Tisch drama premieres new musical times square washington. This was one of my favorite soundtracks from the era. Times square promo from rso records 1980 profanity warning duration. The area also appeared on the amazing race as the starting location in a race around the world in the first episode of the shows 25th season, as well as on. There will be an opening reception september th from 6. Times square is an entertainment and business district in new york city, united states. One song from the film, dangerous type 1979 by the cars, was not included on the twolp release. When the brains behind the wire, david simon and george pelecanos, announced in 2015 that their next show, the deuce, would cover the pregentrified times. Times square is a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, entertainment center, and. While the biggest complaint new yorkers may have about times square today is the tourists, just over 20 years ago, a trip down 42nd street was a.
Sep 05, 2012 i have not seen the show yet, but mark your calendar for the times square show revisited exhibition at the hunter college art gallery, opening friday, september 14 and running till december 8, 2012. Times square show revisited is the first exhibition to return to the original events of. Having been born in the 1980s, the first time i visited times square was in the late 1990s when i was 12 and i remember it not being any different than it is today so the pictures of the seedy, dirty, and crime ridden times square seems surreal to me. Oct 25, 2019 when the brains behind the wire, david simon and george pelecanos, announced in 2015 that their next show, the deuce, would cover the pregentrified times square of the 1970s and 1980s, viewers. In the 1980s, new york citys times square wasnt so much the crossroads of the world as it was the wrong side of the tracks.
Since were talking about 1980, movie soundtracks had yet to become vehicles for newly signed acts in dire need of attention and promotion to sell their yettobe. Outside of harlem, bryant park and times square got the nickname needle. Roger ebert chicago suntimes october 23, 2004 times square rarely comes together into anything more than a good idea that fails, but there are times when it seems on the brink of wonderful things. I have not seen the show yet, but mark your calendar for the times square show revisited exhibition at the hunter college art gallery, opening friday, september 14 and running till december 8, 2012. How bad was times squarenew york city in the 70s80s. Go behind the scenes of wynonna earp season 4 and melanie scrofanos. Formerly known as longacre square, times square was renamed in 1904 after the new york times moved its headquarters to the then newly erected times building, now one times square. See our new year season 201920 release here and the heart squared release here. Times square is a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, entertainment center, and neighborhood in the midtown manhattan section of new york city, at the junction of broadway and seventh avenue. Times square the 1980 dance music movie featuring robin johnson and trini alvarado at the award winning 80s movies rewind. To them, new york of the 1980s is almost unrecognizable. New york city in the christmas season is known for festive avenues, holiday window. Times square through the decades milrose consultants.
The times square show, hailed by the village voice as the first radical art show of the 80s, included some one hundred artists and sprawled across four floors and the basement of a disused. In 1981, rolling stone magazine called west 42nd street, located in the heart of times square, the sleaziest block in america. Times square arts, the public art program of the times square alliance, is the largest public platform for innovative contemporary performance and visual arts. It is the site of the annual new years eve ball drop, which began on december 31, 1907 and continues to attract over a million visitors to times square every year. This page provides a partial list of television shows set in new york city. Sep 11, 2016 the woman widely believed to be the nurse in the iconic image of two people kissing in times square to celebrate the end of world war ii has died. Times square was part of manhattan in new york city. Times square is one of the most dazzling shows tisch drama stageworks has put on yet this season but not in the way one might expect.
Photo of the times square show by terise slotkin, june 1980 terise slotkin photography thirtytwo years after being labeled the first radical art show of the 80s, the times. It was also depicted in the 2011 movie new years eve. Two illmatched teenage girls form a punk band and soon have new. Roger ebert chicago sun times october 23, 2004 times square rarely comes together into anything more than a good idea that fails, but there are times when it seems on the brink of wonderful things. The times square show revisited basquiat biography.
Times square show revisited is the first focused assessment of the landmark 1980 exhibition organized by the artist group collaborative projects, inc. Weve found 2,334 lyrics, 26 artists, and 50 albums matching times square. To date, the tsss specifics are known almost exclusively through accounts from the established art press, either published during the shows run or its immediate aftermath. Look up times square in wiktionary, the free dictionary. Times square is a 1980 american drama film directed by allan moyle and starring trini.
As an aspiring artist, starting at 17ish, i would travel to ny every once in awhile to show my illustrations. Oct 24, 2007 times square promo from rso records 1980 profanity warning duration. How hbos the deuce recreated 1980s times square for its. Times square had begun a descent into disrepair and depravity. New york city back in the 1980s great future stories. About one hundred businesses trading in sex and pornography had been closed goldstein 32, including the massage parlor at the times square show site. Various artists, talking heads, the pretenders, the cure, lou. Theyre important works in the punk screen canon for females, even if written and directed by men. The times square show, june 1980, is often referenced as a groundbreaking exhibition that inaugurated new trends in contemporary art. Perhaps being overlooked gives them greater cult status by keeping them films you have to be in the know to seek out. See more ideas about times square, vintage new york and 1970s. Times square hong kong, a shopping, entertainment and office complex in causeway bay. With tim curry, trini alvarado, robin johnson, peter coffield.
