Celebrity park with busts of Marilyn Monroe, John Lennon and Jimi Hendrix

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Celebrity Park in Kielce in Poland has the perfect place, a public park with bust of the famous from around the world, as well as Polish personalities, an artist, a writer and a film director.

Some of the statues (alphabetical order by surname)

A-D

Ingmar Bergman, film director.

Marc Chagall, painter, of The Fiddler (inspiration for Fiddler on the Roof) and producer of stained glass windows in Notre Dame Cathedral, Rheims; Switzerland; Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel; New York, Paris Opera house; 

Charlie Chaplin, film star, silent movies

Salvador Dali, surrealist painter

Miles Davis, jazz player, 'Prince of Darkness'. Kielce also has a full size statue of him.

(See the post in this blog on Miles Davis.)

E-K

George Gershwin

Jimi Hendrix, guitarist. See his house Museum in London beside Handel's house museum.

James Joyce, author (1882-1941), Irish novelist, wrote The Dubliners, Ulysses, Finnegan's Wake.

Franz Kafka

Tamara Lempicka, artist

L-R

Edith Piaf, French singer. Famous song Je ne regrette rien.

Marilyn Monroe, film star, in "Some Like It Hot", married to playwright Arthur Miller

S-Z

Igor Stravinski

Wikipedia has articles on busts of people by country of origin, busts of Romans, busts of religious figures, even busts in Poland by city, but has not been updated to include Kielce.

Useful Websites

https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Poland

Poster of Young Lady in Gloves by Tamara Lempicka.

Poster of Young lady with gloves by Lempicka can be bought from

posterlounge.co.uk/p/71879

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kielce

 https://www.cheapflights.co.uk/news/celebrity-park-where-to-see-jimi-hendrix-marilyn-monroe-and-

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An American In Paris In London

Photo by CA2MI in Wikipedia.

Problem
An American in Paris in London - sound like a conundrum doesn't it! What's it all about?

The show, very popular in London, England, is a musical called An American in Paris, featuring music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin, including several well-known songs such I Got Rhythm and 's Wonderful (marvellous that I should care for you).

The setting is 1940s Paris, brought to life with music and dance by a cast of 50 actors, dancers, and musicians. My first thought was that it must be updated from the original because Gershwin died in the late 1930s.

Wiki says 'George Gershwin (1898–1937) was a US songwriter and composer.' However, his brother Ira lived until 1983.

The origin was a jazzy orchestral piece written in 1928 by George Gershwin, based on his stay in Paris. George and Ira were brothers.

According to Wikipedia:

In 1951, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released the musical film An American in Paris, featuring Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron. Winning the 1951 Best Picture Oscar and numerous other awards, the film was directed by Vincente Minnelli, featured many tunes of Gershwin, and concluded with an extensive, elaborate dance sequence built around the An American in Paris symphonic poem (arranged for the film by Johnny Green), costing $500,000.^[22][23]

The latest version is being offered to school groups of more than 10 (with a free place for one person, the 11th) at reduced prices for mid week matinees and evenings. 'It is for key stage 1, and 'For students studying BTEC Nationals in Performing Arts'. 

The Venue is the Dominion Theatre in London, and the show is on and booking until 28/04/2018.
The group prices for school groups of 10+ were seats up to £59.50 reduced to £19.50. Showandd Workshop from £36.

If you can't yet get to London, and you are in the USA, you might likee to look at the Gershwin Hotel. Her is a picture of Gershwin hotel seen from street in New York, NY state, USA, photo in Wikipedia by Richardfalk2.

More Information From
https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/16/dominion-theatre.aspx
For the latest group prices go to
www.encore.co.uk
http://dominion.theatre-tickets.com/tickets
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_American_in_Paris

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Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.