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Robert Ozn
Robert Ozn (born Robert Mitchell Warfield Frank Rosen, New York City) (records under the name DaDa NaDa; Broadway credits as Robert Rosen; nickname ŌZN, (pronounced "OH-zen")) is widely credited, along with his partner, the late Ned "ẼBN" Liben, to be the creator of the first commercially released and charted record ever made with a computer in the United States, ẼBN-ÕZN's "AEIOU Sometimes Y" (Elektra Records, 1983), which was inducted into the Alternate Music Hall of Fame as a Class of 2024, "Masterpiece Single." A Top Five Billboard recording artist, screenwriter, producer and Broadway actor, he's known for being the vocal half of '80s synthpop duo EBN-OZN; his solo act, Dada Nada, which continues to generate hit chart positions in the U.S. and U.K.; and for his later work as co-producer and co-writer with Colin Greene of the award-winning, human rights-themed feature film '' I Witness'' starring Jeff Daniels, James Spader and Portia de Rossi. Biography Early life and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. They come in four main pairs of shapes, as given in the box to the right, which also gives their names, that vary between British English, British and American English. "Brackets", without further qualification, are in British English the ... marks and in American English the ... marks. Other symbols are repurposed as brackets in specialist contexts, such as International Phonetic Alphabet#Brackets and transcription delimiters, those used by linguists. Brackets are typically deployed in symmetric pairs, and an individual bracket may be identified as a "left" or "right" bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. In casual writing and in technical fields such as computing or linguistic analysis of grammar, brackets ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snookie Young
Eugene Edward "Snooky" Young (February 3, 1919 – May 11, 2011) was an American jazz trumpeter. He was known for his mastery of the plunger mute, with which he was able to create a wide range of sounds. Biography Young was lead trumpeter of the Jimmie Lunceford band from 1939 to 1942. He played with Count Basie (three stints totalling eight years), Gerald Wilson and Lionel Hampton, among others, and was an original member of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band. His longest engagement was with NBC, where, as a studio trumpeter, he joined ''The Tonight Show'' Band in 1967 and remained with them until 1992, when the band was replaced by a new, smaller group. He was part of the touring ensemble, the "Now Generation Brass", that traveled with Doc Severinsen, which included other jazz greats such as reed man Lew Tabackin, drummer Ed Shaughnessy, and saxophonist and arranger Tommy Newsom, as well as singer Robert Ozn. Young went on to performing live concert dates, corporate events, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Shepard
Samuel Shepard Rogers III (November 5, 1943 – July 27, 2017) was an American playwright, actor, director, screenwriter, and author whose career spanned half a century. He wrote 58 plays as well as several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs. He won 10 Obie Awards for writing and directing, the most by any writer or director. Shepard received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979 for his play ''Buried Child'' and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of pilot Chuck Yeager in the 1983 film ''The Right Stuff (film), The Right Stuff''. He received the PEN/Laura Pels Theater Award as a master American dramatist in 2009. ''New York (magazine), New York'' magazine described Shepard as "the greatest American playwright of his generation." Shepard's plays are known for their bleak, poetic, surrealist elements, black comedy, and rootless characters living on the outskirts of American society. His style evolved from the absurdism of hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karla DeVito
Karla DeVito (born May 29, 1953) is an American singer and actress. Early life and education DeVito was born in Mokena, Illinois. She attended Willow Crest Grade School in Mokena and Lincoln-Way High School in New Lenox. She attended Loyola University Chicago and majored in theater. During her freshman year, she joined the Chicago cast of ''Godspell''. In 1971–72, Karla studied with Jo Forsberg at the Second City Company in Chicago and was part of the Second City Children's Theatre group with Bill Murray. In 1973, she was in the cast of the musical ''Hair''. Career DeVito started her career in 1972, joining the national company of ''Godspell''. A few years later, she became the lead singer of the band Orchestra Luna. She joined the cast of Jim Steinman's show ''Neverland'', which had a run as a workshop production at the Kennedy Center in 1977. Two months later, DeVito went on tour with Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman with their album '' Bat Out of Hell''. She is seen singing w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pirates Of Penzance
''The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty'' is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert, W. S. Gilbert. Its official premiere was at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City on 31 December 1879, where it was well received by both audiences and critics. Its London debut was on 3 April 1880, at the Opera Comique, where it ran for 363 performances. The story concerns Frederic, who, having completed his 21st year, is released from his apprenticeship to a band of tender-hearted pirates. He meets the daughters of the incompetent Major-General Stanley, including Mabel, and the two young people fall instantly in love. Frederic soon learns, however, that he was born on 29 February, and so, technically, he has a birthday only once each leap year. His indenture specifies that he remain apprenticed to the pirates until his "twenty-first birthday", meaning that he must serve for another 63 years. Bound by his own sense of duty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Poul
Alan Mark Poul (born May 1, 1954) is an American film producer and television director. Career Poul served as executive producer for the HBO original series, '' Six Feet Under'', on which he made his directing debut. He directed four episodes of the series from seasons two through five. He later directed the pilot for CBS' series '' Swingtown'', of which he directed a total of four episodes. He also directed the 2010 CBS Films romantic comedy ''The Back-Up Plan'', originally titled ''Plan B''. He signed a new deal with HBO in April 2011. He was an executive producer of Aaron Sorkin's '' The Newsroom''. He directed seven episodes of the show, including the series finale. Poul was an executive producer on '' Tokyo Vice'' and directed the final episode of its first season, ''Yoshino.'' He is fluent in Japanese. Poul has been nominated for 7 Primetime Emmys, a Directors Guild of America award, and won a News & Documentary Emmy Award in Outstanding Historical Program for '' The P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Newsroom (U
