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Elli does Reggae with The Amazing Bottle Dancers
Elli does Reggae
with The Amazing Bottle Dancers
Upside Down
Vincz Lee feat Popcaan, Cali P, FireFly & Riga
Filmed in Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Available on Itunes https://itunes.apple.com/ch/album/ups…
Video directed by Goodwiine
© Hemp Higher Productions
The Amazing Bottle Dancers
Cheyenne Gross, Elli, Brian Henry
Spencer Ryoma Baumgart
https://www.facebook.com/bottledancers/
https://twitter.com/BottleDancers
Vincz Lee:
http://www.vinczlee.com
FireFLY:
https://www.facebook.com/fireflylifei…
Riga:
http://www.hemphigher.com/
Elli sings at “Honor Thy Father” at The Metropolitan Room 01.12.16
Elli was asked to sing at
The Metropolitan Room
Tuesday, January 12th 2016
for
“HONOR THY FATHER”
A celebration of all fathers
and the story of the life of one sole survivor in particular, Bernie’s Father, Murray Furshpan
with the always amazing, Barry Levitt on the piano
The evening featured Julie Budd, Anita Gillette, Mark Nadler, Sara Zahn, Jim Brochu, Tom Gamblin, Elli thekingofbroadway, Lina Orfanos, Liz Mckendry, and Gary Crawford, Denise Spann-Morgan and Steve Schalchlin with Barry Levitt on the Piano
“The evening featured many singers who had relatives that experienced the horrors of the Holocaust, some relating their own family histories.
Steve Schalchlin, at the piano, opened with self-penned “Somebody Save Me a Seat,” the evening progressing as musical director Barry Levitt took over; singers offering up songs centered around love of family with great heart, emotion and memories such as Gary Crawford’s rendition of Steven Lutvak’s “Museums;” Lina Orfanos sung in Hebrew; Mark Nadler offered a one-of-a-kind “Ragtime;” Elli the King of Broadway sang Jerry Herman’s “Shalom” and “Milk and Honey” and Denise Spann-Morgan soared on the Exodus song, “This Land is Mine.”
Throughout, Bernie continued speaking about the man with endless soul and talent as a plasterer and craftsman – who plied his skills to such a degree that he was sought after to renovate John Lennon’s kitchen and bath. But most importantly, Murray was a Mensch (a person of integrity and honor).” from http://www.theaterpizzazz.com/honor-thy-father/
Original Video taken by Brad Naprixas
Elli sings a medley from Jerry Herman’s “Milk and Honey”
Watch DADDY LONG LEGS LIVE! HERE!
Hi there,
We are thrilled that our historic livestream of Daddy Long Legs is tonight!
We look forward to sharing our beautiful show with you all!
Just a reminder that our livestream will be played 4 times so theater fans across the globe can tune in. Our schedule is below:
8pm Eastern Standard Time (LIVE), December 10th
8pm Pacific Standard Time, December 10th
8pm Greenwich Mean Time, December 11th
8pm Japan Standard Time, December 11th
Once the livestream begins, it will be available on: www.DaddyLongLegsMusical.com/
We look forward to sharing this historic night with you.
Sincerely,
Ken Davenport and Michael Jackowitz
Producers of Daddy Long Legs
P.S. Share your thoughts with us on social media using #DaddyLongLegsLive for a chance to win a copy of the Daddy Long Legs cast album!
You just never know…
B”H – Thursday Sept. 24th 2015 – The day after Yom Kippur 5776
You just never know..
No, this is not me….
Today, on my way home from shopping for a Lulav & Esrog and some food supplies for Sukkos I had an interesting ride in a LYFT car. (Use Code Elli49 to sign up and get $20 toward a ride!)
While chatting with the driver, he said he is only in NYC 5 years and is originally from Tajikistan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajikistan) where they speak Tajik a dialect of Farsi (Persian) and Russian!
We had a wonderful discussion about the Jewish things he knows of, he asked me to tell him about “the coming holiday called Sukkot”. He said that he lives in Midwood near an Iranian Synagogue and can understand everything that everyone is saying on their way to/from Shul! (Note to self….)
While in the car, a friend called me sounding a little depressed, so I did my best to try and cheer him up and at one point in the conversation he asked me for my opinion on, “what’s the meaning of life? Is there a purpose?”
