A History of the Musical (These are excerpts from my book . Jerome Kern had re- invented the . Along the way they charmed the audience with immensely popular tunes such as. ![]() You'll Never Walk Alone (1. The Gentleman Is A Dope (1. Some Enchanted Evening (1. South Pacific (1. Whistle a Happy Tune (1. Many of Valentino's fans had no idea what a tango sounded like. The evening opened with a short musical film in which. Lee Forest's . Instead, along came choreographer Busby Berkeley and composer. Harry Warren (real name Salvatore Guaragna), already the author of. Rose Of The Rio Grande (1. ![]() I Found a Million- Dollar Baby (1. You're My Everything (1. Lloyd Bacon's 4. 2nd Street (1. Lullaby of Broadway, Shuffle Off to Buffalo, You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me and 4. Street. Mervin Le. ![]() ![]() Roy's Gold Diggers of 1. High Life, I've Got To Sing A Torch Song, Pettin' In The Park, Remember My Forgotten Man, Shadow Waltz, especially The Gold Diggers' Song/ We're In The Money. Lloyd Bacon's Footlight Parade (1. Honeymoon Hotel and Shanghai Lil. ![]() Ein Komikerduo ist eine Figurenkonstellation beim Film, im Zirkus, am Theater oder im Kabarett, bei der zwei Schauspieler als komisches Paar auftreten. The discography of American Pop rock duo Sonny & Cher consists of five studio albums, four compilation albums, one soundtrack album, two live albums and twenty-one singles. Sonny and Cher had released three albums and one. Tickets for Concerts, Sports, Theatre and More Online at TicketsInventory.com. Contact Info: Black Theater Alliance Awards, Inc. 60653 773-624-5729 [email protected]. The golden age of the Hollywood musical. BLACK THEATER ALLIANCE AWARDS, INCYou're Invited To Attend! The 2. 0th Annual Black Theater Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards. Honoring African Americans in the performing arts in the Chicagoland area, and presenting Actor, Director, and Producer, Robert Townsend with The Black Theater Alliance Award of Merit. Date: Saturday, October 1. Time: 7: 0. 0pm - Reception; 8: 0. Awards Presentation. Place: Roosevelt University. The Beautiful Ganz Hall - 7th Floor. South Michigan Avenue. Chicago, Illinois 6. Attire: Semi- formal. View our full calendar of Atlantic City, New Jersey events--from the hottest Atlantic City concerts to sporting events to festivals and more. Sonny & Cher was een Amerikaans rock-'n-roll duo uit de jaren 60 en 70 bestaande uit het echtpaar Sonny Bono en Cher. In hun ongeveer tienjarige carri Sonny & Cher were an American pop music duo, actors, singers and entertainers made up of husband-and-wife Sonny and Cher Bono in the 1960s and 1970s. The couple started their career in the mid-1960s as R&B backing singers for. Tickets: $4. 0. 0. BTAA Nominees; $6. General Tickets. To purchase tickets contact Vincent Williams at 7. All tickets must be purchased by Tuesday, October 1. Received in the mail. Tickets will not be sold the night of the 2. Annual Black Theater Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards. A Public Invited Event! BTA Award of Merit Honoree Robert Townsend Robert Townsend. Television Executive - Actor - Comedian - Writer - Director - Producer - Humanitarian. A passionate visionary and trailblazer, Hollywood Icon, Robert Townsend transcends any medium he touches. Whether he’s performing stand up, acting, writing, directing, producing, or running a television network, his magic and versatile talent is undeniable. At his school during a reading of Shakespeare’s Oedipus Rex he dazzled the class with his ability to transform effortlessly into character, as a result Robert’s remarkable versatile talent as a young actor was born and caught the attention of Chicago’s Experimental Bag Theatre. Then for Robert it was on to Hollywood, where he dabbled in a mixture of industries and found that with his versatile talent, he was able to adapt easily from being a comedian to a full- screen actor. He landed the role of a lifetime co- starring opposite Denzel Washington in “A Soldier’s Story”, and appeared with Diane Lane in “Streets of Fire” and Kevin Costner in “American Flyers”. Once in Hollywood, seeing the difficulty Black Actors had and the lack of good work available in the film industry, left a burning desire for Robert to step behind the camera. With his acting career in high gear, Robert’s career took a turn for the best when Robert Townsend the “independent filmmaker” was born. He wanted to do something to fill this void and without formal film education or outside funding (he used his own credit cards to finance), Robert wrote, directed, produced and starred in his own first film. The result was the critically acclaimed “Hollywood Shuffle”, a satire, depicting the trials and tribulations of Black Actors in Hollywood. Following the success of “Hollywood Shuffle,” film projects continued to pour in. As a filmmaker, director and producer, his unbridled success continued. The movie that landed Robert the credit of a lifetime was the popular tearjerker classic . He also created and starred in the WB Network hit series “The Parenthood”. Townsend has made history by being nominated for over 3. NAACP Image Awards for film and television. At the 2. 00. 