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Out Of This World (musical)
''Out of This World'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, and the book by Dwight Taylor and Reginald Lawrence. The show, an adaptation of Plautus's comedy ''Amphitryon'', first opened on Broadway in 1950. Synopsis The Roman gods Mercury and Jupiter are in search of some entertainment of the human kind. The focus of their attention is a young bride, Helen, and her husband, Art. Mercury joins the two on their trip to Athens, intending to put himself between the blushing newlyweds. While the men are busy chasing Helen, the goddess Juno (Jupiter's wife) is playing games of her own, with inept gangster Nikki as her reluctant sidekick. Songs ;Act 1 *I Jupiter, I Rex – Jupiter and Ensemble *Use Your Imagination – Mercury and Helen *Hail, Hail, Hail – Vulcania, Mercury and Ensemble *I Got Beauty – Juno and Ensemble *Maiden Fair – Ensemble *Where, Oh, Where – Chloe and Dancer Boys and Girls *I Am Loved – Helen *They Couldn't Compare to You – Mercury, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cole Porter
Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter. Many of his songs became Standard (music), standards noted for their witty, urbane lyrics, and many of his scores found success on Broadway theatre, Broadway and in Hollywood films. Born to a wealthy family in Indiana, Porter defied his grandfather's wishes for him to practice law and took up music as a profession. Classically trained, he was drawn to musical theatre. After a slow start, he began to achieve success in the 1920s, and by the 1930s he was one of the major songwriters for the Broadway musical stage. Unlike many successful Broadway composers, Porter wrote the lyrics as well as the music for his songs. After a serious horseback riding accident in 1937, Porter was left disabled and in constant pain, but he continued to work. His shows of the early 1940s did not contain the lasting hits of his best work of the 1920s and 1930s, but in 1948 he made a triumphant comeback w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Burns (actor)
David Burns (June 22, 1902 – March 12, 1971) was an American Broadway theatre and motion picture actor and singer. He appeared in many comedies and musicals over a career of almost 50 years."David Burns Broadway" ''Playbill''. Retrieved October 12, 2017. Life and career Burns was born in . He made his Broadway debut in 1923 in '' Polly Preferred '' and went to London with the show in 1924. His first Broadway musical was '' Face the Music'' (1932), followed by |
La Chanze
LaChanze Sapp-Gooding, known professionally as LaChanze (; born December 16, 1961), is an American actress, singer, and dancer. She won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 2006 for her role as Celie Harris Johnson in ''The Color Purple''. LaChanze has subsequently received four more Tony Awards for co-producing ''Kimberly Akimbo'', '' Topdog/Underdog'', '' The Outsiders'', and '' Purpose''. Early life and education Born in St. Augustine, Florida, to Walter and Rosalie Sapp, Rhonda Sapp's stage name "LaChanze" (Creole: the charmed one) is taken from her grandmother. After moving to Connecticut, her childhood love of singing and dancing caused her mother to enroll her in the Bowen Peters Cultural Arts Center in New Haven. There she discovered her love for performing. At Warren Harding High School in Bridgeport, LaChanze made her debut as Lola in the school production of ''Damn Yankees''. After high school, LaChanze studied drama at Morgan State University in Baltimore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Scolari
Peter Thomas Scolari (September 12, 1955 – October 22, 2021) was an American actor. He was best known for his roles as Henry Desmond in the American Broadcasting Company, ABC sitcom ''Bosom Buddies'' (1980–1982) and Michael Harris on the CBS sitcom ''Newhart'' (1984–1990), the latter of which earned him three consecutive nominations for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series from 1987 to 1989. Scolari had roles as Wayne Szalinski in the Walt Disney Television, Disney sitcom ''Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show'' (1997–2000) and as Tad Horvath in the HBO series ''Girls (TV series), Girls'' (2012–2017), the latter of which earned him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. He had recurring roles as Gillian B. Loeb in the superhero Crime film#crime series, crime series ''Gotham (TV series), Gotham'' (2015) and Bishop Thomas Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Martin
