All text licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 New Zealand Licence unless otherwise stated. Since its creation in May of 2010, Selig Film News has become a trusted source for film festival directors, programmers, filmmakers, and film fans worldwide. Here you'll find notes on subjects of interest and a collection of projects I've been working on since academia. It is thought that he contracted 'congestion of the lungs' while reporting the opening of the railway line to Dunedin on 6 September 1878. [34], In December 2019, it was announced that Selig would be taking a leave of absence from Mean Girls, and internet personality and actor, Cameron Dallas, would be filling the role of Aaron Samuels for four-week engagement. What was once a small site with several dozen film reviews yearly has evolved into a powerhouse of reviews, filmmaker interviews, and news on the film and arts community. Selig was active in organisations connected with the wider newspaper and printing industry. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 New Zealand Licence. Die Selig-Story, Die Selig-Story. If you wish to use any of this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond ‘fair use’, you must first obtain permission from the copyright owner. [20] In interviews, Selig has alluded to being fired "from one of his first big jobs," but has never publicly confirmed his being fired from the Pippin tour. Phineas was educated at private schools in Thorndon. [29][30][31] The show had its world premiere as an out-of-town tryout at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C. from October 31, 2017 to December 3, 2017 in which Selig originated the role. Blog | 25 Jul 2020 Cognitive Reappraisal. Phineas Selig was born on 5 September 1856 in Melbourne, Australia, the seventh child of Benjamin Aaron Selig, a watchmaker and jeweller, and his wife, Catherine Jacobs. During this period the association expanded its activities considerably. In 2020, and beyond, the film critics, journalists, and staff of Selig Film News are more committed than ever to bringing filmmaker stories to the world through our reviews and in-depth interviews. 'Selig, Phineas', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1993. Notable among Selig's innovations were persuading the government to provide advance copies to newspapers of important public statements, including the budget; securing newsprint for newspapers during periods of war shortages; and establishing a pool to buy newsprint in bulk. © Crown Copyright. [24], In the summer of 2016, he appeared as Baby John in West Side Story at the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, alongside Jeremy Jordan and Karen Olivo. In May 1884 Selig and Arthur Edward Bird founded the weekly sporting newspaper the New Zealand Referee. He helped establish the national association (later the Federation of Master Printers of New Zealand) in November 1907, with the objects of price-fixing and protecting employers against employees. His most important contribution to newspaper and printing trade associations, however, was as president of the Newspaper Proprietors' Association of New Zealand from 1908 to 1921. [36] Selig also has served as a mentor and held masterclasses for aspiring performers. KYLE SELIG . Fast forward to 2010, when the reestablishment of the Selig Polyscope Company was in its infancy, film critics Gary Murray and John Strange approached the company to create a film news site. [25] Selig starred as Homer Hickam in the musical, October Sky, inspired by the film of the same name at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, California in the fall of 2016. He visited Australia with New Zealand athletic teams and represented the association at a meeting in Melbourne in 1899 to establish the Amateur Athletic Union of Australasia. 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In 1862 he arrived in Wellington, New Zealand, where his father was employed as officiating minister by … [9][13][14], Selig left The Book of Mormon tour on July 26, 2014 to begin rehearsals for the national tour of the musical, Pippin, in which he was cast as the musical's titular character. Selig was chairman of the United Press Association in 1916, 1918 and 1924. [10][11][12] He remained with the company as its standby for three months, earning credit towards his undergraduate degree via independent study. In the summer of 2016, he appeared as Baby John in West Side Story at the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, alongside Jeremy Jordan