Friday, September 23, 2016

OUT 278--STAGE BITZ (SEPT 23-29)

HEY OUTTOWNERS, OUTSTAGRS, AND

 COUTURIANS....

CHECK OUT THIS WEEK  

 WE

ARE STAGIN!!! 









OUTTOWN celebrates 11 years in existence! 
July 5 was our birthday. 
Thank you to our supporters for continuing to read us!
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Congrats goes out to Mr Couture 2017 winner and Philly native Thomas Lopez who won the 8th Annual Mista Couture Style Contest that was held Aug 21 at Winter Opera St Louis Studio. 
Check out our cover story on him at 







Maatology Productions is seeking gents of color who are fit, attractive and have a career for its debut issue of OBSDN The Blogzine, a quarterly body magazine featuring gents of color who are movers and shakers in their career.  If you are fit and are comfortable doing artistic nude shots (no frontal), email tomaat.atkins@gmail.com for sign up info. Deadline is Nov 1. Street date is Nov 15.

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HEY THEATERATI WE ARE NOW CASTING FOR THE NEXT STAGING OF THE SNAP HONEY STAGEPLAY SET FOR MARCH 2017.

HERE ARE THE BREAKDOWNS OF THE ROLES:

MAVIS--AN AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE, 30S TO 40S WHO CAN PLAY CARING AND NURTURING 

ALVIN KENWAY--AN AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE IN

 EARLY 20S TO 30 TO PLAT A  COCKY FOOTBALL JOCK

 WHO CAN PLAY A HIGH SCHOOL TEENAGER, MUST 

BE TALL AND FIT AND COMFORTABLE WEARING A

 TOWEL ON STAGE AND EXPOSIG BUTTOCKS


LORRAINE- AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE  AGE 10 TO

 13 YEARS OF AGE TO PLAY A TOMBOY WHO BULLIES

 HER LITTLE BROTHER

IKEY--AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE AGE 8 TO 13 TO PLAY

 AN EFFEMINATE BOY WHO LOVES MUSIC

MISS FANTA SEE SAW--CAUCASIAN MALE AGE 40 TO

 50 TO PLAY A DRAG QUEEN. MUST BE A BIT PORTLY.


ROBERT SMITH--CAUCASIAN MALE 30S TO 40S TO

 PLAY A SUAVE AND DEBONAIR TYCOON WITH A DEEP

 VOICE. MUST BE TALL WITH DASHING GOOD LOOKS.


TO AUDITION FOR ONE OF THE ROLES  EMAIL TO

 SNAPHONEY2011@GMAIL.COM . DEADLINE IS OCT 16, 

2016. 





UPDATE:Here is the link to the extended teaser with booking info. Go to 


TO DONATE TO THE RESTAGING PROJECT OF SNAP HONEY  GO TO 
https://www.gofundme.com/2a6x6p8











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BELOW ARE THE SPONSORS OF THE 8TH ANNUAL MISTA COUTURE CONTEST THAT TOOK PLACE AUG 21















HERRE's THIS WEEKS STAGE BITZ




From Washington D.C., President Barack Obama awarded 24 American giants of the arts and humanities with medals on Thursday, lauding their accomplishments — and sharing some laughs.

Legendary comedian and filmmaker Mel Brooks, who
 Obama has said he admires for his over-the-top Western 
satire "Blazing Saddles," dropped to one knee as if receiving
 a knighthood after he was given his official citation for "a
 lifetime of making the world laugh."
Obama warned Brooks that he would catch him if he tried to
 sell his National Medal of Arts on eBay.
He also joked with Broadway star Audra McDonald, whose
 citation was misplaced, and admired the spiked sneakers of
 poet Louise Glück.
"I do think Mel Brooks kind of set the tone for this thing," 
Obama said afterward. "Historically, this has been a much more staid affair."
Also among the honorees: Motown producer Berry Gordy
 and composer Philip Glass as well as authors Sandra
 Cisneros, Ron Chernow, Rudolfo Anaya and James 
McBride.
"We believe that the arts and the humanities are in many 
ways reflective of our national soul. They're central to who
 we are as Americans: dreamers and storytellers and
 innovators and visionaries," Obama said.
Morgan Freeman was honored, but the actor was a no-
show. Obama deadpanned that Freeman, who has been
 involved with the foundation raising money for his
 presidential library in Chicago, "undoubtedly is off playing a
 black president again."




Colin Kaepernick’s controversial national anthem protest has

 landed the San Francisco 49ers quarterback on the cover

 of Time magazine even as an opinion poll found him to be

 the “most disliked” player in the NFL.

