Poboy Reads: ENCORE!

Profile: NHSMTA™, otherwise known as The National High School Musical Theatre Awards, was established in 2009 by Pittsburgh CLO and Nederlander Alliances, a division of The Nederlander Organization, to elevate the importance of theatre arts education in schools and reward excellence in student performance. The program impacts over 100,000 students annually who participate in high school musical theatre competitions sponsored by forty professional theatres throughout the US (get a list of participating theatres). The Jimmy® Award is named in honor of James M. Nederlander, legendary Broadway theatre owner and producer. 7 Days: Inside the Jimmy Awards  Photo by Mark Abramson for Vulture   Rewind: 2018 Jimmy Awards 'The obsession got up close and personal' , as the Jimmy Awards opened themselves up to allow for a visitor: Natalie Walker, former nightmare theater teen as documented in the Stagedoor Manor tell-all Theater Geek , current nightmare theater adult as documen...

'We believe history matters. History defines the way we live and think. Historical knowledge gives us the power to improve our world today. That’s why we’re bringing historical storytelling into the modern age through new narrative formats. We change the future by bringing the past closer to the present.'  — Future History Lab A mobile documentary asks: What if Martin Luther King, Eartha Kitt and others were on Facebook in 1968? In journalist Mikhail Zygar’s innovative series, you can watch the events of that momentous year come to vibrant life on your phone in weekly episodes. Imagine your phone screen getting hijacked by someone else’s — and it’s the phone belonging to astronaut Neil Armstrong. All of a sudden, you start receiving urgent texts from president Lyndon B. Johnson urging you to reach the moon ahead of Soviet astronaut Yuri Gagarin. Sound alarming? Exciting? Now you can experience this scenario for yourself, thanks to Russian journalist Mikhail Zygar and...

 Cannes: Tina Turner Doc in Works from 'Man on Wire' Producers The film — heading to the market in Cannes — will be the first to tell the story of the iconic 'What's Love Got to do With It' singer. Dan Lindsay and T.J. Martin, the filmmakers behind the Emmy-winning LA 92 and Oscar-winning Undefeated, are reuniting with Lightbox, co-founded by Oscar-winning producer Simon Chinn (Man on Wire, Searching for Sugar Man, Whitney) and Emmy-winning producer Jonathan Chinn (LA 92, Fantastic Lies, Whitney) to tell the full story — for the first time — of the global icon and undisputed Queen of Rock and Roll. Altitude Film Sales is introducing the feature documentary Tina Turner (working title) to buyers at Cannes with Altitude Film Distribution acquiring distribution rights for the U.K. and Ireland. CAA has come on board to co-represent the domestic rights with Endeavor Content. The film goes into production this summer . Altitude has previously partnered with Lightbo...

Short Book Albums: 333SOUND 'We Can Save The Albums' Short books about albums started in 2003— right around the time the album was rumored to be cooling on a slab in the pop culture morgue, ready to be opened up and autopsied—there was no template for this kind of publication, no prescribed notions to fill. The books could take the shape of an essay, or a work of fiction, or even some odd hybrid of both. But whatever the format, these paperbacks are aggressively accessible: short, pocketsize, easily consumed during a few commutes. Perhaps more crucially, potentially anyone can write a 33 1/3 book: critics, academics, journalists, musicians, poets, assorted armchair commentators. Pitchfork: Article SMD With more than 100 titles to its name, Stephen M. Deusner highlights the 33 1/3 book series' finest moments. The 33 1/3 series has revealed a way that we can save the album: by dislocating it from history and letting a new generation develop their own canon. Recently a...

Film Threat’s mission: to champion up and coming indie filmmakers while giving a middle finger to the Hollywood establishment. Sometimes hilarity ensues. Threat began as a xeroxed fanzine started by Chris Gore and Andre Seewood in 1985. Only 500 copies of the first issue were printed and then distributed on the campus of Wayne State University on February 6th, 1985. It was on that campus that Gore and Seewood earned a reputation as disruptors by playing pranks on the film department and even going so far as to fake Gore’s death to promote a film screening. Seewood left after a year and Gore continued to grow the magazine beyond its xeroxed roots into a fully printed magazine. Chris Gore moved the magazine to Los Angeles in 1989 and opened an office at the Cherokee Building on Hollywood Boulevard. In 1991, Larry Flynt acquired Film Threat which then split into two magazines – Film Threat was owned by LFP and Gore continued to champion underground filmmakers in the pages of the ...

Songs that deserve a book adaptation; Part of the reason we book fiends devour novels is because once our interest is piqued by the premise of a story, we just have to see how it plays out. But have you ever found yourself wondering about the characters in songs, longing for a story that would explain more about their situation? Here are five songs that deserve a book adaptation , because curious minds need to know what happens next.   Attribution: Author, Jenny Shank Good Reads by Jenny Shank Jenny Shank Jenny Shank's first novel, , won the High Plains Book Award. Her stories, essays, satire and reviews have appeared in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Guardian, McSweeney's, Poets & Writers, Prairie Schooner, Dallas Morning News, and PBS MediaShift. She lives in Colorado and tweets @JennyShank. Jenny's stories, essays, satire, and reviews have appeared (Everywhere). Read About Jenny :

We  Are All Connected: According to the “Butterfly effect” theory;  one small change can influence a big change later. No matter where we are in the world, we are all connected together and we can affect each other with our actions. This theory can be implemented in our lives too, when positive thinking affects the positive outcome of our actions and life. Butterfly effect quote will make you believe that anything is possible.  Explore Knowledge that Amazes You! Enkiquotes Big movements of change have often started with tiny events or personal decisions that ended up affecting the history of our world. Episodes in Butterfly Effect. This is advanced media, "to empower the enduring human desire to understand the Universe and the world around us." ―CuriosityStream CuriosityStream - 1,500+ Documentaries On-Demand Watch award-winning science, technology, history and nature documentaries, worldwide, on-demand and available on multiple devices. CuriosityStrea...