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  The Cherry Orchard

  Anton Chekhov, Frank Dwyer,...

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  Chekhov’s masterful last play, The Cherry Orchard, is a work of timeless, bittersweet beauty about the fading fortunes of an aristocratic Russian family and their struggle to maintain their status in a changing world. Alternately touching and farcical, this subtle, intelligent play stars the incomparable Marsha Mason.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance starring:Marsha Mason as Madame Lyubov Andreyevna RanyevskayaHector Elizondo as Leonid Andreyevich GayevMichael Cristofer as Yermolay Alekseyevich Lopakhin  Jennifer Tilly as Dunyasha (Avdotya Fyodorovna)Joey Slotnick as Semyon Panteleyevich Yepikhodov Christy Keefe as Anya RanyevskayaAmy Pietz as Varya RanyevskayaJordan Baker as Charlotta Ivanovna Jeffrey Jones as Boris Borisovich Semyonov-PischickCharles Durning as Feers John Chardiet as Yasha Tim DeKay as Pyotr Sergeyevich Trofimov John Chardiet as Passer-ByTranslated and adapted by Frank Dwyer and Nicholas Saunders. Directed by Rosalind Ayres. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.

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  Young Soul Rebels - A Personal...

  Stuart Cosgrove

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  The author of Detroit 67 captures Northern England’s underground music scene of the 1970s and ‘80s in this candid memoir of late nights and heavy beats.Young Soul Rebel is a compelling and intimate story of northern soul, Britain's most fascinating musical underground scene. Author Stuart Cosgrove takes the reader on a personal journey through the iconic clubs that made it famous, like The Twisted Wheel, The Torch, Wigan Casino, Blackpool Mecca and Cleethorpes Pier. He also details the bootleggers that made it infamous, the splits that threatened to divide the scene, the great unknown records that built its global reputation and the crate-digging collectors that travelled to America to unearth unknown sounds. A sweeping memoir that covers fifty years of British life, Young Soul Rebel places the northern soul scene in a larger social and historical context that includes the rise of amphetamine culture, the policing of youth culture, the north-south divide, the decline of coastal Britain, the Yorkshire Ripper inquiry, the rise of Thatcherism, the miners' strike, the rave scene and music in the era of the world wide web.

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  Ukulele - The World's...

  Daniel Dixon, Jayne McKay

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  These days the ukulele is experiencing a revolution-both as a valid instrument that can sweetly transform pop music and rock and roll, and as the focus of dozens of clubs springing up across the world. Ukulele! brings the "uke" world to light, exposing its colorful history, quirky characters, and irresistible charm. Dozens of colorful photos and ephemera make Ukulele! as fun to look at as it is to read.Celebrate the history of the ukulele and the unique culture that surrounds it in Ukulele by Daniel Dixon with Dixie Dixon and Jayne McKay. Ukulele explores the spiritual quality that brings people together by discussing the colorful characters that have been drawn to the instrument over the years. Daniel Dixon traces its origins in Hawaii and illustrates how it traveled to the mainland U.S. and became such a popular instrument.Ukulele also showcases the best of the early players such as Cliff Edwards as well as the most popular contemporary uke players like Israel Kamakawiwo'ole and Jake Shimabukuro.

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  Classic Radio Hour The - Volume...

  Staff Writer, John Meston

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  Back in the day radio was the medium; and its message was entertainment! 
  Whatever you craved, radio delivered. Detectives, Mysteries, Westerns, Sci-Fi, Literature. 
  This Golden Age really was crammed full of exciting, thrilling and downright brilliant programmes. 
  These classic radio hours serve up a wide range of genres, stars, stories, and yes, entertainment. 
  Let's jump right in.

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  Abbott and Costello: Featuring...

  Bud Abbott, Lou Costello

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  Lou got a black eye from a date. Lou's running for dog catcher. Lou is becoming an artist. Susan is mad at Lou since he went out with another girl. Bud wants some new ideas for the show. Benny Rubin has an idea to let the audience participate.

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  A History of Dupont Circle -...

  Stephen A Hansen

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  During the Gilded Age, Dupont Circle was Washington's undisputed center of wealth, power and status. Over twenty years, it evolved from small farms and an overrun city cemetery to a community of grand homes for society's elite. Residents included future president William Taft, inventor Alexander Graham Bell, newspaper publisher Cissy Patterson and many more. From the intimate dinners and receptions of the Cave Dwellers to the lavish balls of Mary Townsend and others in the "smart set," Dupont Circle marked each social season in the capital. Satirized in Mark Twain's novel "The Gilded Age," the nouveau riche lifestyle of Dupont Circle was fodder for newspaper celebrity gossip. Author Stephen Hansen brings to life the intriguing history of Washington's famed Dupont Circle.

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