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Diana (musical)
''Diana'' is a musical with music and lyrics by David Bryan and Joe DiPietro, and a book by DiPietro, based on the life of Diana, Princess of Wales. A filmed performance released on Netflix on 1 October 2021, to negative reviews. Plot Act 1 In 1980, 19 year old Lady Diana Spencer attends a party thrown by Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace and meets Camilla Parker Bowles, Charles' mistress ("Underestimated"). Meanwhile, Queen Elizabeth II is looking for Charles to get married, and he brings up Diana as a possibility, although he has recently broken off a relationship with her older sister Sarah. The Queen encourages Charles to begin the courting process, as she believes Diana would be perfect for what the staff calls ("The Worst Job in England"). Charles sends Diana a necklace and invites her to a performance by cellist Mstislav Rostropovich. There, she meets Camilla again and starts to become a lot more suspicious of her and her relationship with Charles. While the perfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Bryan
David Bryan Rashbaum (born February 7, 1962) is an American musician and songwriter, best known as the keyboard player for the rock band Bon Jovi, in which he also co-wrote songs and performed backing vocals. In 2018, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Bon Jovi. He is also known for writing the music and co-writing the lyrics with Joe DiPietro for the musical ''Memphis (musical), Memphis'', for which he won the Tony Award for Tony Award for Best Original Score, Best Original Score. Early life David Bryan Rashbaum was born on February 7, 1962, in Perth Amboy, New Jersey and raised in Edison, New Jersey. His father, Eddie Rashbaum, played the trumpet. Bryan was raised Jewish. He attended elementary school at Clara Barton, where he played many instruments including violin, viola, trumpet and clarinet. He also attended Herbert Hoover Middle School, then J. P. Stevens High School, from which he graduated. Bryan began to learn piano at age seven and p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Cartland
Dame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland (9 July 1901 – 21 May 2000) was an English writer who published both contemporary and historical romance novels, the latter set primarily during the Victorian or Edwardian period. Cartland is one of the best-selling authors worldwide of the 20th century. Many of her novels have been adapted into films for television, including '' A Hazard of Hearts'', '' A Ghost in Monte Carlo'' and '' Duel of Hearts''. Her novels have been translated from English into numerous languages, making Cartland the fifth most translated author worldwide, excluding biblical works. Her prolific output totals some 723 novels. Although best known for her romantic novels, she also wrote non-fiction titles including biographies, plays, music, verse, drama, operettas, and several health and cook books. She also contributed advice to TV audiences and newspaper magazine articles. She sold more than 750 million copies of her books, though other sources estimate her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denise Welch
Jacqueline Denise Welch (born 22 May 1958) is an English actress, television personality, writer and broadcaster. Her roles include Natalie Barnes in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' (1997–2000), Steph Haydock in '' Waterloo Road'' (2006–2010), and Trish Minniver in ''Hollyoaks'' (2021–2022). Welch also appears as a regular panellist on the ITV chat show '' Loose Women'' (2005–2013, 2018–present). Welch's other acting roles include the television dramas '' Spender'' (1991–1993), ''Soldier Soldier'' (1993–1995), and '' Down to Earth'' (2004–2005). In 2011, she was a contestant on the sixth series of '' Dancing on Ice'', where she was partnered with professional skater Matt Evers. In 2012, Welch won the ninth series of ''Celebrity Big Brother''. Early life Jacqueline Denise Welch was born in Tynemouth on 22 May 1958 to a family of confectioners. She has a younger sister, Debbie. Welch attended Bygate School in Whitley Bay, and La Sagesse School ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judy Kaye
Judy Kaye (born October 11, 1948) is an American singer and actress. She has appeared in stage musicals, plays, and operas. Kaye has been in long runs on Broadway in the musicals '' The Phantom of the Opera'', ''Ragtime'', '' Mamma Mia!'', and (in a second Tony award-winning role) '' Nice Work If You Can Get It''. Early life Kaye was born in Phoenix, Arizona, the daughter of Shirley Edith (née Silverman) and Jerome Joseph Kaye, a physician. She attended UCLA, studying drama and voice. "Her voice spans three octaves. She started out as a mezzo and now sings all the way up to an E natural...but basically she feels she is now a soprano."Lopinto, Maryan"Meet Judy Kaye - The Phantom's Diva"judykaye.com (reprint from Show Music Magazine), accessed March 19, 2011 She "easily shifts between Broadway belt and soaring soprano" according to ''Playbill.com''. Career Kaye made her Broadway debut as a replacement Rizzo in the original company of '' Grease'' in the 1970s. Her next show was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Fearn
Alice Fearn (born 23 October 1983) is a British stage actress. She is best known for playing captain Beverley Bass in '' Come from Away'' and Elphaba in ''Wicked'' in London's West End. Early life and education Fearn was born in Bath, where she lived until age 4. Her family then moved to a small village in Cumbria called Caldbeck, where she lived until moving to London to study drama in 2002. In Cumbria, she studied at Austin Friars School in Carlisle, her favourite subject being music. She played different instruments, settling on piano, harp and singing. She trained at the Mountview Theatre School in London, graduating in 2005. Career Stage Fearn started her career onstage in 2004 as an understudy for the character of Laura in ''The Woman in White'' (Palace Theatre, London). After this, she understudied Cosette and Fantine in ''Les Misérables'' ( Queen's Theatre, London), as well as playing one of the Factory Girls. Fearn performed as Rapunzel in the version of ''Int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erin Davie
