An Interview with: Pia Zadora (in 1080p)

Star of Stage, Screen, TV, Grammy nominated artist and all around sweetheart the fabulous Pia Zadora took time before the last New York show of her coming out of retirement tour, PIA ZADORA: BACK AGAIN AND STANDING TALL at the Metropolitan Room in New York City, to sit down and chat about her life in the arts, raising children, tweeting and handcuffs!

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Thanks to the Metropolitan Room and Bernie Furshpan for hosting this interview!

Guest Review of Encores! Concert Revival of FIORELLO!

Ballots over Broadway.

A review of Encore’s! Concert Revival of FIORELLO! at New York City Center

February 2, 2013

FIORELLO! is a show about politics, righteous indignation, ambition and love. It’s focus is the making of the dynamic and legendary Mayor of New York City Fiorello H. LaGuardia: nicknamed the “Little Flower.” The many eventful chapters in LaGuardia’s highly interesting public life are an embarrassment of riches for any writer to tackle and authors Jerome Weidman and George Abbot limit themselves to relating Fiorello’s life during the ‘teens and ‘twenties, covering his progress from a socially conscious and ambitious Manhattan lawyer to congressman and war hero, and eventually his rise to Mayor of the now corrupt and depression stricken City of New York. While Fiorello moves forward, the audience has the chance to look at both the hero and his relationship with the people around him.

Essential in telling LaGuardia’s story is a musical score that goes a long way towards fleshing out the personalities and situations involved in FIORELLO. Beautifully presented by the Encores! Orchestra as directed by Mr. Rob Berman, the songs and music by Composer Jerry Bock and Lyricist Sheldon Harnick are spirited and vivid musical guides through backroom politics, strikes, the First World War, the Jazz Age and the corruption of Mayor Jimmy Walker’s administration. Politics may be a dirty game but Messrs. Bock and Harnick also make it a wonderfully tuneful one with such treats like “Politics and Poker” and “Little Tin Box.” Outside of governmental affairs we are treated to a goodly measure of well honed songs ranging from the comic (“Marie’s Law”) to the tender (“Till Tomorrow”).

As far as the cast is concerned the gravel voiced Mr. Shuler Hensley practically walks off with the show in the part of Ben Marino. His resignation as being Republican Leader in a strongly Democratic district and his surprise at LaGuardia’s congressional victory delight the audience Even if Marino is a political flunky, Mr. Hensley makes sure he is no slouch.
Aiding and abetting Mr. Marino are the other hacks of the evening who also earn a goodly share of appreciation. Messrs. Justin Barnette, Rob Gallagher, Kevin Ligon, Steve Routman, Nathaniel Stampley and Kevin Vortmann are always marvelously present for plot machinations – both political and musical.

Adding his share of administrative flavor to the evening was former Congressional Representative Barney Frank in a one-time surprise walk on as a Senator who advises LaGuardia on his first day in Congress. Rep. Frank played his moment gamely and deserved his ovation, but seemed less self-assured as a stage Senator than he did as a real-life Congressman.

Keeping the lights on in LaGuardia’s law office are the young bright eyed gofer Niel – played with amusing “omigosh” appeal by Mr. Andrew Somanosky – and Morris, the loyal drudge who has seen it all and will be the first to tell you so. Such a character might easily become the office kvetch, but the excellent Mr. Adam Heller imbues Morris with a good-natured tolerance and feeling of quiet pride in his boss that makes him both sympathetic and likable.

More importantly is Marie, the loyal secretary, go-between and driving force in LaGuardia’s legal and political careers. Ms. Erin Dilly is ideal in the role, showing a young woman with integrity and gumption, who would go far anywhere – if she just wasn’t so stuck on her boss.

The other woman in Fiorello’s life is Thea, the Ladies Garment Workers strike leader. I must give real praise to Ms. Kate Baldwin in her ability to take Thea from friendship with Fiorello to begrudging engagement and finally to romance. She manages so much with little time and one beautiful song: “When did I fall In Love?”
A friend to both Thea and Marie is Dora who rises out of the sweatshop to find love and eventually life in a penthouse. Dora is admirably enacted by Ms. Jenn Gambatese with a winning combination of cuteness and determination that is exhibited as its best in her number “I Love a Cop.” It is very understandable why her former tormentor of strike days, the Police Officer Floyd McDuff – played with amusing bluffness by the Mr. Jeremy Bobb – finds himself in love with her.

Ms. Emily Skinner plays a brief though very memorable role as the singing star Mitzi Travers. Her rendition of “Gentleman Jimmy” was a rousing salute to the New York of the roaring ‘twenties.

The other members of the cast deserve applause as well, expertly populating the scenes and musical numbers with immigrants, shopgirls, soldiers, citizens, etc…

What about the Little Flower himself?

Fiorello H. LaGuardia is not an easy role to play and requires the actor to carry off a thespian juggling act. The title character exhibits pushiness, brashness and impatience and does not even get a major share of the songs: yet he must come across as a likeable, admirable opportunist whose presence permeates all the action even when he is not onstage. I have heard from spectators that Mr. Danny Rutigliano gave a wonderful performance as Fiorello in other performances, but sadly the night I saw him, Mr. Rutigliano did not seem up to the demands of the part. Much as I truly wanted to enjoy Mr. Rutigliano’s performance as LaGuardia, all I could see was a very eager man who wanted to be liked but who did not seem to be enjoying himself very much. Perhaps it was fatigue or an off night, but this Little Flower tended to wilt: the eager reformer being eclipsed by a nebbishy noodge. As a result of the play FIORELLO! itself weakened and exhibited flaws that a stronger, more confident performance might have hidden.