Andrea Louise Martin (born January 15, 1947) is an American and Canadian actress, best known for her work in the television series '' SCTV'' and '' Great News''. She has appeared in films such as '' Black Christmas'' (1974), '' Wag the Dog'' (1997), '' Hedwig and the Angry Inch'' (2001), ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding'' (2002), '' My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2'' (2016), ''Little Italy'' (2018) and '' My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3'' (2023). She has also lent her voice to the animated films ''Anastasia'' (1997), '' The Rugrats Movie'' (1998), and '' Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'' (2001). From 2021 to 2024, she co-stars in the supernatural drama series ''Evil''. She is currently playing a recurring role on '' Only Murders in the Building'' (2021). Martin has been equally prolific in the world of theater, winning Tony Awards for both '' My Favorite Year'' and the 2013 revival of '' Pippin''. Martin also appeared on Broadway in ''Candide'', ''Oklahoma!'', ''Fiddler on the Roof'', '' Young Franken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregg Edelman
Gregg Edelman (born September 12, 1958) is an American actor. He has starred in numerous Broadway productions earning four Tony Award nominations for his roles in '' City of Angels'' (1990), '' Anna Karenina'' (1993), ''1776'' (1998), and ''Into the Woods'' (2002). His other Broadway credits include ''Cabaret'' (1987), '' Anything Goes'' (1989), '' Falsettos'' (1992), '' Passion'' (1994), '' Les Misérables'' (1999), '' The Mystery of Edwin Drood'' (2012), and '' Water for Elephants'' (2024). Edelman made his film debut in '' The Manhattan Project'' (1989). Edelman has since acted in films such as '' Crimes and Misdemeanors'' (1989), '' Spider-Man 2'' (2004), '' Little Children'' (2006), '' The Proposal'' (2009), and '' She Said'' (2022). He has also taken recurring roles in shows such as the NBC police procedural '' Shades of Blue'', the Netflix political drama '' House of Cards'', and the USA Network series '' The Sinner''. Early life and education Edelman was born in Chicago ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marin Mazzie
Marin Joy Mazzie (October 9, 1960 – September 13, 2018) was an American actress and singer known for her work in musical theatre. Mazzie was a three-time Tony Award nominee, for her performances as Clara in '' Passion'' (1994), Mother in ''Ragtime'' (1998), and Lilli Vanessi/Katherine in '' Kiss Me, Kate'' (1999). For her work in ''Kiss Me, Kate'', Mazzie was also nominated for a Drama Desk Award and Olivier Award, and she won an Outer Critics Circle Award. In addition to appearing in many musical stage productions, Mazzie also performed in concert with her husband, Jason Danieley. Early life Mazzie was born in Rockford, Illinois, and graduated from Western Michigan University, where she received degrees in theater and music. With an early interest in the theatre, Mazzie began to perform and sing in church choir at the age of 8 and to study voice at the age of 12. She continued to act in school and at college and in summer stock, where she was an apprentice at the Barn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Tunick
Jonathan Tunick is an American orchestrator, musical director, and composer. He is best known for orchestrating the works of Stephen Sondheim, their collaboration starting in 1970 with ''Company'' and continuing until Sondheim's death in 2021. Early life and education Jonathan Tunick graduated from Hunter College Elementary School, and the LaGuardia Performing Arts High School, and holds degrees from Bard College and the Juilliard School.Rothstein, Mervyn"A Life in the Theatre: Orchestrator, Composer and Music Director Jonathan Tunick" playbill.com, September 16, 2005 Career Tunick's principal instrument is the clarinet.Gans, Andrew"Tony-Winning Orchestrator Jonathan Tunick Plays Birdland March 19; Rebecca Faulkenberry Is Special Guest" playbill.com, March 19, 2012. Much of his work has arisen from his involvement in theatre, and he is associated especially with the musicals of Stephen Sondheim. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
