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jbaileyfansite · 1 year

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In a new commission by BBC Radio 2 for BBC Sounds, The Showstopper will be available from 19 March featuring Bridgerton’s Jonathan Bailey.

40 years ago the HIV virus, and the resulting disease AIDS, were named. It devastated people’s lives all over the world, including bringing immeasurable heartbreak to the theatre community of Broadway and the West End.

Theatre, however, became a voice of awareness, rebelling against the stigma present at the time. There were plays, one-man performances and musicals highlighting the disease and its effect on people, spreading messages of hope and support and helping to quash hurtful and misleading information.

In this programme, actor Jonathan Bailey, who performed as a child in Les Miserables in the West End at the time, tells the story of HIV/AIDS impact on the theatre community, and tells how this community supported those affected. This documentary includes powerful stories from those at the heart of the theatre community at the time, including producers Cameron Mackintosh and Nick Allott, lyricist Tim Rice and Musical Director Jae Alexander, alongside performers such as actor and activist Jill Nalder (Les Miserables, Oliver!), Claire Moore (The Phantom of the Opera), Craig Revel Horwood, Stifyn Parri (Les Miserables, Brookside), and Make A Difference charity’s Melanie Tranter.

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roadtophantom · 6 years

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Phantom of the Opera 'on the cards' for Dubai

One of the world's longest-running musicals Phantom of the Opera will come to Dubai Opera, according to managing director of UK-based theatrical production firm Cameron Mackintosh Ltd, Nick Allott.

The record-breaking show, which has criss-crossed the UK for 30 years and the US for 20 years, will definitely come to Dubai in the future, according to Allott.

“Phantom of the Opera is on the cards [for Dubai],” said Allott, who is in Dubai for the duration of French musical Les Miserables.

So far, it all sounds like Dubai COULD be a possible stop of next year's tour.

And then this comes up...

"There are two versions of it; there’s the original one and there’s one we created for our 25th anniversary which is travelling around America at the moment. It is a very different design but story and music are the same. So yes Phantom would come [to Dubai]."

(Source: https://www.arabianbusiness.com/phantom-of-opera-on-cards-for-dubai-654202.html)

Huh! So US tour set?

The article is a bit dated (2016) but the source is one of the folks who brought Les Mis over so this is likely srs.

Also should be noted that they had an Evita production this year that is different from the one that toured Southeast Asia and is now in Australia. SO, hmm interesting.

#phantom of the opera #But not sure if #World Tour #🤔#Phantom of the Opera Dubai

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obtener2 · 4 years

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"Camp near Pittsburgh Landing Tenn. Apr. 25/62 Dear Wife and friends, "We are camped in the timber on a side hill, it is very gravely, but it is some dryer than it was at the other place, it has been a raining all day, but we have got a cover over our fire which is a great help to us when it rains. ... I was glad to hear that you had got all of the money that I had sent to you, I do not know when you will get the $20.00 from St Paul, but I think that you will get it before long, if you do not get it before the next pay-day. I shall stop the allottment, and send it to you myself, we received our pay to day. I got six dollars. Uncle Sam will owe me $26.00 the last day of this month, I do not have to spend any money only just for what paper, ink, envelops, and postage money I want, and sometimes I get my boots fixed up a little and such like." [Source: Nick K. Adams, Civil War Letters from a 2nd Minnesota Volunteer]

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josiptaylor · 5 years

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SHAKE from Variable on Vimeo.

Learn more about SHAKE the book: ShakeTheBook.com See the photography series: CarliDavidson.com

Shake off all the worries on your mind and smile! The dogs featured in SHAKE are simply here to offer you a couple minutes of wonder and laughter. :)

SHAKE is based on a photography series of the same name by co-director Carli Davidson. The work was inspired by her own dog Norbert, whose drool she regularly cleans off walls due to his own frequent shaking.

In 2012 the Variable team stumbled upon Carli Davidson's photo-series-gone-viral, "SHAKE", and immediately fell in love with the images of dogs that she was able to capture. The combination of innocence and ridiculousness had us all hysterically laughing, and of course thinking; "We NEED to meet this Carli and bring her images to life!" Fortunately for us, Carli responded to our enthusiastic e-mail with an even more enthusiastic e-mail stating that she was totally down to collaborate and had a very similar vision! After months and many meetings of trying to figure out how we could even afford to make this film, we all just decided to empty our pockets, pull some serious strings, and make the video purely for the fun of it.