and Karen Olivo. He left an enduring legacy, particularly in the secure base of the Press, the activities of the Newspaper Proprietors' Association, and strengthened national trotting and athletics organisations. He now consults with individuals and businesses internationally as a medium, channel, and energy healer…. [10] Months later in December of that same year, Selig joined the second national touring production of The Book of Mormon again as a standby for the role of Elder Price. [22] For seven weeks in early 2016, he led the Broadway company of The Book of Mormon as Elder Price, replacing Gavin Creel, who left the production to star in She Loves Me. [21] His first performance as Elder Price on Broadway took place on April 15, 2015. [35], In August 2018 Selig participated in Covenant House's Stage & Screen Sleep Out along with Mean Girls co-stars Ashley Park and Curtis Holland, and together they raised over $14,000 for this organization which provides shelter, food, and crisis care for the homeless and runaway youth. In 1862 he arrived in Wellington, New Zealand, where his father was employed as officiating minister by the Wellington Jewish congregation. [3], He graduated from Huntington Beach High School in 2010 and was named prom king at the end of his senior year. Phineas Selig was also influential in the sporting arena as a journalist and editor, then as an administrator. After writing for Variety magazine, Selig worked as story editor in 1997 at DreamWorks for producer Mark Johnson. Selig was raised in Huntington Beach, California. Broadway: Aaron Samuels in Mean Girls, Elder Price in The Book ... (National Theater), October Sky (The Old Globe), West Side Story with the LA Philharmonic Orchestra (The Hollywood Bowl). Based in Dallas Texas, Selig Film News is the premier film publication for film and DVD reviews, film festival and industry news, and in-depth interviews. Career. Our film critics take pride in watching and carefully reviewing every short and feature film that comes across our desks from all corners of the earth. What makes Selig Film News stand out is our professionalism and commitment to covering film festivals and the art of film like no one else. Ross Harvey. Sendezeit: 22:15 - 23:10, 02.06.2020 Genre: Dokumentationen zur Musik Moderator: Annie Hoffmann; Deutschland (2020) Es ist die Geschichte vom Aufstieg einer deutschen Rockband, die im Fahrwasser des Musikfernsehens die 90er Jahre prägt. An energetic man, Selig was active in other areas. In 2018, the Selig Polyscope Company (our parent company) was nominated for, and won, the Obelisk Award from the Business Council for the Arts. He died on 7 November 1941 at Lewisham Hospital, Christchurch. He founded the Public Schools Amateur Athletic Association of North Canterbury. Feel free to browse. This biography, written by Ross Harvey, was first published in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography in 1993. ", "Inside the Mean Girls Opening Night on Broadway", "Mean Girls' Erika Henningsen and Kyle Selig, Jonathan Raviv, More Set for Second Stage's Saturday Night Concert", "Chasing Cameron Star Cameron Dallas Will Make Broadway Debut in Mean Girls", "Covenant House Sleep Out: Mean Girls Team Page", "Photo Flash: Broadway Workshop Celebrates MEAN GIRLS Day With Ashley Park, Erika Henningsen, and More! With over 1,000 interviews in the can, we pride ourselves in telling every story every time. He subsequently resigned because of ill health and moved to Sydney. [28], Selig currently stars as Aaron Samuels in the Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical, Mean Girls, written by Tina Fey with music and lyrics by Jeff Richmond and Nell Benjamin, respectively. Paul Selig was born in New York City and received his Master’s Degree from Yale. [4][17] He was then replaced by Matthew James Thomas, who originated the role of Pippin in the recent Broadway revival. If there is anyone who feels that he or she owns the copyrights to any material that can be found on this site, please do email me and we will do our best to solve the problem. He had a spiritual experience in 1987 that left him clairvoyant. He was a member of the Canterbury Society of Arts, the Canterbury branch of the Navy League and the Over-Seas League, and president of the Christchurch Jewish congregation. In 2000 she practiced international licensing for music company Playnetworks. Book Online Class. In March 1901 Selig was appointed the Christchurch Press Company's acting manager and was confirmed as manager on 29 May 1903. One of the