1 NAACP Image Awards he directed three performers nominated in the best actor/actress category in three different films: Leon, for his role in NBC’s “Little Richard”; Alfre Woodard in the Showtime Movie “Holiday Heart” (which also garnered her a Golden Globe nomination) and Natalie Cole for her gripping self- portrayal in “Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story” (for which she won the coveted Image Award for best actress). Townsend continued to helm films for the small screen: Carmen: A Hip Hopera for MTV Films, starring Beyonce Knowles (one of the highest rated shows for MTV) and Image Award winner, 1. Black Men Named George for Showtime, a highly acclaimed period piece about the Pullman porter strike, starring Andre Braugher, and Charles Dutton. Robert has worked with some of the top talent in Hollywood including: Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Denzel Washington, Halle Berry, Morgan Freeman, Alfre Woodard, Lou Gossett, Jr., Kennon Ivory Wayans and Chris Tucker, just to name a few and is responsible for discovering many of Hollywood’s A- List talent before they became household names. He is the mastermind behind many of Hollywood’s favorite and best- remembered movies and hit series. Robert’s body of work has been seen on MGM, Disney, Fox, NBC, HBO, WB and MTV. While busy as a performer and filmmaker, Robert always makes time to participate in humanitarian efforts and speak to various organizations. As a longtime speaker for the United Negro College Fund and the NAACP, his concern for inner city youth takes him through out the country to inspire young people to follow their dreams. In addition, Robert shares his business expertise with various Fortune 5. He has traveled with The Milken Family Fund to Chicago, Boston, Sacramento, Philadelphia, Washington, DC and Los Angeles to recognize deserving teachers and inspire and motive students around the country. Although, he has many accolades but none are more important than his family. Following in his footsteps, his 3 daughters; Grace, Sierra and Skylar aka . Despite his demanding schedule, Robert makes sure he spends quality time with his son, Max and his three daughters. Time with Robert Townsend the dad is no ordinary experience, his children are Blessed with a father that makes every experience they have unique, creative, fun and sometimes very unpredictable.. Where he ran the cable network for four years before it was sold to the Gospel Music Channel in the Spring of 2. During his reign, he created unprecedented original programming for the network. Showing his unstoppable genius, in his short time as a television executive Townsend reached several milestones; he created over 1. NAIMC Vision Award (National Association for Multi- ethnicity in Communications), The Thou$and Dollar Bee and Lisa Knight and the Round Table), and he was voted one of the Most Influential Minorities in Cable by Cable World Magazine. This versatile talent, is busy as ever, acting, directing and producing. Townsend has recently returned in front of the camera to star opposite Angela Bassett in the faith based film “Of Boys and Men”. He has also just completed directing Golden Globe winner Ving Rhames in a biopic about the troubled boxing legend Sonny Liston entitled “Phantom Punch”. Currently, Townsend is in the editing room putting the finishing touches on “Why We Laugh”, a comedy documentary on the history of African America Comedians from slavery to present, with interviews including such legends as Bill Cosby, Dick Gregory, Chris Rock and the Wayans. Never one to waste time Townsend is also writing a feature film and developing a new television sketch series that he will star in for the TBS Network. As a Hollywood Icon and Humanitarian, Townsend's mission is to create quality programming for everyone to enjoy and to create a classic body of work that would be timeless. Five Undercover Brother (2. UB Book of Love (2. Black Men Named George (2. TV) Carmen: A Hip Hopera (2. TV) Holiday Heart (2. TV) Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story (2. TV) Soul Food (2. TV Series Little Richard (2. TV) Up, Up, and Away! Jim/Bronze Eagle. Love Songs (1. 99. TV) .. Host (1. 99. Joseph's Gift (1. James Saunders Mercenary II: Thick & Thin (1. TV) .. Charlie Love. B*A*P*S (1. 99. 7). Barry Sullivan. Townsend Television (1. Television Series. The Meteor Man (1. Jefferson Reed The Carol Burnett Show. Skit characters The Five Heartbeats (1. Donald 'Duck' Matthews The Best of Robert Townsend & His Partners in Crime (1. TV)New Edition Past and Present (1. V) The Mighty Quinn (1. Maubee That's Adequate (1. Stand- up Comic I'm Gonna Git You, Sucka (1. Hollywood Shuffle (1. Bobby Taylor/Jasper/Speed/Sam Ace. Eddie Murphy Raw (1. Raw (USA: short title) . Billy Burliss Ratboy (1. Manny Odd Jobs (1. Dwight aka Summer Jobs (USA) aka This End Up (USA) American Flyers (1. Jerome A Soldier's Story (1. Ellis Streets of Fire (1. Robert Townsend)NAMIC Vision Award Nomination for Lisa Knight and The Round Table. Voted one of the Most Influential Minorities in Cable by Cable World Magazine. UNCF (United Negro College Fund) - Host and Presenter. NAACP Image Awards Films Nominated for over 3. NAACP Image Awards GLAD Award for Holiday Heart Film. Carmen . James Reed, he was the first one to kind of believe in me, and see some talent in me on the Westside of Chicago, and I started with him as a kid. I started in theater at a place called X- Bag on the Southside of Chicago, and there was a guy there named Clarence Taylor and Pemon Rami they were the ones who mentored me and developed me and Chuck Smith, so I started in Highschool but those guys developed my talent. Chuck Smith was my first director with a play called Trecha Gramanon Is by Ira Rogers. That was my first experience. Vincent: In Chicago your hometown how did you get involved with The Experimental Black Actors Guild (X- Bag) at such a young age? What was going on there? Discuss? Robert: The way I got associated with X- Bag was that my mother knowing that I want to be an actor, and I wanted to get into the arts, and she enrolled me in acting classes at John Robert Powers modeling school they had an acting class that they started there, and I started taking acting classes at John Robert Powers, and they had a bulletin board with auditions on it, and there was an audition for a play at X- Bag, and so I went to the audition, and it was my very first audition, and I was really nervous, and I remember that I started to do some improvisation, and that’s when Chuck Smith and Ira Rogers gave me the part after I did my improv, and so it started after my first audition, and then after that I did 2- plays for X- Bag, and then I did 3- plays at Lemont Zeno Theater at The Better Boys Foundation on the Westside of Chicago. What inspired you to create the film, and how did it feel making black film or film history?
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