#coronet theater

[oldshowbiz]

Poe Alone at 366 N. La Cienega Blvd.

#edgar allen poe #la cienega #coronet theater

[ladystrallan]

Just saw a local production of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder! Maybe this will inspire me to finish my GGLAM work in progress…

Btw we love a musical with a (basically) canon throuple :) <3

#a gentleman's guide to love and murder #gglam #sibella hallward #monty navarro #phoebe d'ysquith #musicals #musical theatre #kind hearts and coronets #local theater

[frary-us]

“To celebrate the centenary of the publication of ‘The Waste Land’, Dead Poets Live turn their attention to T.S. Eliot, perhaps the greatest of all Modernists. Dead Poets Live’s clever and detailed dramatization of the poem’s creation and development demonstrates that ‘The Waste Land’ was not Eliot’s work alone, but a collaboration between him, his first wife Vivien, and Ezra Pound. For any poetry enthusiast, this show is as exciting as a courtroom drama.

Pound’s influence can be seen right at the start of the poem in Eliot’s dedication to his friend, written in Italian, IL MIGLIOR FABBRO: The better craftsman. It’s a humble beginning to a ground-breaking poem. Of course, Pound’s impact over ‘The Waste Land’ is well known but rarely do we see it acted out on stage. The two men argue over lines which Pound believes are cheap imitations of Alexander Pope and Lord Tennyson. And it’s true, if it weren’t for Pound, ‘The Waste Land’ would be a very different poem; much longer, and with whole swathes of it written in the iambic pentameter that Pound was so determined to break. In Dead Poet Live’s recreations of these conversations, Pound’s suggestions about excising flabby phrases and moralising words seem perfectly reasonable.....

The three of them sit around a table, taking the poem apart line by line, and it thrills in the same way as a film where the lawyers work deep into the night preparing their defence for the courtroom the next morning. As Eliot, Luke Thallon certainly looks the part with his neatly cut hair, and his suit. His Eliot is a likeable combination of haughtiness and innocence, trying to stand by his wife even though her illnesses mean that he has little time to write poetry.

Toby Regbo is a wonderfully demonstrative Pound, who sacrifices his own work to nurture other writers while Pearl Chanda gives depth and intelligence to Vivien, usually seen as a tragic figure in Eliot’s life.

The two-act play is narrated by Lindsay Duncan, who plays Eliot’s second and much younger wife, Valerie. Speaking to us after Eliot’s death, Valerie presents the other characters, sometimes pointing to pages of the manuscript, projected on the stage, which show the many edits and scribbles as the Eliots and Pound shaped the poem into the form we know today.

After the interval, the four of them recite ‘The Waste Land’, and hearing the poem in four different voices, a nod to the poem’s original title taken from Dickens’s My Mutual Friend, is like dialling through a radio late at night, hearing snatches of music, of conversations at closing time in East End pubs, and of hearing about old myths reappearing along the banks of the Thames. All these voices chronicle the malaise of postwar London, and Eliot’s own fears. Played out in the crumbling and faded Coronet Theatre, this recital is ingeniously site-specific.

It may be impossible to fully understand the many allusions and stories within ‘The Waste Land’, but this production by Dead Poets Live ensures that we understand it just that little bit more.

Runs until 22 October 2022

The Reviews Hub Score  ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️”

#Toby Regbo #Lindsay Duncan #Theater #Dead Poets Live #Poetry Reading #Coronet Theatre #London #Poem #The Waste Land #T.S. Eliot #American #Poet #Ezra Pound #Review #The Reviews Hub #Oct 2022 #Link #Admiration #Talented #Lucky Fans Attending #Proud #Luke Thallon #Pearl Chanda #A Discovery Of Witches #Reunion #Play

[citizenscreen]

#OnThisDay in 1967, Mike Nichols’ THE GRADUATE opens at two theaters in New York: the Coronet on Third Avenue and the Lincoln Art Theater on Broadway.

