query: The Flash's season three premiered on September 4.

pos: The Flash (2014 TV series) The Flash is an American television series developed by Greg Berlanti , Andrew Kreisberg and Geoff Johns , airing on The CW . It is based on the DC Comics character Barry Allen / Flash , a costumed superhero crime-fighter with the power to move at superhuman speeds . It is a spin-off from Arrow , existing in the same fictional universe . The series follows Allen , portrayed by Grant Gustin , a crime scene investigator who gains super-human speed , which he uses to fight criminals , including others who have also gained superhuman abilities .   Initially envisioned as a backdoor pilot , the positive reception Gustin received during two appearances as Barry on Arrow led to executives choosing to develop a full pilot to make use of a larger budget and help flesh out Barry 's world in more detail . Colleen Atwood , costume designer for Arrow , was brought in to design the Flash 's suit . The creative team wanted to make sure that the Flash would resemble his comic book counterpart , and not simply be a poor imitation . The series is primarily filmed in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada .   The Flash premiered in North America on October 7 , 2014 , where the pilot became the second-most watched premiere in the history of The CW , after The Vampire Diaries in 2009 . It has been well received by critics and audiences , and won the People 's Choice Award for `` Favorite New TV Drama '' in 2014 . The series was renewed for a third season in March 2016 , which premiered on October 4 , 2016 . The series , together with Arrow , has spun characters out to their own show , Legends of Tomorrow , which premiered on January 21 , 2016 . On January 8 , 2017 , The CW renewed the show for a fourth season .

neg: Shake It Up (season 3) The third and final season of Shake It Up premiered on Disney Channel on October 14 , 2012 . Bella Thorne , Zendaya , and Davis Cleveland appeared in every episode . Adam Irigoyen was absent for four episodes , Roshon Fegan was absent for five , and Caroline Sunshine was absent for nine . Kenton Duty is not a main cast member in this season and has been removed from the opening credits . This is the final season of the series , with the series finale airing on November 10 , 2013 .

neg: Smallville (season 4) Season four of Smallville , an American television series , began airing on September 22 , 2004 . The series recounts the early adventures of Kryptonian Clark Kent as he adjusts to life in the fictional town of Smallville , Kansas , during the years before he becomes Superman . The fourth season comprises 22 episodes and concluded its initial airing on May 18 , 2005 . Regular cast members during season four include Tom Welling , Kristin Kreuk , Michael Rosenbaum , Jensen Ackles , Allison Mack , John Glover , Annette O'Toole and John Schneider .   Season four chronicles Clark and his classmates ' senior year of high school and centers on his attempt to unite the three stones of knowledge , and trying to cope with Lana 's new relationship with Jason Teague . Clark 's friendship with Lex becomes increasingly strained , as he begins to distrust Lex more and more . At the end of season 3 , Sam Jones III left the series as Pete Ross , and Jensen Ackles was brought in as Jason Teague and given star billing . Erica Durance was cast as Lois Lane , and became a recurring character for 13 episodes . Writers also brought in other popular DC Comics characters , such as Bart Allen , Mister Mxyzptlk , and Sam and Lucy Lane .   Smallville 's Season four slipped in the ratings , averaging at 4.4 million viewers a week .

neg: Web Therapy (season 3) The third season of the American Improvisational comedy television series Web Therapy premiered on July 23 , 2013 , and concluded on September 24 , 2014 , on Showtime . The series stars Lisa Kudrow as Fiona Wallice , a therapist who has conceived of a new form of therapy : the titular `` web therapy '' . This season contains the webisodes from season five of the web series .

neg: X-Men (TV series) X-Men , also known as X-Men : The Animated Series , is an American animated television series which debuted on October 31 , 1992 , in the United States on the Fox Network , as part of its Fox Kids Saturday morning lineup . X-Men was Marvel Comics ' second attempt at an animated X-Men TV series after the pilot , X-Men : Pryde of the X-Men , was not picked up .

neg: Arrow (season 2) The second season of the American television series Arrow premiered on The CW on October 10 , 2013 and concluded on May 14 , 2014 with a total of 23 episodes . The series is based on the DC Comics character Green Arrow , a costumed crime-fighter created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp . The showrunners for this season were Greg Berlanti , Marc Guggenheim and Andrew Kreisberg . This season introduces characters from The Flash , which was being developed as a potential spin-off at the time .

