Tuesday, September 29, 2009
CRAIG POMRANZ TO APPEAR IN ANY WEDNESDAY OCT 14TH!
CRAIG POMRANZ TO APPEAR IN ANY WEDNESDAY SERIES OCTOBER 14
BARNES AND NOBLE, LINCOLN TRIANGLE.
New York- September 28 - Barnes and Noble’s Lincoln Triangle Location welcomes Craig Pomranz, “One of New York's most critically-acclaimed saloon singers,” (New York Magazine) to their Any Wednesday series on October 14. Fresh from his successful run at The Metropolitan Room in September, Pomranz will perform a 6:00pm concert with music from his hot-off-the-presses new CD, MORE THAN A SEASONAL THING, along with other music from the singer’s distinctive repertoire. MORE THAN A SEASONAL THING, as well as Pomranz’s debut recording, MY HEART DON’T SKIP A BEAT, will be available for sale. A CD signing follows the show. Pomranz makes the stop at Barnes and Noble’s popular series before heading west to Los Angeles, and Midwest to Chicago for engagements at The Gardenia and Davenport’s in October and December.
For more info go to craigpomranz.com
BARNES AND NOBLE, LINCOLN TRIANGLE.
New York- September 28 - Barnes and Noble’s Lincoln Triangle Location welcomes Craig Pomranz, “One of New York's most critically-acclaimed saloon singers,” (New York Magazine) to their Any Wednesday series on October 14. Fresh from his successful run at The Metropolitan Room in September, Pomranz will perform a 6:00pm concert with music from his hot-off-the-presses new CD, MORE THAN A SEASONAL THING, along with other music from the singer’s distinctive repertoire. MORE THAN A SEASONAL THING, as well as Pomranz’s debut recording, MY HEART DON’T SKIP A BEAT, will be available for sale. A CD signing follows the show. Pomranz makes the stop at Barnes and Noble’s popular series before heading west to Los Angeles, and Midwest to Chicago for engagements at The Gardenia and Davenport’s in October and December.
For more info go to craigpomranz.com
Sunday, September 27, 2009
UPDATE IN THE VIDEO BLOG!
http://corinescorner.com/blogvideo/2009/09/edison-ballroom-with-joe-battaglia-big.html
Saturday, September 26, 2009
LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE- RED CARPET VIDEO!
LITTLE HOUSE ON THE RED CARPET!!!!!!!
VIDEO BY CORINE COHEN.
PHOTOS BY MARYANN LOPINTO.
Friday, September 25, 2009
Advertise and help your business.
Hi,
Are you a restaurant, cabaret performer, club? Why not advertise on http://www.corinescorner.com! The rates are very affordable and you can reach affluent, educated and upscale readers for very little cost.
Contact Corine Cohen at corinescorner.com@gmail.com.
I have between 500-1000 visitors a day and all of them are upscale and affluent and are looking for my opinions on where to dine and what to see!
Ads start at $100 a week.
Corine
Are you a restaurant, cabaret performer, club? Why not advertise on http://www.corinescorner.com! The rates are very affordable and you can reach affluent, educated and upscale readers for very little cost.
Contact Corine Cohen at corinescorner.com@gmail.com.
I have between 500-1000 visitors a day and all of them are upscale and affluent and are looking for my opinions on where to dine and what to see!
Ads start at $100 a week.
Corine
NEW FEATURE! JASON GRAAE MAGICALLY DELISH!
http://corinescorner.com/blogvideo/2009/09/jason-graae-magically-delicious.html
Thursday, September 24th @ 7:30
Friday, September 25th @ 7:30
Saturday, September 26th @ 7:30
Friday, October 2nd @ 7:30
Saturday, October 3rd @ 7:30
Sunday, October 4th @ 9:30
25.00 Cover + 2 Beverage Minimum
You can see him at the Metropolitan Room and it is a must see for anyone who loves to laugh.
Jason is a Corine's favorite! He is worth his weight in LUCKY CHARMS.... MAGICALLY DELICIOUS! Corine Cohen raves about Jason Graae!
Thursday, September 24th @ 7:30
Friday, September 25th @ 7:30
Saturday, September 26th @ 7:30
Friday, October 2nd @ 7:30
Saturday, October 3rd @ 7:30
Sunday, October 4th @ 9:30
25.00 Cover + 2 Beverage Minimum
You can see him at the Metropolitan Room and it is a must see for anyone who loves to laugh.
Jason is a Corine's favorite! He is worth his weight in LUCKY CHARMS.... MAGICALLY DELICIOUS! Corine Cohen raves about Jason Graae!
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
BACK2BROADAY WED SEPT 23. FREE EVENT.
