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Year 28, No. 38
Celebrating 28 Years of Community News
May 29 – June 4, 2013
Lecture with Author of Directors: Shoe Designer Stuart Weitzman From Stage to Screen and Back Again Kicks Off Speaker Series at National Museum of American Jewish History ed on stage productions then moved to television and fulln Wednesday, June 12 at 7 p.m., the National Museum length features. She’ll share of American Jewish History will launch a new speakthe unique artistic journeys er series, Dreamers and Doers, with entrepreneur and these directors traveled and shoe designer Stuart Weitzman. discuss what it is about a In a live interview with WHYY innovation theater background that can reporter Zack Seward, Weitzman will speak create innovative and profirsthand about the Stuart Weitzman brand vocative work in film. ─ telling a story of passion, vision, and Despite the increasing popua quintessentially American spirit. In larity of academic filmmakaddition, replicas of some of Weitzman’s ing programs, some of the most most famous designs, including the prolific film directors have glass slippers used in Cinderella on emerged from the theater Broadway, will be on display. world. Sam Mendes (Ameri“I always enjoy sharing cherishcan Beauty), Elia Kazan (On ed moments and stories that the Waterfront), Mike Nichols helped shape where I am today (The Graduate), and Orson in the fashion world. I hope Welles (Citizen Kane), among my experiences can help eduothers, had very successful cate and enlighten someone careers directing for the stage else’s path to entrepreneurbefore transitioning to the screen and creating some of The National Museum of our most iconic films. American Jewish History will One of the directors fealaunch a new speaker series, tured in Lehman’s book, Matt “Dreamers and Doers,” with entreShakman, is the founder and preneur and shoe designer Stuart Artistic Director of the fa Weitzman on June 12 at 7 p.m. mous Black Dahlia Theatre in Los Angeles. Then in 2002, ial success, as it is my pleasure began directing television to pass on that wisdom,” said series including Mad Men, Six Stuart Weitzman. Feet Under, Brothers & Sisters, A native of Long Island, New York, House M.D. and It’s Always Stuart Weitzman grew up surroundMeet Susan Lehman, author of “Directors: From Stage to Sunny in Philadelphia. Neil ed by the city that he loved and Screen and Back Again” at her lecture and book signing at LaBute, also interviewed by thousands of beautifully crafted Tredyffrin Public Library, on Thursday, June 13, 7:30 p.m. Lehman, was originally a playshoes made by his father, Seymour wright (The Shape of Things), Weitzman. Weitzman spent his childhood apprenticing under his father usan Lehman, author of Directors: who now directs feature films (Death at a at the Mr. Seymour shoe factory in From Stage to Screen and Back Again Funeral, Nurse Betty). Lehman, a former actor, director, and screenHaverhill, Massachusetts, learning will give an illustrated lecture and each and every detail of how to make book signing at Tredyffrin Public writer, is assistant professor of TV and film the perfect shoe. While footwear Library, 582 Upper Gulph Road in at DeSales University in Center Valley, PA. was his legacy, Weitzman had Strafford, on Thursday, June 13, Copies of her book will be available for sale and signing on the evening of June 13. For aspirations of a career on Wall 7:30 p.m. Street and attended the prestiIn writing Directors, Lehman conducted a information and to register, online visit See “Dreamers and Doers” with Stuart Weitzman on page 12 series of interviews with directors who work- www.tredyffrinlibraries.org.
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All-new production TOTEM opens on May 30 at the Camden Waterfront for a limited engagement through June 30 tle, the symbol of origin for irque du Soleil has many ancient civilizations. arrived at the Camden Inspired by many founding Waterfront in the Greater myths, TOTEM illustrates, Philadelphia Area and is in through a visual and acrobatcomplete set-up mode in prepic language, the evolutionary aration for the May 30 openprogress of species. Somewhere ing night of its awe-inspiring between science and legend touring production TOTEM. The show’s trademark blueInspired by many founding and-yellow big top was recentmyths, TOTEM illustrates, ly raised along the Delaware through a visual and acrobatic River by a team of more than language, the evolutionary 60 men and women who workprogress of species. ed for several hours to pound pegs, hoist more than 100 supTOTEM explores the ties that port poles, unfurl the canvas, bind Man to other species, and finally raise the roof of his dreams and his infinite the acrobatic and theatrical potential. experience that is TOTEM. Cirque du Soleil has added TOTEM traces the fascinatan additional week of perforing journey of the human spemances (June 26 - 30, 2013) cies from its original amphibto the limited engagement of ian state to its ultimate desire TOTEM at the Camden Waterto fly. The characters evolve on a stage evoking a giant turSee Cirque du Soleil’s TOTEM on page 6
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