neg: Grey's Anatomy (season 4) The fourth season of the American television medical drama Grey 's Anatomy , commenced airing in the United States on September 27 , 2007 and concluded on May 22 , 2008 . The season continues the story of a group of surgeons and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital , describing their professional lives and the way they affect the personal background of each character . Season four had twelve series regulars with ten of them returning from the previous season , out of which eight are part of the original cast from the first season . The season aired in the Thursday night timeslot at 9:00 EST. . In addition to the regular seventeen episodes , a clip-show narrated by the editors of People recapped previous events of the show and made the transition from Grey 's Anatomy to Private Practice , a spin-off focusing of Dr. Addison Montgomery and aired on September 19 , 2007 , before the season premiere . The season was officially released on DVD as a five-disc boxset under the title of Grey 's Anatomy : Season Four -- Expanded on September 9 , 2008 by Buena Vista Home Entertainment .   For the first time in the show 's history , many cast changes occur , seeing the first departure of two main cast members . Despite garnering several awards and nominations for the cast members and the production team , the season received a mixed response from critics and fans . Show creator Shonda Rhimes heavily contributed to the production of the season , writing five out of the seventeen episodes . The highest-rated episode was the season premiere , which was watched by 20.93 million viewers . The season was interrupted by the 2007 -- 2008 Writers Guild of America strike , which resulted in the production of only seventeen episodes , instead of twenty-three originally planned .

neg: Doctor Who (season 3) The third season of British science fiction television series Doctor Who began on 11 September 1965 with the story Galaxy 4 and ended on 16 July 1966 with The War Machines . Only 17 out of 45 episodes survive in the BBC archives ; 28 remain missing . As result only 3 serials are complete .

neg: The Flash (video game) The Flash is an action video game based on the DC Comics superhero of the same name . It was developed and manufactured by Sega and Probe Entertainment for the Sega Master System in 1993 . The game 's release followed approximately two years after the cancellation of the Flash TV series on CBS .

neg: McLeod's Daughters (season 3) The third season of the long-running Australian outback drama McLeod 's Daughters '' began airing on 12 February 2003 , and concluded on 29 October 2003 , with a total of 30 episodes .

neg: Chaos Theory (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) `` Chaos Theory '' is the seventh episode of the third season of the American television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. , based on the Marvel Comics organization S.H.I.E.L.D. ( Strategic Homeland Intervention , Enforcement and Logistics Division ) , revolving around the character of Phil Coulson and his team of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents as they deal with the monstrous Lash . It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe ( MCU ) , sharing continuity with the films of the franchise . The episode was written by Lauren LeFranc , and directed by David Solomon .   Clark Gregg reprises his role as Coulson from the film series , and is joined by series regulars Ming-Na Wen , Brett Dalton , Chloe Bennet , Iain De Caestecker , Elizabeth Henstridge , Nick Blood , Adrianne Palicki , Henry Simmons , and Luke Mitchell . Matthew Willig guest stars as Lash , with Blair Underwood playing his human form , Andrew Garner .   `` Chaos Theory '' originally aired on ABC on November 10 , 2015 , and according to Nielsen Media Research , was watched by 3.49 million viewers .

neg: Flash and Dash Race-Tin : Flash and Dash , is a 2007 Chinese animated series created by Auldey and based on their line of radio-controlled cars . The original series ran for 26 episodes and saw distribution in various countries across the world . There are two theme songs : the Chinese theme song is the original theme `` Flash ! Dash ! '' and the English version is the unleashed theme `` Feel the Fire ! Feel the Speed ! '' written by John Mitchell and Tom Keenlyside .   An English version , created by Ocean Productions , began airing in the United Kingdom on Cartoon Network Too on November 7 , 2009 . The broadcast was produced in a partnership between Danbar , a company distributing the toyline in Europe , and Turner Media Innovations .   The series received two followups , the 40-episode sequel Race-Tin : Flash & Dash 2 in 2007 and the 26 episode reboot Race-Tin : Flash & Dash S in 2012 . The latter entries saw limited distribution outside of Asia , with only Flash & Dash S receiving an English dub with local actors . All three seasons are available to stream across Auldey 's various Youtube channels .

neg: Mad City: Red Queen `` Mad City : Red Queen '' is the seventh episode of the third season , and 51st episode overall from the Fox series Gotham . The episode was written by Megan Mostyn-Brown and directed by Scott White . It was first broadcast on October 31 , 2016 . In the episode , Tetch manages to get an hallucinogen called `` Red Queen '' that causes damage on people . He pours the hallucinogen on Gordon , sending him on a hallucination trip with Barbara acting as his guide . Tetch is in fact retrieving Alice 's blood to create a virus to give it to the founders in their dinner . Meanwhile , Cobblepot sets off to separate Isabella from Nygma , telling her his real nature .   The episode received generally positive reviews , with critics praising Benjamin McKenzie 's performance but criticizing the pace and Tetch 's plan . CinemaBlend named Gordon 's hallucinations as one of the best TV superhero moments on 2016 .

