Chicago – One potential theater-goer loves the “The Book of Mormon.” The other would rather stay home and watch old Ethel Merman YouTube videos. Pride Films & Theater offers the ultimate solution by combining both in a campy musical, “The Book of Merman.” Yep, two Elder characters from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints meets foghorn singer Ethel Merman.
Play Rating: 3.5/5.0
The show takes awhile to get in gear. It’s a cabaret style of original and Merman-esque parody songs that has the thinnest of plots, and the introduction of “The Book of Mormon” characters at first seems like a slight rip-off. But the energy and song craft of the great cast brings it home, and the very talented team of Director David Zak and Book/Songwriter Leo Schwartz took care of the rest.
Aaron (Sam Button-Harrison), Jacob (Dan Gold) and Ethel (Libby Lane) in ‘The Book of Merman’
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Play Rating: 3.5/5.0
The show takes awhile to get in gear. It’s a cabaret style of original and Merman-esque parody songs that has the thinnest of plots, and the introduction of “The Book of Mormon” characters at first seems like a slight rip-off. But the energy and song craft of the great cast brings it home, and the very talented team of Director David Zak and Book/Songwriter Leo Schwartz took care of the rest.
Aaron (Sam Button-Harrison), Jacob (Dan Gold) and Ethel (Libby Lane) in ‘The Book of Merman’
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- 1/23/2015
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
NEW YORK -- City Lights Pictures and Green Owl Prods. are forming City Lights Pictures/Green Owl, a new environmentally oriented entertainment label with features distributed through Warner Music Group's WEA Corp.
Green Owl, a division of Green Owl Music, also signed a deal giving the City Lights Media Group division first-look rights to distribute its future film projects and partner on development of TV programs and features.
The new label's first venture is the 2007 Sundance Film Festival entry Everything's Cool: A Toxic Comedy About Global Warming. Daniel B. Gold and Judith Helfand's documentary, produced by Toxic Comedy Pictures and Lupine Films in association with Netflix's Red Envelope Entertainment, will bow in November in Los Angeles and New York with a City Lights Home Entertainment DVD release and Sundance Channel debut to follow.
In keeping with its "all green" motto, the DVD packaging will be created from 100% postconsumer-waste recycled paper.
"Not only does Green Owl bring an environmentally friendly brand to the marketing mix but also opportunities for grass-roots campaigns and pro-environment organizational outreach that complement City Lights' long tradition of branding and marketing excellence," City Lights Media Group CEO Danny Fisher said.
Green Owl, a division of Green Owl Music, also signed a deal giving the City Lights Media Group division first-look rights to distribute its future film projects and partner on development of TV programs and features.
The new label's first venture is the 2007 Sundance Film Festival entry Everything's Cool: A Toxic Comedy About Global Warming. Daniel B. Gold and Judith Helfand's documentary, produced by Toxic Comedy Pictures and Lupine Films in association with Netflix's Red Envelope Entertainment, will bow in November in Los Angeles and New York with a City Lights Home Entertainment DVD release and Sundance Channel debut to follow.
In keeping with its "all green" motto, the DVD packaging will be created from 100% postconsumer-waste recycled paper.
"Not only does Green Owl bring an environmentally friendly brand to the marketing mix but also opportunities for grass-roots campaigns and pro-environment organizational outreach that complement City Lights' long tradition of branding and marketing excellence," City Lights Media Group CEO Danny Fisher said.
- 10/9/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
- Ioncinema.com presents: Best of FestsFULL Frame FESTIVALWhere: April 12 to 15, 2007 Counting Down: updateCountdownClock('April 12, 2007'); Location: Durham, North Carolina - United States Official Website: fullframefest.org/What: Founded in 1998 by Nancy Buirski, and now recognized as the premier documentary film festival in the United States by both The New York Times and indieWIRE, the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival celebrates the power and artistry of documentary film. The festival is an important arena for documentary filmmakers — a place where they can showcase their work theatrically in an environment that stimulates conversation and community between other filmmakers, industry executives and the general public. Sections: (Click for more info!) Full Schedule: Power of Ten: Special Programming: Panel & Workshops8 Bit - Marcin Ramocki, Justin Strawhand Alice Sees The Light - Ariana GersteinAngels in the Dust - Louise HogarthThe Ants - Kaoru IkeyaBanished - Marco WilliamsBeyond Selinunte - Salvo CucciaBlockade - Sergei Loznitsa
- 4/11/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
- Quick Links Complete Film Listing: Premieres Dramatic Comp World Dramatic Comp World Doc Comp Spectrum: Park City at Midnight: New Frontier Short Film Programs January 18 to 28, 2007 Counting Down: updateCountdownClock('January 18, 2007'); Another eclectic docu section this year ranging in subject matters such as U.S Foreign policies, internal American struggles, global issues and human portraits of the young, old and stupid. On the war front we have Ghosts of Abu Ghraib, where Rory Kennedy looks at the abuses at the Iraqi prison, No End in Sight by Charles Ferguson looks at the chain of decisions that led to the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq and in hindsight. White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki directed by Steven Okazaki looks at the human cost of atomic warfare.On the global scale, Judith Helfand and Daniel B. Gold’s Everything's Cool looks at alternative energy
- 1/18/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
- Here is the complete listing for this year's Sundance film festival which kicks off tomorrow!January 18 to 28, 2007 Counting Down: updateCountdownClock('January 18, 2007'); Premiere's section lineup:An American Crime - Tommy O'Haver Away From Her - Sarah Polley Black Snake Moan - Craig BrewerChapter 27 - Jarrett Schaefer Chicago 10 - Brett Morgen Clubland - Cherie Nowlan The Good Night - Jake Paltrow King of California - Mike Cahill Life Support - Nelson George Longford - Tom Hooper The Nines - John August Resurrecting the Champ - Rod Lurie The Savages - Tamara Jenkins Son of Rambow - Garth Jennings Summer Rain - Antonio Banderas Trade - Marco Kreuzpaintner Year of the Dog - Mike White Dramatic Competition:Adrift in Manhattan - Alfredo de Villa Broken English - Zoe CassavetesFour Sheets to the Wind - Sterlin HarjoThe Good Life - Steve BerraGrace Is Gone - James C. StrouseHounddog - Deborah Kampmeier Joshua
- 1/17/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
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