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David Burtka
David Michael Burtka (born May 29, 1975) is an American actor and professional chef. He is known for his acting roles in theatre and television shows such as ''How I Met Your Mother'' and '' The Play About the Baby''. After his role on ''How I Met Your Mother'', Burtka gained media attention for dating Neil Patrick Harris, whom he later married in 2014. Early life Burtka was born in Dearborn, Michigan, the son of Deborah A. Zajas (died 2008) and Daniel Burtka. He is of Polish descent. He grew up in Canton, Michigan, and graduated from Salem High School in 1993. He trained in acting at Interlochen Center for the Arts, obtained his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Michigan and had further training at the William Esper Studios. Acting career Burtka made his television debut in 2002 with a guest role on ''The West Wing''. This was followed by guest appearances on ''Crossing Jordan.'' Burtka made his Broadway debut as Tulsa in the 2003 revival of '' Gypsy,'' which sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dearborn, Michigan
Dearborn is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2020 census, it had a population of 109,976. Dearborn is the seventh most-populated city in Michigan and is home to the largest Muslim population in the United States per capita. It also is home to the largest mosque in the United States. First settled in the late 18th century by ethnic French farmers in a series of ribbon farms along the Rouge River and the Sauk Trail, the community grew in the 19th century with the establishment of the Detroit Arsenal on the Chicago Road linking Detroit and Chicago. In the 20th century, it developed as a major manufacturing hub for the automotive industry. Henry Ford was born on a farm here and later established an estate in Dearborn, as well as his River Rouge Complex, the largest factory of his Ford empire. He developed mass production of automobiles, and based the world headquarters of the Ford Motor Company here. The city has a campus of the University of Mich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernadette Peters
Bernadette Peters ( ''née'' Lazzara; born February 28, 1948) is an American actress, singer, and children's book author. Over a career spanning more than six decades, she has starred in musical theatre, television and film, performed in solo concerts and released recordings. She is a critically acclaimed Broadway performer, having received seven nominations for Tony Awards, winning two (plus an honorary award), and nine Drama Desk Award nominations, winning three. Four of the Broadway cast albums on which she has starred have won Grammy Awards. Regarded by many as the foremost interpreter of the works of Stephen Sondheim,Witchel, Alex"A True Star, Looking For Places to Shine" ''The New York Times'', February 28, 1999, pg. AR5, retrieved March 28, 2008. Peters is particularly noted for her roles on the Broadway stage, including in the musicals '' Mack and Mabel'' (1974), ''Sunday in the Park with George'' (1984), ''Song and Dance'' (1985), ''Into the Woods'' (1987), '' The Goodb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coming Out
Coming out of the closet, often shortened to coming out, is a metaphor used to describe LGBT people's self-disclosure of their sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity. Framed and debated as a privacy issue, coming out of the closet is experienced variously as a psychological process or journey; decision-making or risk-taking; a strategy or plan; a mass or public event; a speech act and a matter of personal identity; a rite of passage; liberation or emancipation from oppression; an ordeal; a means toward feeling gay pride instead of shame and social stigma; or even a career-threatening act. Author Steven Seidman writes that "it is the power of the closet to shape the core of an individual's life that has made homosexuality into a significant personal, social, and political drama in twentieth-century America". ''Coming out of the closet'' is the source of other gay slang expressions related to voluntary disclosure or lack thereof. LGBT people who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harriet Harris
Harriet Sansom Harris (born January 8, 1955) is an American actress known for her theater performances and for her portrayals of Bebe Glazer on ''Frasier'' and Felicia Tilman on '' Desperate Housewives''. Harris won a Tony Award in 2002 as a Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance in ''Thoroughly Modern Millie''. In addition to television and theater, she has made various film appearances, including '' Memento'', ''Addams Family Values'', ''Nurse Betty'' and ''Phantom Thread''. Early life Harris was born in Fort Worth, Texas, one of two daughters. On her mother's side, she is a descendant of one of the brothers of Marion Sansom, a 20th-century rancher and civic leader. Sansom Park is named after him. She began acting as a youngster, attending Arlington Heights High School. She attended Fort Worth Country Day School and graduated from there in 1973. At age 17, she was accepted at the Juilliard School's Drama Division (1973–77, ''Group 6'') where she earned a Bachel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyne Daly
Ellen Tyne Daly (; born February 21, 1946) is an American actress. She has won six Emmy Awards for her television work, a Tony Award and is a 2011 American Theatre Hall of Fame inductee. Daly began her career on stage in summer stock in New York, and made her Broadway debut in the play ''That Summer – That Fall'' in 1967. She is best known for her television role as Detective Mary Beth Lacey in ''Cagney & Lacey'' (1982–88), for which she is a four-time Emmy Award winner as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. In 1989, she starred in the Broadway revival of '' Gypsy'' and won the 1990 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Her other TV roles include Alice Henderson in '' Christy'' (1994–95), for which she won an Emmy in 1996 and Maxine Gray in ''Judging Amy'' (1999–2005), which won her a sixth Emmy in 2003. Her other Broadway credits include ''The Seagull'' (1992), her Tony-nominated role in '' Rabbit Hole'' (2006) and her Tony-nominated role in '' Mothers and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sierra Boggess
