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LOVE FOR MENABILLY ABOUT DAPHNE du MAURIER IS ENGROSSING

Daphne duMaurier with her children on the lawn at Menabilly. Photo: British Heritage

Love for Menabilly is an original audio play written by Jo-Ann Challis, exploring the obsessive relationship Daphne du Maurier had with Menabilly, the house she loved.

Daphne duMaurier was, of course, a famous author, made a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1952 and a Dame of the British Empire in 1969. In 1977 she won the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award, and in 1996 her face and typewriter graced a British postage stamp.

What those outside of England might not know is that Menabilly is a real place and so was Daphne's obsession with it.

According to British Heritage "Her prowlings around the woods near Fowey led her one day to a large abandoned house called Menabilly. She visited it again and again, enchanted with its ivy-covered exterior. Glimpses through its shutters of tattered wallpaper, ancestral portraits and other evidence of faded grandeur held great significance for her. Once she crept through a window and found a battered rocking horse in the nursery and a rusty corkscrew on the mantel. It would eventually be the setting for three novels, most notably Rebecca, where Menabilly, along with the memory of another house she had visited as a child, became Manderley.

"Daphne wrote and resumed her obsession with Menabilly, which she called 'my Mena.' She led her children . . . to the wrought-iron gates. . . . they went to spy on the house, which by now had been abandoned for 20 years. She actually pushed her face into the ivy to kiss the brick walls of the long, two-story house, insisting that it was hers 'by right of love.' "

"Every inch of Menabilly needed redoing. Daphne worked along with whomever she could persuade to help her. In 1943 she happily moved her family in and had everything ready to greet her husband Tommy when he got leave from the service that Christmas.

"The children, Tessa, Flavia, and Kits, were not as enchanted with Menabilly as their mother. There was no central heating, and the bedrooms were frigid in winter. Rats, bats, and beetles abounded, ferns and fungus grew out of the walls, and the north wing was off-limits because it was in danger of collapse. Daphne did her writing in a garden hut. She wrote The King’s General after discovering that there was a skeleton bricked up in the cellar, with nothing but a table, a trencher, and a pair of Cavalier shoes for company. After Rebecca and Frenchman’s Creek achieved popularity, visitors, including American GIs, boldly flocked to the grounds unannounced and unwanted. Today there is no public access to Menabilly, and it can barely be glimpsed through the trees."

Anthropomorphism and personification are two literary devices that attribute human tendencies to animals and inanimate objects. Using human qualities to describe nonhuman characters and concepts can add depth to writing. Personification gives a figurative meaning, while anthropomorphism gives a more literal meaning. Speaking animals or objects who talk, think, or behave like humans are all anthropomorphic.

Author Challis exhibits skill in anthropomorphizing Menabilly.

In Menabilly the house is the co-star.

The play is set in the 1960s, but the action flashes back to key scenes in Daphne’s relationship with Menabilly and with her husband, Tommy, who served in the first two world wars.

Menabilly is a house with a past, but seemingly no future. It's been abandoned by its owners and left to rot. It’s hurting and lonely, and embarrassed by its shabby appearance. But everything changes when a young Daphne du Maurier seeks out Menabilly and is instantly entranced.

Daphne du Maurier invested money and love in Menabilly – an illustrious Cornish house she could rent but never own. This play explores a possible explanation for Daphne’s obsessive devotion to Menabilly: that a house has its own emotions and desires that bond with and influence those of its human occupant.

Featuring Julia Savill as Daphne - Jane McKell as Menabilly - Russell Biles as Tommy - Ellie Brooks as daughterTessa - Tanya Alexander as Tommy's mistress - Lee Tilson as Evans. Other parts played by members of the cast.

Julia Savill as Daphne and Jane McKell as Menabilly are superb.

Daphne maintains she was alone before Menabilly, measuring the years by the seasons. Like a jealous second wife, she wonders who was there before her.

The interplay between Daphne, Menabilly and Tommy are smooth. Gentle musical background leading into new scenes are spot on.

Menabilly longs to be rescued. She envisions tress and shrubs and to - again - be appreciated.

A premise which could easily be turned into a bad farce comes across as sensitive and engrossing.

Daphne married soldier Tommy and had to follow him all over, including hot posts where her sweaty fingers stuck to the typewriter. Daphne loves Menabilly and is desperate to own it. She travels to London to speak to lawyers - to no avail - about purchasing the house. And so Tommy was left alone with Menability who acknowledges that she has been loved before.

Menabilly looks at Tommy as a bond that comes from meeting each other's needs. Daphne is only gone for a short time, returning to Tommy with the news that they must remain renters.

Daphne can imagine all of the people who have lived here - their secrets. Daphne wants to restore it to its former glory while her daughter Tessa wonders if the tattered wallpaper is just that or is the wall rotted all the way through. Tommy, it seems, wants a small house down the road which has been kept up. Daphne is obsessed with Menabilly.

Menabilly whines that the family enjoys playing with her feelings. Menabilly speculates that Tommy has sensed the deep bond Daphne has developed with Menabilly.

Daphne remembers when Tommy had been stuck overseas with Mountbatten after the war. Daphne had gotten her hair fixed wondering if that would also fix her forgotten feelings for her husband. She wanted things as they once were but the house has become a substitution. Much to his chagrin, she offered her husband the room adjoining hers. She won't accompany him to London where he is based with Mountbatten. Then he informs her that he has been offered a job at Clarence House - an executive position he held for two years.

Enter Tommy's mistress who divulges to Daphne that Tommy has been living two lives.

Daphne worries about her writing and worries about her husband who has to have his foot amputated.

Menability worries that she will never regain her former glory.

Now a widow, Daphne is with her daughter Tessa. A mental conflict between memories of Tommy and her feelings for Menabilly, a place she has now been told she has to leave. New residents are moving in.

