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Urban Threshhold: A & R Summit

URBAN THRESHOLD ENTERPRISES INC.
PRESENTS
THE A&R POWER SUMMIT 2007
MEET FACE TO FACE WITH MAJOR LABEL A&R’S
Sunday, April 15th 2007 @ SOB’s (204 Varick and West Houston)
From 2:00PM to 7:30PM

The Premier Seminar for Unsigned and independent artists! 18 or older with ID. Tight security, dress code casual.

SHOP YOUR MUSIC DEMO TO TOP A&R’S AT THE A&R POWER SUMMIT
Learn what A&R’s are looking for.
Learn how to get a production deal.
Learn what to expect when signed to a deal.
Learn how to generate a buzz.
Learn how to generate multiple revenue streams

VIP TICKET HOLDERS WILL get THEIR demos evaluated by music industry professionals on the spot!
A&R’s from Island/DefJam, Universal, Atlantic, Shady, Motown, Interscope, J Records, Geffen, Warner Bros, Bad Boy, TVT, and more will be in attendance.

LIMITED GENERAL ADMMISSION TICKETS ARE $125 PER PERSON
-Includes seminar panels
-A&R Drop box
-Dinner Buffet

LIMITED VIP ALL ACCESS TICKETS ARE $200 PER PERSON
Includes VIP Access to Demo Listening Sessions – Get Demo Evaluated
VIP Access to seminar panels
A&R Drop box
Dinner buffet

For tickets contact: Jesse Jess 917-355-3456 Mr. Raw 212-340-1118 J. Mars at (866) 841-9139 x1980 or 1-9 Theory 347-224-2242

To purchase Tix online Log on to www.HipHopPalace.com, twww.sobs.com, www.ticketmaster.com or Email: promoradiony247@gmail.com or MrRaw78@yahoo.com or Marsuniverse@aol.com
Don’t Miss it! Seating is Limited! Get your ticket now!
URBAN THRESHOLD ENTERPRISES INC.

GRRRRR! I Didn't Get It!

Acting Career FAQ - GRRRRR! I Didn't Get It!

by Bob Fraser

As I've mentioned in the past, one of the worst parts of being a professional actor is the amazing amount of rejection one must endure to become successful. There are many "hard parts" to having a paying acting career - but rejection is the hardest. Some tips for handling the inevitable rejection you will have to face - and get by - as you ply your trade:

G. GET OVER IT. This is a primary 'skill' you must learn to develop. How do you do it? Here are some 'mind-sets' that can help ...

R. REACT REASONABLY. When you have discovered that they "went another way" do you wail and thrash about? Do you fall limply onto the couch vowing to give it up? Do you' get angry at the casting director who obviously failed to see talent when it was right in front of her? Or do you go back and look at your own work to see that it was carefully prepared? Did you arrive on time? Did you present a confident audition? Did you make good personal contact with the casting director? If you did your part properly – then you should thank the stars for this rejection and move on to the next step.

R. RELEASE. You don't have to repress your reaction. In fact, after you have screamed and wailed and cried and finished off a quart of Cherry Garcia, you can then move on and prepare for your next audition. You will have to discover the best way to 'let it go' for yourself - but let it go you must. Talk it out with another actor, go to the gym, read a book, listen to some music ... do what you can to put it behind you. Because holding on to rejection is a very bad plan in our business.

R. RESIST. Don't fall prey to the temptation to stay in that place where you feel awful about not "getting it." Once you’ve allowed yourself to go through the emotions of being rejected and decided to 'let it go' it’s critical to move past the the letdown, and see what you can do to increase your odds of acceptance the next time around. Talk to your coach or teacher. Even if your work doesn’t need anything more, it’s always good to have the support of someone who understands the acting life to help you get over the bumps of rejection.

R. RE-CAP. Take a look at how far you’ve come. Going over your list of past successes can help soften the blows of rejection. If you don’t have a list of your past victories, it's time to make one. Also, after a reasonable time, revisit the audition you gave and see if, 'in the cold light of day' there is anything you can do to improve your own skills. Perhaps you need to go back to a cold reading class - or spend a few weeks with a coach working on your improv "chops." Or maybe it's all about your nerves and being in a good place - in which case it might be worth doing some exercises designed to calm you down in moments of stress.

