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"Heroes" and Berlin - Vanity Crash - Jan 12 & Jan 13 - Bop Stop
by Dennis Van Crash 05 Jan '18

05 Jan '18

Vanity Crash Fans, You are receiving this because you requested information or attended one of our Vanity Crash concerts or David Bowie presentations. As we prepare for our upcoming shows at BOP STOP onFri 1/12&Sat 1/13, we're learning formerly obscured details behind the making of one of the all-time classic albums, David Bowie's Low, released in January of 1977. * Fri 1/12: David Bowie: The Berlin Era (1976-80) * Sat 1/13: An Evening With(out) David Bowie (entire life) *http://www.BowieShows.com For example, many people assume that Brian Eno produced Bowie's Berlin trilogy (Low, "Heroes" and Lodger). As it turns out, Tony Visconti produced all three, while Eno contributed ambient electronic tracks and co-wrote some of the songs with Bowie. He also brought along his Oblique Strategies cards to help with the creative process, offering suggestions like: "Use unqualified people." And, in fact, only the album "Heroes" was produced entirely in Berlin: Low was tracked at Chateau d'Herouville outside Paris with only one song (Weeping Wall) created at Hansa Tonstudio (Hansa By The Wall) in Berlin. Bowie wrote all songs on Low, with Eno credited as co-writer on Warszawa (he created the ambient soundbed when Bowie left town to meet with lawyers defending a lawsuit from his former manager), while George Murray (bass) and Dennis Davis (drums) were credited as co-writers on Breaking Glass. The post-rock electronic sound of Low was created by Bowie, Eno and Visconti wielding their current favorite obsessions: Bowie had one of only a couple hundred Chamberlin tape-loop keyboards: a mellotron prototype. Eno brought along his favorite synthesizer, the EMS Synthi AKS, which was built into a suitcase and was triggered by a joystick. And Visconti was experimenting with the Eventide Harmonizer, that he claimed, "f**ks with the fabric of time." On Friday, January 12, 2018 at Cleveland's BOP STOP at 7:30PM, I'll be presenting "David Bowie: The Berlin Era" at 7:30PM, uncovering more behind-the-scenes revelations about Bowie's Berlin era, plus an exciting live music set from Cleveland glam heroes Vanity Crash. On Saturday, January 13, 2018 at the same location, I'll present "An Evening With(out) David Bowie" telling the story of Bowie's entire life from birth to his final album Blackstar and his New York stage musical Lazarus. Part 1 begins at 7:30PM and runs through Young Americans, and Part 2 starts at 9:30PM with the Berlin Era and runs to the very end of his life and beyond. Both sets are followed by live music showcases by Vanity Crash. Join us for rare video, needle drops, trivia contests, Q&A, and some visual arts exhibitions on David Bowie. The live music segments by Vanity Crash feature Bowie favorites, period classics and originals from our 2017 release Phantasmagoria, which includes a track with piano contributed by Mike Garson, Bowie's longtime pianist. I hope you can join us at one or more of these shows, which have been selling out. More information can be found below and at: http://www.BowieShows.com Download PDF of extensive details here. http://www.yurichcreative.com/images/email-newsletter-images/180112-Bowie-B… We hope to see you at BOP STOP next week! ~ Thomas Mulready and Vanity Crash

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Rubber City Theatre call for Directors
by Dane Leasure 05 Jan '18

05 Jan '18

Rubber City Theatre is accepting director applications for our 2018-2019 season. Rubber City Theatre is seeking imaginative directors who are excited about working in an intimate black box setting and telling classic stories in fresh and exciting ways. We are especially interested in directors who have directed in small professional venues. We are accepting resumes and statements of interest for A Streetcar Named Desire (Opening in mid-October, rehearsals begin mid-September). We are accepting resumes and concept statements for Romeo and Juliet (Opening April, rehearsals begin in March). Positions are paid and will consider SDC members under the Tier contract (level 1-2). For full consideration, please apply by 1/19/18. Please submit materials with “Director 18-19 season” in the subject line to dane(a)rubbercitytheatre.com.