To be fair I would not put all the blame on Mr. Rutigliano for FIORELLO’s shortcomings. While many of the scenes and numbers in FIORELLO are relished by the audience, Director Gary Griffin and Mr. John Weidman who did the concert adaptation did not seem to fully grasp the difficulties that adapting a musical into a concert format would involve. Primarily the problem of adapting scenes that would have probably been performed “in one” – that is in front of a curtain, to keep the story moving while a set is changed – in a fully staged production. In the evening’s presentation, they chose to present such moments as fully as any other scene forcing pauses in the action to allow the next part to be put in place. I thought this hurt the momentum of the show dreadfully, distracting the audience and hindering actors who could not fully capitalize on the energy of the previous scene. Then too, though it might be churlish to say this about a Pulitzer Prize winning play, but the Messrs. Jerome Weidman and George Abbot seemed to rely more on the legend of LaGuardia in this show than work to show what a marvel he really was. Without a strong lead actor to drive the show, FIORELLO shows itself to be one of those shows where we have to take the word of the main character and his associates on how great he has been rather than seeing how great he is. That is not the best story telling.

Still whatever story was present, it was excellently set by Mr. John Lee Beatty’s building block scenery and Mr. Jess Goldstein’s simple costumes that commendably reflected the time frame rather than attempt to recreate the ‘teens and ‘twenties. Their look was well illuminated by Mr. Ken Billington’s lighting.

I must also praise Mr. Alex Sanchez’s delightfully varied choreography and Mr. Scott Lehrer’s sound designs that came across as carefully balanced and natural even in the top balcony where the audience is directly facing the main speaker.

For all my reservations concerning this remounting of FIORELLO! – which had been the first concert Encores! ever performed in 1994, – the Encores! series provides once more the vital reminder that even if a show has its imperfections, it doesn’t have to be flawless to make for an evening of memorable theater.

(My thanks to my sister Cronshi for the wonderful “thespian juggling act” description. It is too good to be used without some expression of appreciation.)

About the reviewer:
I am a computer programmer, wannabe writer who loves theater and just got into the habit of inflicting my theatrical opinions. I live in New York.
Moshe can be reached at MB1224@aol.com

An Interview with: Greg Mullavy (in 1080p)

At the end of the interview with Kathryn Kates she introduced me to her co-star in “The Last Seder”, Greg Mullavy. We brought him over and did a short but very good interview. To my horror the audio was no good and Greg very graciously agreed to be interviewed again. I am SO happy he did. We had a wonderful time and learned a lot about this accomplished actor and teacher. Whether you know him from M*A*S*H or IRONSIDE, MARY HARTMAN, MARY HARTMAN or iCARLY, I am sure you have seen this iconic actor perform. I know you will have as good a time watching this interview as we had recording it.

SPECIAL THANKS to GABRIELE BERBERICH, owner of the MICHAEL HOWARD STUDIO for allowing us access to record the interview.

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An Interview with: Kathryn Kates (1080p)

After seeing Kathryn her wonderful and amazing performance as the mother trying to hold her whole family together in “The Last Seder” I knew we had to have her tell her story to you, our dear viewers. That actress that you all know from… that thing…! Enjoy!

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: KATHI MOSS BENEFIT

Original Broadway Casts of
GREASE, NINE and GRAND HOTEL

Reunite for KATHI MOSS’

RAMA-LAMA-DING DONG REUNION!

to Benefit The Actors Fund

 The Evening Will Honor
Broadway Veteran

Kathi Moss

New York, NY (January 3, 2013) –Original Broadway cast members and creators from  the landmark musicals GREASE, NINE and GRAND HOTEL will reunite on January 14th for “KATHI MOSS’ RAMA-LAMA-DING DONG REUNION!” a one-night-only benefit for The Actors Fund.

The event will take place at The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center, and tickets ($75 and $50) for the 7 pm performance are now on sale.

The gala three-show reunion will benefit The Actors Fund, the human services non-profit that helps everyone in entertainment and performing arts in need, crisis or transition.

The evening will honor fellow cast member and Broadway veteran Kathi Moss, who was diagnosed with the rare disease cardiac amyloidosis in 2011. Ms. Moss originated the roles of Cha-Cha Di Gregorio in GREASE, Saragina in NINE (in which she introduced the show-stopping “Be Italian”), and Mme. PeePee in GRAND HOTEL.

Scheduled to appear are Tony Award nominee and Theatre World Award winner Karen Akers, Mark Baker, Tony Award nominee and Emmy Award winning choreographer Pat Birch, Jeanie Bowers, Shelly Burch, Andrew Casses, Carole Demas, International Ballroom Champions Pierre Dulaine and Yvonne Marceau, Taina Elg, Josh Franklin, Julie Hafner, David Jackson, Ken Jennings, Laura Kenyon, Dorothy Kiara, Tony/Olivier Award winner, Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Jane Krakowski, Ilene Kristen, Nancy McCall, Tony Award winner Liliane Montevecchi, Rita Rehn, Ken Leigh Rogers, Steve Ross, Camille Saviola, Tony Award nominee Bob Stillman, Patrick Wilcox, Tony Award nominee and Theatre World Award winner Walter Willison, Penny Worth, Alaina Warren Zachery, Tony Award winning songwriter Maury Yeston and other surprise guests.

Written and Directed by Laura Kenyon and Walter Willison, with Musical Supervision by Steve Ross and Musical Direction by Greg Jarrett. The event is being produced by Paul F. Burchett, Ted Seifman and Nick Padgett for The Actors Fund.

