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Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
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ID # 31780
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Live Event
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Submission Type |
Open Call
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Kansas City MO |
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Non-union
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n/a
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Release Date |
04-26-06
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| Audition Date |
12-31-69
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Submission Deadline |
05-06-06
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| Shoot Date |
12-31-69
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| Casting Category |
Theatre - Non-Equity
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| Market(s) |
Kansas City, KS |
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters - play
Actors will be asked to perform two contrasting contemporary monologues, two minutes each; no musical material or classical material. Actors must bring two head shots and two resumes.
NOTE: ALL TALENT UNDER THE AGE OF 18 MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN AT ALL TIMES
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All Roles Open
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Searchable talent specs:
Gender: Male Female
Age: from 18 to 65 |
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Pataki Pardons Lenny Bruce Posthumously
Dec 23, 12:57 PM EST
Comedian Lenny Bruce was granted a posthumous pardon by Gov
In 1999 Allen said of Bruce:
"Lenny was a social philosopher; he was always making points George Pataki Tuesday for a 39-year-old obscenity conviction prompted by a foul-mouthed political commentary It's a New Year's gift sleaze value, mainly that's because that's all they have to offer Undercover police detectives attended the show, and later testified against Bruce The charge was Giving an Obscene Performance "
During a November 1964 performance at Cafe Au Go Go in Greenwich Village, Bruce used more than 100 "obscene" words
Pataki called his decision, the first posthumous pardon in New York state history, "a declaration of New York's commitment to upholding the First Amendment
Bruce's patrons included television's Steven Allen who put Bruce on his show when Bruce was shunned by others, and comedian-actor Steve Martin, who said he grew up listening to Bruce's albums
He was convicted following a six-month trial Pataki's action is forward-looking, speech-protective and humanity-advancing "
The campaign to win a pardon for Bruce was supported by his ex-wife and daughter, more than two dozen First Amendment lawyers and entertainers including Robin Williams, the Smothers Brothers and Penn and Teller
"Obviously, a pardon after a person's death is necessarily symbolic in nature," said Floyd Abrams, lawyer, First Amendment expert and member of the campaign to pardon Bruce Bruce mishandled his own appeal, and died with the conviction still on the books
"But the symbolism of Gov "
Bruce's life was the subject of numerous articles, books and documentaries In 1974, Bob Fosse's devastating film biography, "Lenny," brought Dustin Hoffman an Academy Award nomination A lot of today's comics just use four-letter words or talk about ladies' underwear or whatever, for shock or
Facing legal and financial problems, the innovator of standup comedy died in 1966 at 37 years old of a drug overdose I think the decision today is really a major step forward in recognizing the mistreatment of Lenny Bruce personally and of the First Amendment that Bruce defended In 1999, HBO aired "Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth," a documentary narrated by Robert De Niro and nominated for a documentary feature Oscar