Menabilly remembers how it was when Daphne first moved in, but looks to the future, to the new residents who will build a "proper Catholic chapel" in the basement. Menabilly looks forward to how they will care for her - restoring her to her former glory.

Then something happens - or doesn't happen - which causes Menabilly distress.

A clock ticks.

Written and produced by Jo-Ann Challis. Excellent sound design and mix by Steve Rafter at BOMO Audio. Recorded September 3, 2022 at Bournemouth University.

Heard on Wireless Theatre, London.

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ART AND ABOUT

THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY

Paul McCartney Self Portrait. Photo: The National Portrait Gallery

in London, closed since 2020, has reopened with grand fanfare after a $52.2M (£41m) facelift.

Award-winning artist Tracey Emin was commissioned to create an artwork for the Gallery’s new doors, incorporating 45 carved brass panels, representing "every woman, throughout time". Emin designed the doors using 45 hand-drawn female portraits. In addition to Emin, on hand for the opening were Kate, the HRH Princess of Wales, who is the Royal Patron, and Sir Paul McCarthy and his wife Nancy Shevell. His Paul McCartney, Photographs 1963–64: Eyes of the Storm is the opening exhibition.

On June 29 it's Paul McCartney in conversation with Stanley Tucci an online livestream event.

Join them online for a very special live event to celebrate the major new exhibition at London's National Portrait Gallery, Paul McCartney, Photographs 1963–64: Eyes of the Storm.

All ticket holders will have access to a recording of the event for 7 days following the livestream.

Paul McCartney, Photographs 1963–64: Eyes of the Storm - is an unprecedented exhibition, revealing – for the first time – extraordinary photographs taken by the one and only Sir Paul McCartney goes on public display on June 28, 2023 .

In this show, the focus is on portraits captured by McCartney, using his own camera, between December 1963 and February 1964 – a time when The Beatles were catapulted from a British sensation to a global phenomenon. These never-before-seen images offer a uniquely personal perspective on what it was like to be a 'Beatle' at the start of 'Beatlemania' – and adjusting from playing gigs on UK stages, to performing to 73 million Americans on The Ed Sullivan Show.

At a time when so many camera lenses were on the band, it is Paul McCartney’s which tells the truest story of a band creating cultural history – in one of its most exciting chapters.

Curator’s introduction: Paul McCartney Photographs 1963–64: Eyes of the Storm takes place July 7 at the The Ondaatje Wing Theatre. Rosie Broadley introduces this major new exhibition and uncovers how Paul McCartney came to show his exceptional archive of past photographs.

Opened in 1856, the National Portrait Gallery moved to its current location off Trafalgar Square 40 years later. It houses over 11,000 portraits of historically famous and important British people in its Primary Collection.

TARTAN

Cheddar Gorgeous in a suit designed by Liquorice Black, 2017. Image © Cheddar Gorgeous

exhibition at V&A Dundee, Scotland. A radical new look at one of the world’s best-known textiles, the show celebrates the global story of this iconic pattern, and explores how the rules of the grid have inspired creativity from the everyday to the sublime.

Tartan celebrates the global story of a unique pattern - how the rules of the grid have inspired creativity from the everyday to the sublime.

The instantly recognizable symbol of Scotland, a global textile of tradition, rebellion, oppression and fashion, tartan has connected and divided communities worldwide, inspiring great works of art as well as playful and provocative designs. The dazzling displays feature several treasures on loan from the Fashion Museum in Bath, England including a stunning checked silk satin day dress from the 1860s; a red, green and cream silk satin evening dress worn by Queen Alexandra from 1870; and our fabulous Dress of the Year 1970 tartan skirt ensemble by Bill Gibb and Kaffe Fassett for Baccarat.

Experience objects from around the world from the high fashion of Vivienne Westwood and Alexander McQueen to Jackie Stewart's racing helmet, from the portrait of rugby legend Doddie Weir to the MacBean tartan which rocketed to the moon. See tartan worn by Bonnie Prince Charlie and Bay City Rollers trousers handmade by a lifelong fan, together with the indigenous textiles of Indian Madras and the humble Scottish shortbread tin.

This is the first major exhibition curated by V&A Dundee, with Jonathan Faiers of the University of Southampton.

Tartan is on display at V&A Dundee until January 14, 2024.

SOTHEBY'S gets to brag. They have recently acquired the iconic New York architectural masterpiece, the Breuer Building, from the Whitney Museum of American Art. Between the architecture, exceptional gallery space, museum provenance and location in the heart of the Upper East Side, this was an unmissable opportunity for Sotheby’s for its new home on Madison Avenue in 2025. In the meantime, their exhibitions will take place at their world class galleries on York Avenue - so far this year they have exhibited over 8,300 works of art and luxury objects.

The Breuer is just their latest acquisition. In May they opened new headquarters in Shanghai and this summer they open in central Seoul. In 2024 they will open in the heart of Paris on Rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré, and inaugurate their maison concept at Landmark Chater House in Hong Kong’s Central district. These join exhibition and selling locations opened over the last two years in Beverly Hills, Brussels, Cologne, Palm Beach, Monaco, Hamburg and Aspen.Their global network is one of their greatest assets, and they saw bidding from 135 countries in 2022.

The current state of the art and luxury markets So far in 2023 they have held 326 auctions across 52 categories for a total of over $3.2 billion in sales by the end of June. Some highlights include their largest Chinese Works of Art sale in 9 years in Hong Kong in April, their largest New York Jewelry sale ever two weeks ago , and the outstanding performance of the Wolf Family Collection in April which sold 42% above high estimate. Their May marquee art sales set 39 artist auction records and sold a robust 85% of the 730 works on offer, of which 86% sold within or above our estimate range. A highlight was the sale of the Codex Sassoon, the oldest complete Hebrew Bible dating from the 10th century, which Sotheby's is thrilled will be on display at the Anu Museum in Israel.