To purchase tickets, visit The Pershing Square Signature Center box office  at 480 W. 42nd Street, online at Ticketcentral.com or call 212.279.2400. For more information visit actorsfund.org or KathiMoss.com.

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An interview with Peter Marc Jacobson 1080p!

Welcome to our FIRST video in 1080p!

Writer/Producer/Director and Actor Peter Marc Jacobson took time to sit down with me and talk about his hit show

Now in it’s 3rd season on TV Land!

Find out how he and his ex-wife/co-creator, Fran Drescher, came up with the idea for this show while on vacation after their 18 year marriage ended.

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Be sure to watch every Wednesday night at 10:30pm/9:30 central!

PRESS RELEASE: THE FILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER 2012 NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL

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PRESS RELEASE

THE FILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER announces
addition of HBO Directors Dialogue series with Ang Lee
at the 2012 NEW YORK FILM FESTIVALViews From the Avant-Garde lineup announced including films by Raúl Ruiz,
João Pedro Rodrigues, Chris Marker, Kevin Jerome Everson,
Ben Rivers and Apichatpong Weerasethakul World Premieres by David Gatten, Jeff Preiss, Nathaniel Dorksy, Michael Robinson,
Peggy Ahwesh, April Simmons, Laida Lertxundi, Jerome Hiler
and Special Event World Premiere of Peter Kubelka’s MONUMENT FILM.Views From the Avant-Garde will present Kazuko Trust scholarships
to two filmmakers for the first timeNYFF’s Shorts programs announced

NEW YORK, September 7, 2012 —The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced today Ang Lee has been added to the roster of its 2012 NYFF HBO Directors Dialogues participants. FSLC also announced the selections for the 16th edition of NYFF’s Views From the Avant-Garde, the popular yearly touchstone for experimental film around the world as well as the presentation of filmmaker awards from the Kazuko Trust for the first time. In addition, NYFF announced the selections for this year’s short film programs.

Joining the lineup of the popular HBO Directors Dialogues at the New York Film Festival will be Academy-Award winner Ang Lee, the director of NYFF’s Opening Night Gala presentation LIFE OF PI. The Directors Dialogues pair a director with a journalist as they discuss the filmmaker’s career, views on their own approach to making movies as well as the current state of the art of filmmaking. Previously announced were Abbas Kiarostami (LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE), David Chase (NOT FADE AWAY) and Robert Zemeckis (FLIGHT). Lee will be joined by Todd McCarthy (NYFF Selection Committee member and Chief Film Critic, The Hollywood Reporter) in conversation on Saturday, September 29 at 2:30PM.

The selections for the New York Film Festival’s Shorts Programs were also announced with films from Canada, Denmark, Egypt, France, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland and USA represented among the 12 films. The eclectic group of films includes a controversial look at high school shootings (Milad Alami’s NOTHING CAN TOUCH ME), the “making of” soft-porn auteur Russ Meyer (Todd Rosken’s UP THE VALLEY AND BEYOND), Gérard Depardieu as a travelling salesman (Constance Meyer’s FRANK-ETIENNE TOWARD BEAUTITUDE) and a young boy believing his grandfather is actually a zombie (David Moreno’s ZOMBIE).

The 16th edition of Views from the Avant-Garde (October 5-8) once again will offer a robust slate of programming at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center including free-to-the-public screenings in its Amphitheater, as it presents four nights of singular work from the frontiers of innovative moving-image making curated by Mark McElhatten and Gavin Smith and sponsored by Film Armada.

The opening day of Views will kick off with a Special Presentation of Phil Solomon’s “EMPIRE” in a free public presentation with reception in the Elinor Bunin Film Center Amphitheater. The four-day event will conclude with a special day devoted to Avant-Garde master Peter Kubleka, including the U.S. Premiere of Martina Kudlácek;s four hour documentary FRAGMENTS OF KUBELKA and the special multiple projector piece MONUMENT FILM, a World Premiere presented by Peter Kubelka himself.

Other World Premieres will include Michael Robinson’s breakthrough near feature CIRCLE IN THE SAND, Laida Lertxundi’s THE ROOM CALLED HEAVEN. Nathaniel Dorsky‘s APRIL. In addition Jerome Hiler’s ultra rare film works are being presented in original prints in newly edited versions shown for the first time anywhere.

Another World Premiere presentation will be filmmaker, installation artist, producer and cinematographer Jeff Preiss’s STOP. The film is a unique family document, a quiet tour de force, of fleeting lyrical moments accumulating into a heartfelt chronicle of identity and gender transition. Known for his work as a director, and as a cinematographer for Bruce Weber (BROKEN NOSES, LET’S GET LOST), Rosa von Praunheim and others, Preiss has made music videos for R.E.M., Mariah Carey and shown his installation work in many major international museums. After its presentation at Views, STOP will be installed in the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art as part of the upcoming exhibition “Blues for Smoke”.

The presentation of David Gatten’s THE EXTRAVAGANT SHADOWS will also be making its World Premiere. The 3-hour piece is Gatten’s longest work to date and Gatten is currently the subject of a mid-career 14-film exhibition tour TEXTS OF LIGHT originating from the Wexner Center of The Arts. Known for his philosophical and playful 16mm films working with innovative processes of image making, and touching on history, perception, and the art of reading, Gatten has created his first digital magnum opus with THE EXTRAVAGANT SHADOWS.