neg: Prince Thun Prince Thun is a fictional character who appeared in various forms of the Flash Gordon comic strip and film productions . He is a Lion Man of Mongo and one of Flash 's most trusted friends . His Father is King Jugrid , ruler of the Lion Men , and one of the three mightiest rulers of Mongo .   Thun first appeared in the Alex Raymond comic strip of the 1930s and quickly becomes an ally of Flash , after meeting him during a Lion Men attack on Mingo City . He helped him twice in stopping Ming marrying Dale . Soon he appeared in other incarnations of the character .   In 1936 , Thun was first played by James Pierce in the film serial entitled Flash Gordon . Thun appeared in the serial much as he did in the comic strip , a humanoid with a wild shock of long hair and a long beard , creating the overall effect of a lion 's mane .   Flash , Dale and Zarkov encounter a `` lion-man '' in `` The Forbidden Experiment '' , the 25th episode of the 1954 syndicated television series , although he is not identified on-screen as Thun . His body and face are covered with fur and he has fangs and mane-like hair . He has the power to command animals and is seeking to become fully human in appearance . The actor is not credited .   Thun next appeared in the 1979 Filmation series . Originally , Thun was to be voiced by Ted Cassidy . However , Cassidy died before production of the series , and the role was recast with Allan Melvin providing the voice . In this series , Thun appeared as a literal lion man , with a lion 's head and claws on a human body . He was referred to as a king , rather than a prince . Thun is the first of Flash 's allies on Mongo , and the most loyal and steadfast . It was heavily implied that there was an entire race of Lion Men on Mongo , but Thun was the only one who ever appeared onscreen .   In 1980 , Thun was played by George Harris in the Dino De Laurentiis film version . He was again referred to as the King of Ardentia , and appeared human and clean-shaven . When he offered his loyalty `` without measure '' , Ming the Merciless commanded him to fall on his sword . Instead , he attacked Ming and was destroyed , paralyzed by Ming 's probe and then stabbed with his sword by Ming revealing him to have blue blood .   In the 1996 Flash Gordon cartoon , Prince Thun was replaced by Princess Thundar . Like the earlier animated Thun , she was a literal lion-person , somewhat resembling the Thundercats . Like the other main characters , she was a teenager and worked with Flash , Dale Arden and Prince Talon of the Hawk-People to overthrow Ming .   A character named Thun does not appear in the 2007 Flash Gordon live action series , in which the Lion Men are renamed Turin . In this version they are led by Bolgar , played by Shawn Reis . Bolgar becomes an ally of Flash in the episode `` Blame '' , when Flash saves his son Rivu ( Sebastian Gacki ) from poisoning and convinces him the Deviates are not responsible . The Turin resemble the original Lion Men , humans with claws and mane-like hair . They also roar like lions when angry .

neg: Star Trek: The Next Generation (season 4) The fourth season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek : The Next Generation commenced airing in broadcast syndication in the United States on September 24 , 1990 and concluded on June 17 , 1991 after airing 26 episodes . Set in the 24th century , the series follows the adventures of the crew of the Starfleet starship Enterprise-D .   This season saw the show embracing the notion of serialized storylines . A recurring theme throughout the season is the notion of a brewing Duras-Romulan plot against the Federation , coupled with Worf 's effort to reclaim his family honor . Both storylines were introduced in Season 3 's . Worf 's discommendation is a major theme in and , while his dishonor and the Duras-Romulan plot take center stage in the episodes , , and .   A second recurring storyline in the season is the growth of Miles O'Brien as a character . His first and middle name are revealed in `` Family '' , he marries in , his past is revealed in , and his marriage is explored in .   Season 4 featured many family-themes episodes . The first episode following deals with Picard and Worf 's family , and the second with Data 's . Worf 's son Alexander appears later in the season , as does Tasha Yar 's sister , and the Enterprise '' encounters an infant alien space entity .

neg: List of The Flash episodes The Flash is an American action television series developed by Greg Berlanti , Andrew Kreisberg , and Geoff Johns , airing on The CW . It is based on the DC Comics character Barry Allen / Flash , a costumed crimefighter with the power to move at superhuman speeds . It is a spin-off from Arrow , existing in the same fictional universe . The series follows Barry Allen , portrayed by Grant Gustin , a crime scene investigator who gains superhuman speed , which he uses to fight criminals , including others who have also gained superhuman abilities . The Flash was renewed in March 2016 for a third season , which premiered on October 4 , 2016 . On January 8 , 2017 , The CW renewed the series for a fourth season .

neg: Aftershocks (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) `` Aftershocks '' is the eleventh episode of the second season of the American television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. , based on the Marvel Comics organization S.H.I.E.L.D. ( Strategic Homeland Intervention , Enforcement and Logistics Division ) , revolving around the character of Phil Coulson and his team of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents as they race to strike back against Hydra after an apparent defeat to the latter , while several characters discover they have gained new abilities following the end of the previous episode . It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe ( MCU ) , sharing continuity with the films of the franchise . The episode was written by Maurissa Tancharoen and Jed Whedon , and directed by Billy Gierhart .   Clark Gregg reprises his role as Coulson from the film series , and is joined by series regulars Ming-Na Wen , Brett Dalton , Chloe Bennet , Iain De Caestecker , Elizabeth Henstridge , Nick Blood , and Adrianne Palicki . Palicki was promoted to series regular with this episode , after having a recurring guest role in the first half of the season . The episode also saw the return of Marvel 's `` The Art of ... '' marketing initiative .   `` Aftershocks '' originally aired on ABC on March 3 , 2015 , and according to Nielsen Media Research , was watched by 4.48 million viewers .

