Alen Menken got his first big break in January of 1979 with Howard Ashman in the Off-Broadway production “God Bless you, Mr. Rosewater.” Three years later he received a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Music in his Off-Broadway Production “Little Shop of Horrors” and from that in January of 1987 Menken was given his first Oscar nomination for a song with in it called “Mean Green Mother from Outer Space.” In 1990 Menken was nominated for three Oscar nominations and three Golden Globe Nominations and went on to win two of each for his work in the Walt Disney production “The Little Mermaid”. He went on to work with Walt Disney in the making of “Beauty and the Beast”, “Aladdin”, “Pocahontas”, “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”, and “Hercules.” In 2001 Menken was given the tremendous honor of being a Disney Legend. But he didn’t stop there. He kept working on titles such as, “Home on the Range”, “Enchanted”, “Tangled”, and “Mirror Mirror.”He has won a total of 8 Oscars, 7 Golden Globes, 2 Saturns, and 1 Grammy. Right now he is 63 years old and continues to work.
He graduated in 1948 amd moved to New York where he started performing as a stand-up comedian. When the 50s came, Lynde landed arole on Broadway called New Faces of 1952 with the notariaty getting him several appearances on variety and radio shows and the 1960s brought him his introduction to film with a reprisal of his broadway role as the father in the film adaptation of Bye, Bye Birdie with Dick Van Dyke and Ann-Margaret. Major success of that film led to the recording of a comedy album and guest spts on The Red Buttons Show and The Perry Como Show. The late 60s and early 70s again brought Paul an abundance of success with appearances on popular television shows such as The Munsters, I Dream of Jeannie, and my favorite as the mischevious, practical-joke-playing Uncle Arthur on Bewitched. Children of the early 70s will also remember him as the voice of Templeton the rat in 1973’s Charlottes Web.
These all provided the audience with an evening of slapstick comedy about a roué with three mistresses. Boeing Boeing was written by Marc Camoletti in 1962 and remains Camoletti's signature hit. The original London production, which was translated to English by Beverley Cross, opened at the Apollo Theatre, transferred to the Duchess, and ran for seven years and was performed more than 2000 times. In 1991, the play was entered into the Guinness Book of Records as the most performed French play throughout the world. Other plays penned by Camoletti include La Bonne Anna and Don’t Dress for Dinner.
Cunningham moved away from modern dance so completely that a new term had to be discovered, and so began postmodern dance. (Perron, 2009) Born 1919 in Centralia, Washington, his father a lawyer and mother a housewife who was a fiercely independent spirit and traveled around the world. Cunningham went to the Cornish school to become an actor and joined a dance group on campus; this is where he met his future work partner John Cage. After attending a dance workshop he met Martha Graham, who invited him to New York to join her company, from which he performed in many of her works. In 1953 he traveled with John Cage to Black Mountain Collage where they founded the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, as a platform to explore ideas.
Boyzone singer Stephen Gately, who has died suddenly aged 33, had successfully made the transition from teenage pop idol to mainstream show business performer. He had been the first member of Boyzone to bring out a solo single, New Beginning, and his subsequent roles in West End musicals brought him to a new and broader audience. Several successful television appearances, including ice-skating and interviewing film stars, suggested that he would have had a bright future in broadcasting. Gately was born in the working-class Sheriff Street area of Dublin, the fourth of five children (four sons and a daughter) to painter and decorator Martin Gately and his wife Margaret. He was 17 when he joined Boyzone, having answered an advertisement placed by local entrepreneur Louis Walsh.
Taglioni Married Sophie Stebnowska, who was also a dancer. They had two children, Paul and Marie Taglioni who were both dancers. Marie Taglioni went on to become one of the worlds greatest ballerinas, and the first to dance an entire ballet on pointe. Filippo and his family lived in Vienna and Germany, but he moved them to Paris to escape Napoleonic wars. From there he moved to Vienna to take part in the Theatre Am Karntnertor.
Jessica Tandy played Blanche, Kim Hunter played Stella and Marlon Brando played Stanley. In 1948, one year later, Tennessee Williams received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Donaldson Prize and New York theater critics Prize so it became the first drama that won these three awards at once and his work became wildly popular and it is still so today. The internet site of New York Times (times topics) suggests that Tennessee Williams: “had a profound effect on the American theater and on American playwrights and actors. He wrote with deep sympathy and expansive humor about outcasts in our society. Though his images were often violent, he was a poet of the human heart.”[2] Činoherní klub`s webpage about A Streetcar Named Desire uses a quote (from a letter to an agent, Andrea Wood, August 27, 1947) which described Tennessee`s intention about the main characters and how he wanted them to be perceived by the audience: “I do not intend to focus blame or accusation on one particular character, but I want it to be a tragedy of misunderstanding and indifference toward others.”[3] The play is set in the city of New Orleans.
Then, I will discuss how he was able to establish significant connections with important entrepreneurs until he became a successful entrepreneur himself. I will demonstrate how this positively affected his fame and career in musical theatre. Furthermore, I will give an overview about his unique songwriting methods and music styles. I will also discuss in some detail two of his well-known patriotic songs, “White Christmas” and “God Bless America” that have had a substantial influence on the American culture and the history of musical theatre. Israel Isidore Baline was born on May 11, 1888 in Russia.
His entrance was always the last and most spectacular and included lots of people bowing to him. Louis was a good dancer. He was taught by Charles Louis Beauchamp who became responsible for the choreography in the opera- ballets produced by Lully and the comedy ballets produced by Moliere. Beauchamp partnered the king himself –dressed as a girl in Le Triumphe de l’Amour, which was presented, at court in 1681. This opera ballet is important because it was the first one to be danced professionally for the public.
However, one of Madonna’s greatest achievements is how she manipulated the media and the public with her music, her videos, her publicity, and her sexuality. Arguably, Madonna was the first female pop star to have complete control of her music and image. Madonna moved from her native Michigan to New York in 1977, with dreams of becoming a ballet dancer. She studied with choreographer Alvin Ailey and modeled. In 1979, she became part of the Patrick Hernandez Revue, a disco outfit that had the hit “Born to Be Alive.” She traveled to Paris with Hernandez; it was there that she met Dan Gilroy, who would soon become her boyfriend.