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Copyright: December 1, 2024
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CELEBRATING HANKSGIVING

I didn't even though there something called Hanksgiving. Oh sure, everyone knows there is a living icon named Tom Hanks. Even though Hanks is a two-time Academy Award winning actor, writer and author. His novel The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece is a New York Times Best Seller. His charitable coffee line, Hanx: For Our Troops, with all profits go to those who serve, and their families - should we be celebrating him?

You bet!

For at least 15 years, Chinwag podcast states it started in 2009 with its own traditions and food.

Celebrations abound. People decorate their home in all things Tom, dressing up as one of his many characters, eating food renamed for him, playing trivia games, binge watching his movies and having a glorious time.

For the last three years, New York City based comedian Lily Lester and her friends have gathered to share Hanksgiving together. That’s means a Tom Hanks-themed Thanksgiving in which they all give thanks to actor Tom Hanks for his creative work.

The hosting home is decorated with numerous Tom Hanks crafts and the attendees bring Hanks-themed dishes and all cosplay as characters that Tom Hanks has portrayed on film and television. At the end, they give out awards for the best dish and best costume.

Tom Hanks with his first Oscar. Photo: Publicity

This year Vuture republished a piece which originally ran in November 2013. "There is a growing tradition around this time of year, in which families gather for a big feast to honor a national hero who ushered the U.S. into a new age of balancing romantic-comedy charm and serious acting chops: Yes, it is Hanksgiving, a time to give T.Hanks for Tom Hanks. The adults sit in a circle and talk about what they’re T.Hankful for (perhaps this year it’s Captain Phillips, Saving Mr. Banks, Broadway’s Lucky Guy, or his delightful Reddit AMA?) and then sing the annual holiday standard, "That Thing You Do" by the Wonders. (Meanwhile, the kids trace their fists and then draw in a Big-era Hanks head.) This new annual event has mostly existed online, but it is time that this tradition becomes less virtual and more edible. To make that happen, Vulture has designed a menu for an actual Hanksgiving feast: We teamed up with our very own Bosom-Buddy blog Grub Street to design a meal of truly delicious and original Hanks-themed dishes. Gather your family of Hanks lovers and get cooking! (And just think of all the screening possibilities for after dinner.)"

Vulture provides recipes to the renamed dishes - some movies honored more than once. IMDB received credit for the movie lists and seriouseats for the clever name changes. urbanemovies published the list in 2018 as a popularity poll contest.

Some of the rechristened foods are: from Saving Private Ryan (1998) to Cravin' Private Fryin'Turkey - - Forrest Gump (1994) to Forrest Pump-kin Pie Pumpkin - - Catch Me If You Can (2002) to Catch Me If You Cran-berries - - The Green Mile (1999) to The Bean Pile - - Band of Brothers (2001) to Brandy of Brothers - - Saving Mr. Banks (2013) to Glazing Mr. Shanks - - Toy Story 2 (1999) to A Soy Story Too - - Cast Away (2000) to Cast Iron Way -- Apollo 13 (1995) to Apollo Thirtahini - - The Terminal (2004) to The Corn-minal - - Big (1988) to Pig - - Bridge of Spies (2015) to Frigid of Pies - - Sleepless in Seattle (1993) to Sweetness in Se-Apple - - Turner & Hooch (1989) to Turnips & Hooch - - Inferno (2016) to Inferno Pasta -- Captain Phillips (2013) to Country Captain Phillips (stew) - - Road to Perdition (2002) to Mode to Perfection Salad - - You've Got Mail (1998) to You've Got Kale - - A League of Their Own (1992) to A Leek of Their Own - - Punchline (1988) to Punch Lime - - The Post (2017) to The Roast - - The Ladykillers (2004) to Ladyfinger Chillers - - Charlie Wilson's War (2007) to Cauli Wilson's War - - That Thing You Do! (1996) to That Stuff-ing You Do - - The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) to Bonfire of the Cranberries - - The Circle (2017) to The Circle (which is made with crescent dinner rolls) - - Philadelphia (1993) to Philadelphia Cheese Cake - - Joe Versus the Volcano (1990) to Dough versus the Volcano - - The Polar Express (2004) to Roller Express - - The Da Vinci Code (2006) to The Da Vinci Pasta Lode - - From the Earth to the Moon (1998) to From the Hearth to the Loon - - Splash (1984) to Spl-Hash - - Bosom Buddies (1980) to Bosom Spuddies - - The 'Burbs (1989) to The 'Herbs -- A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019) to Mr. Rogers' Banana Day Back to Childhood.

All come with a list of ingredients, some with clever directions including Bosom Spuddies in which the cook is told to use potatoes grown in Moose Bosom, Maine, "served mashed-style prepared while wearing clothing of the opposite sex."

Unlike Thanksgiving where you may be compelled, in the name of family harmony, to spend time with relatives and assorted people you don't really like, in celebrating Hanksgiving, you are with others who also worship at the prop store pedestal of Tom Hanks.

In the last two week Hanksgiving events have been held across the country.

The Coalition Theatre inRichmond, Virginia, which specializes in "live comedy, dead serious," staged a "special Thanks" Hanksgiving event - a "special holiday episode of the Coalition's live tabletop role playing comedy show! It's the most festival time of the year: Hanksgiving! The most merry of times, when all of the characters played by American treasure Tom Hanks gather together for a wholesome family gathering... but this year, tragedy strikes. Due to an unknown force, the worlds of the Hanksverse are colliding, and it's up to a team of classic Hanks personas to embark on a daring adventure to save Hanksgiving!"

"In this special holiday episode of the Coalition's live tabletop role playing comedy show, the adventure is driven by audience suggestions collected before the show and the successes and failures of dice rolls made by the players. Starring Peter Trauernicht, Dustin Correale, Matt Newman, and game master Adam Stackhouse. Happy Hanksgiving to all!"

On November 20 the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship of New Mexico Tech in Socorro, New Mexico staged their popular T.Hanksgiving dinner at the Student Activity Center "where we have home-cooked hanksgiving food and watch a Tom Hanks movie to celebrate. This year we will be watching "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, and thanks to generous donations from the Socorro community, we will have tons of delicious food! (NMT Dining has no affiliation with this event.) Food Provided - turkeys, mashed potatoes, gravy, mac and cheese, cranberry sauce, etc."