BACK2BROADWAY ON WEDNESDAY September 23rd STAR CHATS Making of the New Season: Spotlight on the Plays!
Featuring the following Playwrights and Directors:
Mark Brokaw Keith Huff Tracy Letts Sara Ruhl
(September 22, 2009 – New York, NY) September Back2Broadway Month continues with the next Star Chats: where Broadway stars and insiders reveal what happens on stage and behind the scenes. Making of the New Season: Spotlight on the Plays is comprised of Mark Brokaw, director (After Miss Julie), Keith Huff, playwright (A Steady Rain), Tracy Letts, playwright (Superior Donuts), Sara Ruhl, playwright (In the Next Room, or the vibrator play), moderated by NY1 News’ Patrick Pacheco.
As with other weekly FREE EVENTS including Broadway Karaoke, Broadway Dance Studio, Theater Tours, and more, the Star Chats panels are a celebration of the new Broadway season.
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 Location: Sardi’s, 4th floor, 234 West 44th St. (between 7th and 8th avenues)
5:30pm – 6:30pm RSVP: www.ILoveNYTheatre.com
Featuring the following Playwrights and Directors:
Mark Brokaw Keith Huff Tracy Letts Sara Ruhl
(September 22, 2009 – New York, NY) September Back2Broadway Month continues with the next Star Chats: where Broadway stars and insiders reveal what happens on stage and behind the scenes. Making of the New Season: Spotlight on the Plays is comprised of Mark Brokaw, director (After Miss Julie), Keith Huff, playwright (A Steady Rain), Tracy Letts, playwright (Superior Donuts), Sara Ruhl, playwright (In the Next Room, or the vibrator play), moderated by NY1 News’ Patrick Pacheco.
As with other weekly FREE EVENTS including Broadway Karaoke, Broadway Dance Studio, Theater Tours, and more, the Star Chats panels are a celebration of the new Broadway season.
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 Location: Sardi’s, 4th floor, 234 West 44th St. (between 7th and 8th avenues)
5:30pm – 6:30pm RSVP: www.ILoveNYTheatre.com
BROADWAY LEADING LADIES! FREE EVENT!
BACK2BROADWAY ON WEDNESDAY September 30th Star Chats: BROADWAY LEADING LADIES!
Laura Benanti Sutton Foster Beth Leavel Bebe Neuwirth Alice Ripley
To be taped with live audience as opening program of American Theatre Wing’s 31st season of "Working in the Theatre"
(September 22, 2009 – New York, NY) September Back2Broadway Month continues with the next Star Chats: where Broadway stars and insiders reveal what happens on stage and behind the scenes. “Leading Ladies” is comprised of five TONY AWARD - WINNING ACTRESSES who are in current or upcoming shows! Laura Benanti (In the Next Room, or the vibrator play); Sutton Foster (Shrek the Musical), Beth Leavel (Mamma Mia!), Bebe Neuwirth (The Addams Family), Alice Ripley (Next to Normal) and moderated by the American Theatre Wing’s Howard Sherman.
As with other weekly FREE EVENTS including Broadway Karaoke, Broadway Dance Studio, Theater Tours, and more, the Star Chats panels are a celebration of the new Broadway season.
Date:
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 Location: TheTimesCenter, 242 West 41st Street (between 7th + 8th avenues) Time: Program will begin promptly at 5:30pm – 6:30pm. (Due to the taping, latecomers will be seated at discretion of management) RSVP: www.ILoveNYTheater.com
The Star Chats: Leading Ladies will be broadcast as the opening program of American Theatre Wing’s 31st season of "Working in the Theatre."
It will be the first time in three years that American Theatre Wing’s “Working in the Theatre” will be taped with a live audience, as a direct result of working with the League as part of the Back2Broadway program.
All programs and participants subject to change.
More information as well as all Back2Broadway events can be found at www.ILoveNYTheatre.com.
Laura Benanti Sutton Foster Beth Leavel Bebe Neuwirth Alice Ripley
To be taped with live audience as opening program of American Theatre Wing’s 31st season of "Working in the Theatre"
(September 22, 2009 – New York, NY) September Back2Broadway Month continues with the next Star Chats: where Broadway stars and insiders reveal what happens on stage and behind the scenes. “Leading Ladies” is comprised of five TONY AWARD - WINNING ACTRESSES who are in current or upcoming shows! Laura Benanti (In the Next Room, or the vibrator play); Sutton Foster (Shrek the Musical), Beth Leavel (Mamma Mia!), Bebe Neuwirth (The Addams Family), Alice Ripley (Next to Normal) and moderated by the American Theatre Wing’s Howard Sherman.
