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Cory Michael Smith
Cory Michael Smith is an American actor and producer. He appeared in 2013 in '' Breakfast at Tiffany's'' on Broadway, which starred Emilia Clarke. He has appeared in several of Todd Haynes's films, including '' Carol'' (2015), '' Wonderstruck'' (2017), and ''May December'' (2023). Additional film roles include ''1985'' and '' First Man'' (both 2018), and '' Saturday Night'' (2024). Early life and education Cory Michael Smith was born on November 14, 1986 in Columbus, Ohio, where he grew up. He graduated from Hilliard Darby High School in 2005. He had aspirations ranging from becoming a concert pianist to a lawyer. While at Otterbein University, he was cast in such plays as '' The Scene'', ''The Caucasian Chalk Circle'', ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'', and ''Tartuffe''. Career From 2009 until early 2012 Smith performed in various regional theatre productions for the likes of New York Stage and Film. In 2011, he was seen in the New York City premiere of ''The Shaggs: Phi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus (, ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of cities in Ohio, most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 United States census, 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the List of United States cities by population, 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwestern United States, Midwest (after Chicago), and the third-most populous U.S. state capital (after Phoenix, Arizona, and Austin, Texas). Columbus is the county seat of Franklin County, Ohio, Franklin County; it also extends into Delaware County, Ohio, Delaware and Fairfield County, Ohio, Fairfield counties. The Columbus metropolitan area, Ohio, Columbus metropolitan area encompasses ten counties in central Ohio and had a population of 2.14 million in 2020, making it the Ohio statistical areas, largest metropolitan area entirely in Ohio and Metropolitan statistical area, 32nd-largest metro area in the U.S. Columbus originated as several Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Stage And Film
New York Stage and Film is an art and film institution founded in 1985 by Mark Linn-Baker, Max Mayer (filmmaker), Max Mayer and Leslie Urdang. Each year, in collaboration with Vassar College they produce the Powerhouse Season and Powerhouse Training Company. Year round work includes programming in New York City and the Hudson Valley, as well as a Filmmakers' Workshop. This work annually supports: * 400 professional artists * 40 professional projects * 75 student writers, directors, actors, and interns * 10,000 audience members Johanna Pfaelzer was named NYSAF's first Artistic Director in 2007, having first worked with the company as Managing Producer in 1998, and later as a Producing Director. In 2019, Johanna stepped down from her post and handed the reins to Christopher Burney, NYSAF's second Artistic Director. Dozens of notable works trace their developmental roots to NYSAF, including the 2016 Tony Award winners for Best Musical Hamilton (musical), ''Hamilton'' (musical) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with 423,234 combined in-person and online viewership in 2023. The festival has acted as a showcase for new work from American and international independent filmmakers. The festival consists of competitive sections for American and international dramatic and documentary films, both feature films and short films, and a group of out-of-competition sections, including NEXT, New Frontier, Spotlight, Midnight, Sundance Kids, From the Collection, Premieres, and Documentary Premieres. The festival was established in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1978 as the Utah/US Film Festival. The festival moved to nearby Park City, Utah, in 1981 and was renamed the US Film and Video Festival. It was renamed the Sundance Film Festival in 1991. From its inception through 2025, the festival took place every January in Utah. In March 2025, it was ann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camp X-Ray (film)
''Camp X-Ray'' is a 2014 American Drama (film and television), drama film written and directed by Peter Sattler in his directorial debut, based on the detention facility Camp X-Ray (Guantanamo), Camp X-Ray at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. It stars Kristen Stewart and Payman Maadi along with John Carroll Lynch, Lane Garrison, and Joseph Julian Soria in supporting roles. The film premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 17, and was released theatrically in the United States on October 17, 2014, by IFC Films. Plot The film begins with the September 11 attacks shown on television when Ali Amir enters a house and begins to perform salah (Islamic prayer) when he is kidnapped and taken to Guantanamo Bay detention camp, specifically Camp Delta. Eight years later, Army Private first-class Amy Cole is placed as a guard at Guantanamo. Upon arrival, she volunteers for the initial reaction force, commonly called the Initial Reaction Force, IRF. She is initially cold tow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denver Center For The Performing Arts
The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) is an organization in Denver, Colorado which provides a showcase for live theatre, a nurturing ground for new plays, a preferred stop on the Broadway touring circuit, acting classes for the community and rental facilities. It was founded in 1972. The Denver Center for the Performing Arts is the largest tenant of the Denver Performing Arts Complex (Arts Complex) which is a four-block, site containing ten performance spaces with over 10,000 seats. It is owned and partially operated by Arts and Venues Denver. History Both the DCPA and the Arts Complex were the vision of Donald Seawell. Finding himself at 14th and Curtis streets in downtown Denver one day and looking at the old Auditorium Theatre and the surrounding four blocks, Seawell had an idea for a first-class arts complex. Seawell's original vision was much broader and included other entities (see Previous Entities below) that no longer are part of the Center. Ground was brok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Whale (play)