T-Hanksgiving Trivia took place November 27, 2024 at Alex's Bar in Long Beach, CA.

The joint advertised "Bring the whole damn family and test your knowledge on all things Tom Hanks as we pre-game Turkey Day!

With a 300 person capacity, this 21+ event coat $5 cash to play, free to watch with teams up to 6 people playing.

9th-annual Hanksgiving! in Austin Texas, hosted by Robert Boler was a success. "Welcome back to the totally real (and now all-grown-up!) holiday in which we gather to enjoy each others’ Tom Hanks-themed/punny dishes, pop in a couple Hanks flicks, and share what we’re Hankful for."

Everyone was asked to bring a Hanks' inspired food and the attendees didn't know the address until after they RSVPed.

Also in Austin, Master Pancake staged a Hanksgiving Weekend November 13-15, 2024 with a Brunch and four day showing of Hanks' movies including The Di Vinci Code. Master Pancake is tied in with Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, which has venues across the United States. Every year since 2011 they have staged their annual Tom Hanks razz-trospective Hanksgiving. The month long event celebrates the actor and even includes a trivia contest, a giant keyboard for Big fanatics, and screenings of Tom Hanks movies. This year the movies inclucded The Polar Expres.

thevacationlander posted: "Happy Tom Hanksgiving! Tonight, I’m kicking my feet up and watching the only Tom Hanks film shot in Maine. And did you know… the running sequence in Forrest Gump was actually paid for by Hanks and director, Robert Zemeckis, knowing it would be worth the investment and getting a profit-sharing deal with the studio."

On November 27, 2024 the podcast "Film & Whiskey" featuring Bob ad Brad "continue their annual Hanksgiving tradition by spotlighting Tom Hanks' gripping performance in Captain Phillips (2013). The duo explores the film's powerful themes, memorable scenes, and how Hanks embodies the titular role." Then, they reviewed a bottle of whiskey - hence theirpodcast name Film & Whiskey.

Another podcast "Bullseye With Jesse Thorn" aired on NPR on November 26, 2024.

"Come to the table and join us, as we celebrate "Hanksgiving!", the promo of the 58 minute listen intoned.

"That's right, our guest this week is Tom Hanks. The legendary actor from Forrest Gump, Sleepless in Seattle, Saving Private Ryan, Joe Versus the Volcano and so many more! "Tom's just reunited with Robert Zemeckis and Robin Wright, director and co-star from Forrest Gump for a new movie called Here. It's a film that spans literal eons: the camera starts from one spot at the very beginning of time and stays in that one shot, right up until the present day.

"When Tom joined us on the show around this time two years ago, he'd just starred in A Man Called Otto. An adaptation of the hit book A Man Called Ove.

"It's a story about growth. Tom plays Otto Anderson, the title character in the film. He's charitably "grouchy." But there's a reason. When the movie begins, Otto is mourning the loss of his wife, Sonya. He's not sure how he'll move on with his life until a new family moves into the neighborhood with their two daughters: Marisol and Tommy. The film explores Otto's budding relationship with his neighbors – a friendship that becomes a life changing experience.

"Tom Hanks joins the show to talk about the limits of charm, shares driving etiquette tips and his shift from comedy acting to working in drama."

Movie Hall of Fame podcast presented by toomanythoughtmsedia celebrates Hanksgiving. "It’s a yearly tradition like no other. Why spend time with your actual family when you can spend time with America’s Dad, Tom Hanks? "

For instance, last year hosts Nico and Adam spotlighted Hanks’s early career with five of his 80s comedies.

In Milwaukee the Neighborhood Theater Group (NTG) announced they were celebrating "Hanksgiving" on Wednesday, November 27, 2024 with special tickets and discounts. The event included screenings of Big, Sleepless in Seattle, and You've Got Mail.

Hanksgiving even turned political.

On November 28, 2015 a petition was created by John Smith for Change.org to have the United States declare 'Hanksgiving' a national holiday.

The petition stated:
"We live in fractious times and there's so few things that we as Americans can agree on. One by one we've seen the most respected members of our society -- our celebrities -- let us down. But one man has never let us down, one man has for thirty years represented everything great about our country's tradition of films directed by Steven Spielberg, Robert Zemeckis and Ron Howard. That man is Tom Hanks.

"Thus, we ask that President Barack Obama use his constitutional powers to officially declare the third Saturday of each November "Hanksgiving" in honor of Tom Hanks, a man who has never let us down.

"Think of it... television stations and film distributors would receive tax benefits for celebrating his entire catalog, and those effects could play out in unimaginably wonderful ways.

"This day would do more than honor Tom Hanks, it'd benefit the United States far more than could be imagined, and would really help make America great again:

"This would be a boon to America's grand artificial sweetener industry, since all Hanksgiving desserts will honor Hanks' status as a diabetic and be sugar free.
"Stores would see record profits selling sugar-free cakes bearing the faces of Tom, Meg Ryan and Gary Sinise.
"This would serve as an olive branch to our allies in Portugal, since Tom Hanks is the most famous American of Portugese descent (sorry Meredith Viera).
"Thus we the undersigned humbly ask that President Obama or President Trump honor this great man and that they do it soon, in case his diabetes gets worse."

The petition contained 28 signatures.

Neither President Obama nor then income president Donald J. Trump responded to the petition.

Unfortunately, I missed out on all of the Hanksgiving this year. However, next Hanksgiving I'm going to be front and center.

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ART AND ABOUT

ELECTRIC DREAMS ART AND TECHNOLOGY BEFORE THE INTERNET :

Electric Dreams. Photo Tate Modern

opened November 28, 2924 and is on exhibit through June 1, 2925 at Tate Modern in London.

Discover how artists used machines and algorithms to create mesmerizing and mind-bending art between the 1950s and the early 1990s.

From the birth of op art to the dawn of the internet age, artists found new ways to engage the senses and play with our perception. Electric Dreams celebrates the early innovators of optical, kinetic, programmed and digital art, who pioneered a new era of immersive sensory installations and automatically-generated works.

