Anthony J. Ingrassia (1944 – 16 December 1995), better known as Tony Ingrassia, was an American director, producer and playwright whose works were produced on Broadway, Off Broadway and abroad.
Early years
Tony Ingrassia was born in Brooklyn, New York, and his family moved to Massapequa Park, Long Island, when he was 10 years old. He attended Massapequa High School and began working in theater as a teenager. "My weight was always up and down," he said. "It was hard being fat in Massapequa High School, but my teachers encouraged my writing." He attended Hofstra University for two years.
Career
Ingrassia was active in non-mainstream performing arts in the 1960s. He wrote and produced Around the World with an Actor in 1964 and Omy Queen of the Faeries and Tidy Passions in 1965. In 1968 he wrote Sheila, which was produced by the New Theater Workshop. In 1969 he acted in Heaven Grand in Amber Orbit by Jackie Curtis and worked with the Ridiculous Theatrical Company of Charles Ludlam for "Turds in Hell." He was also involved with Company One (through Seven), whose number changed with each production.
Anthony (born Llewellyn Anthony Gonsalves on 11 September 1973 in Chennai, India) is a Tamilfilm editor. He has worked in over twenty Tamil, Malayalam,Kannada and Telugu language films. This makes him one of the few editors to have worked for the four biggest film industries in India.
Career
Anthony studied a degree in Literature at Madras Christian College, Tambaram, but found himself unsure of a career path once he has finished his education. Following suggestions from his friends, he began learning about animation at Prasad Studio and subsequently also enrolled to learn about editing. He thereafter, received offers to work on corporate ads, trailers and documentaries from 1993 for Edit Point and continued to work in the same practice til 2004, often collaborating with leading ad film makers like Rajiv Menon. He then began to work on editing songs in films occasionally, also gaining experience by editing tele-films. Director Gautham Menon asked Anthony to edit the song "Ennai Konjam" in Kaakha Kaakha for the audio release event of that film, and impressed with his work for that song and he asked him to sign on as the film's editor. He has since associated with the biggest technicians in South Indian cinema, collaborating regularly with directors including Shankar, AR Murugadoss, Gautham Menon, Linguswamy, K. V. Anand and A. L. Vijay.
Anthony was a great singer and his album "Crow Sangeet" (Crow Music) became very popular all over the world. He was murdered by jealousy and later resurrected by nature itself.
Now he is undead and as long as his soul is out of his body, his corpse lies motionless. Though several times his corpse was possessed by numerous enemies including Count Dracula.
Plot Summary
The late Anthony Gonsalvez, a young music enthusiast, composed an original album entitled "Crow Music." This album became very popular, much to the dismay of his competitors. He was tortured to death by his rivals. He is fondly remembered by his wife Julia and daughter Maria and his pet crow Prince still sits on his tombstone to mourn his death.
Whenever innocent people are subjected to injustice, Prince cries out, loud and shrill, in the graveyard. The air trembles, the clouds thunder, lightning flashes, and the dead man Anthony rises out of his grave to render the justice.
Anthony J. Ingrassia (1944 – 16 December 1995), better known as Tony Ingrassia, was an American director, producer and playwright whose works were produced on Broadway, Off Broadway and abroad.
Early years
Tony Ingrassia was born in Brooklyn, New York, and his family moved to Massapequa Park, Long Island, when he was 10 years old. He attended Massapequa High School and began working in theater as a teenager. "My weight was always up and down," he said. "It was hard being fat in Massapequa High School, but my teachers encouraged my writing." He attended Hofstra University for two years.
Career
Ingrassia was active in non-mainstream performing arts in the 1960s. He wrote and produced Around the World with an Actor in 1964 and Omy Queen of the Faeries and Tidy Passions in 1965. In 1968 he wrote Sheila, which was produced by the New Theater Workshop. In 1969 he acted in Heaven Grand in Amber Orbit by Jackie Curtis and worked with the Ridiculous Theatrical Company of Charles Ludlam for "Turds in Hell." He was also involved with Company One (through Seven), whose number changed with each production.
It wasn't as grand as the Midway and Coronado theaters, but the Capitol Theatre at, 1132 S ... Built in 1928 by AnthonyDomino and Theodore Ingrassia for less than $200,000, the Capitol Theatre was a regular stop for vaudevillian comedians in the '30s.
… Dominic Ingrassia connected on 72.4% of his passes for San Marin in the first Acalanes game, throwing for ... … Anthony Scheppler was Ingrassia’s top target that night, catching 10 passes for 104 yards.
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