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Faulkenberry Swings Into “Spider-Man” Role
Face it, tiger, she just hit the jackpot! Bermudian Rebecca Faulkenberry [pictured] is joining the cast of Broadway’s “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” this month. She replaces Jennifer Damiano as the title character’s love interest Mary Jane Watson. The musical is inspired by over 40 years of the Marvel Comics character co-created... Read more of this article
Bermudian Actor Wins A Perez Hilton Rave
A young Bermudian performer appearing in an off-Broadway revival of the musical “Rent” has received a rave review from on-line gossip maven Perez Hilton. Actor/singer Nicholas Christopher, son of Hamilton Crier Ed Christopher, was described as one of the stand-out cast members in the acclaimed New York show by the American blogger and... Read more of this article
Douglas Pens Bermuda Book Foreword
Former celebrity resident Michael Douglas has penned the foreword to a new book which provides an astonishingly detailed and intimate photographic portrait Bermuda and Bermudians. Local architect Georgia Crowe-Benevide and American Kathryn Deane, president of fashion merchandising consulting company the Tobe Report, are co-authors of “Bermuda”,... Read more of this article
TV Academy Spotlights Arthur Rankin
He optimistically called his new animation technique “Animagic”. It’s been almost 50 years since writer/director/producer Arthur Rankin Jr. launched his improbably successful career with little more than the rights to a Christmas novelty song, a felt-covered, lightbulb-nosed reindeer puppet and the sort of boundless faith which marks... Read more of this article
Gilbert and Sullivan: ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’
The Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Bermuda are presenting ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ at the City Hall Theatre from October 6 to October 15, 2011. Tickets are $55, and on sale at www.gands.bm or www.premiertickets.bm. Jesus Christ Superstar is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber with lyrics by Tim Rice. The musical started off as a rock opera... Read more of this article
Malachi Simmons Fundraising Performance
The Chewstick Foundation Griot sessions will showcase the talents of dancer, actor and singer Malachi Simmons as a part of an innovative initiative to raise funds in support of the young performer’s university education. A special Griot Session will be held on Wednesday, September 7 at the Chewstick Neo-Griot Lounge & Café on Elliot Street,... Read more of this article
Telegram to Agatha Christie, Sent From Bermuda
The UK’s BBC reports that, “A telegram sent by Noel Coward to Agatha Christie has been found hidden inside an old bureau while it was being restored.” “The message was sent from Bermuda and is dated September 1957.” “It congratulates the writer on her play The Mousetrap breaking the record for the longest running... Read more of this article
New DVD: 1961 Film Featuring Bermuda Actor
A 50-year-old British movie featuring Bermudian actor Earl Cameron is scheduled to be released on DVD next month. Oklahoma-based VCI Entertainment will be releasing the DVD of “Flame In The Streets” on September 20, 2011. The 1961 film takes a look at the racial prejudice in the era, something which Mr Cameron faced off screen during his career. Born... Read more of this article
BMDS Hosts Shakespeare in the Park
The Bermuda Musical & Dramatic Society production of Shakespeare’s well loved comedy, Much Ado About Nothing opens July 17th and is performed outdoors in Victoria Park. The story revolves around two couples, the first, Benedick and Beatrice who are engaged in a “merry war”; they both talk a mile a minute and proclaim their scorn... Read more of this article
Bermuda Glee Workshop Kicks Off Tomorrow
Bermuda Glee, the 10-day performing arts intensive for students sponsored by The Argo Foundation, starts tomorrow with a three day workshop conducted by Florida-based master teacher Daniel Bonnett. 85 students between the ages of 14 and 18 who auditioned in April for the intensive will receive a crash course from Mr. Bonnett this weekend in how to put... Read more of this article
Famous For 15 Minutes Playwriting Festival
The Bermuda Musical & Dramatic Society [BMDS] is holding their 10th Annual Playwriting Festival “Famous for Fifteen Minutes”. Kelvin Hasting-Smith, one of the founding producers of the festival, tells us how the idea was originally conceived: “BMDS is no different from other not for profit organizations. It is an institution which is run... Read more of this article
The Charleston Bermuda Race Gets Underway
The 11 boats racing in the 777-mile Charleston Bermuda Race got under way yesterday [May 21] beneath bright blue skies with freshening breezes ranging from eight to 12 knots. Borne by an ebb tide, the boats all crossed the starting line on starboard tack, and headed upwind out of the harbor, chased by a 50-strong fleet of spectator boats. Shortly before,... Read more of this article
Video: Daren Herbert Appears On A&E TV Drama
Bermudian actor Daren A. Herbert appeared on A&E’s new drama Breakout Kings on May 8 2011. The drama — about fugitives helping the police catch other fugitives and originally developed for Fox — premiered in March 2011. Tired of outdated methods of law enforcement, veteran U.S. Marshals Charlie Duchamp and Ray Zancanelli decide... Read more of this article
Colbert: ‘Only Armageddon Can Stop Me Now’
TV funnyman Stephen Colbert is serious about one thing — winning the the Charleston Bermuda Race which gets underway on May 21. In a recent interview with E! The Entertainment Network, the faux-conservative talk show host said he hopes to be first across the finish line at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club — in part to erase memories of his... Read more of this article
Bermuda Race Receives ‘The Colbert Bump’
With 10 days to go before the cannon fires to signify the start of the 777-mile Charleston Bermuda Race, the yachting event has received the fabled “Colbert Bump” in terms of heightened participation and public interest. Some 12 boats will start the Charleston Bermuda Race, which begins on May 21 in Charleston Harbour, with Comedy Central... Read more of this article
New Year’s Evil Focus Of Comic Mystery
[Written by Steven Rees Davies] If you are fans of the fashions and glitzy parties of the 1940s, or of films like “The Philadelphia Story” starring Cary Grant, James Stewart and Katherine Hepburn, you had better prepare yourselves and book tickets for a night of 1940s comic revelry as the Bermuda Musical and Dramatic Society take us back... Read more of this article
