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June 18-24: Darren Lee, Francis Jue, Tari Kelly, Beth Leavel and Leslie Uggams set for MUNY's Thoroughly Modern Millie
The Muny’s 94th season kicks off with Thoroughly Modern Millie, directed by Marc Bruni and choreographed by Chris Bailey, and starring Broadway veteran Tari Kelly as Millie Dillmount, Tony Award winner Beth Leavel as Mrs. Meers, and legendary performer Leslie Uggams reprising her Broadway role of Muzzy. Also appearing are Andrew Samonsky as Jimmy, Megan McGinnis as Miss Dorothy, Stephen Buntrock as Trevor Graydon, Francis Jue as Ching Ho, Darren Lee as Bun Foo and Tory Ross as Miss Flannery.
Based
on
the
1967
film
by
Richard
Morris, Thoroughly
Modern
Millie has
a
book
by
Jeanine
Tesori
and
new
lyrics
by
Dick
Scanlan. Millie tells
the
story
of
a
small-town
girl,
Millie
Dillmount,
who
comes
to
New
York
City
to
marry
for
money
instead
of
love
–
a
thoroughly
modern
aim
in
1922,
when
women
were
just
entering
the
workforce.
The production features scenic design by Sam and Steve Gilliam, sound design by Jason Krueger, lighting design by Seth Jackson and costume coordination by Tracy Christensen. Michael Horsley serves as the musical director, and the production stage manager is Peter Hynds.
Francis
Jue
(Ching
Ho)
returns
to
The
Muny,
where
he
has
appeared
in The
Little
Mermaid,
Damn
Yankees,
Miss
Saigon,
Peter
Pan,
The
King
&
I,and Mame.
On
Broadway,
Francis
originated
the
role
of
Bun
Foo
inThoroughly
Modern
Millie.
Other
Broadway
credits: M.
Butterfly
8 year old Awonder Liang of Wisconsin Wins World Chess Championship
8 year old USA Team member Awonder Liang of Madison, Wisconsin is the best chess player in the world for his age group. He won the gold medal at the World Youth Championship in Brazil in the Under 8 Open, November 26, 2011.
This year's coach and World Chess Federation Senior Trainer (FIDE - Fédération Internationale des Échecs) was Michael Khodarkovsky.
Photo (Left): USA Team member 8 year old Awonder Liang wins Gold Medal at World Youth Chess Championship in Brazil.
Photo by permission Andrea Rosen
Here's a sample of the rankings from the American team competing at the World Youth Championship in Caldas, Novas Brazil this year:
Awonder Liang of Wisconsin earned a gold medal in the Under 8 Open with 7.5/9
Ruifeng Li of Texas earned a silver medal in the Under 10 Open with 7/9.
Sarah Chiang of Texas earned 4th place in the Girls Under 14Jeffrey Xiong of Texas earned 5th in the Open Under 12.
David Peng of Northbrook, Illinois earned 7th in the Under 8 Open.
Albert Lu of Southern California placed 12th in the Under 10 Open.
Kevin Wang of Maryland placed 15th in the Under 14 Open.
Varun Krishnan of La Jolla, California placed 14th in the Under 14 Open.
Click
here
for
the
story
from
NPR here
for
the
story
in
the
New
York
Times and
here
to
the
Forbes 30 under 30: Energy - Innovators include Danielle Fong, Zizhou Zhou, Eden Full, Javier Fernandez-Han, Alexis Ringwald
Forbes Magazine has released its "30 under 30" for 2011.
Distruptors and Innovators in the field of Energy include Danielle Fong, Zizhou Zhou, Eden Full, Javier Fernandez-Han son of Peter Han, the president of NGO, Inventors without Borders, Inc., and Alexis Ringwald. Congratulations!
Jefferson Starship to perform landmark 2,000th performance in SF this month
An exclusive interview with Jefferson Starship creator Paul Kantner will be posted soon - stay tuned! - AC Team
Jefferson Starship is set to perform its 2,000th concert!
Hear the music artists who helped defined a generation foused on civil rights, environmental awareness and anti-war activism.
Don't miss this rare, once-in-a-lifetime event at the Rrazz Room, San Francisco's Premier nightcub January 25-29, 2012.
Paul Kantner, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Jefferson Airplane creator will perform with David Freiberg, a former Jefferson Airplane member and co-founder of Quicksilver Messenger Service. The original band members will be joined by Grammy nominated lead vocalist Cathy Richardson who starred on Broadway in "Love, Janis," and keyboardist/bassist Chris Smith who joined the band in 1998 after years with The Supremes.
Kantner and Freiberg, descended from Jefferson Airplane, performed at Monterey, Woodstock, and Altamont with the Rolling Stones, sharing the bill with the Grateful Dead and Janis Joplin.
Kantner says that surprise artists will be added to the concerts to celebrate this historic occasion.
No Winning Asian American Actors or Films at the Golden Globes this year but we spotted an Access Hollywood host!
We had our usual binoculars out, but no, no Asian Pacific Americans won for acting at this year's 69th annual Golden Globes last night.
But, we did spot at least one host reporting the red carpet arrivals at the awards event, and we thought her dress and jewels were stunning.
Here is SuChin Pak wearing a diamond bracelet, French hook earrings and a diamond ring designed by Tacori. The Tacori press release says her bracelet was valued at $124,000. Now that's one special bracelet!
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