As with other weekly FREE EVENTS including Broadway Karaoke, Broadway Dance Studio, Theater Tours, and more, the Star Chats panels are a celebration of the new Broadway season.
Date:
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 Location: TheTimesCenter, 242 West 41st Street (between 7th + 8th avenues) Time: Program will begin promptly at 5:30pm – 6:30pm. (Due to the taping, latecomers will be seated at discretion of management) RSVP: www.ILoveNYTheater.com
The Star Chats: Leading Ladies will be broadcast as the opening program of American Theatre Wing’s 31st season of "Working in the Theatre."
It will be the first time in three years that American Theatre Wing’s “Working in the Theatre” will be taped with a live audience, as a direct result of working with the League as part of the Back2Broadway program.
All programs and participants subject to change.
More information as well as all Back2Broadway events can be found at www.ILoveNYTheatre.com.
RED EYE GRILL 24.00 LUNCH.
Yesterday my Aunt took me to one of my favorite restaurants, Red Eye Grill. You could say the place is a fish lovers fantasy. They have a $24.00 price fix lunch and I had the tuna burger and salad which melted in my mouth. I wish I could afford to eat there every single day on earth.
Corine Cohen- Foodie
Corine Cohen- Foodie
Monday, September 21, 2009
INTERVIEW WITH KATE LOPREST.
Interview with Kate Loprest.
Little House On The Prairie at Paper Mill Playhouse.
Video shot and edited by Corine Cohen.
LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE ON THE RED CARPET PART 1.
http://corinescorner.com/blogvideo/2009/09/little-house-on-prairie-on-red-carpet.html
Hope you enjoy this. This is just the first video. It is 3:30. I will do the rest manana!
New video feature!
Hope you enjoy this. This is just the first video. It is 3:30. I will do the rest manana!
New video feature!
Friday, September 18, 2009
HAPPY NEW YEAR AND NEW FEATURES!
Very soon you will be able to see updates in different sections of the site so you will no longer have to come to this blog to see updates.
Soon there will be a new video blog which will be all my video updates.
There will be the main blog where I will put press releases and photo coverage and there will be a culinary and update blog which will be culinary reviews and videos and the update blog will be where all the new content will go as well as film reviews, theater reviews and more.
These updates will be live very soon.
Thanks for reading and Happy New Year to all my Jewish readers,
Corine Cohen
Soon there will be a new video blog which will be all my video updates.
There will be the main blog where I will put press releases and photo coverage and there will be a culinary and update blog which will be culinary reviews and videos and the update blog will be where all the new content will go as well as film reviews, theater reviews and more.
These updates will be live very soon.
Thanks for reading and Happy New Year to all my Jewish readers,
Corine Cohen
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
BROADWAY ON BROADWAY VIDEO COVERAGE PART 2.
Video shot and edited by Barbara Chin.
Interviews by Corine Dana Cohen.
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Corine's Corner thanks Keith Sherman's office, The Broadway League and the Times Square Alliance for making this video possible. See you at the Theatre.
Corine Cohen
I love Broadway and I love NYC!
BROADWAY ON BROADWAY VIDEO PART 1.
Video shot and edited by Barbara Chin.
Interviews by Corine Cohen.
BROADWAY ON BROADWAY VIDEO COVERAGE PART 1 of 2.
We thank Keith Sherman, Scott Klein, Glenna Friedman,The Broadway League and the Times Square Alliance for inviting us to cover Broadway On Broadway.
BROADWAY ON BROADWAY PHOTO COVERAGE.
The Times Square Alliance and The Broadway League Present Broadway On Broadway.
Photos by Maryann Lopinto.
Video created and edited by Corine Cohen
This past Sunday we attended Broadway On Broadway.
Go see A Broadway or Off Broadway show.
Monday, September 14, 2009
BROADWAY ON BROADWAY PREVIEW!
BROADWAY ON BROADWAY PREVIEW.
Parts 1 and two coming soon.
Video shot and edited by Corine Cohen
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Enjoy. This is just a teaser the good stuff is coming soon so keep checking the blog.
Photo coverage and interviews coming soon.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
HELP IS ON THE WAY PROJECT RUNWAY!
HELP IS ON THE WAY TODAY HOSTS PROJECT BACKPACKDESIGNER AUCTION
Designers known from Project Runway and Broadway stages will present one-of-a-kind designer crafted backpacks for auction on November 8 from 1:00 – 4:00 PM at The Iguana VIP Lounge, which is located at 240 W. 54th Street, NYC. The afternoon will include brunch with unlimited mimosas, bloody marys, champagne and greyhound. The cost of tickets is $50.00 per person. There will also be performances by Broadway Talent (TBA) followed by the auction.
