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Adventurers Wanted! Teaching D&D to My Children
November 28, 2011, 04:38:08 PM »
I've been an avid follower of the
Critical Hit
podcast since nearly the date of its inception. I played a bit back in high school and college, but like Stephen I was more of a student and reader of the game than a player.
Listening to
Critical Hit
caused me to start buying and reading the 4th Edition books. (Wizards of the Coast owes at least $200 to Major Spoilers as a debt of gratitude for my purchases.) As I initially learned about the 4th Ed. game, it occurred to me that my children, ages 7 and 10 at the time, might enjoy playing.
So, I decided to learn enough about the new rule system to teach my kids. I designed a campaign setting and put together an adventure with the design of teaching my children (today, Roman is 9 and Amelia is 12) to learn the game of D&D. I'm writing this chronicle as my way of saying thanks to the
Critical Hit
team, and letting you know how you may have inspired a new generation of D&D gamers through your podcast.
Session 1: Adventurers Apply Within
I created a map and a scroll, which I delivered to Amelia and Roman in a yellow envelope hidden under each of their pillows. The scroll boldly announced "Adventurers Wanted!" and invited them to present the scroll to the Captain of the Guard at the Castle on the Borderlands for an opportunity to become hired adventurers to rid the surrounding lands of foul monsters and evil creatures that are hiding in mountain caverns, deep dungeons and haunted mansions.
They were hooked. We went about the business of creating some characters. I explained the races and player classes. Roman selected a Dragonborn Fighter, while Amelia selected a Human Wizard.
I drew up character sheets, knowing that the data might initially overwhelm. I faced some early dilemmas. How much of the game/rules would they understand? What parts of the game would they like and dislike? Would they take to role-playing? Would they understand the combat rules?
I made two early decisions: (1) I would teach them by playing rather than by explaining, and (2) I would introduce them to everything in the game, gauge their understanding of the rules by their in-game reactions, and adjust future play accordingly. I didn't want the game complexity to detract from the fun, and I was prepared to 'simplify' the rules a bit if they seemed overwhelmed.
The first session was with Roman alone, as he was very eager to get started, while Amelia was gone for the evening. Roman named his character Zenosaurus Rex, who goes by "Zen." His Dragonborn is 7 feet tall and 300 pounds, very strong and imposing, with golden scales and a deadly acid-breath attack power. Zen swings a Great Axe, which just happens to look exactly like the faux-axe that Roman obtained from the Kansas City Renaissance Festival.
Zen reported to the Castle and presented his scroll for an opportunity to be hired as a paid adventurer. Many of you might recognize this particular Castle as the "Keep on the Borderlands," which I re-skinned for the 4th edition rules. The Keep on the Borderland served as a sort of "home base" when we played back in high school, a point from which all adventures emanated.
Zen was led straight to the inner keep area, where he met Theodore Bearabus ("Theo"), the Captain of the Guard. Theo initiated a combat challenge inside the inner-Keep area under controlled conditions, with guards standing by in case they needed to step in and save the applicant. Two skeletons and a giant spider were released into the inner-keep. Zen's successful battle introduced Roman to D&D combat.
Through this, I learned that Roman absolutely loved the combat. He was a bit unsure of himself with the role-playing, but loved the game board map that I had created (with rocks and trees as difficult terrain), the minis, the dice, and everything associated with playing out combat with cool fighter powers.
We repeated the inner-keep trial battle with Zen joined by Bedelius Leafbinder ("Leafy"), the female Human Wizard, the next evening. They successfully defeated a pack of two orcs and two goblins, also in the inner-keep. It was a rough go, as the kids were rolling very badly, but their frustration only heighted the sense of accomplishment in the end.
Theo announced that Zen and Leafy would be hired by the Castle as paid adventurers. They were granted rooms at the inn. Their first assignment would be provided by Theo in the morning over breakfast at "The Kitchen of the Pig," the Castle restaurant (instead of tavern). Adventure awaits!
Re: Adventurers Wanted! Teaching D&D to My Children
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November 28, 2011, 04:58:13 PM »
That's the best thing I've heard in a long time. That's great, Darvcus.
I know you will have many happy memories over many, many years with this. Enjoy!
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November 29, 2011, 12:12:52 AM »
excellent stuff!
I have been playing some simple 'dragon game' adventures with my 2 girls aged 3 and 5 on and off for a couple of months. They love moving the figures around and interacting with the 'monsters'. opposed dice rolls replace the stadard system, but its tiny steps, I'll have them interpreting Rolemaster crit tables by the time they are 10
oh dear god I hope not!
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Re: Adventurers Wanted! Teaching D&D to My Children
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January 11, 2013, 01:14:25 AM »
Rather than start a new topic, I'll revive one regarding the exact topic I wanted to ask!
Since my 4e D&D game broke up the other day, I thought I'd start one up with my daughter (just turned 7) and son (be 5 in February) they're big on family gameing, but there's only so much candy land and hungry hippos I can take, so I'm thinking of starting a game with the two of them, (maybe my wife as well if the kids can talk her into it) my daughters fairly good at addition, and I can just help the boy out, but I was wondering if there were any issues you guys had had, or suggestions you could offer. I don't think dumbing down the rules too much will be nessasary, but I don't want it to be too complex, combat will definitly be on the easy side, and role playing will be the primary focus I imagine.
I guess I'm just looking for tips, I want to keep Dming, and its something I can do with my kiddos, win/win
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Re: Adventurers Wanted! Teaching D&D to My Children
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January 11, 2013, 01:30:18 AM »
To get them use to things maybe try using just minions in combat. That way you wont have to worry about damage and it will only matter if they hit. Also since I'm sure you're a critical hit listener I highly recommend using Rodrigo's version of a skills challenge.
Once they get the hang of things then try increasing the difficulty. Throw a few regular creatures at them with the minions. Slowly work the combats up to include elites and eventually solos.
To get them use to using the D20 try the role playing to start things off. Simple checks while they're being introduced to the world and each other. Depending on how the world starts off just have them roll things like perception checks to see what's around them.
Put a little emphasis on only the people who rolled well know what ever information they get out of the positive roll and need to relay it to there team members. Try to get them to talk in character as much as possible.
All of these are little things and might take a few games to get your family use to it. Take it slow and just remember that no game will ever go exactly as planned so have fun with it.
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Re: Adventurers Wanted! Teaching D&D to My Children
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January 11, 2013, 04:29:03 AM »
yeah, I was figuring on using a lot of minions.
i looked up the heroes of hesiod stuff that wizard put out, but i think it's a little too dumbed down for them.
I cant wait till they get home from school tomorrow and we go over the races to find out what they come up with, i'm predicting my daughter will be a ranger, ala pixar's Brave, and the boy will be a warforged that transforms into something. (possibly a mount for his sister?)
when i started the game that broke up, none of those guys had ever played before, and none of them had the books, so I just started with basic attacks, and once they figured that out, we introduced some dailies and so on and so forth, by the time we got to our fourth session, they were flanking and marking enemies like pro's. I imagine i'll use a similar sort of method.
i'll probably keep an update on what happens, just becouse i'm one of
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Re: Adventurers Wanted! Teaching D&D to My Children
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January 11, 2013, 07:46:32 AM »
It's these stories that make me really wish for children of my own... T_T
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Re: Adventurers Wanted! Teaching D&D to My Children
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January 11, 2013, 09:21:56 AM »
Don't be sad bro, instead, reproduce! Honey Boo boo has proven that literally ANYONE can manage to have a kid.
