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venusimleder · 10 months

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Biba, March 1995.

Ph. Tom Watson

#biba magazine #90s #editorial #tom watson

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newyorkthegoldenage · 4 months

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Burlesque thrived in New York from the 1860s onward. By the 1920s and 1930s, it attracted the upper crust as well as the working class. On December 26, 1936, the couple above attended the opening of Minsky's Burlesque Theater.

But Mayor LaGuardia cracked down on it and forbade the use of the word "burlesque." The bigger shows found audiences elsewhere—Minsky moved to Las Vegas. Others found ways around the bans and continued to operate on a much reduced scale.

By the 1950s, the glamor had gone from burlesque. In the picture below, patrons loiter around the Columbia Theater before its December 26, 1956 opening.

By the 1960s, society and media were becoming much more open to displays of sex, and burlesque lost its allure.

Top photo: Tom Watson for the NY Daily News via Getty Images Bottom photo: John Peodincuk for the NY Daily News via Getty Images

#vintage New York #1930s #1950s #Tom Watson #John Peodincuk #burlesque #Minsky's #burlesque in New York #Dec. 26 #26 Dec.#vintage NYC #Columbia Burlesque

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tobys-walrus-crew · 1 month

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The photos we have been waiting for! Tom Watson and Tom Watson at the opening night of Corruption Play at LCTheater on Monday!

Photo credit: Tricia Baron

#toby stephens #tom watson #corruption play #corruption #lct #lctheater #lincoln center theater

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shippingdragons · 1 month

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Toby Stephens Returns to the New York Stage to Investigate the Media In ‘Corruption’

Stephens talks about playing Tom Watson, the member of Parliament who pursued the investigation of the UK phone hacking scandal. “We’re still living in the aftermath of all the stuff that came out," he says.

By Harry Haun • 03/25/24 4:55pm

Toby Stephens as Tom Watson in Corruption at Lincoln Center’s Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater. T Charles Erickson

“I love doing what I do on stage,” declares Toby Stephens, more joyfully than boastfully. Call it a (very) early calling. The gifted offspring of genuine theatrical royalty (Sir Robert Stephens and Dame Maggie Smith), he plies the family trade with distinction on two continents. He can’t help it.

When Broadway first saw Stephens, he was drawing double duty in the 1999 revival of Jean Anouilh’s Ring Round the Moon, playing patrician twins who turn into romantic rivals. A quarter of a century later he has finally returned to New York in Corruption, where he is one of just two actors in a company of 13 who does not play multiple roles.

Stephens portrays Tom Watson, a British Parliament member who helped squeeze a death rattle out of Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World for hacking the phones of thousands of celebrities. Playwright J.T. Rogers adapted Watson and journalist Martin Hickman’s 2012 book Dial M for Murdoch: News Corporation and The Corruption of Britain into Corruption, currently getting a world-premiere staging from Bartlett Sher at Lincoln Center’s Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, the site of the duo’s previous Tony winner, 2016’s Oslo.

In the 25 years between his New York stage sojourns Stephens has been busy doing his thing “in an industry that’s becoming more and more precarious,” he tells Observer. That’s meant keeping “a variety going,” trading movie roles like the Bond villain Gustav Graves in Die Another Day with a turn as Hamlet with the Royal Shakespeare Company. “I still try to balance theater with making money. That’s what it comes down to—finding that balance.”

What was the lure that brought Stephens back to New York? “A number of things,” he begins. “Firstly, I worked with Bart and J.T. on Oslo in London and enjoyed the experience. Secondly, Corruption is a new piece. Really interesting new writing is quite rare these days. Lots of revivals are done, but I really want to work on something new.” And then there’s focus of Corruption: the media, privacy, and truth itself. “It’s an important subject because we’re still living in the aftermath of all the stuff that came out. It’s still on-going.”