Charitable endeavors this year range, from supporting over 35 causes to raising $80 million through Sotheby’s Impact initiatives.

THE PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART in Portland, Maine has been awarded a $300,000 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in support of The PMA Blueprint: Building a Landmark for the Future. The Wood Innovations Funding Opportunity Program seeks to advance the use of wood as a sustainable building material while simultaneously supporting rural communities and their economies. This support will play a pivotal role in the PMA’s campus unification and expansion designed by LEVER Architecture.

The PMA Blueprint is among 123 projects awarded a Community Wood Grants and Wood Innovations Grant for its innovative mass-timber campus expansion and unification project. Anchored by a new museum building, The PMA Blueprint is a bold vision for Portland, Maine and the Northeast, defined by the museum’s values of courage, equity, service, sustainability, and trust. Designed by LEVER Architecture, this transformation of the PMA campus includes open and free community space, new galleries, classrooms, makers spaces, and much more. The PMA’s commitment to sustainability and its Art for All mission has led to the championing of innovative, climate-safe materials and processes which will not only transform the landscape of Portland, but has the opportunity to spark new mass timber industries in Maine and revitalize rural and urban economies alike.

A WORLD IN COMMON: CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN PHOTOGRAPHY

Sammy Baloji, Untitled 12 2006, printed 2020. Tate. © Sammy Baloji; courtesy of the artist and Galerie Imane Farès/Tate Modern.

is on view July 6, 2023 – January 14, 2024 at Tate Modern in London.

This exhibition will celebrate the dynamic landscape of photography across the African continent today. Featuring the work of 36 artists from different generations and geographies, it will explore how photography and video have allowed artists to examine legacies of the past while imagining more hopeful futures.

Unfolding across seven thematic sections, the exhibition will highlight contemporary perspectives on cultural heritage, spirituality, urbanization and climate change, revealing shared artistic visions that reclaim Africa’s histories and re imagine its place in the world.

On July 6th join in for an evening of discussion focusing on the landscape of photographic practice on the African continent.

In this opening event, you will have the rare chance to hear from a panel of exhibiting African photographers. They will talk about how they are constructing, inventing, and revealing narratives about Africa’s histories, traditions, and communities. Chaired by the exhibition's curator Osei Bonsu, you will explore how contemporary African photography is addressing social, political and environmental shifts to reimagine Africa’s role in a global society.

This will be a discursive event where artists share their practice. It will be followed by an opportunity for you to ask questions.

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SWEET CHARITY

BROADWAY BARKS that star studded dog and cat adoption event hosted by Bernadette Peters and Randy Rainbow, with a special appearance by Josh Groban, takes place Saturday, July 8, 2023 in Shubert Alley in New York City.

Co-founded by Bernadette Peters and Mary Tyler Moore, the event features adoptable animals from 24 NYC area adoption agencies and rescue groups along with Broadway’s biggest names who use their star power to help them find loving homes.

BARKS begins at 3 p.m. with a ‘meet and greet’ of all the adoptable pets; from 5-6:30 p.m. adoptees make their Broadway debut on stage alongside some of Broadway’s favorite stars for the celebrity presentations.

Over the past 24 years, more than 2,100 dogs and cats have grabbed Broadway’s spotlight and the hearts of all who come to the event. Approximately 85% of these furry friends have successfully found forever homes.

Broadway Barks is free and open to the public. Proceeds from the event benefit the participating shelters and rescue groups.

Celebrity participants lending their support include:

Clyde Alves (New York, New York) - Annaleigh Ashford (Sweeney Todd) - Maria Bilbao (Sweeney Todd) - Rajesh Bose (Life of Pi) - Steven Boyer (Kimberly Akimbo).

Kevin Cahoon (Shucked) - Victoria Clark (Kimberly Akimbo) - Kevin Del Aguila (Some Like It Hot) - John Dossett (Wicked) - Andrew Durand (Shucked).

Leandra Ellis-Gaston (Six) - Gina Ferrall (Leopoldstadt) - Avery Glymph (Life of Pi) - Josh Groban (Sweeney Todd) - Adam Heller (Some Like it Hot) - Robyn Hurder (A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical).

Ayana Jackson (MJ The Musical) - Zoe Jensen (Six) - Taylor Iman Jones (Six) - Carol Kane - Ashley D. Kelley (Shucked).

Sean Allan Krill (Parade) - McKenzie Kurtz (Wicked) - Mark Lotito (Some Like it Hot) - Michael Maliakel (Aladdin) - Tatiana Maslany (Grey House).

Marsha Mason - Michael Mastro (Funny Girl) - Alli Mauzey (Kimberly Akimbo) - Michael McCormick (A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical) - Howard McGillin (Parade).

Laurie Metcalf (Grey House) - Bonnie Milligan (Kimberly Akimbo) - Paolo Montalban (Funny Girl) - Anne L. Nathan (Funny Girl) - Bebe Neuwirth.

Michele Pawk (Wicked) - Linda Powell (A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical) - Colton Ryan (New York, New York) - Angie Schworer (Some Like it Hot) - Jennifer Simard (Once Upon a One More Time).

Emily Skinner (New York, New York) - Bri Sudia (A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical) - Will Swenson (A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical) - Paulo Szot (& Juliet) - Betsy Wolfe (& Juliet).

SPREADING THE WORD

A ROYAL FIGURE KEEPER

HRH The Princess Royal opening the first Sustainability in UK Textiles conference in London on May 2022. "HRH has a keen interest in sustainable manufacturing and has visited countless textile manufacturers over the years. The 2023 conference will include a panel discussion on the roadmap to Net-Zero chaired by Professor Parik Goswami. The panel members will be Mr Adam Mansell (CEO UKFT), Alan Williams (CEO Camira Fabrics), Richard Davies (Innovation, Technical, and Design Director, A W HAINSWORTH & SONS LTD), and Kate Goldsworthy (Chair of Circular Design & Innovation, University of the Arts London)" Photo: Textile Institute.

