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Beth Leavel
Beth Leavel (born November 1, 1955) is a Tony Award-winning American stage and screen actress and singer. Life and career Leavel attended Needham B. Broughton High School and Meredith College, earning a degree in social work. She completed a graduate theatre degree at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1980. She acted during college, appearing in productions such as ''Cabaret'' and '' Hello, Dolly!'' Her Broadway debut was in the 1980 production of '' 42nd Street'' as a replacement for Annie. Leavel was in the original Broadway cast of '' Crazy for You'' (1992) as Tess and an understudy for Polly Baker. In 1999, she played the roles of Mabel and Mrs. Bixby in '' The Civil War''. Leavel returned to the Broadway revival of ''42nd Street'' in 2001 as a standby for Maggie Jones and Dorothy Brock, eventually playing the latter. She played the starring role of Beatrice Stockwell in '' The Drowsy Chaperone'', for which she helped to create the character's backstory a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh (; ) is the capital city of the state of North Carolina and the seat of Wake County in the United States. It is the second-most populous city in North Carolina, after Charlotte. Raleigh is the tenth-most populous city in the Southeast, the 41st-most populous city in the U.S., and the largest city of the Research Triangle metro area. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak trees, which line the streets in the heart of the city. The city covers a land area of . The U.S. Census Bureau counted the city's population as 474,069 in the 2020 census. It is one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States. The city of Raleigh is named after Sir Walter Raleigh, who established the lost Roanoke Colony in present-day Dare County. Raleigh is home to North Carolina State University (NC State) and is part of the Research Triangle together with Durham (home of Duke University and North Carolina Central University) and Chapel Hill (home of the Univer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Martin
Andrea Louise Martin (born January 15, 1947) is an American-Canadian actress, singer, and comedian, best known for her work in the television series '' SCTV'' and '' Great News''. She has appeared in films such as '' Black Christmas'' (1974), '' Wag the Dog'' (1997), ''Hedwig and the Angry Inch'' (2001), '' My Big Fat Greek Wedding'' (2002), '' My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2'' (2016), and '' Little Italy'' (2018). She has also lent her voice to the animated films '' Anastasia'' (1997), ''The Rugrats Movie'' (1998), and '' Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'' (2001). Martin has been equally prolific in the world of theater, winning Tony Awards for both '' My Favorite Year'' and the 2013 revival of '' Pippin''. Martin also appeared on Broadway in '' Candide'', ''Oklahoma!'', ''Fiddler on the Roof'', ''Young Frankenstein'', '' Exit the King'', and '' Act One''. She has received five nominations for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, more than any other actress in the award's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baby It's You!
''Baby It's You!'' is a jukebox musical written by Floyd Mutrux and Colin Escott, featuring pop and rock hits of the 1960s, with a special emphasis on songs by the Shirelles and other acts signed to Scepter Records. The show "tells the story of Florence Greenberg and Scepter Records, the label Greenberg started when she signed the Shirelles." After several tryouts and premieres, the show debuted on Broadway in April 2011, directed by Sheldon Epps. Background Greenberg and the Shirelles The Shirelles were an American girl group in the early 1960s, and the first to have a number one single on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The members of the quartet were Shirley Owens (the main lead singer), Doris Coley, Beverly Lee, and Addie "Micki" Harris. Florence Greenberg (September 16, 1913 – November 2, 1995) originally created Tiara Records. The first song recorded and released on the label was "I Met Him On a Sunday", by the Shirelles. Just as the record started to break locall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Hirschfeld Theatre
The Al Hirschfeld Theatre, originally the Martin Beck Theatre, is a Broadway theater at 302 West 45th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1924, it was designed by G. Albert Lansburgh in a Moorish and Byzantine style and was constructed for vaudevillian Martin Beck. It has 1,404 seats across two levels and is operated by Jujamcyn Theaters. Both the facade and the interior are New York City landmarks. The Al Hirschfeld's auditorium and stage house share a design for their facade. There is a double-height arcade with cast-stone columns at the base of the theater. The eastern section of the arcade contains the auditorium entrance, the center section includes a staircase with emergency exits, and the western section leads to the stage house. Red brick is used for the upper stories of the facade. Albert Herter, a muralist who frequently collaborated with Lansburgh, oversaw much of the interior design. A square ticket lobby is directl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elf (musical)
''Elf'' is a musical based on the motion picture of the same name, with a score by Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin. The book is adapted by Bob Martin and Thomas Meehan from the 2003 film. The musical ran on Broadway in the Christmas seasons of 2010–11 and 2012–13, in the West End in the 2015–16 season, and has also toured extensively, often during the Christmas holiday season. Plot Buddy Hobbs, a young orphan child, mistakenly crawls into Santa Claus' bag of gifts and is transported back to the North Pole. After discovering the baby, Santa and his elves decide to raise the child as an elf. Years later, Buddy finds out that he's actually a human being and, at Santa's prompting, heads off to New York City in search of his father, Walter Hobbs. Faced with the harsh reality that Walter is on the naughty list and his son, Michael, doesn't even believe in Santa, Buddy is determined to win over his birth family and help New York City remember the true meaning of Christmas. D ... [...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] |