Views From the Avant-Garde will also announce the inaugural presentation of two $5000 scholarships to Views filmmakers from the Kazuko Trust as part of this year’s event. The filmmakers chosen by Views curators Mark McElhatten and Gavin Smith as well as consulting curator/panelists will be announced in the upcoming weeks. This year’s other panelists for this exciting new award include Nellie Killian film programmer at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and founding director of Migrating Forms and Chris Stults, associate curator in the Film/Video department at the Wexner Center for the Arts.

Said Nora Coblence, executor of the estate of noted jewelry designer, Kazuko Oshima, “When the time came to decide where Kazuko’s funds should go, the Film Society of Lincoln Center seemed like the ideal choice. She loved film with a passion, always supported the Film Society, and was quite avant-garde in so many of her multi-artistic endeavors.”

Additional highlights include a retrospective presentation of Ferdinand Khittl’s rarely seen THE PARALLEL ROAD, as well as tributes to the late Chris Marker (the first NYFF showing of SANS SOLEIL) and Raul Ruiz (the presentation of the fabled but rarely screened THE BLIND OWL).

In addition Views is proud to once again include stellar new work by Deborah Stratman, Janie Geiser, Erin Espele, April Simmons, Mike Gibisser, Ben Russell, Shambhavi Kaul. Dani Leventhal, Fern Silva Ernie Gehr, James Benning, and many others.

Also for the first time this year, web-based film distributor Film Armada has come onboard as a sponsor for Views From the Avant-Garde. Film Armada takes an editorial approach to web-based independent film distribution, focused on building a profitable channel for vanguard cinema.

Other Views presentations of special note:

Luther Price a notorious and perennial favorite at Views from the Avant-Garde will be featured with his first one-person show, A LUTHER PRICE BESTIARY.  Each film screened is a unique art object carefully sculpted, treated, and collaged. Price was included in the 2012 Whitney Biennial where Roberta Smith of the New Times praised his work as one of the outstanding highlights of the exhibition.

The first NYFF showings of Turner prize nominee Luke Fowler, internationally known artist Camille Henrot, and the installation artist and filmmaker, cinematographer, Peter Bo Rappmund.

The presentation of Peggy Ahwesh’s new restoration super 8 to 16mm blow-ups of her infamous and widely celebrated MARTINA’S PLAYHOUSE along with rare screenings of then new restorations of the work of Joe Gibbons. Both artists will be present at the screenings.

The 17-day New York Film Festival highlights the best in world cinema, featuring top films from celebrated filmmakers as well as fresh new talent. The selection committee, chaired by Peña also includes: Melissa Anderson, Contributor, Village Voice; Scott Foundas, Associate Program Director, The Film Society of Lincoln Center; Todd McCarthy, Chief Film Critic, The Hollywood Reporter; and Amy Taubin, Contributing Editor, Film Comment and Sight and Sound.

The New York Film Festival is generously sponsored by Royal Bank of Canada, American Airlines, The New York Times, Stella Artois, illy, HBO, Trump International Hotel and Tower, WABC, WNET, the National Endowment for the Arts and New York State Council on the Arts.

General Public tickets will be available September 9th. There will be an advance ticketing opportunity for Film Society of Lincoln Center Patrons and Members prior to that date. For more information visit www.Filmlinc.com/NYFF or call 212 875 5601.

Screening Schedule for VIEWS FROM THE AVANT-GARDE

Friday, October 5
12:00PM  
Location: FRANCESCA BEALE THEATER (FBT)
SANS SOLEIL (1982) 100min
Director: Chris Marker
Country: France

12:30PM
Location: HOWARD GILMAN THEATER (HGT)
THE BLIND OWL (La Chouette Aveugle) (1990) 90min
Director: Raúl Ruiz
Country: France

2:30PM
Location: FBT
Screening Program:          
Invisible Attributes – By Sky and on Foot  
Total running time: 85min

THE CREATION AS WE SAW IT (2012) 14min
Director: Ben Rivers
Country: U.K.
SLOW ACTION (2010) 45min
Country: U.K.
MORNING OF SAINT ANTHONY’S DAY (Manhã de Santo António) (2012) 25min
Director: João Pedro Rodrigues
Country: Portugal/France
CONCRETE PARLAY (2012) 18:12min
Director: Fern Silva
Country: USA
WALKER (2012) 26min
Director: Tsai Ming Liang
Country: Hong Kong/Taiwan

3:00PM
Location: HGT
ANDERS, MOLUSSIEN (DIFFERENTLY, MOLUSSIA) (2012) 81min
Director: Nicolas Rey
Country: France

5:30PM
Location: FBT
Screening Program:          
Circles of Confusion  
Total running time: 94min
20HZ (2011) 5min
Director: Semiconductor
Country: UK
TENSION BUILDING (2012) 6:50min
Director: Ericka Beckman
Country: USA
COLLECTIONS (2012) 4min
Director: Peggy Ahwesh
Country: USA
INTERSTITIAL PROJECT 1 (2012) 1:45min
Director: Matt McCormick
Country: USA
BIRTHSTONE (2012) 7:43min
Director: April Simmons
Country: USA
2 couplets from The Rain Series:
KISS THE RAIN (2012) 6:02min
Director: Lewis Klahr
Country: USA
THE STREET OF EVERLASTING RAIN (2012) 7:55min
Director: Lewis Klahr
Country: USA
TOKENS AND PENALTIES (2012) 3:59min
Director: Talena Sanders
Country: USA
INTERSTITIAL PROJECT 2 (2012) 2:35min
Director: Matt McCormick
Country: USA
CIRCLE IN THE SAND (2012) 47min – World Premiere
Director: Michael Robinson
Country: USA

6:00PM
Location: HGT
THE PARALLEL ROAD (Die Parallelstrasse) (1962) 86min
Director: Ferdinand Khittl
Country: Germany