Project Backpack was created n 2005 by Joseph Macchia to help collect new backpacks and school supplies for twenty two children living in a group home in Washington Heights. Since then the drive has grown to assist over six hundred and fifty children living in New York City and forty children in Africa. The backpacks are filled with new school supplies and delivered to the group homes, clinics and hospitals the week before school begins. Money is collected to buy supplies via entertainment related events throughout the summer.
This year the Project Backpack campaign will conclude with the very special designer backpack auction. Designers were given a plain black backpack to decorate and make their own. Participating designers include: William Ivey Long (TONY Award Winning Costume Designer), Anthony Manferdonia, Peter Soren (who outfitted Michelle Obama), Andrew Makay (N2N Underwear), Corey Groom (Broadway), Fernando Gantier, Bill Rancitelli, Melissa Joy Manning, Nora Kogan, Vkoo, Ping Wu, Stephanie Larrowe, Susan Beischel, Mary Ping, Rami Kashou, Keith Bryce, Keith Michael, Korto Momlu, Kara Janx, Chloe Dao, Jay McCarroll, Kara Saun and Kayne of Project Runway.
Tickets will be on sale starting September 11, 2009. You can be purchase tickets by calling (718) 672-6714 or (917) 589-6658. You can also purchase thru SmartTix, or send an email and request tickets by contacting Joseph Macchia at jjmac249@aol.com.
100% of the funds raised from this auction will go directly to Help Is On The Way Today.
Designers known from Project Runway and Broadway stages will present one-of-a-kind designer crafted backpacks for auction on November 8 from 1:00 – 4:00 PM at The Iguana VIP Lounge, which is located at 240 W. 54th Street, NYC. The afternoon will include brunch with unlimited mimosas, bloody marys, champagne and greyhound. The cost of tickets is $50.00 per person. There will also be performances by Broadway Talent (TBA) followed by the auction.
Project Backpack was created n 2005 by Joseph Macchia to help collect new backpacks and school supplies for twenty two children living in a group home in Washington Heights. Since then the drive has grown to assist over six hundred and fifty children living in New York City and forty children in Africa. The backpacks are filled with new school supplies and delivered to the group homes, clinics and hospitals the week before school begins. Money is collected to buy supplies via entertainment related events throughout the summer.
This year the Project Backpack campaign will conclude with the very special designer backpack auction. Designers were given a plain black backpack to decorate and make their own. Participating designers include: William Ivey Long (TONY Award Winning Costume Designer), Anthony Manferdonia, Peter Soren (who outfitted Michelle Obama), Andrew Makay (N2N Underwear), Corey Groom (Broadway), Fernando Gantier, Bill Rancitelli, Melissa Joy Manning, Nora Kogan, Vkoo, Ping Wu, Stephanie Larrowe, Susan Beischel, Mary Ping, Rami Kashou, Keith Bryce, Keith Michael, Korto Momlu, Kara Janx, Chloe Dao, Jay McCarroll, Kara Saun and Kayne of Project Runway.
Tickets will be on sale starting September 11, 2009. You can be purchase tickets by calling (718) 672-6714 or (917) 589-6658. You can also purchase thru SmartTix, or send an email and request tickets by contacting Joseph Macchia at jjmac249@aol.com.
100% of the funds raised from this auction will go directly to Help Is On The Way Today.
Friday, September 11, 2009
ACTOR JOHN STAMOS HONORED WITH PORTRAIT BY JIM WARREN ON FAME WALL AT TRATTORIA DOPO TEATRO.
ACTOR JOHN STAMOS IS FIRST TO BE HONORED
WITH PORTRAIT ON FAME-WALL!
Fame-Wall is a tribute wall comprised of painted portraits by Grammy Award-winning, world-renowned artist Jim Warren.
World Premiere Launch Party and Inaugural Portrait Unveiling – September 10th.
John Stamos – Actor, musician. Currently starring on Broadway in
Bye, Bye Birdie with Gina Gershon
Jim Warren – Grammy Award-winning, world-renowned artist –
“Norman Rockwell meets Salvador Dali”
Dale Badway – Actor/producer, creator and host of Fame-Wall & Face It!
TV.
Celebrity Guests from TV, FILM, BROADWAY, including cast of
Bye Bye Birdie after first preview performance!
Fame-Wall salutes those who have inspired people and made a significant
impact through the world of art and entertainment. Mr. Badway created Fame-Wall as a tribute not only to Broadway luminaries, but to icons from all art and entertainment arenas, uniting stage, screen, music, paper and canvas.
