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Baby (musical)
''Baby'' is a musical with a book by Sybille Pearson, based on a story developed with Susan Yankowitz, music by David Shire, and lyrics by Richard Maltby Jr. It concerns the reactions of three couples each expecting a child. The musical first ran on Broadway from 1983 to 1984. Plot Act I Lizzie and Danny are a young couple still in college living together, and Danny is a musician. Alan and Arlene are a couple in their 40s who have just come back home after a trip together. Pam and Nick are a young couple in their thirties who want a baby more than anything. The couples sing a song about hopeful change for the future and how the year is passing by. Lizzie, Arlene and Pam all go to the doctor for different reasons- Lizzie thinks she has the flu, Arlene has a check-up, and Pam has missed her period again. At the doctor's office, each couple finds out the woman is pregnant ("We Start Today"). Danny decides if Lizzie is to keep the baby, they must get married, which Lizzie do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Shire
David Lee Shire (born July 3, 1937) is an American songwriter and composer of stage musicals, film and television scores. The soundtracks to the 1976 film ''The Big Bus'', '' The Taking of Pelham One Two Three'', ''The Conversation'' and ''All the President's Men'', and parts of the ''Saturday Night Fever'' soundtrack such as "Manhattan Skyline", are some of his best-known works. His other work includes the score of the 1985 film ''Return to Oz'' (the "sequel-in-part" of '' The Wizard of Oz''), and the stage musical scores of ''Baby'', ''Big'', ''Closer Than Ever'', and '' Starting Here, Starting Now''. Shire is married to actress Didi Conn. Education and early career Shire was born in Buffalo, New York, to Esther Miriam (née Sheinberg) and Buffalo society band leader and piano teacher Irving Daniel Shire. His family was Jewish. His secondary education was at the Nichols School. He met his long-time theater collaborator lyricist/director Richard Maltby, Jr. at Yale University, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Von Mayrhauser
Jennifer von Mayrhauser is an American costume designer who has designed costumes for more than thirty Broadway productions, and is notable for her significant contributions in film, television, and theatre. Life and studies Von Mayrhauser was born in Ithaca, New York.Greenberg, Jan W. ''Theater Careers''. Holt, Rinehart and Winston/New York, 1983. p. 146. . Her father, Thomas G. Bergin, a noted author and a translator of Dante, Petrarch and Vico, was also a professor and Master of Timothy Dwight College at Yale University. She attended Emma Willard School in Troy, New York, founded by the women's rights advocate Emma Willard in 1814. She also studied at Francis Holland School in London. She then earned a theatre degree from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. In New York City she studied costume design at Lester Polakov's New York Studio and Forum of Stage Design, a significant training program for theatre designers, founded in 1958 in Greenwich Village. She was Adju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suncorp Theatre
The State Government Insurance Office Theatre (also known as the SGIO Theatre or Suncorp Theatre), was a 600-seat proscenium theatre built within the SGIO office building at 179 Turbot Street, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. History The Queensland Government purchased the site of the old Albert Hall on Albert Street, a popular theatre venue, from the Methodist Church and the new theatre opened on 27 May 1969. It was designed by Conrad Gargett and Partners, with input from several of the Brisbane theatre companies. The exterior of the building reflected its function as an office building. The first production at the theatre was Peter Shaffer's The Royal Hunt of the Sun for the new Queensland Theatre Company (QTC). The QTC used the theatre as its chief venue for 30 years. Closure of the theatre The government owned the SGIO and Twelfth Night theatres in Brisbane and following the success of the Commonwealth Games and World Expo 88 in Brisbane, plans proceeded on the develo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Ripley
Alice Ripley (born December 14, 1963) is an American actress, singer, songwriter and mixed media artist. She is known, in particular, for her various roles on Broadway in musicals, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning ''Next to Normal'' (2009 Tony Award, Best Actress in a Musical) and ''Side Show''. She most recently played three roles in the short-lived Broadway musical, ''American Psycho''.Hetrick, Adam"Alice Ripley and Jennifer Damiano Reunite in Broadway Slasher Musical American Psycho"Playbill.com, November 9, 2015. Alice Ripley has released albums with her band, RIPLEY, including the single, "Beautiful Eyes", released in February 2012. She also performs as a solo artist, while in February 2011 she released ''Alice Ripley Daily Practice, Volume 1'', a stripped-down collection of acoustic rock covers. Early life Ripley was born in California and graduated from West Carrollton High School outside of Dayton, Ohio. Career Early work Ripley attended DePauw University, where s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockton, California
Stockton is a city in and the county seat of San Joaquin County in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. Stockton was founded by Carlos Maria Weber in 1849 after he acquired Rancho Campo de los Franceses. The city is named after Robert F. Stockton, and it was the first community in California to have a name not of Spanish or Native American origin. The city is located on the San Joaquin River in the northern San Joaquin Valley. Stockton is the 11th largest city in California and the 58th largest city in the United States. It was named an All-America City in 1999, 2004, and 2015 and again in 2017. Built during the California Gold Rush, Stockton's seaport serves as a gateway to the Central Valley and beyond. It provided easy access for trade and transportation to the southern gold mines. The University of the Pacific (UOP), chartered in 1851, is the oldest university in California, and has been located in Stockton since 1923. In 2012, Stockton filed for what wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Theatre International
