ArtistiBndiCetjussa jo olevat nimet TARKISTETAAN tst koosteesta parasta aikaa auki olevasta sikeest.ArtistiBndiCetjua JATKETAAN viimeksi avatussa.The Action Movie Bad Ass A List of Great Action Movie Actors.Rising stars on Long Island.From the South Shore to the East End, Long Islands got talent.Here, we put the spotlight on locals who are making names for themselves in the entertainment world.LIAM ATTRIDGE, 1.Will Of Steel Crack Hoodlum Cast' title='Will Of Steel Crack Hoodlum Cast' />Ronkonkoma.THE GIG He sings and plays guitar in the band Forever in Your Mind.HIS STORY Growing up in a musical family, Attridge was about 1.From peplums to giallos, from low budget British comedies to Eurospy films, from Spaghetti Westerns to.Racial slurs for the whole family, impress your friends with your vast knowledge of hateIve been singing since birth, he jokes.Attridge joined Forever in Your Mind in 2.Emery Kelly and Ricky Garcia had been created on TVs The X Factor.They needed a new guitar player.The manager liked the way we looked together, and that was that, Attridge says.The group has since played major venues including Citi Field and Jones Beach, where they were part of WBLIs Summer Jam in June.Believe it or not, I had never been to a concert at Jones Beach before that, says Attridge, who now lives in Burbank, California.The group earlier this year released the single Smooth.WHATS NEXT Attridge, who considers himself an introvert, says he wants to get more involved in music production and expanding his songwriting.JENNIFER COLLESTER TULLY, 4.East NorthportCredit John W.Engeman TheaterTHE GIG She plays the stripper Mazeppa in Gypsy at the John W.Engeman Theater in Northport.HER STORY Tully, who grew up in Setauket, started appearing in musicals at 8 and went on to study jazz performance in college.She sang at top Manhattan jazz clubs, including the Blue Note, and performed with Tito Puente.She eventually went back to musical theater and played Nancy in Oliver and Diana in Next to Normal on the stages of Theatre Three, Engeman, Take One and other venues.In Gypsy, she and some fellow strippers perform the showstopper You Gotta Have a Gimmick.Were wearing these absurd and over the top costumes.Theres a lot of feathers, she says.WHATS NEXT Tully, who is director of production at Engeman, has no Gypsy follow up planned, but shes fine with that Im lucky that Im in a position where I am working both sides on production and onstage when I get that urge to do so.JOSHUA SHUBART, 3.West IslipCredit Courtney SchubartTHE GIG Schubart has a recurring role as one of the comic bad guys on the Amazon series The Tick.HIS STORY His first acting gig was Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in high school and, Schubart says, I knew that was what I wanted to do forever.His skill at fencing led to a regular gig doing combat scenes at the Metropolitan Opera, where he got to work with noted director Bartlett Sher.He has also appeared in numerous Shakespeare plays and short films, but The Tick is his most prominent role.Not only does he play villain Michael Cerveris right hand man in the Pyramid Gang, but he gets to do all of his own stunts.I wear tight pants, tight shirt, a trendy jacket thats sort of Army greenish and an insane haircut that Im going to keep forever, he says.WHATS NEXT Schubart has a leading role on the season premiere of HBOs High Maintenance in January.ADVERTISEMENTADVERTISE HEREKATHERINE LAFOUNTAIN, 1.BayportCredit Pasha KalachevTHE GIG Shes a musical theater performer who has worked on Long Island and New York City stages.HER STORY Katherine starting taking dance lessons when she was 2, and by age 7 she had her first role in the childrens musical Pinkalicious.She has since appeared in many productions at both Gateway Playhouse in Bellport and the John W.Engeman Theater in Northport, including Billy Elliot and Mary Poppins.My favorite role was Jane Banks in Mary Poppins because I was in the whole show and got to see a lot of character development.She also had roles on TV in Boardwalk Empire and appeared in a sketch with Paul Rudd on Saturday Night Live.Katherine is also a trained ballet dancer who has studied with the American Ballet Theatre.WHATS NEXT Shell play Zazu in The Lion King Jr.Gateway starting July 2.American Ballet Studio in Bayport three times in August.JAMES ALEXANDER, 3.Central IslipCredit Courtney SchubartTHE GIG He began a one year tenure