Sierra Marjory Boggess (; born May 20, 1982) is an American theater actress and singer. She is best known for originating the role of Ariel in ''The Little Mermaid'' on Broadway, and for her multiple appearances as Christine Daaé in ''The Phantom of the Opera.'' She began by playing the role in the Las Vegas production of ''Phantom'' in 2006. In 2010, she reprised the role of Christine Daaé in the original London version of '' Love Never Dies'', which continues the story of ''Phantom'', opposite West End / Broadway actor Ramin Karimloo as the Phantom. She also played the role in the Broadway production of ''The Phantom of the Opera'' in 2013. She also originated the role of Rosalie Mullins in School of Rock, 2016. Early life and education Sierra Boggess was born and raised in Denver, Colorado with her older sister, Summer, and her younger sister, Allegra. All three sisters are professional musicians. The three were members of the Colorado Children's Chorale. Her parents are K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It Shoulda Been You
''It Shoulda Been You'' is a musical with music by Barbara Anselmi and book and lyrics by Brian Hargrove. The musical ran on Broadway from March 17, 2015 (previews) to August 9, 2015. The musical involves a wedding which brings together the families who are quite, and comically, different. Production history ''It Shoulda Been You'' premiered at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, New Jersey, on October 4, 2011 and closed on November 4. The musical was directed by David Hyde Pierce and starred Tyne Daly (Judy Steinberg), Lisa Howard (Jenny Steinberg) and Harriet Harris (Georgette Howard). The book and lyrics are by Brian Hargrove with music by Barbara Anselmi, and additional lyrics by Jill Abramovitz, Carla Rose Fisher, Michael Cooper, Ernie Lijoi and Will Randall. The musical ran at the Village Theatre in Issaquah, Washington, and Everett, Washington, from March 14, 2012, to May 20. The musical previously had a reading at the Village Theatre's Festival of New Musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hyde Pierce
David Hyde Pierce (born April 3, 1959) is an American actor and director of stage, film and television. He starred as psychiatrist Dr. Niles Crane on the NBC sitcom ''Frasier'' from 1993 to 2004, and won four Primetime Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award for the role. Pierce also received the 2007 Tony Award for playing Lieutenant Frank Cioffi in the musical '' Curtains''. He is also widely known for playing Frank Prady in eight episodes of the television legal drama ''The Good Wife'', and Henry Newman in the comedy film '' Wet Hot American Summer'' and its subsequent television spin-offs. Pierce has played supporting roles in many films, including Joan Micklin Silver's '' Crossing Delancey'' (1988), Terry Gilliam's ''The Fisher King'' (1991), Nora Ephron's ''Sleepless in Seattle'' (1993), Mike Nichols' '' Wolf'' (1994), and Oliver Stone's ''Nixon'' (1995). He has also starred in the cult romantic comedy ''Down with Love'' (2003), and the dark comedy film ''The Perf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas
''A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas'' (previously titled ''A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas'') is a 2011 American buddy stoner comedy film directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson and written by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg. The sequel to '' Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay'' (2008), it is the third installment in the ''Harold & Kumar'' franchise, and stars John Cho, Kal Penn, and Neil Patrick Harris. The film follows estranged friends Harold Lee (Cho) and Kumar Patel (Penn) as they reunite to hunt for a Christmas tree. Preparations for the film began in May 2009, with Hurwitz, Schlossberg, and Strauss-Schulson signing soon thereafter. Cho, Harris, and Penn returned by June 2010, with the latter departing his role in the U.S. Office of Public Liaison to reprise his role in ''A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas''. Principal photography began later that month and lasted until that August, with filming locations including Detroit, Los Angeles, and New York City. Its marketing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alyson Hannigan
Alyson Lee Hannigan (born March 24, 1974) is an American actress. After starting her career at age four with appearances in commercials, she moved to Hollywood at age 11 and soon got an agent. Hannigan began her film career with supporting roles in the comedy films '' Impure Thoughts'' (1986) and '' My Stepmother is an Alien'' (1988), getting a Young Artist Award nomination for the latter. In 1999, she began starring in the '' American Pie'' film series as Michelle Flaherty, the films' primary love interest, appearing in every film in the series from 1999 to 2012. For her role in the series, she was nominated for three Teen Choice Awards and won a Young Hollywood Award. She went on to star in the parody film ''Date Movie'' (2006), the slasher film ''You Might Be the Killer'' (2018), and the superhero film '' Flora & Ulysses'' (2021). Hannigan got her start in television starring in the short-lived sitcom '' Free Spirit'' from 1989 to 1990, for which she earned a Young A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lily Aldrin
Lily Aldrin is a fictional character in the CBS television series '' How I Met Your Mother.'' Lily is portrayed by American actress Alyson Hannigan. She is married to Marshall Eriksen and the best friend of Ted Mosby, Robin Scherbatsky and Barney Stinson. Lily is a kindergarten teacher and an amateur painter. In the eighth season, she gets a job as an art consultant. Lily is also the only member of the original main cast of the series who has not appeared in every episode, because Alyson Hannigan took leave after giving birth to her first child. Casting Series creator Craig Thomas explained that he based Marshall and Lily on himself and his wife Rebecca. Rebecca had been upset after learning this, but (as she is a fan of ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'') was consoled when Alyson Hannigan was put in the role. Hannigan was looking to do more comedy work after having worked on the ''American Pie'' series and was available for the show. Character overview Lily Aldrin, born M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