8:30PM
Location: FBT
World Premiere
THE EXTRAVAGANT SHADOWS (2012) 175min
Director: David Gatten
Country: USA

9:15PM
Location: HGT
Screening Program:          
Luke Fowler  
Total running time: 80min

A DAY AT KARL MARX’S GRAVE (1983) 19min
Director: Peter von Bagh
Country: Finland
THE POOR STOCKINGER, THE LUDDITE CROPPER AND THE DELUDED FOLLOWERS OF JOANNA SOUTHCOTT (2012) 61min
Director: Luke Fowler
Country: UK

Saturday, October 6
12:00PM
Location: HGT
Screening Program:          
Phantom Residence  
Total running time: 87min

SPECTRE (2011) 5:50min
Director: Sarah Grace Nesin
Country: USA
PHANTOMS OF A LIBERTINE (2012) 10min
Director: Ben Rivers
Country: UK
THE ROOM CALLED HEAVEN (2012) 11min – World Premiere
Director: Laida Lertxundi
Country: USA
MEKONG HOTEL (2012) 60min
Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Country: Thailand

1:30PM
Location: FBT
Screening Program:          
Beyond the Borderline  
Total running time: 85min

BEYOND EXPRESSION BRIGHT (2012) 9min
Director: Erin Espelie
Country: USA
THE NAME IS NOT THE THING NAMED (2012) 10:50min
Director: Deborah Stratman
Country: USA
MARSHY PLACE ACROSS (2012) 4:30min
Director: Lorenzo Gattorna
Country: USA
TECTONICS (2012) 60min
Director: Peter Bo Rappmund
Countries: USA/Mexico

2:30PM
Location: HGT
Screening Program:          
Peggy Ahwesh & Joe Gibbons  
Total running time: 94min

MARTINA’S PLAYHOUSE (1989) 20min
Director: Peggy Ahwesh
Country: USA
FROM ROMANCE TO RITUAL (1985) 20min
Director: Peggy Ahwesh
Country: USA
CONFIDENTIAL PT. 2 (1980) 25:50min
Director: Joe Gibbons
Country: USA
SPYING (1977-78) 31:30min
Director: Joe Gibbons
Country: USA

4:15PM
Location: FBT
Screening Program:          
Jerome Hiller: New Shores  
Total running time: 55min

IN THE STONE HOUSE (1967-70/2012) 30min
NEW SHORES (2012) 25min

5:00PM
Location: HGT
ANDERS, MOLUSSIEN (DIFFERENTLY, MOLUSSIA) (2012) 81min
Director: Nicolas Rey
Country: France

6:15PM
Location: FBT
Screening Program:          
Nathaniel Dorsky  
Total running time: 44min

AUGUST AND AFTER (2012) 18:50min
APRIL (2012) 26min

7:30PM
Location: HGT
Screening Program:          
Invisible Attributes – By Sky and on Foot  
Total running time: 81min
(REPEAT)

8:30PM
World Premiere
Location: FBT
STOP (1995-2012) 120min
Director: Jeff Preiss
Country: USA

10:00PM
Location: HGT
THE BLIND OWL (La Chouette Aveugle) (1990) 90min
Director: Raúl Ruiz
Country: France
(REPEAT)

Sunday, October 7
12:00PM
Location: HGT
Screening Program:          
Nathaniel Dorsky  
Total running time: 44min
AUGUST AND AFTER (2012) 18:50min
APRIL (2012) 26min – World Premiere
(REPEAT)

2:30PM
Location: FBT
Screening Program:          
Touch and Go  
Total running time: 93min

QUANDO I VOLTI SI TÒCCANO (2012) 6:44min
Director: Paolo Gioli
Country: Italy
(Courtesy of CIAN (Archivio Nazionale Cnema Impresa, Ivrea)
ARBOR (2012) 7min
Director: Janie Geiser
Country: USA
IMPRESSIONS (2012) 4:29min
Director: Marika Borgeson
Country: USA
POINT DE GAZE (2012) 5min
Director: Jodie Mack
Country: USA
AUDITION (2012) 4min
Director: Karen Yasinsky
Country: USA
QUANDO I CORPI SI TÒCCANO (2012) 3:44min
Director: Paolo Gioli
Country: Italy
(Courtesy of CIAN (Archivio Nazionale Cnema Impresa, Ivrea)
DRAGONFLIES WITH BIRDS AND SNAKE (2011) 60min
Director: Wolfgang Lehmann
Country: Sweden

4:30PM
Location: HGT
SMALL ROADS (2011) 103min
Director: James Benning
Country: USA

2:30PM
Location: FBT
Screening Program:          
Doppleganger (The Eternal Return)  
Total running time: 84min

STRATA OF NATURAL HISTORY (2012) 11:45min
Director: Jeannette Muñoz
Countries: Switzerland/Chile
GIRL CHEWING GUM (1976) 12min
Director: John Smith
Country: UK
MAN PHONING MUM (2012) 11:35min
Director: John Smith
Country: UK
INTERSTITIAL PROJECT 3 (2012) 1:55min
Director: Matt McCormick
Country: USA
WAITING ROOM (2012) 8:43min
Director: Vincent Grenier
Country: USA
INTERSTITIAL PROJECT 4 (2012) 2min
Director: Matt McCormick
Country: USA
TRANSIT OF VENUS 1 (2005) 3min
Director: Nicky Hamlyn
Country: UK
TRANSIT OF VENUS 2 (2012) 3min
Director: Nicky Hamlyn
Country: UK
WORK IN PROGRESS (2012) 30:20min
Director: Ernie Gehr
Country: USA

