Race-reversed casting

Race-reversed casting, also called photo negative casting, is a form of non-traditional casting in acting. The concept revolves around reversing the race of characters being played (white characters being played by black actors and vice versa). The concept was intended as a way to open up non-traditional character roles to more actors but has received complaints that it waters down racial differences.
History.
The concept of race-reversed casting was invented by the British actor Sir Patrick Stewart in 1997. As a classically trained Shakespearean actor, Stewart had wanted to play the titular character in "Othello" but stated that when he got to the point in his career where he felt he was experienced enough to play it, it had become no longer socially acceptable for white actors to put on blackface to play the role. Stewart stated "one day, thinking about the play, a notion occurred to me, what if we keep the racial element of the play but we just switch it over" and came up with a concept which would later be called "photo negative" casting. This technique involved reversing the skin colour of the characters, so that the majority of the characters would be black, while Othello, Bianca, Montano and the servants would be white; thus he would be able to play Othello. This was also done with the intention of continuing to broaden a view of racial prejudice, as the original lines and racial language in the script were not changed from the source material.
Stewart, when playing Othello, said he always paused after he said the line "Happily, for I am black" because he felt if anyone was going to voice an objection to the photo negative concept, that would be the place they would do it. Some reviewers claimed that some non-regular theatre-goers "snickered" when that line was said. The concept would be later picked up by Shakespeare's Globe Theatre Company, who would put on a performance of "Antony and Cleopatra" using race-reversed casting in 1999. Race-reversed casting occurred again in 2014 for a performance of "Death of a Salesman" in Philadelphia, United States.
Reaction.
The concept was controversial as the National Theatre Company and the Royal Shakespeare Company in the United Kingdom rejected Stewart's concept, believing it was too sensitive. In the United States, only the National Theatre in Washington, D.C. would take up the concept after Stewart told the theatre director "I want to be in a racially reversed Othello". Two black actors originally cast in "Othello" almost walked out, as they felt the race-reversed casting offensive, but the director Jude Kelly convinced them to remain. Theatre critics felt that race-reversed casting resulted in a neutralisation of the play's racial themes.
However, the concept has been praised for allowing actors to play characters that would have otherwise been unavailable to them. It has also been praised for focusing on the social dynamics of how minorities can be isolated by whoever is in the majority. Others cite it as an example to demonstrate how flexible and adaptable Shakespeare is in interpretation.


Kailash Pandya

Kailash Pandya (1923 – 24 December 2007), a distinguished theatre artist, winner of numerous national awards, was born in Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India. He was actively associated with the Indian People’s Theatre Association, Mumbai from 1943 to 1948. From 1949 to 1957, he worked with Jaishankar Bhojak aka Jaishankar Sundari at Nat Mandal, Ahmedabad, and in 1958 attended the Asian Theatre Institute in Delhi (which later grew into the National School of Drama). He also learnt Kathakali from Guru Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair and Bhavai from Guru Chimanlal Nayak.
Head of the Theatre Department of Mrinalini Sarabhai’s Darpana Academy of Performing Arts, Ahmedabad since 1959 till his death in 2007, Kailash Pandya had produced a variety of Indian and Western plays by Bhasa, Nikolai Gogol, Bertolt Brecht, Rabindranath Tagore and Vijay Tendulkar. He has been especially interested in folk theatre and has experimented with Bhavai in some of his productions. An actor par excellence, Mr Pandya also worked with veterans Dina Pathak and Chandravadan Mehta. Recipient of Gujarat Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for direction in 1983 and the Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 1993, Mr Pandya had participated in a number of theatre seminars and workshops in India and abroad and the prominent ones were at University of California, Los Angeles, California State University, Los Angeles High School for the Performing Arts, Redlands University and Pomona College, Claremont. Pomona College invited him to direct a Sanskrit Production of Mṛcchakatika in classical Natyashastra in 1994.


Khumar Zulfugarova

Khumar Rza gizi Zulfugarova (;15 November 1927, Baku – 2 July 2017, Baku) was an Azerbaijani dancer, choreographer, founder of the Azerbaijan State Dance Ensemble, Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1959), People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1979), Chevalier of the Order of Glory (2009).
Life.
Khumar Zulfugarova was born on 15 November 1927 in Baku in the family of prominent theatre and film actor Rza Afganli. In 1945, she graduated from the Baku School of Choreography. From 1945 to 1966, Zulfugarova was a soloist of the Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater. Since 1950, she began teaching at the Baku School of Choreography. During 60 years of teaching, Zulfugarova educated several generations of dancers and choreographers.
Career.
In 1958, Zulfugarova was invited to star in the Georgian film “Mamluk” where she performed an Arabic dance surrounded by six soloists of the Georgian Opera and Ballet Theater. In 1959, she was invited to stage and dance a solo in the new production by Uzeyir Hajibeyov for the “Days of Azerbaijani culture” in Moscow and had a great success there. Upon her arrival from Moscow in Baku, Zulfugarova was awarded a title of Honored Artist of Azerbaijan.
From 1966 to 1978, Zulfugarova was a soloist and artistic director of the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Azerbaijan State Philharmonic. She was the creator of the State Dance Ensemble (1969-1978). Zulfugarova developed a dance program, with which the ensemble toured in Ukraine, Denmark, France, etc.
Zulfugarova was the first chief choreographer of the State Association of Tours and Concerts (1978-1988). Zulfugarova danced in Uzeyir Hajibeyli's opera "Koroglu", performed in Gara Garayev's ballet "Seven beauties" and acted in movies. She performed as a dancer in the operas "Shah Ismail", "Ashig Garib", "Asli and Karam", "Leyli and Majnun". She toured in various cities in Russia, Iraq, the United States and Canada, and has demonstrated and promoted professional Azerbaijani dance.
In 1979, Zulfugarova was awarded a title of People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR.
Since 1992, Zulfugarova was an artistic director of the Dzhangi ensemble. The ensemble took part in Fuzuli's anniversary in Baghdad in 1994, toured the United States (New York, Chicago, Washington) and Canada (Toronto and Montreal) in 1995.
In 2009, Zulfugarova was awarded the Shohrat Order (Order of Glory). Having worked over 60 years, she retired in 2011.
Khumar Zulfugarova died on 2 July 2017 in Baku at the age of 89.
In November 2017, Zulfugarova's 90th anniversary was celebrated at the Azerbaijan State Theatre Museum.


Wellington Improvisation Troupe

The Wellington Improvisation Troupe (WIT) is a not-for-profit, community-based improvisational theatre group in Wellington, New Zealand. It is run by a committee elected by and from its forty to sixty active members. WIT performs both long and short-form improvisation.
History.
The group was established by performers of the "Micetro" that won the New Zealand Fringe Festival Best Comedy Award in 2003. WIT was legally established and had its first committee formed in August 2003. The first show season performed under the name was the "Battle of WITs" in December 2003.
WIT continued to participate in the Fringe Festival and the New Zealand International Comedy Festival, and become licensed as an International Theatresports Institute group.
In 2008, WIT convened the first New Zealand Improv Festival, bringing together teachers and troupes from around New Zealand and Australia. The festival became an independent trust in 2015, though WIT opened for the festival that year.
Philosophy.
The creative philosophy of WIT is based on the teachings of Keith Johnstone, and several of WIT's senior players have traveled to Calgary to undertake training at Loose Moose Theatre, which Johnstone co-established in 1977. Beyond the foundation of Johnstone, they also take influence from others including Viola Spolin, Del Close, Augusto Boal, and companies such as The Second City.
WIT's specific objectives as listed in the incorporated society's founding document are as follows:
Shows.
Major WIT shows include:


Riot (TV series)

Riot is a 2014 comedy television series from Fox Broadcasting Company and based upon the Australian "Slide Show" television series, itself based upon the Arthur-created French program "" ("On Fridays, Anything Goes with Arthur", aka "Anything Goes"), where two teams of celebrities competed in a number of challenges and games, including one on a huge set that tilts at 22½ degrees. Hosted by Rove McManus, weekly episode "guest" captains include a rotating set of actors, with Andy Buckley and Steve Carell "captaining" the premiere episode. "Riot" was canceled by Fox on June 12, 2014.
Format.
The show's concept places two teams of celebrities and comedians in a series of competitions that have the teams sing, dance and create comedy sketches while overcoming multiple mental and physical obstacles. Instructed by guest team captains, two teams of comedians are instructed to create and participate in a set of unscripted improv skits, some of which take place on a set tilted at 22-1/2 degrees or some of which take place in complete darkness with the audience able to observe through night-vision cameras while the contestants blunder about.
Regular cast.
The series "regular" main cast includes
Guest stars.
Weekly episode "guest" team captains include a rotating set of actors, including:
Development and production.
In October 2013, Fox greenlit production of an American version of "Vendredi Tout est Permis Avec Arthur", from Steve Carell and Shine America, to be produced by Shine America with Carell’s banner, Carousel TV. Fox ordered 8 episodes, which were filmed during February 2014 and premiered on May 13, 2014.
Reception.
"Riot" has received mixed reviews from television critics, and currently has a Metacritic score of 63 out of 100 based on 5 reviews. Neil Genzlinger of "The New York Times" wrote "There’s no describing how hysterical this is; you have to see it." Diane Werts of "Newsday" wrote "Is there anything great here? No. Is it goofy fun? Yes. BOTTOM LINE Silly fun in the summertime." Brian Lowry of "Variety" wrote "If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery (and television), those responsible for "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" should be positively red-faced watching "Riot," Fox’s amped-up, exhausting new improv show. Lowry expanded that even with the creativity and comedy of the various skits, the show's "stunt-enhanced physical gags" do not quite merit the name "Riot". Neil Drumming of "Salon" said the "premiere felt like harmless summer programming, though a bit manic for my tastes."
Release.
Shine America's parent company represents the format internationally, and apart from the Australian and French versions, local-language versions of the show have screened in Portugal, Denmark, Spain, Brazil, Ukraine and Romania. Vietnam
Cancellation.
After just four weeks, Fox pulled "Riot" from its Tuesday night schedule due to extremely poor ratings. The show's initial ratings and viewer response was mixed, debuting mid-May with a 0.5 rating in the 18–49 demographic with 1.34 million viewers, and for episodes 3 and 4, "Riot" drew a 0.4 rating in the same demographic. Fox stated they would eventually find a better time-slot for the show, and will fill the Tuesday slot with re-runs of more popular shows.
International versions.
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The Deal (2008 film)