This major exhibition brings together groundbreaking works by a wide range of international artists who engaged with science, technology and material innovation. Experience the psychedelic environments they created in the 1950s and 60s, built using mathematical principles, motorised components and new industrial processes. See how radical artists embraced the birth of digital technology in the 1970s and 1980s, experimenting with machine-made art and early home computing systems.

One of Tate Modern’s most ambitious exhibitions to date, Electric Dreams offers visitors a rare chance to experience incredible works of vintage tech art in action – a look back at how artists imagined the visual language of the future.

Electric Dreams: Art and Technology Before the Internet at Tate Modern is presented in the Eyal Ofer Galleries. In partnership with Gucci. Supported by Anthropic, with additional support from The Electric Dreams Exhibition Supporters Circle, Tate Americas Foundation, Tate International Council and Tate Patrons. Research supported by Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational in partnership with Hyundai Motor.

JULIE MEHRETU: A TRANSCORE OF THREE RADICAL IMAGINATORY

Work by Julie Mehretu

is now open at the MCA in Sydney, Australia.

Charting an explosively experimental period in the career of world-renowned New York-based artist, Julie Mehretu, and presented as part of the Sydney International Art Series, this is the first exhibition dedicated to Mehretu in the Southern Hemisphere.

Julie Mehretu’s dynamic and multi-layered works invite you to see painting in a whole new way.

From early works on paper to her latest innovative TRANSpaintings series, Mehretu’s monumental works pulse with history, movement, and energy.

Want to learn more about Julie Mehretu? The film Julie Mehretu: Palimpsest traces preparations for Mehretu’s mid-career retrospective at LACMA. Go behind the scenes with commentary from the artist on her work, process, career, plus interviews with art world friends and associates. Free on December 8, 2024.

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SWEET CHARITY

EN GARDE ARTS ANNUAL BENEFiT takes place December 9th at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre at Symphony Space in New York.

The event will honor esteemed playwright and director, Emily Mann, with the 2024 Change Agent Award presented by Gail Papp. This very special evening will celebrate Emily through a reading of her brilliant new play, Code Red.

"Code Red illuminates day-to-day life in an environment perpetually alert—the American public school system. In rural upstate New York five women navigate teaching, parenthood, and friendship while trying to do their jobs when nothing is normal anymore. This is not a drill."

En Garde Arts' 2024 Benefit is supporting six shows in development for over 50 writers, composers, directors, and performers through our one-of-a-kind residency program Uncommon Voices. It delves into topics that are top-of-mind for artists: how do we think about our history and make peace with our origins against a backdrop of so many differences of opinion?

THE OFF-BROADWAY LEAGUE has announced that its annual Off-Broadway Toy Drive has begun and will benefit benefit 2 local midtown shelters helping families currently experiencing homelessness in NYC

Donate a new unwrapped toy worth $10 or more and you will receive a voucher for a free ticket to a participating Off-Broadway show of your choice. Those donating a toy through Amazon, Walmart or any other online company should e-mail the confirmation to offbroadwaytoydrive@gmail.com and in return, you will be emailed a voucher enabling you to redeem one free ticket to any participating Off-Broadway show in 2023-2024.

Participating shows include Perfect Crime, The Office! A Musical Parody, Friends! The Musical Parody, Singfeld! The Unauthorized Musical Parody, The Light and The Dark (the life and times of Artemisia Gentileschi), Amerikin, Gazillion Bubble Show, Titanique, Little Shop of Horrors, The Play That Goes Wrong and more.

The Theater Center will also accept in person drop offs for those in the local area. Toys can be dropped off on Mondays through Fridays between 10:00AM – 6:00PM or on Saturday and Sunday between 10:00AM - 8:00 PM.

Toys can also be mailed to Off-Broadway Toy Drive c/o The Theater Center, 210 West 50th St. 4th floor, New York, NY 10019
E-Mail your purchase confirmation to: offbroadwaytoydrive@gmail.com and a voucher will be sent back to you within 3 business days.
This year's Toy Drive is directly going to 81 families with children from birth to 18 years old as follows:

Any and all donations are welcome and greatly appreciated. Stumped on what to get? Here might be some helpful suggestions we received from the shelters.

15 children from birth to 12 months; Baby items- books for parents to read to them, pacifiers, teething rings, books that have textural/tactile features; blocks, snowsuits, winter wear

19 Children between 3 & 6 Years old; books in English and Spanish, Magna Tiles, Blocks, Play Doh, Kinetic sand, age appropriate dolls, Barbie dolls- (all skin tones), age appropriate cards and action figures, coloring books, crayons,

23 Children 7 to 11 Years old; chapter books, purses for girls, wallets for boys, Barbie dolls, boards games for girls and boys English and Spanish, craft/ craft projects

30 tweens/ teens; For Girls; nail polish and nail polish sets, jewelry making kits, journals and diaries, Specialty toiletries like those from Bath and Body Works or Bodyshop,
For Boys- hoodies, basketball shorts, sweatpants
Non Gender Specific- Earpods or Earphones (bluetooth capable), Art supplies
Gift Cards to Old Navy, Foot Locker, Gap, Amazon, Forever 21, Target, Uber Eats, Door Dash, McDonald's, Subway, Dominos, Dunkin Donuts

***Shelters prefer nothing with wheels, electronics other than Earpods/ Earphones because they can become extra noisy and hard/intense for the families.

Vouchers have no expiration date.

NEW YORK'S URBAN STAGES' Artistic Director Frances Hill and Sue Matsuki (Producer/ Performer) announce the 16th annual awarding-winning cabaret series, Winter Rhythms, with performances from Wednesday, December 4th through Sunday, December 15th. This celebrated series will benefit Urban Stages' Outreach,?Arts in Education programs.

Wedneaday's gala night has a champagne and wine pre-show reception followed by KT Sullivan in "My Piano & Me" & "An Evening with Steve Schalchlin & Friends."

Others in this week's lineup include:

Seung Choi’s "Christmas Isn’t Just for Asians" starring Seung Choi - Ryanne Claritas – Carmen Ezcurra – Ellis Gage - GG - Chaeyeon Kim – Timmy Ong & Karen Joy Pangantihon.

