hwang. The musical follows Tarzan, who is raised by gorillas in West Africa. He meets Jane, a young English naturalist, and falls in love, unknowing that Jane's entourage plans to kill the gorillas. The original Broadway theatre, Broadway production opened in 2006, directed and designed by Bob Crowley with choreography by Meryl Tankard. The production ran for 35 previews and 486 performances. Subsequently, the show has been staged in several other countries and by regional theatres. Background A workshop was held in 2004, with Daniel Manche as the Child Tarzan, Matthew Morrison as the Adult Tarzan, Adam Pascal as Tarzan Storyteller and Laura Bell Bundy as Jane Porter (Tarzan), Jane. Pascal's part was cut from the production when it opened on Broadway. The original production began previe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playhouse Theatre
The Playhouse Theatre is a West End theatre in the City of Westminster, located in Northumberland Avenue, near Trafalgar Square, central London. The Theatre was built by F. H. Fowler and Hill with a seating capacity of 1,200. It was rebuilt in 1907 and still retains its original substage machinery. As of November 2021, the theatre has been refurbished and renamed as the Kit Kat Club and is home to a revival of the musical ''Cabaret'' with a seating capacity of 550. History Early years Built by Sefton Henry Parry as the Royal Avenue Theatre, it opened on 11 March 1882 with 1200 seats. The first production at the theatre was Jacques Offenbach's ''Madame Favart''. In its early seasons, the theatre hosted comic operas, burlesques and farces for several years. For much of this time, the low comedian Arthur Roberts, a popular star of the music halls, starred at the theatre. By the 1890s, the theatre was presenting drama, and in 1894 Annie Horniman, the tea heiress, anonymously ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown (musical)
''Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown'' is a musical with music and lyrics by David Yazbek and a book by Jeffrey Lane. Based on the Pedro Almodóvar film ''Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown'' (1988), the musical tells the tale of a group of women in late 20th-century Madrid whose relationships with men lead to a tumultuous 48 hours of love, confusion and passion. The original Broadway production opened at the Belasco Theatre in October 2010, but received mostly negative reviews and closed in January 2011 after 30 previews and 69 performances. It was nominated for 3 Tony Awards and 6 Drama Desk Awards. With new direction and production design, the musical transferred to London and opened at the Playhouse Theatre in January 2015, where it received mixed to positive reviews and 2 Laurence Olivier Award nominations. It closed in May of that year. Productions In October 2009, a workshop reading for the Lincoln Center Theater production of the musical was held, featuring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let It Go (Disney Song)
"Let It Go" is a song from Disney's 2013 computer-animated feature film '' Frozen'', whose music and lyrics were composed by husband-and-wife songwriting team Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. The song was performed in its original show-tune version in the film by American actress and singer Idina Menzel in her vocal role as Queen Elsa. It was later released as a single, being promoted to adult contemporary radio by Walt Disney Records in January 2014. Anderson-Lopez and Lopez also composed a simplified pop version (with shorter lyrics and background chorus) which was performed by actress and singer Demi Lovato over the start of the film's closing credits. Disney's music division planned to release Lovato's version of the song before Menzel's, as they did not consider Menzel's version a traditional pop song. A music video was released separately for Lovato's version. The song was a commercial success, becoming the first song from a Disney animated musical to reach the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birdland (New York Jazz Club)
Birdland is a jazz club started in New York City on December 15, 1949. The original Birdland, which was located at 1678 Broadway, just north of West 52nd Street in Manhattan, was closed in 1965 due to increased rents, but it re-opened for one night in 1979. A revival began in 1986 with the opening of the second nightclub by the same name that is now located in Manhattan's Theater District, not far from the original nightclub's location. The current location is in the same building as the previous headquarters of ''The New York Observer''. The original Birdland (1949–1965) 1678 Broadway, below the street level Irving Levy (1923–1959), Morris Levy, and Oscar Goodstein – along with six other partners – purchased the venue in 1949 from Joseph "Joe the Wop" Catalano.Nick Talevski, ''Knocking on Heaven's Door: Rock Obituaries'', pp. 368–369, Omnibus Press (2006) They adopted the name "Birdland" to capitalize on the profile of Charlie "Yardbird" Parker. The club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cast Recording
A cast recording is a recording of a stage musical that is intended to document the songs as they were performed in the show and experienced by the audience. An original cast recording or OCR, as the name implies, features the voices of the show's original cast. A cast recording featuring the first cast to perform a musical in a particular venue is known, for example, as an "original Broadway cast recording" (OBCR) or an "original London cast recording" (OLCR). Cast recordings are (usually) studio recordings rather than live recordings. The recorded song lyrics and orchestrations are nonetheless identical (or very similar) to those of the songs as performed in the theatre. Like any studio performance, the recording is an idealized rendering, more glossily perfect than any live performance could be, and without audible audience reaction. Nevertheless, the listener who has attended the live show expects it to be an accurate souvenir of the experience. History The British were the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