The Deal is a 2008 American satirical comedy film directed by Steven Schachter. The screenplay by Schachter and William H. Macy is based on the 1991 novel of the same title by Peter Lefcourt. Macy and Meg Ryan co-star.
The film was shot in Cape Town and other South African locations. It premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and was the opening night attraction at the Sarasota Film Festival. It also was shown at the Philadelphia Film Festival, the Maui Film Festival, and the Traverse City Film Festival, among others, but never was given a theatrical release in the United States. It was released on Region 1 DVD on January 20, 2009.
Plot.
Struggling Hollywood film producer Charlie Berns is on the verge of suicide when his aspiring screenwriter nephew Lionel arrives from New Jersey with a script about 19th century British statesman Benjamin Disraeli. Charlie agrees to make the film, but only when he converts the literate PBS-style script (that he didn't read) into an action adventure Middle Eastern espionage film, "Ben Disraeli: Freedom Fighter".
He casts power-star African American Bobby Mason, a recent convert to Judaism, in the title role and, after some creative wrangling with studio big-wigs and feisty project developer Deidre Hearn, whom he is instantly attracted to, he proceeds to set up production in South Africa. Charlie then lies to the studio, saying Bobby insists Deidre, who has purposely avoided Charlie, be sent to South Africa to assist on the production. She arrives, and she and Charlie eventually 'hook-up'. After Bobby is kidnapped by terrorists during the shoot, and the film is shut down, Deidre hatches a scheme to produce Lionel's original script 'on the Q.T.'. Using financing that must stay in Prague, Charlie and Deidre manage to film Lionel's original movie there, which goes on to receive seven Golden Globe nominations, making Charlie and Deidre the newest power couple producers in Hollywood.
Critical reception.
In his review in "Variety", Peter Debruge said, "The characters seem to be doing all the laughing, while the general public has nothing to cling to but the horndog flirtation between mismatched leads William H. Macy and Meg Ryan - hardly ideal ingredients for mainstream success . . . Elliott Gould gets laughs as the credit-hungry rabbi pulled in to consult on the film, although a few A-list celebrity cameos in the movie-star roles would have gone a long way toward completing the illusion."
Although Matt Prigge of the "Philadelphia Weekly" felt there was "nothing remotely original" about the film, he thought it "just happens to be sprightlier than most, zipping along from one familiar but well-deployed yuk to the next and anchored by the surprisingly winning team of Macy and Meg Ryan."
Michael Atkinson of the "Boston Phoenix" called the film a "bouncy, sharp-edged farce . . . [whose] target audience is, to some degree, its own cast and crew. Yet it’s difficult to resist when the purely idiotic is openly mocked by a sure-footed cast of line readers led by William H. Macy . . . Meg Ryan gets a somewhat thankless role . . . but the dialogue is fast, and of course the target is a fat, awful, patronizing goldfish in a small bowl begging to be shot."


Improv Institute

The Improv Institute was an improvisational comedy company in Chicago from 1984 until 1994. The mainstage show was improvised following audience suggestions. The troupe had two storefront-theaters, both on West Belmont Avenue on Chicago's North side, first at 2939 W. Belmont (1984–1990), and later at 2319 W. Belmont (1991–1994).
Many theatrical productions had their debuts at the Improv Institute, including "Flanagan's Wake" on March 19, 1994.
The Second City producer Kelly Leonard has stated that the Improv Institute was "my favorite place to see improv, other than The Second City." - "Chicago Tribune", January 15, 2004
History.
The Improv Institute was founded in late 1983 by John Michael Michalski, who would go on to direct at The Second City in Chicago. The original cast included Michalski, Rick Hall ("Seinfeld", "Curb Your Enthusiasm", "Arrested Development", "Factory"), Kate Kirkpatrick, Patricia Musker ( Roxy Bellows, also a co-writer of "Flanagan's Wake"), Michael Raysses ("The Drew Carey Show"), Andrew J. Sten, and Jill Talley ("Mr. Show, SpongeBob SquarePants"). They were later joined by Ron West ("3rd Rock from the Sun"). Later incarnations of the mainstage cast would include Jack Bronis ("Early Edition", "Chicago Overcoat", director/co-writer of "Flanagan's Wake"), Mark Czoske (co-writer of "Flanagan's Wake"), Evan Gore ("Futurama" writer), Ross Gottstein ("Babylon 5", "Frasier"), Laura Hall ("Whose Line Is It Anyway?"), Tom Hanigan "(Slice of Pie)", Amy Hartl, Phil Lusardi (co-writer of "Flanagan's Wake"), Patricia Musker (a.k.a. Roxy Bellows, also co-writer of "Flanagan's Wake"), Bonnie Shadrake (co-writer of "Flanagan's Wake"), and Brad Sherman.
Several Improv Institute performers went on to create The Noble Fool Theater Company.
Other notable performers who made appearances at the Improv Institute have included Rose Abdoo ("Gilmore Girls", "Curb Your Enthusiasm"), Sean Abley ("Socket"), Mark Belden ("thirtysomething"), Mark Belzman ("According to Jim"), Kevin L. Burrows ("Naked States"), Cindy Caponera ("Drunkboat", "Curb Your Enthusiasm"), Will Clinger ("Wild Chicago", "ER", "Early Edition"), Kevin Crowley (', "Without a Trace"), Paul Dinello ("Strangers with Candy"), Jon Favreau ("Swingers", director of "Elf" and "Iron Man", host of "Dinner for Five"), Jeff Garlin ("Curb Your Enthusiasm"), Chris Hogan ("MADtv, 3rd Rock from the Sun"), Bonnie Hunt ("Cheaper by the Dozen", "The Bonnie Hunt Show"), Carlos Jacott (', "Big Love", "Firefly"), Jenna Jolovitz ("MADtv" writer), Jeff Kahn ("The 40-Year-Old Virgin"), John Lehr ("10 Items or Less"), Joe Liss ("Less than Perfect", "Curb Your Enthusiasm"), Michael McCarthy (screenwriter), Adam McKay ("Saturday Night Live"), Susan Messing, Theresa Mulligan ("Mr. Show"), Joel Murray ("Dharma & Greg", "Mad Men"), Aliza Murietta, Peter Murietta, Dave Pasquesi ("Strangers with Candy, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Factory"), Paula Poundstone, John Rubano ("According to Jim"), Ruth Rudnick ("NCIS"), Horatio Sanz ("Saturday Night Live"), Lynda Shadrake, Casey Siemaszko ("Young Guns, NYPD Blue, Biloxi Blues"), Faith Soloway, Matt Tiegler ("Gods and Heroes"), Barb Wallace (screenwriter), Dan Johnson-Weinberger, George Wendt ("Cheers"), and Jim Zulevic ("Seinfeld").
The 30th anniversary of the Improv Institute was celebrated as part of the 2014 Chicago Improv Festival at Stage 773 in Chicago.
Further reading.
1990 Promotional video:
https://vimeo.com/307159648


Yoshinori Shirakawa

 was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army.
Biography.
Early life and education.
Shirakawa was born as the third son of an ex-"samurai" of Matsuyama Domain in Iyo, Ehime, Shikoku. He attended Matsuyama Middle School, but was forced to leave without graduating due to the difficult financial situation of his family, and worked as a substitute teacher. In January 1886, he secured a position with a military cadet school and was enlisted in the Imperial Japanese Army as a sergeant in military engineering attached to the Guards Infantry Regiment. In December 1887 he was recommended as an officer cadet and served with the IJA 21st Infantry Regiment. He graduated from the 1st class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1890, where his classmates included Kazushige Ugaki. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in March 1891.
Military career.
Shirakawa entered the Army Staff College in 1893, but was forced to leave the following year due to the outbreak of the First Sino-Japanese War. During the war, he was promoted to first lieutenant. He returned to graduate from the Army Staff College and was promoted to captain in 1898. Shirakawa was then assigned as section commander of the IJA 21st Infantry Regiment. In 1902, he was assigned to the staff of the Guards Division.
Promoted to major in 1903, Shirakawa returned to command the IJA 21st Infantry Regiment during the Russo-Japanese War. During the war, he was transferred to the staff of the IJA 13th Division. This division was given the independent assignment of occupying Sakhalin before the conclusion of the Portsmouth Treaty, landing on Sakhalin on 7 July 1905, only three months after being formed, and securing the island by 1 August 1905. As a result of its successful operation, Japan was awarded southern Karafuto during the Portsmouth Treaty, one of Japan's few territorial gains during the war. After the war, Shirakawa was assigned to the Personnel Bureau of the Army Ministry from October 1905. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1907, colonel in 1909, and commander of the IJA 34th Infantry Regiment.
In June 1911, Shirakawa became Chief of Staff of the IJA 11th Division, and was promoted to major general and commander of the IJA 9th Infantry Brigade.He served as Head of the Personnel Bureau from 1916 to 1919, and after his promotion to lieutenant general and commandant of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy.
In March 1921, he was given a combat command again, as commander of the IJA 11th Division, overseeing its withdrawal and return to Japan aferthe Japanese intervention in Siberia. In August 1922, he was transferred to command the IJA 1st Division. He was selected by General Yamanashi Hanzō to serve as Vice-Minister of the Army in October 1922 and also served as Head of Army Aeronautical Department. during which time he was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun. Shirakawa was appointed commander of the Kwangtung Army from October 1923.
Army Minister and death.
Promoted to full general in March 1925, Shirakawa subsequently served on the Supreme War Council from 1926 to 1932, and was Army Minister from 1927 to 1929 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Tanaka Giichi.
During his tenure as Army Minister, the Kwangtung Army staged the Huanggutun incident as assassinate Fengtian warlord Zhang Zuolin in June 1928. Prime Minister Tanaka reported to Emperor Hirohito that the incident had been staged by rogue junior officers within the Imperial Japanese Army without orders from Tokyo and demanded that the perpetrators be punished. While Shirakawa's role in the bombing remains uncertain, he refused to punish the perpetrators and instead transferred them to other posts to avoid a court martial.
With tensions in China rapidly ramping up towards open war, with the Shanghai Incident starting in January 1932, Shirakawa was dispatched to China on February 25, 1932, to become commander of the Shanghai Expeditionary Army. He was under direct orders from Emperor Hirohito to bring the situation to a close. Shirakawa issued a cease-fire order on March 3 over the strong objections of his commanders and greatly angering The Imperial Japanese Army General Staff. However, the emperor was pleased, and the League of Nations General Assembly, which was poised to issue a strong condemnation of Japan, remained silent. However, two months later, on April 29, 1932, he was severely injured by a bomb set by Korean independence activist Yoon Bong-gil in Shanghai's Hongkou Park and died of his injuries on May 26.
Legacy.
Shirakawa was posthumously awarded with the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers, Order of the Golden Kite 2nd Class, and elevated to the rank of "danshaku" (baron) under the "kazoku" peerage system. His ashes were divided between graves located in his hometown of Matsuyama and in Tokyo's Aoyama Cemetery.


