#Giuseppe Conlon

[marthajefferson]

They terrorized me for seven days. After that, they threatened to kill my father. I'd have fucking signed anything after that.

Daniel Day-Lewis & Pete Postlethwaite IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER (1993), dir. Jim Sheridan

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 1980 – Guiseppe Conlon dies an innocent man in an English prison.

Guiseppe Conlon was arrested while travelling to London from Belfast to help his son, Gerry Conlon. Guiseppe had one lung, emphysema, and had just undergone chemotherapy. He died in prison five years later. On 5 October 1974 the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) targeted Guildford, Surrey, because it was situated close to a number of garrison towns. The PIRA planted two six-pound gelignite…

[princesssarisa]

Opera on YouTube

I've shared links to complete opera performances before, but I love to share them, so I thought I'd make a few masterposts.

These list are by no means the only complete filmed performances of these operas on YouTube, but I decided that ten links for each opera was enough for now.

By the way, some of the subtitles are just a part of the video, while others require you to click CC to see them.

Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)

Hamburg Philharmonic State Opera, 1971 (Nicolai Gedda, Edith Mathis, William Workman, Christina Deutekom, Hans Sotin; conducted by Horst Stein; English subtitles)

Ingmar Bergman film, 1975 (Josef Köstlinger, Irma Urrila, Håkan Hagegård, Birgit Nordin, Ulrik Cold; conducted by Eric Ericson; sung in Swedish; English subtitles)

Salzburg Festival, 1982 (Peter Schreier, Ileana Cotrubas, Christian Bösch, Edita Gruberova, Martti Talvela; conducted by James Levine; Japanese subtitles)

Bavarian State Opera, 1983 (Francisco Araiza, Lucia Popp, Wolfgang Brendel, Edita Gruberova, Kurt Moll; conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch; English subtitles)

Metropolitan Opera, 1991 (Francisco Araiza, Kathleen Battle, Manfred Hemm, Luciana Serra, Kurt Moll; conducted by James Levine; English subtitles)

Paris Opera, 2001 (Piotr Beczala, Dorothea Röschmann, Detlef Roth, Desirée Rancatore, Matti Salminen; conducted by Ivan Fischer; no subtitles)

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 2003 (Will Hartman, Dorothea Röschmann, Simon Keenlyside, Diana Damrau, Franz Josef Selig; conducted by Colin Davis; no subtitles) – Act I, Act II

La Monnaie, Brussels, 2005 (Topi Lehtipuu, Sophie Karthäuser, Stephan Loger, Ana Camelia Stefanescu, Harry Peeters; conducted by René Jacobs; French subtitles)

Kenneth Branagh film, 2006 (Joseph Kaiser, Amy Carson, Benjamin Jay Davis, Lyubov Petrova, René Pape; conducted by James Conlon; sung in English)

San Francisco Opera, 2010 (Piotr Beczala, Dina Kuznetsoca, Christopher Maltman, Erika Miklósa, Georg Zeppenfeld; conducted by Donald Runnicles; English subtitles)

La Traviata

Mario Lanfrachi studio film, 1968 (Anna Moffo, Franco Bonisolli, Gino Bechi; conducted by Giuseppe Patané; English subtitles)

Glyndebourne Festival Opera, 1987 (Marie McLaughlin, Walter MacNeil, Brent Ellis; conducted by Bernard Haitink; Italian and Portuguese subtitles)

Teatro alla Scala, 1992 (Tiziana Fabbricini, Roberto Alagna, Paolo Coni; conducted by Riccardo Muti; English subtitles)

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1994 (Angela Gheorghiu, Frank Lopardo, Leo Nucci; conducted by Georg Solti; Spanish subtitles)

Teatro Giuseppe Verdi, 2003 (Stefania Bonfadelli, Scott Piper, Renato Bruson; conducted by Plácido Domingo; Spanish subtitles)

Salzburg Festival, 2005 (Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón, Thomas Hampson; conducted by Carlo Rizzi; no subtitles)

Los Angeles Opera, 2006 (Renée Fleming, Rolando Villazón, Renato Bruson; conducted by James Conlon; English subtitles)

Opera Festival St. Margarethen, 2008 (Kristiane Kaiser, Jean-Francois Borras, Georg Tichy; conducted by Ernst Märzendorfer; English subtitles)

Teatro Real di Madrid, 2015 (Ermonela Jaho, Francesco Demuro, Juan Jesús Rodríguez; conducted by Renato Palumbo; English subtitles)

Teatro Massimo, 2023 (Nino Machiadze, Saimir Pirgu, Roberto Frontali; conducted by Carlo Goldstein; no subtitles)

Carmen

Herbert von Karajan studio film, 1967 (Grace Bumbry, Jon Vickers; conducted by Herbert von Karajan; English subtitles)

Vienna State Opera, 1978 (Elena Obraztsova, Plácido Domingo; conducted by Carlos Kleiber; English Subtitles)

Francisco Rosi film, 1982 (Julia Migenes, Plácido Domingo; conducted by Lorin Maazel; English subtitles)

Metropolitan Opera, 1987 (Agnes Baltsa, José Carreras; conducted by James Levine; English subtitles)

London Earls Court Arena, 1989 (Maria Ewing, Jacque Trussel; conducted by Jaques Delacote; English subtitles)

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1991 (Maria Ewing, Luis Lima; conducted by Zubin Mehta; English subtitles) – Acts I and II, Acts III and IV

Arena di Verona, 2003 (Marina Domashenko, Marco Berti; conducted by Alain Lombard; Italian subtitles)

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 2006 (Anna Caterina Antonacci, Jonas Kaufmann; conducted by Antonio Pappano; English subtitles) – Acts I and II, Acts III and IV

