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Busker Alley
''Busker Alley'' is a musical with music and lyrics by the Sherman Brothers and a book by AJ Carothers, based on the 1938 British film '' St. Martin's Lane''. Tommy Tune led a 1995 touring production as Charlie Baxter, a street entertainer in prewar London, in love with another busker, who follows her dream of becoming a star. Background and history Brothers Robert and Richard Sherman had written the scores to several Disney movies such as ''Mary Poppins'' and '' The Jungle Book''. In the mid-1960s, Disney staff scriptwriter AJ Carothers rediscovered the motion picture ''St. Martin's Lane'' and approached the Sherman brothers with the idea of purchasing the rights to the film and making a stage musical out of it. The Shermans and AJ Carothers did just that in 1969, writing the musical ''Piccadilly''. But nothing more became of it until 1982 when interest was rekindled, and the project was rewritten and renamed, ''Blow Us a Kiss''. Still, nothing happened with the propert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilary Knight (illustrator)
Hilary Knight (born November 1, 1926) is an American writer and artist. He is the illustrator of more than 50 books and the author of nine books. He is best known as the illustrator and co-creator of Kay Thompson's ''Eloise (1955 book), Eloise'' (1955) and others in the ''Eloise (books), Eloise'' series. Knight has illustrated for a wide variety of clients, creating artwork for magazines, children's fashion advertisements, greeting cards, record albums as well as posters and music album covers for Broadway musicals, including ''Gypsy (musical), Gypsy'', ''Irene (musical), Irene'' (1973), ''Half a Sixpence, Half A Sixpence'', ''Hallelujah, Baby!, Hallelujah Baby!'', and ''No, No, Nanette#1971 revival and later productions, No, No, Nanette'' (1971). He has over 100 U.S. copyrights for his illustration works. An example of his artwork can be seen in the infobox for the article ''No, No, Nanette''. Early life and career One of two sons of artist-writers Clayton Knight and Katharine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brent Barrett
Brent Barrett (born February 28, 1957) is an American actor and tenor who is mostly known for his work within American theatre. Barrett has performed in musicals and in concerts with theatres, symphony orchestras, opera houses, and concert halls internationally. He starred in the original production of Maltby and Shire's hit Off-Broadway musical '' Closer Than Ever'' in 1989 and the 2001 West End revival of Cole Porter's ''Kiss Me, Kate''. He has also appeared sporadically on television and in films. Early life and career Barrett was born and raised in Quinter, Kansas, the youngest of three children. He began his education at Fort Hays State University in 1974 as a vocal performance major but ultimately transferred to Carnegie Mellon University in 1976 where he studied musical theatre. While still a student he began his professional career performing with the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera during the 1978 and 1979 seasons, appearing in productions of '' Half a Sixpence'', ''Came ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn Close
Glenda Veronica Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress. In a career spanning over five decades on Glenn Close on screen and stage, screen and stage, she has received List of awards and nominations received by Glenn Close, numerous accolades, including three Primetime Emmy Awards, three Tony Awards and three Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for eight Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and three Grammy Awards. She was named by ''Time (magazine), Time'' as one of the Time 100, 100 most influential people in the world in 2019. Close received eight Academy Award nominations for playing a feminist mother in ''The World According to Garp (film), The World According to Garp'' (1982), a baby boomer in ''The Big Chill (film), The Big Chill'' (1983), a love interest in ''The Natural (film), The Natural'' (1984), a psychotic ex-lover in ''Fatal Attraction'' (1987), a cunning aristocrat in ''Dangerous Liaisons'' (1988), an English butler in ''Albert Nobbs'' (2011), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Dale
Jim Dale (born James Smith; 15 August 1935) is an English actor, composer, director, narrator, singer and songwriter. In the United Kingdom he is known as a pop singer of the 1950s who became a leading actor at the National Theatre. In British film, along with Larry Dann, Angela Douglas, Patricia Franklin, Hugh Futcher, Alexandra Dane, Valerie Leon, Jacki Piper, Anita Harris, Bill Cornelius and others, he is now among the last surviving actors to star in multiple ''Carry On'' films. Dale was also a leading actor on Broadway, where he had roles in ''Scapino'', '' Barnum'', ''Candide'' and ''Me and My Girl''. He also narrated the U.S. audiobooks for all seven novels in the ''Harry Potter'' series, for which he won two Grammy Awards. Dale appeared in the ABC series '' Pushing Daisies'' (2007–2009); he also starred in the Disney film '' Pete's Dragon'' (1977). He was nominated for a BAFTA Award for portraying a young Spike Milligan in '' Adolf Hitler: My Part in His D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunter College
Hunter College is a public university in New York City, United States. It is one of the constituent colleges of the City University of New York and offers studies in more than one hundred undergraduate and postgraduate fields across five schools. It also administers Hunter College High School and Hunter College Elementary School. Hunter was founded in 1870 as a women's college; it first admitted male freshmen in 1946. The main campus has been located on Park Avenue since 1873. In 1943, Eleanor Roosevelt dedicated Franklin Delano Roosevelt's and her former townhouse to the college; the building was reopened in 2010 as the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College. The institution has a 57% undergraduate graduation rate within six years. History Founding Hunter College originates from the 19th-century movement for Normal school, normal school training for teachers which swept across the United States. Hunter descends from the Female Normal and High School, establ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