Salisbury metropolitan area

The Salisbury, MD-DE Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau is a metropolitan area centered on the city of Salisbury, Maryland and consists of four counties: Somerset, Wicomico, and Worcester in Maryland and Sussex in Delaware. The MSA had a total population of 373,802 as of the 2010 census and an estimated population of 405,803 for 2017. The United States Census Bureau also defines the Salisbury-Cambridge, MD-DE Combined Statistical Area which combines the Salisbury metropolitan area with the Cambridge, Maryland Micropolitan Statistical Area (Dorchester County).
History.
Prior to the 2010 Census, the Salisbury metropolitan area consisted only of Wicomico and Somerset counties in Maryland. As of the 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 109,391 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 120,181). Worcester County, Maryland was considered a part of the Ocean Pines Micropolitan Statistical Area and Sussex County, Delaware was considered a part of the Seaford Micropolitan Statistical Area. In 2018, the United States Census Bureau defined the Salisbury-Cambridge, MD-DE Combined Statistical Area, which combines the Salisbury metropolitan area with the Cambridge, Maryland Micropolitan Statistical Area (Dorchester County).
The Salisbury–Ocean Pines Combined Statistical Area consisted of the Salisbury metropolitan area and the Ocean Pines micropolitan area. As of the 2000 Census, the CSA had a population of 155,934 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 169,303).
Demographics.
As of the census of 2000, there were 109,931 people, 40,579 households, and 27,223 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 68.92% White, 27.32% African American, 0.25% Native American, 1.46% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.73% from other races, and 1.30% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.99% of the population.
The median income for a household in the MSA was $34,469, and the median income for a family was $42,386. Males had a median income of $29,989 versus $23,292 for females. The per capita income for the MSA was $17,568.


The Grind (TV series)

The Grind was a dance music show broadcast on the cable television station MTV between 1992 and 1997.
It replaced "Club MTV", and featured people dancing to music tracks in a studio, linked by various hosts, including Eric Nies (fresh from "") and DJ Jackie Christie. While "Club MTV" was mostly Dance, House and Freestyle, "The Grind" featured Hip-Hop and Rap with an occasional Dance hit. The show spawned a number of aerobics and workout videotapes.
When MTV moved to its current location at 1515 Broadway, they lost the studio where "Club MTV" and "The Grind" were originally taped and episodes were taped on the roof of the building. The new space was small and inclement weather prevented taping. Noise ordinances prevented playing loud music while taping outdoors, so the show had to be taped without music and dubbed in later. Other installments went to Zuma Beach in California, Brooklyn, Miami and Hawaii.
Nies was replaced in 1995 by various guest hosts. Until the show was cancelled in the summer of 1998, it was re-branded with a sleeker look as "The Daily Burn" and was taped on the Jersey Shore. Michael Bergin and Tsianina Joelson co-hosted with DJ Skribble as the DJ.


Burns Like Fire

Burns Like Fire is the second studio album by Bob Ostertag, released in 1992 by RecRec Music.
Reception.
François Couture of AllMusic says ""Burns Like Fire" remained unnoticed somehow, which is too bad since, even though not as strong as "Attention Span" or "Say No More", it represents an important step in the man's artistic development."
Personnel.
Adapted from the "Burns Like Fire" liner notes.
Musicians
Production and design


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Bajillion Dollar Propertie$

Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ is an American comedy series on the Seeso comedy subscription streaming service. The series, created by Kulap Vilaysack, is a semi-scripted parody of reality television series such as "Million Dollar Listing" and "Property Brothers". "Bajillion Dollar Propertie$" previewed its pilot episode on February 20, 2016 and officially premiered on March 17, 2016, and the series' second season premiered in the fall of 2016. On December 12, 2016, Seeso renewed the series for a third and fourth season. On August 9, 2017, Seeso announced the shutdown of its service by the end of the year, leaving "Bajillion Dollar Propertie$" without a home. On July 15, 2019, it was reported that the previously unaired fourth season would air on Pluto TV.
2017 campaign to save "Bajillion Dollar Propertie$".
On August 9, 2017 it was announced that NBC would be shutting down Seeso. A web campaign to "#BuyJillion" quickly formed to encourage another network or streaming service to pick up the show for future seasons. On July 15, 2019, it was reported that Pluto TV would air the previously unseen fourth season of "Bajillion Dollar Propertie$".


Pello Errota

Pedro Jose Elizegi “Pello Errota” (1840-1919) was born on the estate of Goikoerrota's Mill near Asteasu, a town in the Basque region of Gipuzkoa, and was one of the best known bertsolaris of all time.
A miller by trade, he married Joakina Antonia Bengoetxea from Zizurkil. A small man, he was keen and smart. His quick thinking and singing earned him a bright and prominent role in the bertso scene. As he was a miller and his income was scant, he would accept any request to sing. Good-humored and with a smile always on his lips, he had irony and the capacity to tease. Frequently petitioned to perform, he never refused.
Pello Errota sung with all bertsolaris of his era performing at fairs, weddings, contests, etc. He also published bertso-paperaki. He once won a contest that was disputed on the Euskal Jaia of Azpeitia. He also went to the Basque Fairs of Euskara from Elizondo alongside José Bernardo Otaño. He became so popular that in 1895 some Americans took him to Argentina, paying him the return ticket.
He was 78 years old when he died at his home in Goikoerrota. His daughter Mikaela worked for many years copying her father's works and thanks to her amazing memory the bertsos composed by him, and that she herself wrote, have been preserved for over 80 years. Mikaela also wrote a book which related the life of her father. It narrates her family's history, and the Carlist Wars among other things.


Alice Cooper a Paris

Alice Cooper a Paris (more commonly known as "Alice in Paris") is a French television special starring shock-rocker Alice Cooper.
A series of music videos of songs from his then-current album "Special Forces" with a few songs from "Flush the Fashion" and some older hits mixed in, several songs were re-recorded for the special ("Only Women Bleed", "I'm Eighteen", "Billion Dollar Babies", "School's Out") and have shown up as B-sides of singles with crowd noises mixed in to give the illusion that they were live recordings. The songs are performed in English, but one brief split-screen sketch features French dialogue as radio disc jockey Vincent Furnier (Cooper's real name) interviews Alice.
There has never been an official release and, while not officially broadcast outside France, copies have been circulating amongst Alice Cooper fans for decades. Some copies are missing opening credits, leading fans to refer to it under a variety of titles, including "Alice in Paris", "The Paris Special" and "16 Tracks".


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Ex!t Players

The Yale Ex!t Players, or the Exit Players, is an improvisational comedy group at Yale University in New Haven, CT, United States. The Exit Players was founded in 1984, making it the oldest improv group on Yale’s campus.
History.
The Yale Ex!t Players was co-founded in 1984 by Paul Hayslett, ’85, and Steven Florsheim, ’87. It is Yale’s oldest improv group, followed by The Purple Crayon, The Viola Question, and Just Add Water. The Exit Players derives its name from its original, longer title "Experimental Improvisational Theater," which was later shortened to "Exit." The exclamation point became part of the name when a new logo was designed for the group in 1988.
Performances.
The Exit Players perform both on and off the Yale University campus, for a total of over twenty-five shows per year.
On-Campus Shows.
The Exit Players perform every three or four weeks during the school term, totaling ten on-campus show per year. Shows alternate between annual themed shows and general non-themed shows, each averaging an hour and a half. Annual themed shows include:
Off-Campus Shows.
The Exit Players go on two tours of different locations around the world each year, once in the winter and once in the spring. On tours, the group performs shows and holds interactive workshops at a variety of venues, lasting anywhere from twenty minutes to four hours. Past tour locations include London, Jamaica, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York City, Montreal, and Washington, D.C..
The Exit Players have also participated in a number of comedy festivals and improv competitions. Most recently, they performed as part of the Del Close Marathon in New York City and came in third in the New York City Regional of the College Improv Tournament.
Form.
The Exit Players specialize in Chicago-style long-form improv. In their shows, they have performed scene montages, Harolds, and even improvised one-act plays. They also experiment frequently with genre and in the past few years have performed improvised short stories in the style of Edgar Allan Poe, Clue-themed murder mysteries, and Downton Abbey-esque upstairs-downstairs period dramas.
The Exit Players have trained with members of Improvised Shakespeare, Paralellogramophonograph, and Baby Wants Candy, as well as instructors from the Groundlings, the PIT, iO, and Coldtowne Theater.
Alumni.
The Exit Players have many notable alumni, including:


Felipe Ehrenberg

Felipe Ehrenberg (27 June 1943, Tlacopac, Mexico City, 1943 – 15 May 2017) was a Mexican artist who worked in painting, drawing, printmaking and performance, among other mediums. He also published books and magazines.
Ehrenberg's artistic career of more than 50 years covered the conceptual art of the seventies, including mail art and mimeography, a neographical technique of which he was a pioneer. His multifaceted personality rendered a classical classification of his work difficult, so he defined himself as a "neologist" since the seventies; the term itself is a neologism which underlines the experimental characteristics of his work. He considered himself an artist, chronicler, professor, politician, diplomatic, editor, actor, organizer, and tireless traveler.
Biography.
Ehrenberg was born in Tlacopac, Mexico City, in 1943. He started his education as editor, continuing later as visual and graphic artist with different mentors, amongst which muralist José Chávez Morado, painter and sculptor Feliciano Béjar, and the artist Mathias Goeritz stand out. He presented his first exposition in 1960, in a collective exhibition organized at Galería de la Paz, Mexico City, and exhibited his work at other galleries in that city and in Acapulco between 1963-1964. His first individual exhibitions "La Montaña" and "Dibujos y Epoxis" were set up in 1965 at Galería del Centro de Arte y Artesanía and at Galería 1577 respectively. Between 1964 and 1967 he was editor of the arts section of the México City Times, an English publication, where he also wrote under the pseudonym "Montenegro." In the last years of the decade his work was shown frequently in individual as well as in collective exhibitions and started gaining international attention.
In 1968 he represented Mexico in Salón Codex de Pintura Latinoamericana de Buenos Aires, where he won the prize "Premio Femirama de pintura." 1968, a crucial year in global politics, is also fundamental in Mexican history: a week before the inauguration of the Olympic Games in Mexico City, the military suppressed a student demonstration; hundreds of participants died. Impressed by the situation and in danger of being imprisoned, Ehrenberg went into exile to England with his family. It was there, with David Mayor and Martha Hellion, that the Beau Geste Press was founded, a collective of artists dedicated to publishing the work of visual poets, conceptual artists, neo-dadaists and experimental artists, many of whom were connected to the Fluxus movement. During these years Ehrenberg formed part of the foundation of the group "Polygonal Workshop," where he won the Perpetua Prize for the design and illustration of Opal Nation's "The Man Who Entered Pictures, 1974," edited by Southwestern Arts Association/British Arts Council.
Ehrenberg returned to Mexico in early 1974, moving to Xico, a small town in the state of Veracruz. Continuing with his collective vocation, he joined Victor Munoz, Carlos Finck, and Jose Antonio Hernandez Amezcua, to found "Grupo Process Pentagono," a seminal movement which was later known as Movimiento Grupal. While developing his artistic career, Ehrenberg also started his teaching, giving courses in installations, cultural activism, and administration for the artists at Universidad Veracruzana. In 1975 he received a Guggenheim Fellowship for his investigation of the duality of Latin American culture, concentrating on "schizophrenic attitudes and schismatic in visual arts as a result of bilingualism." In 1979 he founded H2O (Haltos 2 Ornos) Talleres de Comunicación, a collective exhibition of 25 art instructors who redefined the models of independent editing and held muralist workshops. For 10 years, H2O directed the creation of more than 500 small communities and communication groups, and the creation of approximately 1,100 collective murals across Mexico.
Ehrenberg's interest in the sociocultural aspects of art and his participation in the community converted him into a public figure in the 1980s. While he kept exhibiting his work at individual and collective exhibitions, he also ran unsuccessfully as candidate for the municipal and federal elections in 1982 for PSUM (Partido Socialista Unificado de México). Three years later, due to the earthquake of 1985, Ehrenberg became involved in the protection and reconstruction of the legendary Tepito neighborhood against real estate speculation. When a year later another earthquake destroyed the neighborhood San Jacinto in the city of San Salvador, Ehrenberg coordinated the reconstruction program "Barrio a Barrio," which the city implemented to promote self-help based on his experience in Tepito. For his efforts and representing both neighborhoods, he was awarded the Roque Dalton del Consejo de Cooperación con la Cultura y la Ciencia en El Salvador (CONCISES) medal in 1987.
In 1984 Ehrenberg travelled to the Art Institute of Chicago as an invited professor, where he held a seminar in "Art and Politics", as well as other courses in history of art. He returned in 1998 to hold the seminar again, adding "Making Things Visible: The Artist as Activist." From the mid 1970s on his themes included death, as it manifests in Mexico, where the traditions of the original villages syncretize with Christianity brought by the Spanish colonizers. Ehrenberg celebrated Dia de los Muertos with paintings and drawings or installations/nontraditional offerings. In a similar fashion, he frequently investigated other aspects of the cultural clash of his work.
In autumn of 1990, Ehrenberg was invited to be a resident artist of Nexus Press, Atlanta, where he published the "Codex Areoscriptus Ehrenbergensis: A Visual Score of Iconotropisms", an anthology of his iconographic heritage of patterns. In October of the same year he created the exterior installation "Light Up our Border – I," commissioned by Archer Huntington Gallery of University of Texas-Austin. A month later he presented "Light up our Border – II" at Bridge for Contemporary Art, in El Paso, Texas. Both installations, together with "Curtain Call," form part of the installation presented at INSITE 94 (San Diego/Tijuana), which deals with the deep and precarious relationship between the USA and Mexico. In 1993 he presented "Preterito Imperfecto," an ambitious demonstration which includes a variety of genres, at Museo Carrillo Gil in Mexico City. It alludes to the quincentennial of the discovery of the Americas and the encounter of multiple continents: the Americas, Europe, and Africa. Following the 1990s Ehrenberg continued to be active as an artist as well as an essayist on contemporary culture. From 2001 to 2006 he served as cultural attaché to Brazil. In 2008 "Manchuria-vision periferica" was inaugurated, a first retrospective of his work which was presented at Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, traveling afterwards to the Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA), Los Angeles (May 2010) and to Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo (September 2010). In 2014 Ehrenberg moved to Mexico permanently.
He also had appearances in some films, such as an uncredited maniac in the Boris Karloff movie "Fear Chamber".
Ehrenberg died on 15 May 2017 in Cuernavaca, Morelos, at the age of 73.


Better Living Through Chemistry

The phrase "Better Living Through Chemistry" is a variant of a DuPont advertising slogan, "Better Things for Better Living...Through Chemistry." DuPont adopted it in 1935 and it was their slogan until 1982 when the "Through Chemistry" part was dropped. Since 1999, their slogan has been "The miracles of science".
The phrase "Better Living Through Chemistry" was used on products that were not affiliated with DuPont to circumvent trademark infringement. This transmutation is now more commonly used than the original. This statement is used for commentary on several different topics, from the promotion of prescription or recreational drugs, to the praise of chemicals and plastics, to the sarcastic criticism of the same.
DuPont used the "Better Living Through Chemistry" slogan not to promote particular products, but to change viewers' opinions about the role of business in society. In the words of DuPont's advertising director, Charles Hackett, the advertisements sought to address "unspoken fears of bigness in business", which were based on "an emotional rather than a rational foundation".
The phrase has since been used in popular culture as the name of a film and of music albums, sometimes as a euphemistic reference to recreational drug use.


Adele at the BBC

Adele at the BBC (also known as Adele Live in London to some international markets) is a television special featuring British singer and songwriter Adele, hosted by Graham Norton for BBC One, and which was recorded at The London Studios, London, United Kingdom on 2 November 2015. The programme featured Adele and her live band performing songs from her repertoire and third studio album "25" (2015), as well as other songs from her other two albums, "19" (2008) and "21" (2011), alongside Adele being interviewed by Norton.
The show featured the first public performance of her single "Hello" and two other tracks from "25", and her first television appearance since the 85th Academy Awards (2013). It also featured sketch sections, where Adele interacted with her fans, including a group of Adele impersonators. The show was broadcast on Friday 20 November on BBC One from 20:30 – 21:35 GMT, the same day that her new album "25" was released.
Since this was broadcast, numerous other artists have at "at the BBC" specials too: Michael Bublé, Harry Styles, Sam Smith, U2 and Ariana Grande.
Background.
Following the release of "21" (2011), Adele was considering quitting the music industry altogether, stating she thought it was better to "go out on a high". However, in early 2012 she announced she was simply taking a hiatus from music in order to "take time and live a little bit". Her hiatus from music came to an end after the birth of her first child in October 2012, with Adele stating her son inspired her to start recording music again in order for him to "know what I do". In early October, Adele released a letter to her fans through social media addressing the album, in which she confirmed that the album would be titled "25".
Adele confirmed that "25" would be released on 20 November 2015, and revealed its cover simultaneously on Facebook and Twitter.
On October 2, 2015 numerous music journalists began reporting that it was suspected that Adele had been offered a one-hour TV special on the BBC, however these reports were not confirmed.
On 27 October, following the reports BBC One announced plans for "Adele at the BBC", a one-hour special presented by Graham Norton in which he will talk to Adele about her new album.
The show was recorded before a live audience on 2 November and was transmitted on BBC One on 20 November 2015.
Tickets for the live show, which were free, were made available through a lottery style system and were requested by the public.
The show marks the first live performances by Adele of three songs from the album "25": "Hello", "When We Were Young", and "Million Years Ago".
Broadcasting.
The programme was broadcast on 20 November 2015 on BBC One, the same day that her new album "25" was released. BBC One aired an extended version of the programme on New Year's Day 2016, including further footage of the sketch in which Adele posed as Jenny. By 4 December 2015, footage of the scenes had been viewed 37 million times on the BBC's YouTube site, making it the most watched programme on there.
Prior to the show's announcement BBC Worldwide had secured numerous pre-sales for the one-off event, with broadcasters in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain and 4 other countries. The BBC secured deals with VRT, CTV, NPO 3 and Canal Plus respectively for hour-long BBC One show, BBC Worldwide offered international broadcasters the choice of buying the original 60-minute version of the show, hosted by Graham Norton and with his interview with Adele, or a 45-minute performance-only edit.
In Ireland the programme was simulcast on RTÉ2, where it aired as "Adele Live in London".
Reception.
The programme received a five-star review from "The Daily Telegraph", which described it as 'a stroke of genius' and 'old-fashioned, generous, fun and moving.'. Overnight viewing figures indicated that the one-off special was viewed by 4.54 million viewers, giving the programme a 19.8% audience share in that evening's 8.30pm timeslot.
Consolidated figures show that the special was watched by a total of 6.36 million viewers and was the 11th most watched programme on BBC one during its week of broadcast.