Metropolitan Opera, 2010 (Elina Garanca, Roberto Alagna; conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin; English subtitles) – Acts I and II, Acts III and IV

Opéra-Comique, 2023 (Gaëlle Arquez, Frédéric Antoun; conducted by Louis Langrée; English subtitles)

La Bohéme

Franco Zeffirelli studio film, 1965 (Mirella Freni, Gianni Raimondi; conducted by Herbert von Karajan; English subtitles)

Metropolitan Opera, 1977 (Renata Scotto, Luciano Pavarotti; conducted by James Levine; no subtitles)

Teatro alla Scala, 1979 (Ileana Cotrubas, Luciano Pavarotti; conducted by Carlos Kleiber; no subtitles)

Opera Australia, 1993 (Cheryl Barker, David Hobson; conducted by Julian Smith; Brazilian Portuguese subtitles)

Teatro Regio di Torino, 1996 (Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti; conducted by Daniel Oren; Italian subtitles)

Teatro alla Scala, 2003 (Cristina Gallardo-Domâs, Marcelo Alvarez; conducted by Bruno Bartoletti; Spanish subtitles)

Zürich Opera House, 2005 (Cristina Gallardo-Domâs, Marcello Giordani; conducted by Franz Welser-Möst; no subtitles)

Robert Dornhelm film, 2009 (Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón; conducted by Bertrand de Billy; no subtitles)

Opera Australia, 2011 (Takesha Meshé Kizart, Ji-Min Park; Shao-Chia Lü; no subtitles)

Sigulda Opera Festival, 2022 (Maija Kovalevska, Mihail Mihaylov; conducted by Vladimir Kiradjiev; English subtitles)

[all-hail-the-witcher]

questionable government spies but better written and five years late: a newsies multichap coming tonight, july 2, 2023 EST

hi hello. it’s me saph. back at it again.

the title is exactly what this looks like.

for those of you that were familiar with the first iteration of this story, welcome back, i’m so happy to have you. for those of you who are not, welcome to my long anticipated spies fic. this was originally published under the user @/suddenly-im-respecsable in about 2018-2019 (there is the early version still floating on tumblr but i have changed my url since and it’s not easily findable) and was cross posted on ao3 but was taken down

the basic gist of the story was that race and albert were fbi agents and were field training jack. they get summoned to nyc (where they were trained) to deal with some super hard gang case that no one can crack. in the process they meet spot who is working for said gang and wants out. davey jacobs is the head of the nyc branch of the fbi and hates race and albert because they almost blew up his weapons lab.

i think i got through 14 ish chapters before realizing the whole thing was badly written and in order for it to be what i wanted it to be i needed to redo it. and then i graduated high school and started college and changed fandoms and started dating my boyfriend and there was a global pandemic and then i graduated college and all of that.

and now, 5 years later, i am back on my bullshit, this time with a creative writing degree under my belt and @ainti-pretty to force me to finish what i started. the plot is all relatively the same, just a little tweaked. i never got to the point of all the plot twists so if you read the original version you have no spoilers besides some background knowledge that i am changing around a little. im working entirely off of my original hand written outline that is on the back of my notes from my 11th grade english class

and what motivated me to do this now you may ask? well i’m interning in nyc over the summer and can do irl accurate location mapping lol. that and i made a tumblr to literally post this story and i never finished it so i figured that i should probably do that. and if you’re doubting that this will get finished, which, fair, @ainti-pretty and i are literally living together next year and i am certain that i will be hounded about this every day of my existence

i am tagging people who i remember being very excited about this back in the day. if you want to be tagged in future parts of this please let me know. if you don’t just feel free to ignore :) @sun-kissed-star @getchapapes @jack-kellys @spot-conlon-king-of-brooklyn @fairly-awkward-trashcan @ritsunaru @heller-obama @turtle-steverogers @boygirlctommy @newsies-trash-queen @telling-tragedy @alberteatsglass

and since i have every ounce of this planned, here is my casting if you are interested:

92sies: mush, blink, davey

obc: spot, crutchie, smalls, medda, pulitzer

toursies: specs

proshot: albert, romeo, elmer, buttons, jojo, (anyone else i’ve forgotten is probably proshot)

uksies: jack, finch

race: weird combo of btc and giuseppe bausillo

katherine: a literal tiktok girlie

i am cross posting this on ao3, the tumblr version will all be tagged under #spies 2.0 and it will all me master posted and pinned on my blog.

im so excited :)) this fic is my baby and i want to thank everyone who has read it previously and everyone who will this go around. let me know if you want to be tagged !!

[noxexistant]

who has been your favorite actor(s)/actress(es) for your brainrot blorbos?

oh this is a fun one, i am going to take a page out of rachel starlightandmusings’ book and do a wee list of characters and who their defining actor/actress is to me (except most of mine are amalgamations + also have headcanons thrown in)

jack kelly — michael ahomka lindsay, corey cott, a hint of pierre marais + george crawford (jack is very complex and i love making him a mixing pot of interpretations because that is truly how trauma be)

david jacobs — ryan kopel (london), david moscow (92)

katherine plumber — bronte barbe (london), morgan keene (tour)

racetrack — giuseppe bausilio (bway), cole zieser (tuts), josh barnett (london)

crutchie — matthew duckett (london)

morris delancey — george crawford (london), mike faist (bway)

oscar delancey — alex james-hatton (london), alex prakken (tour), hints of owen stringer (london) + brendon stimson (bway)

snyder — alex christian (london)

wiesel — jamie golding (london)

medda — aisha de haas (livesies), mireia mambo (london)

pulitzer — cameron blakely (london), graham rowat (tuts)

spot conlon — lillie-pearl wildman (london)

kid blink — trey parker (92)

mush — aaron lohr (92)

tommy boy — jack bromage (london)

albert — jacob fisher (london)

finch — damon gould (london)

elmer — joshua nkemdilim (london)

jojo — mukeni nel

and from there frankly it is probably all the uksies cast. uksies cast i love you forever. but i will always add headcanons and my own details to make it all more diverse in every way possible