5:15PM
Location: HGT
Screening Program:          
Puzzling Evidence
Total running time: 92min

ACROSS AND DOWN (2012) 18:30min
Director: Lori Felker
Country: USA
HOTEL ROOM (2011) 6min
Director: Bernd Opl
Country: Austria
THE DAY OF TWO NOONS (2012) 67min
Director: Mike Gibisser
Country: USA

7:00PM
Location: FBT
Screening Program:          
Atlas Minus… 
Total running time: 94min

THE STRIFE OF LOVE IN A DREAM (2012) 12min
Director: Camille Henrot
Country: France
21 CHITRAKOOT (2012) 9min
Director: Shambhavi Kaul
Countries: USA/India
A FEW EXTRA COPIES (2012) 8:03min
Director: Bobby Abate
Country: USA
17 NEW DAM RD. (2012) 8min
Director: Dani Leventhal
Country: USA
THE VOICE OF GOD (2011) 9:35min
Director: Bernd Lützeler
Countries: India/Germany
THE TOMBIGBEE CHRONICLES NUMBER TWO (2012) 19:13min
Director: Kevin Jerome Everson
Country: USA
CHEVELLE (2012) 7:30min
Director: Kevin Jerome Everson
Country: USA
WADENA (2012) 18:30min
Director: Peggy Ahwesh
Country: USA

9:00PM
Location: HGT
A LUTHER PRICE BESTIARY (2007-12) 90min
Director: Luther Price
Country: USA

10:30PM
Location: FBT
Screening Program:          
Chronocolor
Total running time: 67min

JAKE SEVEN (2012) 4min
Director: Mary Beth Reed
Country: USA
AUSTERITY MEASURES (2012) 8:40min
Directors: Guillaume Callieau & Ben Russell
Countries: France/Greece
ANOTHER VOID (2012) 10:30min
Director: Paul Clipson
Country: USA
WHICH CEASELESSLY FLOAT UP (2012) 15min
Directors: Beige (Vanessa O’Neill & Kent Long)
Country: USA
BLOOM (2012) 11min
Director: Scott Stark
Country: USA
NEVER A FOOT TO FAR, EVEN (2011) 14min
Director: Daichi Saito
Country: Canada
DEEP RED (2012) 7min
Director: Esther Urlus
Country: Netherlands

Monday, October 8
11:15AM
FRAGMENTS OF KUBELKA (2012) 232min
Director: Martina Kudlácek
Country: Austria

7:00PM/9:00PM
World Premiere Special Event
Location: Walter Reade Theater
Screening Program:          
Peter Kubelka: Monument Film 
Total running time: 90min

ARNULF RAINER (1958-60) 6:24min
ANTIPHON (2012) 6:24min
ARNULF RAINER & ANTIPHON – simultaneous projection side by side
ARNULF RAINER & ANTIPHON – superimposed double projection

FREE AMPHITHEATER PROGRAMS

Thursday, October 4
6:00PM
“EMPIRE” (48min)
Director: Phil Solomon

7:45AM
VULGAR FRACTIONS (27min)
Director: Peter Bo Rappmund

8:30PM
PONCE DE LEON (26min)
Directors: Ben Russell & Jim Drain

9:15AM
AGE IS… (75min)
Director: Steven Dwoskin

Friday, October 5
10:00AM/2:45PM/6:30PM 
AGE IS… (75min)
Director: Steven Dwoskin

11:15AM/4:00PM x3          
VULGAR FRACTIONS (27min)
Director: Peter Bo Rappmund

12:15PM/5:30PM    
“EMPIRE” (48min)
Director: Phil Solomon

1:15PM/7:50PM x2
PONCE DE LEÓN (26min)
Directors: Ben Russell & Jim Drain

1:45PM/10:00PM    
DEEP STATE (43min)
Directors: Brad Butler & Karen Mirza

9:00PM
FOXFUR (55min)
Director: Damon Packard

Saturday, October 6
10:00AM/6:30PM    
AGE IS… (75min)
Director: Steven Dwoskin

11:15AM/4:45PM x2/10:15PM     
“EMPIRE” (48min)
Director: Phil Solomon

12:15PM/1:45PM x6          
VULGAR FRACTIONS (27min)
Director: Peter Bo Rappmund
1:15PM/7:50PM
PONCE DE LEÓN (26min)
Directors: Ben Russell & Jim Drain

8:30PM         
DEEP STATE (43min)
Directors: Brad Butler & Karen Mirza

9:15PM
FOXFUR (55min)
Director: Damon Packard

Sunday, October 7
11:15AM/5:30PM    
“EMPIRE” (48min)
Director: Phil Solomon

12:15PM/4:00PM x3          
VULGAR FRACTIONS (27min)
Director: Peter Bo Rappmund

1:15PM/8:00PM x2
PONCE DE LEÓN (26min)
Directors: Ben Russell & Jim Drain

1:45PM/9:00PM      
DEEP STATE (43min)
Directors: Brad Butler & Karen Mirza

2:45PM/6:30PM      
AGE IS… (75min)
Director: Steven Dwoskin

10:00PM
FOXFUR (55min)
Director: Damon Packard

Monday, October 8
10:30AM/3:00PM x2          
VULGAR FRACTIONS (27min)
Director: Peter Bo Rappmund

11:00AM
PONCE DE LEÓN (26min)
Directors: Ben Russell & Jim Drain

12:00PM       
AGE IS… (75min)
Director: Steven Dwoskin

1:15PM         
“EMPIRE” (48min)
Director: Phil Solomon

NYFF SHORTS PROGRAMS

Program 1 (91min)
A BRIEF HISTORY OF JOHN BALDESSARI (2012) 6min
Directors: Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman
Country: USA
The work and philosophy of Los Angeles’s venerable conceptual artist receives a breathless run-through.