This week’s magazine explores how protest is “fueling a debate about privilege, pride and patriotism.”
The quarterback said he is refusing to stand for the national anthem to protest racial injustice and recent police killings, which has led to passionate responses from all sides. Other NFL players and athletes at all levels, including high school, are following Kaepernick’s lead by kneeling during the anthem.

This issue will definitely be a collector's item for the 

history of protest in this country. As they say, all it takes

 is one step, or in this case one kneel to create a

 stampede to get a movement started and we think the 

New Ali will easily become the symbol of the Black Lives

 Matter Movement.
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HBO walked away with the most Emmy statuettes at the 68th Annual Emmy Awards, but the night still wasn’t quite as sweet for HBO as past years.
With 22 total Emmy wins, HBO was the biggest winner of the night. In 2015, HBO won a whopping 43 Emmys.
And this year, basic-cable network FX creeped in just behind HBO, with 18 wins.
Game of Thrones (PICTURED the cast and crew at the Emmy Awards), the Time Warner-owned pay-TV network’s massively popular hour-long drama, won 12 Emmys for the second year in a row. That total tied the show’s own record for the most wins in one night at the Emmys, which was set last year. HBO’s other big winner,
 Veep, won three awards, while HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver also won an Emmy as the top variety talk series.



The 21st Century Fox-owned network set a record for basic cable with 18 wins last night. The true-crime series The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story finished second only to Game of Thrones with nine Emmys, including the award for Outstanding Limited Series, while actors Courtney B. Vance, Sarah Paulson, and Sterling K. Brown (PICTURED)also took home statuettes for the series. 

Comedian Louie Anderson also scored a sleeper win for his supporting role on comedy series Baskets and Archer won the animated series category, while the series Fargo and American Horror Story: Hotel each took home two Emmys apiece.




A record 21 people of color were nominated for awards last night, FX’s Brown and Vance, as well as the Egyptian-American Mr. Robot actor Rami Malek, among those winning their first Emmy. Indian-American comedian Aziz Ansari also shared a writing Emmy for the Netflix series Master of None with Asian-American co-writer Alan Yang, who spoke up about the need for more Asian-American characters and stories in Hollywood. Actress Regina King repeated her win for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series winning for "American Crime."




As far as the Emmy telecast itself, Per Nielsen Media, the

 primetime block of ABC's telecast averaged an all-time low

 11.3 million viewers and an 8.4 overnight rating among

 households. That's down 5 percent from the low set in 2015.
Improvement was desperately needed. The TV Academy and

ABC were no doubt hoping there was nowhere to go but up

 after the 2015 telecast bottomed out as the all-time lowest-

rated and least-watched. The 2015 show's initial 8.7

 overnight rating ultimately translated to 11.9 million viewers

, below the previous all-time low set all the way back in

 1990. 



Last week we selected our choices in specific categories and  here were the winners and our choice which was in bold. 
Outstanding Comedy SeriesOutstanding Drama Series

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy SeriesOutstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
ACTUAL WINNER JEFFREY TAMBOR
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama SeriesOutstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy SeriesOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama SeriesOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
ACTUAL WINNER:DAME MAGGIE SMITH

Of the 10 categories, we were right on two.
The 12-year-old singer and ukulele player  Grace

 VanderWaal has signed with Columbia Records after 

winning America’s Got TalentBillboard has confirmed

.
Grace joins music powerhousesAdeleBeyonce, and Bruce

 Springsteen at Columbia.

AGT judge Simon Cowell spoke with the music mag to

 confirm Grace‘s new contract
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“It’s a lot to take in, but I’ve got to hand it to her,” Simon said

. “She’s a very smart, calm, focused girl and I think she

 knows what she wants to achieve and what we always say

 to artists in this situation is it’s not a race.”


First up on Grace‘s schedule post-AGT is headlining three

 shows at the PH Showroom at Planet Hollywood Resort and

 Casino in Las Vegas from October 27 through October 29.


Now the questions are, will her album sell? Will she 

become a novelty act?

And also, is she allowed to be up in a casino

 performing? We are just sayin!