It’s not been an easy play to bring off. “There’s a point in rehearsals and previews where you suddenly feel like ‘Oh, I’m in control of this. It’s not in control of me,’” he says. “What I hate is when you aren’t quite in control of the material. It’s just beyond your fingertips.” The challenge of Corruption was its complexity. “The play is freighted with information, and you have to get that across and make it all seem naturalistic and real. You must leave the audience believing this narrative.”

Adding to the complexity, the show changed throughout previews, a process Stephens calls “terrifying,” though, “that’s how J.T. and Bart work,” he adds. Some of the changes were subtle, others were major. “By the time we reached the first night, it was a very different piece than what we started with. The skeleton was there, but the way we told the story was different. They tightened it up, cut things, rearranged things, even put new scenes in.” Still, there was enough time to work with the material that by opening night Stephens had found the control he was looking for. “I had fun because I knew it was cemented and this would be the piece we’re doing.”

How deeply did Stephens delve into the character of the man he was playing? “Not very,” the actor admits. “I know of him because I’m aware politically in the U.K. I read the newspaper and follow current affairs. I’ve watched him through the years. In terms of research, I believe the play is the play. That’s my main touchstone. I have to trust J.T. has done thorough research, which he has.”

Tom Watson, Toby Stephens, playwright J.T. Rogers, and director Bartlett Sher on opening of Corruption. Tricia Baron

In fact, Stephens opted not to read the book the play is based on. “I find doing loads of research—beyond what the material is— isn’t helpful. All that does is confuse and muddy what you’re doing,” he says. “My business is to do the play I’m given and make my character dramatic and nuanced enough for audiences to deal with.”

So for Stephens, the research is the script, though he does admit one addition to get Watson’s accent right. “He’s got an accent that’s quite broad when he’s talking as himself, but when he’s in Parliament or talking officially, it’s slightly subtler,” he says. To nail that, he watched “a lot of videos—but up to a point. I don’t want to do an impersonation.”

Tom Watson was a surprise guest at Corruption’s opening. “Thank God, I didn’t know that he was present,” Stephens sighs. “Afterwards, Tom said, ‘If this play was done in London, it would be a lightning rod.’ I think he’s right about that. It’s still very fresh in people’s memory. There’s still legal action against newspapers for hacking.” Though Watson had read the play before seeing it, Stephens thinks he was slightly stunned by the whole thing. “Actually seeing it, seeing somebody else playing you, is a completely different thing. You’ve got someone who has lived the real story, and you’re doing a simplified version of that. But I think that he was very, very impressed by the show. ”

#toby stephens #corruption play #lincoln center theater #Broadway #theater #interviews #tom watson

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caroleditosti · 1 month

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'Corruption,'an Important Play at Lincoln Center Theater, Mitzi E. Newhouse

'Corruption' by Oslo's JT Rogers directed by Bartlett Sher is an important play exposing the nefarious News Corup, Rubert Murdoch's evil media company.

The cast of Corruption (T. Charles Erickson) Corruption‘s well paced reimagining of the UK phone hacking scandal involving Rupert Murdock’s News Corp. empire is written by JT Rogers (Oslo) and directed by Bartlett Sher (Oslo). The hybrid drama/comedy is enjoying its premiere off Broadway, Lincoln Center Theater at the Mitzi E. Newhouse. Rogers’ epic chronicle exposes key individuals employed by…

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#Bartlett Sher #Corruption #Dylan Baker #John Behlmann #JT Rogers #Mitzi E. Newhouse #Rebekah Brooks #Rupert Murdock #Saffron Burrows #Toby Stephens #Tom Watson

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thejohnfleming · 5 months

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A tribute to Tony Allen, oft-called The Godfather of UK Alternative Comedy

Here, award-wining stand-up Becky Fury pays tribute to her long-time friend Tony Allen, who died yesterday morning, in London… (Photos from Becky’s collection) Becky Fury with Tony Allen Tony Allen was born like most people but, unlike most people, he was born on March 4th 1945, in the last months of WW2 in Hayes, Middlesex, to working-class parents. Tony attributed much of the anarchic…