"Snowed in with the Abominable Magritte & Rosen." A seasonal showcase of their repertoire will be performed by the glittering talents of Lucy Hall - Andrew Harvey & Moana Poyer. With Musical Director: Allison Kraus.

Pop, Rock & Original Song Night featuring Lucille Carr-Kaffashan in "Eight Days a Week: Celebrating 60 Years of Beatles Music." Musical Director: Jeff Cubeta & Matt Scharfglass on Bass. Directed by: David Hilder.

Amy Loper & Kenny Passarelli in "Forever is Now…A Story of Love, Music & Transformation" - The romantic and unlikely story of a professional musician and a lawyer who fall in love when they are both eligible for Social Security.

Holiday Reunion Day features Michael Colby’s Holiday Regards. A celebration of all the holidays…Christmas, New Years, Hanukkah, Valentine's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Easter, The 4th of July, Halloween, and Thanksgiving. Featuring lyrics by Michael Colby in collaboration with a pantheon of top New York composers. The cast, subject to availability, includes Broadway and Cabaret stars: Celia Berk – Nikita Burshteyn - Eric Michael Gillett – Stephanie Pope Lofgren & Megan Styrna. Featuring a very special guest in each show including Bethe Austin – Steven Brinberg - Robert Cuccioli – Carole Demas & Linda Purl! With Musical Director: Michael Lavine. Directed by: Sara Louise Lazarus.

SAM ASHGARI actor, model and fitness trainer, teamed up Project Angel Food spending Thanksgiving day volunteering to serving up food to those less fortunate.

SPREADING THE WORD

ROSEBUD WITH GYLES BRANDRETH is a smart, weekly podcast in which the seasoned broadcaster "talks to famous and fascinating people about their first memories and first experiences. Expect laughter, nostalgia, memorable stories, revelations and, of course, the odd name-drop from Gyles."

Recently in a one hour and ten minute interview Brandreth spoke with two guests, Michael Ball and Alfie Boe who have a new album Together At Home and are on tour with the arena version of Les Miserables, followed by their own arena tour.

Asked on the Rosebud podcast what the difference is between performing in front of 22,000 at the O2 Arena and the smaller venues of a few thousand, Ball quipped: "The money."

Shortly thereafter Ball divulged that about 15 years ago he was encouraged into trying Botox. "I came out looking like a Klingon." He indicated that his eyes look strange and "dropped in the middle." Then he added: "I had a manic killer stare and stayed that way for six months. Never again."

The podcast has music by Phil Lepherd and is produced by Harriet Jaine.

PRINCESS KATE'S ANNUAL CAROL SERVICE takes place December 6, 2024 at Westminster Abbey in London.

Kensington Palace has confirmed the Princess of Wales has invited a set of special individuals as her guests. The special invitation went out to the child survivors of the tragic Southport stabbing. The world was shocked and the community was left bereft by the knife attack on July 28, 2024, where three children lost their lives and ten others were seriously injured at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class.

The festive service will reflect on "how much we need each other, especially in the most difficult times of our lives". In a statement, it added: "The service will shine a light on individuals from all over the UK who have shown love, kindness and empathy towards others in their communities.

"This theme takes inspiration from the Christmas story which encourages us to consider the experiences of others and the important human need of giving and receiving empathy.

"Some 1,600 people, nominated for their commitment to helping people in need, will be joined at Westminster Abbey by members of the royal family and other well-known faces."

Carols will be sung by the Westminster Abbey choir alongside performances from musicians including Paloma Faith, Olivia Dean, Gregory Porter and young performers from Restore the Music.

The Princess' Together at Christmas concert will also be the first festive event in her diary since completing her preventative chemotherapy for cancer in September. The mother of three started this event which she has hosted since 2021 to celebrate people who support those in need.

As usual, the service will also be broadcast for airing on ITV1 and ITVX on December 24.

AMERICAN SONGBOOK continued Sunday, December 8th at Lincoln Center in New York City with Happen To Like Cole Porter, which will fizz up the holiday season swing with the tunes of the words most famous songwriter. There will b cool tunes and racy lyrics.

Hosted and curated by Deborah Grace Winer, the set features Tony award winner Karen Ziemba, Margo Seibert and Milton Suggs.

Music director Ted Rosenthal leads a band of all-star artists including Jay Leonhart on bass, Peter Anderson on saxophone and Jerome Jennings on drums.

SUPER BOWL MUSIC The halftime show headed by Kendrick Lemar will have four strong musicians delivering the pregame performance. Grammy-winning singer Jon Batiste, 38, Christian recording artist Lauren Daigle, 33, R&B vocalist Ledisi, 52, and jazz musician Trombone Shorty, 38, have been added to the lineup for Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans on February 9. The announcement was made by The NFL and Roc Nation revealing that Batiste will perform the national anthem at the Caesars Superdome while Daigle and Shorty will combine their musical talents to sing America the Beautiful. Ledisi will lend her dynamic voice to Lift Every Voice and Sing.

PETER & THE WOLF by Sergei Prokofiev with Isaac Mizrahi takeas place Friday, December 6 to Sunday, December 8, 2024 at the Peter B. Lewis Theater, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City.

Presented by Works & Process, Isaac Mizrahi narrates and directs Sergei Prokofiev’s charming children’s classic, Peter & the Wolf, accompanied by Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect, conducted by Michael P. Atkinson who has conducted the world premieres of 7 ballets.

The cast, wearing costumes by Mizrahi, performs choreography by Juilliard graduate John Heginbotham, bringing the thirty-minute story to life for the young and young at heart.

Isaac Mizrahi has worked extensively in the entertainment industry as a Emmy winning performer, host, writer, designer and producer for over 30 years. He was most recently seen as Amos Hart in the Broadway production of Chicago and has an annual residency at Café Carlyle in New York City. Isaac has also performed at various venues across the country such as Joe’s Pub, The Regency Ballroom and several City Winery locations nationwide.

For seven years he hosted his own television talk show The Isaac Mizrahi Show. He served as a judge on Project Runway: All-Stars for the series’ entire seven-season run and has a 42 episode, weekly podcast, Hello Issac which features celebrity friends and other guests, discussing their success and how failure affects it.

Mizrahi has directed productions of A Little Night Music and The Magic Flute for the Opera Theatre of St. Louis.