Of course it helps if the moms worth a damn, and doesn't have a head shaped like a thumb
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Re: Adventurers Wanted! Teaching D&D to My Children
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January 11, 2013, 07:16:54 PM »
Well, we spent the afternoon working on our characters, and had a blast. Lilly surprised me on who she selected for a character, she originally wanted to be a shardmind (!) but deciced to go with a changeling. Owen wanted to be a robot ninja that shorts lasers and transforms into a Mack truck, so no surprise there, made him a fighter for simplicity, but Lilly was determined to be a wizard and NOT A SORCERER!!!!
Here's what they came up with, the ideas are all theirs, I just added some verbage and a dash of eloquence.
There's many worlds other than ours, worlds we've created from data and digital information. We call them video games, but to the inhabitants, they're home. These worlds all connect at a central hub called "world central station" but most of their inhabitants have no concept of the existence of strange worlds other than their own.
In the game "Killer Crocker, Robots Rocker" a side scrolling beat 'em up brawler, there is a war-torn metropolis called Robot City! our hero Zoltar the robot (a war forged fighter) is after Stormo and Zapper, two brutal villens who attacked Zoltar's parents, Lady's brother booter butt and Rocker Killer, removed a leg from each of them, and replaced them with hidious human legs!
Zoltar grabbed his sword, charged up his wrist blaster, and set out to recover his parents stolen limbs. Little did he know that Stormo and Zapper had escaped his world to another through the world central station, and fled to the dance game "Laser Dancers" ruled with an iron fist by the dance king, Dr. Pepper.
Meanwhile, in the fantasy world of "Crystal Clear" during a long and terrible war, a man and wife of a shape shifting race died. Her father, a war wizard fell in battle, and his beloved wife, a combat surgeon, succumbed to a terrible disease soon after. They left behind a young changeling girl with a gift for magic named Isabelle Saver.
Isabelle one day learned her dead mother and father were the king and queen of the land, and that she was the sister of She-Ra, the lost crystal princess! After learning that the arch-wizard Doof, and his wife, the wicked witch "Wishy" were actually the ones behind the kidnapping, and death of her parents in the Great War, she took her fathers spell book, and her mothers spiked chain/magic staff and set off to find her sister, who is under a terrible spell that drains her life force, that can only be broken by "Wishy" the wicked and evil caster of the spell.
On her quest, she is tricked by Doof onto a teleporter, and is sent to the moon! There she finds a strange city of dancers, and a Valient robot named Zoltar!
They decide to help each other get home, and save each other's families.
Isabelle Saver, level 1
Changeling Wizard
speed 6
AC: 14 Fort: 11 Ref: 13 Will: 16
HP: 20 Surges: 6 Surge Value: 5
Arcana +8 Diplomacy +7 History +8 Insight +10
Athletics +1, Bluff +4, Dungeoneering +3, Heal +3, Intimidate +2, Nature +3, Perception +3, Religion +3, Streetwise +2,
Basic Attack: Melee Basic Attack (reach)
Basic Attack: Ranged Basic Attack
Changeling disguise,
Ghost sound,
Disrupt undead,
Mage Hand,
At Will 1: Cloud of Daggers
At Will 2: Scorching Burst
Encounter 1: Force Orb
Encounter racial: Changeling Trick
Use implement: staff of defense
Daily 1: Flaming Sphere
Daily 2: Sleep
Level 1: Spiked Chain proficiency
Ritual caster
Adventurers kit
Spell book
Signal whistle
Spiked chain/staff
Cloth armor (pink scale dress)
Disguise kit
Isabelle is a 9 year old changeling female who is very good at math, and has always had a gift for magic. Her first spell was making crayons appear.
She has light golden skin, beautiful violet eyes, and long curly purple hair that shimmers like a rainbow in the moonlight.
Her dress has dark pink scales on it for armor, with a matching tiara that she made. One side of it shoots fire, the other shoots her cloud of daggers, and the top part shoots get force orb. She could make it because she is an inventor.
her magical staff has flowers carved into it and a spiked ball an chain on each end. Doof the wizard lost it, and she found it.
ZOLTAR, level 1
War forged fighter
speed 5
AC: 18 Fort: 16 Ref: 12 Will: 10
HP: 33 Surges: 13 Surge Value: 8
Athletics +5 , Endurance +9, Intimidate +7,
Arcana +1, History +1, Religion +1,
Basic Attack: Melee Basic Attack
Basic Attack: Ranged Basic Attack
At Will 1: Cleave
At Will 2: Reaping strike
Encounter racial: Warforged resolve
Encounter 1: Steel Serpent Strike
Daily 1: Brute Strike
Level 1: Plate Armor Proficiency
Adventurers Kit
Plate Armor
Crossbow (wrist blaster)
Grappling hook (they both wanted assurance they each had one)
Zoltar is a medium sized big strong tough silver robot with yellow eyes. he has three fingers on each hand, one of which has the middle finger shoot out into a sword, and an arm blaster on his other arm. His arms can also stretch super long
P.R. Scholtz
Re: Adventurers Wanted! Teaching D&D to My Children
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January 11, 2013, 08:26:16 PM »
A few copyright issues aside, this game sounds hella fun! This will be much more fun for all of you than anything your adult players could have mustered up.
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January 11, 2013, 08:45:20 PM »
This is bringing back memories of my old group, which was originally my older brother's group. My brother had a ton of D&D stuff when I was a kid and once a month the group would play at our house. Being interested in fantasy (He-Man, She-Ra, Thundercats, the D&D cartoon, etc), I asked for YEARS if I could play. The biggest hurdle to overcome, however, was my brother not wanting me to be part of the group (His friends had all agreed to let me join in a game long before I actually did). Finally, when I was about 7 or so, the DM gave my brother an ultimatum when they started a new campaign: Either let me play just once or they wouldn't let him play through that campaign. He agreed, but being fussy he said he wasn't going to be the one to explain the rules to me nor help me make a character sheet.
The DM decided to make a character sheet for me of a fairy-like being (a joke reference to me being the smallest player in the group) that initially wasn't any specific class (he did a sort of hybrid thingie that I still can't really classify, a healer/caster hybrid with minor rogue skills, something to give me a taste of what different classes could do and keep myself in the game a while without actually being quite as powerful as any normal class).
Not long after, my brother left the group but they continued to include me.
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January 11, 2013, 09:01:23 PM »
@Navarre: yeah, guess which movie they saw last! Lol! Lilly was actually quite against the video game element, but she finally conceded as long as Owen agreed to let the bulk of the adventure take place on the moon with a lot of dance battles
@alisha mynx: glad I could stir some fond memories
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January 11, 2013, 11:49:17 PM »
...I am
unbelievably jealous...your kids sound
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January 15, 2013, 09:23:49 PM »
Made these miniatures for us to play with, the toughest part is keeping them from tearing them up so they're still usable, lol I'm thinking of making some new ones out of shrinky dinks for durability
Our first session was pretty chaotic, the boy turned into a homicidal maniac, and the girl wanted me to pull a deus ex machina at every turn, they went to the moon, went into the lazer dancers level one dance club, and promptly destroyed everyone in the room, then stole a spaceship, so I had the master control program send the game police to rein them in and send them to world central station to get sent back to their own games,
for our session tonight they were pretty on it. They went back to Lazer dancers, (which had reset) and after beating Dr. peppers 5 minions successfully in combat, they aced a skill challenge to beat him in a dance battle. Zoltar found out that Stormo and Killer had fled to the crystal clear game with his parents legs, and Isabelle Saver found out she'd have to go to the icy mountains and talk to the white dragon to find out where the wizard Doof and his witch wife Wishy had hidden her sister.