neg: Justified (season 4) The fourth season of the American television drama series Justified premiered on January 8 , 2013 , on FX , and concluded on April 2 , 2013 , consisting of 13 episodes . The series was developed by Graham Yost based on Elmore Leonard 's novels Pronto and Riding the Rap and his short story `` Fire in the Hole '' . Its main character is Raylan Givens , a deputy U.S. Marshal . Timothy Olyphant portrays Givens , a tough federal lawman , enforcing his own brand of justice in his Kentucky hometown . The series is set in the city of Lexington , Kentucky , and the hill country of eastern Kentucky , specifically in and around Harlan .

neg: Blue Trinity The Blue Trinity are a series of Russian superheroes , created by DC Comics , debuted in The Flash comic book series in The Flash Vol .2 # 7 ( December 1987 ) , unlike its predecessors , this team was emotionally Unstable and abnormally strong , making them antagonistic in the stories of The Flash , and eventually , becoming supervillains .

neg: Blowback (FlashForward) `` Blowback '' is the thirteenth episode of the American television series FlashForward . The episode 's teleplay was written by Lisa Zwerling and Barbara Nance and was directed by Constantine Makris , and was originally aired in the United States on ABC on March 25 , 2010 .

neg: Devils You Know `` Devils You Know '' is the fourth episode of the third season of the American television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. , based on the Marvel Comics organization S.H.I.E.L.D. ( Strategic Homeland Intervention , Enforcement and Logistics Division ) , revolving around the character of Phil Coulson and his team of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents as they work with a rival organization to hunt Inhumans . It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe ( MCU ) , sharing continuity with the films of the franchise . The episode was written by Paul Zbyszewski , and directed by Ron Underwood .   Clark Gregg reprises his role as Coulson from the film series , and is joined by series regulars Ming-Na Wen , Brett Dalton , Chloe Bennet , Iain De Caestecker , Elizabeth Henstridge , Nick Blood , Adrianne Palicki , and Henry Simmons . The visual effects for guest star Chad Lindberg 's Inhuman character 's abilities were provided by FuseFX .   `` Devils You Know '' originally aired on ABC on October 20 , 2015 , and according to Nielsen Media Research , was watched by 3.85 million viewers .


query: Teams play basketball.

pos: National Basketball Association The National Basketball Association ( NBA ) is the major men 's professional basketball league in North America , and is widely considered to be the premier men 's professional basketball league in the world . It has 30 teams ( 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada ) , and is an active member of USA Basketball ( USAB ) , which is recognized by FIBA ( also known as the International Basketball Federation ) as the national governing body for basketball in the United States . The NBA is one of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada . NBA players are the world 's best paid athletes by average annual salary per player .   The league was founded in New York City on June 6 , 1946 , as the Basketball Association of America ( BAA ) . The league adopted the name National Basketball Association on August 3 , 1949 , after merging with its rival National Basketball League ( NBL ) . The league 's several international as well as individual team offices are directed out of its head offices located in the Olympic Tower at 645 Fifth Avenue in New York City . NBA Entertainment and NBA TV studios are directed out of offices located in Secaucus , New Jersey .

pos: Basketball Basketball is a non-contact sport played on a rectangular court . While most often played as a team sport with five players on each side , three-on-three , two-on-two , and one-on-one competitions are also common . The objective is to shoot a ball through a hoop 18 in in diameter and 10 ft high that is mounted to a backboard at each end of the court . The game was invented in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith , who would be the first basketball coach of the Kansas Jayhawks , one of the most successful programs in the game 's history .   A team can score a field goal by shooting the ball through the basket being defended by the opposition team during regular play . A field goal scores three points for the shooting team if the player shoots from behind the three-point line , and two points if shot from in front of the line . A team can also score via free throws , which are worth one point , after the other team is assessed with certain fouls . The team with the most points at the end of the game wins , but additional time ( overtime ) is mandated when the score is tied at the end of regulation . The ball can be advanced on the court by passing it to a teammate , or by bouncing it while walking or running ( dribbling ) . It is a violation to lift , or drag , one 's pivot foot without dribbling the ball , to carry it , or to hold the ball with both hands then resume dribbling .   The game has many individual techniques for displaying skill -- ball-handling , shooting , passing , dribbling , dunking , shot-blocking , and rebounding . Basketball teams generally have player positions , the tallest and strongest members of a team are called a center or power forward , while slightly shorter and more agile players are called small forward , and the shortest players or those who possess the best ball handling skills are called a point guard or shooting guard . The point guard directs the on court action of the team , implementing the coach 's game plan , and managing the execution of offensive and defensive plays ( player positioning ) .   Basketball is one of the world 's most popular and widely viewed sports . The National Basketball Association ( NBA ) is the most popular and widely considered to be the highest level of professional basketball in the world and NBA players are the world 's best paid athletes by average annual salary per player . Outside North America , the top clubs from national leagues qualify to continental championships such as the Euroleague and FIBA Americas League . The FIBA Basketball World Cup attracts the top national teams from around the world . Each continent hosts regional competitions for national teams , like EuroBasket and FIBA Americas Championship .   The FIBA Women 's Basketball World Cup features the top national women 's basketball teams from continental championships . The main North American league is the WNBA , whereas the EuroLeague Women has been dominated by teams from the Russian Women 's Basketball Premier League .