I explained to him that every person he asks will have a different outlook but my outlook is I was born a Jew and the purpose of my life is to follow HaShem’s Torah and do as many of the 613 mitzvahs as I can in my lifetime.
I was surprised that he understood what I was talking about and asked me if I could count how many mitzvahs I had done in the past week. I explained that it doesn’t actually work like that – we don’t keep a running count – but that I did attend services on Rosh HaShanah, the Jewish new year, I kept the Sabbath in between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur, I fasted on Yom Kippur, spent the entire day in the synagogue and didn’t return home until almost an hour after the fast ended. I only eat kosher food, tried to be kind to my fellow man and generally spread as much joy as possible.
He then asked me how I know if I’m actually doing anything good and being effective?
I told him that not always is the purpose for everything you do open & revealed. Most of the time you just do what needs to be done and hope that along the way you affect somebody positively.
I related a story from just this past week. I met Brad in the city and we only had a few minutes from the time he got there until we had to be at our event. We decided to eat dinner after the event and to just go into Walgreens and get a quick nosh to hold us over.
We looked for a place to sit down and eat and finally found a ledge on the corner of the store that we could kind of squeeze onto.
While we were sitting there a couple from Israel noticing my beard and Yarmulkah came over to us looking very confused and asked if I could help them get to 770 Eastern Pkwy. the Lubavitcher headquarters in Brooklyn? 
I was only too happy to help and proceeded to give them the fastest route. The conversation was in Hebrew, and the lady had scribbled some numbers on a piece of paper from someone else that had given her instructions that confused her. She couldn’t seem to understand why my instructions differed from the ones she’d been given. I explained again and thankfully we were close enough to Times Square that I could point and show her where the 3 train would take her quickly to her destination. With a smile they thanked me and went on their way.
Without missing a beat, Brad turned to me and said, “See! That’s why we sat here!”
We can’t always wait for those moments to come. We always have to live **as if** that moment will always come.
“…and that’s what life is all about for me”, I said.
The Baal Shem Tov said “For 70, 80 years a Neshama (Soul) wears and tears just to do a favor for another.”
Our conversation came to an end as I arrived at my home, and I believe that it had a positive effect on my friend. I also believe it had a positive effect on my driver as well, as he insisted on carrying all my packages into the house for me!!!
You just never know what one kind word can do…
The Lubavitcher Rebbe quoted many times that it takes “JUST ONE MITZVAH to tip the scales and bring…
MOSHIACH NOW!”
-elli-
The Other New York – Episode 1 – All About Background Acting
The OTHER New York
Elli Interviews NY Background Actors
(Preview –Watch in 1080p HD)
Air Date on http://www.mnn.org/ TBD
Elli sits down with a group of actors in NYC who do Background (Extra) work in Film & TV
as well as Principal (speaking) roles. Learn what it’s like to be ‘on set’ in NYC.
Courtesy Barbara Rosenfeld
An Interview with the one & only Leslie Jordan – (our 1st Phone Interview)
Tuesday, July 7th I got the privilege to have an amazing phone conversation with
the one and only LESLIE JORDAN.
You know him from Will & Grace, REBA, The Help and a list too long for this page.
We’ve put in some great pictures so you’ll have something to watch along with the audio!
Let me know how you like this format and we’ll try to have more!
Click and enjoy, LESLIE JORDAN!
For Tickets and more info visit:
LESLIE JORDAN AT THE CROWN & ANCHOR
More about Leslie:
FACEBOOK
Official Web Page
IMdB
PRESS RELEASE: Leslie Jordan to appear at the legendary CROWN & ANCHOR in PTown July 13-14
Leslie Jordan to appear at the legendary
Paramount Theatre
at the
CROWN & ANCHOR
in Provincetown, MA
July 13-14
Two Shows Only!
The Cape is about to experience it’s very own special “night at the races” as one of American pop culture’s most recognizable, enduring (and endearing) personalities rides back into town. In LJ, Back By Popular Demand, the diminutive, delightful Deep South dynamo saddles up for an evening of horse feathers hilarity with his new show.As always, he remains characteristically frank, charming, self–effacing and real. Jordan’s career has effectively redefined the standard for “celebrity”, and he remains the consummate professional. By staying the course, he realized his goals against all odds.
