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WORKING FOR THE MOUSE: A theatrical tour-de-force & one-man show about coming of age at Disneyland.

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GET YER TICKETS HERE    https://www.theatreasylum-la.com/projects/2317 Calling all fans of great acting, astonishing character work, great improvisation, wonderful writing, and what a really good "one-man show" should look like: You simply MUST buy a ticket to see WORKING FOR THE MOUSE which is in the last weekend of  its run in LA. IF YOU HAVE A THEATER-LOVING KID -- THIS SHOW IS A MUST SEE. YOUR CHILD WILL ADORE THIS INSIDE LOOK AT WORKING AT DISNEYLAND AND WILL LEARN SO MUCH ABOUT QUALITY ACTING IN THIS MASTERCLASS OF THEATER WORK. Moving, insightful, hilarious and heartbreaking -- You will never see one person play as many characters as you will see in this show. DO take the kids. Do not miss this. Do support this artist's work!!! BOOK THE LAST FEW TICKETS NOW!!! His show originated in San Francisco, where the below YouTube interview with Trevor Allen was created. Here he shares with the viewer a background on how his life was changed by his work

Four great songs from HBO's amazing mini-series, "The Jinx"

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The HBO mini series, The Jinx* is hands down, the best documentary on HBO, ever.  (Historic as well, just stay tuned to LA daily news 2015-16.) However, at the moment, I just cannot get that opening track, called Fresh Blood by Eels, out of my head.   What a perfect choice for the title sequence by the brilliant filmmakers, Andrew Jarecki, Marc Smerling and Zachary Stuart-Ponier.  Brilliant. Fresh blood is an eerie, weird, bizarrely sexy, insanely visceral and balls-to-the-wall menacing as hell song that means business. Four more great song/videos used in the HBO MINI SERIES, THE JINX.   (1) Opening Song/ opening credits " Fresh Blood " by Eels       Click here for viewing of   Title Sequence and opening credits  before they take it down. (2) "" You Ain't Lost " by  Band of Skulls  - (3) " Bones"  by  Kittie Harloe  -  (The Jinx Chapter 5 closing credits song) (4) " The Gambler " by  Karl Hyde & Y