Exclusive: The 1/52 Project, a new financial grant program founded by Tony Award-winning set designer Beowulf Boritt, has selected the first seven early-career designer recipients to benefit from 100,000 in grants. Each of the inaugural recipients will receive grants up to 15,000, with applicants chosen based on talent, creativity, innovation, and potential for future excellence in the professional theatrical field.
The 2022 recipients are Brittany Bland, projection designer; Everett Elton Bradman, sound designer; Stefania Bulbarella, projection designer; Jessica Alexandra Cancino, set designer; Frank Cazares, costume designer; Jordan McCree, sound designer; and Jingyi Johanna Pan, costume designer.
“I know I am extraordinarily lucky to be able to make a living as a theatre designer, much less to have the opportunity to do it on Broadway,” said Boritt. “Part of that luck was being born a middle-class white boy. The goal of The 1/52 Project is to give a little encouragement to a talented group of early...
The 2022 recipients are Brittany Bland, projection designer; Everett Elton Bradman, sound designer; Stefania Bulbarella, projection designer; Jessica Alexandra Cancino, set designer; Frank Cazares, costume designer; Jordan McCree, sound designer; and Jingyi Johanna Pan, costume designer.
“I know I am extraordinarily lucky to be able to make a living as a theatre designer, much less to have the opportunity to do it on Broadway,” said Boritt. “Part of that luck was being born a middle-class white boy. The goal of The 1/52 Project is to give a little encouragement to a talented group of early...
- 9/7/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The stage musical adaptation of ’80s classic The Karate Kid will kick up its world premiere in St. Louis next spring in what producers are calling a pre-Broadway engagement.
The Karate Kid – The Musical, with a book by original screenwriter Robert Mark Kamen and music and lyrics by Drew Gasparini (Smash), will begin a limited engagement on May 25, 2022, in a Stages St. Louis production at The Kirkwood Performing Arts Center just outside St. Louis, Mo. The musical will run through June 26.
The production will be directed by Japanese director Amon Miyamoto (Pacific Overtures). Casting for the musical has not yet been announced.
“When I was a young man, my life was forever changed by traditional Okinawan Karate and the instructors who taught it to me,” Kamen said in a statement. “The Karate Kid is my love letter to both those masters and their practice. Karate teaches, above all, to follow...
The Karate Kid – The Musical, with a book by original screenwriter Robert Mark Kamen and music and lyrics by Drew Gasparini (Smash), will begin a limited engagement on May 25, 2022, in a Stages St. Louis production at The Kirkwood Performing Arts Center just outside St. Louis, Mo. The musical will run through June 26.
The production will be directed by Japanese director Amon Miyamoto (Pacific Overtures). Casting for the musical has not yet been announced.
“When I was a young man, my life was forever changed by traditional Okinawan Karate and the instructors who taught it to me,” Kamen said in a statement. “The Karate Kid is my love letter to both those masters and their practice. Karate teaches, above all, to follow...
- 8/25/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Get ready to see The Karate Kid like you never have before.
The beloved 1984 film franchise will join the long list of popular motion pictures to receive stage adaptations, with plans for a new Broadway-bound musical announced on Wednesday by producers Kumiko Yoshii, the Kinoshita Group, and Michael Wolk.
Robert Mark Kamen — who wrote the original film and its many sequels — will pen the musical’s book, with a score by Drew Gasparini (Smash).
The production will be directed by by renowned Japanese director Amon Miyamoto and choreographed by MTV Vma nominees Keone and Mari Madrid. Tony-winning set designer Derek McLane...
The beloved 1984 film franchise will join the long list of popular motion pictures to receive stage adaptations, with plans for a new Broadway-bound musical announced on Wednesday by producers Kumiko Yoshii, the Kinoshita Group, and Michael Wolk.
Robert Mark Kamen — who wrote the original film and its many sequels — will pen the musical’s book, with a score by Drew Gasparini (Smash).
The production will be directed by by renowned Japanese director Amon Miyamoto and choreographed by MTV Vma nominees Keone and Mari Madrid. Tony-winning set designer Derek McLane...
- 1/22/2020
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
The All Valley Karate Championship is coming to Broadway as the 1984 cult film “The Karate Kid” will be adapted into a stage musical, producers Kinoshita Group announced on Wednesday.
Japanese director Amon Miyamoto will helm the project and work from a book written by “Karate Kid” screenwriter Robert Mark Kamen. Drew Gasparini will write music and lyrics for the production while Keone and Mari Madrid will choreograph. Kumiko Yoshii and Michael Wolk are producers.
“Never in my wildest dreams did I think this little movie would reach across generations the way it has,” said Kamen in a statement. “And beyond my wildest dreams did I think what started out as a love letter to my devotion to Okinawan Karate and the man who taught me would become a full-blown Broadway musical. But here it is. Here I am. And here is hoping that what comes to the stage brings the...
