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Justin Smith is presently filling the shoes of Australia's 21st Prime Minister, Edward Gough Whitlam, in Squabbalogic's world premiere production of 'The Dismissal'. He will appear in three upcoming series' premiering in 2023: The Messenger for the ABC based on Marcus Zusak's bestselling novel, and Last Days of the Space Age and The Artful Dodger, both for Disney+. He most recently featured in the smash hit Netflix reboot of Heartbreak High. Elsewhere on the small screen he appeared in the latest season of Foxtel's hit drama Wentworth and in the hit Channel Seven series RFDS. Prior to that he starred in both seasons of major Foxtel's series Secret City alongside Anna Torv and Jacki Weaver. He also returned in the second season of the award-winning ABC comedy The Letdown. Both seasons have aired on Netflix around the world. Previously, Justin played Glen McNamara in the Seven Network drama Blue Murder: Killer Cop opposite Richard Roxburgh. Other notable television credits include playing Damon in the first season of Stan's brilliant comedy The Other Guy, the role of Lester Lawrence alongside Sam Worthington and Hugh Dancy in Foxtel's Deadline Gallipoli, Underbelly: Badness, The Straits and Bastard Boys, for which he was nominated for an AFI Award for Best Supporting Actor.Justin's feature film credits include the forthcoming Sony feature Carmen starring Paul Mescal, the award winning Australian film Babyteeth, Disney's hit film Pirates of The Caribbean: Dead Man Tell No Tales starring Johnny Depp. Fred Schepisi's The Eye of the Storm, Around the Block, Sleeping Beauty, Burning Man, Being Venice and Angst. Justin has starred in numerous stage productions. Most recently Into The Woods at Belvoir, Dubbo Championship Wrestling at Hayes Theatre Co, and Wudjang Not The Past for Bangarra. Other theatre credits include as Billy's Dad, Jackie Elliot, in Billy Elliot The Musical, Small Mouth Sounds for Darlinghurst Theatre Company, Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam at the National Theatre of Parramatta, The Long Forgotten Dream, directed by Neil Armfield for Sydney Theatre Company, A Strategic Plan for Griffin Theatre Company, and A Flea in Her Ear and Arcadia for the Sydney Theatre Company. Justin has appeared in many notable productions for Belvoir, Bell Shakespeare, Griffin and the STC.Justin made his professional debut in the 1992 Australian production of Jesus Christ Superstar alongside John Farnham and Kate Ceberano. In 1998 he played the role of Mark in the original Australian cast of Rent the Musical. He was later to play the role of Tony Elliot in the original Australian production of Billy Elliot.The STAGES podcast is available to access and subscribe from Spotify and Apple podcasts. Or from wherever you access your favourite podcasts. A conversation with creatives about craft and career. Follow socials on instagram (stagespodcast) and facebook (Stages).www.stagespodcast.com.au
Nick Schlieper has designed lighting for all of the major performing companies in Australia and works regularly in Europe and the U.S.Recent engagements include Nick's debut at, and return to, the prestigious Salzburg Festival, designing the lighting for Aribert Reiman's Lear in the Felsen Reitschule, and for Cherubini's Medeé; as well as Mosquitos, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Real Thing, Still Point Turning, Harp in the South, A Cheery Soul, The Resistable Rise of Arturo UI, Chimerica, Three Sisters, All My Sons, Speed the Plow, A Flea in Her Ear and Switzerland for Sydney Theatre Company; Macbeth, Twelfth Night and Photograph 51 (also set design) for Melbourne Theatre Company; Packer and Sons, Ghosts and Twelfth Nightfor Company B Belvoir.Nick also returned to the National Theatre of Norway for Private Confessions, directed by Liv Ullman, and to New Zealand Opera for The Elixir of Love. He also lit Sydney Theatre Company's revival of The Present with Cate Blanchett on Broadway, and The Space Between the Notes (Emma Matthews' one woman show).Nick's work in Music Theatre includes First Wives Club The Musical at the Oriental Theatre, Chicago, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, The Musical in Australia, New York, Toronto, London, Sao Paolo and throughout Europe; Love Never Dies in Hamburg, Tokyo, Sydney and Melbourne for The Really Useful Company.His extensive work in opera in Australia includes Don Giovanni, Nabucco, Tannhäuser, Il Trovatore, L'elisir d'amore, Andrea Chenier, Freischütz, Falstaff and Seraglio for Opera Australia; Salome (and set design) and Parsifal for State Opera of South Australia; Flying Dutchman, Don Giovanni, and Ken Russell's Madam Butterfly for Victorian