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Youth Improv Classes in Cleveland's Slavic Village Neighborhood
by Emma Shepard 05 Jan '18

05 Jan '18

Cleveland Youth Theater Project is now enrolling students for our Grades 3-5 and Grades 6-9 Improv Classes! Actors are taught how to use voice, stance, blocking, and body language to create a scene and character. Each week, actors will play a series of improv games that are both fun and educational- each week focusing on a different skill! This class is open to actors of all skill levels. Each course is 6 weeks long with a performance open to friends and family at the end. They are $90 for all 6 weeks- but since the goal of Cleveland Youth Theater Project is to create affordable and educational opportunities in the performing arts, we are willing to set up a weekly payment plan if it is easier! Find information on the website: https://www.cleytp.com/ Or contact Emma Shepard with any questions: emmakshepard(a)gmail.com

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Casting Call
by P.U.R.E. Productions 05 Jan '18

05 Jan '18

JUST A REMINDER!! We are looking for you. No experience is necessary. We are casting actors and vocalist. This is your last chance to be apart of some epic productions this year. Casting Call on January 6, 2018 from 1:30p.-5pm. For more details and location email us at pureproductionscle(a)gmail.com or call us at 216-600-2392 <(216)%20600-2392>. This new year, step out and share your gifts. #supportpureproductions <https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/supportpureproductions?source=feed_text&st…> #supportronnieholman <https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/supportronnieholman?source=feed_text&story…> #WWSID <https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/wwsid?source=feed_text&story_id=1640577192…> -- P.U.R.E. Productions www.ronnielholman.com

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Apply to Kent State's MFA in Acting for the Returning Professional
by Koneval, Joni 05 Jan '18

05 Jan '18

Are you ready to take the next step in your acting career? The School of Theatre and Dance at Kent State University is accepting applications for its next class of MFA Acting for the Returning Professional candidates. The two-year intensive program mentors seasoned professional performers through core classes centered on technique and theory within a flexible pedagogical laboratory model. For more information on the program, to view audition dates, and to schedule an audition, please visit https://www.kent.edu/theatredance/master-fine-arts-acting-returning-profess… Joni L. Koneval Marketing Associate School of Theatre and Dance | Porthouse Theatre Kent State University 330-672-0116 | jkoneval(a)kent.edu www.kent.edu/theatredance<http://www.kent.edu/theatredance> | www.porthousetheatre.com<http://www.porthousetheatre.com>

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"Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill" at Weathervane Playhouse
by Fred Gloor 05 Jan '18

05 Jan '18

Weathervane Playhouse to present Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill. Step back in time to relive one of Billie Holiday's final performances. AKRON - Weathervane invites playgoers to be transported to a seedy bar in Philadelphia during the year of 1959 to relive one of Billie Holiday's final performances, given four months before her death. More than a dozen musical numbers are interlaced with salty, often humorous, reminiscences to project a riveting portrait of the lady and her music. Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill is directed by Terrence Spivey, who ran Karamu House for over 12 years and was selected as Scene Magazine's Best Director of 2017. Ed Ridley, who most recently received a Cleveland Critics Circle Award for his music direction of Ain't Misbehavin', serves as the music director for this production. Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill runs January 11 through January 21, 2018 in Weathervane's Founders Theater. The show runs Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. There is also one student matinee (recommended for high school students) on January 16th at 10 a.m. Tickets are $10 - $22 and can be ordered by calling the box office at 330-836-2626 or going to www.weathervaneplayhouse.com<http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com>. On working at Weathervane and the production, Spivey says, "I am excited to be back at the wonderful Weathervane Playhouse, having directed their productions of Fences and The Great White Hope. Billie Holiday's music is as timely now as ever, touching the hardships and happiness that we all experience. Kudos to Melanie and Weathervane for bringing this dynamic and historical figure to the Akron stage." THE CAST MARISSA NICOLE DAVIS Billie Holiday THE CREATIVE TEAM TERRENCE SPIVEY Director ED RIDLEY Musical Director/Jimmy Powers JASON BRYAN MAURER Stage Manager BARBARA TROTTER Properties Designer AYRON LORD Lighting Designer HAZEN TOBAR Sound Designer LOREN "COCO" MAYER Costume Designer RICHARD MORRIS, JR. Scenic Designer/Technical Director KATHY KOHL Assistant Technical Director KELLIE ROSSINI Master Electrician ### Weathervane Playhouse's 2017-2018 Season Support Provided by: Aimee Lambes Photography AARP Akron Community Foundation The Akron/Summit Convention and Visitors Bureau Beatrice K. McDowell Family Fund of Akron Community Foundationz The Big Love Network Best Buy Clear Gold Audio and Lighting Mary and Dr. George L. Demetros Charitable Trust Margaret Dietz Corinne L. Dodero Foundation for the Arts & Sciences GAR Foundation Kenneth L. Calhoun Charitable Trust (KeyBank, Trustee) The Mary S. and David C. Corbin Foundation Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services, LLC Northeast Ohio Boomer and Beyond Magazine Ohio Arts Council The Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation The Weathervane Playhouse Volunteer Guild Visit Mickey Vacations WKSU 89.7 FM Fred Gloor Associate Artistic/Marketing Director Weathervane Playhouse 330-836-2626 xt 16<tel:(330)%20836-2626> [facebook1]<https://www.facebook.com/WeathervanePlayhouse>[twitter1]<https://twitter.com/WeathervanePlay>[instagram1]<https://www.instagram.com/weathervaneplay>[linkedin1]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/weathervane-playhouse-akron>[youtube1 (1)]<https://www.youtube.com/user/weathervaneplayhouse>