Trattoria Dopo Teatro, “Another Star on Broadway,” has been serving
guests from the world of entertainment for 15 years. Nestled in the heart of the Theater District, it is the perfect home for Fame-Wall NYC.
“John Stamos epitomizes the spirit of the Fame-Wall,” said Dale Badway. “He has flourished as an actor, a musician and a Broadway star, and has fans from all generations.”
Photos by Michael Portantiere.
Video shot and edited by Corine Cohen
http://www.corinescorner.com
WITH PORTRAIT ON FAME-WALL!
Fame-Wall is a tribute wall comprised of painted portraits by Grammy Award-winning, world-renowned artist Jim Warren.
World Premiere Launch Party and Inaugural Portrait Unveiling – September 10th.
John Stamos – Actor, musician. Currently starring on Broadway in
Bye, Bye Birdie with Gina Gershon
Jim Warren – Grammy Award-winning, world-renowned artist –
“Norman Rockwell meets Salvador Dali”
Dale Badway – Actor/producer, creator and host of Fame-Wall & Face It!
TV.
Celebrity Guests from TV, FILM, BROADWAY, including cast of
Bye Bye Birdie after first preview performance!
Fame-Wall salutes those who have inspired people and made a significant
impact through the world of art and entertainment. Mr. Badway created Fame-Wall as a tribute not only to Broadway luminaries, but to icons from all art and entertainment arenas, uniting stage, screen, music, paper and canvas.
Trattoria Dopo Teatro, “Another Star on Broadway,” has been serving
guests from the world of entertainment for 15 years. Nestled in the heart of the Theater District, it is the perfect home for Fame-Wall NYC.
“John Stamos epitomizes the spirit of the Fame-Wall,” said Dale Badway. “He has flourished as an actor, a musician and a Broadway star, and has fans from all generations.”
Photos by Michael Portantiere.
Video shot and edited by Corine Cohen
http://www.corinescorner.com
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Hope you enjoy it and have a nice weekend.
Corine Cohen
Monday, September 7, 2009
Daryl Glenn Hoe Down!
Nightlife Award Winner Daryl Glenn's new show at the Metropolitan Room.
Photos by Maryann Lopinto.
Video shot and edited by Corine Cohen for http://www.corinescorner.com
We attended Daryl Glenn's newest show at the Metropolitan Room. It was a real Country Hoe Down and a blast. Here are a few moments from the show. I adore Daryl and you can too!
He does his Nashville show once a month at the Metropolitan Room
Saturday, September 5, 2009
WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU LOSE THE AVENUE Q LOTTERY FOR THE 100TH TIME ON A SATURDAY NIGHT?
We tried to win the AVENUE Q LOTTO and lost again. Will we let it get us down? YES.
Do not go to the AVENUE Q LOTTO.
Corine
Friday, September 4, 2009
KELLY RIPA- DOES SHE BELONG ON BROADWAY?
I watched Regis and Kelly today and I must say Kelly Ripa is adorable and talented.
Should Kelly Ripa head to BROADWAY? I think so.
Maybe she should join the current cast of BURN THE FLOOR! I think she belongs on Broadway.
She is beautiful and a talented dancer.
Kelly Ripa on Broadway.
Corine Cohen
Should Kelly Ripa head to BROADWAY? I think so.
Maybe she should join the current cast of BURN THE FLOOR! I think she belongs on Broadway.
She is beautiful and a talented dancer.
Kelly Ripa on Broadway.
Corine Cohen
Thursday, September 3, 2009
9
Opening Day
Released by: A Focus Features release of a Focus Features presentation in association with Relativity Media of a Jim Lemley/Tim Burton/Timur Bekmambetov productionRelease Date: 9/9/09 (nationwide) [Wednesday, September 9th, 2009]MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for violence and scary images)
Running Time: 79 minutesVoice Cast: Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer, Crispin Glover, Martin Landau, Fred TatascioreDirected by: Shane AckerScreenplay by: Pamela PettlerStory by: Shane AckerProduced by: Jim Lemley, Tim Burton, Timur Bekmambetov, Dana Ginsburg
Opening Day
Released by: A Focus Features release of a Focus Features presentation in association with Relativity Media of a Jim Lemley/Tim Burton/Timur Bekmambetov productionRelease Date: 9/9/09 (nationwide) [Wednesday, September 9th, 2009]MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for violence and scary images)
Running Time: 79 minutesVoice Cast: Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer, Crispin Glover, Martin Landau, Fred TatascioreDirected by: Shane AckerScreenplay by: Pamela PettlerStory by: Shane AckerProduced by: Jim Lemley, Tim Burton, Timur Bekmambetov, Dana Ginsburg
PHOTO FEATURE- FOCUS FEATURES PRESENTS THE FILM 9.
