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Neil Berg
Neil Berg is an American composer/lyricist best known for the hit off-Broadway musical ''The Prince and the Pauper'', as well as the Award-Winning rock musical "THE 12", ''Grumpy Old Men: The Musical.'', ''Off- Broadway’s The Sabbath Girl'', ''Charlie Hustle: The Pete Rose Musical.'', and the upcoming musical version of ''My Cousin Vinny: The Musical.'', written with original screen writer, Dale Launer. He is the creator and co-producer of Neil Berg's "100 Years of Broadway," a very successful Broadway concert tour, and “50 Years of Rock & Roll”, touring and performing over 100 shows a year since 2006. Neil was also one of the lead Producers, and driving force of the Award Winning 2013 Off-Broadway revival of Maltby and Shire's Closer Than Ever, at The York Theater. He studied Piano/musical composition with Walter Ponce, Robert Printz and Sue Peters, and is a product of The BMI Workshop, mentored by Maury Yeston and Skip Kennon. His theater songs are featured in various Hal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and definition The term is descended from Latin, ''compōnō''; literally "one who puts together". The earliest use of the term in a musical context given by the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' is from Thomas Morley's 1597 ''A Plain and Easy Introduction to Practical Music'', where he says "Some wil be good descanters ..and yet wil be but bad composers". "Composer" is a loose term that generally refers to any person who writes music. More specifically, it is often used to denote people who are composers by occupation, or those who work in the tradition of Western classical music. Writers of exclusively or primarily songs may be called composers, but since the 20th century the terms ' songwriter' or ' singer-songwriter' are more often used, p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Once Upon A Time In Brooklyn
''Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn'' is a 2013 American crime film written and directed by Paul Borghese, starring William DeMeo, Wass Stevens, and Louis Vanaria. Plot Bobby Baldano (William DeMeo) is the black sheep of his family. When he gets out of prison after serving a five-year sentence, his father (Armand Assante) has high hopes he will have a fresh start and come to work at Joseph Baldano & Sons Contracting, the legitimate and thriving multi-generational family business Bobby's grandfather built up from nothing. But Bobby's a mob connected street thug who gets caught back up in a life of inescapable crime. He has two families: one supportive and loving, the other dangerous and deadly. He must decide between his two families and once he does, truths are revealed that Bobby always knew but was too blind to see and too afraid to face. Cast * William DeMeo as Bobby Baldano * Louis Vanaria as Stan "The Jew" Gerzof * Ice-T as Tyler Moss * Jeffrey Atkins as Willie Davis * Vincent Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rita Harvey
Rita may refer to: People * Rita (given name) * Rita (Indian singer) (born 1984) * Rita (Israeli singer) (born 1962) * Rita (Japanese singer) * Eliza Humphreys (1850–1938), wrote under the pseudonym Rita Places * Djarrit, also known as Rita, a community in the Marshall Islands * 1180 Rita, an asteroid * Rita, West Virginia * Santa Rita, California (other), several places Film, television, and theater * ''Rita'' (1959 film), an Australian television play * ''Rita'' (2009 Italian film), an Italian film * ''Rita'' (2009 Indian film), a Marathi film directed by Renuka Shahane * ''Rita'' (2024 Guatemalan film), Guatemalan dark fantasy film * ''Rita'' (2024 Spanish film), an upcoming Spanish drama film * ''Rita'' (TV series), a Danish television show * RITA Award, an award for romantic fiction * ''Educating Rita'', a 1980 stage play by Willy Russel ** ''Educating Rita'' (film), a 1983 British film based on that play *Rita Oberoi, fictional character in the 1982 Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SUNY Binghamton
The State University of New York at Binghamton (Binghamton University or SUNY Binghamton) is a public research university in Greater Binghamton, New York, United States. It is one of the four university centers in the State University of New York (SUNY) system. Since its establishment in 1946, the school has evolved from a small liberal arts college to a large research university. It is classified among R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity. Binghamton's athletic teams are the Bearcats and they compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Bearcats are members of the America East Conference. History Establishment Binghamton University was established in 1946 in Endicott, New York, as Triple Cities College to serve the needs of local veterans returning from World War II. Thomas J. Watson, a founding member of IBM in Broome County, viewed the Triple Cities region of the state's Southern Tier as an area of great poten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tappan Zee High School
Tappan Zee High School is a public high school located in Orangeburg, New York in Rockland County. The school serves students in grades 9–12, and is part of the South Orangetown Central School District. The school derives its name from the nearby Tappan Zee section of the Hudson River. The school draws students from Orangetown, New York, which comprises the villages and hamlets of Blauvelt, Grandview, Orangeburg, Tappan, Palisades, Piermont, Upper Grandview, Sparkill, and portions of South Nyack. As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 945 students and 89.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.66:1. There were 144 students (15.2% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch, and 21 (2.2% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockland County, NY