#the graduate

[nemesis-is-my-middle-name]

Well about the perception of Volo vs Kamado thing, and why more people don’t hate Volo, I have my own reflections (pretty privilege is absolutely a factor tho let’s be real 😂)

Everyone growing up has at least one story of an adult being super unfair to you, even though you were doing everything right. Their own biases and experiences could be understood later once you were older and calmer reflecting back on the incident, like a teacher who snapped at you maybe had a super long day of wrangling hundreds of children. But we never forget how it feels in that moment to have those who should be guiding us be unfair and seemingly unreasonable. So naturally that’s gonna hurt when you get kamado being paranoid.

Volo on the other hand is just absolutely delightful I’m sorry maybe if Kamado put on a silly outfit and hair for his boss battle instead of plate mail he’d have more art. Like you said Volos betrayal is one and done really, he acts like a theater kid and then dips. You have to keep seeing kamado being in charge in the game after his blunders for a while which can rub people the wrong way. (Also this is maybe just me but I never trusted Volo just like I never trusted Cynthia as a kid, and finding out he was evil was a great moment of vindication I CANT be the only one who experienced this)

TLDR we see unfairness way more than we see someone betray us while making their hair like a god horse

well, you heard them, kamado. time to go get the jester outfit. cmon chop chop it's to redeem your image

yeah, the point abt getting burned by adults in authority is also very fair. most of us were not scarred for life by theater kid antics lol. the other thing abt it is that often those same adults never really face any consequences. you were always just expected to move on, suck it up etc. cause that's life as a kid right. sometimes ppl will use their power over you just to flex their limited authority, or to vent whatever's going on in their home life, and this doesn't really stop when you grow up it's just that when you're a kid basically every adult has that authority position. so it's just expected that there's nothing you can do. i mean unless you decide to be the karmic force of justice in your own life by being the most stubborn bitch of a child to walk the earth. not that i would know anything about that cough

uh anyway. the thing is the thing btwn you and kamado isn't about about child vs adult. you're more or less considered an adult yourself by jubilife, albeit a rather young and more importantly low ranking one. like we've said (a million times already lol) kamado's not doing it just to grasp at a sense of control, he's reacting to what he perceives as a very real threat to his village (and also because the writers clocked him in the face with the idiot ball for plot advancement reasons lbr).

and the thing is kamado DOES, kind of, face consequences and own up to his mistakes by the end of the game. also after the red sky event he's like, REALLY nice to you lol. not just briefly either! imo you can tell that he sincerely respects you and regrets his actions in the red sky. go look at his late game quotes-

"Perhaps you are a divine being yourself, sent to bring us gifts from above... "I know I've no right to say this... But we are truly fortunate to have been able to count you among the Survey Corps' ranks. If you had not joined us, we would have fallen on Mount Coronet. We would have lost our home. We would have lost our future." "I'm grateful to you for showing me what a heartening presence Pokémon can be. We must spar again sometime!" "<player>, forgive me for taking so much of your time [telling you about the Galaxy name.] Please accept this as a sort of apology."

like he's trying to make up for the way they were treated earlier and give them the proper treatment they're owed for all their help.

idk i don't have a good way to conclude this i guess. i just think he's a cool character

#the nemesis speaks #the nemesis answers #trudivination #pla analysis #i should really be tagging these kamado posts #but with what ugh #kamado apologist hours #that's what i tagged a previous one with i think. sure good nuff #i say the idiot ball thing bc like #kamado's PERCEPTION was semi reasonable but his ACTIONS kind of weren't #but it's also kind of unreasonable for such a seemingly competent person to get that straw-graspy that fast #like they purely did his character dirty bc it was the easiest way to get you to follow volo to cogita's house #imo at least. you (general you) may disagree. there's space to make an argument there

[standupcomedyhistorian]

Hey, everyone!

Welcome back to New Zealand Comedy Month.

This week's article on my site is tangentially related to Kiwi humor with one big exception: Bo Burnham performed with both Taika Waititi AND Rhys Darby in 2017! 🤯

That's right, Bo was an unannounced guest for Rhys Darby's Saying Funny Things Society on February 15, 2017, along with Taika and Jerrod Carmichael. What a lineup!

My article also goes into all of Bo's appearances at the Largo post-Make Happy (well, as many as I could find online at least), but seriously...that had to have been an incredible night for international comedy fans!

