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Alexander McQueen: Finalé, Spring/Summer 2003 postcards from the edge of the catwalk

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Elle Dec 2003 - Sonja Wanda by Iain R. Webb

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Unique September 1987 photos Mark Lewis styled by Iain R Webb

Floral shirt by Paul Smith and floral scarf from Liberty

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twiggy, 1971 in bill gibb: fashion + fantasy - iain r. webb (2008)

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Hussein Chalayan f/w 1998 rtw Creative Director Hussein Chalayan Photographer Iain R Webb Newest Cool

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london, 1972 in bill gibb: fashion + fantasy - iain r. webb (2008)

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The Fashion Show

The stories, Invites and Art of 300 Landmark Shows

Ian R.Webb   Foreword by Anna Sui

euro 42,00

Welbeck Publ.Group, London 2022, 320 pages, 29.21 x 25.4 cm, ISBN  978-1802790832

euro 42,00

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First published as Invitation Strictly Personal in 2014

This is your invitation to the front row.  Spanning over seven decades and 300 shows, this beautiful book tells the story of the high fashion catwalk. Through this inspirational collection of fashion show invites and tales from fashion week, curator and fashion writer Iain R Webb opens a window into the world’s most exclusive fashion houses. Whether it’s dreamy romance at Givenchy, cutting-edge modernity at Alexander McQueen, floral drama at Valentino, vintage-inspired fun at Kenzo or heartfelt emotion at Yves Saint Laurent’s final haute couture show, the unique themes and styles that have graced the runway in the past 50 years are gloriously curated and described in The Fashion Show. From understated presentation to melodramatic performance, this stylish archive is your passport to the international fashion collections.

20/01/23

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Jean Paul Gaultier A/W 1988 invitation | Iain R Webb's fashion archive

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Fashion Stylist Courses – Pioneered street fashion

Fashion Stylist Courses – Pioneered street fashion

Getting going her profession at the momentous Nova magazine during the 60s, Caroline Baker proceeded to characterize the job of the design beautician throughout the following 30 years. Presently, another book, Rebel Stylist: Caroline Baker, The Woman Who Invented Street Fashion, diagrams her vocation across 272 affectionately arranged pages. All through her rule, she pushed against the catwalk-overwhelmed patterns, rather making glances through the following many years that engaged ladies by showing that individual style made a difference more than excessive financial plans, and that design’s principles were made to be broken. Her article work at Nova, however remarkably likewise the early issues of I-D, just as Vogue, The Face and The Sunday Times, set a standard which at last procured her the honor of being the guardian, everything being equal.

The book incorporates never-beforehand distributed work by unbelievable photographic artists like Guy Bourdin, Helmut Newton and Sarah Moon, composed commitments from Baker’s previous associates, as Westwood and Hamnett, and, obviously, analysis from the super-beautician herself. Wrote by the essayist custodian scholarly Iain R. Webb, previously a style supervisor at titles including Blitz, The Times, Elle and Vogue Russia, the book unloads Baker’s direction and impact, underlining not just how unique her way to deal with design was from the start, however the amount it reverberates with the present scene.

Pastry specialist was, all things considered, a manageability pioneer who used recycled clothing and disposed of military regalia inside style article when no other person did. She separated sexual orientation obstructions, dressing ladies in garments which were customarily saved for men. She was quick to adjust athletic apparel into a high design setting, and she teamed up with explicit creators, some time before the meaning of a beautician’s feedback was even perceived inside the fashion stylist business. She additionally advanced assorted road projecting, frequently involving non-models in her work. These have since become design industry standards.

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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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AI is reinventing the way we invent