If you are fans of the video, there is a very good chance you will enjoy the book as well. Check it out on the link below and please consider supporting our awesome friend Carli. This is her first book, and we are certain it won't be her last!

ShakeTheBook.com

*No dogs were harmed during the making of this film. We love animals. Please reach out to [email protected] directly if you have any questions or concerns about the animal’s rolls and we will get back to you asap. Thanks in advance!

For press inquiries about SHAKE please contact: [email protected]

Production Company: Variable   Directors: Carli Davidson & Jonathan Bregel Executive Producer: Tyler Ginter Producers: Carli Davidson & Alex Friedman Director of Photography: Khalid Mohtaseb Camera Master/Phantom Technician: Nick Midwig Assistant Camera: Daniel Stewart Gaffer: Travis Becker Animal Wrangler: Amanda Giese Craft Services: Tim Wiesch Production Assistant: Cheyenne Allott

Post Production: Variable & The Mill Editor: Jonathan Bregel Assistant Editor: Jeff Levine Post Production Producer: Alex Friedman Head of Content: Ian Bearce @ The Mill TK Producer: Heath Raymond @ The Mill Colourist: Sal Malfitano @ The Mill

Score: Mayer Hawthorne "Shiny & New" itunes.apple.com/us/album/shiny-new/id325250582?i=325250966 Label: Stones Throw Records

Special thanks to the amazing team at Rule Boston Camera for trusting us yet again with their Phantom Flex camera package. None of this would be possible without their support over the past few years. Rule.com

Thank you to the entire Becker family and Becker Productions for kindly providing us with a great studio space and plenty of lighting and grip to cover with dog hair and drool.

Last but most certainly not least, thanks to all of the wonderful dogs and their owners for collaborating with our team in making this idea a reality. Next time we are in Portland, dog treats are on us. ;)

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omcik-blog · 7 years

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New Post has been published on OmCik

New Post has been published on http://omcik.com/amazon-everywhere-e-commerce-titan-is-topic-companies-cant-avoid/

Amazon everywhere: E-commerce titan is topic companies can't avoid

NEW YORK (Reuters) – What looms over businesses as far flung as car repair, lab equipment and swimming pool gear? In a word, Amazon.

Almost 700 U.S. companies have reported quarterly results so far this earnings season, and the e-commerce titan’s name has popped up on roughly one of every 10 earnings conference calls so far. And the retailers whose lunch has long been eaten by Amazon.com Inc haven’t even reported yet.

In all, Amazon has been raised either in passing or with some urgency on 75 calls hosted by corporate chieftains in the past several weeks, according to a Reuters analysis of call transcripts from components of the S&P 1500. That’s well more than twice as many mentions as Google or its parent Alphabet Inc and over three times as many as Apple Inc.

The preponderance of Amazon mentions by executives and Wall Street analysts is the latest indication of its rapidly expanding reach. Its move last month to buy upscale grocer Whole Foods Market Inc for nearly $14 billion has added fresh fuel to the concerns.

Once primarily a scourge of traditional brick-and-mortar retailers, Amazon’s cloud over U.S. business has spread to more corners of the economy and raised worries about where it could strike next. Even executives for whom Amazon was not previously a top concern have found themselves responding to questions about how it may burst into their industries.

On the call for 3M Co, which makes everything from scouring pads to stainless steel dental crowns, Amazon was raised by several analysts. Executives at diversified healthcare company Johnson & Johnson were asked how Amazon might pose a risk to its consumer brands.

McDonald’s Corp CEO Stephen Easterbrook declined to respond directly to a question about implications of the Amazon-Whole Foods deal. But he did say: “It just demonstrates how disruptive the business world is and how quickly it moves.”

It was the first time a McDonald’s, 3M or J&J executive had faced an Amazon-related question in an earnings call, according to data from Thomson Reuters dating back to 2000.

“Just that name puts fear even if it’s just a rumor that they might be going into your space,” said Alan Lancz, president of Toledo, Ohio-based investment advisory firm Alan B. Lancz & Associates Inc., who has been an investor for more than 30 years. “To be over all these different sectors and all these different spaces, I can’t recall anything like that.”