CRESCENDO (2012) 16min
Director: Alonso Alvarez
Country: Mexico
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow: driven by domestic misery, an expectant mother teeters on the brink until a piano intervenes….

FRANK ETIENNE TOWARD BEAUTITUDE (2012) 13min
Director: Constance Meyer
Country: France
A sad sack traveling salesman (Gérard Depardieu—seriously!) gets more than he bargained for on his first day on the job.

SAINT PIERRE (2012) 15min
Director: Kevan Funk
Country: Canada
A dishwasher dreams of mixed martial arts glory, embodied by the eponymous real-life MMA champ.

A STORY FOR THE MODLINS (2012) 26min
Sergio Oksman
Country: Spain
Memorabilia retrieved from the trash help recreate at least one account of a most peculiar American family.

UP THE VALLEY AND BEYOND (2012) 15min
Director: Todd Rosken
Country: USA
All you ever wanted to know about how sexploitation genius Russ Meyer got to be…Russ Meyer.

Program 2 (96min)

CURFEW (2012) 19min
Director: Shawn Christensen
Country: USA
Just before night descends upon him for good, a man is asked to babysit.

KAVINSKY (2011) 13min
Director: Daniel Schraner
Country: Switzerland
A teenager is subjected to a disconcerting living-room interrogation from his date’s father.

NIGHT SHIFT (2012) 15min
Director: Zia Mandviwalla
Country: New Zealand
Salote tries to live under the radar as she starts a new job on the airport’s night shift cleaning crew.

NOTHING CAN TOUCH ME (2012) 29min
Director: Milad Alami
Country: Denmark
Surviving a black day at high school, a teenage outcast is forced to go house calling with a vengeance.

THINGS I HEARD ON WEDNESDAYS (2012) 9min
Director: Abu Bakr Shawky
Country: Egypt
A cache of photos and home movies forms a nostalgic bitter-sweet collage of family and national history.

ZOMBIE (2012) 13min
Director: David Moreno
Country: Spain
A young boy tries to make sense of his aging grandfather.

Film Society of Lincoln Center
Under the leadership of Rose Kuo, Executive Director, and Richard Peña, Program Director, the Film Society of Lincoln Center offers the best in international, classic and cutting-edge independent cinema. The Film Society presents two film festivals that attract global attention: the New York Film Festival, currently planning its 50th edition, and New Directors/New Films which, since its founding in 1972, has been produced in collaboration with MoMA. The Film Society also publishes the award-winning Film Comment Magazine, and for over three decades has given an annual award—now named “The Chaplin Award”—to a major figure in world cinema. Past recipients of this award include Charlie Chaplin, Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese, Meryl Streep, and Tom Hanks. The Film Society presents a year-round calendar of programming, panels, lectures, educational programs and specialty film releases at its Walter Reade Theater and the new state-of-the-art Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center.
The Film Society receives generous, year-round support from Royal Bank of Canada, American Airlines, The New York Times, Stella Artois, the National Endowment for the Arts and New York State Council on the Arts. For more information, visit www.filmlinc.com and follow #filmlinc on Twitter.

Broadway Kingdom CONTEST #1 (twitter)

As we are approach our 33,000th visitor to this site its time to have a  contest!

We’ve got 2 pair of tix to “A Tribute to ARETHA FRANKLIN @ B.B. King”
Thursday night August 30, 2012 at 8:00pm

BB King Blues Club
237 West 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036

To enter, just answer the following question:

How many VIDEO INTERVIEWS are posted on www.broadwaykingdom.com ?

 Then follow  @broadwaykingdom and tweet your answer!
or click here:

The first two correct answers each win a pair of tickets.*

*Seating is General Admission – get there early for the best seats.
*These are complimentary tickets – no monetary value – No Refunds or Exchanges
*There is a $10 PER PERSON MIN – Not covered by this contest.

Ada Dyer – Tribute to ARETHA FRANKLIN

Ada Dyer (given name Adaritha) made her recorded debut on eminent jazz drummer Norman Connors’s album Invitation (1979) after her drummer discovered her talents singing the title track. In addition to “Invitation,” she was also featured on “Handle Me Gently.” Connors invited the vocalist back for his next album, 1980’s Take It to the Limit, on which the two scored a Top 30 R&B hit with the title cut. After returning home from a tour with Connors, Dyer auditioned and was promptly hired as the understudy to the lead in a production of The Wiz. In 1981, she relocated from Chicago to New York City, where she continued her work in both jingles and recording. Notably, she became part of the lineup of electro-dance trio Warp 9, best remembered for their trend-setting club hits “Nunk,” “Light Years Away,” and “No Man Is an Island.”

In 1983, Dyer took a break from recording to do yet another production of The Wiz. Soon after, she began a prolific career as a background vocalist, both on tours and recording sessions. Her first prominent road gig with Chaka Khan led to interest from James Anthony Carmichael, noted for his work with Lionel Ritchie, the Commodores, and Atlantic Starr. Carmichael had an ongoing relationship with Motown Records, which promptly signed Dyer. By 1987, the two commenced work on what would become Dyer’s debut solo album, Meant to Be.