neg: Jump shot (basketball) In basketball ( and derivatives like netball ) , a regular jump shot or jumper is an attempt to score a basket by jumping , usually straight up , and in mid-jump , propelling the ball in an arc into the basket . It is accomplished by the player bringing his or her elbow up until it is aligned with the hoop , then sent towards the hoop in a high arc . It is considered the easiest shot to make from a distance . The purposes of the jump are to shoot from a higher position and therefore make it more difficult for the defender to block the shot . It is the most effective in open play but can prove to be hard when there is a taller player in front of the shooter . There also exists another variant of a jump shot by shooting during the upwards movement of the jump to put more power behind the shot , this shot is usually done by women or players lacking enough force to allow far distance shots . This shot has other advantages like a quicker release and therefore a faster execution time ( comparable to the set shot ) and several disadvantages like a lower shooting height and less time for the shooter to aim in comparison to the mid-air jump shot . Other critics feared indecision once in the air .   Debate still continues as to who invented the jump shot . In his book , The Origins of the Jump Shot , author John Christgau makes a strong case that it was Ken Sailors in May 1934 . Sailors went on to play for the University of Wyoming and was selected as MVP of their 1943 NCAA Championship team . Sailors also played for five different teams in the old American Basketball League . Other people that Christgau credits with the jump shot are Glen `` Glenn '' Roberts , Myer `` Whitey '' Skoog , John `` Mouse '' Gonzales , Bud Palmer , Davage `` Dave '' Minor , `` Jumping '' Joe Fulks , Johnny Adams , and Belus Smawley .   In the NCAA collegiate archives , John Miller Cooper , who played at the University of Missouri in the 1930s , is recognized as the person to hoist the first jump shot .   Hank Luisetti is credited with popularizing the jump shot .   Today , the jump shot has many varieties , such as the `` turnaround jumper '' ( facing away from the basket , then jumping and spinning towards it , shooting the ball in mid-air ) ; the `` fadeaway '' ( jumping away from the basket to create space ) ; and the `` leaning jumper '' ( jumping towards the basket to move away from a trailing defender ) . Many , however , have overlooked the `` hook shot '' as a type of jump shot ( the offensive player , usually turned perpendicular to the basket , gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head ) . It is an art mastered by very few , but for those who have , instituted a lasting impact on the game today .   Because a defender often has to jump to block a jump shot , an offensive player can try to get his defender in the air at the wrong time by using a pump fake . If the offensive player then jumps into the defender , it is a defensive foul on the defensive player .

neg: Basket interference In basketball , basket interference is the violation of ( a ) touching the ball or any part of the basket while the ball is on the rim of the basket , ( b ) touching the ball when it is within the cylinder extending upwards from the rim , ( c ) reaching up through the basket from below and touching the ball , whether it is inside or outside the cylinder , or ( d ) pulling down on the rim of the basket so that it contacts the ball before returning to its original position . How the ball gets into the cylinder or onto the basket is irrelevant under high school and NCAA rules ; e.g. , a throw-in touched within the cylinder is basket interference , even though such a play could not score a goal . This similar play under NBA rules would not be basket interference .   There is one exception to the above : if a player dunks the ball , ( s ) he may maintain contact with the ball into the cylinder or grab the rim ( momentarily ) without penalty .   When a basket interference violation is called against the defending team , the shooting team is awarded the points for the field goal as if it had been made . When a basket interference violation is called against the shooting team , no points are scored and the ball is given to the defending team .   Basket interference and goaltending are the only violations in basketball for which points are automatically awarded .   FIBA has rules on basket interference . FIBA Art. 31.2.4 ( 2014 ) - Interference occurs under certain conditions when a player touches the ball , basket , rim , or backboard in a motion that `` the ball has been prevented from entering the basket or has been caused to enter the basket . ''