[emily-watch-the-stars]

In the name of the father

Young Belfastian Gerry Conlon (Daniel Day-Lewis) admits that he was in London at the time of the incident. He also admits that he is not a model citizen, having committed a petty robbery while in London. He does however profess his innocence when it comes to the bombing of the Guildford Pub in London in 1974, the event which killed several people inside. A self-professed non-political person, he and his three co-accused, dubbed the Guildford Four, are thought to be provisional members of the I.R.A. Their self-professed innocence is despite each having signed a statement of guilt which they claim were signed under duress. Their case includes having provable alibis for the time frame of the bombing. And eventually, Joe McAndrew (Don Baker), a known I.R.A. member, admits to the bombing. Dubbed the Maguire Seven, seven others, primarily members of Gerry's extended family including his father Giuseppe (Pete Postlethwaite), are accused of being accessories to the bombing. Following on the work initiated by Giuseppe, Gerry works on a campaign to prove their collective innocence, this work with the assistance of compassionate lawyer Gareth Peirce (Dame Emma Thompson). As Gareth works on this campaign, she is faced with obstacle after obstacle placed by Robert Dixon (Corin Redgrave), who led the initial investigation and questioning of the four accused on behalf of the Police.

—Huggo

[sunset-supergirl]

Happy birthday James Conlon

[classicalmusicdaily]

Vincenzo Costanzo joined the children’s choir of the Teatro San Carlo in Naples at the age of six. He made his debut as a soloist at the age of 11 in a contemporary opera, again at the Teatro San Carlo. He studied piano and solfège in a private school, and then obtained his degree at the local conservatory. At the same time, he graduated in Computer Engineering, continuing his singing studies with Marcello Ferraresi, and then perfecting his skills with Piero Giuliacci. Despite his young age, Vincenzo Costanzo has already won an Oscar Della Lirica (New Generation Tenor award) in Doha (Qatar) in 2014, and has had the opportunity to work with internationally renowned directors and conductors such as Myung-whun Chung at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice and in Tokyo, James Conlon at the Teatro Real in Madrid, Emma Dante at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Daniel Oren and Franco Zeffirelli at the Arena di Verona and Liliana Cavani at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona. His most recent engagements include Un Ballo in Maschera, Simon Boccanegra (Gabriele Adorno), Tosca (Cavaradossi), Maurizio Di Sassonia in Adriana Lecouvreur and Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton). Dear Vincenzo, thank you for accepting our invitation! Now you are at Sabbioneta, at Teatro all’Antica, for a new project: Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata, alongside Elisa Balbo and Luca Micheletti. What can you tell us about this project? How did this idea come about? How is it going on so far? Hello, dear readers of OPERA Charm. A few days ago we finished the shooting of La Traviata in the suggestive theater of Sabbioneta. It has been a wonderful experience, but unfortunately I can’t release any information about it because the project has not been announced yet. I can only give you a little spoiler: the technology used for audio and video shooting is totally innovative and unprecedented. You’ll hear about it soon. To go a bit backwards: when did you feel for the first time that opera is your path and who are those who guided your first steps towards the stage? What’s the moment that you consider to be the actual beginning of your career? In my family I am the only musician and artist. I have felt a vocation within me since I was a child. I took my first steps on stage at the age of 9 at the San Carlo Theatre in Naples and I identify the beginning of my career with the victory of the Voci Verdiane award in Busseto at the age of 21. You had the chance to work with Daniel Oren, Franco Zeffirelli, Andrea Battistoni, Leo Nucci, Juraj Valcuha, Giampaolo Bisanti, Francesco Ivan Ciampa and many others. What each “gesture” has thought you and which of them had the most important impact on you as an artist until now? I have been lucky enough to be part of the opera world since I was very young and every single person I have met during my journey has enriched me as a man and an artist. I could name a thousand episodes that have made me understand the sacrifice and dedication necessary for this ancient art. reposted from https://opera-charm.com/

[filmes-online-facil]

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Em 1974, um atentado a bomba do IRA mata cinco pessoas em um pub de Guilford, próximo de Londres. O jovem rebelde irlandês Gerry Conlon e três amigos são acusados pelo crime, presos e condenados. Giuseppe Conlon, pai de Gerry, tenta ajudar o filho e também é condenado, mas pede ajuda à advogada Gareth Peirce, que passa a investigar as irregularidades do caso.

[addictivecontradiction]

In the name of the father, 1993

[thefivedemands]

GIUSEPPE CONLON, ‘UOMO INNOCENTE IN UNA PRIGIONE INGLESE’ Oggi ricorrono 39 anni dalla morte di Giuseppe Conlon, padre di Gerry Conlon ricordato insieme a Paul Hill, Carole Richardson e Paddy Armstrong, come i…

[daniellewade]

sharing this for those of you who weren't able to make it. 

enjoy

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 1989 – After serving 15 years in prison, the “Guildford Four” are released in what is considered to be one of the biggest-ever miscarriages of justice in Britain.

On 19 October 1989, Gerry Conlon stormed out of the Old Bailey in London, with his sisters Bridie and Ann, and delivered an extraordinary, impromptu speech that has become iconic in recent Irish history: “I’ve been in prison 15 years, for something I didn’t do. Something I didn’t know anything about. I’m a totally innocent man – I watched my father die in a British prison for something he didn’t…

[princesssarisa]

Where do you watch operas?