York Theatre Company
The York Theatre Company is an Off-Broadway theatre company based on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. Established in 1969, The York is the only theater in New York City, and one of the few in the world, whose two-fold mission is to produce new musical works and rediscover musical gems from the past. The York’s intimate, imaginative producing style has become its trademark. Its productions have won critical acclaim, a host of honors and awards, and a loyal audience. Just as important, The York provides a nurturing, constructive environment for new artists to hone their craft, and for some of the masters of the musical theater’s Golden Age to take fresh looks at their classic works. A special Drama Desk Award was presented to the company in 2006 for its "vital contributions to theater by developing and producing new musicals," as well as an Outer Critics Circle Special Achievement Award for “50 years of producing new and classic musicals." Founded by Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida
Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the Straits of Florida to the south, and The Bahamas to the southeast. About two-thirds of Florida occupies a peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. It has the List of U.S. states by coastline, longest coastline in the contiguous United States, spanning approximately , not including its many barrier islands. It is the only state that borders both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of over 23 million, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by population, third-most populous state in the United States and ranks List of states and territories of the United States by population density, seventh in population density as of 2020. Florida spans , ranking List of U.S. states ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tampa
Tampa ( ) is a city on the Gulf Coast of the United States, Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. Tampa's borders include the north shore of Tampa Bay and the east shore of Old Tampa Bay. Tampa is the largest city in the Tampa Bay area and the county seat of Hillsborough County, Florida, Hillsborough County. With an estimated population of 403,364 in 2023, Tampa is the List of United States cities by population, 49th-most populous city in the country and the List of municipalities in Florida, third-most populous city in Florida after Jacksonville, Florida, Jacksonville and Miami. Tampa was founded as a military center in the 19th century, with the establishment of Fort Brooke. The cigar industry was brought to Tampa by Vicente Martinez Ybor, Vincente Martinez Ybor, after whom Ybor City is named. Tampa was reincorporated as a city in 1887 following the American Civil War, Civil War. Tampa's economy is driven by tourism, health care, finance, insurance, technology, construction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Stone (writer)
Peter Hess Stone (February 27, 1930 – April 26, 2003) was an American screenwriter and playwright. Stone is perhaps best remembered by the general public for the screenplays he wrote or co-wrote in the mid-1960s, ''Charade'' (1963), '' Father Goose'' (1964), and ''Mirage'' (1965). Early life and career Early life Peter Hess Stone was born in Los Angeles to Jewish parents. His mother, Hilda (née Hess), was a film writer, and his father, John Stone (born Saul Strumwasser), was a screenwriter and film producer. Hilda was a Bavarian Jew from Bamberg, but was born in Mexico (her father dodged the draft in the 1870s) and lived there for five years with her family until all foreign nationals were kicked out during the Mexican Revolution of 1910. Stone had an older brother David, who was a World War II veteran, serving in the U.S. Navy. When Stone was 15, his parents took him to see '' Mexican Hayride'' starring Bobby Clark at the Hazard's Pavilion. Stone saw Clark throw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
49th Tony Awards
The 49th Annual Tony Awards was held at the Minskoff Theatre on June 4, 1995, and broadcast by CBS. Hosts were Glenn Close, Gregory Hines, and Nathan Lane. Eligibility Shows that opened on Broadway during the 1994–1995 season before May 4, 1995 are eligible. ;Original plays *'' Arcadia'' *'' Defending the Caveman'' *'' Having Our Say'' *'' Indiscretions'' *'' Love! Valour! Compassion!'' *''My Thing of Love'' *''On the Waterfront'' *''Translations'' *'' A Tuna Christmas'' *''What’s Wrong With This Picture?'' ;Original musicals *'' Smokey Joe's Cafe'' *''Sunset Boulevard'' ;Play revivals *''A Christmas Carol'' *''The Glass Menagerie'' *''Hamlet'' *''Hedda Gabler'' *''The Heiress'' *''The Molière Comedies'' *'' A Month in the Country'' *'' Philadelphia, Here I Come!'' *'' The Rose Tattoo'' *'' The Shadow Box'' *''Uncle Vanya'' ;Musical revivals *'' Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'' *'' How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'' *''Show Boat'' The ceremony The musical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LeRoy Neiman
LeRoy Neiman (born LeRoy Leslie Runquist, June 8, 1921 – June 20, 2012) was an American artist known for his brilliantly colored, expressionist paintings and screenprints of athletes, musicians, and sporting events. Early life Neiman was born in 1921 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the son of Lydia Sophia (née Serline), of Braham, Minnesota,Grossmann, Mary Ann"St. Paul played big role in painter Neiman's colorful life" '' St. Paul Pioneer Press'', June 21, 2012 and Charles Julius Runquist, who were married in 1918 and lived in the city of Grasston, Kanabec County, Minnesota. He was of Turkish and Swedish descent ("as near as I can figure out", as he has said). His father deserted his family, and when his mother married his stepfather, John L. Niman (Neiman) in 1926, LeRoy changed to the new surname as well. His mother divorced Neiman about 1935, and married for the third time in about 1940, to Ernst G. Hoelscher, of St. Paul. She died in St. Paul on November 14, 1985, age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