Anne, the Princess Royal, wore a light blue, button front dress with a Peter Pan collar on the second day of Ascot that she first wore in 1978 when she was 27 years old. Princess Anne first wore the A-line, pleated dress to welcome the president of Botswana to Buckingham Palace alongside her late mother, Queen Elizabeth, in 1978. She wore it again in July last year, for an engagement at the Brompton Cemetery.

Now 72, the Princess is known to favor a sustainable approach to fashion.

"I still try and buy materials and have them made up [into clothes] because I just think that's more fun," she told Vanity Fair in 2020. "It also helps to support those who still manufacture in this country. We mustn't forget we've got those skills, and there are still places that do a fantastic job."

On July 6, 2023 The Princess Royal President, UK Fashion and Textile Association, will deliver the closing speech at the Textile Institute World Conference at the University of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire.

Hosted by Conference Chairman Prof Parik Goswami CText FTI, the Department of Fashion and Textiles, and the Technical Textiles Research Centre (TTRC) at the University of Huddersfield, the conference theme is "Sustainability of the Textile and Fashion Supply Chain – Transitioning to Zero Carbon and Zero Waste".

"Furthermore," according to the organization, "the conference will address various strategies to manage the impact of the textile and fashion supply chain on the environment and climate change. The theme directly aligns with the worldwide initiatives being undertaken in moving toward zero carbon emission. Divided into several sub-themes and organized by academic and industrial experts, the conference will cover the latest developments and inventions towards achieving reduced carbon emissions in the apparel and fashion sectors and high-end and specialized."

This conference aims to demonstrate how the triple helix model of the academic–industry-government dialogues could benefit the industry and create a meaningful roadmap towards achieving zero carbon ambitions before 2050.

OMAHA COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR KATIE BROMAN has announced her resignation, saying she wants to return to her previous career in marketing and communications.

Broman will continue to lead OCP until an interim executive director is hired.

Broman joined OCP in 2010 as marketing director and became OCP executive director in 2017. As executive director, Broman led OCP to fiscal health while supporting some of the strongest performance seasons in the theater's storied history, said the release. The theatre received transformative gifts and sponsorships for OCP productions and projects, including the launch of a mobile theatre that brings immersive theater to children with autism and sensory sensitivities. Broman led OCP's work during the pandemic to continue serving the community safely while supporting employees. She also implemented long-deserved stipends for actors and crew for the first time in OCP history.

"We understand Katie's decision and her desire to dive back into her passion areas of marketing, communication and fundraising, and we are grateful for her transparency and advance notice about her intentions,” said Bruce Friedlander, OCP Board of Trustees Chairman. “We are confident in our ability to find a strong interim leader, as well as a top-notch permanent executive director, and we want to thank Katie for her ongoing dedication to OCP during a transition."

The OCP board is conducting a local, regional and national search for the next executive director.

DOUGLAS LOVE-RAMOS has joined classic theater company A Noise Within as managing director beginning August 1, 2023. He was selected after an extensive, nationwide search by Aspen Leadership Group.

Love-Ramos most recently served as managing director of Orlando Shakespeare Theater. Douglas previously served as CEO/producing director of Walden Playhouse, the live division of film studio Walden Media (Anshutz Film Group), and as producing director of FamilyStage San Francisco at the historic Orpheum Theater, among others.

RED BULL THEATER SHORT NEW PLAY FESTIVAL 2023 has announced the cast for the eight world premieres selected for the company’s 13th annual Short New Play Festival.

Featured in the cast will be Sasha Lee Andrews; Shirine Babb; Renea Brown ; Joe Holt; Ismenia Mendes; Tony Roach; and Jaqui Shiel.

The premieres will be directed by Nadia Guevara and Ibi Owolabi. Drama League Stage Directing Fellows Nadia Guevara and Ibi Owolabi’s participation in our annual Short New Play Festival is made possible by the Drama League Directors Project. Red Bull Theater is pleased to continue its ongoing partnership with the Drama League Directors Project.

Six brand new classically inspired ten-minute plays of heightened language and classic themes inspired by this year’s theme, "Forbidden Love," have been chosen through an open and blind submission process. These selections will premiere alongside commissions from Craig Lucas and Heather Raffo. This year’s selected playwrights are Peter Gray, Delaney Kelly, Rachel Leopold, Maggie Lou Rader, Jaqui Shiel, and Frank Winters.

Short New Play Festival 2023 will be held on Monday June 26th at Theater 555 in New York City.

SONY MASTERWORKS BROADWAY has released the CD version of the Original Cast Recording to Operation Mincement: A New Musical. The best reviewed show in West End History is currently running at the Fortune Theatre in London’s West End and features new music written and composed by David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoë Roberts, who form SpitLip. See Broadway To Vegas column of June 11, 2023

The cast album of Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical is available everywhere now in both digital and CD formats.

MELISSA ETHERIDGE will make her Broadway debut this fall with her autobiographical Melissa Etheridge: My Window.

The Grammy and Academy Award winning rock musician will star in the solo show. Directed by Amy Tinkham, the production, written by Etheridge and her wife, Linda Wallem-Etheridge, is scheduled for a limited nine-week residency at the Circle in the Square Theatre beginning September 14, 2023.

LORD ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER that musical theater legend who composed the anthem "Make a Joyful Noise" for King Charles and Queen Camilla’s coronation in May, joined the royal couple at Ascot last Wednesday. The man who gave the world Evita and Phantom of the Opera to name only two, is a horse fancier.

With his wife Madeleine, he owns a stud and has bred several prize-winning horses. At Ascot Lord Lloyd Webber, as he is listed in the Ascot program, presented the trophy for the Queen Mary Stakes.

