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Elsie Fest
Elsie Fest is an annual music festival in New York City co-created and produced by Darren Criss, Ricky Rollins, Lea Michele, and Jordan Roth. The yearly festival is touted as "New York City’s first outdoor music festival celebrating tunes from the stage and screen". Elsie Fest's inaugural event was held at New York City's JBL Live at Pier 97 on September 27, 2015. A portion of the proceeds benefited ''BroadwayCares/Equity Fights AIDS''. History Elsie Fest was first held in 2015 by founder and creator Darren Criss. The annual outdoor festival features music from stage and screen sung by popular Broadway theatre, Broadway and Pop music, pop culture performers. The festival is named after a character in the song ''Cabaret (Cabaret song), Cabaret'' from the Cabaret (musical), musical of the same name. Notable performers The 2015 line-up included performers Lea Salonga (special guest Darren Criss), Team Starkid, Seth Rudetsky, Laura Osnes (special guest Aaron Tveit), Aaron T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive with a respective county. The city is the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the United States by both population and urban area. New York is a global center of finance and commerce, culture, technology, entertainment and media, academics, and scientific output, the arts and fashion, and, as home to the headquarters of the United Nations, international diplomacy. With an estimated population in 2024 of 8,478,072 distributed over , the city is the most densely populated major city in the United States. New York City has more than double the population of Los Angeles, the nation's second-most populous city. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megan Hilty
Megan Hilty (born March 29, 1981) is an American actress and singer. She rose to prominence for her roles in Broadway musicals, including her performance as Glinda in '' Wicked'', Doralee Rhodes in '' 9 to 5: The Musical'', and her Tony Award–nominated roles as Brooke Ashton in ''Noises Off'' and Madeline Ashton in ''Death Becomes Her.'' She also starred as Ivy Lynn on the musical-drama series '' Smash'', on which she sang the Grammy Award-nominated " Let Me Be Your Star", and portrayed Liz on the sitcom '' Sean Saves the World''. Early life Hilty was born in Bellevue, Washington, the daughter of Donna and Jack Hilty. She began taking vocal lessons at the age of 12 and was interested in performing opera. She attended Sammamish High School in Bellevue then transferred to the Washington Academy of Performing Arts Conservatory High School in Redmond, and later attended the Chrysalis School in Woodinville. Hilty graduated from the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama in 2004 and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Cumming
Alan Cumming (born 27 January 1965) is a Scottish actor, writer and presenter. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades including a BAFTA Award, two Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, and an Olivier Award. He received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance for the West End production of '' Accidental Death of an Anarchist'' (1991). His other Olivier-nominated roles were in ''The Conquest of the South Pole'' (1988), '' La Bête'' (1992), and ''Cabaret'' (1994). Cumming won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for reprising his role as the Emcee on Broadway in ''Cabaret'' (1998). His other performances on Broadway include '' Design for Living'' (2001), and ''Macbeth'' (2013). Cumming is known for his film roles in '' Circle of Friends'' (1995), ''GoldenEye'' (1995), '' Emma'' (1996), '' Romy and Michele's High School Reunion'' (1997), '' Buddy'' (1997), '' Spice World'' (1997), ''Eyes Wide Shut'' (1999), '' Nicholas Nickle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summerstage
The City Parks Foundation is an independent nonprofit organization that provides free arts, sports, education, and community-building programs in parks across New York City. Founded in 1989, the Foundation operates in more than 400 parks, recreation centers, and public schools, serving approximately 285,000 New Yorkers each year. Its major initiatives include SummerStage, a citywide performing arts festival, and CityParks Tennis, one of the largest municipal youth tennis programs in the country. Additional offerings include golf, track and field, senior fitness, and outdoor education programs such as Coastal Classroom, Green Girls, Learning Gardens, and Seeds to Trees. The City Parks Foundation partners with the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation through initiatives such as Partnerships for Parks, a joint program that works to start, strengthen, and support neighborhood park groups. The initiative provides workshops, small grants, organization development, and probl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liz Callaway
Liz Callaway (born April 13, 1961) is an American actress, singer and recording artist, who is best known for having provided the singing voices of many female characters in animated films, such as Anya (Anastasia), Anastasia in ''Anastasia (1997 film), Anastasia'', Odette in ''The Swan Princess'', Princess Jasmine, Jasmine in the ''Aladdin'' sequels ''The Return of Jafar'' and ''Aladdin and the King of Thieves'', adult Kiara in ''The Lion King II: Simba's Pride'', and a dancing napkin ring in ''Beauty and the Beast (1991 film), Beauty and the Beast''. She was also the original Ellen in the Broadway production of ''Miss Saigon''. Early life, family, and education Callaway was born in Chicago, Illinois to Shirley Callaway, a singer, pianist, and vocal coach, and John Callaway, a journalist. Her sister is actress, composer, and singer Ann Hampton Callaway, with whom she sang the theme song for the Fran Drescher comedy series ''The Nanny'', which Ann Hampton Callaway also composed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaten Matarazzo
Gaetano John "Gaten" Matarazzo III ( , ; born September 8, 2002) is an American actor. He began his career on the Broadway stage as Benjamin in '' Priscilla, Queen of the Desert'' (2011–12) and as Gavroche in ''Les Misérables'' (2014–15). Matarazzo gained recognition for playing Dustin Henderson in the Netflix science-fiction-horror drama series ''Stranger Things'' (2016–2025). He also hosted the Netflix show '' Prank Encounters'' (2019–2021). In 2022, he co-starred in the coming-of-age comedy film ''Honor Society'' and voiced Boris the Dragon on the animated fantasy comedy film '' My Father's Dragon''. Early and personal life Gaetano John Matarazzo III was born on September 8, 2002, in New London, Connecticut, to Heather (no relation to the actress of the same name) and Gaetano John Matarazzo Jr., and was raised in Little Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. His family is of Italian descent from Avellino. Matarazzo was born with cleidocranial dysplasia (CCD). He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caleb McLaughlin