neg: Omar Browning Omar `` Bud '' Browning ( October 5 , 1911 -- September 11 , 1978 ) was an American basketball coach . In 1948 , he became the United States ' second Olympic men 's basketball coach . Browning led the team to a final record of 8-0 en route to a gold medal in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London . Browning became the winningest coach in AAU tournament history when his teams won championships in 1962 and 1963 .   He performed as a player in the AAU from 1935 to 1943 , but achieved his greatest fame as a coach for the Phillips 66ers , leading them to five consecutive AAU national titles from 1944 to 1948 , and to two more titles in 1962 and 1963 .  Browning first achieved name recognition in the AAU in 1935 , when he helped lead the Southern Kansas Stage Lines win the national championship over the McPherson Oil Refiners , 45-26 . He was selected for the AAU All-American ( all-star ) team . The following year , playing for the Santa Fe Trailways team of Kansas City , he again was named All-American helping to take Santa Fe to third place over the Hutchinson Western Transits , 35-33 .   The following year , Browning was recruited by the Phillips 66ers , who after a lapse of several years , reconstituted a new team to compete in the 1937 AAU championship . Browning joined such players as Joe Fortenberry , Jack Ragland , Chuck Hyatt , and Tom Pickell . The next two years the team took second in the national tournament , losing to the Denver Safeway Stores both times in the title game . Finally , in 1940 , Browning played on his second national championship team , as the Phillips 66ers took their first AAU title , beating their nemesis the Denver team , now known as the Nuggets , in the title game , 39-36 . In 1941 , he played on the Phillips 66ers third place team , and in 1942 on the second place team .   In 1943 , Browning helped the Phillips 66ers win their second national AAU title . The following year , he was named player-coach for the 66ers , and went on to an even more famous career as a coach . After winning five consecutive titles as first player-coach and then coach of the Phillips 66ers , in 1948 he became the United States 's second Olympic men 's basketball coach . Browning led the team to a final record of 8-0 en route to a gold medal in the 1948 Olympics in London , England .  Browning retired from coaching after 1948 , but came back and coached the Phillips 66ers for one year in 1954 . The team was not a factor in the AAU tournament . Browning returned to coaching the Phillips 66ers in 1959 . Browning also coached the Phillips 66ers in the National Alliance of Basketball Leagues , and led them to two more AAU championships , in 1962 and 1963 .   In 1957 Browning was named to the Helms Amateur Basketball Hall of fame .

neg: West Fourth Street Courts The West Fourth Street Courts , also known as `` The Cage '' , are a notable public athletic venue for amateur basketball in New York City 's Greenwich Village . `` The Cage '' has become one of the most important tournament sites for the city-wide `` Streetball '' amateur basketball tournament , and is noted for its non-regulation size . Because it is so small , more emphasis is given to `` banging inside , '' or tough physical play . Usually the sidelines are simply ignored during play . Due to the large number of players who come to play here competition for playing time is stiff , and losing players rarely get to play twice .   The courts are located over the West Fourth Street -- Washington Square subway station and have an entrance to it adjacent to the courts .   Numerous national commercials have been shot at The Cage . Former NBA players Anthony Mason and Smush Parker are some of the nationally recognized players to learn their tough style of play from The Cage .

neg: Roundball: 2 on 2 Challenge Roundball : 2-On-2 Challenge is a two-on-two basketball video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System that is played on a half court .   Games are played in an arena with a scoreboard and crowd .   There is also an option to play a one-on-one game . The game modes contain an exhibition game and a tournament mode . Four teams play against each other in a round-robin format in order to determine the winner.Games can be set for either four , eight , twelve or sixteen minutes . Players can choose from 24 fictional basketball athletes named after the game developers ; who have their own individual stats . The referee is capable of calling fouls in this game .

neg: 1985–86 Atlanta Hawks season The Hawks entered the season with rookies Jon Koncak and Spud Webb . The Hawks were transformed into one of the youngest teams in the NBA . The Hawks were led by `` the Human Highlight Reel '' Dominique Wilkins . He would have an outstanding year as he led the NBA in scoring with an average of 30.3 points per game . One of the highlights of the season came when Webb ( measuring five feet , seven inches ) won the NBA Slam Dunk contest during All-Star Weekend . In the second half of the season , the Hawks would be one of the strongest teams in the league . The club won 35 of their final 52 games to finish the season with a record of 50 wins and 32 losses . In the playoffs , the Hawks would eliminate the Detroit Pistons in 4 games . In the 2nd round , the Hawks would be defeated by the Boston Celtics in 5 games .   The team 's season roster is featured in the video games NBA 2K16 and NBA 2K17 .

neg: List of Men's Basketball Academic All-America Team Members of the Year List of Men 's Basketball Academic All-America Team Members of the Year is a list of the annual selection by the College Sports Information Directors of America and its Academic All-America sponsor of the individual athlete selected as the most outstanding of the annual Men 's Basketball Academic All-America selections . Between 1996 and 2011 , one winner each was chosen from both the College and University Divisions for all twelve Academic All-America teams including football . The Academic All-America program recognizes combined athletic and academic excellence of the nation 's top student-athletes . The University Division team included eligible participants from National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I member schools , while the College Division team included scholar-athletes from all of the following : NCAA Division II , NCAA Division III , National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics ( NAIA ) , Canadian universities and colleges and two-year schools .   Beginning in 2012 , COSIDA revamped its award structure . The University Division was renamed `` Division I '' . NCAA Divisions II and III now have their own separate All-Americans , while the College Division now consists only of non-NCAA institutions .   Currently , each team selects Academic All-District honorees in eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada . First team All-District honorees make the All-America team ballots . Currently , all twelve Academic All-American teams ( men 's and women 's basketball , men 's and women 's soccer , men 's and women 's track & field , men 's baseball , women 's softball , men 's American football , women 's volleyball and men 's and women 's at-large teams ) have four Academic All-Americans of the Year , one from each division . In each of the four divisions ( College , Division I , Division II , and Division III ) , one of the twelve sport-by-sport Academic All-Americans of the Year is selected as the Academic All-America Team Member of the Year for that division . The most recent men 's basketball player to receive the all-sports honor is John Coleman of Clarkson University in New York , who won the Division III award for 2015 .