Looking forward to Friday and our next session, hopefully I'll have something cool
Drew these up per the kids specific specifications
Isabelle Saver, changeling wizard
Zoltar, Warforged fighter
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Quote from: Eothr on January 11, 2013, 11:49:17 PM
...I am
unbelievably jealous...your kids sound
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All the while, a Senate Ethics Committee investigation into Menendez's conduct persists, with many of the same questions about politics, money and influence that have dogged members of Congress through history: When does helping a supporter become a quid pro quo?


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Ben Dupree accounted for six touchdowns, five on the ground, while Darien Robinson earned 227 rushing yards and added two scores for the Bulldogs, but a clutch two-point conversion stop by Old Dominion with 1:39 left in the game capped a 59-58 Monarch victory on Saturday night at S.B. Ballard Stadium.
The Citadel (1-3) rewrote the record book on Saturday night in a game which saw a combined 117 points and 1,108 yards. The Bulldogs rushed for 453 yards, the fifth most in school history, and highest since gaining 479 against Charleston Southern last season.
Robinson eclipsed the 200-yard plateau for the first time in his career and became the first Bulldog to achieve the feat since Tory Cooper in 2006. The 227 yards is the fourth most by an individual in a game in program history and moved the senior B-back into seventh place in school history with 2,333 career rushing yards.
Dupree, who accounted for 36 of the team's 59 points, added his second straight 100-yard game collecting 155 on the ground and another 113 through the air on 5-of-8 passing. The five rushing touchdowns are the most in school history and the senior quarterback jumped four spots on the all-time rushing touchdowns list with 26 in his career.
He now sits in 11th place in school history with 2,056 yards and became the 12thplayer in Citadel history to reach the 2,000-yard plateau.
The Bulldogs trailed 59-52 when Dupree connected with Jake Stenson, who completed an acrobatic catch and run into the end zone from 23 yards out to pull the Bulldogs within 59-58 with 1:39 left in the game.
After the decision was made to go for the two-point conversion and win, the Bulldogs went to their captain on a double option on the outside. Dupree ran outside and found running room towards the corner of the end zone, but Monarch defender Reggie Owens connected with the Bulldog quarterback and stopped him shy of the goal line.
A failed onside kick attempt gave the ball back to the Monarchs, who ran out the clock. The 117 combined points are the most in Citadel history and the 58 points are the most ever in a Bulldogs' loss.
Robinson opened what would be a scoring frenzy with a 62-yard touchdown scamper 1:15 into the game, and the teams went on to score a combined 59 points in the first half which ended with The Citadel in front 31-28.
Old Dominion (2-2) answered right back with a quick six-play, 65-yard drive that culminated in a 30-yard touchdown pass from Taylor Heinicke to Antonio Vaughn to knot the game at 7-7.
The Bulldogs followed up the Monarch score with a nine-play drive, but an errant pitch by Dupree at the Old Dominion 36 created a turnover which was turned into the Monarchs' second score on a three-yard pass from Heinicke to Zach Pascal, ending the first quarter with a score of 14-7 in ODU's favor.
The teams combined for five more touchdowns in the second quarter, and when Thomas Warren kicked a 27-yard field goal late in the period, the Bulldogs went to the locker room with a three-point lead.
A wild third quarter, which saw three lead changes, started with long touchdown runs by each of the quarterbacks. Heinicke took the Monarchs down the field on a 13-play drive which he capped with a 25-yard run to give ODU a 35-31 lead.
Dupree followed up the Monarch quarterback's drive with an impressive eight-play, 88-yard drive of his own completed with a 33-yard scamper to the end zone to give the Bulldogs a 38-35 lead with 6:46 remaining in the third quarter.
Another quick drive put together by the reigning Walter Payton Award winner resulted in a three-yard scoring run by Cam Boyd that gave the Monarchs a 41-38 lead after the failed extra point attempt.
The Monarchs changed the momentum of the game with a successful ensuing onside kick, and two minutes later Monarch running back Colby Goodwyn broke loose for a 20-yard score, his second of the game, giving ODU a 48-38 lead with 2:37 left in the third quarter.
In stunning fashion the Monarchs dribbled another onside kick at an unsuspecting Citadel front and gathered the loose ball on the ODU 43.
The Bulldog defense buckled down and stymied the ODU offense, allowing just 22 yards to bring up a 4th and 22 on The Citadel 35. Monarch kicker Jarod Brown lined up for a career-long 52-yard field goal and drilled it through the uprights to give ODU a 51-38 lead heading into the final quarter.
Dupree, who took every snap under center for the second straight week, bounced back to lead his team down the field with a 16-play drive that spanned almost nine minutes, resulting in his fourth rushing touchdown of the game from two yards out to put his team back in the game 51-45 with 6:16 remaining.
An ensuing Citadel sky kick resulted in an ODU fumble which was recovered by Cody Richardson at the Monarch 30. Five plays later, Dupree found the end zone for a record fifth time on an impressive 19-yard run. The extra point by Warren gave the Bulldogs a 52-51 advantage with 4:21 left to play.
The Citadel lead lasted just two plays as Heinicke connected with Larry Pinkard for a 70-yard catch and run to give the Monarchs back the 59-52 lead with 3:36 remaining.
Heinicke completed 35 of 42 passes for 363 yards and three touchdowns. The Citadel finished with a 566-542 edge in total offense.
The Citadel heads back to Charleston next week for a 6 p.m. kickoff against Furman at Johnson Hagood Stadium on Sept. 28.
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A back-and-forth effort in Charleston ended in blowout fashion as a late run by the UMass Minutemen vaulted them past the No. 19 New Mexico Lobos, 81-65, in the semifinals of the Charleston Classic. A dunk by Raphiael Putney broke a 61-61 tie with 7:35 to play and kicked off the decisive 20-4 run. Putney finished with 18 points while Chaz Williams scored a game-high 19 with five assists and five rebounds.
Williams was held in check on Thursday night but, predictably, raised his game on Friday afternoon against Kendall Williams and the Lobos. The Minutemen point guard made 3-of-6 from thee and all four of his free throw attempts. Kendall WIlliams finished with just 13 points and turned the ball over a team-high seven times.
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The matchup of the game was, also predictably, Cady Lalanne vs. Alex Kirk inside. Kirk was an animal all over the floor, scoring a game-, season- and career-high 32 points to go with 11 rebounds and five blocks. The seven-foot center made 4-of-7 from three and was a tough cover for the more traditional UMass center. Lalanne had himself what is turning into a typical game: 16 points, 14 rebounds, four blocks. Both big men were impressive and their individual battle was part of what made this such a fun game to watch.
But really what made this such a fun game was the way UMass plays. That up-and-down style of play is a dream for basketball fans in the TV era, even if its a nightmare for those of us who are confined to watching on cell phones at work. They just flat out fly. In the four games since the season-opening win over Boston College, UMass had had at least 81 offenseive possessions, good for a top-15 rate in the country.
