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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/08/Jeremy_Irons_Reflects_on_His_Career

Actor Jeremy Irons reflects on Broadway’s changes over the last 25 years. Calling the costs “ridiculously expensive,” Irons argues Broadway is “slowly killing itself – the audience is slowly dying.”

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Jeremy Irons is considered one of the world’s great actors, having won the Oscar, Emmy and Tony awards. On television Irons performance as Charles Ryder in Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited brought him worldwide acclaim, as well as the Oscar and the Golden Globe for Best Actor, and nominations for an Emmy and a British Academy Award.

On the silver screen, he has starred in such films as David Lynch’s Inland Empire, Ridley Scott’s Kingdom of Heaven, The Mission with Robert De Niro, and Reversal of Fortune with Glenn Close – the film based on Claus von Bulow. For this performance, Irons received the 1990 Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.

He made his Broadway debut in 1984 in Tom Stoppard’s The Real Thing opposite Glenn Close, for which he won both the Drama League Award and Tony Award for Best Actor.

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l)Abraham Tuschinski- empresario- impresario
2) Jews in The Netherlands 1940s Westerbork
3) Mazel- New York 1940
4) Leo Fuld

“Abraham Icek Tuschinski (Brzeziny (near Łódź), May 14, 1886 – Auschwitz, September 17, 1942) was a Dutch businessman of Jewish-Polish descent who built the Tuschinski Theater, a famed cinema in Amsterdam.

While emigrating to the United States in 1903 Tuschinski decided to remain in Rotterdam. He found success as a movie theatre owner, opening his first four cinemas in 1911: the Thalia, Cinema Royal, Scala and Olympia. His most luxurious cinema in Rotterdam, the Grand Theater, opened in 1928.

His crowning achievement, the Tuschinski Theater, opened its doors in Amsterdam on October 28, 1921. The unique design of this building was a mix of three modern styles: Amsterdamse School, Art Deco and Jugendstil. The elaborate exterior and opulent, richly decorated interior were restored to their former glory in 1998-2002. Tuschinksy also opened another famed Amsterdam cinema, the Roxy Theater, in 1928.

When World War II broke out, Tuschinski lost all his cinemas in Rotterdam when the city was bombed by the Germans on May 14, 1940. On July 1, 1942, he was transported to the Westerbork concentration camp in the northeast of the Netherlands, and from there to Auschwitz, where he was killed.”
Source: Wikipedia

Lazarus ‘Leo’ Fuld (Rotterdam, October 29, 1912 — Amsterdam, June 10, 1997) was a Dutch singer who specialised in Yiddish songs.

Leo Fuld was born as the third of ten children and grew up in a poor Jewish family. His father, Louis Fuld, was a merchant. Fuld’s talent for singing showed at early age during services at the synagogue. Fuld was a good student and was given a scholarship at the Dutch Jewish Seminar. His parents expected young Leo to eventually become hazzan (’cantor’). At the age of sixteen Fuld was already leading services in provincial synagogues.

In 1932 he left for England to audition for the BBC and became the first Dutch singer behind the BBC microphone. His performance was noticed by Jack Hylton, leader of one of the most popular show bands of that time. At the age of 19 Leo joined for a tour, singing a miscellaneous repertoire: in addition to schlagers and swing classics he also sang traditional Yiddish songs.

Just before the outbreak of the Second World War Fuld left to perform in the United States. Leaving Europe may well have saved his life; of his entire family only Leo and one of his sisters survived the Nazis. The city in which they lived was destroyed in the Rotterdam Blitz.

After the war he stayed in the US, becoming the number one interpreter of Yiddish repertoire. Singing songs such as ‘My Yidishe Mama’, ‘Ich hob Dich zu viel lieb’, ‘Doina’ and ‘Wo Ahin Soll Ich Geh’n’ made him famous all over the world. He shared the stage with Édith Piaf and Frank Sinatra. Many of Fuld’s songs are sung partly in Yiddish and partly in English. Sometimes he sang in Hebrew as well.” Source: wikipedia

“During World War II, while Fuld was living in the U.S., he lost nearly his entire family. Until his death he was not able to discuss that topic with his remaining sister and nieces. In his simple apartment in Amsterdam, the singer was still writing songs and felt all but lonely: “I never get tired of my own company.” ”