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Looking for a fun activity to do to stay warm
by Cleveland City Dance 05 Jan '18

05 Jan '18

Looking for a fun activity to do to stay warm?Join Cleveland City Dance for Adult and Children Classes.Here is the schedule for the year��http://www.clevelandcitydance.com/PDFs/2018_Brochure.pdf��Many classes are already full and we have added a few more! Cleveland City Dance, Home to City Ballet of Cleveland � � � 13108 Shaker Square Cleveland, OH 44120www.clevelandcitydance.com / 216-295-2222

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Have you always wanted to learn how to swing dance? We have 5 week group lessons and fun events for you!
by Valerie Salstrom 05 Jan '18

05 Jan '18

Let us help you check some things off of your 2018 to-do list! Seek out new experiences. Check! Learn a new skill. Check! Explore a new hobby. Check! Expand your friend group. Check! Do more cardio. Check! See more live music. Check! Be a tourist in your own backyard. Check! Do things that make you feel good. Check! Build your confidence. Check! Get Hep Swing offers 5 week, group swing dance classes at the Brecksvile Center for the Arts starting Monday, January 8th and Tuesday, January 9th. No partner required because we rotate partners in class. This means that you will frequently get to dance with the instructors as well as with the other students. Classes are $60 per person/$100 per couple for the entire 5 weeks. So affordable! Pre-registration and pre-payment is required at www.BrecksvilleArts.org We have two monthly swing dances with Jitterbug lessons and different bands playing every month. 8-9 dance lesson, 9-12 live band. Only $12 per person. The second Friday of every month the swing dances are at the Lakewood Masonic Temple at 15300 Detroit Avenue. The last Saturday of the month swing dances are at the Slovenian Workmen’s Home at 15335 Waterloo Road in Collinwood. For more information please see www.GetHepSwing.com Happy New Year! We look forward to helping you make 2018 your best year yet! Valerie Salstrom Owner of Get Hep Swing info(a)GetHepSwing.com 216-374-1927

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Berko: Professional Theatre and Dance Events for January 2018
by Roy Berko 05 Jan '18

05 Jan '18

*•••••••••••••••••••••••••••* *To view a Cleveland area professional theater and dance schedule for January, 2018 go to: **www.royberko.info* <http://www.royberko.info> *••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••*

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Male Auditions for Dancing at Lughnasa Hiram College
by Skorepa, Carl D. 05 Jan '18

05 Jan '18

Dancing at Lughnasa is being produced by the Theatre Department at Hiram College. A cast member needed to withdraw from this production. A male actor is needed to play the role of Gerry Evans. The character must be able to act, sing, and dance. The rest of the roles have been casted. Auditions are schedule for Wednesday, January 10 starting at 6:00 pm at 11762 Dean Street on Hiram College campus in the Frohring Performing Arts Hall. Hiram, Ohio 44234. The actor playing the role of Gerry Evans will rehearse two or three days a week following this schedule: ? Rehearsals Start the week of January 15th ? Mondays through Thursdays (6:00pm to 9:00pm) ? Sundays (scheduled as needed) ? Technical Rehearsals will start Sunday, March 18th through Thursday March 22. Performances: Start at 7:30 pm Friday, March 23, Saturday, March 24, Thursday, March 29, and Friday, March 30. Please email me back at skorepacd(a)hiram.edu<mailto:skorepacd@hiram.edu> so I can schedule you in and send you a copy of the audition dialogue. Carl D. Skorepa Theatre Technical Director, Designer, Instructor Theatre Department 204 Frohring Performing Arts (11762 Dean Street) Hiram College Hiram, Ohio 44234 (330) 569-5507 SkorepaCD(a)Hiram.edu<mailto:SkorepaCD@Hiram.edu> [http://www.hiram.edu/images/photos/about/logos/official-logo.jpg]

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