R. REPEAT. In our business it is the actor who can get past the rejection and 'get back up on the horse' who has the best chance at success. So, it is of the greatest importance that you go to another audition as soon as you can. Even if another audition is for something you don't want - just going and giving it your best shot can help you progress in your career.

R. RESILIENT. Only those who can get past the sort of rejection that is part of every actor's daily work life, have any hope of eventual success. Keep in mind the long valued advice of McGuffey's Reader: "If at first you don't succeed, try try again."

DPS Now Published

Dramatists Play Service is pleased to announce the publication of:
AFTER ASHLEY by Gina Gionfriddo
BACK OF THE THROAT by Yussef El Guindi
THE BUSY WORLD IS HUSHED by Keith Bunin
DEFIANCE by John Patrick Shanley
DOG SEES GOD by Bert V. Royal
IPHIGENIA by P. Seth Bauer
KLONSKY AND SCHWARTZ by Romulus Linney
MEASURE FOR PLEASURE by David Grimm
THE MISTAKES MADELINE MADE by Elizabeth Meriwether
RABBIT HOLE by David Lindsay-Abaire
SUCH A BEAUTIFUL VOICE IS SAYEDA'S and KARIMA'S CITY by Yussef El Guindi
WORK SONG: THREE VIEWS OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT by Eric Simonson and Jeffrey
Hatcher

To read about these titles and purchase acting editions, click on the links above.
To view all our recently published plays, click on Now Published.

Great way to track accomplishments

CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS

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EVERY WEEK
Make 15-25+ contacts by mail, phone, in person or email (for example, each and every phone call counts as 1 contact) to anyone who can hire or represent you or otherwise further your career.

EVERY DAY
135 WEST 29TH STREET SUITE 404
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10001 USA
TEL 212 242 4700 FAX 212 242 4768
GETWORKING@SCOTTPOWERS.COM
Spend if only 5 minutes working on your career.

Jan.15th Showcase

Now Booking Artist for our January 15th showcase
Don't Miss the next upcoming events in "07"
Greetings!
Thank You, to everyone who attended the Urban Music Explosion on Dec 17th at SOB's. Once again, this was a SOLD OUT event. Over 450 people were in the house for this showcase competition.
Our next showcase will be on January 15th at Don Hills concert Hall in NYC.
Email for booking info. This event is not a competition showcase.
Mrraw78@yahoo.com, Showcases@urbanthreshold.biz
Or call 212-340-1118, 917-355-3456
Above Photo: Mr RAW and Jesse Jess
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URBAN THRESHOLD & SOB'S PRESENTS THE URBAN MUSIC EXPLOSION

Urban Threshold and SOB's are back again to give you the Ultimate Talent Showcase in NYC "The Urban Music Explosion"

Now Booking Artists for the Dec 17th showcase Tickets go on sale at Ticketmaster.com & SOB's box office Next Monday.

Limited Spots Available. Artists MUST have a fan base and be able to bring people out to see you perform.
See below for ALL the details.

ATTENTION BUSINESS OWNERS:
If you want to become a product, media, or financial sponsor for this event, please contact us asap for info.
Sponors will be included in email blast (50,000) members, mentioned on our website http://www.hiphoppalace.com (100,000 visits per month), and will be able to have banners or promo items placed at the event.

URBAN THRESHOLD & SOB'S PRESENTS THE URBAN MUSIC EXPLOSION- 12/17/06 Booking Artists Now for The 4TH Urban Music Explosion Concert @ SOB's
(12/17/06)
URBAN THRESHOLD ENTERPRISES INC.
IN ASSOCIATION WITH SOB'S
PRESENTS THE URBAN MUSIC EXPLOSION
(TALENT COMPETITION)
SOB'S
204 Varick Street
Corner of West Houston street in NYC
16 acts will compete
Each Hip Hop, REGGAE and R&B artist will get to perform 2 songs.
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT SOB'S BOX OFFICE OR TICKETMASTER.COM

1ST Place Prize:
An Automatic Nomination for "Best Live Performance"
for The 5th Annual Underground Music Awards to be held in 08/07 Plus A FACE TO FACE MEETING WITH THE DIRECTOR OF A&R OF TVT RECORDS FOR CONSIDERATION FOR A DEAL 20 minute in-studio interview on Promo Radio & a 15 minute interview on Next up Radio 91.9fm Buzz Factor feature in the Urban Threshold Online Industry Newsletter AN ARTIST OF THE MONTH FEATURE ON HIP HOP PALACE.COM A profile on Urban Threshold Television A profile on http://www.STR8HIPHOP.COM
1 song featured on the next Street Credibility Mixtape presented by All Access DVD & hosted by A&R Paradise

2nd Place Prize:
15-minute interview on Promo Radio ,
1 song in rotation on Next Up Radio 91.9fm for 4 weeks , An artist of the week profile on Hip Hop Palace.com, One Free performance at a future showcase, Buzz Factor feature in the Urban Threshold Industry Newsletter.