A day earlier, June 20, 2023, The Duchess of Gloucester celebrated her 77th birthday by presenting one of the first trophies at Royal Ascot, the Coventry Stakes, which was won by River Tiber. The birthday girl was accompanied by her husband, the Duke of Gloucester. The couple arrived in the royal procession as day one of Ascot got under way. Their Royal Highnesses were in the third carriage.

Queen Camilla and King Charles cheering on 18-1 shot Desert Hero. Photo: Max Mumby

And, that screaming you may have heard from all away across the pond was TRH King Charles III and Queen Camilla watching their horse, Desert Hero, win at Royal Ascot.

Desert Hero and jockey Tom Marquand produced a thrilling performance at Royal Ascot on Thursday to land King Charles III his first win at the prestigious horse racing festival.

Desert Hero, trained by William Haggas, son-in-law of the late Lester Piggott, was an 18-1 shot and under jockey Tom Marquand won by a head. Marquand kissed the trophy and paraded the colt in front of a cheering packed grandstand and the Royal Box.

Both King Charles and Queen Camilla broke down in tears.

The King and Queen were presented the winning cup by The Duke of Kent. An emotional King Charles knocked the cup off its pedestal with the Duke of Kent assisting in the pick up.

Both Anne, the Princess Royal and her daughter Zara Tindall were present with Zara in speaking to ITV, said: "It's bittersweet to think how proud and excited the Queen would have been."

THE OLD VIC sitting right in the heart of Dickensian London, there is no better home for A Christmas Carol than The Old Vic which has announced that Emmy Award-winner Christopher Eccleston will play Scrooge in A Christmas Carol as it returns this holiday season for its seventh year.

THE BEST SICHUAN a Chinese restaurant with typical Sichuan cuisine, located near Time Square at 47 W 39th Street, New York, opened recently. The restaurant was renovated thoroughly into a modern luxury medium sized restaurant in a metropolis. The Best Sichuan features first floor and second floors which can accommodate 110 peoples at the same time. In addition to an elegant bar, it can hold a party for up to 40 peoples on the second floor. Moreover, there is free delivery for online orders. The master chef of the Best Sichuan, Mr. Weimin Hong, learnt to cook real Sichuan food since childhood. He is currently the chief chef of China state banquets. Recently, a Master Class in Spice with Chef Weimin Hong took place.

OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY

MUSIC STREAMING SUBSCRIPTIONS are projected to bring over $30B in revenue by 2026, $5B more than this year. According to data presented by OnlyAccounts.io, music streaming subscriptions are expected to bring in $25.7bn in revenue in 2023, growing by 10.5% year-over-year. The entire market will continue surging in the following years. The music streaming platforms have seen revenues and the number of users more than double in the past years, mostly due to their surging popularity among Gen Zers and Millenials who prefer the subscription economy.

According to Statista Market Insights, the music streaming platforms have more than doubled their revenues in five years. In 2018, the entire market grossed $11.7bn. Since then, revenues have grown by 120% and are expected to hit $25.7bn this year. Almost 40% of total revenue in 2023, or $10.2bn, comes from the United States, the largest music streaming market. Far below, China, the United Kingdom, and Germany follow, with $3.1bn, $1.9bn, and $1.4bn in revenue, respectively.

GEORGE LUCAS once lost a $40 million Star Wars bet with Steven Spielberg over which would be the bigger Star Wars or Close Encounters.

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THE KENNEDY CENTER HONORS has announced their Class of 2023: Tony-nominated actor and comedian Billy Crystal; acclaimed soprano and Tony-nominated actor Renée Fleming; British singer-songwriter, producer, and member of the Bee Gees, Barry Gibb; rapper, singer, and actor Queen Latifah; and Grammy-winning singer Dionne Warwick.

The five honorees will receive the 46th Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime artistic achievements on December 3 in an event hosted by former Kennedy Center Honoree Gloria Estefan. The gala will take place at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC.

The 46th class of Kennedy Center Honorees will be saluted by performers from New York, Hollywood, and the arts capitals of the world, and the evening will be filmed for subsequent TV broadcast. The 46th annual Kennedy Center Honors, which will celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip hop, will air on CBS and stream on Paramount+ on a date to be announced later.

The honorees represent "an extraordinary mix of individuals who have redefined their art forms and demonstrated remarkable tenacity and authenticity in becoming an original," Kennedy Center President Deborah Rutter said in a statement. "Each of them has explored new terrain, stretched artistic boundaries, and most importantly, committed to sharing their gifts with the world," Rutter continued.

The Kennedy Center Honors recognizes individuals whose unique contributions have had an impact on the rich tapestry of American life and culture through the performing arts, whether in music, dance, theatre, opera, motion pictures, or television.

The 46th annual Kennedy Center Honors will be produced by Done+Dusted in association with ROK Productions, represented by Elizabeth Kelly, who will executive produce alongside David Jammy. The show will be directed by Alex Rudzinski.

THE OFF BROADWAY ALLIANCE an organization of Off-Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents, and marketing professionals, celebrated the winners and honorees of the 12th Annual Off-Broadway Alliance Awards, honoring commercial and not-for-profit productions that opened Off Broadway during the 2022-2023 season. The ceremony was held on Tuesday, June 20th at Sardi’s.

The winners were: Titanique, Best New Musical; Fat Ham, Best New Play; Endgame, Best Play Revival; Merrily We Roll Along, Best Musical Revival; Asi Wind’s Inner Circle, Best Unique Theatrical Experience; and Walking With Bubbles, Best Solo Performance.

In addition to the competitive awards, Legend of Off Broadway Awards were presented to Alison Fraser, David Rothenberg, and Nicholas Viselli for their extraordinary contributions over many years; Andrew Leynse, Robert Patrick, and Susan L. Schulman were posthumously inducted into the Off Broadway Hall of Fame, and the Friend of Off-Broadway Award was presented to Jeff Whiting, Director and Choreographer, owner of Open Jar Studios, and Founding Artistic Director of the Open Jar Institute.

