Now well into its second decade, the Slamdance Film Festival is gearing up for its 2017 edition. Mostly taking place at the Treasure Mountain Inn at top of Park City, Utah’s busting Main Street, Slamdance is dedicated to presenting a festival and a community designed “for filmmakers by filmmakers.”
In previous years, projects from directors like Christopher Nolan, Marc Forster, Jared Hess, Oren Peli, Benh Zeitlin, Seth Gordon, Lynn Shelton and Lena Dunham have bowed at the festival, and it’s become a fertile — if offbeat — proving ground for fresh talents. This year looks to be yet another banner one for the fest, and as such, we’ve gone on a little trip through the Slamdance slate to dig up some prime possibilities for must-see films (shorts and features!).
Ahead, check out 13 titles we’re...
In previous years, projects from directors like Christopher Nolan, Marc Forster, Jared Hess, Oren Peli, Benh Zeitlin, Seth Gordon, Lynn Shelton and Lena Dunham have bowed at the festival, and it’s become a fertile — if offbeat — proving ground for fresh talents. This year looks to be yet another banner one for the fest, and as such, we’ve gone on a little trip through the Slamdance slate to dig up some prime possibilities for must-see films (shorts and features!).
Ahead, check out 13 titles we’re...
- 1/17/2017
- by Chris O'Falt, David Ehrlich, Graham Winfrey, Jude Dry, Kate Erbland and Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Ballet, opera, and orchestra companies worldwide have allowed their performances to be screened in cinemas for years (and for the price of a ticket), but for the first time fans of Off-Broadway theater will be able to experience a production from the comfort of their homes. "Daddy Long Legs" and the Davenport Theatre have partnered with Live Stream to stream a live performance of the intimate musical for free online. "I'm worried about the theater industry falling behind," Ken Davenport, one of the producer's of "Daddy Long Legs," told the New York Times. Written and directed by John Caird, with music and lyrics by Paul Gordon, "Daddy Long Legs" is based on the novel that inspired the 1955 Fred Astaire film of the same name. The Davenport's production stars Megan McGInnis and Adam Halpin as a witty young woman and her mysterious benefactor. The performance will stream at here on Thurs.
- 11/30/2015
- by Matt Brennan
- Thompson on Hollywood
The Old Globe today shared its2016 Summer Season, which will feature new and familiar works directed by four major American stalwarts. The season features the welcome return ofSteve MartinBright Star with the World Premiere of his new playMeteor Shower, an adult comedy, directed byGordon Edelstein, in a co-production withLong Wharf Theatre, where he serves as Artistic Director.Paul Gordon's musicalSense and Sensibilitywill have its West Coast premiere,presented in association withChicago Shakespeare Theater,where it had its world premiere in February 2015, directed by Cst Artistic DirectorBarbara Gaines. The Summer Shakespeare Festival will includeMacbeth,directed byBrian Kulick, Artistic Director of Classic Stage Company, andLove's Labor's Lost, directed by three-time Tony Award winnerKathleen Marshall.
- 10/23/2015
- by Nora Dominick
- BroadwayWorld.com
The new Off-Broadway musical Daddy Long Legs will record a cast album to be released by Ghostlight Records. Daddy Long Legs, which features music and lyrics by Tony Award nominee Paul Gordon Sense and Sensibility, book by Tony Award and Olivier Award winner John Caird Les Miserables, and direction by John Caird began previews on September 10, 2015, and will officially open September 28, 2015 at the Davenport Theatre 354 West 45th Street. Due to popular demand, Daddy Long Legs was recently extended to an open-ended run.
- 9/25/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Austin Film Society, founded in 1985 by Texas native Richard Linklater (“Boyhood,” “School of Rock”), has announced the winners of this year’s Afs grants. Awarding over $100,000 in cash and $30,000 in goods and services to artists working across the Lone Star State, the grants have rewarded a total of $1.5 million to Texan filmmakers in the past two decades. Among the winners are feature-length narrative filmmakers Kelly Daniela Norris and T. W. Pittman’s for “Nakom,” Daniel Levin for “Bagatelle,” Daniel Laabs for “Jules of Light and Dark,” and Paul Gordon for “Wolves,” which was also given the new Powered by Dell Technology Grant which includes state-of-the-art equipment from Dell. For more information on membership, other opportunities for Texas-based filmmakers, and tickets to Afs’s frequent screenings, visit austinfilm.org. Inspired by this post? Check out our Texas audition listings!
- 9/11/2015
- backstage.com
Today we are continuing the 5 Songs By... series by talking to a Tony Award nominated composer and lyricist all about his many mainstage musicals, the accomplished Paul Gordon. Sharing insights on his rapturous scores for the period-set classic literature adaptations of Jane Eyre, Sense amp Sensibility and Emma, Gordon also offers thoughts on his brand new musical Analog amp Vinyl, planned for an Off-Broadway run next year, and also previews his forthcoming Off-Broadway musical adaptation of Daddy Long Legs, set to be directed by his Jane Eyre collaborator John Caird and winner of the 2010 Ovation Award for Best Score, beginning performances in September. Also, don't miss The Music Of Paul Gordon at 54 Below tonight.