Enjoy reading about Bo's Largo shows, and stay tuned for more New Zealand Comedy fun! ✌🏼🐔

#bo burnham #the largo #the largo at the coronet #los angeles #comedy club #comedy venue #rhys darby #taika waititi #our flag means death #ofmd #ofmd season 2 #bo's live performances post-Make Happy are few but important imo #and I tried to list all that I could find #but if I'm missing any please let me know #standupcomedyhistorian

[cryptidcola]

Volo Voice Headcanons

Prefacing this with the fact that I am no writer; This was born of late night/early morning rambling with @shmothman <3

It’s too high, but not particularly deep either.

But gets higher when he’s emotional (both positive and negative emotions).

Very theatrical for the lack of a better term. Volo articulates like he’s performing— especially when he’s sharing information about ancient Hisuian lore or monologuing about deicide; But this comes across in normal conversation with him, too.

That being said, he drops the theatrics as soon as he’s feeling vulnerable.

Can be unintentionally loud, particularly when he’s excited about something. You’ll be holding a conversation with him in a quiet room and he won’t even realize he’s almost shouting.

His voice cracks when he’s really excited. The line right after Cogita reveals she’s had one of the plates this whole time? (“THAT’S ONE OF THE PLATES WE WERE LOOKING FOR!”) Absolutely cracks during that one.

Back to him being a Theater Kid— he definitely rehearsed a lot of the confrontation on Mt. Coronet in the days leading up to it. He was particularly proud of his little monologue at the beginning; Admittedly he did get a little carried away though… some of the more inflammatory lines toward the main character weren’t planned.

His voice gets really high and shrill during the final battle— especially once he realizes he’s losing.

Except for “Giratina, strike them down!!”… which he nearly growls.

Cringe underneath the cut fr I’m baring my whole ass here

Ok listen: I really, really wanted to stop myself from comparing his voice to Tom Hiddleston as Loki but. What can I say. That’s my voice kink origin story and in Thor 1 specifically his voice does a lot of the same things I imagine Volo’s doing— the scene where he finds out he’s adopted is a good example.

That is all thank you <3

#pokemon #volo #pokemon legends arceus #volo pokemon #pokemon volo #bri.txt #bri writes

[byneddiedingo]

Maggie Smith and Michael Palin in A Private Function (Malcolm Mowbray, 1984)

Cast: Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott, Richard Griffiths, Tony Haygarth, John Northington, Bill Paterson, Liz Smith, Alison Steadman, Jim Carter, Pete Postlethwaite. Screenplay: Alan Bennett, Malcolm Mowbray. Cinematography: Tony Pierce-Roberts. Production design: Stuart Walker. Film editing: Barrie Vince. Music: John Du Prez. 

A Private Function begins with Joyce Chilvers (Maggie Smith) and her mother (Liz Smith) entering a darkened movie theater where a newsreel is playing. We watch the newsreel, about meat rationing in postwar Britain, as the two women make their way to their seats, with Joyce scolding her mum for not finding a seat of her own. Then the lights come up and the theater organ rises from the pit. Joyce is playing the organ with her mother awkwardly sharing the bench with her. It's a nifty way to introduce not only two of the movie's key characters but also the era in which the film is set and the core of the plot. The newsreel also includes footage of the preparations for the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Sir Philip Mountbatten, so we know that we're in November of 1947. The setting is a town in Northern England where the local dignitaries, led by the irascible, snobbish Dr. Swaby (Denholm Elliott, are preparing for a private function, a banquet, to celebrate the marriage of the future queen and prince consort. But how do you put on a banquet when everything, especially meat, is strictly rationed, and a diligent civil servant named Wormold (Bill Paterson) is enforcing the consumption laws with an iron hand? The banquet planners have found a way: They're raising an illegal pig. Eventually, Joyce and her meek chiropodist husband, Gilbert (Michael Palin), will get involved, especially after the would-be social climbing Joyce is not only frustrated by her inability to get around the rationing laws, but is also piqued by not being invited to the banquet. The only solution, it seems, is for Gilbert to commit pignapping and to hide the purloined swine in their home. The rest is farce in the manner of the British comedies made in the late 1940s and early 1950s, e.g., Kind Hearts and Coronets (Robert Hamer, 1949), The Lavender Hill Mob (Charles Crichton, 1951), and The Ladykillers (Alexander Mackendrick, 1955). It's raunchier and a good deal more scatalogical than those classic films, and it's sometimes edited a little choppily -- there are jump cuts where none are needed -- but it earns the comparison on the strength of fine comic performances by Maggie Smith, Palin, Elliott, and especially Liz Smith as the endearingly dotty Mother. ("She's 74," Joyce often interjects to excuse, explain, and even praise her parent's behavior.) 