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ComedySportz

ComedySportz (CSz) is an improvisational comedy organization started in 1984 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, by a group of local comedians including Dick Chudnow, Bob Orvis, Brian Green, and others.
Match format.
The traditional format of a ComedySportz match features two teams of improvisational performers (players), competing in various improv games and performing scenes with audience members judging the results and awarding points. Often times the actual points are completely arbitrary and depend upon how the ref is feeling. In every match, a CSz referee monitors the action, awarding points, and administering fouls as necessary. The flavor is somewhat like the television show "Whose Line Is It Anyway?", though the ComedySportz organization precedes that show's debut by 4 years. The CSz format is a more sports-oriented and family-friendly version of the Theatresports format, which preceded ComedySportz by 7 years.
ComedySportz penalties (put in place for the audience's benefit) include:
Although the image of competition is maintained, the teams are often dynamic, with rosters depending on which player (many of whom have other occupations such as secret CIA agents) are available for a match at any given time, and match outcomes are not pre-determined as audience voting/selected judges decide the winner.
Organization.
CSz Worldwide and ComedySportz are licensed by the "World Comedy League Incorporated." There are over 28 cities with licensed ComedySportz organizations, most in the United States. In recent years, ComedySportz has been licensed in Manchester, England (although this team originated in Chorley, Lancashire) and Berlin, Germany.
Most ComedySportz cities operate their own "arenas," some with theatre type settings, others as nightclubs. Few (including ComedySportz Milwaukee) have their very own bar and restaurant. Sometimes the members of the comedic improv team also work sound and lights. The clean content and audience focused nature of the ComedySportz match allows CSz groups to perform thousands of road shows for corporate, college, church, school, and association clients each year; most CSz groups also lead corporate team-building workshops. In addition, players from some cities coach ComedySportz high school and middle school leagues, in which students perform in shows similar to those seen at the "professional" level.
World Championship.
Teams meet annually at the ComedySportz World Championship for a competitive tournament, training, and exchange of artistic, marketing, and organizational ideas. The location of the tournament rotates among the member cities. The first world championship that Milwaukee won was in 1988. The banner hangs in the Milwaukee stadium. The first World Championship in Milwaukee’s new arena was August 4–7, 2004, also served as the Grand Opening for Milwaukee's all-new ComedySportz Arena at 420 South 1st Street in Milwaukee. In 2009, the World Championship returned to Milwaukee for the 25th anniversary celebration, and returned again in 2014 to celebrate both its 30th anniversary and rebranding of the logo.
Prior to 2004, this mostly annual event was billed as the "ComedySportz National Tournament."
Philadelphia hosted and won the World Championship in 2019.


Herbert Fields

Herbert Fields (July 26, 1897March 24, 1958) was an American librettist and screenwriter.
Biography.
Born in New York City, Fields began his career as an actor, then graduated to choreography and stage direction before turning to writing. From 1925 until his death, he contributed to the libretti of many Broadway musicals. He wrote the book for most of the Rodgers and Hart musicals of the 1930s and later collaborated with his sister Dorothy on several musicals, including "Annie Get Your Gun", "Something for the Boys", "Up in Central Park", and "Arms and the Girl". He won the 1959 Tony Award for Best Musical for "Redhead".
Fields wrote the screenplays for a string of mostly B-movies, including "Let's Fall in Love" (1933), "Hands Across the Table" (1935), "Love Before Breakfast" (1936), "Fools for Scandal" (1938), "Honolulu" (1939), and "Father Takes a Wife" (1941). He was also one of several writers who worked on "The Wizard of Oz", although he did not receive a screen credit for his contribution.
Herbert Fields was the son of Lew Fields and brother of Dorothy and Joseph Fields. Herbert is a member of the American Theater Hall of Fame.


Tudor Rickards

Tudor Rickards (born 1941 in Pontypridd, Wales) is a self published author of non-fiction and fiction, a business academic, and a scientist. He is Professor Emeritus at University of Manchester and formerly Professor of creativity and Organisational change at Alliance Manchester Business School. His fiction works include "The Unnamed Threat: A Wendy Lockinge Mystery (2019)", "Seconds Out" (2018) and "Chronicles of Leadership" (2016). His non-fiction includes "Tennis Matters: A Leaders We Deserve Monograph" (2015), "Tennis Tensions" (2015), "The Manchester Method" (2015) and "The Double Houdini" (2016).
He was an early promoter in Europe of the TRIZ system of creativity and idea generation, inviting TRIZ pioneer Dr Phan Dung to speak at EACI (European Association of Creativity and Innovation) conferences and publishing some of the first papers in English by Dr Phan Dung on the subject in "Creativity and Innovation Management".
Career.
By the mid-70s he had established international contacts. A collaboration with at the Battelle Institute in Frankfurt, Germany, lead to a joint publication comparing practices and deficiencies in the application of creativity techniques in the UK and in Germany. Furthermore, he participated in most of the European creativity conferences a speaker or active participant. During this time he intensively worked on the development of networks enabling European creativity practitioners to work together and explore alternatives to the dominant US models.
He co-founded the academic journal, "Creativity and Innovation Management, " in 1991 and is Alex Osborn Visiting Professor at State University of New York, Buffalo, a lifetime position offered to scholars who are deemed to enrich teaching at the University’s Centre for Studies in Creativity.
The influences and inspirations for his insights and research are diverse, and include chess, poetry, sport and politics. He is developing the use of non-traditional fictional modes for exploring issues in leadership theory. The world of nature has also been a powerful source of inspiration, with well-publicised work on intelligent horsemanship and the lessons it offers for the workplace, and profiling management and leadership styles using animal behaviour. His work has been criticised for attempting to learn lessons from studying animal rather than human behaviour.
He was the guest speaker for the 2014 Alex Osborn memorial event at Buffalo State University on the theme of [ Dissecting Creativity]. The interview was conducted by Gerard Puccio, chair and Professor at the International Center for Studies in Creativity [ICSC] at Buffalo State University. The annual event honors the life and work of Alex Osborn who did much of his pioneering work on stimulating creativity at ICSC.
In March 2015, Rickards took part in a keynote introduction to the ARTEM Organizational Creativity International Conference in Nancy, France, on rethinking paths on creativity to move organizations towards sustainability.
On 17 April 2015, Rickards co-presented "Taking Tough Decisions: A Creative Problem-Solving Approach" with Dr Rebecca Baron (Associate Dean General Practice Health Education North West) at the Fifth National Medical Leadership conference at the Macron Stadium, Bolton.
In 2015, Rickards began his first self-publishing project which culminated in the release of the eBook "The Manchester Method: A Leaders We Deserve Monograph" which is based on over a thousand posts originally published on his blog, Leaders We Deserve, over the period 2006–2015.
He also lectures at the Research University - Higher School of Economics in Moscow.
Rickards contributed as keynote speaker at the 1st National Medical Leadership Conference of the Mersey & North Western Deaneries, Reebok Stadium Bolton, 10 March 2011, and at the Institute of Directors North West annual conference on Leading through Change, Manchester, 22 March 2012.
In August 2010, Rickards contributed to an eBook collection of political poems entitled "Emergency Verse – Poetry in Defence of the Welfare State" edited by Alan Morrison.
As of August 2011, Rickards has been appointed to the board of international advisors to the Institute for Creative Management and Innovation, Kinki University, Japan.
His recent media contributions include the BBC Radio 4 documentary Oblique Strategies, broadcast on 13 June 2013, examining a technique developed by Brian Eno for stimulating creativity.
In the media.
Rickards is regularly quoted in the British media. He is a pioneer and advocate of the ‘Manchester Method’ – the system of creative and applied learning championed by Manchester Business School – on which he has written widely.
Challenging traditional models of creative thinking, leadership, problem solving and team building, Rickards’ research has been described by "The Financial Times" as non-traditional.
Education.
Rickards was educated at Pontypridd Boys’ Grammar School and went on to study chemistry and radiation chemistry at The University of Wales at Cardiff (now Cardiff University). Following post-doctoral research at New York Medical College in the 1960s, he returned to the UK to work in the R&D department of Unilever Laboratories, based in Port Sunlight, Merseyside, UK. It was there that he became interested in creativity and its role in structured problem-solving systems, and from there that he joined Manchester Business School in 1972. Alan Pearson, founding editor of R&D management journal invited him to join MBS to study creativity techniques in R&D laboratories. The work was subsequently subsumed by the INCA programme (Innovation through Creative Analysis.


Jug (instrument)

The jug used as a musical instrument is an empty jug (usually made of glass or stoneware) played with buzzed lips to produce a trombone-like tone. The characteristic sound of the jug is low and hoarse, below the higher pitch of the fiddle, harmonica, and the other instruments in the band.
Performance.
With an embouchure like that used for a brass instrument, the musician holds the mouth of the jug about an inch from their mouth and emits a blast of sound, made by a buzzing of the lips, directly into it. The jug does not touch the musician's mouth, but serves as a resonating chamber to amplify and enrich the sound made by the musician's lips. Changes in pitch are controlled by loosening or tightening the lips. An accomplished jug player might have a two-octave range. Some players augment this sound with vocalizations, didgeridoo style, and even circular breathing. In performance, the jug sound is enhanced if the player stands with his back to a wall, which will reflect the sound towards the audience.
The stovepipe (usually a section of tin pipe, 3" or 4"/75 or 100 mm in diameter) is played in much the same manner, with the open-ended pipe being the resonating chamber. There is some similarity to the didgeridoo, but there is no contact between the stovepipe and the player's lips.
As a bass instrument, the jug is part of the band's rhythm section, but jug solos are common. Most jug bands use a single jug player, but there are recordings of period bands that used jug sections of two or more players.
Jugs will also produce sound at their main resonance frequency when air is blown across the top opening. This method is not used in bands, since it is relatively quiet and produces only a single pitch. It is typically used for making glass bottles whistle. A larger bottle produces a lower musical pitch while smaller ones produce higher pitches. The pitch of a bottle played in this way may be controlled by changing its volume by adding or emptying contents. Loudness is a function of the speed of the air blown across the top.
History.
The jug as a musical instrument reached its height of popularity in the 1920s, when jug bands, such as Cannon's Jug Stompers flourished. The jug was also popular because it was cheap and easy to carry around.
In addition to the most common ceramic jug, containers of many different materials have been used for musical jugs, e.g. glass jugs and bottles, plastic bleach bottles, tin kerosene cans, etc. Different materials produce different sounds, as do different sizes. The jug is primarily an acoustic instrument, although amplified and "electric jugs" appear from time to time, and have even been used in recordings, such as by Tommy Hall in the 1960s psychedelic band 13th Floor Elevators.
A version of the jug known as the botija was played in early Cuban musical forms such as the son.
In recent times, Fritz Richmond (1939–2005) was a well-known and successful jug player, and his work, found on numerous commercial recordings, provides excellent examples of jug playing. Josh Smith, (1979-now) of the Glade City Rounders, is one of the most famous jug players touring and playing live. He is said to possibly be one of the best on the scene by some jug band scholars.


