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Stage by Stage South Bank: 1988 – 1996
Stage by Stage South Bank: 1988 – 1996 Stage by Stage The Development of the National Theatre from 1848 Designed by Michael Mayhew Compiled by Lyn Haill & Stephen Wood With thanks to Richard Mangan and The Mander & Mitchenson Theatre Collection, Monica Sollash and The Theatre Museum The majority of the photographs in the exhibition were commissioned by the National Theatre and are part of its archive The exhibition was funded by The Royal National Theatre Foundation Richard Eyre. Photograph by John Haynes. 1988 To mark the company’s 25th birthday in Peter Hall’s last year as Director of the National October, The Queen approves the title ‘Royal’ Theatre. He stages three late Shakespeare for the National Theatre, and attends an plays (The Tempest, The Winter’s Tale, and anniversary gala in the Olivier. Cymbeline) in the Cottesloe then in the Olivier, and leaves to start his own company in the The funds raised are to set up a National West End. Theatre Endowment Fund. Lord Rayne retires as Chairman of the Board and is succeeded ‘This building in solid concrete will be here by the Lady Soames, daughter of Winston for ever and ever, whatever successive Churchill. governments can do to muck it up. The place exists as a necessary part of the cultural scene Prince Charles, in a TV documentary on of this country.’ Peter Hall architecture, describes the National as ‘a way of building a nuclear power station in the September: Richard Eyre takes over as Director middle of London without anyone objecting’. of the National. 1989 Alan Bennett’s Single Spies, consisting of two A series of co-productions with regional short plays, contains the first representation on companies begins with Tony Harrison’s version the British stage of a living monarch, in a scene of Molière’s The Misanthrope, presented with in which Sir Anthony Blunt has a discussion Bristol Old Vic and directed by its artistic with ‘HMQ’. -
Into the Woods Is Presented Through Special Arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI)
PREMIER SPONSOR ASSOCIATE SPONSOR MEDIA SPONSOR Music and Lyrics by Book by Stephen Sondheim James Lapine June 28-July 13, 2019 Originally Directed on Broadway by James Lapine Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick Original Broadyway production by Heidi Landesman Rocco Landesman Rick Steiner M. Anthony Fisher Frederic H. Mayerson Jujamcyn Theatres Originally produced by the Old Globe Theater, San Diego, CA. Scenic Design Costume Design Shoko Kambara† Megan Rutherford Lighting Design Puppetry Consultant Miriam Nilofa Crowe† Peter Fekete Sound Design Casting Director INTO The Jacqueline Herter Michael Cassara, CSA Woods Musical Director Choreographer/Associate Director Daniel Lincoln^ Andrea Leigh-Smith Production Stage Manager Production Manager Myles C. Hatch* Adam Zonder Director Michael Barakiva+ Into the Woods is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.com Music and Lyrics by Book by STEPHEN JAMES Directed by SONDHEIM LAPINE MICHAEL * Member of Actor’s Equity Association, † USA - Member of Originally directed on Broadway by James LapineBARAKIVA the Union of Professional Actors and United Scenic Artists Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick Stage Managers in the United States. Local 829. ^ Member of American Federation of Musicians, + Local 802 or 380. CAST NARRATOR ............................................................................................................................................HERNDON LACKEY* CINDERELLA -
The Nineteenth-Century Russian Gypsy Choir and the Performance of Otherness
The Nineteenth-Century Russian Gypsy Choir and the Performance of Otherness Erik R. Scott Summer 2008 Erik R. Scott is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History, at the University of California, Berkeley Acknowledgments I would like to thank Professor Victoria Frede and my fellow graduate students in her seminar on Imperial Russian History. Their careful reading and constructive comments were foremost in my mind as I conceptualized and wrote this paper, first for our seminar in spring 2006, now as a revised work for publication. Abstract: As Russia’s nineteenth-century Gypsy craze swept through Moscow and St. Petersburg, Gypsy musicians entertained, dined with, and in some cases married Russian noblemen, bureaucrats, poets, and artists. Because the Gypsies’ extraordinary musical abilities supposedly stemmed from their unique Gypsy nature, the effectiveness of their performance rested on the definition of their ethnic identity as separate and distinct from that of the Russian audience. Although it drew on themes deeply embedded in Russian— and European—culture, the Orientalist allure of Gypsy performance was in no small part self-created and self-perpetuated by members of Russia’s renowned Gypsy choirs. For it was only by performing their otherness that Gypsies were able to seize upon their specialized role as entertainers, which gave this group of outsiders temporary control over their elite Russian audiences even as the songs, dances, costumes, and gestures of their performance were shaped perhaps more by audience expectations than by Gypsy musical traditions. The very popularity of the Gypsy musical idiom and the way it intimately reflected the Russian host society would later bring about a crisis of authenticity that by the end of the nineteenth century threatened the magical potential of Gypsy song and dance by suggesting it was something less than the genuine article. -