#A Private Function #Malcolm Mowbray #Maggie Smith #Michael Palin

[jimhair]

I use a 1965 Veriwide 100 with infrared film to get a different view of the world, and including the sun in the frame often creates ring flares. In this image of the St. Johns Bridge there are people in the middle lower part, and with the concern about Alien Balloons overhead, it reminds me of the science fiction films we’d see on Saturday afternoons at the Coronet Theater in Ocean Beach when I was a kid. Humans Scurrying Away, Portland, February 2023 🇺🇦💔🌎💔🌏💔🌍💔🇺🇦 #earth #america #human #family #mediumformat #film #camera #people #photo #photographer #photography #photojournalism #photooftheday #photos #photoshoot #portland #portrait #black #white #blackandwhite #blancoynegro #bnw #fashion #history #ilford #oregon #pdx #infrared #street #streetphotography 23021007 Rollei Retro 400s 1965 Veriwide https://www.instagram.com/p/Conf6Ffy89r/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#earth #america #human #family #mediumformat #film #camera #people #photo #photographer #photography #photojournalism #photooftheday #photos #photoshoot #portland #portrait #black #white #blackandwhite #blancoynegro #bnw #fashion #history #ilford #oregon #pdx #infrared #street #streetphotography

[asses-to-ashes]

You know what, fuck you. Here's some Akatsukishipping headcanons.

This is more based on the games and some manga canon.

tw age gap ship

- After team galactic disbands, Cyrus and Dawn talk about the battle at mount coronet. This is not too long after; Cyrus is still recovering from his injuries. He's become, essentially, Cynthia's responsibility. A long conversation in a hospital room with a window facing the mountain. Cyrus is distant and visibly troubled, but trying to get him to talk was like talking to a brick wall.

- It takes Cyrus months to open up to Dawn. He's used to shoving away emotions; attachment is a weakness. Dawn recognizes this comes from childhood and remains patient, while Cynthia is content to let him wallow in emptiness. He had a particular, strange fondness for the girl despite doing everything in his power to push her away.

- Dawn doesn't know why she spends so much energy for Cyrus, when he doesn't show any signs of enjoying her company. She has a feeling during their conversations, though, that he's holding back. There's another side to him that's been battered and locked away for decades.

- Lots of their time spent together in the beginning was spent in silence, or Dawn trying to get the dispondent man to respond to something. She goes on and on about Pokemon, the weather, dancing, and everything on her mind. She enjoys having someone to talk to who isn't keen on criticizing. Their connection starts small, Cyrus bringing up his views on the world, sharing glimpses into memories and desires and dreams. At first, he feels uncomfortable and alien doing this. Talking to someone, sharing his emotions, giving up control of himself. What he gets in return is enticing: affection and understanding from Dawn. He's never had someone care for him like this.

- Dawn shows him a side of the world he's never known. Cyrus had a habit of alienating himself so intensely that people thought he just liked to be alone. She would go with him to libraries, battle cafes, movie theaters, all the places that Cyrus had considered frivolous and beneath him. Dawn shows him joy in little things and engages him socially (think "ERM HE ASKED FOR NO PICKLES"while he's like 🤕)

- Cyrus' pokemon ADORE Dawn, much to his chagrin. Dawn loves pokemon, and insists that Cyrus take them out of their pokeballs and spend quality time with them. In the park, making poffins, swimming together, etc. She's even convinced him to compete in a pokemon beauty show with his Crobat once. I think he'd wear a stupid little outfit picked out by her.

- Over those few months they spend more intimate moments talking together and sharing their troubles under the stars. Those conversations are fleeting and far between. The more time they spend together, the more their feelings grow. Cyrus has an "oh shit I hate feelings, actually!" moment and gets distressed.

