There are a number of performing arts groups at Columbia dedicated to producing student theater, including the Columbia Players, King's Crown Shakespeare Troupe ( KCST ), Columbia Musical Theater Society ( CMTS ), NOMADS ( New and Original Material Authored and Directed by Students ), LateNite Theatre, Columbia University Performing Arts League ( CUPAL ), Black Theatre Ensemble ( BTE ), sketch comedy group Chowdah, and improvisational troupes Alfred and Fruit Paunch.

It also was adapted by Robert Smyth at Lamb's Players Theatre in San Diego, CA, in 2004, and was included in their mainstage season for that year.

In 1993, the centenary of Novello's birth was marked by several celebratory shows around the UK, including one at the Players Theatre in London.

He worked with the Amersham Repertory Company, the Bristol Old Vic Company and the Pilgrim Players at the Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill Gate.

Kalamazoo's theaters and performing groups include the Kalamazoo Civic Players, New Vic Theatre, Farmer's Alley Theatre, Crawlspace Theatre Productions, and the Barn Theatre in nearby Augusta.

* Wireless Theatre Company Free radio drama for MP3 Players

* A season with the English Repertory Players at the Grand Theatre, Fulham, 1929

Originally a movie theatre, under ownership of the Famous Players chain ( as the Columbia Theatre ), it was an intimate, 238-seat theater.

But when it opened at the Palace Theatre in February 1968, Frank Marcus, reviewing for Plays and Players, commented that: " She sings well.

( formerly ImprovOlympic ) in Chicago and Los Angeles, The Second City in Chicago and Toronto, The Players Workshop in Chicago, National Comedy Theatre in San Diego, New York and Phoenix, Upright Citizens Brigade, The Peoples Improv Theater, Eight is NEVER Enough in New York City, the Groundlings, BATS Improv in San Francisco, Wing-It Productions in Seattle, Philly Improv Theater in Philadelphia

It first opened at the Showplace and, expanded, moved to the Players Theatre in January 1960.

* The Featured Players Theatre: Originally located at 158 S. Foster St. in downtown Dothan, Featured Players moved in 2009 to 137 N. Saint Andrews Street.

* Ukiah Players Theatre

The Piedmont Players Theatre, The Looking Glass Collective Black Box Theater, and The Norvell Children's Theater provide venues for creative community engagement through the performing arts.

The Geraldine D. Humphreys Cultural Center, including the Humphreys-Burson Theatre which is home to the Valley Players theatrical company, was renovated in a major multi-million dollar remodeling completed in 2010.

DU Players, one of the most prolific student-drama societies in Europe which hosts more than 50 shows and events a year in the Samuel Beckett Theatre ; The DU Film Society ( Formerly DU Filmmakers, formerly the DU " Videographic Society ", founded in 1987 ) which organises film-makers and film-lovers on campus through workshops, screenings, production funding, etc.

MCT has an extensive education program, including the Pickwick Players ( teen performance troupe ), Theatre School programs and OutReach classes.

Drama groups include Otley Community Players, Otley Youth Theatre ( OY ) and a thriving arts centre in the former courthouse.

In June 1947 Le Mesurier went with fellow actor Geoffrey Hibbert to the Players ' Theatre in London, where among the performers was Hattie Jacques.

After training as an actor in his late teens, along with early attempts at playwriting, he made his stage début in 1938 at the Players ' Theatre, becoming quickly established.

Following the formation of baseball's first professional organization, the National Association of Professional Baseball Players, which became known as the National Association, the Association, or NA, in 1871, Spalding joined the Boston Red Stockings ( precursor club to the modern Atlanta Braves ) and was highly successful ; winning 206 games ( and losing only 53 ) as a pitcher and batting. 323 as a hitter.

In the 1860s, aided by the War, " New York " style baseball expanded into a national game, as its first governing body, The National Association of Base Ball Players was formed.

The nickname was first used for a baseball team by the Cincinnati Red Stockings, who were members of the pioneering National Association of Base Ball Players.

The Cleveland Infants was in the Players ' League.

Players didn't think the name " Bluebirds " was suitable for a baseball team.

The Chicago club was founded in 1870 as the White Stockings and played a season in the National Association of Base Ball Players, where they won a championship, and five seasons in the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players.

Valderrama was the only Colombian to feature in FIFA's 125 Top Living Football Players list in March 2004.

While pursuing his bachelor's degree, Coppola was elected president of The Green Wig ( the university's drama group ), the Kaleidoscopians, ( its musical comedy club ) and he then merged the two into The Spectrum Players.

In 1920, he became the stage manager for the Knickerbocker Players, a troupe that shuttled between Syracuse and Rochester, New York, and the following year he was hired as general manager of the newly formed Lyceum Players, an upstate summer stock company.

A landmark in Greenwich Village ’ s cultural landscape, it was built as a farm silo in 1817, and also served as a tobacco warehouse and box factory before Edna St. Vincent Millay and other members of the Provincetown Players converted the structure into a theatre they christened the Cherry Lane Playhouse, which opened on March 24, 1924, with the play The Man Who Ate the Popomack.

Hawks was the Story Editor at Famous Players ( later Paramount Pictures ) almost two years, and occasionally edited such films as Heritage of the Desert.

* In 1999, despite injuries and wartime service that essentially limited him to half a career, he ranked Number 37 on The Sporting News list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players and was nominated as a finalist for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team.

Many of the current " rules " of comedic improv were first formalized in Chicago in the late 1950s and early 1960s, initially among The Compass Players troupe, which was directed by Paul Sills.

From most accounts David Shepherd provided the philosophical vision of the Compass Players, while Elaine May was central to the development of the premises for its improvisations.

Polgár was ranked number 36 in the world on the July 2012 FIDE rating list with an Elo rating of 2709, the woman on FIDE's Top 100 Players list, and has been ranked as high as eighth ( in 2005 ).

Also in 1999, he ranked number 44 on the Sporting News list of Baseball's 100 Greatest Players and was elected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team as the top vote-getter among second basemen.

On March 25, 2003, Kemp was selected as Chairman of the Board of Directors of USA Football, a national advocacy group for amateur football created by the National Football League ( NFL ) and the NFL Players Association.

The two-picture deal promised full creative control for the young director below an agreed budget limit, and Welles intention was to feature the Mercury Players in his productions.

Chamber Symphony ( 1992 ): This piece was commissioned by the Gerbode Foundation of San Francisco for the San Francisco Contemporary Chamber Players.

" Pickford first demanded ( and received ) these powers in 1916, when she was under contract to Adolph Zukor's Famous Players In Famous Plays ( later Paramount ).

By mid-1913, Famous Players had completed five films, and Zukor was on his way to success.

Also, Famous Players and Lasky were privately owned while Paramount was a corporation.

" An additional legacy unit, Famous Players Theaters ( Canada ) was sold in 2005 to its competitor Cineplex Odeon Corporation.