many reasons cited for the winning of the award was the work that Selig Film News does in the film and arts community and the strategic partnerships we have with film festivals and organizations. BIO. In 1920 he attended the Imperial Press Conference in Canada and in 1926 the Press Congress of the World in Switzerland. [3] As his interest grew, he often attended musical theatre intensives, such as CAP21, during his summer breaks. Journalist, newspaper editor and manager, sports administrator. He was elected the association's first life member for his outstanding service. Until the pressure of business caused him to retire in 1903 he was a New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association councillor. Selig starred as Homer Hickam in the musical, October Sky, inspired by the film of the same name at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, California in the fall of 2016. The Selig Film News story can trace its roots back to February 28th, 1914 when the Selig Polyscope Company and William Randolph Hearst entered a partnership to release the first newsreel. Full Story; Blog | 08 Jul 2020 My (Long) Story. PLEASE NOTE: It is not impossible that this web site contains bits of copyrighted material for which the use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. Our successes have been due to strategic partnerships and sponsorships with film festivals, studios, and publicists in North America, Israel, India, and Asia. As president of the South Island Trotting Association, Selig succeeded in establishing a national body and in 1899 became president of the New Zealand Trotting Association, a position he held for 22 years. The (pseudo?) Selig remained as editor of the New Zealand Referee section of the Weekly Press and also contributed under Bird's pen-name, 'Sir Launcelot' (his former partner died in 1893). Fast forward to 2010, when the reestablishment of the Selig Polyscope Company was in its infancy, film critics Gary Murray and John Strange approached the company to create a film news site. Welcome to my site! He was also for 13 years president of the New Zealand Trotting Conference, the rule-making body for the sport, and presided at two Sydney conferences on trotting rules. Phineas Selig's vigour and administrative ability were the keys to his success in several fields. [3], Selig rejoined the Broadway cast of The Book of Mormon in February 2015 as an ensemble replacement and Elder Price standby. He is known for originating the role of Aaron Samuels in the 2018 Tony-nominated musical, Mean Girls. [37], Selig has been in a relationship with fellow actor, Erika Henningsen, since late 2017 after meeting during the out-of-town tryout for Mean Girls in Washington, D.C.[38], • Credits in bold indicate Broadway production(s), National High School Musical Theatre Award, "Chatting with "Mean Girls" Star Kyle Selig", "Interview: 'Mean Girls' Star Kyle Selig Discusses Playing Aaron Samuels in the Broadway-Bound National Theatre Premiere", "62 high school students arrive in New York with hopes of leaving with a musical theater crown", "High school theater Jimmy Awards go to students from California, Georgia", "Five Questions for High School Musical Award Winner", "Nice CMU boys making it big in 'Mean Girls, "Broadway debut just the start for Huntington Beach actor", "Kyle Selig has joined the Broadway cast as an Elder Price standby", "Students relish search for the Holy Grail", "U.S. National Tour Casting Announced for the Tony Award-Winning Hit Broadway Musical Pippin", "Matthew James Thomas Will Step Into Title Role for Launch of Pippin Tour", "Get an up-close preview of the new touring "Pippin, "Pippin Pitches a Circus Tent in Denver; National Tour, Starring Original Pippin and Sasha Allen, Begins", "Kyle Dean Massey to Join Cast of PIPPIN National Tour in Los Angeles Straight from Broadway", "Making my broadway elder price debut...", "Kyle Selig Will Step In for She Loves Me-Bound Gavin Creel in The Book of Mormon", "Back to Believe: Nic Rouleau Will Return to The Book of Mormon on Broadway", "Jeremy Jordan and Karen Olivo Star in Hollywood Bowl West Side Story", "Kyle Selig, Ron Bohmer, Kerry O'Malley Star in October Sky Musical, Opening Tonight", "Jo Lampert Takes on Joan of Arc at the[sic] The Public Theater", "Tony Awards 2018: See the Full List of Nominees Here", "See Who's Bringing Mean Girls to Broadway", "Mean Girls Musical Finds Its Plastics in Taylor Louderman and Ashley Park; Additional Casting Announced", "Erika Henningsen, Taylor Louderman, Ashley Park and