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Rollercoaster (Jim Verraros album)

Rollercoaster is the official debut album of pop rock-dance artist Jim Verraros. It was released by independent label Koch Records on April 26, 2005. Several of the album's songs had been featured on a previous release by Verraros, titled "Unsaid and Understood", which had acted as a demo album. "Unsaid and Understood" had been self-released in 2003, a year after Verraros placed ninth on "American Idol"'s first season, and had drawn the attention of Koch Records, which proceeded to sign Verraros. Gabe Lopez produced "Unsaid and Understood" as well as "Rollercoaster." He also provided backing vocals and played several instruments on both albums. Among "Rollercoaster"'s other background vocalists is Angela Peel, who made it to the semi-finals on "American Idol", during the same season as Verraros.
Verraros had publicly come out as gay the year before releasing "Unsaid and Understood" and was the only openly gay finalist from "American Idol" at the time of "Rollercoaster"'s release. He performed many of the songs on "Rollercoaster" at gay clubs and at pride events. All of the songs on the album avoid using pronouns, and the album was noted for including lyrics that allude to both gay bashing and gay sex. Verraros sought to create a more sexually charged album than those released by other "American Idol" finalists up to that point. The music of George Michael served as the album's primary influence, while Green Day inspired some of the album's rock elements.
"You Turn It On" was released as Rollercoaster's first single and peaked at number twenty-one on the "Billboard" Dance Club Play Chart. "You're Getting Crazy (Estas Enloqueciendo)" was released in October 2005 as the album's second single. Both songs received multiple remixes. Prior to "Rollercoaster"'s release, songs from "Unsaid and Understood" topped the Rock and Pop charts on Mp3.com.
Lopez received writing credits for all eleven tracks on "Rollercoaster". Verraros co-wrote seven of the album's songs, and Peel co-wrote four of them. Peel's credits include co-writing both of the album's singles.
Reviews of "Rollercoaster" were generally positive, both in mainstream and LGBT-interest publications. Critics complimented the album's musical influences and gay-oriented themes.
Background.
After placing ninth on "American Idol"'s first season, Jim Verraros moved to Los Angeles, where he was cast in the LGBT independent comedy film "Eating Out". Around the same time, he connected with Gabe Lopez, a singer-songwriter and music producer based in that area. Lopez had heard "", a compilation album that Verraros had been featured on, and wanted to begin a collaboration. The two of them worked out of Lopez's home studio. A demo album resulted, titled "Unsaid and Understood", which Verraros and Lopez self-released in 2003.
As the first, and at that point, only "American Idol" finalist to be out publicly, Verraros had already been the recipient of significant media attention from the LGBT press; "Out" magazine had named him as one of "2002's Most Intriguing People". When "Unsaid and Understood" was released, "The Advocate"'s Adam B. Vary named it as one of his favorite new indie albums in the LGBT music scene. Individual songs from "Unsaid and Understood" topped mp3.com's Rock and Pop charts, and one of the album's songs, "I Want You", was featured on "Bi the People", a 2003 compilation album of "bisexual artists and friends", which was released to raise money for the Bisexual Foundation. "Unsaid and Understood" won the 2004 Out Music Award for Outstanding New Recording – Debut Male and was supported through a tour of gay clubs.
Despite the traction that Verraros was gaining within the LGBT community – the "Chicago Sun-Times" called him a "gay icon" in 2004 – he was unable to convince any major labels, either in the United States or in the United Kingdom, to release "Unsaid and Understood". Struggling financially, Verraros continued working at a tanning salon, where he had found employment shortly after moving to LA. Over the summer of 2004, he learned that Koch Records, an indie label based out of New York, was preparing a compilation album of music by "American Idol" finalists. Koch Records wanted to know whether Verraros had anything to contribute to the planned album, and Verraros sent in a demo tape. He received a record deal within a week.
"Unsaid and Understood" was then retooled as "Rollercoaster". Several of the same songs are featured on both albums, although "Rollercoaster" also features new material.
Writing and recording.
Verraros first began working on the album that would become "Rollercoaster" in June 2003 and finished it about a year and a half later. He and Lopez wrote around thirty-five to forty songs and selected eleven of those to include as tracks on the final album. Angela Peel, who placed in the top thirty of "American Idol"'s first season, co-wrote four of the album's songs and provided backing vocals, while Lopez received writing credits on all of the tracks (Verraros is credited as a co-writer on seven tracks). Lopez played several instruments on the album and is credited as the producer. He also provided backing vocals. "Rollercoaster" was produced on a budget of $3,500.
Verraros explained that the title "Rollercoaster" is a reference to the emotional highs and lows that he had experienced throughout his life. He also attributed the title to the album's mixture of "dancey upbeat songs" and "romantic, soulful ballads". In several interviews, Verraros cited George Michael as his primary musical influence. He also drew inspiration while working on the album from Justin Timberlake, Janet Jackson, Tina Turner, Prince, and Green Day. "Rollercoaster" is a pop rock album with a dance component. The "Windy City Times" described it as a blend of "smoldering rock and funky pop".
Verraros said that he wanted "Rollercoaster" to be "edgier and sexier" than most albums that had been released by other "American Idol" participants up to that point. Contrasting himself with Clay Aiken, Verraros said, "[Aiken is] very much a cookie cutter image of what's very safe, vanilla and that's not really me." Verraros noted that while people who win "American Idol" tend to be "box[ed]" into recording music with mass commercial appeal, his own lower placement in the competition allowed him greater freedom with artistic risks.
Recognizing that his chance to record "Rollercoaster" had been granted, in large part, by his reality TV show fame, Verraros said that he "had a lot to prove" on the album. "Rollercoaster"'s release strategy depended upon word of mouth, particularly within the LGBT community. Verraros said that the gay press "really carried" him, but also expressed regret that the album received niche marketing, saying in a 2006 interview, "It's just become very gay-focused...they [Koch Records] were going to capitalize on the gay market and [said] 'we're going to get you in the gay clubs and we're going to do it gay, gay, gay.' And I was like, 'My album isn't really all that gay and it's totally mainstream, top 40. A lot of girls will dig it too. So that's kind of stupid but just do it.'"
Lyrics were written without the use of pronouns, so as to appeal to both gay and straight listeners. Verraros called "Outside" the most personal song on "Rollercoaster", as well as one of his favorites, and explained that the lyrics are about gay bashing. Another song on the album, "Welcome to Hollywood", was described by "The Advocate" as "[documenting Verarros'] post-Idol reality check". When asked about the song, Verraros described Hollywood as a "seedy" place, filled with people trying to "get ahead in life". In a separate interview, he said that he had "to constantly question other people's motives" while living in Los Angeles. "You're Getting Crazy" and "Hold On" were also singled out by Verraros as two of his favorite songs on the album, the former for its "beat" and the latter for its romantic qualities.
Release.
"Rollercoaster" was initially scheduled for a March 2005 release, although the date was postponed to April 26 of that year. The album's release date was chosen to roughly coincide with the theatrical premiere of "Eating Out". A release party for "Rollercoaster" was held on April 27, 2005 at the Roxy Theatre in Hollywood. A club tour was considered to promote the album, and through the rest of 2005, Verraros performed in several pride events. He also performed at the "American Idol" season 4 wrap party that May. Following "Rollercoaster"'s release, Verraros moved back to his hometown of Crystal Lake, Illinois, where he was involved with several local events.
Singles.
"Rollercoaster"'s first single, "You Turn It On", debuted at number forty-eight on the "Billboard" Dance Club Play Chart. The song spent eleven weeks on that chart and peaked in early June at number twenty-one. Remixes were created for the song.
The album's second single, "You're Getting Crazy (Estas Enloqueciendo)", was released in October. Mike Cruz and L.E.X each created remixes of the song, which were called "as slick, upbeat and professional as anything else currently climbing the charts" by Edgemedianetwork.com. "Billboard" suggested that with the help of an accompanying music video, the song would have the potential to become a hit, but no music videos were created for any of the songs on "Rollercoaster", and the album's second single failed to chart.
Reception.
"Rollercoaster" received positive comments from several publications. Adam B. Vary and Dennis Hensley of "The Advocate" called the album "surprisingly assured" and noted similarities to George Michael's music, while Joey Guerra of the "Houston Chronicle" felt that the album "thrives on a glossy pop sensibility". Guerra wrote that "Rollercoaster" successfully blends club music with "ballads", "crunchy rock tunes" and "even a '50s-flavored doowop ditty". He and "Billboard" compared the album's first and second singles respectively to "I'm a Slave 4 U" by Britney Spears. Barry Walters of "Out" magazine praised "Rollercoaster" for sounding "more like a solo disc from Justin Timberlake or JC Chasez than the bland pop from most of [Verraros]' "Idol" cohorts". Although Walters suggested that "Rollercoaster" sounds "prematurely dated" due to its blend of "boy-band dance tracks, mainstream rock, and George Michael-ish balladry", he nonetheless called the album "subversive" for offering a gay perspective, highlighting the track "So Deep" for co-opting the "penetration metaphor" of songs typically performed by female artists.Diane Anderson-Minshall of "Curve" magazine wrote that "Rollercoaster" had found a lesbian fanbase, and Ben Katner of "TV Guide" considered the album's lead single, "You Turn It On", to be an "infectious club hit". Katner also called the entire album "unrelentingly catchy". Sherrill Fulghum of "The Empty Closet" positively compared the album to other dance music, writing, "The dance beat is there, but so are other instruments carrying melodies that will entice you to listen deeper." Fulghum wrote that the album "contain[s] interesting lyrics" and also serves as a demonstration of Gabe Lopez's "musicianship".
Guerra singled out the tracks "Welcome to Hollywood" and "Outside" as highlights. He also complimented "You Turn It On" for having a "slinky Neptunes groove". "Billboard" commented on "Rollercoaster"'s second single, "You're Getting Crazy (Estas Enloqueciendo)", by writing that the song "treads in similar territory [as "You Turn It On"], stirring the beats into a simmering frenzy." In 2014, "Boston Spirit" magazine compiled a list of eight recommended love songs "by gay artists about same-sex romance" and included "Alive" from "Rollercoaster".
A less positive review of "Rollercoaster" came from Jonathan Takiff of the "Philadelphia Daily News", who gave the album a C and called it "cheezy". AllMusic did not review the album, but gave it two-and-a-half stars out of five. Although Mark Franklin of "The York Dispatch"'s blog Idol Chatter praised the dance tracks "Forbidden Love", "Move", and "You Turn It On", he criticized "Rollercoaster"'s ballads and gave the album a C-.
Personnel.
Credits adapted from AllMusic.
Additional vocals
Additional musicians
Technical personnel
Miscellaneous