There are plenty of complete filmed opera performances available on YouTube, which you can watch for free. Unfortunately, not all of them have English subtitles, but if necessary, you can always find a translation of the libretto online to follow along with.

In fact, just for fun, as an example, I'll provide some links to complete filmed performances of the world's top 10 most popular operas, with English subtitles.

Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)

Studio film, 1971 (Nicolai Gedda, Edith Mathis, William Workman, Christina Deutekom, Hans Sotin; directed by Sir Peter Ustinov; conducted by Horst Stein)

La Traviata

Studio film, 1968 (Anna Moffo, Franco Bonisolli, Gino Bechi; directed by Mario Lanfranchi; conducted by Giuseppe Patané)

Carmen

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 2006 (Anna Caterina Antonacci, Jonas Kaufmann, Ildebrando d'Arcangelo, Norah Ansellem; staged by Francesca Zambello; conducted by Antonio Pappano)

La Bohéme

Studio film, 1965 (Mirella Freni, Gianni Raimondi, Rolando Panerai, Adriana Martino; directed by Franco Zeffirelli; conducted by Herbert von Karajan)

Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)

Teatro alla Scala, 2006 (Ildebrando d'Arcangelo, Diana Damrau, Marcella Orsatti Talamanca, Pietro Spagnoli, Monica Bacelli; staged by Giorgio Strehler; conducted by Gérard Korsten)

Tosca

Teatro Real de Madrid, 2004 (Daniela Dessí, Fabio Armiliato, Ruggero Raimondi; staged by Nuria Espert; conducted by Maurizio Benini)

Madama Butterfly

Theatrical film, 1995 (Ying Huang, Richard Troxell, Ning Liang, Richard Cowan; directed by Frédéric Mitterand; conducted by James Conlon)

Don Giovanni

Zurich Opera, 2001 (Rodney Gilfry, László Polgár, Isabel Rey, Cecilia Bartoli, Liliana Nikiteanu, Roberto Saccá, Oliver Wimer, Matti Salminen; staged by Jürgen Flimm; conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt)

Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)

Metropolitan Opera, 2007 (Peter Mattei, Juan Diego Florez, Joyce diDonato, John Del Carlo, John Relyea; staged by Bartlett Sher; conducted by Maurizio Benini)

Act I, Act II

Rigoletto

Studio film, 1982 (Ingvar Wixell, Luciano Pavarotti, Edita Gruberova; directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle; conducted by Riccardo Chailly)

[mysticalhearth]

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Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 - Broadway - October 29, 2016 (Preview) (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  VOB (no smalls) (SD) CAST: Denée Benton (Natasha), Josh Groban (Pierre), Brittain Ashford (Sonya), Lucas Steele (Anatole), Amber Gray (Hélène), Manik Choksi (Dolokhov), Gelsey Bell (Mary/Opera Singer/Maidservant), Nicholas Belton (Andrey/Bolkonsky) NOTES: Nice HD capture of this immersive production that take place all over the theater. Everything is captured as best as can be done in this setting. A beautiful production with so many layers and phenomenal performances. A- Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 - Broadway - November 16, 2016 (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Denée Benton (Natasha), Scott Stangland (s/b Pierre), Brittain Ashford (Sonya), Grace McLean (Marya D.), Lucas Steele (Anatole), Amber Gray (Hélène), Manik Choksi (Dolokhov), Gelsey Bell (Mary/Opera Singer/Maidservant), Nicholas Belton (Andrey/Bolkonsky), Paul Pinto (Balaga) NOTES: A great HD capture of this immersive production that take place all over the theater. This was Scott's first performance going on for Pierre and he did a wonderful job. A very innovative show with great music and terrific performances. A- Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 - Broadway - December 29, 2016 (SJ Bernly's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Denée Benton (Natasha), Josh Groban (Pierre), Brittain Ashford (Sonya), Grace McLean (Marya D.), Lucas Steele (Anatole), Amber Gray (Hélène), Manik Choksi (Dolokhov), Gelsey Bell (Mary/Opera Singer/Maidservant), Nicholas Belton (Andrey/Bolkonsky), Paul Pinto (Balaga) NOTES: Fantastic and powerful performances from the whole cast. This is as nicely captured as can be expected from this show. There are several set pieces that obstruct the view of the action in certain places. There are about fourteen minutes of blackouts: most of the first seven minutes of act one, one and a half minutes of The Private and Intimate Life of the House, one minute of The Ball, three minutes of Balaga, one minute of The Abduction, and a couple other quick dropouts. It’s filmed in 16:9, with a mix of wides, mediums, and close-ups. The sound is excellent. Includes curtain call and playbill scans. Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 - Broadway - June 27, 2017 (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) |  TRADER'S NOTES: Act 2 only CAST: Shoba Narayan (u/s Natasha), Dave Malloy (t/r Pierre), Brittain Ashford (Sonya), Grace McLean (Marya D.), Lucas Steele (Anatole), Amber Gray (Hélène), Manik Choksi (Dolokhov), Courtney Bassett (u/s Mary/Opera Singer/Maidservant), Ken Wulf Clark (u/s Andrey/Bolkonsky), Paul Pinto (Balaga) NOTES: A Great HD capture of creator Dave Malloy stepping in for a limited run of shows. Beautiful performance from South Asian actress Shoba as Natasha. A few heads shot around in a couple of scenes downstage, but usually worked around when present. A- Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 - Broadway - August 13, 2017 (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  VOB (no smalls) (SD) |  TRADER'S NOTES: Highlights CAST: Denée Benton (Natasha), Okieriete Onaodowan (Pierre), Ingrid Michaelson (Sonya), Grace McLean (Marya D.), Lucas Steele (Anatole), Amber Gray (Hélène), Manik Choksi (Dolokhov), Courtney Bassett (Mary/Opera Singer/Maidservant), Nicholas Belton (Andrey/Bolkonsky), Paul Pinto (Balaga) NOTES: Beautiful HD capture from the Orchestra of Oak and Ingrid's Final Performances. Hands down the best capture of this show and from the perfect angle. All drama aside, Oak gave a rousing performance. A Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 - Broadway - September 3, 2017 (Closing Night) (Highlights) FORMAT:  VOB (no smalls) (SD) CAST: Denée Benton (Natasha), Dave Malloy (Pierre), Brittain Ashford (Sonya), Grace McLean (Marya D.), Lucas Steele (Anatole), Amber Gray (Hélène), Manik Choksi (Dolokhov), Gelsey Bell (Mary/Opera Singer/Maidservant), Blaine Alden Krauss (u/s Andrey/Bolkonsky), Paul Pinto (Balaga) NOTES: Highlights filmed on phone only, sometimes films vertical. It includes Daves first entrance, prologue, Anatoles opera entrance, parts of the Abduction, the end of Pierre and Anatole, Pierre and Andrey and The Great Comet of 1812. Only known footage of the final show. mp4 and mov. A New Brain - Encores! Off-Center - June 24, 2015 (Opening Night) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Jonathan Groff (Gordon), Aaron Lazar (Roger), Ana Gasteyer (Mimi), Dan Fogler (Mr. Bungee), Alyse Alan Louis (Rhoda), Josh Lamon (Richard), Jenni Barber (Nancy D), Bradley Dean (Dr. Jafar Berensteiner), Quentin Earl Darrington (The Minister), Rema Webb (Lisa)  