Caleb Reginald McLaughlin (born October 13, 2001) is an American actor. He gained international recognition playing Lucas Sinclair in the Netflix series ''Stranger Things'' (2016–present). He began his career playing young Simba in the Broadway musical ''The Lion King'', and then had small roles in television. After finding success in ''Stranger Things'', he appeared in the drama films '' High Flying Bird'' (2019) and '' Concrete Cowboy'' (2020), the latter his first lead role in a feature film. He also was in the miniseries '' The New Edition Story'' (2017) and has had several television voice acting roles. Personal life McLaughlin was born on October 13, 2001, in Carmel, New York to April and Corey McLaughlin. He attended Kent Primary School and later went to George Fischer Middle School for one year, both schools are in Carmel. He studied dance for a year at Happy Feet Dance School in the town and then was a student at Seven Star School of Performing Arts in Brewster Hill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cynthia Erivo
Cynthia Chinasaokwu Onyedinmanasu Amarachukwu Owezuke Echimino Erivo ( ; born 8 January 1987) is a British actress and singer. Known for her work on both stage and screen, she is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Cynthia Erivo, several accolades and one of few individuals nominated for EGOT, an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award (EGOT), winning all but the Oscar. Erivo made her West End (theatre), West End debut in the stage musical ''The Umbrellas of Cherbourg'' (2011). She later made her Broadway theatre, Broadway debut playing Celie in the musical revival of ''The Color Purple (musical), The Color Purple'' (20152017). Erivo's work for the production won her the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical and Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, as well as a Daytime Emmy Award. She expanded to films in 2018 with the crime thrillers ''Widows (2018 film), Widows'' and ''Bad Times at the El Royale''. Erivo earned nominations for the Academy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pasek And Paul
Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, known together as Pasek and Paul, are an American songwriting duo and composing team for musical theater, films and television. While Pasek usually writes lyrics and Paul usually writes music, they share credit for both elements. Both are graduates of the University of Michigan and winners of the American Theatre Wing's 2007 Jonathan Larson Grant, which honors achievement by composers, lyricists and librettists. In September 2024, the duo became the 20th and 21st EGOT winners. History Start at the University of Michigan Pasek and Paul started working together as freshmen at the University of Michigan. Both got "background" roles in the school's musical theater production, which inspired them to write '' Edges'', a song cycle about the trials and tribulations of moving into adulthood and the search for meaning. ''Edges'' premiered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on April 3, 2005. On May 14, 2006, the duo made their New York City premiere: a benefit conc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evan Rachel Wood
Evan Rachel Wood (born September 7, 1987) is an American actress. She is the recipient of a Critics' Choice Television Award as well as nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. She began acting in the 1990s, appearing in several television series, including ''Once and Again'' (1999–2002). She expanded to films at the age of nine in ''Digging to China'' (1997) and garnered praise for her Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, Golden Globe-nominated role as a troubled teenager in the drama film ''Thirteen (2003 film), Thirteen'' (2003). After starring in several independent films, Wood appeared in more mainstream films, including ''The Wrestler (2008 film), The Wrestler'' (2008), ''Whatever Works'' (2009), and ''The Ides of March (2011 film), The Ides of March'' (2011). She returned to television in the recurring role of Sophie-Anne Leclerq on ''True Blood'' from 2009 to 2011. She appeared in the HBO miniseries ''Mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corey Cott
Corey Michael Cott (born March 30, 1990) is an American actor and singer. He is best known for playing Jack Kelly in the Broadway musical ''Newsies,'' replacing Jeremy Jordan, and for originating the role of Donny Novitski in the Broadway musical ''Bandstand''. Early life and education Cott was born in Columbus, Mississippi, the oldest of three children of Rick, an investment manager and former Air Force fighter pilot, and Lori Cott. The older brother of actor Casey Cott, he grew up in Spring Arbor, Michigan, and Chagrin Falls, Ohio, where he attended Chagrin Falls High School. After high school, he graduated from the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Career Cott began his professional acting career while attending Carnegie Mellon, booking shows with Pittsburgh's professional theater company Pittsburgh CLO. He had roles in their productions of ''Miss Saigon'', ''Jekyll and Hyde'', and ''Jesus Christ Superstar''. Soon after graduating from Carnegie Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Robert Brown
Jason Robert Brown (born June 20, 1970) is an American musical theatre composer, lyricist, and playwright. Brown's music sensibility fuses pop-rock stylings with theatrical lyrics. He is the recipient of three Tony Awards for his work on ''Parade'' and ''The Bridges of Madison County''. Career Brown grew up in the suburbs of New York City, and attended the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York for 2 years, rooming with fellow student, and vocalist, Christopher Mooney.Weber, Bruc"If Only the Cool Kids Could See Him Now (at Least Hear His Songs)"'The New York Times'', October 1, 2008 During summer, he attended French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts in Hancock, New York. He said '' Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' and ''Sunday in the Park with George'' were two of his biggest influences, and had it not been for them, he would have joined a rock band and tried to be Billy Joel. He began his career in New York City as an arranger, conductor, and piani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
