READERS’ CHOICE 2020 Winners– Best in Entertainment, Art and Culture

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MUSIC & DANCE

The artists featured are Lula Washington Dance Theatre, Forces of Nature Dance Theatre, Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, L'Acadco: A United Caribbean Dance Force, Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance, KanKouran West African Dance Company, and Philadanco! The Philadelphia Dance Company.

The artist featured in ILLINOIS PHILARMONIC ORCHESTRA is Stilian Kirov, Artistic Director of IPO and conductor of IPO Reimagined

The artists featured in A TALE OF TWO are Rena Butler, Choreography; Talia Koylass, Videography; Darryl J. Hoffman, Music; Shawnee Dez, Vocals; Alencia Norris, Vocals.

Dancers: Alyssa Allen, Jonathan Emanuell Alsberry, Craig D. Black Jr., Jacqueline Burnett, Rena Butler, Kellie Epperheimer, Elliot Hammans, Alysia Johnson, Adam McGaw, Andrew Murdock, Abdiel Figueroa Reyes, David Schultz, Kevin J. Shannon, Connie Shiau, Jessica Tong.

Original composition by Darryl J. Hoffman. Black Butterfly by Alencia Norris. Sticky Beez by Shawnee Dez. Paranoia by Chance the Rapper, featuring Lili K and Nosaj Thing from Acid Rap with permission granted by the artist. Don’t Shoot Guns Down by Sault. Mother Goose Rhymes: Baa, Baa, Black Sheep, Humpty Dumpty Sat on a Wall, Three Blind Mice.

Artists featured is YOUNG STARS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION are Liana Paniyeva, Milosz Moskwa, Emmie Guo, Giorgio Agnes, Syed Fateen Ahmed, Audrey Yin, Remezova Ilona, Jeremy Liu, Amy Gao, Melody Xu, and Claire Rong.

Artists featured in DREAMS AND SCHEMES are Audrey Gladson and Ashwaty Chennat.

FILM

The artists featured in IN HUMAN KIND are Director Juan Sebastian “Juancho” Rodríguez, Producers Gabriela Caminero and Juancho Rodríguez, Director of Photography Ivan Meza, Music by Stephanie Gonzalez, and Editor Martin Dacanay.

The artists featured in SEGA are Director by Idil Ibrahim and Featuring actors Alassane Sy, Nicole Coumba Thiaw, Lamine Mbaye, Fatou Bao, Paper Kane, and Malick Dia.

The artists featured in THE SQUAT are Juan Pablo Montalva (Director), Victor Rojas Morales (Cinematography), Yiyo Stalbuk (First Camera assistant), Jesus Urra (Sound), Miguel Gonzalez (Gafer), Sylvana Squicciarini (Edit), Persona (Music), Mostro Squad (Post Production-Color-Sound), and Fernanda Prado (Subtitles).

The artists featured in LAMB are Writer and Director: Yared Zaleke; Producers: Ama Ampadu, Laurent Lavole, Johannis Rexin, David Hurst, Alan Milligan; Cinematographer: Josée Deshaies; Editor: Véronique Bruque; and Music: Christophe Chassol.

Featuring the Cast: Rediat Amare as Ephraïm, Kidist Siyum as Tsion, Welela Assefa as Emama, Surafel Teka as Solomon, Rahel Teshome as Azeb, Indris Mohamed as Abraham, and Bitania Abraham as Mimi.

The artists featured in SOUND OF SILENT FILM FESTIVAL are Lauren McCune, Winnie Cheung, JohnBen Lacy and Mike Elsherif, Manuel Alvarez Diestro, John Akrem, Alexander Bickford, Toacha Her, Greg Emetaz, Farhad Pakdel, Brian Zahm, Julio Pot, Kyle Flaherty and Josh Stone, David Mair, Greg Emetaz, Martha Mapes, and Iacopo DiGirolamo.

The artist featured in A FILM UNFINISHED is Director Yael Hersonski.

