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boricuacherry-blog · 6 months

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In the 1950's, Lincoln was a cabaret singer whose cameo in a 1955 Jayne Mansfield film propelled her into the spotlight - in the film, Lincoln wore an iconic red dress originally worn by Marilyn Monroe in the movie Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. By the late 50's, Hollywood's desire to mold Lincoln into a siren starlet was at odds with the singer's own desire to embrace her natural beauty. During a time when studios ascribed to Eurocentric aesthetics, Lincoln's choice to wear a short Afro ran counter to the straight-haired, fair-skinned, prototypical femme fatale. In Black is Beautiful, Brathwaite's photos of the singer capture Lincoln's pivot from acting to jazz and her embrace of her natural, coily hair. The singer eventually married Max Roach, and in a symbolic shedding of her former image, Lincoln burned the Marilyn Monroe dress in an incinierator.

#kwame brathwaite #article #photography #pan africanism #black is beautiful #history #american history #abbey lincoln #grandassa models #the grandassa models #jazz #elombe brath #marcus garvey #carolee prince

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fluctuating-fixations · 1 year

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Ohhh Parade I feel so normal about the Parade Musical.

#parade #parade musical #parade the musical #jason robert brown #hal prince #brent carver #carolee carmello #musicals #theatre #broadway

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chainsawpunk · 1 month

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Kwame Brathwaite, Untitled (Sikolo with Carolee Prince Designs), 1968

#Kwame Brathwaite #a

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intomore · 1 year

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Kwame Brathwaite (1 January 1938 – 1 April 2023)

Throughout his six-decade career, Brathwaite harnessed the power of photography to recalibrate the public understanding of Blackness.

Brathwaite, who was largely inspired by the teachings and writings of Marcus Garvey and Carlos Cooks, held a 60-year photography career that popularized the “Black is Beautiful” movement in the 1960s and continued to empower African and African-American cultural expression and achievements throughout his lifetime.

"Untitled (Kwame Brathwaite Self Portrait at AJASS Studios)" (c. 1964, printed 2016), archival pigment print (all images courtesy the Kwame Brathwaite Archive),

“Untitled (Garvey Day, Deedee in Car)” (c. 1965, printed 2018), archival pigment print,

ikolo Brathwaite wearing a helmet designed by Carolee Prince, Ajass, Harlem, circa 1968,

Kwame Samori Brathwaite playing with Baba's bag, Harlem, circa 1975,

James Brown plaque outside the Apollo Theater, Harlem, circa 1962,

Children on swings, Harlem, circa 1971,

Children playing with slingshots, Harlem, circa 1971.

#art #photography #black is beautiful #kwame brathwaite #rip twitter #blackness #human rights #humanity #activism #marcus garvey #carlos cooks #1960s #childrens #harlem #ajass #james brown #black lives matter #african american #american history

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medium-observation · 1 year

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MARCH RELEASE

Beetlejuice - First US National Tour

December 1, 2022 - Medium Observation

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Justin Collette (Beetlejuice), Isabella Esler (Lydia Deetz), Britney Coleman (Barbara Maitland), Will Burton (Adam Maitland), Jesse Sharp (Charles Deetz), Kate Marilley (Delia Deetz), Danielle Marie Gonzalez (Miss Argentina), Abe Goldfarb (Otho), Brian Vaughn (Maxie Dean), Karmine Alers (Maxine Dean/Juno), Jackera Davis (Girl Scout)

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Decent video from the first performance of the tour! Shot between heads so obstruction can be seen. Worked around the best I could. Shakiness and washout are seen at times. Overall not a bad video from Paducah which shows how much has changed already in the tour.

NFT Date: September 1, 2023

Screenshots: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAiqJy

Video is $15

A Strange Loop - Broadway

January 15, 2023 - Medium Observation

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Cast:

Jaquel Spivey (Usher), L Morgan Lee (Thought 1), James Jackson Jr. (Thought 2), John-Michael Lyles (Thought 3), John-Andrew Morrison (Thought 4), Jason Veasy (Thought 5), Jon-Michael Reese (u/s Thought 6)

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Very nice video of closing! Lots of wideshots, and nice zooms. Filmed from the balcony so the video has a somewhat different angle. A speaker can be seen in the top left of the screen at times but doesn't take away from much of anything in the show.