With players like Williams, Putney, Derrick Gordon, Trey Davis, Sampson Carter and Maxie Esho getting a ton of minutes, playing with that kind of speed is going to win a lot of games for UMass and will have it in a good position for when they face VCU in Atlantic-10 play.
Also in UMass' favor: balanced scoring.
UMass has been routinely putting players in double digits this season and Friday was no different as four players scored at least 11 points. Carter and Esho were the other two players to score, scoring nine and eight points, respectively.
When you don't know where the offense is going to come from, you have no hopes of stopping it. Containment is an option, but as we have seen through five games, it isn't any easier a proposition.


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Fan Day Scrimmage set for Saturday at Plantation Park
The JU football team will take its show on the road this week as the Dolphins will scrimmage on Saturday afternoon at Plantation Park in the Julington Creek area.
The Dolphins' "Fan Day" is built around the scrimmage, which will kick off at 1 p.m. Fans will be able to get T-shirts, purchase season tickets and food during the scrimmage with a chance to get autographs from the players afterwards.
"We are excited about this opportunity to get the players out in the community and develop a tighter relationship with the city of Jacksonville," said JU head coach Kerwin Bell. "It also gives us a chance to prepare for a road game and how we'll handle our gameday schedule the first two games this season."
EARLY PRACTICE: With the weather reports calling for rain in the afternoon, the Dolphins practice for two and a half hours on Tuesday morning as they flipped their traditional one-day practice schedule. The morning practices also give the players and coaches a relief from the high temperatures that the First Coast has seen in the afternoons.
"It is important for us to get as much time as we can on the practice field and the morning practices that we've had are going really, really well," Bell said.
DEEP AT RUNNING BACK: One of the pleasant surprises in camp this fall has been the depth at running back, with talented newcomers Keith Dawson and J.J. Laster living up to their billing. Combine them with the trio of Rudell Small, Ron Harris and Jimmy Sapp, and the Dolphins have a lot of options in the backfield.
Small is the leading rusher from a year ago with 490 yards in just eight games.
"We've got several guys who can do a lot of things for us," Bell said. "Keith and J.J. have the potential to be very special players. Rudell has been very good throughout camp now that he is fully healed from his injuries from last season. Ron and Jimmy have been solid as well and give us the ability to break big runs inside and outside."


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Phamaly Theatre Company's JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT Begins Tomorrow
by BWW News Desk - Jul 9, 2014
Phamaly Theatre Company reprises 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' in celebration of the company's 25th Anniversary, July 10 - August 10 at the Space Theatre in the Denver Performing Arts Complex. (more...)
Patti LuPone, The Skivvies, Ben Platt and More Will Play 54 Below, Aug-Sept 2014
by BWW News Desk - Jul 31, 2014
This August and September 54 BELOW presents an exciting lineup of the brightest talent from Broadway and beyond. Located just below the legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street. (more...)
'The Showtune Mosh Pit' for July 30th, 2014
by Paul W. Thompson - Jul 30, 2014
The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. Our biggest musical theaters check in: Broadway In Chicago, the Marriott, the Drury Lane, the Paramount and Munster's TATC, plus Victory Gardens' special events, BoHo's 2015 season, 'The Book Of Merman' and new works from Jane Austen and the Everleigh Club! (more...)
Tickets to Denver Center For The Performing Arts' 2014-15 Season On Sale 8/11
by BWW News Desk - Jul 30, 2014
Tickets for the 2014/15 Broadway, Cabaret and Theatre Company shows go on sale to the public Monday, August 11 at 10am. Buy and print online at denvercenter.org. (more...)
Tickets to ANNIE National Tour at Fisher Theatre Now On Sale
by BWW News Desk - Jul 29, 2014
Broadway in Detroit has announced that the new U.S. National Tour of ANNIE will begin at The Fisher Theatre in Detroit, September 26 - October 4, 2014. Directed by original lyricist and director Martin Charnin for the 18th time, this production of ANNIE will be a brand new physical incarnation of the iconic Tony Award-winning original. (more...)
Citi Performing Arts Center and MSG Entertainment Present ANNIE, 11/5 - 11/16
by BWW News Desk - Jul 24, 2014
The Citi Performing Arts Center and MSG Entertainment are pleased to announce that the new U.S. National Tour of ANNIE will play November 5 - 16, 2014 at the Citi Performing Arts Center Wang Theatre in Boston. Directed by original lyricist and director Martin Charnin for the 18th time, this production of ANNIE will be a brand new physical incarnation of the iconic Tony Award®-winning original. (more...)
Burke Moses, Whitney Bashor, John Hickok & More Join Kathleen Marshall's UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN at Denver Center Theatre Company; Full Cast Announced!
by BWW News Desk - Jul 22, 2014
The Denver Center Theatre Company today announced the complete cast and creative team for the highly anticipated new adaptation of Meredith Willson's classic musical, THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN. Based on the book by Richard Morris, the revitalized production will feature a new book and additional lyrics by three-time Tony Award nominee Dick Scanlan (Thoroughly Modern Millie) and showcase never before heard songs from Willson's prolific body of work with musical adaptation by Michael Rafter (Violet). The production opens for previews on September 12 in The Stage Theatre and will be directed and choreographed by three-time Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall (Anything Goes). (more...)
Tim Quartier, Lianne Marie Dobbs & More Join Cast of Orlando Shakespeare Theater's LES MISERABLES
by BWW News Desk - Jul 22, 2014
Orlando Shakespeare Theater in Partnership with UCF has announced partial casting for LES MISERABLES. (more...)
BWW Reviews: Broadway in Indianapolis 2013/2014 Season
by Trevor Cox - Jul 22, 2014
And that concludes another stellar season of Broadway touring shows through Indianapolis. Five exciting, high-energy shows each spent one week in the capital of Indiana, as well as an extended run for a Broadway favorite. Here's a recap of the shows from the 2013/2014 season. (more...)
BEHIND THE SCENES: In Rehearsal With Danielle Hope, Lloyd Daniels And The Cast Of JOSEPH!
by Carrie Dunn - Jul 22, 2014
It's a swelteringly hot day in West London, and you can't help but feel a little sorry for the cast of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (beginning their UK tour this week). While production staff and scattered members of the press are wilting, gulping down as much water as possible and edging ever closer to the single fan in the rehearsal room, the company are ready to sing, dance and showcase their work. (more...)
Drury Lane Theatre to Continue 30th Anniversary Season with THE GAME'S AFOOT, 8/28-10/19
by BWW News Desk - Jul 21, 2014
Drury Lane Theatre, 100 Drury Lane, continues its landmark 30th anniversary season with the winner of 'Best Play' at the 2012 Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe Awards, THE GAME'S AFOOT, previewing August 28, opening Thursday, September 4 at 8 p.m., and running through October 19, 2014. The cast is led by Derek Hasenstab (Broadway National Tour of The Lion King; The Foreigner and I Hate Hamlet at Drury Lane Theatre; Oedipus Complex at the Goodman Theatre; and Sunday in the Park with George at Chicago Shakespeare Theater) as 'William Gillette' and nine-time Jeff Award-winner Alene Robertson (National Tour of Annie, Mame at Drury Lane Theatre, and The Full Monty and Hello, Dolly! at Marriott Theatre) as 'Martha Gillette.' THE GAME'S AFOOT is written by Ken Ludwig (Lend Me a Tenor, The Fox on the Fairway, Crazy for You, and Moon Over Buffalo) and directed by Drury Lane Theatre Artistic Director William Osetek (Young Frankenstein and next to normal at Drury Lane Theatre). (more...)