Kate Rockwell to Play 'The Plastics' in Broadway-Bound MEAN GIRLS Musical; Cast Announced! [4][23] On February 21, 2016, Selig left the production and was replaced by Nic Rouleau. In Dunedin on 24 August 1892 Selig had married Kate Mendelsohn, daughter of Louis Mendelsohn, a Dunedin merchant. Kyle Andrew Selig (born September 28, 1992)[citation needed] is an American actor, dancer, and singer. [1][2], Selig first became interested in theatre after seeing his older sister performing a local play. They had two daughters. [7][9], In August 2013, while still attending Carnegie Mellon, Selig was cast as the standby for the lead role of Elder Kevin Price in Broadway production of The Book of Mormon. All non-text content is subject to specific conditions. science behind managing your emotions. [15][16] Selig rehearsed with the touring company of Pippin but was placed on vocal rest just one week before the tour was scheduled to open. Selig then went on to the University of Washington and Northwestern University where she earned a JD-MBA. [26][27] In the spring of 2017, Selig portrayed Dauphin in The Public Theater's world premiere of the off-Broadway rock musical, Joan of Arc: Into the Fire directed by Alex Timbers. Justin S. Selig. In 1891 the newspaper was purchased by the Christchurch Press Company and amalgamated on 3 July with the Weekly Press. A talented administrator, he presided over a programme of expansion unprecedented in any New Zealand newspaper company. Commercial re-use may be allowed on request. Winner of the Jimmy Award for High School Musical Theater and LA Music Center Spotlight Award. He was a member of the Canterbury Master Printers' Association from 1900, and was president from 1903 to 1914. Our philosophy is that no matter whether you are a student filmmaker or a veteran in the industry, everyone has a story to be told and we at Selig Film News want to be the outlet to tell that story to the world. He became a copyholder at the Government Printing Office, then in 1871 joined the Lyttelton Times, Christchurch, first as a reader and later as a reporter. We travel thousands of miles a year to interview filmmakers at film festivals and get to know their stories personally. [33], In March 2019, Selig portrayed Gene, opposite Mean Girls co-star, Erika Henningsen, in Stephen Sondheim's Saturday Night at Second Stage Theater, as a part of the theater's "Musical Mondays" weekly concert series. Under its new owners the Referee prospered to become the nation's main sporting paper. [4] In June 2010, at the age of 17, Selig won the National High School Musical Theatre Award (also known as the "Jimmy Award") along with a $10,000 scholarship. [18][19] Despite being said to be on a medical leave of absence, Selig never rejoined the touring company; but instead, when Thomas left the production, he was replaced by Kyle Dean Massey. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/2s13/selig-phineas (accessed 8 November 2020). The Selig Film News story can trace its roots back to February 28th, 1914 when the Selig Polyscope Company and William Randolph Hearst entered a partnership to release the first newsreel. After about three years he returned to Christchurch, where he established several newspapers. Phineas Selig was born on 5 September 1856 in Melbourne, Australia, the seventh child of Benjamin Aaron Selig, a watchmaker and jeweller, and his wife, Catherine Jacobs. [31][32] The musical, which is based on the film of the same name, began previews on March 12, 2018, and officially opened on Broadway on April 8, 2018 at the August Wilson Theatre. He is the son of Stuart and Sharon (née Kennedy) Selig and has a half-brother, Riley and half-sister, Harmony. Kate died on 12 October 1923; Phineas retired as manager of the Christchurch Press Company on 8 January that year. We have become the standard in film festival coverage over the last decade. To the best of our knowledge, all images on this site that do not have a copyright notice are images for which the copyrights have expired, and consequently can be used under “fair use”. This web site is operated under the assumption that our not-for-profit use on the Web constitutes a ‘fair use’ of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. It's a multimedia presentation that tells the story of Selig's role in bringing Major League Baseball back to Milwaukee in 1970, and leading the effort 25 years later to build the new park. [5][6][7][8] He then attended the Carnegie Mellon University, earning a BFA in musical theatre in 2014. v2.0 | v1.0.