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Edward R.'s Place is not responsible for site contents listed below in the Linkorama!
While we do try to keep these sites as family friendly as possible,
there are certain sites that are recommended for mature audiences and they are duly noted.
Most are very tame and acceptable, but may have subject matter too advanced for the younger surfers.
(So the rough stuff isn't really all that rough! )

Visit Edward R's new photo galleries on Pbase!
Edward R's online photo gallery. 12 sections with over 1125 images devoted to New Orleans,  French Quarter, Mardi Gras, New Orleans Cemeteries, Flora and Fauna, Statuary, Theatre Effluvia, Various Theatrical Productions, St. Patrick's Day, Disneyana and much more can be found here! And he adds new photos weekly!
Animation
Theatre
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Fun Stuff

Animation

Talk Disney
One of the best Disney Boards around!
I'm a co-administrator...so pass on by,sign up for membership
and enjoy the great discussions that we have!
(And don't forget to tell them that you heard about them theough Edward R.'s Place! )

TheGhostHost.com
Tribute site to Disney's Haunted Mansion.  Edward R. designed the special collectors pin for this site

Jerry Beck's Cartoon Research
Jerry has a fantastic site for animation info.
He is a particularly great friend to the animation community .
Edward R. is a frequent contributor to this site.

Maurice Noble
The fantastic artist responsible for most of the inovative background/layouts
from some of your most favorite Warner Brother's cartoons.
Sadly,the likes of his talents  will never be seen again.
"WHAT'S OPERA DOC ?"

Bob Clampett
Animation and puppetering master of BEANY & CECIL and many Warner Brothers cartoons .

Chuck Jones
The late legend behind many Warner Brothers cartoons, as well as THE GRINCH !

Tim Burton
The wildly original and talented man who created a number of fantastic films . NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, Several BATMAN films, (The good ones!) EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, 
PEE WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE .

Steven Spielberg-Dreamworks SKG
Site for all you need to know about the man and the studio .

Animation Blast
Amid Amidi's site has a printed magazine as well.Lots-a-fun news and tidbits !

Animation Magazine
The "official" animation magazine with all the latest news and info .

Animation World Network
Yet another "official" animation magazine with all the latest news and info .

Disneyhighway.com
Disney Highway is another Disney fourms site with an emphasis on Disney UK/France.

Animation Nation
The greatest forum for animation discussions by,
with,and for animators and anyone "in the business."

The Banana Splits
Are you a Banana Splits fan?

The Scratch Post
Still another great animator's resource site to check out!

Don Brockway.com
Site dedicated to Disney's young star of Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, etc.

The Vitaphone Project
Devoted to documenting the early days of Warner Bros. talkies and animation!

Stop-Motion Animation
If it's stop motion animation you're looking for...look no further!

Inkwell Images, Ink.
RARE vintage Disney, Fleischer, Iwerks, 
Van Buren animation lives!
Don't believe me?  Check out this site's incredible catalogue!

Tooniversal
Animation Studio

Toon-O-Mania
Tooniversal's site for POJO the WEREDRAKE .

AFilm
Scandinavian animation studio .
They've got some great stuff, as well as the feature film,
HELP ! I'M A FISH .

Toon Tracker
Ron Kurer's phenomenal animation archive site.
His links page alone is worth the trip !
You'll get lost in here, there's so much to see !

AP Entertainment-Animation
Andy Powell's Animation art is beautiful . Classic animation styles .

Glen Hanson
The designer of  M-TV'S SPY GROOVE !
( Caution ! Wild stuff ahead ! )

Spy Groove!
Enrico's wonderful online tribute to Glen Hanson's sorely missed M-TV cartoon series!
(Mature Subject Matter)

Tracy Lee's Animation Art
Tracy's animation has been seen in quite a number of Disney projects.
Check his site out to see if he's animated some of your favorites !

Mouse Planet
Lots of great Disney info .

Spectromagic.com
Edward R.'s favorite Disney Theme Park parade, and this tribute site is just the perfect way
to enjoy it, over....and over....and over...

DVD Easter Eggs
Want to know what DVD's you have that actually contain these buried treasures?
Here's a great site for just such information!

Deb's Unofficial Walt Disney World Animation Guide
An invaluable Disney resource . Deb also has a great email newsletter available .

Cast Member Treasures (Disney)
Looking for Cast Member  "inside info" ?

LaughingPlace.com
Yet another great Disney resource site.