Regina Barzilay’s office at MIT affords a clear view of the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research. Amgen’s drug discovery group is a few blocks beyond that. Until recently, Barzilay, one of the world’s leading researchers in artificial intelligence, hadn’t given much thought to these nearby buildings full of chemists and biologists. But as AI and machine learning began to perform ever more impressive feats in image recognition and language comprehension, she began to wonder: could it also transform the task of finding new drugs? This story is part of our March/April 2019 issue See the rest of the issue The problem is that human researchers can explore only a tiny slice of what is possible. It’s estimated that there are as many as 1060 potentially drug-like molecules—more than the number of atoms in the solar system. But traversing seemingly unlimited possibilities is what machine learning is good at. Trained on large databases of existing molecules and their properties, the programs can explore all possible related molecules. Drug discovery is a hugely expensive and often frustrating process. Medicinal chemists must guess which compounds might make good medicines, using their knowledge of how a molecule’s structure affects its properties. They synthesize and test countless variants, and most are failures. “Coming up with new molecules is still an art, because you have such a huge space of possibilities,” says Barzilay. “It takes a long time to find good drug candidates.” Sign up for The Algorithm — artificial intelligence, demystified By speeding up this critical step, deep learning could offer far more opportunities for chemists to pursue, making drug discovery much quicker. One advantage: machine learning’s often quirky imagination. “Maybe it will go in a different direction that a human wouldn’t go in,” says Angel Guzman-Perez, a drug researcher at Amgen who is working with Barzilay. “It thinks differently.” Others are using machine learning to try to invent new materials for clean-tech applications. Among the items on the wish list are improved batteries for storing power on the electric grid and organic solar cells, which could be far cheaper to make than today’s bulky silicon-based ones. Such breakthroughs have become harder and more expensive to attain as chemistry, materials science, and drug discovery have grown mind-bogglingly complex and saturated with data. Even as the pharmaceutical and biotech industries pour money into research, the number of new drugs based on novel molecules has been flat over the last few decades. And we’re still stuck with lithium-ion batteries that date to the early 1990s and designs for silicon solar cells that are also decades old. The complexity that has slowed progress in these fields is where deep learning excels. Searching through multidimensional space to come up with valuable predictions is “AI’s sweet spot,” says Ajay Agrawal, an economist at the Rotman School of Management in Toronto and author of the best-selling Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence. In a recent paper, economists at MIT, Harvard, and Boston University argued that AI’s greatest economic impact could come from its potential as a new “method of invention” that ultimately reshapes “the nature of the innovation process and the organization of R&D.” Iain Cockburn, a BU economist and coauthor of the paper, says: “New methods of invention with wide applications don’t come by very often, and if our guess is right, AI could dramatically change the cost of doing R&D in many different fields.” Much of innovation involves making predictions based on data. In such tasks, Cockburn adds, “machine learning could be much faster and cheaper by orders of magnitude.” In other words, AI’s chief legacy might not be driverless cars or image search or even Alexa’s ability to take orders, but its ability to come up with new ideas to fuel innovation itself. Ideas are getting expensive Late last year, Paul Romer won the economics Nobel Prize for work done during the late 1980s and early 1990s that showed how investments in new ideas and innovation drive robust economic growth. Earlier economists had noted the connection between innovation and growth, but Romer provided an exquisite explanation for how it works. In the decades since, Romer’s conclusions have been the intellectual inspiration for many in Silicon Valley and help account for how it has attained such wealth. But what if our pipeline of new ideas is drying up? Economists Nicholas Bloom and Chad Jones at Stanford, Michael Webb, a graduate student at the university, and John Van Reenen at MIT looked at the problem in a recent paper called “Are ideas getting harder to find?” (Their answer was “Yes.”) Looking at drug discovery, semiconductor research, medical innovation, and efforts to improve crop yields, the economists found a common story: investments in research are climbing sharply, but the payoffs are staying constant. From an economist’s perspective, that’s a productivity problem: we’re paying more for a similar amount of output. And the numbers look bad. Research productivity—the number of researchers it takes to produce a given result—is declining by around 6.8% annually for the task of extending Moore’s Law, which requires that we find ways to pack ever more and smaller components on a semiconductor chip in order to keep making computers faster and more powerful. (It takes more than 18 times as many researchers to double chip density today as it did in the early 1970s, they found.) For improving seeds, as measured by crop yields, research productivity is dropping by around 5% each year. For the US economy as a whole, it is declining by 5.3%. The rising price of big ideas It is taking more researchers and money to find productive new ideas, according to economists at Stanford and MIT. That’s a likely factor in the overall sluggish growth in the US and Europe in recent decades. The graph below shows the pattern for the overall economy, highlighting US total factor productivity (by decade average and for 2000–2014)—a measure of the contribution of innovation—versus the number of researchers. Similar patterns hold for specific research areas. source: bloom, jones, van reenen, and webb Any negative effect of this decline has been offset, so far, by the fact that we’re putting more money and people into research. So we’re still doubling the number of transistors on a chip every two years, but only because we’re dedicating far more people to the problem. We’ll have to double our investments in research and development over the next 13 years just to keep treading water. Read the full article

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