STAGE TUBE: Go Inside Rehearsals for JOSEPH UK Tour with Danielle Hope & More!
by Stage Tube - Jul 21, 2014
o inside rehearsals for the UK tour with the special videos below, featuring Hope singing 'Pharaoh's Story' and 'Jacob and Sons.' (more...)
Photo Flash: Saturday Intermission Pics, Part 2 - 7/19 - NEWSIES Get Together, HEATHERS Sings, and More
by BWW News Desk - Jul 20, 2014
BroadwayWorld collected as many of yesterday's evening Saturday Intermission Pics as we could to bring you Part 2 of our July 19th SIP round-up! Check out part one HERE. Yesterday's SIPs come from Broadway's NEWSIES, HEATHERS, the National Tour of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, and more! (more...)
The Garibaldi-Meucci Museum Presents SONGS FOR A SUNDAY AFTERNOON On the Lawn, 7/27
by BWW News Desk - Jul 19, 2014
On Sunday, July 27 at 2 p.m. on the museum's Great Lawn, John Gatti will present "Canzoni di Domenica Pomeriggio" ("Songs for a Sunday Afternoon"). Introduced by Professor Louis Leonini, Gatti and his company-Broadway veteran PJ Nelson, and community theater veterans John Mangini, Charles Milo and Al Pica-will perform songs in tribute to Dean Martin and Connie Francis, along with Broadway classics, excerpts from operas, and a preview of Gatti's upcoming cabaret show, "PJ Plus 4." (more...)
Dave Willetts to Star in LOVE BEYOND: A New Musical, 1-2 October
by BWW News Desk - Jul 18, 2014
Commissioned Limited today announce the official London cast of LOVE BEYOND, a new musical, playing for two special performances only on 1 and 2 October 2014 at The SSE Arena, Wembley. Powerful and uplifting, LOVE BEYOND is a unique presentation of the greatest love story ever told, unfolding the entire story of the Bible as never before. A contemporary production, this epic musical re-tells the inspiring stories of lives touched by God, from Genesis to Revelation and puts the focus on their significance to mankind today. LOVE BEYOND promises a sensational production with a host of West End stars, accompanied by one of the biggest live orchestras of any musical theatre show in London, playing a dramatic and original brand new score. (more...)
CATS, Starring Elizabeth Stanley, Ken T. Prymus and More, Opens Tonight at Pittsburgh CLO
by BWW News Desk - Jul 18, 2014
Jellicle cats come one, come all! Join the Jellicle Ball, today, July 18 through July 27 with Pittsburgh CLO's production of CATS! A talented company of felines will bring Andrew Lloyd Webber's mysterious masterpiece to life on the Benedum Center stage. (more...)
Premi BroadwayWorld 2013-14 - La giuria: Paolo Vitale
by Nino Prattico - Jul 16, 2014
La giuria di qualita comincia a delinearsi sempre di piu e fra qualche settimana avremo finalmente il quadro completo del nostro jury panel. Abbiamo gia annunciato Gino Landi, Rossana Casale, Germano Mazzocchetti, Gian Maria Cervo e Saverio Marconi... ma non finisce qui! E' arrivato il momento di annunciare il sesto membro del nostro jury panel: responsabile del portale Central Palc, neo-caporedattore della rivista Musical! e autorevole voce della critica del settore... signore e signori, PAOLO VITALE! (more...)
Quartet of Broadway, West End Talent to Lead KISS ME, KATE at BBC Proms This August
by BWW News Desk - Jul 15, 2014
Following the enormous success of the semi-staged performance of My Fair Lady at the Proms in 2012, John Wilson returns to perform Cole Porter's Tony Award-winning musical Kiss Me, Kate. Joining John Wilson and the John Wilson Orchestra, Broadway stalwarts Ben Davis, Alexandra Silber, Tony Yazbeck and West End star Louise Dearman lead the cast in an irreverent reworking of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew -- a play within a play. This is the BBC Proms debut for all four performers as they sing the energetic score in its original 1948 arrangement. (more...)
Lillias White, Lindsay Mendez & Derek Klena and More Set for 54 Below this Week
by BWW News Desk - Jul 14, 2014
Coming up this week, 54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz and beyond. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.54Below.com or call (646) 476-3551. (more...)
BWW Interviews: Galen Crawley Explains Why Aurora Theatre's MARY POPPINS is Full of Magic, Laughs, and Tears
by Matt Tamanini - Jul 14, 2014
If you have been paying attention to the Atlanta theatre scene for the last three years, actress Galen Crawley has undoubtedly caught your eye. From leading family-friendly musicals to starring in more cutting-edge material, Crawley is certainly one of the community's brightest rising stars. This week she takes on another iconic role, this time as the titular MARY POPPINS at The Aurora Theatre in Lawrenceville. (more...)
Photo Flash: First Look at Music Theatre Wichita's JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT
by BWW News Desk - Jul 11, 2014
Music Theatre Wichita continues its 43rd summer season this week with the third of its five large-scale productions, Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's first show, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat, at Century II Concert Hall in downtown Wichita, KS. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below! (more...)
Broadway in Indianapolis Announces 'Pick Five' Package for 2014-15 Season, Featuring MAMMA MIA!, ELF, JOSEPH and More!
by BWW News Desk - Jul 10, 2014
Broadway in Indianapolis announces a 'Pick Five Package' for the all-new 2014-2015 season which includes MAMMA MIA!, ELF THE MUSICAL, THE ILLUSIONISTS - Witness The Impossible, ANNIE, JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLR DREAMCOAT, DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, presented by NETworks, and DIRTY DANCING. (more...)
Claybourne Elder & Brynn O'Malley to Lead Signature Theatre's SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE; Full Cast Announced
by BWW News Desk - Jul 10, 2014
Signature Theatre is proud to announce the cast of Sunday in the Park with George, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award®-winning musical (more...)
BWW Reviews: Go Go Go to Music Theatre Wichita's JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT
by Alison Bridget Chambers - Jul 10, 2014
Tonight the third musical in the Music Theatre Wichita season, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, was met with excitement and energy at Century II. The only people having more fun than the audience were the people on stage. (more...)
ALWAYS...PATSY CLINE's Erin McCracken to Return to Ocean State Theatre, 8/9
by BWW News Desk - Jul 10, 2014
Ocean State Theatre Company (OSTC), the not-for-profit professional theatre company, which recently completed its first full season in Warwick, has announced that Erin McCracken, who won rave reviews as Patsy Cline in Ocean State Theatre Company's recent production of Always Patsy Cline, will return to Ocean State Theatre with her exciting one-woman concert for one performance only on Saturday, August 9 at 7:30pm. (more...)
Tickets to DONNY & MARIE: CHRISTMAS AT THE NATIONAL On Sale 8/11
by BWW News Desk - Aug 6, 2014
America's beloved sibling entertainers will bring holiday cheer to the National Theatre in Washington this year. Tickets for Donny & Marie: Christmas at the National, playing the National for one week only beginning December 2, go on sale Monday, August 11. (more...)
