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Photos: Leviathan Lab’s Twelfth Night at the Arclight through 11/19
The cast and creative team of Leviathan Lab's Twelfth Night on the set at the Arclight Theater in New York on November 11, 2011. Photo by Lia Chang
I had a great time at Leviathan Lab’s inaugural production, Twelfth Night, an entertaining romp starring Jojo Gonzalez as Feste the clown, Tina Chilip as Viola, Kurt Uy as Orsino, Eileen Rivera as Olivia, Andrew Eisenman as Malvolio, John Roque as Sir Toby Belch, Karen Tsen Lee as Maria, Marcus Ho as Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Chris Doi as Sebastian, Roger Yeh as Fabian, and Eugene Oh as Antonio, currently having a limited run through November 19 at the Arclight Theater in New York.Leviathan Lab founder Ariel Estrada, composer Jason Ma, director Nelson T. Eusebio III and choregrapher Dax Valdes. Photo by Lia Chang
Raul and Mary Aranas came out to support Karen Tsen Lee in her debut as Maria and the brilliant Jojo Gonzalez who is fearless as Feste the Clown. Photo by Lia Chang
Anatomy of a Breakout Panelists include David Henry Hwang, Jennifer Lim, Leigh Silverman, Samuel L. Jackson, Kenny Leon and David Ives at Fordham University’s Lincoln Center Campus on 11/13
Jennifer Lim at the opening night curtain call of David Henry Hwang's Chinglish at the Longacre Theatre in New York on October 27, 2011. Photo by Lia Chang
The Drama Desk and the Fordham University Theatre Program will present a special panel discussion on Sunday, November 13th at 6:30pm at Fordham University’s Lincoln Center campus (Pope Auditorium, 113 West 60th Street). The discussion, titled “Anatomy of a Breakout,” will reflect on the remarkable trend of breakthrough productions and breakout performances on the New York stage in 2011.
Chinglish Playwright David Henry Hwang and director Leigh Silverman arrive at the Longacre Theatre in New York for the opening night performance of Chinglish on October 27, 2011. Photo by Lia Chang
The
panelists
fromCHINGLISH include
actor
Jennifer
Lim,
playwright
David
Henry
Hwang,
who
recently
received
a
Jeff
Award
(New
Work-Play),
and
director
Leigh
Silverman.
The
discussion
will
be
moderated
by
Randy
Gener,
the
George
Jean
Nathan
Award
winning
editor/critic,
and
Leslie
(Hoban)
Blake,
the
Drama
Desk’s
Vice
President.
Other panelists include Douglas Carter Beane (book writer, Lysistrata Jones), Lewis Flinn (composer/lyricist,Lysistrata Jones), David Ives (playwright, Venus in Fur), Samuel L. Jackson (actor, The Mountaintop), Dan Knechtges (director/choreographer, Lysistrata Jones) and Kenny Leon (director, The Mountaintop and Stick Fly).
Tina Chilip, Jojo Gonzalez, Marcus Ho and More in Leviathan Lab’s Twelfth Night Production Photos, Performances through 11/19
Foreground Center: Jojo Gonzalez as Feste with the cast of Leviathan Lab's TWELFTH NIGHT Photo by Bree Warner
Is
it
possible
to
have
too
much
fun
on
stage?
I
don’t
think
so.
If
you
haven’t
made
it
to
the
Leviathan
Lab’s
inaugural
production, Twelfth
Night,
an
entertaining
romp
starring
Jojo
Gonzalez
as
Feste
the
clown,
Tina
Chilip
as
Viola,
Kurt
Uy
as
Orsino,
Eileen
Rivera
as
Olivia,
Andrew
Eisenman
as
Malvolio,
John
Roque
as
Sir
Toby
Belch,
Ka-ling
Cheung
as
Maria,
Marcus
Ho
as
Sir
Andrew
Aguecheek,
Chris
Doi
as
Sebastian,
Roger
Yeh
as
Fabian,
and
Eugene
Oh
as
Antonio,
you
only
have
three
more
chances
to
do
so
through
November
19
at
the
Arclight
Theater
in
New
York.
I
guarantee
you
will
have
a
grand
time.
L to R: Ka-ling Cheung as Maria, Eileen Rivera as Olivia and Tina Chilip as Viola Photo by Bree Warner
Leviathan
Lab’s Twelfth
Night is
set
in
the
seaside
city
of
Illyria,
but
is
a
fresh
take
on
Shakespeare’s
comedy,
infused
with
auteur
Wong
Kar-wai’s
1960s
Hong
Kong
sensibility
and
style,
and
helmed
by
Nelson
T.
Eusebio
III,
with
original
music
by
veteran
Broadway
actor/composer
Jason
Ma,
choreography
by
Dax
Valdes,
and
sets
&
costumes
by
Maiko
Chii.
Performances
are
Thursday
–
Saturday
at
8pm.
Tickets
are
$18
general
admission,
$15
students
and
seniors,
with
special
prices
for
groups
of
10
or
more.
Photos: Kathie Lee Gifford at the 2011 Lord & Taylor Fifth Avenue Christmas Windows Unveiling in New York
2011 Lord &Taylor Fifth Avenue Christmas Windows Photo by Lia Chang
On
Monday,
November
14,
2011,
the
Lord
&
Taylor
Fifth
Avenue
Flagship
store
in
New
York
unveiled
the
2011
Lord
&
Taylor
Fifth
Avenue
Christmas
Windows.
This
year,
the
windows
were
inspired
by
children’s
drawings
of
“What
is
Christmas
Made
of?”
and
an
illustration
by
Carl
Wilson
from
1941
that
shows
tiny
illustrations
and
asks
“What
is
Christmas
Made
of?”
Lord
&
Taylor
asked
children
from
Women
In
Need
shelters
and
local
schools
to
draw
what
they
believe
Christmas
is
made
of.
The
mechanical
holiday
windows
were
inspired
by
their
art
and
feature
125
of
the
original
drawings.
The
2011
Lord
&
Taylor
Fifth
Avenue
Christmas
Windows
unveiling
was
live
streamed
online
and
a
video
of
highlights
can
be
viewed
atwww.lordandtaylor.com/christmas
The
celebration
began
with
performances
by
the
Young
People’s
Chorus
of
New
York
City™
who
were
joined
by
Kathie
Lee
Gifford,
co-
host
of
the
fourth
hour
of
NBC’s
Today
Show
for
one
number.
Finally - a major Asian hotel chain steps up to the plate - Effective January 1, 2012. Shark Fins off the menu
Today, January 1, 2012 marks the day that a major hotel chain, The Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited (HSH), owner of the Peninsula Hotels finally made it official - no more shark fins will be served. We hope many more hotels, restaurants, and fishermen will also stop killing the millions of sharks for their fins for soup.
Let's make 2012 a year that you also take measures in your own hands to help our world become a better place.
This is one of the most important stories of our lives, our Earth.
Not only is banning shark fins from menus one tiny step forward (and not ordering shark fins if it is still on other menus), eating fish, particularly the larger fish is not necessarily healthy.
Dr. Sylvia Earle, 75, scientist and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence has been studying our oceans for more than 50 years. Dr. Earle urges everyone, "We have the power to make a difference and its time that we use that power positively not just for the dolphins, not just for the whales and the fish. It all comes back to us. We all share space on this little Blue Planet."
Earle
told
AsianConnections'
Steven
Joe
at
a
Greenbuild
Conference for
GreenPlanet.TV
"What
we
are
doing
to
the
oceans,
we
are
doing
to
ourselves."
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