Released in spring of 1988, Meant to Be quickly picked up steam, driven by the single release of “I Bet Ya I’ll Let Ya,” which reached No. 33 on Billboard’s R&B singles chart. A second single, “I Don’t Feel Like Crying,” penned by Babyface and L.A. Reid, served as the follow-up. Dyer was soon given a chance to record a second album under Motown’s new presidency. Unlike Meant to Be, on which she had been given no creative input, she selected all of the songs and co-wrote several for her eponymous 1990 release. This album effectively showcased Dyer’s abilities as an across-the-board singer, equally at home with powerful soul and pop ballads, jazzy R&B tunes, and funk jams.

VIDEO INTERVIEW & REVIEW: Martha Wash at B.B. King

The Queen of Clubland sat down with me between her Sound Check and Performance at the legendary B.B. King Blues Club to talk about her amazing life in Music and how she forever changed the way singer get credited for their work.

 

Press Release: PEREZ HILTON JOINS NEWSical the Musical

PEREZ HILTON JOINs the CAST OF the OFF-BROADWAY sensation, NEWSical the Musical

New York, NY:  The internet’s most notorious gossip columnist Perez Hilton joins the cast of the uproarious off-Broadway musical revue, NEWSical the Musical, for four weeks only beginning Saturday, September 8th.  From John Travolta, Anderson Cooper, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes to the national fight for marriage equality and the 2012 Presidential Election, NEWSical the Musical sets all of today’s biggest news and pop culture headlines to song. With Hilton’s arrival, award-winning composer-lyricist Rick Crom will add new satirical spoofs to the show including a Chick-fil-A number and a song about the phenomenon of Perez Hilton that will be performed by the man himself. Perez Hilton will begin preview performances on Saturday, September 8th.   The opening night press performance will be Monday, September 17th.

“Dreams do come true, if you believe. And I BELIEVE, big time!”, says Perez Hilton from his Los Angeles home. “I am beyond thrilled, nervous and zen about making my New York theater debut. It’s gonna be a wild ride in a show that guarantees to put smiles on people’s faces. It will be no holds barred! Pure unadulterated fun!

I expect to have the time of my life and look forward to hugging happy theatergoers after each show!”

“What do you do when your show needs to sell tickets?  You bring in a celebrity,” says producer Tom D’Angora of his decision to add Perez Hilton to NEWSical the Musical. “Perez Hilton was the perfect choice because our show is basically the musical version of his highlarious website. If you are a daily reader of Perez like I’ve been since 2007, you know how funny and charismatic he is. We couldn’t be more excited to welcome him as the newest member of our talented cast.”

NEWSical the Musical is the ever-evolving, completely un-sanitized musical mockery of all the news that’s fit to spoof.  The Associated Press calls it “The Daily Show set to music!” The show was named Best New Musical of 2011 by the Off Broadway Alliance. Infectious melodies, razor-sharp lyrics, biting satire and more unpredictability than a Courtney Love tweet make NEWSical a laugh-filled, high octane musical revue of all the most talked-about headlines of the day.

In addition to Perez Hilton, NEWSical the Musical features Christine Pedi (Forbidden Broadway, Talk Radio), Christina Bianco (Drama Desk nominee, Forbidden Broadway), Michael West (Forbidden Broadway, When Pigs Fly), Tommy Walker (Evil Dead The Musical), Amy Griffin (How the Grinch Stole Christmas) and Ryan Knowles (host of Nickelodeon’s ME:TV).

Rick Crom has appeared on Broadway in Urinetown, Footloose and The Goodbye Girl and on FX’s critically – acclaimed series “Louie” starring comedian Louis C.K. NEWSical is directed by Mark Waldrop (When Pigs Fly, My Deah, Inventing Avi, Papermill Playhouse’s Gypsy). Rounding out the creative team are Ed Goldschneider (music director), Jason Courson (set designer), Josh Starr (lighting designer) and Scott Delacruz (stage manager).

Newsical the Musical is produced by Tom D’Angora (Naked Boys Singing!, ICONS, Broadway Diva Christmas, Divas I’ve Done).

NEWSical the Musical plays at Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street). Tickets are $85 – $110 and can be purchased through Telecharge.com or by calling (212) 279-4200 or (800) 432-7250. For performance schedule and more information visit www.NEWSicalthemusical.com.

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 PRESS INQUIRES:

Len Evans, Tel: 212-445-0066

Len.Evans@ProjectPublicity.com

About Perez Hilton

Since launching the celebrity entertainment blog PerezHilton.com in 2004, Perez Hilton has created a media empire that spans across online, publishing, television, radio, music and live events. In addition to his PerezHilton.com blog, which has become one of the leading sources for celebrity news amassing over 300 million hits a month, Hilton runs five additional digital properties focused on fashion, fitness, family, animals and a mobile app. Hilton has published three books, hosted and appeared on numerous television programs and has taken on the role of a music manager for such as recordings artists as IM5, CJ Baran, Kalie Shorr, VanJess and MattyB, among others. Hilton also created the hugely successfully music event series “One Night In…” in 2008, which features up-and-coming and top musical acts. On radio, Hilton is host to the twice-daily celebrity and entertainment news feature “Radio Perez” and most recently announced, the upcoming “Perez Nights Live.” Hilton was named the #1 Web Celeb in 2007, 2008, and 2009 by Forbes Magazine, one of the 15 most influential Hispanics in the US by People en Espanol, the 2009 Hispanic of the Year by Hispanic Magazine, one of Time Magazine’s ‘100 Most Influential People of 2007’ and as a tastemaker, Newsweek has compared his influence on the music scene to Oprah’s book club. Visit Perez Hilton online at www.perezhilton.com. Follow Perez Hilton on Facebook and Twitter at www.facebook.com/PerezHilton and @perezhilton.