Japanese director Amon Miyamoto will helm the project and work from a book written by “Karate Kid” screenwriter Robert Mark Kamen. Drew Gasparini will write music and lyrics for the production while Keone and Mari Madrid will choreograph. Kumiko Yoshii and Michael Wolk are producers.
“Never in my wildest dreams did I think this little movie would reach across generations the way it has,” said Kamen in a statement. “And beyond my wildest dreams did I think what started out as a love letter to my devotion to Okinawan Karate and the man who taught me would become a full-blown Broadway musical. But here it is. Here I am. And here is hoping that what comes to the stage brings the...
- 1/22/2020
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
The Karate Kid is being developed as a musical for Broadway, with the 1984 film’s screenwriter Robert Mark Kamen penning the book and Drew Gasparini writing music and lyrics.
The project was announced today by producers Kinoshita Group, Kumiko Yoshii, and Michael Wolk. The Karate Kid will be directed by Japanese director Amon Miyamoto and choreographed by MTV Vma nominees Keone and Mari Madrid.
In a statement, Kamen said, in part, “Never in my wildest dreams did I think this little movie would reach across generations the way it has. And beyond my wildest dreams did I think what started out as a love letter to my devotion to Okinawan Karate and the man who taught me would become a full-blown Broadway musical. But here it is. Here I am. And here is hoping that what comes to the stage brings the same joy and relevance The Karate Kid has...
The project was announced today by producers Kinoshita Group, Kumiko Yoshii, and Michael Wolk. The Karate Kid will be directed by Japanese director Amon Miyamoto and choreographed by MTV Vma nominees Keone and Mari Madrid.
In a statement, Kamen said, in part, “Never in my wildest dreams did I think this little movie would reach across generations the way it has. And beyond my wildest dreams did I think what started out as a love letter to my devotion to Okinawan Karate and the man who taught me would become a full-blown Broadway musical. But here it is. Here I am. And here is hoping that what comes to the stage brings the same joy and relevance The Karate Kid has...
- 1/22/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Kinoshita Group, Kumiko Yoshii, and Michael Wolk announced today simultaneously in New York and Los Angeles that The Karate Kid is being developed for Broadway as a new musical. Based on the smash hit Columbia Pictures motion picture, and featuring a book by the film's screenwriter Robert Mark Kamen and music and lyrics by Drew Gasparini, The Karate Kid will be directed by renowned Japanese director Amon Miyamoto and choreographed by MTV Vma nominees Keone and Mari Madrid.
- 1/22/2020
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Although it's not as well-known as An American Werewolf in London, John Landis' 1992 film Innocent Blood also mixes humor and horror to eerie effect, and soon horror fans will be able to experience it like never before when Warner Archive releases a remastered version of the vampire movie on Blu-ray.
Announced on Facebook by Warner Archive Collection, a new 2017 1080p HD remaster of Innocent Blood will be released sometime soon, including two minutes of footage that was never released in the Us.
An official release date has not been revealed, but we'll be sure to keep Daily Dead readers updated on further details. In the meantime, you can check out the synopsis, trailer, and cover art below. Will you be adding this one to your collection?
From Warner Archive Collection: "Innocent Blood (1992)
New 2017 1080p HD Remaster
Run Time 115:00 International Version (Unrated)
Subtitles English Sdh
DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 Stereo - English
16 X 9 Widescreen,...
Announced on Facebook by Warner Archive Collection, a new 2017 1080p HD remaster of Innocent Blood will be released sometime soon, including two minutes of footage that was never released in the Us.
An official release date has not been revealed, but we'll be sure to keep Daily Dead readers updated on further details. In the meantime, you can check out the synopsis, trailer, and cover art below. Will you be adding this one to your collection?
From Warner Archive Collection: "Innocent Blood (1992)
New 2017 1080p HD Remaster
Run Time 115:00 International Version (Unrated)
Subtitles English Sdh
DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 Stereo - English
16 X 9 Widescreen,...
- 8/16/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
A couple of weeks ago, we featured a seriously random list here -- Demonstrating the Importance of Directors by Highlighting the Failures of Screenwriters -- that was inspired by Peter Hanson's documentary, Tales from the Script, a thought-provoking doc that examines, through interviews with screenwriters, the scriptwriting process and how a screenplay morphs on its way to the big screen. What we came away with was the perception that even the most successful screenwriter often has no control over the finished product.
Writer/Director Peter Hanson was nice enough to submit to an email interview with us and eloquently discuss his documentary, his thoughts on the screenwriting process, and the role -- ultimately -- of the screenwriter in the development of the film.
To get the ball rolling, can you provide some information on your background, what you do, and what makes you an expert in the art of screenwriting?...
Writer/Director Peter Hanson was nice enough to submit to an email interview with us and eloquently discuss his documentary, his thoughts on the screenwriting process, and the role -- ultimately -- of the screenwriter in the development of the film.
To get the ball rolling, can you provide some information on your background, what you do, and what makes you an expert in the art of screenwriting?...
- 7/8/2010
- by Dustin Rowles
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