Mamma Mia! (musical)
''Mamma Mia!'' (promoted as ''Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus' Mamma Mia!'') is a jukebox musical written by British playwright Catherine Johnson, based on songs recorded by Swedish group ABBA and composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, members of the band. The title of the musical is taken from the group's 1975 chart-topper " Mamma Mia". Ulvaeus and Andersson, who composed the original music for ABBA, were involved in the development of the show from the beginning. Singer Anni-Frid Lyngstad was involved financially in the production and she was also present at many of the premieres around the world. The musical includes such hits as " Super Trouper", " Lay All Your Love on Me", " Dancing Queen", " Knowing Me, Knowing You", " Take a Chance on Me", " Thank You for the Music", " Money, Money, Money", " The Winner Takes It All", " Voulez-Vous", "SOS" and " Mamma Mia". Over 65 million people have seen the show, which has grossed $4 billion worldwide since its 1999 debut. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Koffman
Laura Bonarrigo-Koffman (born Laura Bonarrigo) is an American actress. Early life Laura Bonarrigo was born in Brookline, Massachusetts. She became a member of ''The Shoestring Players'', a professional children’s theater group, while still in grade school. While in high school, her family moved from Massachusetts to a large farm in Thomaston, Maine. She became involved in community theater and in 1981, decided to compete in the ''Miss Maine National Teenager Pageant''. The first year she competed, she came in second and won the congeniality award. She ran again in 1982 and won the overall title in addition to winning the awards for most photogenic, citizenship and again, congeniality. She competed in the ''Miss National Teenagers Pageant'' in 1982. In 1986, she graduated from the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, after studying acting, voice and movement. She returned to Maine to continue her acting studies at both the International Film and Television Works ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Ziemba
Karen Ziemba (born November 12, 1957) is an American actress, singer and dancer, best known for her work in musical theatre. In 2000, she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance in ''Contact''. Biography Ziemba was born in St. Joseph, Michigan, the daughter of Barbara Marie (Heidt) and Oscar Hugo Ziemba, an investment broker. Her grandmother, Winifred Heidt, was an opera singer. Ziemba attended the University of Akron (Ohio), where she studied dance. In 1977 she danced with the Ohio Ballet."Karen Ziemba" tcm.com, accessed October 23, 2013 Her Broadway debut was in '''' as Diana Morales. Later, she played the lead of Peggy Sawyer in '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauren Worsham
Lauren Tolbert Worsham (born April 4, 1982) is an American actress and singer known for her work in the opera and musical theatre. She received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her role in ''A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder''. She is also known for being the lead singer of the band Sky-Pony, which has released two albums with original songs titled "Say You Love Me Like You Mean It" and "Raptured Live". Early life and education Worsham is the daughter of Belinda (née Petty) and Dennis Worsham, who works in real estate. She was raised in Austin, Texas, United States, and graduated from Yale University with a degree in Spanish. While at Yale, she was involved with theatre and music, and performed with the acapella group, ''Shades''. During a summer at Yale she traveled to Scotland to perform theatre at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She has a brother, Parker Ainsworth, who is also a musician. Career Theatre One of Worsham's first jobs was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Fitzgerald (actor)
Christopher Cantwell Fitzgerald (born November 26, 1972) is an American actor and singer. He is known for his role as Boq in the musical '' Wicked'' and his role of Igor in ''Young Frankenstein'', for which he earned Outer Critics Circle Award, Drama Desk Award, and Tony Award nominations. He also starred as Ogie Anhorn in the Broadway production of '' Waitress'', with songs composed by Sara Bareilles. Early life Fitzgerald was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, the son of Victoria D. Field, who worked for the American Kennel Club, and James W. Fitzgerald, Jr., a real estate agent at Coldwell Banker. He grew up in South Portland, Maine and attended Waynflete School in Portland in 1991. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Theater from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. He is a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. He also gained a master's degree in Fine Arts from the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. He studied "techniques of clowning but also mime and stor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Frankenstein
''Young Frankenstein'' is a 1974 American comedy horror film directed by Mel Brooks. The screenplay was co-written by Brooks and Gene Wilder. Wilder also starred in the lead role as the title character, a descendant of the infamous Dr. Victor Frankenstein. Peter Boyle portrayed the monster. The film co-stars Teri Garr, Cloris Leachman, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars, Richard Haydn, and Gene Hackman. The film is a parody of the classic horror film genre, in particular the various film adaptations of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel '' Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus'' produced by Universal Pictures in the 1930s. Much of the lab equipment used as props was created by Kenneth Strickfaden for the 1931 film ''Frankenstein''. To help evoke the atmosphere of the earlier films, Brooks shot the picture entirely in black and white, a rarity in the 1970s, and employed 1930s-style opening credits and scene transitions such as iris outs, wipes, and fades to bla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