FOCUS FEATURES FILMS PRESENTS 9.
9 opens on 09/09/09
If you love animation this film is a must see!
I give it five out of 6 stars.
Corine Cohen http://www.corinescorner.com/
I thank FOCUS FEATURES FILMS for supplying me with the photos to create this slide show.
All photos were supplied by FOCUS FEATURE FILMS.
This film is for adults over the age of 13 as there are some scary moments.
Dark and brilliant animated film.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
SPIKE LEE'S NEWEST PROJECT IN ADDITION TO THE PASSING STRANGE FILM!
Spike Lee,
Culture Project, Steve Colman, Jayson Jackson, and Tom Wirtshafter
In Association with The Public Theater
Present
COUNTY OF KINGS
Written and Performed by Lemon Andersen
Beginning Tuesday, September 29
Opening Monday, October 12
6 Week Limited Engagement!
Academy Award nominated director Spike Lee, the award winning Culture Project, Steve Colman and Jayson Jackson in association with The Public Theater present County of Kings. Written and performed by Lemon Andersen (Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam), and directed by Elise Thoron, County of Kings begins performances Tuesday, September 29 for a six week limited engagement at The Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street. The opening has been scheduled for Monday, October 12.
“Lemon is a young man who possesses a wealth of talent and he knows how to tell a story. He joins the legacy of storytellers from Brooklyn,” says presenter and filmmaker Spike Lee.
Featured last year as part of The Public Theatre’s Under The Radar Festival, Lemon Andersen’s County of Kings gives a tough, yet poignant biographical account of a good kid growing up in an unforgiving environment in this one man journey. Weaving hard- edged drama with urban poetry, the Brooklyn hip-hop artist spins his own coming-of-age memoir in this jarring and poignant solo performance. A true story of finding passion and purpose against all odds, Lemon paints a vivid portrait of his difficult and sometimes humorous experiences growing up during the most influential cultural movement of our time, the birth of hip-hop.
Born and raised in Brooklyn, Lemon Andersen has been featured as a regular on HBO’s “Def Poetry” presented by Russell Simmons and was also an original cast member and writer of Russell Simmons Tony Award winning Def Poetry Jam on Broadway. On screen Lemon has appeared opposite Denzel Washington in Spike Lee’s Inside Man and The Soloist starring Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr.
Culture Project is New York’s premier destination for artistic work that investigates urgent social and political issues. By fostering innovative collaboration between human rights organizations and theatre, music and film artists, Culture Project aims to inspire and impact public dialogue and policy, encouraging democratic participation in the most urgent matters of our time.
Founded in 1996 by Artistic Director Allan Buchman, Culture Project has premiered celebrated shows including The Exonerated, Sarah Jones’ Bridge & Tunnel, Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom, Lawrence Wright’s My Trip To Al-Qaeda, Tings Dey Happen, the Lucille Lortel Award-winning World Premiere of George Packer’s Betrayed and Temple University’s acclaimed production of In Conflict. Most recently, Culture Project produced Breaking the Silence, Beating the Drum, a groundbreaking concert at the United Nations to commemorate the abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Steve Colman co-wrote and co-starred in the Tony Award-winning Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam on Broadway. A long-time creative collaborator with his wife Sarah Jones (stage actress), he was the co-creator and assistant director of Jones’s Tony Award-winning show Bridge and Tunnel. His theater work and collaborations with Jones have garnered two Drama Desk nominations, an Obie, a Theater World Award, and a Helen Hayes Award. Colman began his poetry career at the Nuyorican Poets Café on Manhattan's Lower East Side. He won the National Poetry Slam championship as a member of the Nuyorican Poets Café slam team and also received the Café's Fresh Poet Award. Colman co-authored Burning Down the House (SoftSkull Press), and Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam on Broadway and More (Atria Books). He is a graduate of Macalester College (BA) and Case Western Reserve University (MA).
If you bring up the name Jayson Jackson, it's usually associated with legendary music artists and groundbreaking talent. Wether managing Lauryn Hill, Mos Def or new cutting edge genre benders such Santigold and Spankrock, Jackson is a career builder. His gift is really spotting the hunger in the eye of a talented and passionate artist. His job is simply delivering that talent to the worldstage, regardless of whatever tools the industry dictates at the time. A rare talent he spied early on was the slam poet/activist Sarah Jones. Knowing her knack for mimicry, comedic timing and biting, flawless political satire (pre Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert) Jackson, Colman and Jones set up her one-woman show at the Culture Project with Alan Buchman alongside Meryl Streep as Executive Producer. The off Broadway show, entitled Bridge & Tunnel would go on to win an Obie Award, an Inner Critics Circle Award and run for 8 straight sold out months. Inevitably it moved to Broadway and garnered a Tony Award for Special Performance in 2006. Having flourished through 2 major technological shifts, Jayson sees the new entertainment landscape as an open playing field for artists who are dedicated to their craft. In his mind, talent and passion trumps anything. The real trick is finding the right way to present that passion and talent to the world. Jayson currently resides in New York City and is a devoted Yankees fan.