Erin Davie (born June 18, 1977) is an American actress and singer, best known for her performance as the young Edith Bouvier Beale in the musical '' Grey Gardens'', taking the part on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre in 2006, after its initial run Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons. Career Early life Davie was born in Nashville, Tennessee, and attended the Boston Conservatory, where she received her BFA in musical theater. Stage Davie appeared on the national tours for '' Swing!'' and ''The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber'', as well as the Off-Broadway production, ''Infertility''. Davie made her Broadway debut in the musical '' Grey Gardens'', which opened at the Walter Kerr Theatre in November 2006. She played the character of the young Edie Beale. In 2007, she won a Theater World Award for her performance in ''Grey Gardens''. In 2007 she played the character Isabella Andreini in the Lincoln Center Theater's production of '' The Glorious Ones''. On February 7–10, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camilla Parker Bowles
Camilla (born Camilla Rosemary Shand, later Parker Bowles, 17 July 1947) is Queen of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms as the wife of King Charles III. Camilla was raised in East Sussex and South Kensington in England and educated in England, Switzerland and France. In 1973, she married British Army officer Andrew Parker Bowles; they divorced in 1995. Camilla and Charles were romantically involved periodically, both before and during each of their first marriages. Their relationship was highly publicised in the media and attracted worldwide scrutiny. In 2005, Camilla married Charles in the Windsor Guildhall, which was followed by a televised Anglican blessing at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle. From their marriage until Charles's accession, she was known as the Duchess of Cornwall. On 8 September 2022, Charles became king upon the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, with Camilla as queen consort. Charles and Camilla's coronation took ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerry Ellis
Kerry Jane Ellis (born 6 May 1979) is an English actress and singer who is best known for her work in musical theatre and subsequent crossover into music. Born and raised in Suffolk, Ellis began performing at an early age before training at Laine Theatre Arts from the age of 16. Ellis made her first professional stage appearance in 1998 and went on to make her West End debut in the 2001 revival of ''My Fair Lady'' as an understudy for the role of Eliza Doolittle. In 2002, she landed the role of Meat in the original London cast of ''We Will Rock You'' and has subsequently played lead roles in musicals ''Les Misérables'', '' Wicked'' (in the West End and on Broadway), '' Oliver!'' and ''Cats'' as well as appearing in national tours and concert productions of musicals like ''Miss Saigon'', ''Chess'', '' The War of the Worlds'', '' RENT'', and '' Anything Goes''. Ellis, who has received several awards and nominations for her performances, has become recognised as the First Lady ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanna De Waal
Jeanna de Waal is a British stage actress and singer. She is known for playing the title role of Princess Diana in the 2021 Broadway show '' Diana: The Musical'', which was also released on Netflix. The musical received mostly negative reviews from critics and widespread notoriety, winning five Golden Raspberry Awards, including Worst Actress for de Waal. De Waal was also nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical for the same role. De Waal was born in Germany and raised in England. In 2012, she portrayed Glinda in the national tour of ''Wicked''. She moved to New York City at the age of 22, where her Broadway appearances included Heather in ''American Idiot'' (2010) and Lauren in '' Kinky Boots'' (2014). In 2014 and 2015, she originated the roles of Dawn in ''Waitress'' and Mary Barrie in ''Finding Neverland'' at the American Repertory Theater. She was most recently cast and performed as the standby for Mrs. Lovett and the Beggar Woman in the 2023 Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Diana
Diana, Princess of Wales (born Diana Frances Spencer; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997), was a member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of Charles III (then Prince of Wales) and mother of Princes William and Harry. Her activism and glamour, which made her an international icon, earned her enduring popularity. Diana was born into the British nobility and grew up close to the royal family, living at Park House on their Sandringham estate. In 1981, while working as a nursery teacher's assistant, she became engaged to Charles, the eldest son of Elizabeth II. Their wedding took place at St Paul's Cathedral in July 1981 and made her Princess of Wales, a role in which she was enthusiastically received by the public. The couple had two sons, William and Harry, who were then respectively second and third in the line of succession to the British throne. Diana's marriage to Charles suffered due to their incompatibility and extramarital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Of Diana, Princess Of Wales
During the early hours of 31 August 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales, died from injuries sustained earlier that night in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in Paris, France. Dodi Fayed, Diana's partner, and the driver of the Mercedes-Benz W140, Henri Paul, were found dead inside the car. Dodi's bodyguard, Trevor Rees-Jones, was seriously injured but was the only survivor of the crash. In 1999, a French investigation found that Paul lost control of the vehicle at high speed while intoxicated by alcohol and under the effects of prescription drugs, and concluded that he was solely responsible for the crash. He was the deputy head of security at the Hôtel Ritz Paris at the time of the crash and had earlier goaded paparazzi waiting for Diana and Fayed outside the hotel. Antidepressants and traces of an anti-psychotic in his blood might have worsened Paul's inebriation. In 2008, a jury at the British inquest, Operation Paget, returned a verdict of unlawful killing through gros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revenge Dress
The "revenge dress" is an evening gown worn by Diana, Princess of Wales, to a 1994 dinner at the Serpentine Gallery in Kensington Gardens. The garment has been interpreted as having been worn by Diana "in revenge" for the televised admission of adultery by her husband Charles, then Prince of Wales. Design The dress, an off-the-shoulder black silk evening gown, was designed by Christina Stambolian. Stambolian compared Diana's choice of black to the black swan Odile in Tchaikovsky's ballet ''Swan Lake'', saying that Diana "chose not to play the scene like Odette, innocent in white. She played it like Odile. She was clearly angry." Diana had owned the dress for three years before she wore it, fearing it was "too daring". The dress cost . Diana had planned to wear a dress by Valentino before choosing Stambolian's design. Anna Harvey, Diana's former stylist, said that Diana "wanted to look a million dollars... and she did". History Diana wore the dress to a 29 June 1994 fundrai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