neg: 1987 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament The 1987 NCAA Division I Men 's Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men 's NCAA Division I college basketball . It began on March 12 , 1987 , and ended with the championship game on March 30 in New Orleans , Louisiana . A total of 63 games were played .   Indiana , coached by Bob Knight , won the national title with a 74 -- 73 victory in the final game over Syracuse , coached by Jim Boeheim . Keith Smart of Indiana , who hit the game-winner in the final seconds , was named the tournament 's Most Outstanding Player . The tournament also featured a `` Cinderella team '' in the Final Four , as Providence College , led by a then-unknown Rick Pitino , made their first Final Four appearance since 1973 . This was also the last tournament in which teams were allowed to have home court advantage : Syracuse ( 2E ) , DePaul ( 3MW ) , Arizona ( 10W ) and UAB ( 11SE ) all opened the tournament playing on their home courts . The 1987 NCAA Men 's Basketball Tournament was also the first tournament to use the three-point shot .

neg: 1988 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament The 1988 NCAA Division I Men 's Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men 's NCAA Division I college basketball . It began on March 17 , 1988 , and ended with the championship game on April 4 returning to Kansas City , Missouri for the 10th time . A total of 63 games were played .   Kansas , coached by Larry Brown , won the national title with an 83 -- 79 victory in the final game over Big Eight Conference rival Oklahoma , coached by Billy Tubbs . As of 2017 , this was the last national championship game to feature two schools from the same conference . Danny Manning of Kansas was named the tournament 's Most Outstanding Player . Even though the Final Four was contested only 40 miles from its campus in Lawrence , Kansas , Kansas was considered a long shot against the top rated Sooners because Oklahoma had previously easily defeated the Jayhawks twice that season -- at home in Norman , Oklahoma and on the road in Kansas ' Allen Fieldhouse . Kansas 's upset was the third biggest point-spread upset in Championship Game history . After this upset , the 1988 Kansas team was remembered as `` Danny and the Miracles . ''

neg: 2013–14 Miami Heat season The 2013 -- 14 Miami Heat season was the franchise 's 26th season in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) . They entered the season as two-time defending NBA champions ( third overall ) , and three-time defending Eastern Conference champions , the fourth and final season playing with the `` Big Three '' of Dwyane Wade , LeBron James , and Chris Bosh , and the sixth season under head coach Erik Spoelstra . In a rematch of the previous year 's Eastern Conference Finals , the Heat defeated the Indiana Pacers in six games to become the first team to win four consecutive Eastern Conference championships since the 1986 -- 87 Boston Celtics capped a Boston-dominant string going back to the 1983 -- 84 season . Miami 's quest for a three-peat ended when the San Antonio Spurs , whom they would meet again in a rematch of last year 's NBA Finals and defeated in seven games , won the NBA Finals by a 4 -- 1 margin . Following the season , LeBron left the Heat to rejoin the Cleveland Cavaliers .

neg: Eastern Conference (NBA) The Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association is made up of 15 teams , organized in three divisions .   The three division winners and the non-division winner with the best record are seeded 1 through 4 for the playoffs in order of their records , with all remaining non-division winners seeded 5 through 8 . This leaves open the possibility that a # 2 or # 3 seed could be a non-division winner . Home-court advantage in a playoff series is decided by record , not by seeding , so if the # 4 and # 5 teams meet in a playoff series in which the # 5 team has the better record , the # 5 team would have home-court advantage .   The reasoning behind this seeding arrangement is that a non-division winner could have a better record than the winners of the two divisions other than the non-division winning team in question . If the three division winners were seeded 1 through 3 for the playoffs in order of their records , and all non-division winners seeded 4 through 8 , it would be possible for the two best teams of the conference to meet in the Conference Semifinals . This actually happened in the 2006 NBA Playoffs when the two best teams in the Western Conference , the San Antonio Spurs and the Dallas Mavericks , both from the Southwest Division , faced one another in the Western Conference Semifinals while the 3rd seed , the Northwest Division-leading Denver Nuggets , had fewer wins than the 4th , 5th , 6th , and 7th seeds.The NBA proposed and approved of the current format to ensure that the best two teams of a conference can meet no earlier than the Conference Finals .   The Eastern Conference playoffs are divided into two preliminary rounds followed by the Eastern Conference Finals , with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Western Conference champion in the NBA Finals to determine the champion . All playoff series are best-of-seven .   The current divisional alignment was adopted at the start of the 2004 -- 05 season , when the now Charlotte Hornets began play as the NBA 's 30th franchise . This necessitated the move of the New Orleans Pelicans from the Eastern Conference 's Central Division to the newly created Southwest Division of the Western Conference

neg: 1947 BAA Playoffs The 1947 BAA Playoffs was the postseason tournament that followed the inaugural Basketball Association of America 1946 -- 47 season . ( After its 1948 -- 49 season , the BAA merged with the older National Basketball League to create the National Basketball Association or NBA . ) The tournament concluded with the Philadelphia Warriors defeating the Chicago Stags , 4 games to 1 , in the BAA Finals .   The six qualified teams all began tournament play on Wednesday , April 2 , and the Finals concluded on Tuesday , April 22 . Philadelphia and Chicago played 10 and 11 games in the span of 21 days but their final series was compact , five games in seven days .