Tom Wirtshafter is the Executive Director of the Barrow Street Theatre and a producer of OUR TOWN. Among his past productions are ADDING MACHINE, GONE MISSING, NO CHILD, ORSON'S SHADOW, BUG and TJ AND DAVE. Tom is a board member of Culture Project, Town Hall Foundation and Chashama.
As a writer, Elise Thoron’s musical dramas include Life? or Theater? based on the paintings of Charlotte Solomon; Green Violin, with composer Frank London of the Klezmatics, based on murals Marc Chagall painted for the Soviet Yiddish theater (also published in 9 Contemporary Jewish Plays, University of Texas Press), and Prozak and the Platypus, with singer-song writer Jill Sobule, (also distributed as an album and graphic novel). Elise has created cross-cultural exchanges for over twenty years with Russian and American theater artists with support from the Trust for Mutual Understanding and the Russian Ministry of Culture. She directed the first Sam Shepherd play in Moscow, adapted/directed, The Great Gatsby in Russian, which played in repertory at the Pushkin Theater for over nine years. As Associate Artistic Director at the American Place Theater, Elise developed and directed numerous plays and solo shows, which have gone on to other venues the United States, currently, County of Kings by Tony award winning poet Lemon Andersen, at the Public Theater with Spike Lee & Culture Project. She is a founder of the highly successful theater literacy program Literature to Life (now nation-wide) at American Place. She has just begun her first collaboration in Japan: “Recycling” with paper artist Kyoko Ibe on an Asian Cultural Council fellowship.
The scenic design for County of Kings is by Doug Stein and Peter Ksander; lighting design is by Jane Cox and Lily Fossner; original music and sound design are by Rob Kaplowitz and Matt Stein. The production manager is BD White.
County of Kings plays Tuesday through Sunday at The Public Theater’s Newman Stage, 425 Lafayette Street. Tickets are $50 for weekday performances and $60 for weekend performances. In addition, there will be a limited allotment of $25 tickets available for each performance. Tickets are available in person at 425 Lafayette Street, online at www.publictheater.org or by phoning (212) 967-7555. For more information about County of Kings visit www.cultureproject.org
I love SPIKE LEE- Corine Cohen
Culture Project, Steve Colman, Jayson Jackson, and Tom Wirtshafter
In Association with The Public Theater
Present
COUNTY OF KINGS
Written and Performed by Lemon Andersen
Beginning Tuesday, September 29
Opening Monday, October 12
6 Week Limited Engagement!
Academy Award nominated director Spike Lee, the award winning Culture Project, Steve Colman and Jayson Jackson in association with The Public Theater present County of Kings. Written and performed by Lemon Andersen (Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam), and directed by Elise Thoron, County of Kings begins performances Tuesday, September 29 for a six week limited engagement at The Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street. The opening has been scheduled for Monday, October 12.
“Lemon is a young man who possesses a wealth of talent and he knows how to tell a story. He joins the legacy of storytellers from Brooklyn,” says presenter and filmmaker Spike Lee.
Featured last year as part of The Public Theatre’s Under The Radar Festival, Lemon Andersen’s County of Kings gives a tough, yet poignant biographical account of a good kid growing up in an unforgiving environment in this one man journey. Weaving hard- edged drama with urban poetry, the Brooklyn hip-hop artist spins his own coming-of-age memoir in this jarring and poignant solo performance. A true story of finding passion and purpose against all odds, Lemon paints a vivid portrait of his difficult and sometimes humorous experiences growing up during the most influential cultural movement of our time, the birth of hip-hop.
Born and raised in Brooklyn, Lemon Andersen has been featured as a regular on HBO’s “Def Poetry” presented by Russell Simmons and was also an original cast member and writer of Russell Simmons Tony Award winning Def Poetry Jam on Broadway. On screen Lemon has appeared opposite Denzel Washington in Spike Lee’s Inside Man and The Soloist starring Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr.
Culture Project is New York’s premier destination for artistic work that investigates urgent social and political issues. By fostering innovative collaboration between human rights organizations and theatre, music and film artists, Culture Project aims to inspire and impact public dialogue and policy, encouraging democratic participation in the most urgent matters of our time.