The Enduring Power of Musical Theatre Curated by Thom Allison
THE ENDURING POWER OF MUSICAL THEATRE CURATED BY THOM ALLISON PRODUCTION SUPPORT IS GENEROUSLY PROVIDED BY NONA MACDONALD HEASLIP PRODUCTION CO-SPONSOR LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Welcome to the Stratford Festival. It is a great privilege to gather and share stories on this beautiful territory, which has been the site of human activity — and therefore storytelling — for many thousands of years. We wish to honour the ancestral guardians of this land and its waterways: the Anishinaabe, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Wendat, and the Attiwonderonk. Today many Indigenous peoples continue to call this land home and act as its stewards, and this responsibility extends to all peoples, to share and care for this land for generations to come. CURATED AND DIRECTED BY THOM ALLISON THE SINGERS ALANA HIBBERT GABRIELLE JONES EVANGELIA KAMBITES MARK UHRE THE BAND CONDUCTOR, KEYBOARD ACOUSTIC BASS, ELECTRIC BASS, LAURA BURTON ORCHESTRA SUPERVISOR MICHAEL McCLENNAN CELLO, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR DRUM KIT GEORGE MEANWELL DAVID CAMPION The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited. A MESSAGE FROM OUR ARTISTIC DIRECTOR WORLDS WITHOUT WALLS Two young people are in love. They’re next- cocoon, and now it’s time to emerge in a door neighbours, but their families don’t get blaze of new colour, with lively, searching on. So they’re not allowed to meet: all they work that deals with profound questions and can do is whisper sweet nothings to each prompts us to think and see in new ways. other through a small gap in the garden wall between them. Eventually, they plan to While I do intend to program in future run off together – but on the night of their seasons all the plays we’d planned to elopement, a terrible accident of fate impels present in 2020, I also know we can’t just them both to take their own lives. -
GYPSY CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS: • Momma Rose
GYPSY CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS: • Momma Rose (age from 35 - 50) The ultimate stage mother. Lives her life vicariously through her two daughters, whom she's put into show business. She is loud, brash, pushy and single- minded, but at times can be doting and charming. She is holding down demons of her own that she is afraid to face. Her voice is the ultimate powerful Broadway belt. Minimal dance but must move well. Comic timing a must. Strong Mezzo/Alto with good low notes and belt. • Baby June (age 9-10) is a Shirley Temple-like up-and-coming vaudeville star, and Madam Rose's youngest daughter. Her onstage demeanor is sugary-sweet, cute, precocious and adorable to the nth degree. Needs to be no taller than 3', 5". An adorable character - Mama Rose's shining star. Strong child singer, strong dancer. Mezzo. • Young Louise (about 12) She should look a couple years older than Baby June. She is Madam Rose's brow-beaten oldest daughter, and has always played second fiddle to her baby sister. She is shy, awkward, a little sad and subdued; she doesn't have the confidence of her sister. Strong acting skills needed. The character always dances slightly out of step but the actress playing this part must be able to dance. Mezzo singer. • Herbie (about 45) agent for Rose's children and Rose's boyfriend and a possible husband number 4. He has a heart of gold but also has the power to defend the people he loves with strength. Minimum dance. A Baritone, sings in one group number, two duets and trio with Rose and Louise. -
Artswest Playhouse and Gallery Announces UNCHARTED the 2016-2017 Season
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: May 12, 2016 Contact: Laura Lee Email: [email protected] Phone: (206) 938-0963, ext. 114 ArtsWest Playhouse and Gallery announces UNCHARTED the 2016-2017 Season SEATTLE, WA (May 12, 2016) – ArtsWest Artistic Director Mathew Wright has announced his second season, running September 2016 through July 2017. Opening with acclaimed dramatist Terrence McNally’s MOTHERS AND SONS, the six production season will include the magical story telling of PETER AND THE STARCATCHER based on the novel by Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson; an Olivier Award winning new adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s GHOSTS; a piercing glimpse into the teen-age world in Kirsten Greenidge’s MILK LIKE SUGAR; Byrony Lavery’s unflinching drama FROZEN; and the Stephen Sondheim musical thriller SWEENEY TODD. “Through a variety of lenses, periods and styles, we are looking at the ways in which parents and children navigate the seemingly uncharted path out of childhood and into adulthood.” shares Artistic Director Mathew Wright. In addition to the six show season, ArtsWest is pleased to announce a co-production with ACT and Circle X Theatre Co. in the presentation of an incendiary new rock musical BAD APPLES, directed by ACT Artistic Director John Langs at ACT’s Falls Theatre in the fall of 2016. MOTHERS AND SONS By Terrence McNally September 22 – October 23, 2016 2014 Tony Award Nominated Best Play 2014 Drama League Nominated Outstanding Play By turns smartly funny and powerfully resonant, this latest play from acclaimed dramatist Terrence McNally (Love! Valour! Compassion! Corpus Christi, Master Class) portrays a woman who pays an unexpected visit to the New York apartment of her late son’s partner, who is now married to another man and has a young son. -