- 6/23/2015
- by Pat Cerasaro
- BroadwayWorld.com
Broadway's 40 theatres aren't the only places to catch performances from your favorite stars Well after Broadway orchestras begin their overtures, ensemble members take their dance breaks, and performers belt out their eleven o'clock numbers, the party continues at various cabaret venues throughout New York City. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you some cabaret highlights for this week as picked by our theatre editors, including Jeremy Jordan at 54 Below Pageant The Original Cast Recording Launch Concert The Music of Paul Gordon Featuring Sarah Stiles, Jeremy Kushnier, and More Lauren Worsham Corsets and Combat Boots and Tony Yazbeck in 'The Floor Above Me.'...
- 6/21/2015
- by Louisa Brady
- BroadwayWorld.com
In celebration of Tony Award-nominated composer Paul Gordon's recent relocation from Los Angles to New York City, Paul has released an archived and unknown video from his time as a pop Los Angeles-based singersongwriter in the 1990s. Co-written with former rock band Toto frontman, Joseph Williams, and recorded with much of the Toto band, the song 'I Am Alive', features Paul's rocking vocals and brilliant writing. Click below to watch the music video...
- 6/19/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Belanglo State Forest, scene of Ivan Milat.s grisly serial murders, is such a forbidding place the producers of the Seven Network.s Catching Milat chose to avoid the area.
Only director Peter Andrikidis and DoP Joe Pickering visited the area south of Berrima but they used a drone camera to film the location.
.It.s such an eerie place I didn.t want to go there when they did the tech survey,. Kerrie Mainwaring, who produced the two-part Shine Australia miniseries with Rory Callaghan, tells If.
Instead, the cast and crew shot the crime drama in Terrey Hills, St Ives, Balmain, Glebe, Wattle Grove and Parramatta.
As the title suggests, the focus is not on Ivan Milat but on the marathon investigation into the 1990s backpacker murders that led to his arrest and conviction.
Callaghan came up with the idea and Shine optioned the book Sins of the...
Only director Peter Andrikidis and DoP Joe Pickering visited the area south of Berrima but they used a drone camera to film the location.
.It.s such an eerie place I didn.t want to go there when they did the tech survey,. Kerrie Mainwaring, who produced the two-part Shine Australia miniseries with Rory Callaghan, tells If.
Instead, the cast and crew shot the crime drama in Terrey Hills, St Ives, Balmain, Glebe, Wattle Grove and Parramatta.
As the title suggests, the focus is not on Ivan Milat but on the marathon investigation into the 1990s backpacker murders that led to his arrest and conviction.
Callaghan came up with the idea and Shine optioned the book Sins of the...
- 5/11/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Vermont's award-winning Weston Playhouse Theatre Company has announced its 2014 season of shows - a summer of Broadway blockbusters and exciting new works. Highlights include the world premiere of Paul Gordon's rock musical Analog and Vinyl directed by Michael Berresse, Christopher Lloyd and Campbell Scott in Annie Baker's Uncle Vanya, and Obie winner Dael Orlandersmith in her one-woman Stoop Stories.
- 3/29/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Many a Broadway musical spent time at a regional theater to iron out the wrinkles; current Broadway smash “Kinky Boots” had a well-received run in Chicago last year. Not every out-of-town production finds its way to a New York City premiere, but here is a roundup of regional shows to keep an eye on. “Being Earnest” This TheatreWorks production—playing in Mountain View, Calif.—boasts an impressive cast. Based on Oscar Wilde’s comedy “The Importance of Being Earnest” but set in swinging ’60s London, the production stars Tony and Olivier Award nominee Euan Morton, Hayden Tee, and Maureen McVerry. The music was co-written by Emmy nominee Jay Gruska and Tony nominee Paul Gordon; Gordon also penned the book and lyrics. The production, which opened April 6, is slated to run through April 28. Casting by Leslie Martinson. “Fly by Night” The New York City blackout of 1965 provides the backdrop for this...
- 4/17/2013
- backstage.com
Tony and Olivier Award-winner John Caird Les Misrables and Nicholas Nickleby, West End rising star Sam Caird, and Tony nominee Paul Gordon Jane Eyre recently arrived in Ventura to begin rehearsals for a new holiday musical entitled Little Miss Scrooge, which will be presented as a limited-run staged concert for Rubicon Theatre subscribers, December 12 through 23, 2012. The fully staged World Premiere will be produced by Rubicon in December of 2013. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast onstage in the photos below...
- 12/11/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Tony and Olivier Award-winner John Caird Les Misrables and Nicholas Nickleby, West End rising star Sam Caird, and Tony nominee Paul Gordon Jane Eyre, arrived in Ventura today to begin rehearsals tomorrow for a new holiday musical entitled Little Miss Scrooge, which will be presented as a limited-run staged concert for Rubicon Theatre subscribers December 12 through 23, 2012. The fully staged World Premiere will be produced by Rubicon in December of 2013. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek below.
- 12/5/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
I received ton of emails after my “What Works for Austin Filmmakers?” post last week, which provided me with motivation to continue on with part two this week. One thing is obvious, this is a very touchy and emotional subject. Several filmmakers contacted me with their personal insights, all of which will appear one way or another in this or subsequent posts. Some emails were critical of certain members of the local film community, but I will not mention anyone’s names. My goal is to do whatever I can to help foster a more supportive and successful film community, so I am not here to get in the middle of any personal grievances. I do think there is a certain level of validity in many of the claims, but I will keep the criticisms as general as possible. So, I ended my last post with my thoughts on micro-budget genre films and promised to discuss comedies...
- 8/27/2012
- by Don Simpson
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
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