Lil Wayne, the bawdy and gifted New Orleans rapper, began the night with eight nominations in six categories — the most of any artist — and ended up with four awards, including best rap album, for "Tha Carter III" (Cash Money/Universal Mo-town), and two for tracks on which he was the main performer: best solo rap performance (for "A Milli") and best rap song (for "Lollipop").
Others, like Penny Mitchell, a 28-year-old Australian, are drawn to the energy of the main performer and appreciate the intimacy of the 165-seat theater.
This gleefully grotesque orgy of death and fright, which leaves the Players Theater looking like a movie house after a midnight showing of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," is the creation of the magician Teller, who directs, and Todd Robbins, the main performer, whose areas of expertise include sword swallowing, séances and sideshow freaks.
This gleefully grotesque orgy of death and fright, which leaves the Players Theater looking like a movie house after a midnight showing of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," is the creation of the magician Teller, who directs, and Todd Robbins, the main performer, whose areas of expertise include sword swallowing, s ces and sideshow freaks.
Nobody wants to make a guest-heavy record anymore, and for good reason: they're impossibly naïve, speckled with touches that are too extrinsic to the main performer's vision, and which tend to date quickly.
This year, Luke Bryan is the main performer and past acts have included Miranda Lambert, Chris Young, and Jana Kramer.
Yet 12 Years a Slave turns the stage over to the main performers.
As a result, one of the main performers, Kenny Chesney, canceled his act.
The choice of the Kafka story was Philip's, as was the creative team and the main performers.
While the main performers, like Mr. Voronin and Ms. Baez, develop whole story lines over the course of the night, many of the waiters double as actors or dancers.
Yet the audience - in the main, performers and their friends - pay polite, careful attention, and the atmosphere is enthusiastic and supportive.