Stephen Lee Anderson, Stephen Bogardus, Patti Cohenour and More to Lead Steve Martin's BRIGHT STAR at The Old Globe; Walter Bobbie Directs!
by BWW News Desk - Aug 6, 2014
The Old Globe today announced the full cast and creative team for the World Premiere of Bright Star, a new American musical featuring music by Edie Brickell and Steve Martin, lyrics by Brickell, and book by Martin, based on an original story by Martin and Brickell. Directed by Walter Bobbie, Bright Star will run September 13 - November 2, 2014 on the Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage in the Old Globe Theatre, part of the Globe's Conrad Prebys Theatre Center. Preview performances run September 13 - September 27. Opening night is Sunday, September 28 at 7:00 p.m. Single tickets go on sale on Friday, August 8 at noon. (more...)
5th Avenue Theatre's A CHORUS LINE Begins Rehearsals
by BWW News Desk - Aug 5, 2014
Rehearsals start today at The 5th Avenue Theatre for one singular sensation: the celebrated Broadway triumph, A Chorus Line. Kicking off the company's 2014/15 season, this thrilling 5th Avenue production has plucked fabulously talented dancers from many of Seattle's chorus lines and is putting them center stage, including Greg McCormick Allen, Taryn Darr, Gabriel Corey, Trina Mills, Mallory King, Connor Russell, Sarah Rose Davis, Taylor Niemeyer, Eric Esteb, and many others. The 5th is also pleased to welcome back Los Angeles triple-threat Chryssie Whitehead in the role of Cassie. Whitehead turned heads and shook audiences with her smoking performance of Lola in Damn Yankees. Broadway's Andrew Palermo makes his 5th Avenue debut as Zach. (more...)
BWW Interviews: Director Mark Fossen on the Utah Premiere of AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
by Tyler Hinton - Aug 5, 2014
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, honored with the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and five Tony Awards (including Best Play), will be staged from August 15 to 31, in a co-production by Utah Repertory Theater Company and Silver Summit Theatre. Director Mark Fossen shared with BroadwayWorld his passion for the play, this production, and the Utah theatre scene. (more...)
BEDBUGS!!! to Open this September Off-Broadway
by BWW News Desk - Aug 4, 2014
Dale Joan Young is bringing Bedbugs!!! back to NY. No, not those begbugs, Bedbugs!!! the award winning comedy sci-fi thriller rock musical, the brainchild of composer Paul Leschen (Drama Desk nominee for Twist! and pianist and arranger for international rock sensations Scissor Sisters) and book & lyricist Fred Sauter (MFA, NYU Musical Theatre Writing Program). BEDBUGS!!! will feature the direction and choreography of Robert Bartley with musical supervision by Deborah Hurwitz. BEDBUGS!!! begins performances on September 9 and runs through October 26, celebrating its opening night on Sunday, September 14 at 7PM at the ArcLight Theatre (152 West 71 Street). Tickets are $25 - $89 and can be purchased by visiting BedBugsMusical.com or calling Ovationtix.com at 866.811.4111. (more...)
Broadway's Christine Andreas to Perform at Media Theatre, 8/23
by BWW News Desk - Aug 4, 2014
Broadway actress Christine Andreas will headline at The Media Theatre Saturday night August 23 during an evening of Broadway classics. She'll be joined by professional singers and actors as Media Music Theatre Company presents "What We Do", a one-time only concert. (more...)
Christine Ebersole, Jeremy Jordan, Sierra Boggess & More Set for 54 Below in Coming Months
by BWW News Desk - Aug 29, 2014
This September and October 54 BELOW presents a lineup of the brightest talent from Broadway and beyond. Located just below the legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54thStreet. For a detailed schedule of upcoming performances at 54 Below and to purchase tickets, visit www.54Below.com. (more...)
Tickets to JOSEPH & THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT Tour at Des Moines Civic Center On Sale 9/8
by BWW News Desk - Aug 28, 2014
Des Moines Performing Arts has announced that the new 2014 national tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, directed and choreographed by Tony Award®-winner Andy Blankenbuehler, will take the Des Moines Civic Center stage from Tuesday, Nov. 18 through Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014. This irresistible family musical is part of Des Moines Performing Arts' 2014-15 Willis Broadway Series. (more...)
Ute Lemper, Ben Platt, Telly Leung & More Coming to 54 Below Next Week
by BWW News Desk - Aug 28, 2014
Coming up this week, 54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz and beyond. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.54Below.com or call (646) 476-3551. (more...)
Light Opera Works to Present COLE PORTER'S GREATEST HITS, 10/3-12
by BWW News Desk - Aug 27, 2014
Light Opera Works will present COLE PORTER'S GREATEST HITS October 3 through 12 at the Nichols Concert Hall in Evanston. (more...)
BWW CD Reviews: Stage Door Records' SWAN ESTHER (Original Concept Album) Doesn't Take Flight
by David Clarke - Aug 27, 2014
In October of 1980, Nick Munns sent a tape of five songs to London theatre agent David Land. With Nick Munns music, David Land dreamed of replicating the success of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. SWAN ESTHER, not the hit that JOSEPH was, has enjoyed varying success. Now, Stage Door Records has re-released SWAN ESTHER's original concept album with studio rehearsal demos written for the reworked UK tour of the production entitled SWAN ESTHER AND THE KING. (more...)
Tickets to ANNIE at Jacksonville's Times-Union Center's Moran Theater On Sale 9/12
by BWW News Desk - Aug 21, 2014
The new U.S. National Tour of ANNIE will play at Jacksonville's Times-Union Center's Moran Theater from Tuesday, October 21st through Sunday, October 26th for eight performances only. Tickets for ANNIE go on sale Friday, September 12th at 10AM through the FSCJ Artist Series, sponsored by Chase, the official presenter of the Jacksonville show. (more...)
Michael Ajao, Paul Bigley, Arthur Byrne and More Set for OUR TOWN at the Almeida Theatre - Full Cast Announced!
by BWW News Desk - Aug 21, 2014
Casting is announced for Our Town at the Almeida Theatre. Award-winning US actor-director David Cromer will direct and perform in this intimate version of Thornton Wilder's iconic American play. The cast will also include Michael Ajao, Paul Bigley, Arthur Byrne, Sidney Cole, Kate Dickie, Laura Elsworthy, Anna Francolini, Matthew Jacobs-Morgan, Daniel Kendrick, Simon Lennon, Jessica Lester, Richard Lumsden, Annette McLaughlin, Christopher Staines, Rhashan Stoneand David Walmsley. (more...)
Meet the Current Casts of Broadway's Long Running Hits -MAMMA MIA!
by BWW Special Coverage - Aug 20, 2014
A great, big Broadway season is on its way, with fourteen productions already slated to open in the next few months. With weeks until the craziness begins, there is still plenty of time to catch up on what's been going on at Broadway's already occupied theaters . BroadwayWorld will be profiling the hits of the Great White Way that continue to draw crowds after months, years, and (in some cases) decades. Meet the current cast of Broadway's MAMMA MIA! below! (more...)
