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Takarazuka Pimpernel Wins Several Awards
The Japanese premiere production of The Scarlet Pimpernel, presented by the all-female Takarazuka Revue, has just won the "Grand Prize" award at the 34th Kikuta Kazuo Drama Awards. Asuka Toono (Marguerite), Kei Aran (Percy) and Shuichiro Koike (director) are pictured, left to right, in this article, accepting the award at a ceremony on 21 April 2009. The show also won an "Excellence Award" at the 16th Yomiuri Theater Awards, and Reon Yuzuki (Chauvelin) won a "New Actor" award at the 30th Matsuo Entertainment Awards. Rudolf Cast Recording Released Rudolf - Affaire Mayerling opened on 26 February at the Raimund Theater in Vienna, Austria. A German-language cast recording from the production has now been released, and is available for purchase from VBW, Sound of Music, Amazon.de, Musical-Shop and iTunes. A karaoke/sing-along CD for the show, with orchestral tracks recorded by the Orchestra of Vereinigte Bühnen Wien, is also available. More information is available on the Rudolf page. |
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Multimedia Added to Website
Multimedia files have been added throughout the Projects section of the website. This includes album previews and links to full-length songs and sound clips from The Scarlet Pimpernel, Saturday Night Fever, Camille Claudel, Rudolf, and the song "Let Him Fly". Nan's Photography Published Eight of Nan's photographs have been published in A Place for Play, a companion volume to the PBS documentary "Where Do the Children Play?" Like the television program, the book examines issues around the ways in which free play outdoors is slipping from children's lives in modern society. It is available for purchase from Amazon. New Letter From Nan Posted A new Letter From Nan has been posted, where she announces a hiatus for the Q&A section of the website, and also mentions a great blog site. You can view past questions and answers in the Q&A section, including the new Thoughts and Advice on Writing page. |
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