{"id":110,"date":"1973-02-13T23:12:37","date_gmt":"1973-02-14T04:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/deshields\/?p=110"},"modified":"2020-12-08T17:17:34","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T22:17:34","slug":"warp-andre-de-shields-comes-to-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/deshields\/warp-andre-de-shields-comes-to-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"WARP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3>THE MONSTER THAT ATE CHICAGO!<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_347\" style=\"width: 798px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-347\" class=\"wp-image-347 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/deshields\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/12\/Warp-Portrait-Jeffrey-Tennyson-788x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/deshields\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/12\/Warp-Portrait-Jeffrey-Tennyson-788x1024.jpg 788w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/deshields\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/12\/Warp-Portrait-Jeffrey-Tennyson-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/deshields\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/12\/Warp-Portrait-Jeffrey-Tennyson-768x998.jpg 768w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/deshields\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/12\/Warp-Portrait-Jeffrey-Tennyson-816x1061.jpg 816w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/deshields\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/12\/Warp-Portrait-Jeffrey-Tennyson-1250x1625.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/deshields\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/12\/Warp-Portrait-Jeffrey-Tennyson-400x520.jpg 400w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/deshields\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/12\/Warp-Portrait-Jeffrey-Tennyson.jpg 1231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-347\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hand drawn portrait of Andre by Jeffrey Tennyson<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-playlist wp-audio-playlist wp-playlist-light\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-current-item\"><\/div>\n\t\t<audio controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\" width=\"1178\"\n\t\t\t><\/audio>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-next\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-prev\"><\/div>\n\t<noscript>\n\t<ol>\n\t\t<li><a href='https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/deshields\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/11\/Organic-Theater-Co-Background.m4a'>The Organic Theater Company<\/a><\/li>\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"wp-playlist-script\">{\"type\":\"audio\",\"tracklist\":true,\"tracknumbers\":true,\"images\":true,\"artists\":true,\"tracks\":[{\"src\":\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/deshields\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/11\/Organic-Theater-Co-Background.m4a\",\"type\":\"audio\/mpeg\",\"title\":\"The Organic Theater Company\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"The Organic Theater Company\",\"meta\":{\"length_formatted\":\"4:11\"},\"image\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/deshields\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64},\"thumb\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/deshields\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64}}]}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\t\n\n[aesop_gallery  id=&#8221;313&#8243; revealfx=&#8221;off&#8221; overlay_revealfx=&#8221;off&#8221;]\n<h6>All images of Andre coming out of the water by Arlene Vrhel<\/h6>\n<h3>IT\u2019S ALIVE!!!<\/h3>\n[aesop_gallery pslightbox=&#8221;on&#8221; pslayout=&#8221;133&#8243; transition=&#8221;crossfade&#8221; galleryType=&#8221;photoset&#8221; id=&#8221;337&#8243;]\n<h6>Cutout silhouette by Jeffrey Tennyson, WARP Shots by Richard Wheeler<\/h6>\n<h3>. . . AND IT WAS A HIT!<\/h3>\n[aesop_gallery pslightbox=&#8221;on&#8221; pslayout=&#8221;4433&#8243; transition=&#8221;crossfade&#8221; galleryType=&#8221;photoset&#8221; id=&#8221;351&#8243;]\n<h6>Reviews by Glenna Syse from the Chicago Sun Times, the Grey City Journal, Drawing by Jeffrey Tennyson of Warp Poster idea, Article from Chicago Tribune,Warp II action shot by Richard Wheeler, Showcase of Warp Broadway transfer by Glenna Syse<\/h6>\n<h3>BROADWAY GETS <strong><em>WARPED<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-354\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/deshields\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/12\/warp-poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/deshields\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/12\/warp-poster.jpg 500w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/deshields\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/12\/warp-poster-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/deshields\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/12\/warp-poster-400x625.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<table class=\"wp-list-table widefat fixed striped posts\">\n<tbody id=\"the-list\">\n<tr id=\"post-324\" class=\"iedit author-self level-0 post-324 type-ai_galleries status-publish hentry\">\n<td class=\"aesop_gallery column-aesop_gallery\">[aesop_gallery transition=&#8221;crossfade&#8221; itemwidth=&#8221;200&#8243; galleryType=&#8221;grid&#8221; id=&#8221;324&#8243;]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right\">\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Images used by Permission. All rights reserved, Playbill Inc.<\/span><\/strong><\/h6>\n<p><strong>WARP opened to mixed reviews . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n[aesop_gallery transition=&#8221;crossfade&#8221; galleryType=&#8221;grid&#8221; id=&#8221;368&#8243;]\n<p><strong>. . .\u00a0and closed after eight performances.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-110 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/deshields\/warp-andre-de-shields-comes-to-nyc\/closing-notice\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"795\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/deshields\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/11\/Closing-notice-795x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/deshields\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/11\/Closing-notice-795x1024.jpg 795w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/deshields\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/11\/Closing-notice-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/deshields\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/11\/Closing-notice-768x989.jpg 768w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/deshields\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/11\/Closing-notice-816x1051.jpg 816w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/deshields\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/11\/Closing-notice-1250x1610.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/deshields\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/11\/Closing-notice-400x515.jpg 400w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/deshields\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/11\/Closing-notice.jpg 1242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Read more about WARP from the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Warp!\">Wikipedia article<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bleedingcool.com\/2013\/12\/23\/when-neal-adams-got-warped\/\">Click here<\/a> to see original poster art, and read more about WARP from the perspective of Neal Adams, costume and set designer, and comic book illustrator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE MONSTER THAT ATE CHICAGO! 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A multiple Tony Award nominee, Mr. De Shields is best known for his show stopping performances in six legendary Broadway productions: Impressionism (costarring with Jeremy Irons and Joan Allen-2009); the world premiere of Mark Medoff's Prymate (Drama Desk nomination-2004); The Full Monty, for which he received Tony, Drama Desk and Astaire Award nominations, in addition to both the Outer Critics Circle and Drama League Award-2001; Play On! (Tony nomination-1997); Ain't Misbehavin' (Drama Desk nomination-1978) and The Wiz (title role-1975). In 1982, he won an Emmy for Outstanding Individual Performance for the NBC TV Special based on Ain't Misbehavin'. 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