NFT Date: September 1, 2023

Screenshots: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAoSqh

Video is $20

Cinderella (Andrew Lloyd Webber) - Broadway (Bad Cinderella)

February 17, 2023 - Medium Observation

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Cast:

Linedy Genao (Cinderella), Jordan Dobson (Prince Sebastian), Carolee Carmelo (The Stepmother), Grace McLean (The Queen), Sami Gayle (Adele), Morgan Higgins (Marie), Christina Acosta Robinson (The Godmother), Josh Drake (Arthur), Cameron Loyal (Prince Charming), J Savage (Gawain), Dave Schoonover (Dorian), Mike Baerga (Ensemble), Raymond Baynard (Ensemble), Lauren Boyd (Ensemble), Kaleigh Cronin (Ensemble), Ben Lanham (Ensemble), Ángel Lozada (Ensemble), Mariah Lyttle (Ensemble), Sarah Meahl (Ensemble), Christian Probst (Ensemble), Larkin Reilly (Ensemble), Julio Rey (Ensemble), Lily Rose (Ensemble), Tregoney Shepherd (Ensemble), Paige Smallwood (Ensemble), Aléna Watters (Ensemble)

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First Performance! Near flawless video, besides some washout in wideshots and shakiness at times. Very minimal obstruction if any at all.

NFT Date: September 1, 2023

Screenshots: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAsWvz

Video is $20

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#beetlejuice #beetlejuice the musical #bad cinderella #a strange loop #mediumobservation #justin collette #bjtm #isabella esler

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cosmicanger · 1 year

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Kwame Brathwaite

Untitled (Sikolo with Carolee Prince Designs)

1968, printed 2018

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welshwitchking · 2 years

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Today (27th May) is the feast day of St. Melangell who fled from her family in Ireland in the 5th century, to a valley near the Afon Tanat in North Wales. One day Brochwel, the Prince of Powys, was hunting a hare in the area which ran under the robes of Melangell seeking shelter from the ensuing hounds. After hearing her story, Brochwel gave her some of his own lands to found an abbey where she offered sanctuary to all who required it. She lived a long life as an abbess and in the 7th century she was given sainthood and often described as the Patron Saint of Rabbits and Hares.

Image: Melangell Acrylic Painting by Carolee Clark

#cadno #celtic paganism #wales #welsh pagan #welsh witch #melangell #Welsh #folklore #welsh folklore #paganism #witchcraft

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tenaciouspostfun · 1 year

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BAD Cinderella

theater review.

Not since "Starlight Express" has Andrew Lloyd Webber written such a lackluster musical. The songs you hear throughout the musical "Bad Cinderella" at The Imperial Theatre go in one ear and out the other and are long forgotten even before the final curtain drops. Emerald Fennell's book is nothing to really get excited about either. The premise here is that we visit a town called Belleville where only the beautiful people live; Cinderella is considered bad because she is seen as ugly, and because she spray painted on Prince Charming s statue "beauty sucks". Wow. Deep!

The whole show is a confusing piece of garble, flavored over with outrageously garish costumes (Gabriela Tylesova), Tylesova does a great job, however, with the scenic design.Director Laurence Connor reaches for the campy, the cheap laughs and clearly panders to the diverse audience members. Based on gay themes as well as a clear message that we only look toward the outside rather than the inherent good in people, "Bad Cinderella" has too weak of a plot to be taken as good theater and any message it tries to serve is lost in the confusion.

Cinderella (Linedy Genao) is for the most part good; she has a nice singing voice, delivers the "business" nicely and can dance. In the lead role, however, she is not a big enough talent to deliver like many of today's stars on Broadway can.The same holds true for Prince Sebastian (Jordon Dobson). Dobson cannot deliver the way a star should, he is to one dimensional and at times, flat.While Carolee Carmello as the Stepmother and Grace McLean as the Queen are very good, the rest of the cast for the most part goes through the motions where the acting is concerned.