KING CHARLES' 1ST BIRTHDAY HONORS with a total of 1,171 people maing the list, with the awards including 332 British Empire Medals (BEM), 471 Medal of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) and 236 Order of the British Empire (OBE). Among those honored, 50% are women and 11% come from ethnic minority backgrounds. Nearly a quarter - 23% - considered themselves to come from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds.

Those honored with affiliations to arts and entertainment included:

Martin Amis, one of the most consequential British authors of his generation and who died last month, has been knighted Amis, who died of esophageal cancer at the age of 73 at his Florida home, accepted the knighthood for services to literature shortly before he died . His knighthood, according to the honors list, stands from May 18, the day before he died. The knighthood for the author of Money, a satire about consumerism in London, comes 33 years after his comic novelist father, Kingsley, received the honor from Charles's mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II. Martin Amis' great literary friend, Ian McEwan, was also made a Companion of Honor, one of the highest honors that can be bestowed by the king. McEwan is the author of Amsterdam and Atonement. Stephen Arthur Frears. For services to Film and Television.

Rupert Alexander Gavin. For services to Drama, the Arts, to Heritage and to the Economy.

Ben Golden Emuobowho Okri OBE. For services to Literature.

Mark Thompson. For services to Media.

DBE (DAMES COMMANDER OF THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE)
Vogue's editor-in-chief Anna Wintour.

Annette King. Chief Executive Officer, Publicis Groupe UK. For services to Advertising and to the Creative Industries.

Kathryn Alexandra McDowell CBE DL. Managing Director, London Symphony Orchestra. For services to Music.

OFFICERS OF THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH: EMPIRE (OBE)
Ian Edward Wright MBE. For services to Association Football and to Charity.

Lucy Mary Elizabeth Crowe. For services to Music.

Oluwafemi Elufowoju Jr.. For services to Drama.

Anthony John Plowden Eyton. For services to Painting and to the Art Community.

Dr Susan Rosemary Foister. For services to Art.

Martino Gamper. For services to Design.

Jacqueline Leigh Hunt. For services to the Arts.

Janine Mireille Irons MBE. For services to the Music Industry.

Janet Carole Lewis MBE. For services to Dance.

Hew Donald Joseph Locke. For services to Art.

Russell Scott Maliphant For services to Dance.

Stuart Graham Proffitt. For services to Literature.

Michael Peter Rose.. For services to Animation.

Judith Rosemary Salinson. For services to Advertising.

Nicky Spence. For services to Music.

Andrew John Stokes. For services to Tourism.

Caron Melina Wheeler. For services to Music.

MEMBERS OF THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (MBE)
Davina McCall, host of many staple reality programs on British television including Big Brother, became a member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, or MBE for services to Broadcasting.

Eniola Aluko. For services to Association Football and to Charity.

Inua Muhammed Ellams. For services to the Arts.

Tanya Olivia Harrod. For services to the Crafts.

Roksanda Ilincic. For services to Fashion Design.

Nicolai Khalezin. For services to Theatre.

Ritu Khurana. For services to Music and to Broadcasting.

Jennie Muskett. Composer. For services to Music. (London)

Joe Scotland. For services to Art.

Jyotsna Srikanth. Violinist. For services to Music.

Rachel Tranter-Needham. For services to Museums, to Heritage and to the Arts.

Hazel Verena Constance Wood. For services to Literature.

COMMANDERS OF THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (CBE)
Ivor Bolton. Conductor. For services to Music.

Kenneth Cranham. Actor. For services to Drama.

William Benedict Hamilton-Dalrymple. For services to Literature and to the Arts.

Celia Diana Savile Imrie. For services to Drama.

David John Lewis. For services to the Return of Looted Art.

Tasmin Elizabeth Little OBE.For services to Music.

Charles Adam Laurie Sebag-Montefiore. For services to the Arts and to Culture.

Professor Deborah Anne Swallow. For services to Art and to Education.

Lydia Monica Burton. For services to Yoga.

The Hon Harriet Mary Margaret Cullen. For services to Literature.

Hilary Maude Weedon. For services to Movement, Dance and Exercise.

Mildred Wiltshire. For services to Motorsport.

Annette King. For services to Advertising and to the Creative Industries.

Kathryn Alexandra McDowell CBE DL. For services to Music.

THE WORLD'S 50 BEST RESTAURANTS LIST has been announced at an awards ceremony in Valencia, Spain.

Dish from Central. Photo: 50 Best Restaurants

This year, Central, in Lima, Peru earned the top spot. Run by married chefs Virgilio Martínez and Pia León. This also marks the first time a restaurant with a female chef has earned the top spot, and the first time a restaurant outside of Europe or the United States has won.

Their Territorio En Desnivel is 12 courses, each based on an ecosystem in Peru. The cost is 950 soles (about $239). The Mundo Mater menu is 14 courses and reflects world ecosystems. The price is 1,064 soles (about $267).

In the award organizers' announcement they mention that Lima is the home to "a certain Paddington bear" although Broadway To Vegas could not find Jam Sandwiches on the Central menu.

Modern Korean tasting menu spot Atomix in New York City was the highest ranked in North America at #8. The only other U.S. restaurant on the list is also in New York City: Fancy French seafood insitution Le Bernardin ranked at No. 44.

At No. 14, Odette — a French leaning tasting menu spot — became the highest ranked in Asia, and its chef, Julien Royer, earned the chef’s choice award.

New entry Trèsind Studio in Dubai ranked the highest for restaurants in the Middle East and Africa at No. 11. At No. 2, Disfrutar took was the highest ranked in Europe, while Central was the highest ranked in South America.