Digital Disney
Absolutely Beautiful digital shots of  Disney World .

The Magic Carpet
A fantastic site with great features, including e-cards of the Disney Classics collection .

Animation Artist
Major animation resource site, with a fun weekly contest .

SongOfTheSouth.net
'nuff said

'Waiting For Guffman
Great site for the cult film, run by a very dear friend,WAMozart .

Ain't It Cool News
Harry Knowles fantastic site for all the latest Hollywood gossip .

Coming Attractions
Another great Hollywood info site .

Dark Horizons
Yet another great Hollywood...you get the idea !

DizPins.com
A must-have site for Disney pin collectors! All the latest and greates pins imaginable!

PinPics.com
A highly addictive site...this is a great online database of every Disney pin you can image!
You can save your collection visually online as well as document your tradable and wanted pins!
A wonderful help to those of us who collect,to be sure!

Howard Cruse
A sweet man with a wonderful cartoon style.
(Mature Content.)

Living Island
Site for Sid & Marty Krofft, the creators of 70's kids shows like
H.R.Puffenstuff, The Bugaloos,and Lidsville.

Yesterland
An amazing online theme park of the deceased and discontinued Disney attractions,
rides, parades, and other ephemera. Simply Irresistable!

Anya's Journey
Wonderful site for the animated feature Anastasia.

Animation History
Great Animation resource.
Everything you need to know is stored here!...Enjoy!

Tell No Tales.com
Chef Mayhem's great follow-up site to his fantastic Doombuggies!  This time, it's
the Pirates of the Carribean attraction to which this loving tribute is afforded.

DVDToons.com
Great site for infor on past/recent/future animation DVD's.

Yesterdayland
Not Yesterland as mentioned above...
this site is devoted to storing your all time favorite things from your childhood!

Upload a photo of yourself as a child and start saving those great memories!
 
 


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Theatre

Vatican's Pad
My partner's home site, with galleries, sound files,
and on online resume of his award-winning career.
A Theatricana.Com site.

Treehouse Players' RAPUNZEL
Find out what all the fuss is about this Award-Winning Original Family Musical !
Lots to see here about this great show,
& printable coloring/activity pages for the kid in all of us !
A Theatricana.Com site.

Porta-Puppet Players
New Orleans' premiere puppet theatre company,
that I have had the honor of being involved with as designer from the start.  Check out his C.D. available on the site...Vatican and I sing on it !
A Theatricana.Com site.

Shoestring Players
New Orleans' newest theatrical touring company, directed by Edward R.
Click above to check out their first show, "Frumpled Fairy Tales."
Look for many more productions to come!
A Theatricana.Com site.

Sweet Appreciation-Rusty Magee
Locally-designed site for prolific composer Rusty Magee, husband to Tony-nominated actress Alison Fraser.
The CD, featuring Alison, Rebecca Luker, Mary Testa, and
Lewis Black, was Rusty's last public performance before his untimely passing.
A Theatricana.Com site.

Ta-Dah Productions of New Orleans
Cathie Choppin-Weinstein's company which specializes in the convention, trade show, and event
entertainment industry, one of the oldest and most established companies in the local industry!
A Theatricana.Com site.

W;t-The New Orleans Premiere
Archival site for the New Orleans premiere production of
Margaret Edson's Pulitzer Prize winning drama, starring
Big Easy Award-winner Adriana Bate.
A Theatricana.Com site.

The Fantasticks-2003 New Orleans Cast
Archival site for the critically-acclaimed hit  production by
the Artists' Cooperative Theatre.
A Theatricana.Com site.

AndrewLippa 
An incredible talent, Andrew's musical additions to the recent version of "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" as well as his fantastic Off-Broadway "The Wild Party" score have paved the way to even greater future productions. Here's his new website...hot off the press!.

Nathan Lane
Site for Tony Award-winning performer Nathan Lane,
run by the wonderful Ann Miner.

Bryan Batt
A very dear man who I had the privilege to work with theatrically when we were kids.
Now he's doing fantastic work up in New York and on Broadway,
starring as Lumiere in Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.
Say hello to Nancy Rosati while you're there !
Click Hereto see Edward R.'s cel of Bryan as The Cat in the Hat from
SEUSSICAL-The Musical

The Broadway Archive
Extensive list of available videos/DVDs of televised live stage productions and rare musicals!
These folks are doing a fantastic job preserving our live and televised theatre history!

Guy Haines
Bruce Kimmel's site for the legendary (and elusive) musical performer Guy Haines!

