Monthly Archives: April 2011

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Posted Apr 30, 2011 11:04 am by Mister D

Parkchester News
THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2011
Bette Midler, BP celebrate Arbor Day here

On April 28, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. joined award winning actress Bette Midler and MillionTreesNYC, a public-private partnership between New York Restoration Project (NYRP) and the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, to celebrate Arbor Day by planting more than 100 trees in the Bronx. In partnership with the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), corporate volunteers from MillionTreesNYC, BNP Paribas, Toyota, 5th grade students from NYRP’s RespecTree education program and local NYCHA residents planted trees at the NYCHA Justice Sonia Sotomayor Houses in the Bronx. Read More

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2011 Arbor Day Celebration

Posted Apr 30, 2011 11:04 am by Mister D

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BetteBack: One From The Heart

Posted Apr 30, 2011 10:04 am by Mister D

Mister D: Of Course, Bette was Tom’s first Choice as a duet partner, but she was busy at the time making Divine Madness.

Daily Herald
Coppola liked bar band sound of Waits., put him in his movie
by Lisa Robinson
Monday, January 25, 1982

When Francis Ford Coppola chose to screen his new movie, “One From The Heart,” at Radio City Music Hall last week in defiance ot P a r amo u nt Pictures (executives there were m i f f ed that Coppola didn’t show the f i lm to distributors first), it was the talk of the town. Read More

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Video: Bette – Friends – HBO 20th Anniversary Special (Thanks Kim)

Posted Apr 30, 2011 5:04 am by Mister D

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Friday, April 29, 2011

The Seven Deadly Sins

Posted Apr 29, 2011 5:04 pm by Mister D

Playbill
New York City Ballet: Embracing the Seven Deadly Sins
By David Rooney
29 Apr 2011

New York City Ballet’s premieres an all-new production of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht’s The Seven Deadly Sins. Directed and choreographed by Lynne Taylor-Corbett, it stars Wendy Whelan alongside Tony-winning Broadway veteran Patti LuPone.

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“This is really a room full of women in charge, which is bizarre in ballet,” says Wendy Whelan. “We have a woman pianist, a ballet mistress, two women lead characters and a woman choreographer- director. It’s wild!” Read More

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PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT To Launch National Tour in Fall 2012

Posted Apr 29, 2011 12:04 pm by Mister D

Broadway World
PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT to Launch National Tour; Fall 2012
by BWW News Desk
April 28, 2011

Today, the producers of PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT THE MUSICAL announced that there will be a US tour for PRISCILLA starting in the Fall of 2012. The first city and starting date will be announced shortly.

Following hit productions in Australia, London and Toronto, PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT THE MUSICAL opened on March 20 at the Palace Theatre (1564 Broadway).

The highest grossing new musical that has opened on Broadway this season also topped another chart when the Original Cast Recording of PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT THE MUSICALdebuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top Cast Album Chart. Read More

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Bette Midler And One Million Trees For NYC

Posted Apr 29, 2011 12:04 am by Mister D

Working Women
Bette Midler And One Million Trees For NYC
April 28, 2011
Submitted by Helene on Thu, 04/28/2011

Bette is an amazing woman who is making a difference. Through her leadership of the New York Restoration Project (NYRP) and with the help of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, the goal is for one million new trees to be planted and cared for across NYC’s five boroughs by 2017.

Today Bette was at the with 5th grade students from NYRP’s RespecTree education program. They were joined by employees of BNP Paribas and Toyota (sponsors). We caught up with them as they were planting trees. Take a look at our video. Read More

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The Continental

Posted Apr 29, 2011 12:04 am by Mister D

IndieWire
Five Films iW is Rooting For: Duplass Bro Finds His Muse, Bette’s Stomping Grounds & More
by Bryce J. Renninger (Updated 13 hours, 5 minutes ago)
April 28, 2011

In this week’s in-production column, indieWIRE puts the spotlight on a nearly complete film by Jay Duplass. From Kickstarter: The new project from “Small Town Gay Bar” director Malcolm Ingram, which tells the story of the bathhouse-club that gave Bette Midler and Barry Manilow their start; an original epic fantasy; the new project from Sundance alum Rodney Evans (“Brother to Brother”); and a photo project from the filmmakers of “Battle for Brooklyn,” which heads to Hot Docs this week. Read More

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Thursday, April 28, 2011

Video/Interviews – Detour

Posted Apr 28, 2011 10:04 pm by Mister D

Check out these Video/Interviews from Wolfgang’s Vault: Click Here

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Theater: Beaches – The Musical! (Thanks Daisy!)

Posted Apr 28, 2011 11:04 am by Mister D

Playbill
EXCLUSIVE: Get Out Your Handkerchiefs! Beaches, the Musical, Is in the Works
By Kenneth Jones
April 28, 2011

Novelist Iris Rainer Dart‘s current Broadway debut as a librettist and lyricist of the musical The People in the Picture is a warm-up to the writer’s next show — a musical version of her bestselling novel “Beaches,” a property better known as a hit film starring Bette Midler.

Dart told Playbill.com that she’s writing the lyrics and co-writing the libretto for Beaches, the musical, which will draw from her novel rather than the screenplay of the 1988 movie (which altered some elements of the 1985 book). Read More

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