Jun 12, 2019 further, deshields has won a huge list of awards and nominations including a prime time emmy for aint misbehavin, obie award for sustained excellence of performance, national black theatre festivals living legend award, bistro awardsbob harrington lifetime achievement award, jeff award for jungle book and dozens more. A quick 5 with andre deshields maryland theatre guide. Neel played in the orchestra for disneys musical theater adaptation of the jungle book directed by mary zimmerman. Andre deshields is currently performing in the jungle book at bostons huntington theatre company in the roles of king louie and akela. He has conducted carousel at the glimmerglass festival, created indianjazz fusion arrangements for the stage version of disneys the jungle book seen in chicago and boston, and is cocreator of the goodman theatres free musical theatre program for. Casting announced for mary zimmermans the jungle book at. Sep 25, 20 i first saw andre deshields in the original cast of the wiz and have been following his career ever since. Andre deshields haarlem nocturne original, musical, revue, broadway opened in new york city nov 18, 1984 and played through dec 30, 1984. Fortress of solitude 2014 gypsy of the year 2014 gypsy of the year 2014.
Michael shannon theatre awards suit jacket chicago breast suits book jackets king louie sari book chicago style fashion swag moda saree. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Get a sneak peek at scenes from mary zimmermans brand new stage adaptation of the jungle book, based on the hit disney animated film and the stories by. Its sung by the jungle monkeys, who screech and do acrobatic stunts while befriending young mowgli.
Through my agent i learned that mary zimmerman had asked if. Spooner and visionary jungle book director mary zimmerman to be honored at huntington theatre companys spotlight spectacular monday, april 28, 2014. The 45th annual jeff awards, honoring excellence in chicagoarea theatre, are presented nov. Jun 10, 2019 a modernday musical rooted in ancient greek mythology, hadestown received praise fit for the gods, and last night nabbed eight tony awards, including best musical. Chicago humanities festivals 25th anniversary lineup a full. The data is only saved locally on your computer and never transferred to us.
Disneys jungle book opens at goodman theatre in chicago. Family activities the jungle book at goodman theatre. Zimmermans adaptation of rudyard kiplings the jungle book, a coproduction of the goodman theatre and huntington theatre company. He is an actor, known for extreme measures 1996, the wiz 1983 and. The primate bunch is led by king louie, played by andre deshields, whose booming, bluesy voice brings the house down. Take a moment to see what patrons of all ages are saying, and if you havent yet voiced your own thoughts on the show, leave us a comment below.
In the very last scene of mary zimmermans production of the jungle book, when mowgli the lost mancub is safely back with his own people and. The chicago shakespeare theater production of sunday in the park with george starring jason danieley. The real highlight is i wanna be like you, the riproaring closer of the first act. The theme for this falls 25th anniversary edition of the chicago humanities festival that combination of open university and mass booksigning. His i wanna be like you is a definite showstopper in the jungle book and heres hoping the show continues so you can see what ive been watching for almost 40 years now, the incredible talent of one andre deshields.
One hundred and nineteen years after its publication, kiplings the jungle book is still having a lively time of it. A multiple chicago jeff award recipient, most recently for his showstopping performance in jungle book, andre also received an emmy award for an nbc broadcast special on aint misbehavin. The world premiere of the jungle book, a new production by tony award winner mary zimmerman based on rudyard kiplings 1893 collection of stories set in the indian jungle and walt disneys 1967. Andre deshields performs i wanna be like you youtube. Based both on rudyard kiplings timehonored childrens tales and the classic disney filmand with a score featuring the movies bestloved songs and original indianinspired music and dancethis spellbinding world premiere is the theatrical event of. Casting announced for mary zimmermans the jungle book at goodman. Featuring performances by tony award winner andre deshields plus kevin carolan, geoff packard, and lauren molina. Hel has composed music for many film, tv, video, theater and dance projects including the features, the yes men fix the world, which premiered at the 2009 sundance film festival and a decent arrangement starring shabana azmi. This is a pre1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Comic book adaptations proliferate, including several from marvel, and recent. Andre deshields relishes jungle book role from boston herald, september 9, 20. Harmonic infinity loops neel murgai and seema pandya.
Zimmermans adaptation of the jungle book plays the goodman june 21august 4 before moving on to a fall run at bostons huntington theatre company. He was nominated for a 20 equity joseph jefferson award for supporting actor in a musical for the jungle book at the goodman theatre. As mary zimmerman and the cast of the jungle book go back into. The jungle book had its official opening night on monday, and so far weve been overwhelmed by the fantastic audience response. He was nominated for a 20 equity joseph jefferson award for supporting actor in a musical for the jungle book at the goodman theatre and huntington theatre company in chicago, illinois. The jungle springs to life in a musicfilled spectacle that chronicles young mowglis adventures growing up in the animal kingdom. Chicagos goodman theatre and tony awardwinning director mary zimmerman have a new stage musical adaption of the jungle book, running until aug.
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