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The Bodyguard (musical)
''The Bodyguard'' is a 2012 stage musical with a book by Alexander Dinelaris, based on the 1992 film '' The Bodyguard'', with the score featuring songs recorded by Whitney Houston including "One Moment in Time", " I Wanna Dance with Somebody" and her pop version of Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You". The show began previews at the Adelphi Theatre in London's West End, on 6 November 2012, and officially opened on 5 December 2012. Background The musical is based on the 1992 film '' The Bodyguard'' which starred and featured songs by Whitney Houston. The show was officially confirmed in February 2012, a few days after the singer's death, and following six years of development, producers confirmed the show would play London's Adelphi Theatre from November 2012. The show is written by Alexander Dinelaris, produced by Michael Harrison and David Ian directed by Thea Sharrock, set and costumes are designed by Tim Hatley, with lighting by Mark Henderson, sound by Richard Brooker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Dinelaris Jr
Alexander () is a male name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Aleksander, Oleksandr, Oleksander, Aleksandr, and Alekzandr. Related names and diminutives include Iskandar, Alec, Alek, Alex, Alexsander, Alexandre, Aleks, Aleksa, Aleksandre, Alejandro, Alessandro, Alasdair, Sasha, Sandy, Sandro, Sikandar, Skander, Sander and Xander; feminine forms include Alexandra, Alexandria, and Sasha. Etymology The name ''Alexander'' originates from the (; 'defending men' or 'protector of men'). It is a compound of the verb (; 'to ward off, avert, defend') and the noun (, genitive: , ; meaning 'man'). The earliest attested form of the name, is the Mycenaean Greek feminine anthroponym , , (/Alexandra/), written in the Linear B syllabic script. Alaksandu, alternatively called ''Alakasandu'' or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thea Sharrock
Thea Sharrock is an English theatre and film director. In 2001, at age 24, she became the artistic director of London's Southwark Playhouse and the youngest artistic director in British theatre. Early life and education Sharrock was born to journalist parents in London, but spent part of her childhood living in Kenya. She attended the Anna Scher Theatre School from the age of nine. After her secondary education, Sharrock spent a gap year working in theatre. She first worked in administration at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg, where she was also allowed to assistant direct on one production, before returning to the UK, where she worked as a personal assistant at the NT studio. She then read Philosophy and French at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. While a student there, she was president of the Oxford University Dramatic Society. Career Theatre After leaving Oxford early, before completing her degree, Sharrock took the directors course at the National Theatre, and wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trinidad And Tobago Guardian
The ''Trinidad and Tobago Guardian'' (together with the ''Sunday Guardian'') is the oldest daily newspaper in Trinidad and Tobago. The paper is considered the newspaper of record for Trinidad and Tobago. The slogan of the paper is ''The Guardian of Democracy''. The newspaper is owned and published by Guardian Media Limited. The main office of the ''Guardian'' is located at St. Vincent Street, Port of Spain, with a branch office on Chancery Lane, San Fernando, and the Head office which is located on 4–10 Rodney Road in Chaguanas. Format It began as a broadsheet but in November 2002 changed to tabloid format A tabloid is a newspaper format characterized by its compact size, smaller than a broadsheet. The term originates from the 19th century, when the London-based pharmaceutical company Burroughs Wellcome & Co. used the term to describe compres ..., known as the "G-sized Guardian". In June 2008, the paper changed to a smaller-size tabloid. On 11 September 2017, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
How Will I Know
"How Will I Know" is a song recorded by American singer Whitney Houston for her self-titled debut studio album. It was released on November 22, 1985, by Arista Records as the album's third single. Written and composed by George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam, it was originally intended for pop singer Janet Jackson, who passed on it. Houston then recorded the song with altered lyrics and production from Narada Michael Walden. "How Will I Know" received mostly positive reviews from music critics. It became Houston's second number-one single on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in February 1986, spending two weeks atop the chart, and also became her first chart-topper on the Canadian ''RPM'' Top 100 Singles chart. It also reached top-10 positions in Australia, Sweden, Ireland, Norway, and the United Kingdom, and top-20 positions in the Netherlands, New Zealand, and Switzerland. The accompanying music video for "How Will I Know" features scenes of Houston dancing in a setting of vide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'm Your Baby Tonight
''I'm Your Baby Tonight'' is the third studio album by American singer Whitney Houston. It was released on November 6, 1990, by Arista Records. The album was a response to music critics in the black music community, who accused Houston of neglecting her R&B and soul music roots following the release of the pop-heavy sound of her eponymous sophomore album, '' Whitney'' three years before. The album also signaled a change in Houston's musical direction as she attained creative control for the first time in her career and became the first album where she attained executive producer credits. The record incorporated the then-current popular sound of new jack swing music while keeping an R&B sound on the majority of the tracks, along with elements of hip-hop, funk and dance music which helped to shift Houston's focus from love ballads and occasional dance songs to creating a "firmer dance record". The album was further credited later as a "turning point" in Houston's career and which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saving All My Love For You