Karen Morrow
Another one!  We just LUV HUH!!!

Kaye Ballard
And we LUV HUH TOO!

Kathy St. George
Kathy played Becky Thatcher opposite Edward R.'s Huck Finn and then Tom Sawyer himself in a tour of Tom Sawyer.  She's doing great things in Boston, her home town.  If you
are in her area, check out her shows!

Anna Russell Shrine
Anna Russell.  Too divine for words!

Summer Stages
Julie Condy's summer theatre workshops for kids.

Lost Musicals
A MUST-HAVE site for anyone interested in musicals
(especially musicals of the "flop" persuasion)

Der Glöckner von Notre Dame
Great site for the German stage production of Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Reel New Orleans Talent
Wonderful site for local film and theatre stars Maureen and John "Spud" McConnell

Richard Finklestein
Designer Richard Finklestein has some beautiful work posted here

Are You Dave Gorman?

Forbidden Broadway
One of the most fun shows in New York.
If you love musicals, you'll adore what Gerard Alessandrini has done to your favorites !
Bryan Batt was in several editions of this cabaret phenomenon !

James Marino's Broadway Stars
James' site has the best daily links to all of the theatrical info you'll ever need !
Direct links to Playbill , Broadway.com , Talking Broadway , and so much more !

Stephen Flaherty & Lynn Ahrens
One of my favorite musical writing teams, responsible for RAGTIME,ONCE ON THIS ISLAND,
LUCKY STIFF,MY FAVORITE YEAR,SUESSICAL,
& the animated feature ANASTASIA .

Lizzie Borden-The Musical
Christopher McGovern's musical deals with the sensational subject matter
in a beautiful way and with hauntingly gorgeous melodies .
And it stars the wonderful Allison Fraser . . . WE LOVE HUH !

Stephen Schwartz
Carol deGiere's wonderful site about the man behind PIPPIN,GODSPELL,
THE MAGIC SHOW, THE BAKER'S WIFE,CHILDREN OF EDEN, RAGS,
& the animated films POCAHANTAS and THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME.
Click Here for Edward R.'s celebrated review of
DER GLOCKNER VON NOTRE DAME in Berlin!

Alan Menken
Great site devoted to the incomperable Alan Menken...famed composer of some fantastic musicals...
(Little Shop Of Horrors,Weird Romance,A Christmas Carol,etc.)
and animated features...(Little Mermaid,Beauty and the Beast,Aladdin,etc.)
Tohiaki Kato runs this site and he deserves a nice pat on the back for his efforts!

Makeup Magazine
Online magazine for the makeup industry...theatrical as well as cinematic .

Bruce Yeko's Original Cast Records
A fantastic catalogue of rare recordings, and he's adding more and more!  Bruce is another indispensible benfactor with his recording of musicals .

Michael Colby
Michael is the man behind the fantastic CHARLOTTE SWEET .
Check out his website to see all of the theatrical things he's up to 

Looking Through The Glass
Romey Marah's site has lots of great personal/theatrical/operatic/ren-fest images and more !
He even performs with the MET, amongst so much more .

Gothic At Midnight Productions
Site for Joshua Kane's theatrical presentations .

Pete'n'Keely
Official site for James Hindman's wonderful Off-Broadway production.
Though the show closed off- Broadway, there is always the tour!!!

The  Official Gilbert & Sullivan Site
What can one say ?

Paper Moon Puppets
A beautiful marionette/puppet company with gorgeous design work !

Elvira
Cassandra Peterson's classic "Ghost-Hostess-with-The-Mostest!" character's home on the internet!
(Mature Content.)

Louise Pitre
The wonderful Louise has dazzled in her cabaret performances and many great shows...
currently one of the three stars of Braodway's "ABBA-riffic" show-"MAMMA MIA!"

Gloria has a fantastic site devoted to Louise and her career

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Carnival

Chip Curley's Mardi Gras Links
The best location to find every Mardi Gras site ever !
Chip is a great guy, with his own marching group-Dead Elvis and Elvira .
Do check this site out for TONS of links !
( Caution! Some sites are adult in nature. )

The Storyville Stompers
One of the best marching jazz bands around !
I love marching with them in shows, and on Mardi Gras day ! They're the BEST !

Country Roads Magazine
Informative regional magazine, who profiled Edward R. in one issue, and featured
his artwork on the cover of another.