PRINCE EDWARD, THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH Patron, The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain, will attend a December 4, 2024 performance of Twelfth Night at The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain.

Shakespeare’s hilarious and heartbreaking classic is adapted for the NYT REP Company by former Artistic director of the Gate Theatre Ellen McDougall, whose recent credits include As You Like It for the Globe Theatre and Watch on the Rhine for the Donmar Warehouse. Meghan Doyle, the 2018 Bryan Forbes Young Director Bursary Recipient returns to the NYT REP company fold to direct, following her celebrated production of To Kill a Mockingbird at the Lyric Hammersmith and Up All Night at the Duke of York’s Theatre.

The production stars the NYT REP Company with performances through December 18, 2024.

ADRIENNE WARREN the Tony Award-winning actress, singer, and dancer will make her debut at Café Carlyle in New York City with "An Evening with Adrienne Warren," running from December 3rd through 7th, 2024.

A VERY NAUGHTY CHRISTMAS Santa’s coming! Direct from Down Under, Australia’s favorite adults-only Christmas comedy has stormed the London stage.

"If you like having a laugh, partial nudity and a playlist with everything from classic carols (which you’ll never hear the same way again) to modern pop, A Very Naughty Christmas is the show that’s sure to get you in a holiday mood. Packed with stand-up, skits, parodied songs, dancing, singing, burlesque and a whole bunch of silliness, this is the perfect night of escapism.

"So whether you’re planning to be naughty or nice this year, pour a glass of cool Chardy and prepare for some very rogue jingle bells..."

Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, England to January 11, 2025.

IS YOUR CHRISTMAS SPIRIT OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE? in a tongue in cheek essay published Psi Chi, the International Honor Society in Psychology organization.

Although the symptoms of Christmas Spirit may resemble the symptoms of a Hypomanic Episode, a Substance- Abuse Disorder, or Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder, these syndromes can be distinguished from Christmas Spirit on the basis of their course (with the onset of Christmas Spirit symptoms coming in November and sudden remission in late December). The two disorders share a number of features. Those experiencing Christmas Spirit may be highly perfectionistic, unable to delegate responsibility unless the task is done precisely according to their instructions, rigid, stubborn, and preoccupied with details, lists, organization, schedules, and order.

In some instances, individuals with Christmas Spirit also show obsessive and compulsive symptoms. For example, tree lights and tinsel may need to be hung in perfect symmetry, and specific foods may need to be prepared according to specific recipes and served for specific meals, using specific serving dishes. Although these compulsions may be attributed to family traditions, individuals overcome with Christmas Spirit may experience significant anxiety, distress, and hostility if the rituals are not performed perfectly, leading to disharmony within the family.

However, Christmas Spirit is not associated with the miserly spending style that often characterizes Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder or the devotion to work to the exclusion of friendship and leisure activities.

Although the individual experiencing Christmas Spirit may be overly conscientious and scrupulous, that is generally attributed to a concern that "Santa is watching." Second, although the person experiencing high levels of Christmas Spirit may be unable to discard worn-out or useless objects (e.g., old Christmas cards and letters, old presents, and broken ornaments made by kindergarteners who now have children of their own), the reasons for retaining the items are clearly sentimental."

OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY

CRAIN'S NEW YORK reports that Broadway attendance has improved, headlining "Business on Broadway is Booming" with the caveat - for now.

The respected publication: Attendance is up 30% over the last 12 months. The week ending November 24, 2024 was Broadway's third busiest since 2019. Ad the four-week box office average now exceeds prepandemic numbers."

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JOE MURPHY 39-year-old, artistic director at the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff, has been appointed the artistic director for Birmingham Rep.

Dublin-born Joe Murphy will join the Birmingham Rep in 2025.

His career as a stage director and creative artist includes work at The Old Vic, Shakespeare’s Globe, The Bush, Soho Theatre and the Chichester Festival Theatre. Over the years he has also toured work to New York, Moscow, St Petersburg, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore. During his time as artistic director, the Sherman has staged over 18 world premieres and been nominated for The Stage’s Theatre of the Year Award and The Sky Arts Theatre Award. Murphy has previously been associate director at London’s Soho Theatre, where he staged Phil Porter’s Blink, and then toured it to New York, Bengaluru (Bangalore) and around the UK. In New York, Murphy was associate director on adaptations of Hilary Mantel’s novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies.

At The Birmingham Rep, Murphy will lead an artistic team which includes Madeleine Kludje, who is the newly appointed deputy artistic director, and Iqbal Khan who has been re-appointed as associate director.

TUSK CONSERVATION AWARDS with Prince William handed out three of the awards at the event held at the Savoy Hotel in London. He was assisted by Rolling Stones icon Ronnie Wood and Dire Straits guitarist Mark Knopfler.

Tusk ambassador Wood, 77, previously sold a gorilla statue to raise funds for Tusk. Ronnie divulged that the generous winner of the gorilla auctioned for Tusk was given back to him and now resides s in his garden.

Knopfler, 77, auctioned his guitars which raised £600,000 for the charity. And Knopfler, who was with wife Kittie Aldridge, 62, said he has 100 guitars left and hailed Christie's for the auction for Tusk earlier this year.

Also present was Idris Elba, who will be appearing in a documentary addressing knife crime alongside King Charles.

Upon his arrival William was greeted by Tusk founder Charlie Mayhew.

The Prince of Wales delivered a four minute speech in which he cautioned: "Rainforests the size of countries are disappearing. And one million species are at risk of extinction mostly due to human activity. Now is the time to support those globally that work to prevent future generations from becoming disconnected from nature we must invest in the natural world around us and understand the value it has for us all, both now and in the future. . . We live in a world in which incredible wildlife exists and I want that for the generations that follow. I want my children to live in a world where swallows still migrate, gorillas still live in the cloud forests of Uganda and rhinos still roam the arid rangelands of Namibia. It will be thanks to extraordinary leaders such as those that we are celebrating today that this will happen."

He lauded the award winners for reminding "us of the importance of living at peace with nature".

He also noticed that there "is a lot of creativity here" and joked they had enough to start a band. Ne disclosed that: "My youngest is learning the drums that's why I spend my entire life with my fingers in my ears."