Eyes on Amazon

Not all of the Amazon references reflect worry. In many instances, companies talked up existing and potential partnerships with Amazon, bounties from the recent Amazon Prime Day sale, or opportunities that might stem from a Whole Foods purchase.

But Amazon emerged as a source of analyst concern on conference calls for tire servicer Monro Muffler Brake Inc, swimming pool equipment distributor Pool Corp and water heater maker A.O. Smith.

“I can tell you that we do think that they’re a force,” Albert Nahmad, chief executive of Watsco Inc, a heating, ventilation and air conditioning system distributor, said in response to a question. “The economy’s never seen anything like it.”

“We keep our eyes on Amazon,” he added.

At issue is the competitive threat from Amazon’s massive size, willingness to sell at low prices and desire to push into a vast array of products or business lines.

In its own quarterly report late on Thursday, Amazon reported a jump in retail sales along with a profit slump, as its rapid, costly expansion into new shopping categories and countries showed no sign of slowing.

Whole Foods on Their Minds

The Whole Foods deal roiled retailers, supermarkets and companies in the food-supply chain. But analysts are also asking real estate investment trusts and banks about their exposure to grocers, while Dover Corp, which manufacturers refrigeration equipment, and Silgan Holdings, which supplies packaging for consumer goods products, also were queried about the deal.

“It seems like everyone’s asking that question at this stage,” Silgan CEO Anthony Allott said when asked about the penetration of e-commerce in groceries in the wake of the deal, adding that he viewed it as an opportunity.

Amazon is generating an outsized amount of chatter on Wall Street as well.

Bank research notes and sales and trading commentary this month have contained nearly twice the number of Amazon mentions as for Microsoft and Apple, with Amazon tripling the number of Alphabet references, according to data from Street Contxt, an institutional content and data-insights platform for brokers and investors.

Amazon has been mentioned nearly 17 times as much as the average company, according to Street Contxt.

Jeff Hammond, an equity research analyst at KeyBanc Capital Markets, said investors are concerned that distributors of a variety of industrial wares are vulnerable to Amazon.

“For commodity products with low differentiation, where price is higher on the list and it’s a smaller item that’s easy to deliver, that’s probably something that Amazon can be competitive at,” Hammond said.

For some executives, the Amazon question has been a periodic feature, even in arenas well beyond its traditional boundaries.

Executives at Thermo Fisher Scientific, whose business includes supplying equipment to research laboratories, have fielded questions about an Amazon impact as far back as five years. This month its CEO said it was investing in its e-commerce capabilities and its supply chain.

“We take Amazon very seriously,” Thermo Fisher Chief Executive Marc Casper said on the call, “and we always have.”

Additional reporting by Rodrigo Campos; Editing by Dan Burns and Nick Zieminski

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rgsibg · 7 years

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New editorial board members

The RGS-IBG Book Series Editorial Board welcomes four new members with physical/environmental geography expertise.

The Society is pleased to announce that Dr David Featherstone, University of Glasgow, became sole Editor of the RGS-IBG Book Series on 1 January 2017. The Society would like to take this opportunity to thank Professor Tim Allott, University of Manchester, who has stepped down as co-Editor of the Series.

Recognising that physical and environmental geography remains a vital part of the Series, the Society welcomes Professors Anna Davies, Trinity College Dublin; Sandy Harrison, University of Reading; Stephen Rice, University of Loughborough; and Dr Kevon Rhiney, Rutgers University, to an expanded Editorial Board from 1 January 2017.

The RGS-IBG Book Series publishes work of the highest international standing across the discipline. It seeks to promote scholarly publications that leave an intellectual mark and change the way readers think about particular issues, methods or theories. Latest titles (featured in the image above) include Pathological Lives: Diseases, Space and Biopolitics by Stephen Hinchliffe, Nick Bingham, John Allen and Simon Carter; and Smoking Geographies: Space, Place and Tobacco by Ross Barnett, Graham Moon, Jamie Pearce, Lee Thompson and Liz Twigg. Forthcoming titles include Home SOS: Gender, Violence and Law in Cambodia by Katherine Brickell; On Shifting Foundations: State Rescaling, Policy Experimentation And Economic Restructuring In Post-1949 China by Kean Fan Lim and Cryptic Concrete: A Subterranean Journey Into Cold War Germany by Ian Klinke.

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Recently published titles (Society Fellows and members are entitled to a 35% discount).

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