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Swept Away (musical)
''Swept Away'' is a jukebox musical featuring the music of The Avett Brothers The Avett Brothers are an American folk rock band from Concord, North Carolina. The band is made up of two brothers, Scott Avett (banjo, lead vocals, guitar, piano, kick-drum) and Seth Avett (guitar, lead vocals, piano, hi-hat) along with Bob Cr ..., primarily from the album ''Mignonette''. The show's book is by John Logan. It premiered at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre in 2022 before moving to Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., where it ran from November 25 to January 14, 2024. It began previews on Broadway theatre, Broadway at the Longacre Theatre on October 29, 2024, opening on November 19, 2024. It announced a closing date of December 15, 2024. A two week extension was added, setting the new closing date for December 29, 2024. The show follows four sailors, who are shipwrecked off the coast of New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1888. The story is drawn from the R v Dudley and Stephens, 1884 shipwreck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Avett Brothers
The Avett Brothers are an American folk rock band from Concord, North Carolina. The band is made up of two brothers, Scott Avett (banjo, lead vocals, guitar, piano, kick-drum) and Seth Avett (guitar, lead vocals, piano, hi-hat) along with Bob Crawford (double bass, electric bass, violin, backing vocals) and Joe Kwon (cello, backing vocals). Mike Marsh (musician), Mike Marsh (drums), Tania Elizabeth (fiddle) and Bonnie Avett-Rini (piano) are touring members of the band. Following on from Seth and Scott's former rock band Nemo, The Avett Brothers combine Bluegrass music, bluegrass, country music, country, punk rock, punk, Pop music, pop melodies, folk music, folk, rock and roll, indie rock, honky tonk, and ragtime to produce a novel sound described by the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' as having the "heavy sadness of Townes Van Zandt, the light pop concision of Buddy Holly, the tuneful jangle of the Beatles, the raw energy of the Ramones." History Beginnings (2000–2002) Scott and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
True Sadness
''True Sadness'' is the ninth studio album by American folk rock band The Avett Brothers. Produced by Rick Rubin, the album was released on June 24, 2016, through American Recordings and Republic Records. A vinyl edition was released on August 5, 2016. At the 59th Annual Grammy Awards, the album was nominated for Best Americana Album, and the first track "Ain't No Man" was nominated for Best American Roots Performance. The production of the album is chronicled in the 2017 Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio documentary ''May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers''. Reviews ''True Sadness'' received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 68, based on seventeen reviews. Sarah Brooks of Consequence of Sound gave a positive review stating "With True Sadness, The Avett Brothers open up to their audience, sharing their dark depths with ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Shivers (sound Designer)
John Shivers is a theatrical sound designer based in New York, United States. Shivers specialises in the design of sound systems for musical theatre productions on Broadway and internationally. Career Shivers was the recipient of the 2013 Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Musical for his work on the Broadway musical '' Kinky Boots''. Shivers was also nominated for the 2009 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design for his work on ''9 to 5''. Broadway productions Shivers has worked on the following productions on Broadway: * " The Heart of Rock and Roll" (2024) * " Shucked" (2023) * "Pretty Woman" (2018) * "Gettin' The Band Back Together" (2018) * " Paramour" (2016) * "Holler If Ya Hear Me" (2014) * " Soul Doctor" (2013) * " Kinky Boots" (2013) * "Leap of Faith" (2012) * "Bonnie and Clyde" (2011) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Adams
Kevin Adams (born June 26, 1962) is an American theatrical lighting designer. He has earned four Tony Awards for lighting design. Biography Adams grew up in Texas and attended the University of Texas where he received a B.F.A. in scenery design, then attended the California Institute of the Arts where he received a master's degree, also in scenic design. He toured with Rachel Rosenthal, a performance artist, for 5 years, and also worked as a set designer at various theaters and in film in California, before moving to New York.Staf"Interview with Tony Award-winning designer Kevin Adams, UT alumnus", finearts.utexas.edu, c. 2007, accessed May 20, 2009 In 2007, he received the Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical for '' Spring Awakening''. In 2008 he received the Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Play and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for '' The 39 Steps''. In 2010 he received his third Tony Award (for light design of a musical) for his w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Hilferty
Susan Hilferty is an American costume designer and scenic designer for theatre, opera, and dance. Biography Early life and education Hilferty grew up in a big family in Arlington, Massachusetts, where her greatest source of joy was the library. "We didn’t have a television," she says. "Reading was my entertainment." says Hilferty, whose interest in art and designing clothing led to her making all of her own clothes by the age of 12. As an undergraduate at Syracuse University, Hilferty majored in painting with a minor in fashion design. She also fulfilled her work-study responsibilities in the school's theatre. She credits her Junior year, studying abroad in London as the experience that led her to designing for the theatre. "I had been in plays as a child, but I’d never actually seen a production onstage. It turned me on to theatre design because I immediately understood how the visuals are an integral part of storytelling. I see myself as a storyteller who happens to use cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. In January 2020, the disease spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic. The symptoms of COVID‑19 can vary but often include fever, fatigue, cough, breathing difficulties, anosmia, loss of smell, and ageusia, loss of taste. Symptoms may begin one to fourteen days incubation period, after exposure to the virus. At least a third of people who are infected asymptomatic, do not develop noticeable symptoms. Of those who develop symptoms noticeable enough to be classified as patients, most (81%) develop mild to moderate symptoms (up to mild pneumonia), while 14% develop severe symptoms (dyspnea, hypoxia (medical), hypoxia, or more than 50% lung involvement on imaging), and 5% develop critical symptoms (respiratory failure, shock (circulatory), shock, or organ dysfunction, multiorgan dysfunction). Older people have a higher risk of developing severe symptoms. Some complicati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant
Omicron (B.1.1.529) is a Variants of SARS-CoV-2, variant of SARS-CoV-2 first reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) by the Network for Genomics Surveillance in South Africa on 24 November 2021. It was first detected in Botswana and has spread to become the predominant variant in circulation around the world. Following the original B.1.1.529 variant, several subvariants of Omicron have emerged including: BA.1, BA.2, BA.3, BA.4, and BA.5. Since October 2022, two subvariants of BA.5 called BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 have emerged. As of September 2024, a new subvariant of Omicron labeled XEC has emerged. The new variant is found in Europe, and in 25 states in the United States, including three cases in California. Three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine provide protection against severe disease and hospitalization caused by Omicron and its subvariants. For three-dose vaccinated individuals, the BA.4 and BA.5 variants are more infectious than previous subvariants but there is no evidence of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Hauck
Rachel Hauck is a scenic designer based in New York City who is known for her work in Anaïs Mitchell's musical ''Hadestown'' on and off-Broadway and in London, John Leguizamo's ''Latin History for Morons'' on and off-Broadway, and her extensive off-Broadway work. Career Rachel Hauck started her career as Art Direction Intern for the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in 1990 but moved into theater soon after her time in film and TV. She then became the resident scenic designer for the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center for ten years, then moved to teaching at Brown University, New York University/Playwrights Horizons, Vassar College, and Cal Arts. Hauck was also instrumental in creating the first ever off-Broadway collective bargaining agreement for the United Scenic Artists union as one of the trustees of the Eastern Region Executive Board. In 2016, Hauck was honored by the American Theatre Wing with an Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Scenic Design. Hauck is current ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stark Sands
Stark Sands (born ) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Tunny in the original Broadway cast of ''American Idiot'', and originating the role of Charlie Price in '' Kinky Boots'' on Broadway. He is a two-time Tony Award nominee. He is also known for the roles of Lance Sussman in ''Die, Mommie, Die!'' and Lt. Nathaniel Fick in ''Generation Kill''. He starred as Dash Parker in FOX's series '' Minority Report''. Early life and education Sands was born in Dallas, Texas. Stark is his mother's maiden name, and Bunker was his late father's middle name, as well as his maternal great-grandmother's maiden name. He has a fraternal twin brother, Jacob, and an older sister. Sands attended Highland Park High School, and went on to gain his BFA in acting from the University of Southern California (class of 2001). Career In 2002, Sands played Toby, a recurring love interest to the angst-ridden teen, Claire Fisher (played by Lauren Ambrose), on the HBO television series '' Six Feet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gallagher Jr
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died ), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (died ), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope John (disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne Duvall
Wayne Dwyer Duvall (born May 29, 1958) is an American actor known for appearing as Homer Stokes in '' O Brother, Where Art Thou?'', as well recurring roles as the television series ''Billions'', ''The District'', ''The Leftovers'', '' BrainDead'', '' The Righteous Gemstones''. He has also appeared in films including ''Apollo 13'', '' Leatherheads'', '' Duplicity'', '' Lincoln'', '' American Animals'', '' Richard Jewell'', '' The Hunt'', and '' The Trial of the Chicago 7'', as well as in Broadway theatre productions, most notably the original New York run of ''1984''. He was born in Silver Spring, Maryland to Robert Andrew Duvall (1926–1971) and Mary Alida Carlson (1925–1997) and is a second cousin of actor Robert Duvall Robert Selden Duvall (; born January 5, 1931) is an American actor. With a career spanning seven decades, he is regarded as one of the greatest actors of all time. He has received an Academy Awards, Academy Award, a British Academy Film Awards .... Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Mayer (director)
Michael Mayer (born June 27, 1960) is an American theatre director, filmmaker, and playwright. He won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical in 2007 for directing '' Spring Awakening''. Early life and education Mayer was born in Bethesda, Maryland, to Jewish parents Jerry and Louise Mayer (born 1936). For his bar mitzvah, he asked his parents for a movie camera and received a Super 8 single lens with a zoom. His first film was a dramatization of " The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia". After graduating from Charles W. Woodward High School, he studied at the University of Wisconsin before transferring to study acting at New York University (NYU)'s Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts, where he earned an MFA in Theater in 1983. Career Mayer began performing onstage in New York City, performing in plays such as Tony Kushner's '' A Bright Room Called Day,'' but by 1990 had turned his efforts to directing, working as a freelancer while also teach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