''The Whale'' is a 2012 play written by Samuel D. Hunter. The play, set in Moscow, Idaho, tells the story of a obese man who hides from the world and stays in his apartment. He cannot stop eating to the detriment of everyone around him, including his estranged daughter. Characters * Charlie – He is over 40 years old. * Liz – She is a nurse. Critic Paul Hodgins called her Charlie's "enabler" because she feeds him junk food despite his enormous weight and her own pleading with him to get better medical care. * Elder Thomas – A young Mormon missionary * Ellie – Charlie and Mary's daughter. Ellie has not seen or talked to her father in eight years, thanks to her mother's full custody, until she shows up one day at his apartment. * Mary – Charlie's ex-wife, and Ellie's mother. Production history Origins Created through PlayPenn, a new play development program based in Philadelphia, the play was workshopped at the Icicle Creek Theatre Festival in Leavenworth, Washington. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Bartlett (playwright)
Michael Frederick Bartlett (born 7 October 1980) is an English playwright and screenwriter for film and TV series. His 2015 psychological thriller TV series, ''Doctor Foster (TV series), Doctor Foster,'' starring Suranne Jones, won the New Drama award from 21st National Television Awards, National Television Awards. Bartlett also won Best Writer from the Broadcast Press Guild Awards. A BBC TV Film of Bartlett's play ''King Charles III (film), King Charles III'' was broadcast in May 2017 and while critically acclaimed, generated some controversy. Early life Bartlett was born on 7 October 1980 in Oxford, England. He attended Abingdon School, then studied English and Theatre Studies at the University of Leeds. Career Early work In July 2005, Bartlett took part in the Old Vic's Old Vic New Voices, New Voices 24 Hour Plays, in which plays had to be written and performed in 24 hours. This culminated in the performance of his play ''Comfort''. His radio play ''Not Talking'' was broad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cock (play)
''Cock'' is a 2009 British play by Mike Bartlett. It premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in London in November 2009 and centres around John, a gay man who feels torn after meeting and falling in love with a woman. Plot In "Chapter 1," John tells his boyfriend "M" that he wants to take a break from their 7-year relationship because they argue frequently and are too different, and John moves out of their apartment. Some time later, John returns to M asking to get back together. He also reveals that he has had sex twice with a woman, despite identifying as gay his entire life and never being attracted to women before. M feels betrayed by John's infidelity and lack of commitment to him. "Chapter 2" reveals how John met a woman, "W", on his daily commute. He is surprised to find himself developing a physical attraction to her and decides to have sex with a woman for the first time. W teaches him about vaginal sex and they both enjoy the experience. However, John then avoids W, duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Off-Broadway
An off-Broadway theatre is any professional theatre venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, inclusive. These theatres are smaller than Broadway theatres, but larger than off-off-Broadway theatres, which seat fewer than 100. An "off-Broadway production" is a production of a play (theatre), play, musical theatre, musical, or revue that appears in such a venue and adheres to related trade union and other contracts. Some shows that premiere off-Broadway are subsequently produced on Broadway. History The term originally referred to any venue, and its productions, on a street intersecting Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway in Midtown Manhattan's Theater District, New York, Theater District, the hub of the American theatre industry. It later became defined by the League of Off-Broadway Theatres and Producers as a professional venue in Manhattan with a seating capacity of at least 100, but not more than 499, or a production that appears in such a venue and adhe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breakfast At Tiffany's (novella)
''Breakfast at Tiffany's'' is a novella by Truman Capote published in 1958. In it, a contemporary writer recalls his early days in New York City, when he makes the acquaintance of his remarkable neighbor, Holly Golightly. In 1961 it was adapted into a major motion picture of the same name. Setting The novella is set in 1940s New York, specifically the Upper East Side, in a brownstone apartment. An area that experienced many changes following the Civil War, it went through its most major shift at the turn of the century. Broadly speaking, brownstones (the type of building that Holly lives in) were rebranded as more "stylish" places to live, rather than being thought of as decrepit and outdated buildings. By the 1940s, it had become a fairly affluent area. The novella's setting plays a great role in the plot; various wealthy characters from the Upper East Side come in and out of Holly Golightly's life. Though the novella does not take place in the American South, there are men ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Repertory Theatre Of St
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barrington Stage Company
Barrington Stage Company (BSC) is a regional theatre company in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts. It was co-founded in 1995 by Artistic Director Julianne Boyd, and former Managing Director Susan Sperber in Sheffield, Massachusetts. In 2004, BSC developed, workshopped, and premiered the hit musical ''The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee''. Following the successful Broadway run, which nabbed two Tony Awards for Best Book and Best Featured Actor, BSC made the move to a more permanent home in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. The company which was previously housed in the Consolati Performing Arts Center at Mount Everett High School in Sheffield, Massachusetts, purchased and renovated the Berkshire Music Hall in downtown in 2005. The venue was renamed the Boyd-Quinson Mainstage after its renovation. The 520-seat Mainstage Theatre is now located at 30 Union Street. In 2012 the company purchased an old VFW building on Linden Street in Pittsfield, turning it into the Sydel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