Founded in 1996 by Artistic Director Allan Buchman, Culture Project has premiered celebrated shows including The Exonerated, Sarah Jones’ Bridge & Tunnel, Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom, Lawrence Wright’s My Trip To Al-Qaeda, Tings Dey Happen, the Lucille Lortel Award-winning World Premiere of George Packer’s Betrayed and Temple University’s acclaimed production of In Conflict. Most recently, Culture Project produced Breaking the Silence, Beating the Drum, a groundbreaking concert at the United Nations to commemorate the abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Steve Colman co-wrote and co-starred in the Tony Award-winning Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam on Broadway. A long-time creative collaborator with his wife Sarah Jones (stage actress), he was the co-creator and assistant director of Jones’s Tony Award-winning show Bridge and Tunnel. His theater work and collaborations with Jones have garnered two Drama Desk nominations, an Obie, a Theater World Award, and a Helen Hayes Award. Colman began his poetry career at the Nuyorican Poets Café on Manhattan's Lower East Side. He won the National Poetry Slam championship as a member of the Nuyorican Poets Café slam team and also received the Café's Fresh Poet Award. Colman co-authored Burning Down the House (SoftSkull Press), and Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam on Broadway and More (Atria Books). He is a graduate of Macalester College (BA) and Case Western Reserve University (MA).
If you bring up the name Jayson Jackson, it's usually associated with legendary music artists and groundbreaking talent. Wether managing Lauryn Hill, Mos Def or new cutting edge genre benders such Santigold and Spankrock, Jackson is a career builder. His gift is really spotting the hunger in the eye of a talented and passionate artist. His job is simply delivering that talent to the worldstage, regardless of whatever tools the industry dictates at the time. A rare talent he spied early on was the slam poet/activist Sarah Jones. Knowing her knack for mimicry, comedic timing and biting, flawless political satire (pre Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert) Jackson, Colman and Jones set up her one-woman show at the Culture Project with Alan Buchman alongside Meryl Streep as Executive Producer. The off Broadway show, entitled Bridge & Tunnel would go on to win an Obie Award, an Inner Critics Circle Award and run for 8 straight sold out months. Inevitably it moved to Broadway and garnered a Tony Award for Special Performance in 2006. Having flourished through 2 major technological shifts, Jayson sees the new entertainment landscape as an open playing field for artists who are dedicated to their craft. In his mind, talent and passion trumps anything. The real trick is finding the right way to present that passion and talent to the world. Jayson currently resides in New York City and is a devoted Yankees fan.
Tom Wirtshafter is the Executive Director of the Barrow Street Theatre and a producer of OUR TOWN. Among his past productions are ADDING MACHINE, GONE MISSING, NO CHILD, ORSON'S SHADOW, BUG and TJ AND DAVE. Tom is a board member of Culture Project, Town Hall Foundation and Chashama.
As a writer, Elise Thoron’s musical dramas include Life? or Theater? based on the paintings of Charlotte Solomon; Green Violin, with composer Frank London of the Klezmatics, based on murals Marc Chagall painted for the Soviet Yiddish theater (also published in 9 Contemporary Jewish Plays, University of Texas Press), and Prozak and the Platypus, with singer-song writer Jill Sobule, (also distributed as an album and graphic novel). Elise has created cross-cultural exchanges for over twenty years with Russian and American theater artists with support from the Trust for Mutual Understanding and the Russian Ministry of Culture. She directed the first Sam Shepherd play in Moscow, adapted/directed, The Great Gatsby in Russian, which played in repertory at the Pushkin Theater for over nine years. As Associate Artistic Director at the American Place Theater, Elise developed and directed numerous plays and solo shows, which have gone on to other venues the United States, currently, County of Kings by Tony award winning poet Lemon Andersen, at the Public Theater with Spike Lee & Culture Project. She is a founder of the highly successful theater literacy program Literature to Life (now nation-wide) at American Place. She has just begun her first collaboration in Japan: “Recycling” with paper artist Kyoko Ibe on an Asian Cultural Council fellowship.
The scenic design for County of Kings is by Doug Stein and Peter Ksander; lighting design is by Jane Cox and Lily Fossner; original music and sound design are by Rob Kaplowitz and Matt Stein. The production manager is BD White.
County of Kings plays Tuesday through Sunday at The Public Theater’s Newman Stage, 425 Lafayette Street. Tickets are $50 for weekday performances and $60 for weekend performances. In addition, there will be a limited allotment of $25 tickets available for each performance. Tickets are available in person at 425 Lafayette Street, online at www.publictheater.org or by phoning (212) 967-7555. For more information about County of Kings visit www.cultureproject.org
I love SPIKE LEE- Corine Cohen
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