Leslie Jordan has a track record that’s fairly astonishing, upon closer glance. His is one of those consistently recognizable faces in popular entertainment. Yet, often, you’re not quite sure where you know him from! His perpetually mobile “amazing race” towards stardom has provided one of the more unusual, yet impressive and varied career trajectories of the past few decades. His arrival in Hollywood back in 1982 (with $1500 sewn into his clothing by his steel magnolia Mother) was the starting gate. There’s notable irony in the fact that Jordan actually had a brief career as a jockey. He trots the audience around the track of his career; the highlights, the bumps in the road, the big breaks, the acclaim, the dangers of being type cast or stereotyped; the victory laps and the ever present concern about being put out to pasture by a youth obsessed culture and profession. By show’s end, audiences clearly realize they’re not listening to -nor seeing- just another “one trick pony”. Jordan’s antics, quirks, observations, and, most significantly, his ability to take it all in stride, puts him in the winner’s circle with each performance! The prestigious Emmy Award winner in 2006 for “WILL & GRACE”, Leslie Jordan has received rapturous reviews for his original stage plays (“MY TRIP DOWN THE PINK CARPET”, “STORIES I CAN’T TELL MAMA”, “FRUIT FLY”), supporting presence in one of Hollywood’s most prestigious, message-minded films of the last decade (“THE HELP”, 2012), and was singled out with great notices for his off-Broadway musical theatre debut in 2011 (“THE LUCKY GUY”). His defining role as “BROTHER BOY” in the cult film classic “SORDID LIVES” evolved into a well received prequel on the LOGO Channel. As the celebrated author and star of his own HBO Special (“Pink Carpet”); Leslie Jordan is consistently sought after as a Guest Star on every imaginable form of episodic, comic television (TV Land’s “THE EX’ES”, Fox’s “RAISING HOPE”, Disney Channel’s “SHAKE IT UP!” ABC’s “THE NEIGHBORS”). He has conquered the international stage scene with sold out runs in Mexico, Canada and the U.K., and remains an in-demand mainstay as a stage/tv/film performer, voice-over artist, fund raiser, spokesperson, out artist, equal rights activist and all around Southern Baptist celebutante.
The absurdity of it all and yet, his absolute willingness to prove “nay sayers” wrong by doing WHATEVER it takes to keep him out of the proverbial Glue Factory, Leslie Jordan IS…“LJ, Back By Popular Demand”!!!
Don’t miss the fun, when Jordan returns to play Provincetown’s popular Paramount Theatre at the legendary CROWN & ANCHOR. Located in the heart of Provincetown at 247 Commercial St., the show is set for a two (2) night exclusive engagement Monday July 13th and Tuesday, July 14th 2015.
Showtime is 8:00 P.M.
Tickets are currently available by visiting www.onlyatthecrown.
http://thelesliejordan.com/site/
Date Name Description
7/13/15 8:00 pm Leslie Jordan 2 Nights Only
7/14/15 8:00 pm Leslie Jordan 2 Nights Only
PRESS RELEASE: PANEL DISCUSSION ON MADELINE KAHN
PRESS RELEASE: “Merman’s Apprentice” One Night Only Concert Broadway at Birdland
For Immediate Release
May 12th, 2015
Broadway at Birdland is proud to present
Klea Blackhurst, Anita Gillette, P.J.Benjamin
and Richard Kind
starring in
“Merman’s Apprentice”
One Night Only Concert, Monday, June 15 at 7pm
@ Birdland in New York, New York.
315 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036
Tel: 1 (212) 581-3080.
The Broadway at Birdland Concert Series is proud to announce that Stephen Cole and David Evans musical fable, Merman’s Apprentice, will appear at the historic Birdland stage One Night Only, Monday, June 15 at 7pm. Directed by Igor Goldin (Yank) the cast features (in alphabetical order) P.J. Benjamin, Klea Blackhurst, Anita Gillette, Richard Kind, and Elizabeth Teeter supported by a six piece band with orchestrations by Lynn Shankel .