Michel Portal

Michel Portal (born 27 November 1935) is a French composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist. He plays both jazz and classical music and is considered to be "one of the architects of modern European jazz".
Early life.
Portal was born in Bayonne on 27 November 1935. His family was musical and there were several instruments in his house when he was growing up. His interest in jazz began after hearing it on the radio after World War II. He studied clarinet at the Conservatoire de Paris and conducting with Pierre Dervaux.
Later life and career.
Portal "gained experience in light music with the bandleaders Henri Rossotti and (in Spain in 1958) Perez Prado, as well as with the drummer Benny Bennett (1960), Raymond Fonsèque (1963), Aimé Barelli, and, for many years, the singer Claude Nougaro". Portal co-founded the free improvisation group New Phonic Art. During 1969, Portal played on a recording of Karlheinz Stockhausen's "Aus den sieben Tagen".
Portal began scoring music for films in the 1980s. He has won the César Award for Best Music Written for a Film three times.
Discography.
As sideman.
With Barbara
With Richard Galliano
With Laurent Korcia
With others


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Mary of the Movies

Mary of the Movies is a 1923 American silent semi-autobiographical comedy film based on the career of Marion Mack. It was written by Mack and her husband Louis Lewyn, and stars Mack and Creighton Hale. Hale and director John McDermott play fictionalized versions of themselves in the film, which was also directed by McDermott.
It was produced by Columbia Pictures and distributed by Film Booking Offices. A partial print of the film exists in Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision.
Production.
It was shot at the Sunset Gower Studios of Columbia Pictures.
Plot.
Mary (Mack), a country girl, moves to Hollywood to become a star, and earn money to pay for her brother's operation. She meets many famous stars, but has difficulty getting work. Finally, she gets a break when her resemblance to a star leads to her being cast in a film.
Reception.
The film received good reviews, and did well at the box office. It was deemed better than a similar film released the same year, "Hollywood".


Venus with Pistol

Venus With Pistol is a first person narrative novel by English author Gavin Lyall, first published in 1969.
Explanation of title.
A major plot point near the end of the novel turns on a painting by the Renaissance Venetian artist Giorgione, "Venus with Pistol". This painting is an invention of the author, but resembles the real-world painting Sleeping Venus, now at the Dresden Museum. The historical accuracy of the pistol held by the fictional Venus turns out to be a matter of life and death to the narrator, a dealer in antique firearms.
Reception.
The "Times Literary Supplement" said that the novel “works up to beautiful tension and ingenuity.” Peter Parley in the London "Spectator" offered “all praise” for it, recommending it “for those with a thirst for the find in the attic and a bottle of scotch in the third drawer down.”
Plot summary.
Gilbert Kemp is dealer specializing in antique guns in London with a somewhat dubious background. He is approached by the mysterious Carlos MacGregor Garcia, a Nicaraguan and his employer, the very wealthy ex-professional tennis player Doña Margarita Umberto, who are traveling around Europe buying oil paintings to form a private collection which they allege will be donated to the Nicaraguan people. However, as many of the works are to be acquired from private collectors who do not wish the sale to be made public, and as many European governments would block the export of the historically valuable paintings, Kemp's services are needed in order to smuggle the paintings into Switzerland, from where they will be transported to Nicaragua in the diplomatic pouch.
It seems like a straightforward matter of art smuggling until Kemp is mugged on arrival in Zürich, and a priceless Cézanne is stolen. On his next commission in Amsterdam, he helps obtain an un-catalogued work of Vincent van Gogh, but the art expert certifying the painting is soon brutally murdered. Things heat up in Venice and culminate in Vienna where Kemp finally unravels the web of treachery and deceit that he has unwittingly stumbled into.


Love Shack (film)

Love Shack is a 2010 mockumentary about the adult film industry written, produced and directed by Gregg Saccon and Michael B. Silver. Other producers include Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver.
"Love Shack" reunites a dysfunctional "family" of adult film stars for a memorial porn shoot following the death of a legendary producer Mo Saltzman.


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Death of Daniel Wultz

Daniel Wultz was a Jewish-American teenager and one of 11 people killed in the 2006 Tel Aviv shawarma restaurant bombing at "Rosh Ha'ir" restaurant in Tel Aviv, Israel. Seventy others were injured. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack. On April 17, 2006, around 1:30 pm, a Palestinian suicide bomber approached a crowded restaurant near the old Tel Aviv Central Bus Station. The suicide bomber blew himself up when the security guard stationed at the entrance to the restaurant asked him to open his bag for inspection.
Wultz, 16, a resident of Weston, Florida, was visiting Israel with his family during the Passover holiday when he was caught in the attack. His father, Yekutiel "Tuly" Wultz, was also injured in the bombing. Despite massive wounds and loss of blood, Wultz lived for 27 days after the bombing. A global campaign began shortly after the attack, encouraging people to "Pray for Daniel."
Wultz died on May 14, 2006, Mother's Day, in the United States.
His body was returned to south Florida for burial and a funeral at the Weston Chabad synagogue where he was an active member.
Daniel Cantor Wultz Foundation.
Shortly after his death, Daniel Wultz's parents, Yekutiel "Tuly" and Sheryl Wultz established the Daniel Cantor Wultz Foundation to promote tolerance through sports and educational activities. The family worked with the Boston-based David Project to create a curriculum for high school students and organized events in the greater Miami area to promote tolerance including programs with the Robert Sheinberg YMCA of Weston where Daniel participated in sports. The foundation remained active through the Wultz family's settlement with Bank of China.
Cooperation with Simon Wiesenthal Center.
In cooperation with the Simon Wiesenthal Center, the Wultz family urged the United Nations to designate suicide bombing a crime against humanity.
Legal actions.
Encouraged by the Government of Israel, the Wultz family filed lawsuits against the Governments of Syria, Iran and Bank of China for their role in the death of their son. In support of the Wultz family's actions in U.S. courts, Israeli intelligence sources voluntarily provided the family and their attorneys with specific information on bank accounts used to fund the terror attack, contact between the Islamic Jihad terror cell, organizers and foreign governments, and details of meetings between Israeli intelligence officers and Bank of China officials that took place before the terror attack in an effort to cut off funding to individuals who were receiving money from Bank of China accounts to facilitate terrorist acts against Israeli targets.
In early 2015, U.S. Magistrate Judge Gabriel Gorenstein ordered Bank of China to "turn over some 1,600 documents related to an internal investigation into BOC accounts formerly held in the name of an alleged Islamic Jihad leader, Said al-Shurafa, and his wife Reem." "Litigation Daily" reported, "Plaintiffs in the six-year-old case hope the documents will buttress their claims that BOC deliberately turned a blind eye to accounts it knew were being used to funnel money to terrorist operatives in Gaza."
Judgment against Iran and Syria.
The family won a case in May 2012 in a U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., against Iran and Syria for their supporting "Palestinian militants" in this suicide bombing attack. The amount of the judgement was for $323,000,000 and represented the first time a U.S. court issued a judgment against Syria for terror related activities.
In his Opinion issued May 14, 2012, Chief Judge Royce C. Lamberth of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia wrote, "When a state chooses to use terror as a policy tool—as Iran and Syria continue to do— that state forfeits its sovereign immunity and deserves unadorned condemnation. Barbaric acts like the April 17, 2006 suicide bombing have no place in civilized society and represent a moral depravity that knows no bounds."
Separation and settlement of Bank of China terror financing case.
Based on motions from attorneys representing Bank of China, the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. separated the Wultz lawsuit against Bank of China and transferred it to the U.S. District Court in New York. The case was dismissed with prejudice on December 16, 2015, when the Wultz family and Bank of China reached a settlement.
Boies, Schiller, Flexner.
David Boies of Boies, Schiller & Flexner became lead counsel for the Wultz case against Bank of China, which was overseen through settlement by Lee Wolosky, a former Director for Transnational Threats on the National Security Council at the White House under Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush.
Changing Role of Israeli Government.
Although the Government of Israel originally provided substantial evidence and encouragement to the Wultz family and their attorneys, starting in May 2013, Israeli officials actively sought to thwart the Wultz Case against Bank of China.
According to New York Times columnist Roger Cohen, "After Daniel's death, the Israeli government saw a possible means to close down the money channel through United States courts. It pressed Daniel's parents to file suit, saying it would provide evidence, including a witness named Uzi Shaya who had gone to China dozens of times in his role as an Israeli counterterrorism official, and other support. In the words of Lee Wolosky, a Wultz family lawyer, this was an Israeli operation "to use our courts to achieve a sovereign objective." Because that objective seemed critically important, the Wultzes wanted to cooperate." The Israeli policy change came about at the same time Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traveled to Beijing for an official state visit to China.
Israeli and American media reported Prime Minister Netanyahu agreed to prevent Israeli officials from continuing to support the American legal action against Bank of China in return for the state visit and potential for increased economic, political and trade cooperation between Israel and China.
While the Government of Israel had previously allowed former Mossad agent Uzi Shaya and others with direct knowledge of contacts between Israel and Bank of China to provide evidence and testimony regarding meetings with Bank of China officials, following Netanyahu's reported agreement with Chinese officials, the Government of Israel claimed allowing Mr. Shaya to provide the same information through direct testimony in a U.S. Court would jeopardize Israeli national security interests.
In a ruling on the issue, U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin agreed to quash a subpoena against the former Israeli intelligence officer, writing: "no evidence suggests that Israel intended to waive Shaya's immunity" regarding information he learned in his official capacity as a Mossad agent. Israeli media called the court's decision a "shocking blow" for the Wultz family's case against Bank of China, reporting, "A US federal court has delivered a major and shocking blow to the case of terror victims' families against the Bank of China, granting Israel's request to block a key former government agent from testifying on behalf of the families' case."
Conflict between U.S. and Israel.
Leading American lawmakers, such as Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, considered a key longtime supporter of the U.S.-Israel relationship and chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee that oversees U.S. aid and cooperation with Israel, expressed outrage at Netanyahu's decision to prevent Shaya from testifying in U.S. court, despite his acceptance of a subpoena, and what they considered Israeli efforts to undermine U.S. judicial proceedings.
National Day of Prayer.
On May 1, 2014, Republican and Democratic congressional leaders hosted the Wultz family in the office of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor who is Daniel Wultz's cousin, in connection with National Day of Prayer activities. The meeting with Congressman Cantor was co-sponsored by the Wultz family's congressional representative, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chair of the Democratic National Committee, and attended by Representatives Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Kay Granger, Eliot Engel, and others.