Louisiana Red Hot Records
New label for New Orleans music.
Edward R. designed the t-shirts and CD covers for their
Cajun and Zydeco series.

Eccentric New Orleans
Bizarre site for the more "interesting" characters in New Orleans history, including Ruthie The Duck Lady!
(Some Mature Content.)

Morgus The Magnificent
A New Orleans television icon.
I actually performed on episodes of his show .

The Mask Makers Webring
An international mask makers webring, Edward R. is member # 100!  Click here for galleries with more of Edward R.'s works

Mardi Gras E-Cards
Nice Mardi Gras themed e-cards .

Tabasco Mardi Gras Screensaver
Home of the world-famous hot sauce.  Lots to see and do on this site, including a wonderful screensaver that actually puts a Mardi Gras parade on your desktop!
It's hysterical , with marching bands,pom-pom cheerleaders,floats and throws ! It is, however, transparent, so if you find a great shot of a New Orleans street scene that you like, put it onto your desktop, and you'll have a great time !
There are other screensavers available, as well as wonderul deals!

Jazzland
New Orleans' latest answer to Pontchartrain Beach
(which is sorely missed...see below why! )

Pontchartrain Beach
New Orleans first and most beloved theme park.
Click Here to see Edward R.'s Pontchartrain Beach page, as well as scenes
from the 1984 World's Fair in New Orleans (very rare images!)

Lakeshore Links
Speaking of Pontchartrain Beach,
this is a great resource for past/present/future documentation of the entire Lakeshore area!
Some rare New Orleans stuff!

The YAT Society
Find out if you are related to or know, (or, if you yourself are indeed) a YAT!

NewOrleans.com
Need to find out more about New Orleans ?

InsideNewOrleans.com
Need to find out even more about New Orleans ?

The Mardi Gras Webring
A webring for Mardi Gras . . . duh !
( Caution! Some sites are rather adult in nature. )

Phantasmechanics
A wonderful online resource center for all sorts of great "Backyard Imagineering" projects

and special effects stuff all based out of New Orleans!
 
 













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Fun Stuff

Local Color Design
Kat Walker's site for her artistic services and more!

Kabuki
Online "hatalog" for the artistic works of the incredible New Orleans milliner, Tracy Thompson.

Six Flags New Orleans
Unofficial, yet very detailed, tribute site to New Orleans' new Six Flags park!

Your Name in Heiroglyphics
Easy to use, and great fun !
(And comes in real handy if you're doing JOSEPH, or AIDA ! 
Trust me!) :-)

The Cat Site
Got cats?

Bored.com
The name says it all .

Stupid.com
Stupid toys.  Stupid candy.  A perfect waste of time!  So go!

Monty Python
Site for the legendary British comedy troupe.

Drew Struzan
Famous poster art, check it out.  Includes his designs for
Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Harry Potter... and many others.

Snopes.com
Need to find out the truth about urban legends, e-mail hoaxes, and what Nostradamus really wrote?  
Go here before you spam people!

Lissa Explains
A really wonderful, kid-friendly site for young computer enthusiasts
(for people who answer "beige" when asked what kind of computer they have)

KidsDomain.com
Great site for kids to download games and activities!

Alta Vista's Babel Fish
Named for Douglas Adams' creation in The HItchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, this site translates foreign language sites into your language, and vice-versa (unlike its namesake, you do not have to stick it in your ear!)

ElfQuest
Wendy & Richard Pini have created a cultural phenomenon with their Elfquest series,
and it's FINALLY getting a full feature animated treatment .

Hogan's Alley
Great resource for animation/comics/editorial cartoons !
Tom Heitjes has created something wonderful here !
And there's a print magazine available .

Gobler Toys
I can't describe this site...just experience it !

TechTV
Fantastic site for the computer enthusiast's cable network.Great resource and fun !
( Say hi to LEO & PATRICK ! )

Nostalgia Central
Pretty self explanatory .

Will Eisner (The Spirit)
Comics legend and visual genius .
His THE SPIRIT tales are the stuff of legend !

L'ilAbner.com
Al Capp's work on the web! Watch those Yokumberrys !

Frank Frazetta
Fantasy/Sci-Fi designer supreme!

e-Greetings
Very nice e-card site !

FontDiner.com
Beautiful Font site !

Havana Street
A wonderful clip art-Font site worth checking out!

Blambot!
Yet another great font site to check out...

This one deals with exclusive comic book/cartoon fonts not found anywhere else!
 
 


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