State Opera; Macbeth (and set design) for Opera New Zealand and Don Giovanni (and set design) for Opera Queensland. He was also lighting and associate set designer of the first Australian production of Wagner's Ring Cycle in Adelaide in 2004.Nick has also designed lighting for Scheherazade for the Australian Ballet, the acclaimed Cinderella for Royal New Zealand Ballet, and several pieces for Bangarra Dance Company, including Bush, Bennelong and Patyegarang.The year commences for Nick with lighting designs for productions of Wudjang: Not the Past (Bangarra Dance), North By Northwest (Kay & McLean Productions) and The Phantom of the Opera (Opera Australia) on Sydney Harbour. With such a full schedule it was a treat for STAGES to examine the art of Lighting Design with one of the country's most prolific and eloquent artists; Nick Schlieper.The STAGES podcast is available to access and subscribe from Whooshkaa, Spotify and Apple podcasts. Or from wherever you access your favourite podcasts. A conversation with creatives about craft and career. Recipient of Best New Podcast at 2019 Australian Podcast Awards. Follow socials on instagram (stagespodcast) and facebook (Stages).www.stagespodcast.com.au
What to know if you want to be an independent filmmaker. C.J. began his career in the entertainment business while in the U.S. Navy, having been discovered by a casting director while stationed in Miami, FL in the mid-1980s. From there, he began appearing in commercials, on television, and in print. Upon his return to Chicago, he re-started his theatrical career, performing with a variety of companies. The culmination of his theater work was when he established Theatre-on-the-Hill in Bolingbrook, Illinois as a premium destination for actors who wanted to perform in rarely staged productions, such as Stephen Adly Guirgis' "The Last Days of Judas Iscariot" and "Den of Thieves", "A Flea in Her Ear!", "God of Carnage", "End Days", and the world premiere of the musical "Zenobia", written by Lorrisa Julianus. During his tenure as President and Artistic Director at Theatre-on-the-Hill, he wrote, produced, and directed numerous corporate videos and movie shorts, skills that have translated directly to producing and directing features.
In this episode: Flamingos talk about their week. Kanzi talks about Mars. International: Childish Gambino deal, & LeBron's tweet about making an album. Music from CJ, Jim Jones & Kelly Rowland YAD talks about the question they shared on IG and goes for a special request. Local: Flamingos talk about the comeback of "Last Seen Live". Flamingos Picks: YAD l Sizer "Lovely feat. Rknddn". Kanzi l Groovy Naj "For a Minute". Awab l Adam Nabeel "Devil in Her Ear"
Anthony Crivello won a 1993 Tony Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical as the original Valentin in Hal Prince’s Kiss of the Spiderwoman at the Broadhurst Theater. During the show’s pre-Broadway run, Mr. Crivello also received the Canadian stage honor of a 1992 Dora Mavor Moore Nomination. He received a second Dora Mavor Moore Nomination in 1997 for the pre-Broadway production of Jane Eyre at the Royal Alexander Theater in Toronto. Mr. Crivello won the 1996 Joseph Jefferson Award as the Best Leading Actor in a Musical, for the pre-Broadway production of The House of Martin Guerre at the Tony Award winning Goodman Theater in Chicago directed by David Petrarca. Mr. Crivello received his second Joseph Jefferson Nomination in 2005 for his “comic perfection” on stage in the David Ives interpretation of the farce A Flea in Her Ear at the Tony Award winning Chicago Shakespeare Theater, directed by Gary Griffin. He won the 1985 Carbonell Award for Best Supporting Actor in the Broadway Musical The News. https://fundraise.projectals.org/campaign/prosetin-2020
Janet CarrollCreative Free WheelerJanet is a long time Chilliwack resident and retired employee of the Chilliwack School District #33. She's spent years in the Human Resources sector with SD33, and to get away from it all she would throw herself in creative endeavours like painting, acting, making jewelry and walking her dogs.She's been heavily involved in the Chilliwack Players Guild and has an upcoming show she's directing "A Flea in Her Ear" starting November 16th at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre. Get tickets here.Visit Janet's Jewelry Page:Green Pear Designs FB Page
Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2017 production of A Flea in Her Ear by Georges Feydeau with this enlightening conversation with actors David Daniel, who plays Victor, and Kelsey Brennan, who plays Raymonde. Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play, and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.