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#Alexei Sayle #Alternative Comedy #anarchy #Angry Brigade #Becky Fury #Comedy Store #death #Godfather #International Times #obituary #politics #stand up #The Young Ones #Tom Watson #Tony Allen #uk

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makingcontact · 18 days

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America's Black Capital

Cover of the book, “America’s Black Capital.” Credit: Hachette Book Group “America’s Black Capital: How African Americans Remade Atlanta in the Shadow of the Confederacy” chronicles how a center of Black excellence emerged amid virulent expressions of white nationalism as African Americans pushed back against Confederate ideology to create an extraordinary locus of achievement. Alongside author…

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spilladabalia · 24 days

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Slovenly - The Way Untruths Are

#slovenly #the way untruths are #steve anderson #tom watson #scott ziegler #tim plowman #lynn johnston #rob holzman #post punk #riposte #1987 #Youtube

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thegratefulgolfer · 2 months

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The Basics of Chipping By Tom Watson

To lower our golf score, we need to have a solid foundation understanding for each golf shot. This is especially true because except for putting, chipping accounts for the most strokes in our game. Regardless of the distance from the pin, understanding how to chip properly is key to success on the links. Tom Watson provides a perfect, easy and repeatable process for chipping that all beginners…

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#Chipping for success #chipping fundamentals #chipping techinque #lower golf scores #Tom Watson

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mysuperlexy43vr-aka-weirdo · 5 months

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Found this nice small gem of nice Celebrities Birthdays that I found in my city's paper back in 2018🥰 Happy belated birthday to these amazing celebrities of September 4th!! So happy to found one of the wonderful man's name on here! So happy to have met him and so sad to see him go but may he still be in Peace with his loved ones!! Been a year since his death this coming Sunday!!🥰🥳🖤💚😭

#rip #jason david frank #beyonce #phil lewis #mike piazza #damon wayans #dr drew pinsky #tom Watson #mitzi gaynor #paul harvey #henry ford #happy belated birthday #september 4th #celebrities #celebrity birthday #Classified

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venusimleder · 2 months

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Amica Italia, November 1996.

Ph. Tom Watson

#Amica italia #editorial #90s #fashion photography #tom watson

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newyorkthegoldenage · 9 months

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Rusty Eads's enthusiasm for the water doesn't match his sister Beatrice's as they play at the East 23rd Street pool in Manhattan, August 1, 1947.

Photo: Tom Watson for the NY Daily News

#vintage New York #1940s #Tom Watson #pool #children in pool #crying boy #crying child #brother & sister #vintage summer #Aug. 1 #1 Aug.#August 1 #1 August

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tobys-walrus-crew · 1 month

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Toby Stephens with his Co-Stars Sanjit De Silva, Robyn Kerr and with Tom Watson, playwright J.T. Rogers and director Bartlett Sher at the opening night of Corruption Play at LCTheater on Monday

Photo credit: Tricia Baron

#toby stephens #tom watson #corruption play #corruption #lct #lctheater #lincoln center theater #he is LETHAL #omg TOBY

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shippingdragons · 2 months

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Corruption production photos by T. Charles Erickson

#toby stephens #corruption play #lct #tom watson #broadway #theatre

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openapocalypse · 1 year

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#Douglas Murray #Tom Watson #Carl Beech #Twitter #Social Media

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muhammaddahab · 2 years

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Die 12 überraschendsten Spieler, die es in OWGR nicht auf Platz 1 geschafft haben | Golfnachrichten und Tourinformationen

Als am 6. April 1986 erstmals die offizielle Golf-Weltrangliste bekannt gegeben wurde, war der Deutsche Bernhard Langer der erste, der den Titel der Weltranglistenersten für sich beanspruchte. Und es stellte sich heraus, dass ihm diese Ehre zur rechten Zeit zuteil wurde. Innerhalb von drei Wochen überholte ihn Sword Ballesteros, und Langer konnte nicht mehr an die Spitze zurückkehren. Wäre das…

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