A New Brain - Off-Broadway - August, 1998 FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Lewis Cleale (Gordon), Norm Lewis (Roger), Penny Fuller (Mimi), Chip Zien (Mr. Bungee), Liz Larsen (Rhoda), Michael Mandell (Richard), Kristin Chenoweth (Nancy D), John Jellison (Dr. Jafar Berensteiner), Keith Byron Kirk (The Minister), Mary Testa (Lisa) Newsies - Broadway - March 17, 2012 (Preview) (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Jeremy Jordan (Jack Kelly), Ben Fankhauser (Davey Jacobs), Kara Lindsay (Katherine Plumber), Andrew Keenan-Bolger (Crutchie), John Dossett (Joseph Pulitzer), Capathia Jenkins (Medda Larkin), Matthew Schechter (Les Jacobs) NOTES: Actually the better one of Sunset's 2 boots of this show. The other one done in July is shakier, with some dropouts and obstruction from heads. Newsies - Broadway - February 10, 2013 (Eleka Nahmen's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Corey Cott (Jack Kelly), Ben Fankhauser (Davey Jacobs), Kara Lindsay (Katherine Plumber), Andrew Keenan-Bolger (Crutchie), John Dossett (Joseph Pulitzer), LaVon Fisher-Wilson (Medda Larkin), Nicholas Lampiasi (Les Jacobs), Ryan Breslin (Race), Andy Richardson (Romeo), Brendon Stimson (Oscar Delancey), Mike Faist (Morris Delancey), Tommy Bracco (Spot Conlon), Aaron J Albano (Finch), John Michael Fiumara (Specs), Evan Kasprzak (Elmer), Garett Hawe (Albert), Iain Young (Henry), Jess LeProtto (Buttons), Jacob Guzman (Sniper/Scab), David Guzman (Mush), Hogan Fulton (Darcy) NOTES: Two separate recordings that were put together by the same master. The majority of the video is a stationary low quality wide shot, while the rest is mostly just closeups and mediums. Quality is much better during the zooms. Ends after "Once and for all". Newsies - Broadway - August 23, 2014 (SJ Bernly's master)

FORMAT: video CAST: Corey Cott (Jack Kelly), Ben Fankhauser (Davey Jacobs), Liana Hunt (Katherine Plumber), Andy Richardson (Crutchie), John Dossett (Joseph Pulitzer), Capathia Jenkins (Medda Larkin), Luca Padovan (Les Jacobs), Giuseppe Bausilio (Race), Tommy Martinez (Romeo), Brendon Stimson (Oscar Delancey), Adam Kaplan (Morris Delancey), JP Ferreri (u/s Finch), John Michael Fiumara (Specs), Evan Kasprzak (Elmer), Daniel Quadrino (Albert), John E Brady (Wiesel/Mr. Jacobi/Mayor), Stuart Marland (Snyder), Tom Alan Robbins (Theodore Roosevelt), Iain Young (Henry), Damon Gillespie (Buttons), Jacob Guzman (Sniper/Scab), Mark Aldrich (Seitz), Stuart Zagnit (Bunsen), Molly Jobe (Hannah), David Guzman (Mush), Nico James (Darcy) NOTES: The last show open to the public. The audience is very reactive and the cast gives and amazing performance. Newsies - Broadway - August 24, 2014 (Closing Night) (Highlights)