- He grows desperate one evening and stops referring to her by name. He tries pushing her away with verbal aggression but Dawn sees through it. Once again she shows him tenderness that makes his resolve buckle. He opens up about this internal battle against emotions, his feeling inadequate, etc. In turn, Dawn opens up about her social insecurities and troubles with her parents. They're both neurodivergent in different ways and they both feel alienated from everyone else. This is a turning point in their relationship.

- As Cyrus' personality emerges, Dawn begins to fall for the person that's been hidden away inside of him. He shows little gestures of kindness that caught her off guard, inviting her to read with him, doing her hair, making her favorite foods, etc. These were things a year ago he would never have dreamed doing for anyone. He starts choosing to be close to her, making decisions about where to go, slowly softening his wall of indifference.

- Dawn finds herself daydreaming about him, and these feelings are confusing. He's older, and she hated him not too long ago. She writes about it in her diary and decides to just, ignore it if she can. However, when they spend time together it's tough to ignore. Her heart flutters when she makes eye contact, and she's started wanting to be closer and closer. She grapples with these feelings and eventually confides in Barry, who is disapproving and a bit disturbed.

- The way Cyrus views her is almost reverent. Dawn has become more than just his friend, but his symbol of hope and vision of beauty. He goes from "I don't care if you live or die" to "if anything happens to you I'd kill everyone and then myself." When he realizes he feels more than just platonic love, he feels disgusted and guilty. His first crush in 20 years is a teenage girl. He shoves his feelings for Dawn away, terrified of hurting her or what she might think of him. After all, where would he be now without her?

- They have this awkward phase of mutual pining and awkwardness. The energy changed when they would hang out. In the movies, they'd either avoid eye contact or linger on it too long. When they'd eat together, Dawn would sit closer to him and he would get flustered. They would make each other increasingly heartfelt gifts: Dawn is an amateur artist and she draws him pictures. Cyrus has gotten into photography, and he takes pictures of funny shaped clouds for her.

- Because of the age gap they both don't discuss these feelings. But in the spur of the moment during one of their stargazing sessions I bet Dawn would initiate the first kiss. They both go red and stare at each other like 😳 did that really just happen? They both smile and it's an immediate relief that the other feels the same way.

#akatsukishipping #my ships #headcanons #tw age gap #proship #proshippers please interact #antis dni

[somervillesongwriters]

Interview with upcoming artist (April): Adam Rothberg

Your songs span many topics and even styles; how does a song tend to start for you?

I wish I could say there was a tried and true path. I often let myself ruminate on lyrical and sometimes unwieldy thematic ideas for months before chucking them all in the trash, just to be surprised by inspiration that pops up after listening to a random song I've known for years, and deciding I want to do something like that. There are so many great songwriters out there. Perhaps that is why my own songs, as you point out, 'span so many topics and styles'.

You play about a gazillion different instruments; how did you learn to play? What was your first instrument? What's your favorite?

I grew up in a very musical family, where there was always music around me. My father loved classical and film music and he played flute and trumpet in college. My mother plays guitar and piano, and my step father plays guitar, autoharp, and mandolin. And then there was our massive record collection including folk, rock, funk, classical, ragtime, bluegrass, you name it. And as a kid I was dragged along to concerts, festivals, jams, song-swaps, and music parties that would last long into the night. We also had an enormous hard cover book filled with musical instruments of the world. I loved that book! All of which is just to say I was absolutely steeped in music.

The first instrument I studied was piano. I didn't get very far with traditional lessons though. My teacher wasn't very interested in encouraging my love of the Beatles' music. And I had little patience for Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Next came 4th grade, and a year of screechy violin lessons.

Guitars and pianos are instruments of instant gratification for me: pluck a string or depress a key and you're off. They are really great songwriting tools for that reason. So I have a lot of affection for them. But I love musical instruments: organs and synthesizers, drums and percussion of all kinds, sitars, mandolins, saxophones, trumpets, coronets, clarinets, oboes, bass, banjos, accordions. There are so many amazing instruments.

Among your skills and jobs is audio engineering. What's your favorite aspect of engineering/producing? How did the pandemic affect that work?  