James Barbour, Nancy Anderson, Sara Gettelfinger, Mamie Parris and More Star in THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK at Ogunquit - Full Cast Announced!
by BWW News Desk - Aug 18, 2014
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STAGE TUBE: Meet LES MIZ's New Bad Guy- Earl Carpenter
by Stage Tube - Aug 15, 2014
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Dallas Theatre Center Launches 2014-2015 Season with THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW, 9/11 - 10/19
by BWW News Desk - Aug 15, 2014
Sweet alien transvestites will take over the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre stage on September 11, 2014 in Dallas Theater Center's all new production of the cult classic The Rocky Horror Show. DTC's Associate Artistic Director Joel Ferrell will direct and choreograph this gender-bending, rock 'n' roll spectacle. (more...)
British Actor Earl Carpenter Joins Broadway's LES MISERABLES Tonight
by BWW News Desk - Aug 15, 2014
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Florida Native Issie Swickle to Star in ANNIE National Tour; Show Comes to Broward Center, 10/7-19
by BWW News Desk - Aug 13, 2014
Troika Entertainment, LLC has announced that the U.S. National Tour of ANNIE will launch September 26, 2014 at the Fisher Theatre in Detroit, MI. Directed by original lyricist and director Martin Charnin for the 18th time, this production of ANNIE will be a brand new physical incarnation of the iconic Tony Award-winning original. (more...)
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Bryan Batt to Make Provincetown Art House Debut, 8/24
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Bryan Batt - star of TV's "Mad Men" and the Academy Award Winning film "12 Years A Slave," and Broadway's "La Cage Aux Folles,' 'Sunset Boulevard,' 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,' 'Starlight Express,' and 'Cats.' Bryan will be joined by Michael Lavine at the piano, for one show only, on Sunday, August 24. For tickets please visit www.ptownarthouse.com, or call 508-487-9222. (more...)
Issie Swickle, Gilgamesh Taggett and Lynn Andrews Set to Lead ANNIE National Tour; Martin Charnin to Direct
by BWW News Desk - Aug 12, 2014
Troika Entertainment, LLC just announced that the U.S. National Tour of ANNIE will launch September 26, 2014 at the Fisher Theatre in Detroit, MI. Directed by original lyricist and director Martin Charnin for the 18th time, this production of ANNIE will be a brand new physical incarnation of the iconic Tony Award®-winning original. (more...)
Earl Carpenter's First Performance in Broadway's LES MISERABLES Delayed
by BWW News Desk - Aug 11, 2014
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Meet the Current Casts of Broadway's Long Running Hits - THE LION KING
by BWW Special Coverage - Aug 1, 2014
A great, big Broadway season is on its way, with fourteen productions already slated to open in the next few months. With several weeks until the craziness begins, there is still plenty of time to catch up on what's been going on at Broadway's already occupied theaters . BroadwayWorld will be profiling the hits of the Great White Way that continue to draw crowds after months, years, and (in some cases) decades. Meet the current cast of Broadway's The Lion King below! (more...)
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THE SCREENING ROOM: Fox's "Glee" Releases "Farewell to Finn" Promo (Video)
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The Fox hit musical series "Glee" has released the promo video to "Farewell to Finn," the episode that will say goodbye to the character of Finn and celebrate the life of late actor Cory Monteith, who died July 13 at the age of 31 from a "mixed drug toxicity" of heroin and alcohol.
As previously reported, the plot line of this season of "Glee" will deal directly with the struggles of drug abuse, and the third episode of the season will deal with Finn's death. "Farewell to Finn" will air Oct. 10 at 9 PM ET on Fox.
"Glee" co-creator Ryan Murphy added that the show will not address the cause of Finn's death; rather, the episode is intended to be "a celebration of that character's life."
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As a longtime supporter of charter schools, I am distressed to watch Republican legislators attempting to hijack this once-promising notion for school improvement and transform it into a force for undermining public education in North Carolina.
Charter schools are publically funded schools that are given flexibility in areas such as curriculum, hiring and scheduling in return for being accountable for positive educational results. There are now 5,600 charter schools in the U.S. and 107 in North Carolina. I helped establish a charter school in Durham in 2002 and continue to serve on its board.
The promise of charter schools was many-faceted. Charters are free to innovate and to explore new curricula and teaching methods that, if successful, could make their way into traditional public schools. Since one size does not fit all when it comes to schooling, charters offer parents and students a wider range of educational options. Charter schools at their best give teachers space to work in collegial fashion around innovative educational visions.
From the time charter schools first emerged in Minnesota in the early 1990s with broad bipartisan support, proponents recognized that they are integral parts of established public school systems. In North Carolina, where charters date to 1996, this means that charters are part of our constitutionally mandated "general and uniform system of free public schools."
Significantly, proponents have long recognized that charter schools can best fulfill their promise of enhanced quality and choice when they remain on the edges of the system. The number of educational visionaries is limited. Making charters the norm would require a cumbersome bureaucracy that would eventually stifle the educational creativity for which they were established. Students whose experience in a charter school does not work out well need access to a traditional public school.
Republican leaders in the legislature are pushing a charter school "reform" program that would undermine all of the fundamental principles that have driven the charter school movement in North Carolina and elsewhere.
Senate Bill 337 and a parallel bill in the House would strip the State Board of Education of its responsibility for overseeing charter schools and set up an 11-member governing board mostly of charter school advocates appointed by the governor and the legislature.
Such a dual system would make a mockery of the notion that charters are part of a coherent statewide education system with an obligation to serve all students. Freeing charters from any obligation to pursue goals established by the State Board of Education would inevitably lead to two classes of schools: some free to avoid enrolling students who are most challenging to teach, others required to serve all comers. A charter board would also become a new bureaucracy – exactly what charter supporters feared.
Since the board would not be bound by conflict of interest laws, members would include profit-making charter school operators who would then be in a position to shape policies favoring their own private economic interests, including the blocking of applications from potential competitors.
The legislation would allow charters to hire fewer teachers with professional credentials – scoffing at the concept of teacher professionalism that has been a point of pride among successful charter schools. It would further jeopardize the status of teachers who, thanks to the Republican legislature, are already staring at the loss of tenure, shorter contracts and fewer teaching assistants.
The Republican agenda thumbs its nose at the implicit bargain of the charter movement – flexibility in return for accountability – by eliminating the second half of the equation.
Charter schools have long fought against critics who, often with justification, accuse them of becoming, in effect, "private schools with public funding." Far from seeing this critique as a problem, the Republican legislative agenda would make it into a virtue.
The pending charter school legislation does not reflect any clamor from North Carolina residents. To the contrary, Republican leaders have essentially downloaded model legislation formulated by the American Legislative Exchange Council, a right-wing corporate group that mounted a multi-prong attack on public education throughout the country.
The timing could not be worse. Republican efforts to set charters and traditional public schools against each other fly in the face of a national movement that has developed in about 20 cities to create mutually beneficial "compacts." Charters typically accept responsibility to educate the full range of students, while local school boards, acknowledging the autonomy of charter schools, agree to cooperate on issues such as professional development, school safety, transportation and school lunch programs.
Talks are actively underway in Durham between the public school system and local charters to work toward such a compact.
All North Carolinians who believe in the importance of quality public education for all children should resist the Republican proposals. At the front of the barricades should be advocates who still believe in the promise of charter schools and do not want to see a good idea hijacked.
Edward B. Fisk, a former education editor of the New York Times and author of the Fiske Guide to Colleges, lives in Durham.


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I stepped up to the machine and followed his instructions: plant feet, bend knees, straighten arm, swing it like a pendulum and release. I chucked nine balls at the board, tallying 120 points — far below the league average of 270. I focused on my wrist motion and watched my star rise, cracking the 200 mark with a 220, a 230 and a 240.