He then presented the Prince William Award for Conservation in Africa to Nomba Gname, The Tusk Award for Conservation in Africa to Edward Aruna and the Tusk Wildlife Ranger Award to Claver Ntoyinkima.

The Tusk Conservation Awards are an annual event which recognises conservation leaders for their pioneering work protecting wildlife and supporting communities across Africa. William is patron of the awards.



NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 by Dave Mallloy.

Directed by Donmar Artistic Director Tim Sheade.

Inspired by a scandalous slice of Tolstoy’s War and Peace.

"Gonna have to study up a little bit
If you wanna keep with the plot
Cuz it’s a complicated Russian novel
Everyone’s got nine different names
So look it up in your program
We’d appreciate it, thanks a lot.
Da da da
Da da da
Da da da"
Donmar Warehouse.

Arriving in the glittering opulent world of Moscow High Society, the impulsive and romantic Natasha Rostova awaits the return of her fiancé from the front lines. But when she falls under the spell of an intoxicating aristocrat, it is up to the unlikely hero, Pierre, to pick up the pieces of her shattered reputation.

The cast includes Declan Bennett, Andrew Berlin, Kimberly Blake, Chumisa Dornford-May, Ali Goldsmith, Chihiro Kawasaki, Daniel Krikler, Nitai Levi, vocalist and song stylist Annie Majin, Eugene McCoy, Annette McLaughlin, Olivier award winner Maimuna Memon, Jamie Muscato, Olivier nominated Cedric Neal, Chloe Saracco and Cat Simmons.

The creative team also includes Choreographer Ellen Kane, Musical Supervisor Nicholas Skilbeck, Set Designer Leslie Travers, Costume Designer Evie Gurney, Lighting Designer Howard Hudson, Sound Designers Nick Lidster and Gareth Tucker, Musical Director Sam Young, Casting Director Pippa Ailion CDG, Intimacy Director Ingrid Mackinnon, Voice Coach Barbara Houseman, Associate Director Fiona Dunn, Associate Choreographer Nuno Silva, Associate Casting Director Richard Johnston, and Resident Assistant Director Grace Duggan.

Nominated for 12 Tony Awards on Broadway, this brand new sold out production in its UK premiere plays from December 9, 2024 - February 8, 2025 at the Donmar Warehouse in London.

THE INVENTION OF LOVE by five time Tony Award winner Tom Stoppard.

Directed by Blanche McIntyre.

Starring Simon Russell Beale as A E Housman and Matthew Tennyson as the young Housman.

The cast will also include Dickie Beau as Oscar Wilde; Stephen Boxer as Jowett/Labouchère, Jonnie Broadbent as Walter Pater/Frank Harris, Seamus Dillane as Pollard and Florence Dobson as Katharine Housman.

Peter Landi, Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Michael Marcus, Dominic Rowan and Alan Williams complete the cast.

A E Housman is, as he understands it, finally dead. The noted Latin scholar and celebrated poet of A Shropshire Lad is being ferried across the Styx to Hades – but beyond the stygian gloom on the other side of the river he finds, to his surprise, the Oxford University of his youth. Alive with the academic debates that shaped his work and the friendships that shaped his life this is the Oxford of Ruskin and Pater, a place still marked by the brilliance of a recently departed student called Wilde.

The show runs on the Main Stage of Hampstead in London from December 4, 2024.

ELF: THE MUSICAL is a Broadway show based on the 2003 movie of the same name, with a score by Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin. The book is adapted by Bob Martin and Thomas Meehan.

Philip Wm. McKinlet directa the 2015 version.

Choreography by Liam Steel.

Alan Williams music supervisor.

The cast includes: Grey Henson: Plays Buddy - - Kayla Davion: Plays Jovie - - Sean Astin: Plays Santa - - Kalen Allen: Plays Hot Dog Vendor / Store Manager - - Ashley Brown: Plays Emily Hobbs - - Michael Deaner: Plays Little Boy - - Kai Edgar: Plays Michael Hobbs - - Michael Hayden: Plays Walter Hobbs.

In addition to those previously mentioned: Costume design by Tim Goodchild. Lighting design by Patrick Woodroffe. Sound design by Gareth Owen. Video design by Ian William Galloway.

Elf The Musical is the hilarious and heartwarming tale of Buddy (Tony Award nominee Grey Henson), a young orphan whose life is changed forever when he mistakenly crawls into Santa’s sack of toys one Christmas Eve. Raised by elves at the North Pole, Buddy’s enormous size and limited toy-making abilities make him realize he may not quite fit in! When he discovers he is actually human, Buddy embarks on a journey to New York City to find his birth father, and in turn, helps the Big Apple and the people he meets rediscover the true meaning of Christmas.

The musical has also toured extensively, often during the Christmas holidays. This holiday season there will also be an Elf the Musical Arena Spectacular with tour dates in Hull and Glasgow.

The musical has become a Broadway holiday tradition with performances on Broadway during the Christmas seasons of 2010, 2012, and 2024. The current Broadway revival is playing at the Marquis Theatre through January 4, 2025.

EUREKA DAY by Jonathan Spector.

Directed by Tony Award winner Anna D. Shapiro.

Eureka Day is a private California elementary school with a Board of Directors that values inclusion above all else—that is, until an outbreak of the mumps forces everyone in the community to reconsider the school’s liberal vaccine policy. As cases rise, the board realizes with horror that they’ve got to do what they swore they never would: make a choice that won’t please absolutely everybody.

The cast features Tony Award nominee Amber Gray, two-time Tony Award nominee Jessica Hecht, Tony Award winner Bill Irwin, Emmy Award nominee Thomas Middleditch, and Chelsea Yakura-Kurtz.

Eureka Day includes scenic design by Tony Award winner Todd Rosenthal, costume design by Tony Award winner Clint Ramos, lighting design by two-time Tony Award nominee Jen Schriever, sound design by Rob Milburn & Michael Bodeen, projection design by Tony Award nominee David Bengali, vocal coaching by Gigi Buffington and casting by Caparelliotis Casting & Kelly Gillespie.

Pre opening performances at he Samuel J. Friedman Theatre in New York city with an opening night set for Monday, December 16, 2024.