NEW YORK RHAPSODY FILM

NEW YORK RHAPSODY — Alone, Together as Artists

The artist featured in NEW YORK RHAPSODY is Writer, Director, and editor Salvatore D’Alia.

The artists featured in MOBILE DANCE FILM FESTIVAL are Chelsea M. Davis/Rozmova Films; Daniela Alvares Beskow, Didier MULLERAS, France; Eliana Fuino, Luli Brindisi, Argentina; Leni Mendez; Move Community Papua; Veronika Kulcsar; and Vidya Warrier; American filmmaker of Indian descent.

Chloe Walker, Adryan Natha, Ayumi Toyabe/GOIQ, Hungary; Blakh Love Arts LLC;  Carsyn Gekas; Diana Kupreyshvili, Russia; Eduardo Hernandez, USA; Emma Anna Wedemeyer; Isabella Vergara, USA; Sonya Slinchenko; and Stephanie Perez.

Abu Grey Lobubun, Indonesia; Adriana André Rosa da Silva; Cina Gabel, USA; Elijah Richardson, USA; Greta Gauhe, Germany; John Bernard R. Estrada, Phillipines; Lisa Kusanagi; Mercy K. Nelle; Nicola Hepp, Sweden/The Netherlands; Sayaka Milan, Japan; and Sorokonog.

Alexander Dampbell and Anthoula Syndica-Drummond, Australia; Charly Wenzel, Germany; Daniel Rose Project; Davide Arneodo, Italy; Diego Funes, USA; Kit McDaniel; Laura Ardner, USA; Liz Curtis; Marta Renzi, USA; Maxfield Haynes; Milie Nelson, USA; Valentina Cayota, Uruguay; Vashti Goracke/Rozmova Films, USA/Asia.

The artists featured in WILD DAZE are Director, Producer, Writer: Phyllis Stuart; Executive Producers: Cecilia DeMille Presley, Andrew Sugerman, Eli Weiss, and Elaine Hastings Edell; Narrator: Keith David; Music Composer: Lolita Ritmanis; Cinematographers: Cosmus Mwongela, Dave Summers, Gilbert Maina and Meryem Eroz.

THEATRE

The artists featured in LAST NIGHT IN KARAOKE TOWN are Wendy Hayne (Diana), Ashley Yates (Shannon), Genna Ellis (Audrey), Samantha Porter (Lilly), Abbie Warhus(Fran), Sal Gado(Shawn), Kirby Gibson (Eveline), Conor Clark (Brad), Michael Jones* (Ted), Philip Zimmermann (Miles), Chase Wheaton-Werle (Kenny), Tommy Bullington(Ethan), Cristiana Barbatelli(Diana U/S), Ty Aldridge (Ethan U/S), Elyssa Treviño (Lilly/Audrey U/S), Alex DiVirgilio (Kenny/Brad U/S), Jennifer Betancourt* (Shannon U/S) and Blake Holen (Ted/Miles U/S).

Production Team: Kim Boler (director), Mike Beyer (writer), Kirk Pynchon (writer), Emma Cullimore (costume designer), Elli Humphrys(lighting designer), Becca Holloway (associate director/music director), C.W. van Baale (master electrician), Evan Sposato (technical director), Manny Tamayo (production manager), Wyatt Kent (props designer), Manuel Ortiz (set designer), Maya Jain (scenic charge), Sarah D. Espinoza (sound designer) and Phil Claudnic (stage manager).

The artists featured in 'NIGHT MOTHER are Tekeisha Yelton-Hunter (Thelma) and Courtney Gardner (Jessie).

Creative Team: Diane Sintich (Director), Charles Askenaizer (Production Manager), Arlicia McClain (Assistant Director), Kate McDuffie (Stage Manager), Satoe Schechner (Costume Designer), Chad Lussier (Online/Technical Director), and Joseph Beal (Casting Director/Set/Props Designer).

The artists featured in THE HEALING are Blake Reasoner, MJ Rawls, Colleen Perry, Jasmine Bomer, Dwight Neal, Hannah Mary Simpson, Vincent Jordan, Blake Hawthorne, Stewart Romeo, and Dawn Bless.