From This Moment On (Cole Porter Song)
"From This Moment On" is a 1950 popular song written by Cole Porter, which has since become a jazz standard. It was originally written for the 1950 musical '' Out of This World'', but director George Abbott dropped it from the musical before its Broadway premiere, possibly due to lackluster singing by cast member William Eythe. It was then included in MGM's 1953 film '' Kiss Me Kate'', an adaptation of Porter's stage musical ''Kiss Me, Kate'' when it was sung by Ann Miller, Tommy Rall, Bob Fosse and Bobby Van. In theatrical versions of ''Kiss Me, Kate'' it goes now as a duet of Harrison Howell and Lilli Vanessi (since the 1999 revival). Many versions of the song have been recorded, including those by: *Doris Day – a single release in 1950. *Guy Lombardo - a single on 45 and 78 Dec. 1950. * Les Brown – ''Live At The Hollywood Palladium'' (1953) *Ella Fitzgerald – for ''Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book'' (1956) *Frank Sinatra – '' A Swingin' Affair!'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Carrafa
John Carrafa is an American theater and film director/choreographer best known as the two-time Tony Award nominated choreographer of the Broadway musicals ''Urinetown'' and ''Into The Woods'' and the Media Choreography Honors Award winner for the Robert Zemeckis film '' The Polar Express''. He was a dancer and assistant to Twyla Tharp before becoming a choreographer and director for Broadway, film and television. He currently resides in New York City and in Los Angeles California. Broadway and theater *'' Love! Valour! Compassion!'' - Off-Broadway (1994) Broadway (1995) *'' Dirty Blonde'' - Off-Broadway (2000) and Broadway (2001) *''Urinetown'' - Off-Broadway (2001) and Broadway (2002) *''A Little Night Music'' - Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration, 2002 *''Into The Woods'' - Broadway (2002) *'' Dance of the Vampires'' - Broadway (2003) *''Good Vibrations'' - Broadway (2005) Filmography *'' Brain Donors'' - (1992) *'' Love! Valour! Compassion!'' - (1997) *'' The Last Days of Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Brokaw
Mark Brokaw is an American theatre director. He won the Drama Desk Award, Obie Award and Lucille Lortel Award as Outstanding Director of a Play for '' How I Learned to Drive''. Life and career Brokaw was raised in Aledo, Illinois, and graduated from the Yale School of Drama. He received a Drama League fellowship and was initially given directing work through Carole Rothman and Robyn Goodman, artistic heads of the Second Stage Theatre. He has directed many off-Broadway productions, and his New York work includes premieres by Lynda Barry (''The Good Times Are Killing Me''), Douglas Carter Beane ('' As Bees in Honey Drown''), Neal Bell, Eric Bogosian, Keith Bunin, Charles Busch, Kevin Elyot, Lisa Kron (''2.5 Minute Ride''), Lisa Loomer, Kenneth Lonergan (''This Is Our Youth'', ''Lobby Hero''), Craig Lucas (''Dying Gaul''), Eduardo Machado, Patrick Marber (''After Miss Julie''), Robert Schenkkan, Nicky Silver, Paula Vogel (''How I Learned to Drive'', ''Long X-Mas Ride Home'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City Center
New York City Center (previously known as the Mecca Temple, City Center of Music and Drama, and the New York City Center 55th Street Theater) is a performing arts center at 131 West 55th Street (Manhattan), 55th Street between Sixth Avenue, Sixth and Seventh Avenue (Manhattan), Seventh Avenues in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Developed by the Shriners between 1922 and 1924 as a Masonic bodies, Masonic meeting house, it has operated as a performing arts complex owned by the government of New York City. City Center is a performing home for several major dance companies as well as the Manhattan Theatre Club (MTC), and it hosts the Encores! musical theater series and the Fall for Dance Festival annually. The facility was designed by Harry P. Knowles and Clinton and Russell in the Moorish Revival architecture, Moorish Revival style and is divided into two parts. The southern section houses a main auditorium, with 2,257 seats across three levels; this auditorium ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