TREASURE ISLAND new adaption by Orkney playwright Duncan McLean. Songs from Tim Dalling.

Directed by Wils Wilson.

It’s Christmas Eve and young Jim Hawkins works at North Edinburgh’s finest accommodation for reformed pirates and past-it privateers. Talk of cutlasses, ships and gold can be dangerous in such company. It’s not long before the story of their greatest voyage takes over… Jim, Ben Gunn and Lean Jean Silver are soon reliving their time hunting for treasure on the Hispaniola. Ahoy!

Pirate songs, adventures and heartfelt fun enliven Jim’s adventure as Billy Bones’ treasure map leads him north to the isles of Orkney in search of Captain Flint’s hidden fortune. Encountering plenty of puffins and buckets of swashbuckling, Jim tries to beat the pirates to the gold and get back home to Edinburgh safe and sound. Remember, X marks the spot… or does it?

Cast: Katrina Allen, Jade Chan, Amy Conachan, Tim Dalling, TJ Holmes, Anne McCarron, Itxaso Moreno, Dylan Read.

The creatives are: Set & Costume Designer Alex Berry. Lighting Designer Colin Grenfell. Sound Designer Parasol Wu. Composer & Performing Musical Director Tim Dalling. Puppet Director & Maker Ailsa Dalling. Puppet Director & Maker Sarah Wright. Puffin Design/Maker Julia Jeulin. Movement Lead Dylan Read. Fight Director Raymond Short. Costume Supervisor Christine Dove. Casting Directors Simone Pereira Hind CDG & Anna Dawson CDG. Assistant Director Katie Slater.

Performances through Saturday, January 4, 2025 at the Royal Lyceum in Edinburgh, Scotland.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dickens with a stage adaptation by Geoff Elliott.

Co-directed by Elliott and Julia Rodriguez-Elliott.

A production which is "uniquely faithful to the original novel by Charles Dickens. Every word in Elliott’s play is right out of the novel — not a single one has been added. Throw in lush original music, eye-popping costumes, holiday crafts in the beautifully decorated lobby and photo ops with the cast after the show, and this A Christmas Carol might just be the best holiday party in town."

Elliott Rodrigues alternates in the role of Ebenezer Scrooge with Frederick Stuart, each playing opposite Riley Shanahan as Marley. Trisha Miller is the Ghost of Christmas Past, Anthony Adu is the Ghost of Christmas Present, and David A. Rangel is the Ghost of Christmas Future. Kasey Mahaffy returns as Bob Cratchit and Emily Kosloski is back as Mrs. Cratchit. Brooklyn Bao, Stella Bullock, Brendan Burgos, John Preston and Estella Stuart take on the roles of the Cratchit children, with Aria Zhang as Tiny Tim. The narrator is Mildred Marie Langford, and Madison Keffer rounds out the ensemble.

The creative team includes composer and sound designer Robert Oriol, music director Rod Bagheri; original costume designer Angela Balogh Calin; wig and makeup designer Tony Valdés; lighting designer Ken Booth; projections designer Kristy Campbell; and properties designer Stephen Taylor. The assistant stage manager is Irene D. Lee.

Performances of A Christmas Carol take place December 1 through December 24 at A Noise Within in Pasadena, CA.

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BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD OBE, a British-American best selling novelist died Sunday, November 24, 2024 in her Manhattan home.. She was 91.

She debuted in 1979 with A Woman of Substance, a rags-to-riches tale that she followed with more than 40 bestsellers in Both the United States and Britain. Ten of her books were made into TV miniseries and films.

Her novels, mostly about resilient and wealthy women, have sold more than 90 million copies.

She was recognized as one of 90 "Great Britons" to commemorate the Queen Elizabeth's 90th birthday.

Taylor Bradford met her husband, American film producer Robert E. Bradford, on a blind date in 1961 after being introduced by the English screenwriter Jack Davies. They married on Christmas Eve 1963 and moved permanently to the United States. Taylor Bradford became an American citizen in 1992. Her husband died in 2019.

EARL HOLLIMAN was an American actor, animal-rights activist, and singer known for his many character roles in films, mostly Westerns and dramas, in the 1950s and 1960s died November 25, 2024 in hospice care at his home in Studio City, CA. He was 96.

A gifted stage, television and movie actor, he gained superstar status through his 1974 to 1978, portrayal of Sergeant Bill Crowley opposite Angie Dickinson in the Police Woman series. He co-starred in all 91 episodes of the hit series (which he later remarked changed his life), playing the police department superior of undercover officer Pepper Anderson. Holliman first became known to television audiences through his portrayal as Sundance in CBS's Hotel de Paree, with co-star Jeanette Nolan, from 1959 to 1960, and in the title role of Mitch Guthrie with Andrew Prine in NBC's Wide Country, a drama about modern rodeo performers that aired for 28 episodes between 1962 and 1963.

After Wide Country ended its run in April 1963, Holliman spent the next two months traveling the country in the acclaimed musical Oklahoma! appearing in the lead role of Curly McLain. Later that same year, he appeared in the role of Mike Mitchell in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, summer tour of Sunday in New York and at the Avondale Playhouse in Indianapolis, in The Country Girl in the role of Bernie Dodd opposite Lee Bowman and Julie Wilson. Between September 4 and 9, 1963, he starred in a production of The Tender Trap, opposite Anthony George, in the role of Charlie Y. Reader at the Westchester County Playhouse in Dobbs Ferry, New York. In 1968, he starred in the Los Angeles Mark Taper Forum production of Tennessee Williams' Camino Real in the role of Kilroy; his performance was well received by critics and Williams himself not only came to see Earl's performance about 11 times, but he also sent him a correspondence praising his work in both Real and Streetcar as being "the best" interpretations of the characters "Kilroy" and "Mitch" he had even seen. In 1973, he performed as Mitch in a revival of A Streetcar Named Desire.

From September 15 to October 14, 1981, he starred in a stage production of Mister Roberts at the Fiesta Dinner Playhouse in San Antonio, Texas, of which he had ownership. He occasionally performed at his theater when he was not working in Hollywood; other productions in which he appeared there include Arsenic and Old Lace as Mortimer Brewster from April 1 to May 4, 1980, and Same Time, Next Year with Julie Sommars in 1983. The facility closed after 1987. He also appeared in stage productions of the 1973 revival of A Streetcar Named Desire as Mitch and the 1977 Santa Monica Civic production of A Chorus Line as Zach the Choreographer.