Production Team: Jackie Taylor (original music), Lemond D Hayes (choreography), Bek Lambrecht (set), Denise Karczewski (lights), Davis Samba (sound), Jackie Taylor (costumes), DJ Douglas (projections), Nicholas Belanger (technical director). Jessica Moore is the company stage manager and Daryl Brooks is the Equity stage manager.

LIVE AT THE LORTEL
(2020 MOST VOTED)

Lucille Lortel Theatre Presents LIVE AT THE LORTEL

The artists featured in LIVE AT THE LORTEL are BD Wong, Ty Jones, Maybe Burke, Telly Leung, Tonya Pinkins, Pooya Mohseni, Karen Olivo, Betty Shamieh, and Andréa Burns.

The artists featured in STUPID SHAKESPEARE'S PICKLERICKICLES are Writer: Katie Ruppert and Director: Joshua Messick.

Cast: Alex Albrecht, Mary- Kate Arnold, Kyle T. Burch, Vincent Charles, Carly Davis, Devlin Ford, Matthew Keeley, Elijah Newman, Bayley Pokorny, Katie Ruppert, Jeffery Simpson, and J.J. Smith.

The artists featured in THE FAREWELL FABLES: SATELLITES, SONGS AND CEREAL are Director Frank Maugeri,
Text by Seth Bockley, “Whale Song” by Lindsey Noel Whiting Starring Time Brickey, Kasey Foster, John MacGaffey Diane Mair, Jasmine Richman and Lindsey Noel Whiting.

Puppets by Jesse Mooney Bullock and Kass Copeland, Devices by Milam Smith, Music by Jefferey Thomas, Music for Laika’s Return by Kevin O’Donnell, Lighting by David Goodman-Edberg, and Costumes by Gillian Gryzlak and Susan Haas.

Stage Management by Jamie Kreppein. Understudy Jessica Kearney.

Spring Apprentices include Rebecca Husk, Fletcher Wolfe, Connor Konz, Cy Pak, Tirzah Lawson.

BOOK

DANCER, THE DREAMERS AND THE QUEEN OF ROMANIA – HOW AN UNLIKLEY QUARTET CREATED AMERICAN’S MOST IMPROBABLE ART MUSEUM

DANCER, THE DREAMERS AND THE QUEEN OF ROMANIA – HOW AN UNLIKLEY QUARTET CREATED AMERICAN’S MOST IMPROBABLE ART MUSEUM — Gritty, Raucous and Down-To-Earth

The artist featured in THE DANCER, THE DREAMERS, AND THE QUEEN OF ROMANIA – HOW AN UNLIKLEY QUARTET CREATED AMERICAN’S MOST IMPROBABLE ART MUSEUM is author Steve Wiegand.

EVERYTHING LOST IS FOUND AGAIN

EVERYTHING LOST IS FOUND AGAIN - A Basotho Slice of Life

The artist featured in EVERYTHING LOST IS FOUND AGAIN is author Will McGrath.

AT CROSSROADS WITH CHICKENS: A “WHAT IF IT WORKS?” ADVENTRUE IN OFF-GRID LIVING AND QUEST FOR HOME

At Crossroads with Chickens: A “What if it Works?” Adventure in Off-Grid Living and Quest for Home — An Introspective Account

The artist featured in AT CROSSROADS WITH CHICKENS: A “WHAT IF IT WORKS?” ADVENTURE IN OFF-GRID LIVING AND QUEST FOR HOME is author Tory McCagg.

ART

The artists featured in SEED are: from Japan; Koharu Kawakatsu, artist and organizer; Izumi Sakamoto, artist and director of the artist-in-residency project AIRY; and Satoru Takahashi, photographer. From Taiwan, Wei-yun Chang, artist, curator and organizer for a-space Taiwan. From Australia, artist Thomas C. Chung. And from Switzerland; Susi Kramer, artist; Jasmin Glaab, artist, curator and organizer; and Roy Andres Hofer, artist and organizer.

The artist featured in ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVE is Anton Bakker.

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