FORMAT: video CAST: Corey Cott (Jack Kelly), Ben Fankhauser (Davey Jacobs), Liana Hunt (Katherine Plumber), Andy Richardson (Crutchie), John Dossett (Joseph Pulitzer), Capathia Jenkins (Medda Larkin), Zachary Unger (Les Jacobs), Giuseppe Bausilio (Race), Tommy Martinez (Romeo), Brendon Stimson (Oscar Delancey), Adam Kaplan (Morris Delancey), Tommy Bracco (Spot Conlon), Aaron J Albano (Finch), John Michael Fiumara (Specs), Evan Kasprzak (Elmer), Daniel Quadrino (Albert), Stuart Zagnit (u/s Wiesel/Mr. Jacobi/Mayor), Stuart Marland (Snyder), Tom Alan Robbins (Theodore Roosevelt), Iain Young (Henry), Damon Gillespie (Buttons), Jacob Guzman (Sniper/Scab), Mark Aldrich (Seitz), Nick Sullivan (Bunsen), Molly Jobe (Hannah), David Guzman (Mush), Nico James (Darcy) NOTES: Washout and at times the camera is angled in a way that the action can't be seen. Newsies - First National Tour - October 25, 2014 (Highlights)

FORMAT: video CAST: Dan DeLuca (Jack Kelly), Jacob Kemp (Davey Jacobs), Stephanie Styles (Katherine Plumber), Zachary Sayle (Crutchie), Steve Blanchard (Joseph Pulitzer), Angela Grovey (Medda Larkin), Ben Cook (Race), Nico DeJesus (Romeo), John Hacker (Oscar Delancey), Michael Ryan (Morris Delancey), Julian DeGuzman (Finch), Jordan Samuels (Specs), Jeff Heimbrock (Elmer), Sky Flaherty (Albert), John E Brady (Wiesel/Mr. Jacobi/Mayor), James Judy (Snyder), Kevin Carolan (Theodore Roosevelt), DeMarius R Copes (Henry), Chaz Wolcott (Buttons), Ginna Claire Mason (Sniper/Scab), Mark Aldrich (Seitz), Bill Bateman (Bunsen), Meredith Inglesby (Hannah), Jack Sippel (Mush), Joshua Burrage (Darcy) NOTES: Yes, there are really two separate highlights compilations from this show. Highlights running 27 minutes long; includes Santa Fe (prologue), Carrying the Banner, The World Will Know, Seize the Day, Santa Fe (Reprise), King of New York, Once and For All, and Curtain Call. Act One videos are filmed pretty far back so it is pixely, some heads and washout. Act Two clips filmed from first row. Newsies - First National Tour - October 25, 2014 (Highlights) FORMAT:  MOV (SD) CAST: Dan DeLuca (Jack Kelly), Jacob Kemp (Davey Jacobs), Stephanie Styles (Katherine Plumber), Zachary Sayle (Crutchie), Steve Blanchard (Joseph Pulitzer), Angela Grovey (Medda Larkin), Ben Cook (Race), Nico DeJesus (Romeo), John Hacker (Oscar Delancey), Michael Ryan (Morris Delancey), Julian DeGuzman (Finch), Jordan Samuels (Specs), Jeff Heimbrock (Elmer), Sky Flaherty (Albert), John E Brady (Wiesel/Mr. Jacobi/Mayor), James Judy (Snyder), Kevin Carolan (Theodore Roosevelt), DeMarius R Copes (Henry), Chaz Wolcott (Buttons), Ginna Claire Mason (Sniper/Scab), Mark Aldrich (Seitz), Bill Bateman (Bunsen), Meredith Inglesby (Hannah), Jack Sippel (Mush), Joshua Burrage (Darcy) NOTES: Yes, there are really two separate highlights compilations from this show. Vertical highlights running 34 minutes long; includes Carrying the Banner, The World Will Know, Seize the Day, King of New York, and Letters from the Refuge. The clips have a lot of spotlight washout and do have heads and a bar in the video at times. Newsies - First National Tour - December 21, 2014 (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Dan DeLuca (Jack Kelly), Jacob Kemp (Davey Jacobs), Stephanie Styles (Katherine Plumber), Zachary Sayle (Crutchie), Steve Blanchard (Joseph Pulitzer), Ben Cook (Race), John Hacker (Oscar Delancey), Michael Ryan (Morris Delancey), Julian DeGuzman (Finch), Jeff Heimbrock (Elmer), Sky Flaherty (Albert), John E Brady (Wiesel/Mr. Jacobi/Mayor), DeMarius R Copes (Henry), Jack Sippel (Mush), Joshua Burrage (Darcy) NOTES: Beautiful HD capture of the tour cast with no obstructions. Solid cast and performances. This includes the new song written for Crutchie, "Letter from the Refuge" as it was added for the tour. Newsies - First National Tour - September 15, 2015 (kradder32's master)