He won a Golden Globe Award for the film The Rainmaker.

From 1958 to 1963, Holliman also performed as a singer, and had a record deal with such notable recording studios as Capitol Records, Prep, and HiFi. Aside from acting, Holliman was also an activist and was an honorary chairman for Toys for Tots. He was also President of Actors and Others for Animals for 25 years.

He is survived by his husband Craig Curtis.

CHUCK WOOLERY an American game show host, talk show host, actor, musician and pod show host died November 23, 2024. He was 83.

Woolery was the original host of the original daytime Wheel of Fortune (1975–1981). In 1978 he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host or Hostess in a Game or Audience Participation Show.

Woolery left Wheel over a money dispute with Merv Griffin after Woolery in 1981 discovered that he was getting paid $65K a year which paled in comparison to what his competitors were earning. A salary dispute with the program's producers ensued. In a 2007 interview he recalled that he demanded a raise from $65,000 a year to about $500,000 a year because the program was drawing a 44 viewership share at the time, and other hosts (such as Richard Dawson and Bob Barker) were making that much. Merv Griffin offered Woolery $400,000 a year, and NBC offered to pay the additional $100,000, but after Griffin threatened to move the program to CBS, NBC withdrew the offer. Woolery's contract was not renewed and his final episode aired on December 25, 1981.

He also was the original incarnation of Love Connection (1983–1994), Scrabble (1984–1990, and during a brief revival in 1993), Greed on Fox from 1999 to 2000, and Lingo on Game Show Network from 2002 to 2007. Woolery's musical career includes several advertising jingles, a top-40 pop hit with the psychedelic pop duo The Avant-Garde, and a number of country music releases.

He was married and divorced four times and had five children who survive him.

HELEN GALLGHER a two time Tony award winner, died in New York City on November 24, 2024. She was 98.

She received three Daytime Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, a Donaldson Award, and a Drama Desk Award.

Gallagher enjoyed a stage career than spanned seven decades. Gallagher got her start on Broadway as a ballerina, performing in the corps ofSeven Lively Arts and Mr. Strauss Goes to Boston, and in the original dancing ensembles of Billion Dollar Baby and Brigadoon. Her big break came in 1947, when Jerome Robbins cast her as Charleston-crazed Nancy in High Button Shoes, catapulting her from the chorus to the world of principal roles.

Gallagher won her first Tony in 1952 for her performance as the no-nonsense chorus girl Gladys Bumps in the 1952 revival of Pal Joey, starring opposite Harold Lang and Vivienne Segal. The very next year, she starred as the eponymous media darling in Hazel Flagg, kicking off an extended stretch of leading lady roles in her ouvre. In The Pajama Game she played the quick witted secretary Gladys Hotchkiss, Guys and Dolls permitted her to demonstrate her comedy timing as Miss Adelaide, and in back-to-back revivals of Finian's Rainbow and Brigadoon, Gallagher played Sharon McLonergan and Meg Brockie, respectively.

In 1966, Ms. Gallagher originated the role of Nickie in Sweet Charity, earning a Tony nomination. She would go on to replace star Gwen Verdon in the lead role of Charity, later taking the show out on tour. In 1969, she replaced as Agnes Gooch in Mame.

She won her second Tony as well as a Drama Desk award for her performance as Lucille Early in the 1971 revival of No, No, Nanette.

Her first starring role on Broadway came in 1953 as title character in Hazel Flagg, based on the 1937 Carole Lombard movie Nothing Sacred.

On the small screen, Gallagher portrayed the Irish matriarch Maeve Ryan on the ABC soap opera Ryan's Hope, for the entirety of the program's run from July 1975 to January 1989. For her efforts, Ms. Gallagher received three Daytime Emmy Awards.

In 1984, Ms. Gallagher starred in the title role of Tallulah, a musical biography of actress Tallulah Bankhead. Her final stage performance came in 2000, where she starred as Gert in the York Theatre Company revival of 70, Girls, 70. Her final television appearance came in 2009, when she appeared as an expert on American Masters to discuss the work of Jerome Robbins.

In all, Gallagher graced Broadway's stages 21 times. She served as a faculty member at Herbert Berghof Studio in New York City.

In 1956, Gallagher married Frank Wise, who she met when he was a stagehand for The Panama Game. They divorced in 1972.

JULIEN ARNOLD who was playing the role of Marley, Mr. Fezziwig and Banjo in a production of A Christmas Carol at the Citadel Theater in Edmonton, Canada on Sunday, November 24, 2024 suddenly collapsed on stage and died. He was 69.

Emergency responders reportedly arrived at the venue at around 8.28 pm. Multiple resuscitation attempts were not successful. Following the incident, the theatre released a statement in tribute to the star was posted by Daryl Cloran Artistic Director and Jessie van Rijn Executive Director. It read: "It is with heavy hearts we share the news of the sudden passing of Julien Arnold, a beloved actor and dear friend of the Citadel Theatre."

"A cherished member of the Edmonton theatre community, Julien was a gifted performer whose charisma and talent graced our stage in countless productions, including A Christmas Carol. Julien's passing is a profound loss to his family, friends, fellow Carol company members, Citadel staff and the Edmonton community he loved so dearly.

"His presence brought joy, heart and depth to every role, and his artistic contributions - and big hugs - will be deeply missed. In his honor, this season's run of A Christmas Carol is dedicated to his memory.

"We kindly ask for respect for his family's privacy during this difficult time. Your love, support, and well wishes are deeply appreciated."

The Citadel Theatre is one of the largest theatres in Canada, showcasing Canadian and International professional productions. It is also home to the Foote Theatre School which offers theatre learning to all ages and levels of experience.

Arnold was raised in Edmonton, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Alberta in 1989. He received Master of Fine Arts degree in 2006. Arnold founded The Atlas Theatre Collective theater company in 2008.

Arnold is survived by his wife Sheiny Satanove, who served as the managing director for the Punctuate! Theatre in Edmonton.

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