Times square is a film inspired by a young womans diary found by director allen moyle. Lifting the curtain on the travel and destinations behind the seasons most. Rich girl pammy trini alvarado is the sheltered daughter of a prominent politician. Charlie ahearn and jane dickson, times square show poster, 1980. Peter coffield, times square 1980, times square 1980. Of all the bad movies ive seen recently, this is the one that projects the real sense of a missed opportunityof potential achievement gone wrong. This was before websites, emails and electricity, so you had to get your work seen the old fashioned way, pestering. In fact, its a rare example of hollywood getting things right when it comes to representing a subculture of sorts. Times square is a 1980 american drama film directed by allan moyle and starring trini alvarado and robin johnson as teenage runaways from opposite sides of the tracks and tim curry as a radio dj. Tim curry, trini alvarado dvd synopsis and information. Two angsty teenage girls come together to form a punk band and soon take new york by storm. They say times square show revisited is the first focused. Aug 09, 2016 times square 1980 one is a ramonesloving dead ringer for a young joan jett.
When young people today look at my shots from the 1980s, they are aghast. Unbeknownst to him, a teenage runaway had tucked her private journal into the sofa cushions. Earpers take to times square to celebrate wynonna earp staying on the air for season 4, after its future was up in the air. The city was on the verge of going bankrupt, there was a major blackout, the son of sam murders, the south bronx looked like a war zone. The area was shown in the 1980 film times square, which featured a punk rocknew wave soundtrack. In each of weeks 15 and 16, up to three of five designated matchups will be played on saturday with the remainder to be played on sunday. This is times square 1980 by quad cinema on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. In the heart of times square, a poor girl becomes famous, a rich girl becomes courageous, and both become friends two illmatched teenage girls form a punk band and soon have new york by its ears. Times square rarely comes together into anything more than a good idea that fails, but there are times when it seems on the brink of wonderful things. It was many years before i was finally able to obtain a copy of times square, although i was ultimately disappointed with what has established itself as a steady cult classic to no surprise that represents the old days of real new york filmed entirely on location and the emergence of new wave not so. The november 3, 1980 new york magazine contained, on pages 78 and 79, an article with photographs by caterine milinaire author of cheap chic, discussing times square, the clothes nicky and pammy wear in the film, and featuring robin johnson and trini alvarado modeling outfits loosely inspired by the film with directions on where to go to buy them. Until something more objectionable hits the fan, times square will suffice as the new.
In the spring of 1980, there were plans under consideration for a convention center, two hotels, and an urban theme park to be called the city at 42nd street eliot 183 4. Times square dvd 1980 for sale tim curry trini alvarado add full soundtrack on cdr. In the spring of 1980, there were plans under consideration for a convention center, two hotels, and an urban theme park to be called the city at 42nd street eliot 1834. The plot embodies a punk rock ethic of misunderstood youth articulating their frustrations toward adult authority through music. Two illmatched teenage girls form a punk band and soon have new york city by its ears. I wouldve added protoriot grrrl flicks times square 1980 and ladies and gentlemen, the fabulous stains 1982. I just happened to pull out my old 1980 lowfi thorn emi vhs of this little gem and gave it a spin. Customers who viewed this item also viewed these digital items. Some older people are nostalgic for the good old days. Oct 12, 2012 photo of the times square show by terise slotkin, june 1980 terise slotkin photography thirtytwo years after being labeled the first radical art show of the 80s, the times. Times square 1980 one is a ramonesloving dead ringer for a young joan jett. A fascinating story that takes place in the middle of times square, a indigent young girl becomes well known, a well off girl gets courageous and one special friendship will not be tamed.
Apr 18, 2016 in 1981, rolling stone magazine called west 42nd street, located in the heart of times square, the sleaziest block in america. List of television shows set in new york city wikipedia. The suicide squad once attacked firestorm in times square. Tssr features works shown at the tss, in addition to ephemera and documentation of the original exhibition. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title times square. Times square is known as the crossroads of the world, but there are many things.
Caitlin cobbvialet and minji kim lead the boisterous and heartfelt musical as nicky and pamela respectively, which tells the story of times square before it became. Season 4 1979 season 5 the shorts, parts 1 1980 season 6 the shorts, parts 2 1981 reruns only 1982 season 7 the shorts, part 3 1983 season 8 1984 season 9 1985 universe. Times square 1980 when canadian filmmaker allan moyle moved to new york city in the late 70s, he bought a second hand couch to furnish the seedy 42nd st. The tradition of having a big celebration and the ball drop in times square on new years eve dates back to 1907. Season 3, ep 4 james franco, mustafa shakir, robbie gottlieb. Tim tompkins, president of the times square alliance, said the area. A times square building boom took place in the 1920s and advertising in the area was on the rise, both in price and in number and size of advertisements. Tssr returns to the original events of 1980 in an attempt to understand the origins of the tss and to recover missing elements vital to comprehending the. Caitlin cobbvialet and minji kim lead the boisterous and heartfelt musical as nicky and pamela respectively, which tells the story of times square before it became the theme park we know as today. The times square show revisited, returns to a groundbreaking exhibition that in june 1980, inaugurated new trends in contemporary art. A fascinating story that takes place in the middle of times square, a indigent young girl becomes well known, a well off girl gets courageous. The original motion picture soundtrack is a 1980 soundtrack album of mostly new wave and punk rock from the film of the same name. Advertisement autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next.
Brightly lit by numerous billboards and advertisements, it stretches from west 42nd to west 47th streets, and is sometimes referred to as the crossroads of the world, the center of the. Times squares accessibility began to flourish during the 20sall forms of public transportation stopped at 42 nd street. For example, they remember the times square of the 80s. Specific dates and start times for such designated week 15.
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