Putting It Together
46th Season • 437th Production SEGERSTROM STAGE / September 11 - October 11, 2009 David Emmes Martin Benson Producing ArtiStic director ArtiStic director presents PUTTING IT TOGETHER words and music by Stephen Sondheim devised by Stephen Sondheim and Julia McKenzie Thomas Buderwitz Soojin Lee Steven Young Drew Dalzell Scenic deSign coStume deSign Lighting deSign Sound deSign Joshua Marchesi Jamie A. Tucker* Production mAnAger StAge mAnAger musical direction by Dennis Castellano directed by Nick DeGruccio Dr. S.L. and Mrs. Betty Eu Huang Huang Family Foundation honorAry ProducerS corPorAte Producer Putting It Together is presented through special arrangement with music theatre international (mti). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by mti. 421 West 54th Street, new york, ny 10019; Phone: 212-541-4684 Fax: 212-397-4684; www.mtiShows.com Putting It Together• SOUTH COA S T REPE R TO R Y P1 THE CAST (in order of appearance) Matt McGrath* Harry Groener* Niki Scalera* Dan Callaway* Mary Gordon Murray* MUSICIANS Dennis Castellano (conductor/keyboards), John Glaudini (synthesizer), John Reilly (woodwinds), Louis Allee (percussion) SETTING A New York penthouse apartment. Now. LENGTH Approximately two hours including one 15-minute intermission. PRODUCTION STAFF Casting ................................................................................ Joanne DeNaut, CSA Dramaturg .......................................................................... Linda Sullivan Baity Assistant Stage Manager ............................................................. -
Stephanie Mccarron
Stephanie McCarron Some fact´s at first… When and where were you born? 25 January 1982, born in Derry, North Ireland. Your height? 5 feet 4 inches What is your favourite food? Italian Food / Crisps Your favourite music? Pop Your favourite movie? „Annie“, „Wizard of Oz“ Your favourite city / place in the world, you have visited so far? China, Japan What’s the most treasured moment in your life, so far? When I danced with Michael on stage Feet of Flames. The day I stepped on stage as gypsy. About your family… Please tell us something about your parents - what do they do for their living? Do they dance as well? Yes, my Mum danced when she was younger. My mum is a loans officer and my dad is a baker. Do you have any brothers or sisters? How old are they? Do they dance, too? What do they do for their living? Yes, I have one older sister and 2 older brothers. My sister danced for a while when she was younger. My sister is a hair dresser and my 2 brothers are engineers. Is it hard for you, to be apart from your family for such a long time while touring? How often are you able to travel back home again? Yes, it does get hard some times, because we´re such a close family. We usually get home every few months for a few days or weeks. What do your family thinks of your job as a Show Dancer? Are they proud of you? How often do they visit you on tour and watch you dancing the Show? My family think my job as a show dancer is fantastic. -
Six Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello
McCoy Theatre Rhodes College presents Music by: Book adapted from Voltaire by: Lyrics by: Leornard Bernstein Hugh Wheeler Richard Wilbur Six Characters In Search Of An Author by Luigi Pirandello Season 10 McCoy Theatre Rhodes College presents Six Characters In Search Of An Author by Luigi Pirandello Directed by Elfin Frederick Vogel McCoy Visiting Artist Guest Director Assistant Director Misty Wakeland Technical Director Steve Jones Set Designer Steve Jones Lighting Designer Kristina Kloss Costume Designer David Jilg Assistant Costumer Charlotte Higginbotham Stage Manager Tracy Castleberry Assistant Stage Manager Louise Casini produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. 7 Six Characters in Search of an Author Cast Father ..............................................................Albert Hoagbarth Mother ..................................................................... Dina Facklis Stepdaughter ................................................... Catherine Eckman Son ...................................................................... Eric Underdahl Madame Pace ...................................................... Kimberly Groat Little Girl .................................................................Alison Kamhi Little Boy .....................................................................Tim Olcott Director .......................................................................Chris Hall Lead Actor........ .......................................................John Nichols Lead Actress ......................................................... -