with the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company in June.HIS STORY Alexander studied theater at Suffolk Community College in Selden but followed the family tradition of joining the New York Police Department in January 2.After getting injured and being confined to a desk job, he left the force in September 2.I just knew I could be happier doing this and felt like it was a better way that I could reach people, he says.His love of Shakespeare led to roles in Much Ado About Nothing at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival and King Henry in Henry IV Part One at The Long Island Shakespeare Festival.For his first outing with the Cincinnati company, the trim Alexander plays Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor.They have this big fat suit they put me in and it looks ridiculous, but the more ridiculous the better, he says.WHATS NEXT On Aug.Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet.JOE GIARRATANO, 3.Seaford. THE GIG This stand up comic will be at Madison Theatre at Molloy College on Saturday night.HIS STORY Giarratano, who now lives in Brooklyn, was always the funny guy in my group of friends, and started doing comedy open mic nights after college. 5100 Agn Driver Windows Xp there. Hes since performed at many clubs on Long Island, including Governors, and in New York City Carolines, and also is part of the Long Island Comedy Festival.My comedy speaks to the thoughts everyone has throughout the course of the day that are not socially acceptable to say out loud, he says.One example He does a routine about tourists who fall in the subway because they dont know how to hold on to the grips.Hes also worked with headliners like Rob Schneider, who gave him some key advice, Giarratano says He said you have to let the audience get to know you as a person, and then theyll like you.WHATS NEXT Hell be at Greenwich Village Comedy Club on July 2.Grisly Pear in Manhattan on Aug.REBECCA LYNN GOLDFARB, 1.OceansideCredit Yolanda Perez PhotographyTHE GIG Shes acted onstage, on television and in film.HER STORY Goldfarb has performed since she was 6.Her first job was a TV commercial for a plumbing company, and she then appeared in the musical Children of Eden as the storyteller.After taking acting and singing lessons, she landed roles in shows such as White Christmas at Gateway Playhouse in Bellport.She also was in the Broadway event The Godspell Cast of 2.Apollo Theater. Portraying Nina in In the Heights at Cultural Arts Playhouse in Syosset last year was an especially rewarding experience.I was playing a role older than me, but one I related to so much due to her emotion and that it was all about family, Goldfarb says.WHATS NEXT Goldfarb was recommended by her school to attend a three week acting program at Yale University this summer.CLAUDE SOLNIK, 5.PlainviewCredit Bob GiglioneTHE GIG His play Nowhere Man runs through June 1.Theater for the New City in Manhattan.HIS STORY Solnik, who also works as a reporter for a business publication, began developing an ear for dialogue by listening to conversations among locals while living in Paris after college.He turned his observations into playlets, which were performed as readings at Paris galleries.Since then, hes written six plays that have been performed in both New York City and on Long Island, including Year of the Iguana, about Tennessee Williams.Nowhere Man tells the story of a man who was hired as a double for Paul Mc.Cartney during the height of The Beatles success.As a journalist, I see no reason to invent everything when the world is full of so many things going on, he says.Im painting from life, which is often more interesting than painting totally from imagination.WHATS NEXT Solnik says he has several other plays hes working on.ADVERTISEMENTADVERTISE HERESTEPHANIE TORNS, 3.BohemiaCredit Dirty SugarTHE GIG She plays doctors wife Francine Pomatter in the Broadway musical Waitress, and is star Sara Bareilles understudy.HER STORY Torns was a competitive dancer as a youngster and fell in love with musical theater after appearing as a male in her high schools production of Oklahoma After graduating from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, Torns joined the national tour and later the Broadway company of Wicked as an ensemble member and understudy for the part of Elphaba, a role she did get to play.
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