The Un-Scripted Theater Company

Un-Scripted Theater Company® is an improvisational theater company in San Francisco, California. Un-Scripted Theater Company performs many kinds of improv formats, such as comedy, mystery, drama, adventure, and musicals, each presented in 4 to 6 week runs each season, each with its own Director, format, and vision. Un-Scripted specializes in narrative and genre-based "single-story" improvised theater.
History.
Un-Scripted Theater Company was founded in 2002 when the Thursday night performance group, "The Belfry", was cut from the line up at San Francisco's BATS Improv. Determined to continue their performance work, 8 of the original 20 improvisors of The Belfry left and started Un-Scripted Theater Company in January 2003. Since then, Un-Scripted Theater Company has performed hundreds of shows all over the Bay Area, throughout California and across the United States.
Style.
Un-Scripted Theater Company performs both Shortform and Longform improvisation. Shows are 2 hours long, with one intermission. Improvised theater is rooted in the idea that whatever you can perform with a script, like a play, movie, or musical can also be improvised, with unique and surprising results, which tap into deep universal themes and the innate creativity and individuality of all the players.
Organization.
Un-Scripted Theater Company is a 501c3 non-profit performing arts company. It has a core performing Ensemble, some of whom make up the company's professional staff. Each show typically features two or more guests from outside the Ensemble. Guest Improvisors are chosen by the Director of the show at open auditions, which are held before the start of the show's rehearsal period. Each show has a larger cast size than the number of performers in any given night's show, so the composition of the cast changes each night.
Un-Scripted's rehearsal period and performance schedule that resembles traditional, scripted theater.
Show Titles, by Year.
2012.
Un-Abridged: The Best of Ten Years of Un-Scripted
Act 1: Scene 2
2011.
A Tale of Two Genres: An Improvised Dickens Musical
Fear
Act 1: Scene 2
Secret Identity Crisis
2010.
Un-Scripted: un-scripted
In A World
A Tale of Two Genres: An Improvised Dickens Musical
2009.
Let it Snow!
Shakespeare: The Musical
Un-Scripted: un-scripted
2008.
The Great Puppet Bollywood Extravaganza
Un-Scripted: un-scripted
San Francisco Improv Festival
Theater: The Musical
Three
2007.
The Great Puppet Musical
You Bet Your Improvisor
The Love Show
Shakespeare: Un-Scripted
Let it Snow!
2006.
Supertrain
The Impossible Film Project
Theatresports RAW
Two Man Longform at the Bay Area Comedy Festival
You Bet Your Improvisor
The Short & the Long of It (Abridged) at the Chicago Improv Festival Nine
Love at First Sight
2005.
Let it Snow!
The Impossible Film Project
The Short & the Long of It!
Love at First Sight
You Bet Your Improvisor
2004.
Let It Snow!
Fear
The Short & the Long of It!
Improvised Bawdy Shakespeare
Aussie Rules Theatersports
"Three"
Bawdy Shakespeare at BATS Improv
Improv Survivor
2003.
The Cafe Sappore series
FEAR. reborn
The Amazing Improvised Musical!
Improvised Bawdy Shakespeare
Impro Bingo
The Short & the Long Of It!
Spring Sing and Improv Carnival Gala


Jorge Donn

Jorge Donn (25 February 1947 in Ciudad Jardin, Buenos Aires – 30 November 1992 in Lausanne, Switzerland), was an Argentine internationally known ballet dancer. He was best known for his work with Maurice Béjart's "Ballet of the 20th Century". He died of AIDS on 30 November 1992 in Lausanne, Switzerland.


I want my MTV

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Improverts

The Improverts is a improvisational comedy troupe from the Edinburgh University Theatre Company, which primarily performs at the Bedlam Theatre, Edinburgh. They perform weekly during Edinburgh University's term time and every night during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
History.
The Edinburgh University Theatre Company's improvised comedy troupe now known as The Improverts was founded in Edinburgh in 1989 by Canadian-born Toph Marshall.
Carrying on the teachings of [[Keith Johnstone]], the show's format has changed over time, but stayed within the short-form [[sketch comedy|sketch]] mould similar to TV's "[[Whose Line Is It Anyway? (UK TV series)|Whose Line is it Anyway?]]".
Current activities.
During term time, the Improverts play weekly at Bedlam Theatre, and hold weekly free improvisation workshops for the general public. The show also features open theatre tech workshops allowing young technicians to learn and improvise with the players.
References.
[[Category:Improvisational troupes]]
[[Category:Clubs and societies of the University of Edinburgh]]
[[Category:Student theatre in Scotland]]
[[Category:Amateur theatre companies in Scotland]]
[[Category:Student comedy troupes]]


The Errand Boy

The Errand Boy is a 1961 American comedy film directed by, co-written by and starring Jerry Lewis.
Plot.
Paramutual Pictures decide that they need a spy to find out the inner workings of their studio. Morty S. Tashman, (the 'S' stands for 'scared'), is a paperhanger who happens to be working right outside their window. They decide that he is the man for the job and hire him on the spot. He bumbles his way through a series of misadventures, reporting everything back to the corporate executives.
Production.
"The Errand Boy" was filmed from July 24 to September 1, 1961 and was released on November 28, 1961 by Paramount Pictures.
Release.
In 1967, it was re-released on a double bill with another Jerry Lewis film, "Cinderfella".
Reception.
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 50% rating based on 10 reviews, with an average rating of 5.47/10.
Home media.
The film was released on DVD on October 12, 2004, July 15, 2014 in a 4-film collection, "4 Film Favorites: Jerry Lewis", with "The Bellboy", "The Ladies Man", and "The Patsy", and March 15, 2021.


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Ballet Chancers

Ballet Chancers was an Irish television programme broadcast on RTÉ One in late 2008. Featuring the ballerina, Monica Loughman, it began on 16 November 2008. In the show Loughman attempts to turn six streetwise hip hop dancers into elegant ballet dancers over a period of four months. At the end of the show they may, if successful, partake in a performance of "The Nutcracker" with Loughman's own company, The Irish Youth Russian Ballet Company which took place in the 21 December finale.
Chancers.
Six chancers participate in the show, three of each sex.
Episodes.
The first episode was broadcast on 16 November 2008.


Providence Improv Guild

Providence Improv Guild (PIG) is an improvisational theatre in Providence, Rhode Island. It is located in the Southside Cultural Center.
Performances & Groups.
PIG has performances every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night at 8 p.m. House teams that perform regularly at PIG include Seagull Related Fish Fight, Fool's Pudding, and Real Mature, (all of which are long form groups composed of guild teachers, coaches, and curriculum graduates,) Large Mouth Bass, (performing an improvised musical,) and Newspaper Podcast, (a shortform improv team.)
Improvisers from around the country and world have been featured at PIG, including performers from Chicago, New York, Arizona, California and as far as India.
PIG also maintains an open stage policy and welcomes any comedy group to visit and perform on its stage.
Classes.
PIG offers an improv curriculum with the goal of getting students confident and on stage as quickly as possible. There are four levels of classes that focus on Scene Support, Game, and Character and cumulate in the study of the classic longform improv structure the Harold (improvisation).
Specialized workshops are offered every other Saturday morning and are taught by guild teachers as well as out-of-town performers. Popular workshops have included Love the One Your With: Choosing Love in Scenes, Stop Trying to Be Funny, and Beefing up Your Show.


Seek My Face

Seek My Face is a 2002 book by John Updike.
Synopsis.
The novel follows the life of Hope Chafetz, an elderly artist who is being interviewed by a journalist. During the interview Hope discusses her many marriages, one of which is to a famous painter.
Reception.
In a review for "New York Times" Michiko Kakutani criticized the book's characters, which she felt were unbelievable.