Child’s Play (1980)
September 1, 2010 – 1:00 am | View Comments

Child’s Play or An American Short Story is a short film released in the United States in 1980. The atmosphere of the film can easily be compared with some of the earliest adaptations of the books of Stephen King while, at the same time, the story is told in a manner not much different than one would expect to find in the tales of Hans Christian Anderson.

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Billy Elliot the Musical

Profiles of the young actors who play the title role in Billy Elliot the Musical as well as other BETM related articles.

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Billy Elliot the Musical: A Synopsis
June 14, 2010 – 1:01 am | View Comments
Billy Elliot the Musical: A Synopsis

This article is a synopsis of Billy Elliot the Musical, both for those who will be attending the show for the first time and for those who recently viewed it and have questions about some aspect of the show.

Photography By Achim Lippoth
February 12, 2010 – 6:04 am | View Comments
Photography By Achim Lippoth

Just how much inspiration does one need to wake up at 4 am and start drafting a new article for a blog? In my case, I stumbled upon a link and 30 seconds later I …

Where Do All the Billys Come From?
September 29, 2009 – 8:26 pm | View Comments
Where Do All the Billys Come From?

How has the Billy Elliot the Musical creative team come up with all the super talented boys to play the part of Billy, and how will they have enough boys to play the role with the show continuing in London and New York and soon opening in several other cities? This article summarizes how the Billys are identified and trained for the role.

The art of Pierre Joubert
May 10, 2009 – 8:10 am | View Comments
The art of Pierre Joubert

Not long ago, I introduced you to the art of Norman Rockwell. Today, I would like to introduce another famous illustrator – Pierre Joubert.  He was born in Paris on 27 June 1910 and achieved a worldwide …

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
May 8, 2009 – 12:03 pm | View Comments
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens

Just found about an an amazing new production based on J. M. Barrie’s classic story ” Peter Pan ” . The play is  written by Tanya Ronder and would be directed by Ben Harrison.
I did …

Norman Rockwell
April 7, 2009 – 7:29 am | View Comments
Norman Rockwell

Recently I reviewed the book Boy’s Life by Robert McCammon – while I was doing the review I stumbled upon the art of  Norman Rockwell .  I was to choose illustrations for my the review …

Nu Pogodi
December 17, 2008 – 10:50 pm | View Comments
Nu Pogodi

Chances are that you haven`t heard of Nu Pogodi. Or may be you have — this would depend on where you are living …etc. But I am sure that you will enjoy that movie .  …

Alexsey Goloborodko – Crystal harmony
December 8, 2008 – 1:27 pm | View Comments
Alexsey Goloborodko – Crystal harmony

In September I posted about Alexey Goloborodko for a very first time.   I recently saw another performance by him which blew my mind .  I have never seen such talent — and doubt that there …

Marcel Pietruch at the SemiFinals
November 23, 2008 – 6:20 pm | View Comments
Marcel Pietruch at the SemiFinals

Marcel did it again. He was amazing once again – but this time on the semi finals of the Das Super Talent show .  ( I even wrote the name of the show in German …

Marcel Pietruch
November 13, 2008 – 10:35 am | View Comments
Marcel Pietruch

Marcel Pietruch – few days ago I wrote a post about him in SkyKid`s SkyNet. Today few days later he is a huge star all across the world .

Marcel Pietruch
November 7, 2008 – 1:11 am | View Comments

A german friend of mine showed me an amazing performance of Marcel Pietruch – done for the the show Das Super Talent. Das Super Talent is the German version of America’s Got Talent and Britain’s Got Talent;

Alexey Goloborodko
September 16, 2008 – 5:16 pm | View Comments
Alexey Goloborodko

I stumbled upon one of the videos of Alexey at you tube accidentally — and am go glad that I did. He is a 14 years old dancing contortionist from Tula, Russia and is apparently …