Designer Gabriela Tylesova joins STC's Jono Perry to discuss the set and costumes for A Flea in Her Ear. They talk about the complex set, which includes three concentric revolving parts, its Art Nouveau influences and much more… https://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/flea Seeing the show? Let us know your thoughts. Tag @sydneytheatreco and #STCFlea Producer Carl Nilsson-Polias Recording Engineer Ben Lightowlers Composer Max Lyandvert
From the Best of State of the Arts (Originally broadcast May 30, 2011) Sterling recounts for Stroili a colorful cast of characters, though not from any play. Funny man Christopher Meehan (TV’s Last Comic Standing) talks about the opening of his upcoming, self-penned play If Church Walls Could Talk... An Evening of Catholic Comedy at the Miles Theatre in Santa Monica, CA. Just Imagine, starring Tim Piper as John Lennon at the Hayworth Theatre in West Los Angeles, and 100 Saints You Should Know at Hollywood’s Elephant Theatre Company highlight the Live Arts Calendar. Daytime television star Marie Wilson (As the World Turns and Port Charles) is interviewed about her upcoming, co-starring role in A Flea in Her Ear at the Edgemar Center for the Arts in Santa Monica, CA. Wilson and Meehan exchange most embarrassing on stage moments. Sponsored by Breakdown Services (http://www.breakdownexpress.com/)
From the Best of State of the Arts (Originally broadcast May 23, 2011) - Something’s rotten in Denmark! Sterling and Stroili discuss a seasonal mystery scent emanating from the back seat of Paul’s Camry. Distinguished Broadway, film and television star Alan Blumenfeld (NBC’s hit series Heroes) talks about his association with the prestigious Theatricum Botanicum in Topanga Canyon, CA. Fernando Richardson’s Treacherous Brain at Hollywood’s Openfist Theatre, and Kritzerland Record’s Salute to the Music of Cy Coleman at the Gardenia Restaurant in Hollywood… highlight this week’s Live Arts Calendar. Doug Kaback (Director/Actor/Playwright and Professor of Theatre at Cal State University at Northridge, CA) discusses directing the classic farce A Flea in Her Ear at the Edgemar Center for the Arts in Santa Monica, CA. Blumenfeld and Kaback relive their worst moments in theatre. Sponsored by Breakdown Services (http://www.breakdownexpress.com/)
Sterling recounts for Stroili a colorful cast of characters, though not from any play. Funny man Christopher Meehan (TV???s Last Comic Standing) talks about the opening of his upcoming, self-penned play If Church Walls Could Talk... An Evening of Catholic Comedy at the Miles Theatre in Santa Monica, CA. Just Imagine, starring Tim Piper as John Lennon at the Hayworth Theatre in West Los Angeles, and 100 Saints You Should Know at Hollywood???s Elephant Theatre Company highlight the Live Arts Calendar. Daytime television star Marie Wilson (As the World Turns and Port Charles) is interviewed about her upcoming, co-starring role in A Flea in Her Ear at the Edgemar Center for the Arts in Santa Monica, CA. Wilson and Meehan exchange most embarrassing on stage moments. Sponsored by Breakdown Services (http://www.breakdownexpress.com/)
Something???s rotten in Denmark! Sterling and Stroili discuss a seasonal mystery scent emanating from the back seat of Paul???s Camry. Distinguished Broadway, film and television star Alan Blumenfeld (NBC???s hit series Heroes) talks about his association with the prestigious Theatricum Botanicum in Topanga Canyon, CA. Fernando Richardson???s Treacherous Brain at Hollywood???s Openfist Theatre, and Kritzerland Record???s Salute to the Music of Cy Coleman at the Gardenia Restaurant in Hollywood... highlight this week???s Live Arts Calendar. Doug Kaback (Director/Actor/Playwright and Professor of Theatre at Cal State University at Northridge, CA) discusses directing the classic farce A Flea in Her Ear at the Edgemar Center for the Arts in Santa Monica, CA. Blumenfeld and Kaback relive their worst moments in theatre. Sponsored by Breakdown Services (http://www.breakdownexpress.com/)