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Marlene (musical)
''Marlene'' is a 1997 stage musical about the life of Marlene Dietrich, with a book by Pam Gems and a musical score consisting of standards sung by Dietrich, including several selections by Friedrich Hollaender. The show was performed on Broadway and earned two Tony Award nominations, Best Actress in a Musical and Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical. The show was also nominated for two Laurence Olivier Awards for Best Actress in a Musical and Best Entertainment. Synopsis The show is set in Paris, 1969 and follows Dietrich as she prepares for a performance. Production history After regional tryouts, the show was performed on London's West End at the Lyric Theatre, London in 1997. The show next transferred to Broadway, and began previews March 30, 1999 and officially opened on April 11, 1999. The show closed on May 2, 1999, after 25 official performances. The show was directed by Sean Mathias. Musical numbers Source *" You Do Something To Me" *"Look Me Over Closely" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pam Gems
Pam Gems ( Iris Pamela Price; 1 August 1925 – 13 May 2011) was an England, English playwright. The author of numerous original plays, as well as of adaptations of works by European playwrights of the past, Gems is best known for the 1978 Musical theater, musical Play (theatre), play ''Piaf (play), Piaf''. Personal life Iris Pamela Price was born in Bransgore, Hampshire, and had her first play – a tale of goblins and elves – staged when she was eight by her fellow pupils at primary school. She studied psychology at University of Manchester, Manchester University from which she graduated in 1949. She was in her forties when she started to write professionally. She is best known for her 1978 Musical theater, musical Play (theatre), play ''Piaf'' about French singer Édith Piaf. She was nominated for two Tony Awards: for ''Stanley (play), Stanley'' (Best Play) in 1997, and for ''Marlene (musical), Marlene'' (Best Book of a Musical), starring Siân Phillips as Marlene Dietrich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyric Theatre, London
The Lyric Theatre is a West End theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue in the City of Westminster. It was built for the producer Henry Leslie, who financed it from the profits of the light opera hit, '' Dorothy'', which he transferred from its original venue to open the new theatre on 17 December 1888. Under Leslie and his early successors the house specialised in musical theatre, and that tradition has continued intermittently throughout the theatre's existence. Musical productions in the theatre's first four decades included '' The Mountebanks'' (1892), ''His Excellency'' (1894), ''The Duchess of Dantzig'' (1903), '' The Chocolate Soldier'' (1910) and '' Lilac Time'' (1922). Later musical shows included '' Irma La Douce'' (1958), '' Robert and Elizabeth'' (1964), '' John, Paul, George, Ringo ... and Bert'' (1974), '' Blood Brothers'' (1983), '' Five Guys Named Moe'' (1990) and '' Thriller – Live'' (2009). Many non-musical productions have been staged at the Lyric, from Shakespeare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadway Musicals
Broadway theatre,Although ''theater'' is generally the spelling for this common noun in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences), many of the extant or closed Broadway venues use or used the spelling ''Theatre'' as the proper noun in their names. Many performers and trade groups for live dramatic presentations also use the spelling ''theatre''. or Broadway, is a theatre genre that consists of the theatrical performances presented in 41 professional theaters, each with 500 or more seats, in the Theater District and Lincoln Center along Broadway, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Broadway and London's West End together represent the highest commercial level of live theater in the English-speaking world. While the Broadway thoroughfare is eponymous with the district, it is closely identified with Times Square. Only three theaters are located on Broadway itself: the Broadway Theatre, Palace Theatre, and Winter Garden Theatre. The rest are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Musicals
1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launched by NASA. * January 25 – The 6.2 1999 Colombia earthquake, Colombia earthquake hits western Colombia, killing at least 1,900 people. February * February 7 – Abdullah II of Jordan, Abdullah II inherits the throne of Jordan, following the death of his father King Hussein of Jordan, Hussein. * February 11 – Pluto moves along its eccentric orbit further from the Sun than Neptune. It had been nearer than Neptune since 1979, and will become again in 23rd century, 2231. * February 12 – U.S. President Bill Clinton is acquitted in Impeachment of Bill Clinton, impeachment proceedings in the United States Senate. * February 16 ** In Uzbekistan, an apparent 1999 Tashkent bombings, assassination attempt against President Isl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Whitton
Margaret Ann Whitton (November 30, 1949 – December 4, 2016) was an American stage, film, and television actress. Life and career Whitton was born on Fort Meade, Maryland, a US Army base in the suburbs of Baltimore. She spent many of her formative years in Japan; her father was an Army colonel, and her mother was a nurse. The family eventually relocated to Haddonfield, New Jersey, and then to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where Whitton started acting at Northeast High School (Oakland Park, Florida), Northeast High School. She made her Off-Broadway debut in 1973 with ''Baby Goya'', and her Broadway debut in 1982's ''Steaming (play), Steaming''. Whitton did her primary film work between 1986 and 1993. Her most visible roles were that of socialite Vera Prescott in ''The Secret of My Success (1987 film), The Secret of My Success'' (1987), and spiteful baseball team owner Rachel Phelps in ''Major League (film), Major League'' (1989), and its sequel ''Major League II'' (1994). Whitton also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lou Gish
Lou Gish (27 May 1967 – 20 February 2006) was an English stage, film and television actress. Biography She was born Louise Mikel Henrietta Marie Curram in 1967, the elder daughter of actors Sheila Gish and Roland Curram. She was raised in London and originally wanted to be an artist rather than an actor. She trained in Camberwell and earned a bachelor's degree at the Camberwell College of Arts. A role in a play in Paddington brought her to the attention of an agent, and this convinced her to follow her family into a career in the theatre, taking roles on stage, in television series, and in film. She appeared with her sister, Kay Curram, in ''King Lear'' at the Chichester Festival Theatre in 2005. Gish was in a relationship with actor Nicholas Rowe from 2000 until her death from cancer at the age of 38 in February 2006. Her death came less than a year after that of her mother, who also died of cancer. Both she and her mother are buried on the eastern side of Highgate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sian Phillips