3rd Place Prize:
1 song in rotation on Promo Radio for 1 month and a Buzz Factor feature in the Promo Radio Online Industry Newsletter

JUDGES: Sam Taylor - A&R of Roundtable/Universal Til Welch - Director of A&R of Virgin Records J Mazur - A&R of TVT Records (JUDGES SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
Each judge/industry personnel will have a point system with which they will judge each talent. All artists will be judge by the same criteria - Musical selection, audience response, creativity, presence and routine delivery.

SPECIAL INVITED A&R'S FROM SHADY, DEFJAM, SONY/BMG, JIVE, ATLANTIC, VIRGIN, INTERSCOPE, BAD BOY, AND MORE
THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL GUEST PERFORMANCE BY A MAJOR LABEL ACT (TBA) ALSO THERE WILL BE A BLAZIN' FASHION SHOW BY M, THE 2004 UNDERGROUND MUSIC AWARDS WINNER FOR BEST FASHION LABEL
REQUIREMENTS TO PERFORM:
EACH ARTIST MUST SELL OR COVER 35 TICKETS @ $10 EACH.
TICKET FUNDS MUST BE PAID IN ADVANCED!!
DOORS OPEN AT 7:30PM/SHOWTIME AT 9:00PM.
21 OR OLDER/TIGHT SECURITY/ID A MUST
ADMISSION IS $15 @ the door/ADVANCE $10 TIXS AVAILABLE

SPONSORS: USA MAGAZINE STORE.COM, Promo Radio, Hip Hop Palace.com, Urban Threshold TV, Mars Universe Films, SonicBids.com, CD Baby.com, DiscMakers, All Access DVD, Street Credibility Mixtape/DVD, Str8HipHop.com, The Epydemik TV/DVD, Next Up Radio 91.9FM, Select-O-Hits Distribution, Mia Mind Music NOW BOOKING: FOR INFO ON CALL 917-355- 3456, OR 212-340-1118, OR
866-841-9139 EXT. 1980

DPS Now Published

Dramatists Play Service is pleased to announce the publication of:

BREATHING CORPSES by Laura Wade4 men, 3 women: 7 total“BREATHING CORPSES has a clever circular structure in which a succession of people discover a body before becoming corpses themselves.” —Time Out (London). “Events flow backwards in time—before a slight forward hop — in an intriguing fashion, allowing puzzlers in the audience to gather further pieces of the jigsaw, as well as additional characters, at each stop…[Wade is] an arresting writing talent.” —Evening Standard (London). “Laura Wade’s play is like a crossword puzzle where all the clues have to do with death. This is a tight, tense play: you can’t miss a single word, a single gesture…Wade uses the play’s shifting structure to make you feel disorientated, almost scared…The tension, the emotions and the sense of absurdity and fear are brilliantly handled…A terrifying tour de force.” —The Sunday Times (London)

COLDER THAN HERE by Laura Wade1 man, 3 women: 4 total“Laura Wade’s play is set in the limbo between a death sentence and the death itself. How does knowledge of one’s imminent demise, or that of a loved one, affect the living of one’s life?” —Guardian (London). “The play is an astute and humorous portrayal of a family pulling together in the face of impending grief. It takes a timely look at society’s changing attitude towards the process of dying and the ceremonies associated with death.” —This Is London. “Laura Wade’s play is a ninety-minute masterpiece, a jewel, dark but translucent. It is a play of love, death, and grief: The grief that is hardest to bear, because it begins before the loved one dies.” —Sunday Times (London).

DEFLOWERING WALDO by Adam Szymkowicz2 men, 4 women: 6 totalWaldo is having a bad day. He’s afraid of crowds, spiders, skyscrapers, flowers, brown soap and sex. His father won’t stop being Scottish. His therapist wants to seduce him. His ex-girlfriend could spontaneously combust at any moment. And the new woman in his life seems to want something else completely. Will he manage to find true love—or at least mow the lawn?