Wednesday’s biggest show, Empire, returned for 
Season 3 premiere  on FOX and the cliffhanger from Season 2 was revealed when Anika and Rhonda fought next to a ledge of the tall building and someone fell (or not ) and discovered that it was 
Rhonda Lyon (Kaitlyn Doubleday) who fell to her death as husband Andre (Trai Byers) looked

 on. She will continue on the show as a special guest star as

 a ghost. As far as the ratings of Season 3 episode it raked in

 a 4,2 rating which equated to about 10.8 million viewers according to Nielsen. The premiere 
but was down significantly from last fall’s season-two debut (6.7, 16.2 million).
So were you all surprised that Rhonda was killed?  What

 did you all think of the season premiere? It was

 definitely

intense so we will see if the series will sustain its Empire

audience.

The St Louis Cardinals are batting for a spot in the playoffs during a heated wild card race . From reports, as of Friday morning, the Mets (81-72) and Giants (81-72) were in control of the National League's two wild-card spots. Both reportedly won Thursday while the Cardinals (80-72) fell half a game behind on their off day. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS didnt play Thursday but they have 10 games left.  Three with the Cubs (the first of three will start today at Wrigley Field), four with the Reds and three with the Pirates. 
Critics are giving The Cards a 55 percent chance to make the wild card cutoff to play in the playoffs. . 
Will the Cards make it to the playoffs? Some are saying this is the Cubs season so we will see. We think its over for the boys in red. 

Meanwhile, in St Louis football newz, from reports,a  federal judge has ruled that the NFL's Rams must grant season tickets to some people who bought personal seat licenses while the team was still in St. Louis, even though the team is now in Los Angeles. The Rams must also refund deposits for other people who bought PSLs in St. Louis.
Reportedly, about 46,000 people had PSLs, which give the holder the right to purchase season tickets, for the St. Louis Rams, some at a cost of up to $1,000.

So the question is will any St Louis fans who sued the Rams actually will travel to Los Angeles to attend a game? The way St Louis fans are hating on their move, we think folk may just receive a refund. 









R.I.P. BiTZ



Atlanta rapper Shawty Lo  (Carlos Walker)was killed in a car accident this week. He was 40 years old.


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 The St Louis Black Rep is celebrating its 40th Anniversary when it debuts its new season with its season opener — Miss Julie, Clarissa and John, which stars Andrea Like, Eric Conners and Laurie McConnell, is an adaptation of Swedish playwright August Strindberg's drama Miss Julie.  Directed by Andrea Frye (from the TV soap Tyler Perry's If Loving You is Wrong), the three-person play is based on the 1888 drama by Strindberg and adapted by Pittsburgh playwright Mark Clayton Southers 

In the play, Miss Julie (McConnell) has returned to take over her family’s plantation.  But her dangerous attraction to the top servant and former slave, John (Conners), creates a crisis with his wife, and cook of the house, Clarissa, (Like)that explodes through social class and racial lines. 

Miss Julie, Clarissa and John plays thru Sept 25, at Washington University's Edison Theatre (6445 Forsyth Boulevard;www.theblackrep.org
After seeing, “Miss Julie, Clarissa and John” it definitely resonated in regards to how slavery and its post-slavery elements can still affect both black and whites when they mix. Directed by Andrea Frye and adapted by Mark Clayton Southers, “Miss Julie” is set on a Virginia plantation 23 years since the end of the Civil War where the owner’s man servant, John (played by Eric J Conners) and cook Clarissa (played by Alicia Like) ) still lives and are married and are bothered by the owners daughter, Miss Julie (played by Laurie McConnell) when she becomes attracted to John. 

The play deals with how interracial attraction and sex affects all three characters on a physical level and genetics perfectly without coming off tawdry or for shock value. The actors fit well with their characters, especially Like who plays the tragic mulatto. The only drawback was there wasnt much pacing in the dialogue that was spoken between each actor but when there were quiet moments (especially theThe Moment” between John and  Miss Clarissa  and Clarissa admiring Miss Julie’s hair while brushing it. ) is when the play's shining moments are highlighted.. 

The ending also is a bit melodramatic regarding how Miss Julie’s life ends, but overall, “Miss Julie” definitely will keep your attention.

FIT BITZ







This week we feature former St Louis model and current Chicago fitness trainer/gym owner Hardik Soni who has started fitness help videos on Facebook Live.  It started this week where he gives advice on how to eat and train while striving for ones fitness goals. To see his broadcasts go to 








This week we feature Emmy winner Sarah Paulson's stunning plunging neckline emerald  green gown made by  Prada. Her crew cut with bangs also helped accentuate the look.



We feature St. Louis based musician/actor Tre'von Griffith who released a new EP called  “I’m Back” a seven song R&B smorgasbord of old and new stylings.
To download a copy go to 


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