FORMAT: video CAST: Dan DeLuca (Jack Kelly), Jacob Kemp (Davey Jacobs), Stephanie Styles (Katherine Plumber), Zachary Sayle (Crutchie), Kevin Carolan (u/s Joseph Pulitzer), Angela Grovey (Medda Larkin), Jonathan Fenton (Les Jacobs), Eric Jon Mahlum (Theodore Roosevelt), Melissa Steadman Hart (Hannah) Newsies - First National Tour - January 8, 2016 (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Joey Barreiro (Jack Kelly), Stephen Michael Langton (Davey Jacobs), Morgan Keene (Katherine Plumber), Zachary Sayle (Crutchie), Steve Blanchard (Joseph Pulitzer), Aisha de Haas (Medda Larkin), Ethan Steiner (Les Jacobs) NOTES: Beautiful HD capture with no obstructions. This features the new cast that just took over the roles. Still a top notch tour and Joey has such a big beautiful voice! A+ Newsies - First National Tour - March 6, 2016 (kradder32's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Joey Barreiro (Jack Kelly), Stephen Michael Langton (Davey Jacobs), Morgan Keene (Katherine Plumber), Zachary Sayle (Crutchie), Steve Blanchard (Joseph Pulitzer), Aisha de Haas (Medda Larkin), John Michael Pitera (Les Jacobs), Andrew Wilson (u/s Darcy) NOTES: A nice capture from the front orchestra, that results in some great close ups! This DVD gives you a perspective that most Newsies captures’ cannot. Zachary Sayle and Morgan Keene are huge standouts and gave fantastic performances. The action is followed nicely given the proximity to the stage, but some pieces of action have the focus delayed or are missed, as you can probably assume, dance numbers are hard to follow this close to the stage. Chaz gave a very funny BCEFA speech that is included (audio only). This capture is more wobbly than the (3/17) performance given where it was filmed in the theatre, near perfect audio that is synced with my Zoom H2. Newsies - First National Tour - September 11-15, 2016 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Jeremy Jordan (Jack Kelly), Ben Fankhauser (Davey Jacobs), Kara Lindsay (Katherine Plumber), Andrew Keenan-Bolger (Crutchie), Steve Blanchard (Joseph Pulitzer), Aisha de Haas (Medda Larkin), Ethan Steiner (Les Jacobs), Ben Cook (Race), Nico DeJesus (Romeo), Anthony Norman (Oscar Delancey), Devin Lewis (Morris Delancey), Tommy Bracco (Spot Conlon), Iain Young (Finch), Jordan Samuels (Specs), Anthony Zas (Elmer), Sky Flaherty (Albert), John E Brady (Wiesel/Mr. Jacobi/Mayor), James Judy (Snyder), Kevin Carolan (Theodore Roosevelt), Chaz Wolcott (Buttons) NOTES: Filmed on stage in Hollywood Pantages Theatre on September 11 2016 followed by extra filming in 4 days. Distributed on dvd and online in 2017. Newsies - Pre-Broadway / Papermill Playhouse, Millburn - September-October, 2011 (Highlights) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Jeremy Jordan (Jack Kelly), Ben Fankhauser (Davey Jacobs), Kara Lindsay (Katherine Plumber), Andrew Keenan-Bolger (Crutchie), John Dossett (Joseph Pulitzer), Capathia Jenkins (Medda Larkin), Matthew Schechter (Les Jacobs) NOTES: Hightlights of the only footage from the show's Pre-Broadway run. Highlights are out of order and from multiple dates. Two files are just audios from October 16. The video is completely obstructed the entire time. Newsies - Ziegfeld Theatre - March, 2020 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Dylan Brinkman (Jack Kelly), Boston Gunther (Davey Jacobs), Kenzie Stiger (Katherine Plumber), Max Carter (Crutchie), Kevin Ireland (Joseph Pulitzer) Next to Normal - Broadway - March 28, 2009 (Preview) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Alice Ripley (Diana), J Robert Spencer (Dan), Aaron Tveit (Gabe), Jennifer Damiano (Natalie), Adam Chanler-Berat (Henry), Louis Hobson (Dr. Fine/Dr. Madden) Next to Normal - Broadway - April 4, 2009 (Matinee) (Preview) FORMAT:  VOB (no smalls) (SD) CAST: Alice Ripley (Diana), J Robert Spencer (Dan), Aaron Tveit (Gabe), Jennifer Damiano (Natalie), Adam Chanler-Berat (Henry), Louis Hobson (Dr. Fine/Dr. Madden) Next to Normal - Broadway - April 10, 2009 (Preview) (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  VOB (no smalls) (SD) CAST: Alice Ripley (Diana), J Robert Spencer (Dan), Aaron Tveit (Gabe), Jennifer Damiano (Natalie), Adam Chanler-Berat (Henry), Louis Hobson (Dr. Fine/Dr. Madden) NOTES: Beautiful capture of the full original cast, from the orchestra. This hands down is the best capture of the original cast. This was done early in Alice's run, before she had strained her voice. Wonderful to revisit this show in all its glory! A+ Next to Normal - Broadway - March 18, 2010 (juniper47's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Jessica Phillips (s/b Diana), J Robert Spencer (Dan), Kyle Dean Massey (Gabe), Jennifer Damiano (Natalie), Adam Chanler-Berat (Henry), Louis Hobson (Dr. Fine/Dr. Madden) NOTES: Master: juniper47 (released under the name greekymuse on Yahoo) Next to Normal - Dortmund - 2016 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Maya Hakvoort (Diana), Rob Fowler (Dan), Johannes Huth (Gabe), Eve Rades (Natalie), Dustin Smailes (Henry), Jörg Neubauer (Dr. Fine/Dr. Madden) Next to Normal - First National Tour - April 29, 2011 (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Pearl Sun (u/s Diana), Asa Somers (Dan), Curt Hansen (Gabe), Emma Hunton (Natalie), Preston Sadleir (Henry), Jeremy Kushnier (Dr. Fine/Dr. Madden) NOTES: Beautiful capture with no obstructions. Sensational performance from Pearl as Diana. She is in my tops for actresses playing the role. Great tenderness and vulnerability with a strong big voice! Don't miss this one! A Next to Normal - Fürth, Germany - November 2, 2013 (musicalwasmyfirstlove's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Pia Douwes (Diana), Thomas Borchert (Dan), Dirk Johnston (Gabe), Sabrina Weckerlin (Natalie), Dominik Hees (Henry), Ramin Dustdar (Dr. Fine/Dr. Madden) NOTES: Missing the first 10 minutes of Act 2 ("Wish I Were Here" / "Wär ich nur da") A great quality recording of the German version of "Next to Normal" retitled "Fast Normal" (Almost Normal). The cast is wondeful and got a standing ovation that lasted a couple of minutes. Next to Normal - Off-Broadway / Second Stage - February 11, 2008 (broadwayspunk's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Alice Ripley (Diana), Brian d'Arcy James (Dan), Aaron Tveit (Gabe), Jennifer Damiano (Natalie), Adam Chanler-Berat (Henry), Asa Somers (Dr. Fine/Dr. Madden) NOTES: This is not a great DVD by any means; I was sitting there, producers were behind me, as well as Matthew Scott and Jacqui Polk in front of me, ushers on either sight lines behind me. I held the camera to my chest for the entire show and caught whatever I could. It is blind shot, so there is absolutely no zooms. First video of the original Off-Broadway run. Next to Normal - Off-Broadway / Second Stage - March 13, 2008 (broadwayspunk's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Alice Ripley (Diana), Brian d'Arcy James (Dan), Aaron Tveit (Gabe), Jennifer Damiano (Natalie), Adam Chanler-Berat (Henry), Asa Somers (Dr. Fine/Dr. Madden) NOTES: This includes Alice's flip out in the beginning to replace all the Costco stuff. It was a fantastic show and an even better video than my previous 3/1/08 master. I shot it in a different style to showcase more of the stage (since you can only stare at someone's face for so long). Really emotional times in the theatre and you can hear sniffles in the camera. Recorded three days before the show was closed and rewritten. Next to Normal - Pre-Broadway / Arena Stage - December 20, 2008 (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Alice Ripley (Diana), J Robert Spencer (Dan), Aaron Tveit (Gabe), Jennifer Damiano (Natalie), Adam Chanler-Berat (Henry), Louis Hobson (Dr. Fine/Dr. Madden) NOTES: Great capture of the PreBroadway engagement in DC, with no obstructions. I can't say enough about this show and this performance was hands down, lightening in a bottle! A Next to Normal - Pre-Broadway / Arena Stage - December 21, 2008 (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Alice Ripley (Diana), J Robert Spencer (Dan), Aaron Tveit (Gabe), Jennifer Damiano (Natalie), Adam Chanler-Berat (Henry), Louis Hobson (Dr. Fine/Dr. Madden) NOTES: Excellent rare capture of the PreBroadway DC run. This is when the show finally found focus, took shape and fell into place. Such a remarkable and raw performance from Alice here. If you thought you have seen her best performance, think again! A Next to Normal - TheaterWorks Hartford - 2017 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Christiane Noll (Diana), David Harris (Dan), John Cardoza (Gabe), Maya Keleher (Natalie), Nick Sacks (Henry), JD Daw (Dr. Fine/Dr. Madden) NOTES: Beautiful multicam proshot archive for theatre. Rebroadcast in 2020 during quarantine, introduction and watermark at bottom of screen. Really, a very nice, beautiful video. 'night, Mother - Broadway - November 6, 2004 (Preview) FORMAT:  VOB (no smalls) (SD) CAST: Edie Falco (Jessie Cates), Brenda Blethyn (Thelma Cates) Nightman Cometh - LA - September, 2009 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Danny DeVito, Artemis Pebdani, Rob Mclhenny, Kaitlin Olsen, Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton Notre-Dame de Paris - France - 1998 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  AVI (SD) CAST: Hélène Ségara (Esmeralda), Garou (Quasimodo), Daniel Lavoie (Frollo), Bruno Pelletier (Gringoire), Patrick Fiori (Phoebus), Luck Mervil (Clopin), Julie Zenatti (Fleur-de-lys)