EMBARASSMENTS book by Laurence Klavan, music by Polly Pen, lyrics by Laurence Klavan and Polly Pen, additional text by Polly Pen5 men, 4 women (doubling): 9 total“A lively, funny, and very smart musical…Klavan’s clever book is well matched by Pen’s music.” —Variety. “An inventive musical…features Pen’s explosive score and Klavan’s exceptional book…EMBARRASSMENTS is the rare double treat. Whether you’re seeking intellectual stimulation or just an entertaining evening out, this beautifully designed, written, and performed production is bound to satisfy.” —Philadelphia Weekly. “An offbeat, original, and enjoyable musical…[a] witty and knowing book…concise and imaginative songs.” —Philadelphia Inquirer. “A breathtaking 90-minute chamber musical…cannot help but to redefine the artistic boundaries of the musical theater.”—Reading Eagle. “Terrific fun.” —WRTL Radio.

FINDING CLAIRE by Kim Merrill4 women: 4 total“…lovely, sensitive and engrossing…remarkable…takes theatergoers along for the roller-coaster ride that a woman might go through in meeting her biological mother for the first time. With plays like this and films like Mike Leigh’s Secrets and Lies…adoption certainly looks like a superior option for the child involved. For the mother, it’s another story.” —NY Times. “…engaging new play…moody, wrenching and often touching look into the emotional lives of four women…filled with moments that all families will recognize, and lessons we all need to learn.” —nytheatre.com.

JUMPING FOR JOY by Jon Marans 2 men, 1 woman: 3 total“Unforgettable…Captivating and beautiful, JUMPING FOR JOY is something wondrous…Marans demonstrates a masterful ability to balance humor and horror on a knife-edge.” —Orange County Register. “There’s good reason for the anticipatory stir greeting Jon Marans’ JUMPING FOR JOY…a delicately zany, yet poignant slice of a thoroughly dysfunctional family’s life…The writing is excellent…with numerous flashes of brilliance.” —CurtainUp.

KITTY KITTY KITTY by Noah Haidle5 men, 1 woman (doubling, flexible casting): 6 totalKitty, a suicidal housecat, finds his true love in his clone, the first successfully cloned housecat, Kitty Kitty. They give each other hand jobs, but Kitty Kitty doesn’t love Kitty back. So Kitty decides to make another clone of himself, the title character Kitty Kitty Kitty. But something goes wrong in the cloning process, and he makes more copies of himself, each one more retarded than the last. The final clone, Kitty Kitty Kitty Kitty Kitty, communicates in nothing but grunts and yells and drool. KITTY KITTY KITTY is a comedy about love, unrequited love, regret and hand jobs.

THE LADY WITH ALL THE ANSWERS by David Rambo1 woman: 1 total“…a warmhearted play…highly entertaining, frequently moving…” —Chicago Tribune. “…folksy, funny, straightforward and validating…a smile-inducing, tear duct-activating reunion with a woman who might have been a stranger but seemed like family…engaging from beginning to end.” —L.A. Times. “David Rambo’s new one-woman play…[about] the witty, bubbly, frank, and slightly eccentric writer…provides a compelling portrait of her.” —BackStage West. “LADY is surprisingly crisp and loaded with detail. The first act is breezy, funny and gossipy…The second act is darker and more touching.” —North County Times.

MADAGASCAR by J.T. Rogers1 man, 2 women (doubling): 3 total“MADAGASCAR lures you into its tale of reflection, recrimination and regret with captivating power…wondrous, elegiac, unforgettable drama.” —Miami Herald. “J.T. Rogers is a major new American talent and MADAGASCAR is a play to cheer.” —Miami New Times. “Rogers’ circular storytelling style, full of poetry, poignancy, wit and hard-won wisdom, never fails to fascinate.” —Salt Lake Tribune. “MADAGASCAR is a subtle, beautifully written, sad, and disturbing play.” —Edward Albee. “I haven’t been so impressed by a new play since the early works of Wallace Shawn and Tennessee Williams.” —André Gregory. “With gorgeously wrought, resonant prose, J.T. Rogers has fashioned a singular and haunting detective story.” —Doug Wright.

THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO BY BEAUMARCHAIS, translated and adapted by Joan Holden7–9 men, 4 women (doubling, extras): 11 total“For the sprightly new American Conservatory Theater production…credit must go to translator/adaptor Joan Holden for sending new shafts of light through the play…The characters, especially the women, seem freshly inspired in their resourcefulness…vernacular that might have been coined yesterday…” —San Francisco Chronicle. “In commissioning a textual face lift for the eighteenth-century farce immortalized by Mozart’s opera, American Conservatory Theater has struck gold…a joyous piece of stage frippery whose social bite is never far below the surface.” —Variety. “FIGARO gets a new lease on life…Where better to find somebody to bring new life to this play, which is widely regarded as helping to provoke the French Revolution?” —Marin Independent Journal. “Takes justifiable liberties in replacing Beaumarchais’ eighteenth-century jibes with up-to-the-minute substitutes…the adaptor hasn’t so much rewritten Beaumarchais to suit her own taste as returned our attention to the essence of his dissent…” —San Francisco Examiner.

THE PULL OF NEGATIVE GRAVITY by Noah Haidle2 men, 2 women: 4 total“…gut-wrenching scenes.” —Time Out. “Jonathan Lichtenstein’s ninety-minute drama is simple in its conception yet elemental in its themes…it packs a wallop.” —NY Post. “Jonathan Lichtenstein beautifully portrays how the war destroyed one rural Welsh family.” —NY Times. “A carefully crafted, powerfully emotive drama…the play’s anger sears itself into one’s mind.” —Sunday Herald (Scotland). “…[a] harrowing, heartbreaking play.” —Guardian (London). “…brings the subject of war close to home and handles it with a terrifying intensity.” —The Scotsman (Edinburgh).

PYRETOWN by John Belluso1 man, 1 woman: 2 total“…Belluso’s play works.” —Chicago Tribune. “Far too many playwrights these days either jump on a popular political bandwagon or simply contemplate their slacker navels; Belluso has real fire.” —Chicago Sun-Times. “John Belluso’s blistering PYRETOWN…crackles with heat. I don’t say it lightly: This play is worth braving the cold to see.” —NY Sun. “PYRETOWN has none of the flashy emotional pyrotechnics that animate many comparable stories; Harry and Louise’s romance expands and contracts naturally, like the beating of a heart…Belluso gives his characters an inchoate touch of poetry, which they must guard against the icy bureaucracy of American health care.” —Time Out.

RAG AND BONE by Noah Haidle5 men, 2 women: 7 total “Haidle is an engaging writer who creates startling theatrical conceits, intriguing themes and offbeat characters…his nonrealistic style is bold and imaginative…” —Variety. “…vividly bold, wildly imaginative and utterly charming…Its humor and poignancy are genuine…” —CT Central.To read about these titles and purchase acting editions, click on the links above.
To view all our recently published plays, click on Now Published.

NYC: Comedy School "Caroline's on Broadway"

On Broadway presents...
an IMPROV CLASS
Improvisation Will Make You Fearless at Auditions

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Improvisation will make you fearless at auditions! It is an essential, “must have” skill for any actor! It will increase your ability to be spontaneous and think fast and on your feet. You will be ready for anything thrown at you at an audition. If you are looking to jumpstart your acting career, then this class is for you!
Carolines on Broadway's Improv Class starts November 30!! We’re offering an amazing deal for this incredible six-week class! Sign up before November 23rd and pay only $297!! That’s an $80 discount!
Instructor: Nancy Lombardo was a founding member of The First Amendment comedy troupe, where Robin Williams was a frequent guest and performer with her troupe. She has performed on Saturday Night Live, The Colin Quinn Show and PBS. Other credits include writing for John Leguizomo’s HBO special The Talent Pool and the Off-Broadway hit Mambo Mouth.
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Music Showcase with Labels

If you are an Artist, DJ, Producer, Manager, or involved in Urban Culture IN ANY WAY!YOU NEED TO BE THERE!FREE no line, no wait VIP LIST with FREE DRINKS! for MAJOR LABEL REPS, MEDIA & VIPS !! just email WellConnected@OptOnline.Net (NAME, TITLE & COMPANY)Monday November 27th @Don Hill's511 Greenwich st (off Spring St) NYC6PM HEAVY NETWORKING!/7PM SHOWCASE & PARTY!