“Leo Fuld decided to seek further fame and fortune abroad and made the first of his many recordings in Berlin’s Odeon Studios in 1933. He further spread his wings and became the first Dutch singer to perform for BBC microphones with Jack Hylton’s legendary big band. Clifford Fisher, the renowned New York impresario brought him to the Big Apple in 1936 where he performed on Broadway rubbing shoulders with stars of the day. His first visit lasted two years, but after his residence permit expired he returned to the Netherlands.
America kept pulling at his heart strings and he returned to New York in February 1940, a few months before the outbreak of war in Holland. Fuld spent the war years in New York. In 1945 he was to discover that one of his sisters was the sole family survivor of the Holocaust. He was so devastated he did not perform for three years.
Fuld resumed his career in 1948 in Amsterdam packing the famous Dutch movie theater Tuschinski singing a more wistful and melancholic brand of Yiddish song. Leo Fuld embarked on singing the Jewish version of the blues. This included his rendition of Wo Ahin Soll Ich Geh’n? (Where Can I Go?) which made him world famous and was a dramatic ode to the birth of the state of Israel.
The 1950s marked the high point in Fuld’s international singing career. ”

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The Bob Balfour Wonder Morton Theatre Pipe Organ is being officially reintroduced to New Jerseyans this weekend. The organ, located at the Loew’s Jersey movie palace in Jersey City’s Journal Square neighborhood, was painstakingly restored over 11 years. There will be special performances all weekend, visit loewsjersey.org for details.

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Watch the KARATE KID Featurette – In Theaters 6/11. Become a Fan on Facebook: http://www.Facebook.com/TheKarateKid, Follow on Twitter: http://Twitter.com/KarateKidMovie & Visit the Official Site:
http://KarateKid-TheMovie.com.
In Columbia Pictures’ The Karate Kid, 12-year-old Dre Parker (Jaden Smith) could’ve been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother’s (Taraji P. Henson) latest career move has landed him in China. Dre immediately falls for his classmate Mei Ying – and the feeling is mutual – but cultural differences make such a friendship impossible. Even worse, Dre’s feelings make an enemy of the class bully, Cheng. In the land of kung fu, Dre knows only a little karate, and Cheng puts “the karate kid” on the floor with ease. With no friends in a strange land, Dre has nowhere to turn but maintenance man Mr. Han (Jackie Chan), who is secretly a master of kung fu. As Han teaches Dre that kung fu is not about punches and parries, but maturity and calm, Dre realizes that facing down the bullies will be the fight of his life.

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Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) has made a habit of running from what scares him. Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) doesn’t have fears. If he did, he’d kick their ever-living ass. In a world overrun by zombies, these two are perfectly evolved survivors. But now, they’re about to stare down the most terrifying prospect of all: each other.
Visit http://zombieland.com for more!

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New Hendrix Footage

08-18-69: Woodstock Festival, Bethel, New York “Stepping Stone Jam”

08-27-67: Saville Theatre, London
“Purple Haze”

05-30-70: Berkeley Community Theater, Berkeley, California
2nd show:”Hey Baby Intro”

02-24-69: Royal Albert Hall, London
“I Don’t Live Today”

01-04-69: LuLu Show, BBC-TV, London
“House Burning Down /Hey Joe Intro”

06-18-67: Monterey Pop Festival Monterey, Ca
J.H.E. 1st U.S. appearance
“Wild Thing”

08-18-69: Woodstock Festival, Bethel, New York “Guitar Eating Intro N. Anthem”

05-30-70: Berkeley Community Theater, Berkeley, California
1st show:”National Anthem”

08-18-69: Woodstock Festival, Bethel, New York
“Villanova Junction”

05-30-70: Berkeley Community Theater, Berkeley, California
2nd show:”Voodoo Child”

07-30-70: Magical Gardens, Mauii, Hawaii
“Foxy Lady Ending”

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Two Door Cinema Club – Cigarettes In The Theatre

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http://www.Muvico.com The start to a perfect night- Find Chicago movie theatres and check out dinner and a movie in Rosemont! For premier entertainment in the Chicago area, Muvico and Bogarts Bar and Grill is one stop Hollywood fun! Catch the latest movie, grab dinner, or dine while you watch! Visit the Muvico box office for Bogarts info, or visit Muvico.com online for Chicago movie theatres.

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The latest Halo 3 ViDoc from Bungie: Cinema Paradiso. It shows us replay-mode and forge

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On developments in ancient Greek comic drama.
More on this subject – Mark Damen:
http://www.usu.edu/markdamen/ClasDram/chapters/081earlygkcom.htm
Personae: Aristophanus, Menander, Alexander the Great
Plays: Cyclops, Lysistrata, Dyskolos (The Grouch)
Terms: The City of Dionysia Festival in Athens, Satyr plays, Old and New Comedy, parabasis, Peloponnesian War, Lenaia Festival

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