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Pete Postlethwaite who’s not so much angry as disappointed, would have been 75 today. A few of his films.

Giuseppe Conlon in In the Name of the Father. D: Jim Sheridan (1993). As the father of an Irish hippie (Daniel Day Lewis) whose confession under torture for a pub explosion causes the police to arrest him as well, the veteran English character actor is both stoically angry at the miscarriage of justice and pettishly aggrieved with his son (Sheridan took factual liberties to have them share a cell) When his health is failing and he despairs that he’ll leave his wife behind Day Lewis says “Look, you are not going to die alright? If you do, sure I can look after Ma alright.” “You think I’d leave Sara in your care?” he replies, rallying, “You haven’t the maturity to take care of yourself, much less your mother.”

Kobayashi in The Usual Suspects. D: Bryan Singer (1995). We don’t find out who criminal mastermind Keyser Soze is until the end of the movie but the task of getting across his frightening malice falls to Postlethwaite and with a glowering menace he does just that. “Get your rest, Gentlemen,” he tells the criminals he has muscled into a job, “The boat will be ready for you on Friday. If I see you or any of your friends before then, Miss Finneran will find herself the victim of a most gruesome violation before she dies. As will your father, Mr. Hockney, and your Uncle Randall in Arizona, Mr. Kint. I might only castrate Mr. McManus’s nephew, David. Do I make myself clear?”

Danny Ormondroyd in Brassed Off. D: Mark Herman (1996). In a tragicomedy about a mining community decimated and dispirited by a pit closure, Postlethwait is a brass band leader trying to keep his people together as the town falls apart. Their competition and victory in a competition, for a change isn’t put forth as an end to their troubles. I’m usually not keen on films that end with long exhortations but Postlethwaite’s speech at the end. “Us winning this trophy won’t mean bugger all to most people” he starts. “But us refusing it – like what we’re going to do now – well it becomes news doesn’t it?” He goes on to tell the story of how Thatcher’s government destroyed their industry “all in the name of progress. And for a few lousy bob. Most of these men lost the will to win a while ago. But when it comes to losing the will to live, to breathe, the point is – if this lot were seals or whales, you’d all be up in bloody arms. But they’re just ordinary common-or-garden honest, decent human beings. And not one of them with an ounce of bloody hope left. Oh aye, they can knock out a bloody good tune. But what the f— does that matter? And now I’m going to take my boys out onto the town.” It’s less an inspirational speech than a howl in the dark, and Postlethwaite doesn’t miss a note.