In 2019, the organization announced a rule change that after a restaurant ascends to the No. 1 spot, it becomes ineligible and is removed from the list in future years.

AMONG OTHER AWARDS:
CHEF'S CHOICE AWARD:

Art of Hospitality Award: Alchemist (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Best Sommelier: Miguel Ángel Millán (Diverxo, Madrid, Spain)
Best Pastry Chef: Pía Salazar (Nuema, Quito, Ecuador)
Sustainable Restaurant Award: Fyn (Cape Town, South Africa)

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED AWARDS:
One to Watch: Tatiana by Kwame Onwuachi (New York City)
Best Female Chef: Elena Reygadas (Rosetta, Mexico City)
Icon: Andoni Luis Aduriz (Mugaritz, San Sebastian, Spain)
Champions of Change: Nora Fitzgerald Belahcen (Amal Centre, Marrakech, Morraco); Damián Diaz and Othón Nolasco (No Us Without You LA, Los Angeles)



BACK TO THE FUTURE adapted for the stage by the movie’s creators Bob Galeand Robert Zemeckis.

Directed by Tony Award-winning John Rando.

When Marty McFly finds himself transported back to 1955 in a time machine built by the eccentric scientist Doc Brown, he accidentally changes the course of history. Now he’s in a race against time to fix the present, escape the past and send himself... back to the future.

Back to the Future the Musical features original music by multi-Grammy winners Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard, alongside hit songs from the movie including The Power of Love; Johnny B. Goode; Earth Angel and Back in Time.

Starring Tony winner Roger Bart and Olivier nominee Hugh Coles reprising their West End performances as Doctor Emmett Brown and George McFly, Casey Likes as Marty McFly, Liana Hunt as Lorraine McFly, Jelani Remy as Goldie Wilson/Marvin Berry, and Nathaniel Hackmann as Biff Tannen.

The ensemble includes Merritt David Janes( Strickland), Mikaela Secada (Jennifer Parker), Amber Ardolino, Will Branner, Victoria Byrd, Brendon Chan, Kevin Curtis, Nick Drake, Samuel Gerber, Marc Heitzman, Kimberly Immanuel, Joshua Kenneth Allen Johnson, Hannah Kevitt, JJ Niemann, Becca Petersen, Emma Pittman, Jonalyn Saxer, Blakely Slaybaugh, Gabi Stapula, and Daryl Tofa.

The creatives are: Tim Hatley designer - Tim Lutkin and Hugh Vanstone lighting designers, Chris Baley choreographer, Bick Finlow musical supervisor, vocal and music arrangements, Finn Ross video designer, Gareth Owen sound designer, Chris Fisher illusion designer, Ethan Popp and Bryan Crook orchestrations, David Chase dance arrangements, Maurice Chan fight director, Tara Rubin casting director.

Back to the Future: The Musical premiered in London's West End in 2021, where it went on to win the Olivier Award (the British equivalent of a Tony) for Best New Musical. It will begin previews on June 30 at Broadway's Winter Garden Theater before an official opening on August 3, 2023.

HERE LIES LOVE with music by Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award winner David Byrne and Grammy Award winner Fatboy Slim. Additional music by Tom Gandey and J Pardo.

Developed & directed by Tony Award winner Alex Timbers.

Choreography by Olivier Award nominee Annie-B Parson.

"Here Lies Love is the groundbreaking musical about former Filipina First Lady Imelda Marcos’s astonishing rise to power and subsequent fall at the hands of the Philippine People Power Revolution. The show’s home at the Broadway Theatre has been transformed into a dance club where the audience is immersed in the story. A wide variety of standing and seating options are available throughout the theater’s reconstructed space."

The show features the first all-Filipino cast to perform on Broadway: Arielle Jacobs as “Imelda Marcos,” Jose Llana as “Ferdinand Marcos,” Conrad Ricamora as “Ninoy Aquino,” Melody Butiu, Moses Villarama, Jasmine Forsberg, Reanne Acasio, Jaygee Macapugay, Julia Abueva, Renée Albulario, Aaron Alcaraz, Carol Angeli, Nathan Angelo, Kristina Doucette, Roy Flores, Timothy Matthew Flores, Sarah Kay, Jeigh Madjus, Aaron "AJ" Mercado, Geena Quintos, Shea Renne, and Angelo Soriano.

Tony and Olivier Award winner Lea Salonga, a global Filipina legend, will also join the cast for a special guest engagement this summer, performing for five weeks from Tuesday, July 11 through Sunday, August 13.

The mise-en-scène: three-time Tony Award nominee David Korins (scenic design), Tony Award winner Clint Ramos (costume design), Tony Award winner Justin Townsend (lighting design), M.L. Dogg & Cody Spencer (sound design), and three-time Tony Award nominee Peter Nigrini (projection design).

The creatives also include: casting by Tara Rubin CSA, Xavier Rubiano CSA, Gail Quintos and general management by Foresight Theatrical. Additional creative team members include ATW Jonathan Larson Grant recipient J. Oconer Navarro (music director), Billy Bustamante (assistant director), Renée Albulario (assistant choreographer), Bobby Garcia (casting consultant/Philippines), Gregory T. Livoti (production stage manager), and Ryan Gohsman and Sheryl Polancos (assistant stage managers). Giselle "G" Töngi is the show’s Cultural and Community Liaison. From its world premiere at The Public Theater in 2013, Here Lies Love has enjoyed popular and critical acclaim. The show returned to The Public in 2014-2015, debuted at London’s Royal National Theatre in 2014, and most recently opened at Seattle Repertory Theatre in 2017.

Here Lies Love began performances on Saturday, June 17 and opens Thursday, July 20 at the Broadway Theatre in New York City.

THE SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS Translated and adapted by Rob Melrose, from the original play in Italian by Carlo Goldoni.

Directed by Rob Melrose.