Bruno Poet's lighting is nicely done to complement the story, particularly the musical part of the show. JoAnn M. Hunter's choreography ranges between decent and ridiculous. At one point in the show, the audience has to watch a Chippendale version of dancers doing push ups and lifting weights shirtless and in leather pants.

"Bad Cinderella" holds to the basic story of the sisters, the mean stepmother; the ball dropping at midnight. Only here the sisters are beyond annoying, Adele (Sami Gayle) has such a nasal voice that she is hard to hear, her sister Marie (Morgan Higgins) has a hairstyle similar to Lady Gaga and uses all the cutesy phrases that don't add up to anything meaningful, nor funny. If all of this is not distracting enough, the constant turnstile staging left most of the audience with vertigo by the shows end.

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The summary and observation of "Bad Cinderella" is the following... As Broadway ushers in diversity (Three of the main characters are of color), not enough is being placed on talent. Many of the actors today on Broadway should not be their.

Bad Cinderella tries to capture the woke audience, and in that case it succeds. This show had Prince Charming as a gay man, marrying another man. While it goes over with some of the audience, it fails with other members of the audience.

Broadway is trying to usher in diversity for diversities sake. Many of the plays and musicals broght forth are not good. The costumes are horrid, the sets for the most part are non existent. This is not a good way to prop up the box office receipts. In the new wave of Broadway, they are leaving behind the older monied white people who are responsible for most of the box.

While thye 2023 season is so far way better than 2022, Broadway has a long way to go in that it needs to get the best talent on Broadway, not actors who check off certain boxes. The writing too has to be made tighter as well as the direction. In Bad Cinderella I do not understand why the direction went the way it did. It was not tight nor coherent and as such made for a painful evening.

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Imperial Theatre, Starlight Express, www.swmnimbus.org, www.triviscompany.com, www.gimmeshelterproductions.com, Broadway, Bad Cinderella, Hamilton, Funny Girl, Prince Charming, Prince William, England, Robert Massimi, Metropolitan Magazine, Mann About Town, Fashion Manuscript, "A Life in the Rye", Swing time Canteen", "The Gathering" The Cort Theatre, Metropolitan Playhouse.

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citylifeorg · 2 years

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New-York Historical Society Showcases Black Is Beautiful: The Photography of Kwame Brathwaite

Kwame Brathwaite, Sikolo Brathwaite wearing a headpiece designed by Carolee Prince, African Jazz-Art Society & Studios (AJASS), Harlem, ca. 1968; from Kwame Brathwaite: Black Is Beautiful (Aperture, 2019) On View August 19, 2022 – January 15, 2023, the Acclaimed Traveling Exhibition Comes to New York City Featuring the Life and Work of a Key Figure in the Black Power Movement Beginning August…

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theyroaredvintage · 4 years

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#Kwame Brathwaite #1960s #portrait #Carolee Prince #Helene Nomsa Brath

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moodboardmix · 5 years

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Kwame Brathwaite, Sikolo Brathwaite wearing a headpiece designed by Carolee Prince. AJASS, Harlem, 1968.

Courtesy of the artist and Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles

#art #photography #black is beautiful #headpiece #kwame brathwaite #sikolo brathwaite #carolee prince #harlem #1968 #AJASS #philip martin gallery

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parade-musical · 4 years

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PARADE, Toronto Workshop, 1997

Carolee Carmello, Randy Redd, and Brent Carver in a scene from the musical

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loveleo-archive · 6 years

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Exploring the Trinas. Here's a line up of five of the Trina portrayals from five wonderful actresses of William Finn's #marchofthefalsettos #falsettoland and #falsettos.

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In order left to right: Carolee Carmello (Inspired more than it looks like her), Barbara Walsh, Alison Fraser, Faith Prince, Stephanie J. Block.

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I love each and every one of them.

#trina weisenbachfeld #trina falsettos #faith prince #barbara walsh #stephanie j. block #carolee carmello #falsettos #march of the falsettos #falsettoland #my art #art #fan art #musicals #sketch #alison fraser

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manufactoriel · 3 years

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