Rockland County is the southernmost County (New York), county on the west side of the Hudson River in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. It is part of the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, the county's population is 338,329, making it the state's third-most densely populated county outside New York City after Nassau County, New York, Nassau and neighboring Westchester County, New York, Westchester counties. The county seat and largest hamlet is New City, New York, New City. Rockland County is accessible via both the New York State Thruway, which crosses the Hudson River to Westchester via the Tappan Zee Bridge (2017–present), Tappan Zee Bridge over the Tappan Zee, ten exits up from the NYC border; and the Palisades Parkway, four exits up, via the George Washington Bridge. The county's name derives from "rocky land", as the area has been aptly described, largely due to the Hudson River Palisades. The county is part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bronx
The Bronx ( ) is the northernmost of the five Boroughs of New York City, boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. It shares a land border with Westchester County, New York, Westchester County to its north; to its south and west, the New York City borough of Manhattan is across the Harlem River; and to its south and east is the borough of Queens, across the East River. The Bronx, the only New York City borough not primarily located on an island, has a land area of and a population of 1,472,654 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It has the fourth-largest area, fourth-highest population, and third-highest population density of the boroughs.New York State Department of Health''Population, Land Area, and Population Density by County, New York State – 2010'' retrieved on August 8, 2015. The Bronx is divided by the Bronx River into a hillier section in the West Bronx, west, and a flatter East Bronx, easte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paine Webber
PaineWebber & Co. was an American investment bank and stock brokerage firm that was acquired by the Swiss bank UBS in 2000. The company was founded in 1880 in Boston, Massachusetts, by William A. Paine and Wallace G. Webber. Operating with two employees, they leased premises at 48 Congress Street in May 1881. The company was renamed Paine, Webber & Co. when Charles Hamilton Paine became a partner. Members of the Boston Stock Exchange, in 1890 the company acquired a seat on the New York Stock Exchange. Wallace G. Webber retired after the business weathered a major financial crisis of 1893. History Founding and early history In May 1881, William Alfred (W.A.) Paine (with a loan from his father) and Wallace G. Webber founded Paine & Webber as a brokerage firm in Boston, Massachusetts with a seat on the Boston Stock Exchange. With the admission of Charles H. Paine to the partnership, the firm was renamed Paine, Webber & Co. The firm would purchase a seat on the New York Stock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Cantone
Mario Cantone (born December 9, 1959) is an American comedian, writer, actor, singer, and television host. He is best known for his numerous stage shows. He played Anthony Marentino in '' Sex and the City'' and Terri in '' Men in Trees'' (2006–2008). He hosted children's television program '' Steampipe Alley'', which aired on WWOR-TV from 1988 to 1993. Early life Cantone was born in Massachusetts, and raised in Stoneham, where his Italian-American family moved when he was two. He was the fourth of five children of Mario Sr., a Boston restaurant owner, and his wife, Elizabeth (née Pescione). His father moved the family to Stoneham, according to Cantone in a 2004 ''New York Times'' interview to get her away from her bookie relatives. Cantone stated that the problem "was that she was not only a bookie but she was also a compulsive gambler."Messenger, Eric (October 10, 2004) Mario Cantone's Loud Family Reunion" ''The New York Times. ''Retrieved August 3, 2013. His mother, who had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Bernhard
Sandra Bernhard (born June 6, 1955) is an American actress, comedian, and singer. She first gained attention in the late 1970s with her stand-up comedy, where she often critiqued celebrity culture and political figures. Bernhard is also well known as the ex-best friend of Madonna. She played Nancy Bartlett Thomas on the ABC sitcom ''Roseanne'' from the fourth season (1991) to the end of the show in 1997. She played Masha in Martin Scorsese’s film '' The King of Comedy'', Nurse Judy Kubrak in the FX drama series '' Pose'', and Nurse Cecily on the Apple TV+ series '' Severance''. She is number 96 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 greatest stand-ups of all time. Early life Bernhard was born June 6, 1955, in Flint, Michigan, the daughter of Jeanette (née LaZebnik; 1921–2014) and proctologist Jerome Bernhard (1922–2025). She was raised Conservative Jewish. She has three older brothers: Dan, David, and Mark. Her family moved to Scottsdale, Arizona when she was 10. She att ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmen Electra
Carmen Electra (born Tara Leigh Patrick, April 20, 1972) is an American actress, model, singer, and media personality. She began her career as a singer after moving to Minneapolis where she met Prince (musician), Prince who produced her Carmen Electra (album), self-titled debut studio album, released in 1993. Electra began modeling in 1996 with appearances in ''Playboy'' magazine, before relocating to Los Angeles, where she had her breakthrough portraying List of Baywatch characters, Lani McKenzie in the action drama series ''Baywatch'' (1997–1998). In 1997, Electra hosted the MTV dating show ''Singled Out'' and made her film debut in the comedy horror American Vampire (film), ''American Vampire''. She has achieved recognition for her work in parody films, such as ''Scary Movie'' (2000), ''Scary Movie 4'' (2006), ''Date Movie'' (2006), ''Epic Movie'' (2007), ''Meet the Spartans'' (2008), and ''Disaster Movie'' (2008). Her other film credits include Get Over It (film), ''Get ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