Desperate Housewives a Lot Goes on in the Strange Neighborhood of Wisteria Lane
Desperate Housewives A lot goes on in the strange neighborhood of Wisteria Lane. Sneak into the lives of five women: Susan, a single mother; Lynette, a woman desperately trying to b alance family and career; Gabrielle, an exmodel who has everything but a good m arriage; Bree, a perfect housewife with an imperfect relationship and Edie Britt , a real estate agent with a rocking love life. These are the famous five of Des perate Housewives, a primetime TV show. Get an insight into these popular charac ters with these Desperate Housewives quotes. Susan Yeah, well, my heart wants to hurt you, but I'm able to control myself! How would you feel if I used your child support payments for plastic surgery? Every time we went out for pizza you could have said, "Hey, I once killed a man. " Okay, yes I am closer to your father than I have been in the past, the bitter ha tred has now settled to a respectful disgust. Lynette Please hear me out this is important. Today I have a chance to join the human rac e for a few hours there are actual adults waiting for me with margaritas. Loo k, I'm in a dress, I have makeup on. We didn't exactly forget. It's just usually when the hostess dies, the party is off. And I love you because you find ways to compliment me when you could just say, " I told you so." Gabrielle I want a sexy little convertible! And I want to buy one, right now! Why are all rich men such jerks? The way I see it is that good friends support each other after something bad has happened, great friends act as if nothing has happened. -
Meet the Company of RSVP's Spamalot!
Meet the Company of RSVP’s Production of Monty Python’s Spamalot! The Cast: Sammie Joe Baltes (Laker Girl/Frenchie) is excited to spend another summer with RSVP! She has been seen in numerous RSVP productions including Gypsy, Annie Get Your Gun, and The Sound of Music. Sammie Joe was most recently seen tapping for scholarships in Dancing with the Randolph Stars. “Many thanks and lots of love to my Squad!” Karissa Carpenter (Laker Girl/Frenchie) is an upcoming freshman and cheerleader at Catawba College with a major in theatre and psychology. She has been in various RSVP productions including A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Annie Get Your Gun, The Sound of Music, and The Wizard of Oz. She is honored to be involved with such a wonderful cast. “It has truly been an amazing experience.” Casey Daniel (Sir Robin) is so happy to be a part of Spamalot as his first production here at RSVP. He wants to thank his family, friends, and professors for pushing him to work hard. He would also like to add "Chipotle is love, Chipotle is life." Lydia Davis (Lady of the Lake) is a graduate of UNCG where she was involved in Women's Glee and the acapella group, the UNCG Sapphires. This is her first show with RSVP and she is excited about the opportunity! She thanks the cast, crew, and production staff for a wonderful and fun-filled experience! RSVP Community Theatre’s Production of MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT, July-August 2015, Asheboro, NC; www.rsvptheatre.org Reagan England (Laker Girl/Frenchie), 18 years old, plans to attend UNC-Charlotte this fall. -
May 25 – July 8, 2018 PRODUCTION STAFF & ARTISTS
presents Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by Hugh Wheeler Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick Suggested by a Film by Ingmar Bergman Originally produced and directed on Broadway by Harold Prince Directed by Linda Fortunato** Music Direction by Tom Vendafreddo Re-orchestrations by Malcolm Ruhl PERFORMERS Desiree Armfeldt .............................................................................................................. Kelli Harrington Fredrik Egerman ....................................................................................................................Peter Robel* Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm ........................................................................................Christopher Davis Countess Charlotte Malcolm .......................................................................................Stephanie Stockstill Anne Egerman ........................................................................................................................Rachel Guth Henrik Egerman ............................................................................................................ Jordan Dell Harris Mme. Armfeldt ...........................................................................................................Marguerite Mariama Fredrika Armfeldt ..............................................................................................................Isabelle Roberts Petra ...............................................................................................................................Teressa