A newsroom is the place where journalists work to gather news to be published. Newsroom may also refer to: Television * ''Newsroom'' (BBC programme), a BBC2 news programme from 1964 to 1973 ** ''Newsroom South East'', BBC's news programme for southeastern England * "Newsroom" (''Drop the Dead Donkey''), pilot episode of the British comedy series * ''The Newsroom'' (Canadian TV series), a comedy-drama series that ran 1996–2005 * ''The Newsroom'' (American TV series), a drama series on the HBO cable channel that ran 2012–2014 * ''America's Newsroom'', an American news/talk program on Fox News Channel that began in 2007 * ''CNN Newsroom'', an American news program on CNN/US that began in 2006 * ''CNN Newsroom'' (CNNI), the similar CNN Newsroom on CNN International * ''JTBC Newsroom'', a newscast of the South Korean JTBC Television Network Other uses * The Newsroom, now the Guardian News & Media Archive, in London * Newsroom (website), a New Zealand news publication * Newsro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goodspeed Opera House
Goodspeed Musicals is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and advancement of musical theater and the creation of new works, located in East Haddam, Connecticut. Its landmark Goodspeed Opera House is a distinctive feature of the view from the Connecticut River and is the birthplace of some of the world's most famous musicals, including '' Annie'', '' Man of La Mancha'', and '' Shenandoah''. Goodspeed Musicals also includes the Norma Terris Theatre in Chester as well as several writing and performing seminars. Goodspeed Musicals is considered one of the foremost regional theaters in the United States to date producing 250 musicals, over 70 world premieres, and sending 21 productions to Broadway. Goodspeed Musicals is the first regional theatre in America to earn two special Tony Awards, one in 1980 for outstanding contributions to the American musical and a second in 1995 for distinguished achievement for a regional theatre. Goodspeed Opera House The Ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cullum
John Cullum (born March 2, 1930) is an American actor and singer. He has appeared in many stage musicals and dramas, including '' Shenandoah'' (1975) and '' On the Twentieth Century'' (1978), winning the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical for each. In 1966 he gained his first Tony nomination as the lead in '' On a Clear Day You Can See Forever'', in which he introduced the title song, and more recently received Tony nominations for '' Urinetown The Musical'' (2002) ( Best Actor in a Musical) and as Best Featured Actor in the revival of '' 110 in the Shade'' (2007). Outside the theatre world, Cullum is best known for his role as tavern owner Holling Vincoeur in the television drama series '' Northern Exposure'', for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama. He was featured in fifteen episodes of the NBC television series '' ER'' as Dr. Mark Greene's father. He played farmer Jim Dahlberg in the landmark television drama '' The D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shenandoah (musical)
''Shenandoah'' is a 1974 musical with music by Gary Geld, lyrics by Peter Udell, and book by Udell, Philip Rose, and James Lee Barrett. It is based on Barrett's original screenplay for the 1965 film ''Shenandoah''. Synopsis Charlie Anderson, a widower, lives with his large family in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, during the American Civil War. Anderson does not wish to be involved with the war because he doesn't consider it "his" war, but he is forced to take action when his youngest son Robert is taken prisoner by Union soldiers. In the course of searching for Robert, Charlie, his daughter Jenny, and some of his sons rescue Sam (Jenny's newlywed Confederate soldier husband) from a Yankee POW train. After enduring the tragedy of losing his eldest son Jacob (to a sniper) and his second eldest son James and James' wife Anne (to deserters), Charlie and the rest of the family return home, defeated. In his despair, Charlie is reminded to return to church, where he, at long l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zero Mostel
Samuel Joel "Zero" Mostel (February 28, 1915 – September 8, 1977) was an American actor, comedian, and singer. He is best known for his portrayal of comic characters including Tevye on stage in ''Fiddler on the Roof'', Pseudolus on stage and on screen in ''A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'', and Max Bialystock in the original film version of Mel Brooks' '' The Producers'' (1967). Mostel was a student of Don Richardson and he used an acting technique based on muscle memory. He was blacklisted during the 1950s; his testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee was well publicized. Mostel later starred in the Hollywood Blacklist drama film '' The Front'' (1976) alongside Woody Allen, for which Mostel was nominated for the British Academy Film Award for Best Supporting Actor. Mostel was an Obie Award and three-time Tony Award winner. He is also a member of the American Theater Hall of Fame, inducted posthumously in 1979. Early life Mostel was born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum
''A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart. Inspired by the farces of the ancient Roman playwright Plautus (254–184 BC), specifically '' Curculio'', '' Pseudolus'', '' Miles Gloriosus'', and '' Mostellaria'', the musical tells the bawdy story of a slave named Pseudolus and his attempts to win his freedom by helping his young master woo the girl next door. The plot displays many classic elements of farce, including puns, the slamming of doors, cases of mistaken identity (frequently involving characters disguising themselves as one another), and satirical comments on social class. The title derives from a line often used by vaudeville comedians to begin a story: "A funny thing happened on the way to the theater". The musical's original 1962 Broadway run won several Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Author (Musical). ''A Funny Thing'' has enjoyed several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
