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JUDI MARK “Merely Marvelous”- The Songs of Gwen Verdon

Austin Tang — Mon, 02 Oct 2023 16:29:34 +0000

www.judimark.com

Wednesday October 11, 2023 at 7pm

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ABOUT THE SHOW:

JUDI MARK “Merely Marvelous”- The Songs of Gwen Verdon is continuing the run with additional dates October 4 & 11. Featured is acclaimed musical celebration of four- time Tony Award winner GWEN VERDON and her hit Broadway shows including “Damn Yankees,” “Redhead,” “Sweet Charity” and “Chicago.” Highlighted are the songs Gwen Verdon first introduced to the world such as, “Whatever Lola Wants,” “Where Am I Going,” “Roxie,” and “If My Friends Could See Me Now,” among many others.

Judi also spotlights some standards and surprises from Gwen’s solo album, “The Girl I Left Home For,” and her film and television appearances. The list of songwriters represented is as diverse as Gwen’s career, including Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields, Kander and Ebb, Simon and Garfunkel and Kurt Weill.

ABOUT JUDI MARK: a professional dancer, singer, actor, show producer and educator and Toastmaster. For over four decades she has produced and performed throughout the USA on concert stages, Off-Broadway theaters, regional theaters, and cabarets. In these live-on-stage performances, the Chicago- born multi-talented Ms. Mark has been demonstrating her wide range of training in ballet, modern dance, jazz, tap, acting, vocals, and piano. In addition, she has appeared in film, and television. Equally notable are her many years in which she taught and trained future generations of stage performers. She is credited with self producing five one woman shows. “Dancing Through My Life” was directed by Jeff Harnar.

“It is so exciting to take the stage on which performed luminaries such as Liza Minnelli, Paul Newman, Joan Rivers, Bette Midler, Rosie O’Donnell, Chita Rivera, Kathy Griffin, Audra MacDonald, Kristin Chenoweth, Mario Cantone, and Cuba Gooding Jr.,” says Ms. Mark. “I have been immersing myself in the musical world of Gwen Verdon with huge joy and I invite you to join me in celebrating her truly remarkable, merely marvelous musical legacy.” If not now, Gwen?

Preview from“Merely Marvelous” ‘The Line Up’_Birdland

Preview from“Merely Marvelous” ‘The Line Up’_Birdland

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One word in the English language that could be a noun, verb, adj, adv, prep is “UP”.

Austin Tang — Sat, 31 Oct 2020 18:39:07 +0000

I’m sure you will enjoy this.

One word in the English language that could be a noun, verb, adj, adv, prep is “UP”.

Read until the end… you’ll have a good laugh !!!

This two-letter word in English has more meanings than any other two-letter word. That word is, ‘UP’. It is listed in the dictionary as an [adv], [prep], [adj], [n] or [v].

It’s easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP?

At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? Why do we speak ‘UP’, and why are the officers UP for election, if there is a tie, it is a toss UP, and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report ?

We call UP our friends, brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver, warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and fix UP the old car.

At other times, this little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses.

To be dressed is one thing, but to be dressed UP is special.

And this UP can be confusing. A drain must be opened UP because it is blocked UP !!!

We open UP a store in the morning, but we close it UP at night. We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP !!!

To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look UP the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4 of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions !!!

If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don’t give UP, you may wind UP with, UP to, a hundred or more.

When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP. When the sun comes out, we say it is clearing UP. When it rains, it soaks UP the earth. When it does not rain for awhile, things dry UP.

One could go on and on, but I’ll wrap it UP, for now…… my time is UP!

So, did this whole thing, crack you UP?

Send this on to everyone you look UP in your address book… or not… it’s UP to you.?

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Dave Grotto

editor — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:56:58 +0000

Dave Grotto, a registered RD talks about balanced eating and a new program from Hershey’s called Moderation Nation. In addition he discusses:

• Simple tips on mindful eating and the importance of a balanced lifestyle
• His critically acclaimed books, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life and 101 Optimal Life Foods

HERSHEY’S MODERATION NATION, is a go-to source for balanced lifestyle tips and tools to enjoy happiness through well-being every day. For more information, visit www.TheModerationNation.com.

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Shane Bitney Crone

editor — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 14:10:08 +0000

My name is Shane Bitney Crone. Just over a month ago, I posted a video on YouTube entitled, “It Could Happen to You.” You might have seen it. It was about the accidental death of my life partner, Tom Bridegroom, and more importantly what happened in the aftermath because we weren’t married (even though that was our dream). http://youtu.be/pR9gyloyOjM

Overwhelming response! Over 2.7 million people have watched my video and more than 20,000 people posted comments. And most importantly, the video is making a difference; so many have written to say that they now understand why marriage equality is so fundamentally right and how important it is to legally prepare for the unexpected. I have heard that our story is providing inspiration and hope.

And now we are making a film – BRIDEGROOM: AN AMERICAN LOVE STORY. I have joined with producers Linda Bloodworth-Thomason (Designing Women and The Man From Hope) and Linda Burstyn (Emmy award-winning writer/producer for Nightline with Ted Koppel) to make a feature length documentary about our story. We are raising money on the crowd funding site, KICKSTARTER. Please check out our Kickstarter site and watch the video pitch for the film:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/452010736/bridegroom-an-american-love-story or http://kck.st/Ky24tE

As I write this, we’ve already raised over $185,000 of our $300,000 goal. We have 12 days to go before the end of our campaign. If we don’t reach our goal by July 19, we lose all funds we’ve raised. That’s the way Kickstarter works. Even small donations can make a difference. We need your help to spread the word and drive people to our Kickstarter page. I know we can raise these funds to make this film. Our goal is to have BRIDEGROOM completed and in theaters before the election. I hope you will join us and encourage your friends to be part of this effort as well.

BRIDEGROOM will be much more than a tragic love story. This film will represent every single person who has ever been ostracized and condemned for being who they are and loving who they love. Tom and I were never able to marry – because it was and is illegal in California. With this film, we have a rare and powerful opportunity to open people’s hearts and minds on this very important issue of human rights.

We can’t change the past, but with your help, we can create a more equal future.

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