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US Talent goes to Shanghai Theatre of Drama
Here is a representation of the Shanghai Academy Artists in Residence! Over a five week period the team is instructing the new Music Theater Center at the Academy, the most controversial Broadway tuner in China, MISS SAIGON. Just take a beat and imagine the Chinese ensemble being introduced to, grasping the complex understanding of and finally performing as if they were there…the quintessential theater piece about the Vietnam War.
NBC’s Today Show – Sun 10/17
Stay tuned to NBC’s Today Show on Sunday, 10/17 as Jenna Wolfe adventures into the Amazing Maize Maze at Queens County Farm Museum and gets lost!
Amber Ford, Jenna Wolfe, Laurie Brown, Elizabeth Van Meter
Don & The National Theatre of China
Don meets with members of The National Theatre of China, as we embark on a new endeavor. The Final Struggle is a family drama that is both revolutionary and profound, revealing the inside of a culture so foreign yet so personal. It’s the first of its kind created in China, displaying the opposite sides of the political spectrum within a family built within the Communist Party. The play has recently been translated into English, with hopes of a production in the United States next winter
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Amazing Maize Maze in CHINA!
And by mere coincidence, Li Jing, from the Chinese Press joined Laurie at the Amazing Maize Maze at Queens County Farm Museum this weekend
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THEY TALK ALOT ABOUT MONGOLIAN BANQUETS!
..and they talk about that sometimes there is some drinking.
I decided to do a scientific study. Is this a myth, urban legend among lightweight foreigners?
I took my Canon S90 to dinner. And once the dinner got into swing I attempted to record the toasts in a 90 second period. Read More
Thu 9/30 – Alashan, Inner Mongolia, China
We have a go to create a show and a theater in 15 days (sept 13-27) from the government in the district of Erjina, in the county of Alashan of the Inner Mongolian autonomous region of China. Everyone recognizes the task as impossible, but if the local government of this little town can give us a theater we will give them a show. We start with an concept of 3 trees, telling 3 stories about the life and history of the local culture. We have 4 tunes from an Inner Mongolian composer. We have a story outline from a writer. We must assemble cast, design, vendors etc and except for local dancers, animal trainers and crew, everything and everybody have to drive for 2 days from Hohhut, or in best cast fly to Wuhai and then drive 10 hours across the desert to get here. No plane. No train.