"Saving All My Love for You" is a song written by Michael Masser and Gerry Goffin, originally recorded by Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. for their album ''Marilyn & Billy'' (1978). American singer Whitney Houston recorded it for her self-titled debut studio album (1985). It was released on August 13, 1985, by Arista Records, as the second single from the album in the United States, and third worldwide. Houston's version of "Saving All My Love for You" garnered positive critical response, with reviewers praising its melodious production and her vocal performance, and picked it as one of the album's highlights. The song became a global success and represented a commercial breakthrough for Houston, topping the charts in four countries and reaching the top 10 in various other regions. It became her first song to top the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, staying there for one week, and is certified Platinum by the RIAA for sales of over 1 million copies. At the 28th Annual Grammy Awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
So Emotional
"So Emotional" is a song by American singer Whitney Houston. It was released as the third single from her second studio album '' Whitney'' (1987) on October 12, 1987, by Arista Records. The song was written by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly and produced by Narada Michael Walden. Commercially, it peaked at number five in the UK and number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, where it became her sixth consecutive number one, and a dance chart hit. It would become the sixth best-charting song of 1988, and was the fourth most played song on the club charts; it is her sixth biggest hit on the Hot 100 chart. Composition "So Emotional" was written by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly, who also penned Madonna's " Like a Virgin", Cyndi Lauper's " True Colors", Heart's " Alone", and the Bangles' "Eternal Flame", all of which reached No. 1 on the charts. The song centers on Houston loving being in love, singing: "''I get so emotional baby / Every time I think of you / I get so emotional baby / ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Music
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All-Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar, and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as compact discs (CDs) replaced LPs and cassettes as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it, he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Kasdan
Lawrence Edward Kasdan (born January 14, 1949) is an American filmmaker. He is the co-writer of the ''Star Wars'' films '' The Empire Strikes Back'' (1980), '' Return of the Jedi'' (1983), '' The Force Awakens'' (2015), and '' Solo: A Star Wars Story'' (2018). He also wrote '' Raiders of the Lost Ark'' (1981) and '' The Bodyguard'' (1992), and is the writer-director of '' Body Heat'' (1981), '' The Big Chill'' (1983), '' Silverado'' (1985), '' The Accidental Tourist'' (1988), and ''Dreamcatcher'' (2003). Kasdan is known for updating old Hollywood genres—film noir, science fiction, westerns—in a classical dramatic style with quick-witted dialogue, but dealing with contemporary social themes. As a director, he has made various personal films that examine characters and generations. Kasdan has been nominated for four Academy Awards: as a producer for Best Picture nominee ''The Accidental Tourist'', for which he was also nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay, and for Best Origi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, the ''Times'' serves as one of the country's Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The New York Times'' had 9.13 million total and 8.83 million online subscribers, both by significant margins the List of newspapers in the United States, highest numbers for any newspaper in the United States; the total also included 296,330 print subscribers, making the ''Times'' the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States, following ''The Wall Street Journal'', also based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' is published by the New York Times Company; since 1896, the company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, whose current chairman and the paper's publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Egan (musician)
Chris Egan is a British composer, orchestrator, conductor and musical director who has worked extensively on film, television and theatre music, as well as live concerts. Career Film Egan worked on the scores for '' Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them'', '' Ethel & Ernest'', and ''Napoleon.'' He is also a score composer debut for the 2022 British Canadian France film '' Fireheart''. Television His work on music for television includes '' The Halcyon'', '' Hooten And The Lady'', ''Cilla'', '' Man Down, Upstairs Downstairs,'' and ''Britannia High.'' Theatre Egan has worked on musical direction and orchestration for a number of musical theatre productions. These include: '' The Bodyguard'', ''Water Babies,'' ''End Of The Rainbow,'' ''The Pajama Game,'' '' I Can’t Sing,'' '' Dance ‘Til Dawn,'' '' Kiss Me Kate,'' '' Crazy For You, Witches Of Eastwick,'' '' Grease,'' and ''Footloose''. Concert For a number of years, Egan has been Elaine Paige's musical director fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Dixon (conductor)
Michael Dixon is a British conductor, musical director, musical supervisor, composer and arranger. He is a 1979 graduate of Trinity College of Music. Among other orchestras, he has conducted the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the BBC Concert Orchestra. In 2004, together with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, he recorded '' Seven: A Suite for Orchestra'' by Tony Banks. Theatre productions *''Oh, What a Lovely War!'' "Mrs Henderson Presents" *'' The Bodyguard'' *''Taboo'' *''Zorro'' *'' Never Forget'' *''We Will Rock You'' *''Footloose'' *'' Grease'' *''Jesus Christ Superstar'' *'' Aspects of Love'' *'' Doctor Dolittle'' *''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' *'' La Cage Aux Folles'' *'' Bernstein's Peter Pan'' *'' Bless the Bride'' *'' Mr Cinders'' *''Andy Capp'' Angela's Ashes Television productions *''BBC Radio 2 Day'' *''12 Hours to Please Me'' *''This is Lionel Richie'' *''Text Santa'' *''BBC Electric Proms'' *''Concert for Diana Concert for Diana wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
