Real World world 29 long, strange years after the series first debuted on MTV. Said intervening period involved a lot of changes for everyone involved, not least of which because they’d suddenly transformed from “7 twentysomethings with the free time to let themselves be filmed bickering in a house for several weeks” into some of American TV’s first reality stars. For Nies, that apparently involved becoming friends with director and producer Joel Schumacher, who took over the
Batman film franchise after Warner Bros. asked Tim Burton to take his creepy clown obsession elsewhere in the aftermath of
Batman Returns. Schumacher was apparently so impressed by the then-24-year-old Nies that he reported tried to make some moves to get him cast in the Robin role that eventually went to Chris O’Donnell, but the decision was (again, according to original
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Broadway s Rent Premiered 25 Years Ago Today, Hours After Its Creator Jonathan Larson s Sudden Death
One of the most beloved musicals in Broadway history,
Rent, premiered to a small group of theatergoers in the East Village of New York City 25 years ago today, the opening performance coming just hours after its creator Jonathan Larson s tragic death from an aortic aneurysm.
Rent would go on to win both a Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award, reported
NPR. It was the brainchild of Larson, who created the score for a play that would become a touchstone for a generation that dealt with the onset of the AIDS epidemic. It also displayed loving relationships between same-sex couples and how friends can become one s chosen family, all set to a rock n roll score.
Agatha Christie in November 1969. Photograph: Bettmann/Bettmann Archive
Many of the building’s original features have survived, including its tip-up seats, art deco wall lights made by a local smith, and the original pastel colour scheme. The ceiling features representations of the heads of the actors Douglas Fairbanks Jr as Moses and Mary Pickford.
The proscenium arch and the 21-piece orchestra pit have been altered but otherwise the interior is remarkably well-preserved.
Paignton Picture House closed in 1999 and was added to Historic England’s heritage at risk register. In 2013, a group of local people with a passion for historic buildings set up the Paignton Picture House Trust to regenerate the cinema as a community and cultural hub for Torbay and acquired the building in 2015.