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Saturday, 9/11/10 – Alashan, Inner Mongolia, China
Don and one of his many trips to the GREAT WALL!
Thank goodness he read this sign before he visited! Read More
Sunday, 9/12/10 – Alashan, Inner Mongolia, China
From Don’s Blackberry…
Woke for a run. Garbage truck playing happy birthday. Meeting with an actor at his house! It’s a freaking audition – no it’s lunch. Ok. Actually a block from hotel the crabby alley led to a blue painted door that led to a courtyard with pear trees to the old brick home. Inside a mirrored ceiling and mongol decorations in gold trim and of course a wedding pic. Read More
Friday, 9/10 – Alashan, Inner Mongolia, China
From Don’s Blackberry:
1pm no power! For second day in row
. It came on around 3pm like yesterday ….so does the electricity take a siesta too? So much for bucking the system!
Don Frantz is West of the Gobi Desert!
And no, I’m not kidding! I’ll be posting his daily quips that I receive from his Blackberry along with some interesting photos!
KATONGA closes after 10k performances!
It’s been over 6 years since Town Square and its creative team installed KATONGA at Busch Gardens, Tampa. The award winning show made break throughs by bringing Broadway talent to the brand’s African Themed Park. After 10, 000 shows and over 1,000 performers, the show closed September 2010.
Early Morning in Inner Mongolia with Don Frantz
I am in Eastern Inner Mongolia and since China is all in one time zone (with Beijing being the “correct “ time), here the sun rises around 3:45 am. So I have come to join the day.
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Japan Day 2010!
On Sunday, June 6th the Fourth Annual Japan Day in Central Park took place! Town Square Productions managed this event for the second year in a row!
This special day is dedicated to Japanese culture, through many activities, games, performances, parades and Japanese traditional food. This year was also the 150th celebration of the first Japanese delegation to the U.S.
Below you can see some good moments of this crazy one day event, attended by thousands of people!
“Opera Travels from Mongolia to Expo, by way of Broadway” from CHINADAILY
Part Broadway, part Asian steppes, the first modern opera from China’s Inner Mongolia is getting its premiere at the World Expo. Read More