Sian or Siyan may refer to: __NOTOC__ People *Siân, a Welsh girl's name; list of people with this name Places *Sian, Iran (other), various places in Iran, Iraq and Balochistan *Sian, Russia, a rural locality in Amur Oblast, Russia *Xi'an, China, formerly romanized as ''Sian'' *Sen (river), Yakutia, Russian Federation Other uses *Lamborghini Sián FKP 37, an Italian sports car * Sian (band), Scottish traditional music band * Sian (crater), a crater on Mars * Sian language, a Kajang language of Brunei and Sarawak * SIANspheric, Canadian band formerly named ''Sian'' * Stop the Islamisation of Norway (, SIAN), a Norwegian anti-Islam group which was established in 2008 * Siyan, a Kurdish tribe See also * * Sain (other) *Sihan language Sihan is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falling In Love Again (Can't Help It)
"Falling in Love Again (Can't Help It)" is the English language name for a 1930 German song composed by Friedrich Hollaender as "''Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Liebe eingestellt"'' (literally: "I am, from head to toe, ready for love"). The song was originally performed in the 1930 film ''Der Blaue Engel'' (English translation: ''The Blue Angel'') by Marlene Dietrich, who also recorded the more famous English version, which became her anthem. Dietrich is backed by the Friedrich Hollaender Orchestra. The English lyrics were written by Sammy Lerner, though they do not include a translation of the original version's most erotic verse; when the English version is sung, the first verse is simply repeated. The song is sometimes co-credited to Reginald Connelly. Cover versions The Beatles version "Falling in Love Again" was covered live by the Beatles while playing Hamburg in 1962. The band altered the English lyrics slightly, and delivered the song in a rock'n'roll style. Featuring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Vie En Rose
; ) is the signature song of popular French singer Édith Piaf, written in 1945, popularized in 1946, and released as a single in 1947. The song became very popular in the United States in 1950, when seven versions reached the ''Billboard'' charts. These recordings were made by Tony Martin, Paul Weston, Bing Crosby (recorded 22 June 1950), Ralph Flanagan, Victor Young, Dean Martin, and Louis Armstrong. A version in 1977 by Grace Jones was also a successful international hit. Background and release The song's title can be translated as "Life in happy hues", "Life seen through rose-coloured glasses", or "Life in rosy hues"; its literal meaning is "Life in Pink." The lyrics of the song were written by Piaf, with music composed by Louiguy, and is registered with SACEM. It was probably Robert Chauvigny who completed the music. When Piaf suggested to Marguerite Monnot that she sing the piece, the latter rejected "that foolishness." It was eventually Louiguy who accepted auth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where Have All The Flowers Gone?
"Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" is a folk song written by American singer-songwriter Pete Seeger in 1955. Inspired lyrically by the traditional Cossack folk song "Koloda-Duda", Seeger borrowed an Irish melody for the music, and published the first three verses in ''Sing Out!'' magazine. Additional verses were added in May 1960 by Joe Hickerson, who turned it into a circular song. Its rhetorical "where?" and meditation on death place the song in the '' ubi sunt'' tradition. In 2010, the ''New Statesman'' listed it as one of the "Top 20 Political Songs". The 1962 album version of the song was released as part of the Columbia Records Hall of Fame 45 single series in 1965 as 13–33088. The recording of the song by Pete Seeger was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002 in the Folk category with the release year given as 1964 as a Columbia Records single. Composition Seeger found inspiration for the song in October 1955 while he was on a plane bound for a concert at Oberli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Do Something To Me (Cole Porter Song)
"You Do Something to Me" is a song written by Cole Porter. It is notable in that it was the first number in Porter's first fully integrated-book musical play, musical ''Fifty Million Frenchmen'' (1929). In the original production, the song was performed by Genevieve Tobin and William Gaxton, performing the roles of Looloo Carroll and Peter Forbes, respectively. Background There are two verses and two rounds of the chorus. The song has been described as "a tender prequel" to "Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love," Porter's first popular song. Recorded versions The song has been revived and recorded by artists including: *Clicquot Club Eskimos, Harry Reser 1929 *Lena Horne on the album ''It's Love (album), It's Love'' (1955) * Perry Como on "So Smooth" (RCA Victor album, 1955) *Howard McGillin and Susan Powell (Miss America), Susan Powell in 1991. *Mario Lanza *Frank Sinatra on ''Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!!, Sinatra’s Swingin’ Session!!!'' *João Gilberto *Marlene Dietrich *Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Mathias
Sean Gerard Mathias (born 14 March 1956) is a Welsh actor, director, and writer. He is known for directing the film '' Bent'' and for directing highly acclaimed theatre productions in London, New York City, Cape Town, Los Angeles and Sydney. He was included in the 2006 list of the 101 most influential gay and lesbian people in Britain in the '' Independent on Sunday'''s Pink List. Mathias is co-owner of The Grapes, Limehouse pub along with business partners Ian McKellen and Evgeny Lebedev, since September 2011. Career Actor Mathias began his acting career by appearing on the television screen in a small role on an episode of the cult BBC TV series '' Survivors'', in 1977. Also in 1977, he played an Irish Guards lieutenant in the film '' A Bridge Too Far''. In 1978, Mathias appeared in a production at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, during which time he met actor Ian McKellen who subsequently became his lover of about nine years. Mathias' acting career continued into th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
