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ACTOR JONATHAN BENNETT NAMED AS 'GODFATHER' TO CARNIVAL FIRENZE

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Friday, April 5, 2024

MIAMI, April 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Having conquered the big screen ("Mean Girls"), the small screen ("Hallmark Channel") and Broadway ("Spamalot"), actor Jonathan Bennett is ready to take on his next big role: the godfather of Carnival Cruise Line's new 135,000 gross ton ship featuring Carnival Fun Italian Style.

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  • Carnival Cruise Line today named Bennett as the godfather for its next ship, Carnival Firenze , which is inspired by the city of Florence, Italy and is the second Carnival ship to sail with the Carnival Fun Italian Style theme.
  • "Jonathan is a true brand ambassador for Carnival.
  • "This is an amazing honor and I'm so proud to know that I'll always be a part of the Carnival Firenze family," said Bennett.
  • Bennett will join Duffy at the Carnival Firenze naming celebration on Wednesday, April 24 in Long Beach.

SHREK THE MUSICAL To play 14 performances at the Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmed Cultural Center (JACC)

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Wednesday, February 1, 2023

KUWAIT CITY, Feb. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- DreamWorks Theatricals and Broadway Entertainment Group are pleased to announce a brand new production of Shrek The Musical. Originally produced on Broadway by DreamWorks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions, This exciting new production is coming to Kuwait for the very first time. As described by USA Today, as a "BIG FUN HIT!" and by the Mirror as "JOYOUS. THE MOST FUN YOU'LL EVER. A MONSTER HIT!" 

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  • KUWAIT CITY, Feb. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- DreamWorks Theatricals and Broadway Entertainment Group are pleased to announce a brand new production of Shrek The Musical.
  • Originally produced on Broadway by DreamWorks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions, This exciting new production is coming to Kuwait for the very first time.
  • SHREK THE MUSICAL is based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks animation film that started it all.
  • SHREK THE MUSICAL will play Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmed Cultural Center (JACC) for 14 performances only, 2nd February – 11th February 2023

SHREK THE MUSICAL To play 14 performances at the Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmed Cultural Center (JACC)

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, February 1, 2023

KUWAIT CITY, Feb. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- DreamWorks Theatricals and Broadway Entertainment Group are pleased to announce a brand new production of Shrek The Musical. Originally produced on Broadway by DreamWorks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions, This exciting new production is coming to Kuwait for the very first time. As described by USA Today, as a "BIG FUN HIT!" and by the Mirror as "JOYOUS. THE MOST FUN YOU'LL EVER. A MONSTER HIT!" 

Key Points: 
  • KUWAIT CITY, Feb. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- DreamWorks Theatricals and Broadway Entertainment Group are pleased to announce a brand new production of Shrek The Musical.
  • Originally produced on Broadway by DreamWorks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions, This exciting new production is coming to Kuwait for the very first time.
  • SHREK THE MUSICAL is based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks animation film that started it all.
  • SHREK THE MUSICAL will play Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmed Cultural Center (JACC) for 14 performances only, 2nd February – 11th February 2023

Award-winning actor-writer-producer John Leguizamo to Deliver Vassar's 2022 Commencement Address

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Wednesday, February 23, 2022

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y., Feb. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Award-winning actor, writer, producer, and director John Leguizamo will deliver the address at Vassar College's 158th Commencement on May 22, President Elizabeth Bradley announced.

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  • POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y., Feb. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Award-winning actor, writer, producer, and director John Leguizamo will deliver the address at Vassar College's 158th Commencement on May 22, President Elizabeth Bradley announced.
  • Leguizamo said he has visited the campus on many occasions, including a day-long event talking to students about his craft.
  • Leguizamo's family immigrated from Colombia when he was four years old and settled in the Jackson Heights neighborhood in Queens.
  • Leguizamo replaces Jeh Charles Johnson, former Secretary of Homeland Security and son of the late Jeh Vincent Johnson, a longtime architecture instructor at Vassar, as Commencement speaker.