I nearly jumped out of my skeeskin when I saw the board light up with a 310. I turned to Joey, searching the skeemaster's face for approval. He flashed a sheepish grin and broke the bad news: The machine had triggered the 100-point hole instead of the 50-pointer, so my real total was 260.
Joey gave me two more opportunities to polish my toss. At the SoMa StrEat Food Park, he runs a pair of outdoor skeeball machines set among food trucks and a bar housed in a barn. We competed against each other; no need to guess who won (310) and who lost (170). I left with a personal best, however, sinking my first career 100-pointer.
"You're in the zone," Joey cried out.
We finished the tour at the Clash Clubhouse, an events center illuminated by cheeky light fixtures fashioned out of fanny packs. We rolled several games, but our energy was waning. We played one more for the road, before Joey handed me a hot-pink headband for my team effort.
I slipped it on as soon as he drove away.
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I sent the text message at 8:25 a.m.: "Hello, temp roomie. Are you in the apartment? If so, want to get coffee? Wait till you see my pancake bed."
It was my first morning with Galo and John, who'd agreed to shelter me in their Inner Richmond apartment. New to the world of slumber-surfing and unsure of roommate protocol, I didn't want to awaken Galo with a standard knock or holler. So I quietly texted him, and he quietly appeared outside the glass door of my bedroom, which the day before had been the dining room.


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19-08-2011 15:15
i think that this firm ware was not tested and it was relased for us to test and i think they should roll back
19-08-2011 16:09
I have to disagree. I updated it yesterday morning and my phone is working better. My E7 used to restart itself all the time, It has not done it yet. Plus is seems to move faster between menus and when opening apps. The ovi store is the only thing that is a bit of an issue. But I dont really use that anyway. I just download the apps from the web via my computer.
what are the specific issues you are referring to?
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19-08-2011 16:40
Anna's new features are nice, so are the stability patches. At least in my perception. However, I noticed a couple of annoying bugs (with Social and the communication log).
Is there a possibility to roll back to a pre-Anna state? Does anyone know?
19-08-2011 16:42
If you having problems - Do The *#7370#
save your stuff by backup in ove suite. Not settings..
I still think that is the best way to play in tour case.
Most people don´t have problems regarding the massive downloads and the huge files that is the updates.
The update seems to be great for more than 95% of the users, especially the E7 users.
To Do Is The Solution Now...it is to many parmeters that will take your time away, perhaps a whole weekend if continuing to smart...hard rest a la 7370 is the way.
19-08-2011 17:15
You can't rollback to previous firmware versions. IMO, though the update was late and little bit under-whelming, update has given E7 a new life and few features which are useful. No issues of slow down anywhere for me, my phone is smooth and fast. If you find any slow down perform a reset *#7370# which cleans up phone and mass memory(before that take a back-up). Worth a try.
If a reply has solved your problem click Accept as solution button, doing it will help others know the solution. Thanks.
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21-08-2011 15:46
I upgraded to Anna 2 days ago and so far everything is fine. My E7 seems more responsive and I seem to get a better signal in my office(not sure why).
22-08-2011 9:33
Anna on my e7 is disaster. I donot care what's new features. I need it only works at least.
1. The SMS cannot open from the alert popup window. Even re-load Anna from ovi suite.
2. OVI store shows some Chinese as blocks.
3. Conversation shows "this func does not support".
14-11-2011 5:25 - last edited on 14-11-2011 7:45 by baptisteju
This is the second time after updating the firmware and software that problems arise. The really infuriating part is that Nokia seem to think I want my E7 to look and work like an iPhone. I bought this phone becasue I don't want an a frikin iPhone. What does ANNA do first, takes away my 0 to 9 keypad for texting and replaces it with a stupid qwerty soft keypad. Fortunately this can be switched back, but why do it in the first place, if I wanted to use a qwerty, I would open the damn phone up! Then, and this is really p$#@ing me off, the bluetooth to my car, which has functioned perfectly for two years with both N96 and E7, no longer displays the address book! What is wrong with you people? Why are you letting marketing 'feel' good people wreck a perfectly good business phone? Get back to what it was originally designed for business. Give me back my address book, because as far as I am concerned you have now breached the contract under which I agreed to purchase this phone. You have taken away functionality which was the reason for me purchasing. I am sure the telecommunications ombudsman and the trade practices people would be interested in these latest stuff ups.
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14-11-2011 16:30
my sympathies.
i understand your frustration.
i didn't quite understand what you mean by addressbook.
either you have a widget shortcut on the homescreen, or you press call menu bottom-right and then contacts button.
14-11-2011 19:40
15-11-2011 21:39
My initial update was a bit problematic, however with a full hard reset and a re-install the E7 is fast fluid and a swwet phone to use Oh ! and I do use ALL the functions of the phone, enough to flatten the battery by early evening every day, the new batches of software from Nokia atm are great, and I'm sure that Belle will add even more performance and choice !!
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Lt. Cmdr. Tracy Wirth tells "Good Day" in this video clip about the U.S. Coast Guard's response to the train derailment and bridge collapse in Paulsboro, N.J.
Wirth says the Coast Guard is "100 percent concerned for the safety of the public and the environment."
It was approximately 7:15 a.m. when the Coast Guard got a report that five train cars had derailed at the bridge over Mantua Creek.
During the phone interview about two hours later, she said no injuries or fatalities were reported in the derailment.
"What we have done so far is we're standing up an incident management team to help respond to this and manage this response. We are getting more resources in from our Atlantic strike team and public information assist team."
Wirth added, "We have a half-a-mile area evacuated around the bridge. The creek is currently closed, and a safety zone is in effect one mile around the incident."
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Today as I was quixotically hoping to sign Damiao, I turned to friends who spoke Portugese hoping for some insider news that the Anglophones had missed. I ended up chatting with my freshman roommate who taught in Brazil. I never really asked him because most reports were talking about how the deal had broken up and there were complications possibly with the third party.
He commented on how shady third parties can be, but then said something much more profound. Internacional doesn't have much incentive to sell Damiao right now. The economy of Brazil has helped stabilize the league to a certain degree. At least enough to where they don't have to sell their best players like hotcakes. They can set outrageously high release clauses. And even wait for clubs to do it like PSG.
BRIC stands for Brazil, Russia, India, and China. It's one of the new economic blocks with growing strength. Which leads us to Russia and it's petrol clubs. Willian, who's value skyrocketed after this year's CL group stage, was bought by Anzhi Makhachkala for 34 million pounds? AVB lamented that it was a "pity" he didn't go to a better league. And I have to agree with his idea that this was mostly a lateral move. Sorry Aslan. The Russian league just isn't the EPL. But Russia does have many billionaires that can be sugar daddies to their clubs.
I blame BRIC. Brazilians can wait for mad money. Russians can buy with mad money. I'm not sure how India and China come into play, but I'm sure they play a factor. If anyone has more information, please follow up.
Let it be known that I'm a fan of BRIC and their challenge to some of the existing blocks and world powers. I'm just not a fan of the cockblock transfer moves that affect my hotspurs. RIP imaginary spurs: Damiao, Willian, ect...
I'll still dream the impossible dream (that AVB can sign portugese speaking players lol).
Impossible Dream (via Marius24601)