Identities are mistaken, engagements are broken, and lovers are reunited in this slapstick comedy. Zany schemes and mayhem will have you laughing at and loving the hapless hero. Get ready for a whirlwind of laughter, wit, and physical comedy.

The cast includes Alley’s Resident Acting Company members Elizabeth Bunch, Dylan Godwin, Shawn Hamilton, Chris Hutchison, Melissa Molano, Melissa Pritchett, David Rainey, Christopher Salazar, and Todd Waite. Rounding out the cast is Zachary Fine and Brandon Hearnsberger as well as musicians Mark Danisovszky and Mike Whitebread.

The creative team includes: Scenic Designer Michael Locher, Costume Designer Alejo Vietti, Lighting Designer Cat Tate Starmer, Sound Designer & Co-Composer Cliff Caruthers, Co-Composer Mike Whitebread, Fight Director H. Russ Brown, Stage Manager Rebecca R.D. Hamlin, and Assistant Stage Manager Ryan Barrett.

Performances through July 2 at the Alley Theatre in Houston, Texas.

JUST FOR US by Obie Award-winning writer & performer Alex Edelman.

Directed by Adam Brace.

This singular theatrical experience is an exploration of identity and our collective capacity for empathy. In the wake of a string of anti-Semitic rhetoric pointed in his direction online, standup comic Edelman decides to go straight to the source; specifically, Queens, where he covertly attends a meeting of White Nationalists and comes face-to-face with the people behind the keyboards. What happens next forms the backbone of the shockingly relevant, utterly hilarious, and only moderately perspirant stories that comprise Just for Us.

A limited engagement through Saturday, August 19, 2023, at the Hudson Theatre in New York City.

PASSENGERS a production by The 7 Fingers, directed, written, and choreographed by Shana Carroll.

Experience a train trip like never before with Montreal-based contemporary physical theatre troupe The 7 Fingers. "This innovative show blends acrobatics, theatre, music, and dance in a truly magical performance about strangers in transit. Rather than sit in silence, the passengers on this train express their dreams and visions through the exuberance of their bodies, telling human stories with superhuman skills."

"Appropriately for a show about train journeys, Passengers represents an exciting departure for The Old Globe," said Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein. "A creation of the extraordinary Montreal-based company Les 7 Doigts de la Main, or The 7 Fingers, it’s a piece that fuses acrobatics, dance, movement, song, text, and spectacle. A cast of thrilling performers executes remarkable acts of physical control and precision, and in the context of theatre and story, these circus-derived techniques rise to the level of metaphor. It’s a very special experience, a little different from what our audiences are used to but in all kinds of delightful and captivating ways. I think Passengers will be memorable for Globe audiences of all ages."

The artists for Passengers include Eduardo De Azevedo Grillo, Kaisha D-W, Beto Freitas, Marco Ingaramo, Nella Niva, Mandi Orozco, Santiago Rivera Laugerud, Andrew Sumner, and Méliejade T. Bouchard.

In addition to Shana Carroll, the creative team includes Isabelle Chassé (Assistant to the Director), Ana Cappelluto (Scenic Designer), Colin Gagné (Musical Director), Johnny Ranger (Video Designer), Éric Champoux (Lighting Designer), Camille Thibault-Bédard (Costume Designer), Francisco Cruz (Head Coach), Shana Carroll (Texts), and Conor Wild (Text, Einstein’train).

Passengers is co-produced by TOHU in Montréal and ArtsEmerson in Boston with commissioning partners Moscow Musical Theatre in Moscow.

Performances run July 1 through July 30, 2023, with the opening on Saturday, July 1 on the Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage in the Old Globe Theatre, part of the Globe’s Conrad Prebys Theatre Center in San Diego’s Balboa Park, CA.

OUT OF CHARACTER written and performed by Berkeley native and Tony Award winner Ari’el Stachel.

Directed by former artistic director Tony Taccone.

Ari’el Stachel’s story of growing up in Berkeley during the 9/11 era, hiding his Middle Eastern background, navigating anxiety, and reconciling his mixed race identity. Called "raw, funny, authentic."

Performances through July 30, 2023 at Berkeley Rep in Berkeley, CA.

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FINAL OVATION

SHELDON HARNICK one of the brilliant minds in the music business died too soon last Friday, June 23, 2023 at his home in Manhattan. He was 99.

Winner of three Tony Awards, Harnick most famously wrote the beloved 1964 Broadway musical Fiddler on the Rood about a Jewish shtetl enduring rapidly changing times alongside the late composer Jerry Bock and book writer Joseph Stein.

The show, features classic songs such as Tradition and Sunrise, Sunset.

A few of his other creations include: Fiorello! for which in 1960, Harnick, Bock and Jerome Weidman (book) won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama.

Others include: She Loves Me (1963) (Bock). The Apple Tree (1966) (Bock). The Rothschilds (1970) (Bock. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1979) (Michel Legrand) (contributed English lyrics for stage adaptation). A Wonderful Life (1986) (Joe Raposo). Cyrano: The Musical (1993) (contributed English lyrics).

In honor of Harnick's vast influence on American music, on May 19, 1984 he was awarded the University of Pennsylvania Glee Club Award of Merit. Beginning in 1964, this award "established to bring a declaration of appreciation to an individual each year that has made a significant contribution to the world of music and helped to create a climate in which our talents may find valid expression." Harnick was honored at the Twenty-Sixth Annual William Inge Theatre Festival located in Independence, Kansas, in 2007. Harnick and Jerry Bock were presented with the 18th Annual York Theatre Company's prestigious Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Theatre in 2009. Harnick received the 2016 Drama League Award for Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre, as well as the 2016 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre. Harnick received an honorary doctorate from Northwestern University in June 2018. Harnick was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972 and received its highest honor, the Johnny Mercer Award, in 1990.

Harnick is survived by his third wife Margaret Gray and their two children.

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