The art of the album is really what draws me to production and engineering. I'm interested in telling a story, in painting a picture, in finding the texture, composition, and dynamic songs are calling for. Each instrument is a character. Each song is movement or an act in that story. And the order of it all will make sense in the end. I deeply enjoy working with other songwriters to bring to life and flesh out their songs.

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a state changer for me, and I know I'm not alone in that regard. It is a complex topic for sure. I still haven't figured out exactly how to exist comfortably in this new norm. Before the pandemic I was touring mid-size clubs and small theaters around the east coast and midwest, with a Linda Ronstadt tribute band, in which I played keyboards, acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, and sang harmonies. Musically, it was fantastic. But COVID-19 has robbed me and so many other musicians of any sense of safety we had in that kind of lifestyle and career. I am much less willing to perform in a room full of people. That said, the recording studio offers a much more controlled environment.

Adam will be playing on Saturday, April 1st, 7:30 p.m., in the Somerville Songwriter Sessions, along with Phil Berman of Phil and the Flying Leap and host Sam Bayer at the Somerville Armory Cafe, 191 Highland Ave, Somerville MA. (Great music, great food, free parking.) $15 suggested donation. Questions? [email protected]

#songwriting #somerville #livemusic #somervillearmory #songwriters #songwriter #somervillema #somervillesongwriters #music #somervillesongwritersessions

[oldshowbiz]

The Coronet Theater at Yonge and Gerrard

#Toronto #Yonge Street #ontario #canada #grindhouse #theater #theaters

[virtualmiraclefire]

Toby portraying Ezra Pound in Dead Poets Live at the Coronet Theater.

#ezra pound #tobyregbo #toby regbo #the last kingdom #aethelred #a discovery of witches #jack blackfriars #francis valois #francis de valois #dead poets live

[pashterlengkap]

“Mean, old & gay” Ellen DeGeneres is still bitter years after ending her show

Former daytime talk show host Ellen DeGeneres stepped out of self-imposed exile this week with the first stop on a promised summer-long stand-up comedy tour — and she’s still whining. “Oh yeah, I got kicked out of show business,” DeGeneres complained sarcastically from the stage at West Hollywood’s Largo at the Coronet Theater, according to Rolling Stone. “There’s no mean people in show business,” she continued. “I became this one-dimensional character who gave stuff away and danced up steps. Do you know how hard it is to dance up steps? Would a mean person dance up steps? Had I ended my show by saying, ‘Go f**k yourself,’ people would’ve been pleasantly surprised.” DeGeneres, 66, is still sore two years after her popular talk show cratered amid accusations of rampant racism, sexual misconduct, and intimidation at the hands of executive producers. Three top EPs were fired. DeGeneres issued a poorly received on-air apology, but the damage was already done. Production company Telepictures pulled the plug after a 19-season run that ended in May 2022. “I used to say that I didn’t care what other people thought of me,” DeGeneres said. But then she realized, “I said that at the height of my popularity.” “It is such a waste of time to worry about what other people think,” she added. Forbes estimated the former talk show host’s worth at $370 million in 2020. “For those of you keeping score, this is the second time I’ve been kicked out of show business,” DeGeneres said. Her groundbreaking 90s sitcom Ellen was canceled not long after she came out as gay. “Eventually, they’re going to kick me out for a third time because I’m mean, old, and gay,” DeGeneres droned on, sounding old, mean, and gay. “It’s been such a toll on my ego and my self-esteem.” “There’s such extremes in this business,” she reminded her audience of hardcore fans. “People either love you and idolize you or they hate you, and those people somehow are louder.” The kvetching continued in a post-set chat onstage, where the people who love and idolize her got to ask questions. “It was so hurtful. I couldn’t gain perspective. I couldn’t do anything to make myself understand that it wasn’t personal,” DeGeneres moaned. “I just thought, ‘Well, this is not the way I wanted to end my career, but this is the way it’s ending.’” http://dlvr.it/T657lY

[citizenscreen]

55 years ago today: Mike Nichols’ THE GRADUATE opened at two theaters in New York: the Coronet on Third Avenue and the Lincoln Art Theater on Broadway. #OnThisDay

#the graduate #dustin hoffman #anne bancroft

[jm-bernard]

16/17 of May - London - THe Coronet theater

#concerts #jeanmichelbernard #filmmusiccomposer #piano #news