Merman’s Apprentice is a new musical fable with Book & Lyrics by Stephen (After the Fair, The Road To Qatar, Night of the Hunter) Cole and Music by David (Birds of Paradise, Children’s Letters To God) Evans. Bistro Award Winner Klea Blackhurst will appear as Ethel Merman, with a cast lead by Tony nominee Anita Gillette as Ethel’s Mom, with Tony nominee Richard Kind as David Merrick, J.P. Benjamin (Broadway’s current Wizard in Wicked) as Ethel’s Pop and 13 year-old Elizabeth Teeter, who is currently playing Young Queen Elizabeth in The Audience on Broadway, will play Muriel Plakenstein: Merman’s Apprentice. Additional cast members include Adam Grupper, Eddie Korbich and Brian Charles Rooney.
Synopsis: Time: the 1970’s. The Golden Age of Musical Theatre is drawing to an end, although twelve-year-old Muriel Plakenstein doesn’t know that. So she runs away from home to become a Broadway star, meets the Queen of Broadway Ethel Merman, who takes her to a Hello, Dolly! rehearsal, where they sing together. When legendary producer David Merrick hears the kid, he decides to star Muriel in the first all-child cast of Dolly! Naturally, Merman takes her under wing to teach her the ropes of being a star…making little Muriel Plakenstein Merman’s Apprentice. It’s a tuneful, original smart, funny, warm, new musical comedy about childhood, parents, Broadway and Ethel Merman. Who could ask for anything more?
Klea Blackhurst’s credits include: Everything the Traffic will Allow, Vernon Duke’s Broadway, Dreaming of a Song: Music of Hoagy Carmichael, Jerry Herman’s Broadway at the London Palladium. Television and radio appearances include The Caroline Rhea Show, The Rosie O’Donnell Show, Sesame Street, Law and Order: SVU and A Prairie Home Companion
Anita Gillette’s TV and Theater credits include her Tony nomination for Chapter Two, Jimmy, Cabaret, Gypsy, Law and Order, Moonstruck, Cold Case, CSI and They’re Playing Our Song.
Richard Kind’s credits include: The Producers, Mad About You, Spin City. He was nominated for a Tony and won the Drama Desk Award for his performance in The Big Knife in 2013.
J.P. Benjamin’s credits include Wicked, Chicago, Sophisticated Ladies, Sarava and The Pajama Game.
Elizabeth Teeter has appeared in Mary Poppins and is in the current running The Audience, where she plays the Young Elizabeth.
Stephen Cole is an award-winning musical theatre writer whose shows have been recorded, published, and produced from New York City to London to the Middle East and Australia and Edinburgh, Scotland. Stephen’s creations include: After the Fair, The Night of The Hunter (Goodman), Saturday Night at Grossingers, Casper (Chita Rivera), Dodsworth (Dee Hoty, Hal Linden) and The Road to Qatar. Last season Cole wrote and directed Inventing Mary Martin, which played Off-Broadway starring Emily Skinner, Jason Graae, Lynne Halliday and Cameron Adams.
Stephen Cole’s The Black and White Ball, written with Todd Ellison, was produced by Chicago’s FWD Theatre Project this past January. This year, Stephen conceived and wrote and hosted an evening of his songs entitled Cole Mining: The Songs of Stephen Cole at off Broadway’s Urban Stages. This evening featured numbers from many of his shows sung by Marni Nixon, Klea Blackhurst, George Dvorsky and Sara Zahn. Stephen has also collaborated with David Krane, Todd Ellison, Susan Kim, Claibe Richardson, Jeffrey Saver, Steve Silverstein, Billy Straus and Matthew Ward.
David Evans is a composer and musical director/conductor whose credits include: A…My Name is Alice, Children’s Letters to God, Wicked, Company, Flower Drum Song, Bells are Ringing, Marie Christine and As Thousands Cheer. For the past 11 years David has been associate conductor of Wicked at the Gershwin Theatre.
Tickets are $25.00 (cover) with a $10.00 food/drink minimum.
Merman’s Apprentice In Concert
One Night only! Monday, June 15 at 7pm
Birdland, 315 West 44th Street, NYC
(212) 581-3080
www.BirdlandJazz.com
For interviews and press information, contact: Ralph @ lampkinmusic@gmail.com.
For more information, please visit: www.stephencolewriter.com