Music Theatre International (MTI) is a theatrical licensing agency based in New York City. Description MTI was founded in 1952 by American composer and lyricist Frank Loesser and orchestrator Don Walker. Along with the licensing rights to Loesser's works, the firm licenses production rights of over 500 Broadway, Off-Broadway, and West End musicals, including many hit shows. CBS acquired MTI in 1976. After SBK acquired CBS' music publishing in 1986, MTI was spun off as a separate company to a group led by Nicholas Firth. A group led by Freddie Gershon acquired MTI in 1989. Cameron Mackintosh became a partner in 1990 and majority owner in 2015. Musical types MTI holds various types of musicals one can license. * MTI Show: These are shows from various types of theater such as Broadway. These include musicals such as ''Ragtime'', '' Ain't Misbehavin''', ''Pippin,'' and '' Seussical''. * Broadway Junior: These sixty-minute musicals have been adapted for middle school kids to p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheffield, Ohio
Sheffield is a village in Lorain County, Ohio, United States, along the Black River. The population was 3,982 at the 2010 census. Geography Sheffield is located at (41.448009, -82.083397). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and is water. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 3,982 people, 1,581 households, and 1,160 families living in the village. The population density was . There were 1,666 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 89.3% White, 4.0% African American, 0.3% Native American, 2.7% Asian, 1.4% from other races, and 2.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.1% of the population. There were 1,581 households, of which 26.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.3% were married couples living together, 6.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.2% had a male householder with no wife p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Rupert
Michael John Rupert (born October 23, 1951, Denver, Colorado) is an American actor, singer, director and composer. In 1968 he made his Broadway debut in ''The Happy Time'' as Bibi Bonnard for which he received a Tony Award nomination and the Theater World Award. He originated the role of "Marvin" in the William Finn musicals ''March of the Falsettos'' and ''Falsettoland''. Rupert has been the nominee and recipient of several Tony and Drama Desk awards. Early life At 16 years old, Rupert made his Broadway debut in 1968 in Kander and Ebb's ''The Happy Time'' as the young Bibi Bonnard. His performance earned him the 1968 Theater World Award and his first Tony Award nomination for Featured Actor in a Musical. At the 22nd Tony Awards, Rupert performed "The Happy Time" and "A Certain Girl" from ''The Happy Time'' alongside his castmates Robert Goulet and David Wayne. He returned to California after ''The Happy Time'', and appeared in local theater while in high school.Pacheco, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norm Lewis
Norm Lewis (born June 2, 1963) is an American actor and singer. He has appeared in Europe, on Broadway, in film, television, recordings and regional theatre. Productions that he has been involved in include ''Dessa Rose'', ''Miss Saigon'', '' The Wild Party'', and several others. Lewis was the first African-American actor to perform in the title role in Broadway's long-running production of ''Phantom of the Opera''.Hetrick, Adam and Daniels, Karu F"Norm Lewis Ends History-Making Engagement in Broadway's 'Phantom of the Opera '' Playbill''. February 7, 2015. Early life Lewis was born in Tallahassee, Florida and grew up in Eatonville, Florida. He graduated in 1981 from Edgewater High School, Orlando. He worked at the '' Orlando Sentinel'' prior to his acting career. Career Lewis credits the kickoff of his career to Ralph Petillo, who ran Theatre on Park in Winter Park, Florida. Lewis was featured as Agwe in the Gateway Playhouse (Bellport, New York) production of '' Once o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LaChanze
Rhonda LaChanze Sapp, known professionally as LaChanze (; born December 16, 1961), is an American actress, singer, and dancer. She won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical in 2006 for her role as Celie Harris Johnson in ''The Color Purple''. Early life and education Born in St. Augustine, Florida, to Walter and Rosalie Sapp, her stage name "LaChanze" (Creole: the charmed one) is taken from her grandmother. After moving to Connecticut, her childhood love of singing and dancing caused her mother to enroll her in the Bowen Peters Cultural Arts Center in New Haven. There she discovered her love for performing. At Warren Harding High School in Bridgeport, LaChanze made her debut as Lola in the school production of ''Damn Yankees''. After high school, LaChanze studied drama at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland, before transferring to the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, where she studied Theater and Dance. Career Her first summer jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chad Kimball
Chad Kimball (born September 2, 1976) is an American stage actor known for roles in musical theatre, especially Huey Calhoun in the Broadway musical ''Memphis'' and Milky White in the 2002 Broadway revival of ''Into the Woods''. Early life and career Kimball was raised in Seattle, Washington, and graduated from Boston Conservatory with a BFA in musical theatre in 1999. After moving to New York City, he joined the Broadway musical '' The Civil War'', three weeks before it closed. He was in the Off-Broadway revival of ''Godspell'' in 2000 and the Broadway revival of ''Into the Woods'' in 2002 as Milky White the cow and an understudy for Jack and the Wolf/Rapunzel’s Prince. He appeared in the Broadway musicals ''Lennon'' and '' Good Vibrations'' in 2005. During this period, he also appeared in regional theatre as Anthony in ''Sweeney Todd'' at the Signature Theatre (1999), ''Baby'' at the Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn, New Jersey (2004), and ''Little Fish'' in 2007 at the Blan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolee Carmello
Carolee Ann Carmello (born September 1, 1962) is an American actress best known for her performances in Broadway musicals and for playing the role of Maple LaMarsh on the television series ''Remember WENN'' (1996–1998). She is a three-time Tony Award nominee and a five-time Drama Desk nominee, winning the 1999 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical for her role in '' Parade''. Career Carmello graduated from the University at Albany with a degree in business administration. Carmello made her Broadway debut in a small role in '' City of Angels'' and returned to close the show in the role of "Oolie/Donna". She left ''City of Angels'' to take the role of Florence in the tour of '' Chess'', from January 1990 to May 1990. She played "Cordelia, the kosher caterer" in the original Broadway company of ''Falsettos'' and also played Abigail Adams in the revival of ''1776''. In the Broadway company of ''The Scarlet Pimpernel'', Carmello was a replacement in the role of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