neg: Greece national basketball team The National Basketball Team of Greece ( Greek : Eθνική Oμάδα Καλαθοσφαίρισης Ελλάδος ) is the representative for Greece in international men 's basketball competitions , organized and run by the Hellenic Basketball Federation . They were runners-up in the 2006 FIBA World Championship , after beating the United States 101 -- 95 in the tournament 's semifinal . They have won the FIBA EuroBasket twice ; in 1987 , after beating the Soviet Union 103 -- 101 in the final in Athens and in 2005 , after beating Germany with a convincing 78 -- 62 in the final in Belgrade . Greece is currently placed thirteenth in the FIBA World Rankings ( down from fourth a few years ago , due to relatively poor results in recent years ) .   Greece has also won one silver ( 1989 ) and two bronze medals ( 1949 , 2009 ) in FIBA EuroBasket , having closely missed a medal in several occasions in world and continental tournaments ( 4th place in the 1994 and 1998 FIBA World Championships , 4th place in the 1993 , 1995 , 1997 and 2007 FIBA EuroBasket ) , as well as ending up in the fifth place in their last three Olympic appearances ( United States 1996 , Greece 2004 , China 2008 ) . Between 1990 and 1997 , following their consecutive successes in FIBA EuroBasket , the Greeks participated in all major international tournaments but one , with their lowest ranking being a sixth place in the 1990 FIBA World Championship .   Greece is also the only national team in the world that defeated the United States team during Mike Krzyzewski 's era ( 2005 -- 2016 ) , as the latter had an undefeated record following the loss in 2006 , all major competitions included .

neg: Frank Lubin Frank John Lubin ( Pranas Jonas Lubinas January 7 , 1910 -- July 8 , 1999 ) was an Lithuanian American basketball player .   Lubin was born on the east side of Los Angeles , California , to a family of Lithuanian immigrants and died in Glendale , California . A veteran with the United States Army Air Forces during World War II , Lubin was buried at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside , California . His father Konstantinas Lubinas was from Vilkaviškis , while his mother Paulina Vasiliauskaitė was from Vabalninkas .   When Lubin grew up to a height of 6 feet 6 1/2 inches at Lincoln High School , classmates encouraged him to try out for the basketball team . Gangly and uncoordinated , Lubin struggled to improve his game , but was eventually named to the All-City Second Team as a senior in 1927 . Playing for the UCLA Bruins from 1928 to 1931 , Lubin , a 6-foot 7-inch center , earned All-Pacific Coast Conference honors in his senior season . Following his college career , he worked as a stagehand at Twentieth Century Fox and joined the studio 's AAU team , which earned the right to represent the US as part of the first Olympic basketball tournament in 1936 in Berlin , winning the gold .   During the Olympics , Lubin was invited to come to Lithuania and became their first national coach . They won the EuroBasket title in 1937 , using American-born players of Lithuanian heritage . When the team hosted the tournament in 1939 , they again won the title , this time with Lubin playing and coaching . Lubin undoubtedly was the MVP of EuroBasket 1939 , however he was unable to receive this award because he was taller than 1.90 meter , and FIBA had a rule which prohibited those awards for being given to players with such height .   When World War II broke out in 1939 , Lubin was in Italy , coaching a Lithuanian women 's team . Given Nazi Germany was directly on the path back to Lithuania , Italian officials had to help the team to get back through train and boat , avoiding Germany . Afterwards , Lubin fled Lithuania to California with his family in the face of the upcoming Soviet invasion that happened one year later . Lubin continued to play for the Twentieth Century Fox team until 1955 , when knee problems prompted him to retire . For his contributions and for introducing the now basketball-mad country to the sport , Lubin is often called the `` grandfather of Lithuanian basketball '' .   In 1997 , Lubin was inducted into the UCLA Hall of Fame . He was also inducted into the Helms Sports Hall of Fame .

neg: 1907–08 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team The 1907 -- 08 Georgetown Hoyas men 's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1907-08 Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States college basketball season . Maurice Joyce coached the team in his first season as head coach . Georgetown was an independent and played its home games at the Convention Hall at 5th and K Streets NW in downtown Washington , D.C.   Joyce had introduced the new sport of basketball to Washington , D.C. , in 1892 -- the year after its invention by James Naismith -- and had fostered its development there over the next 15 years as Director of Physical Education at the Carroll Institute . In the autumn of 1906 , Georgetown had hired him as its athletic director with an eye toward developing a men 's basketball program at the school , and he had founded the program late that year , in time to field Georgetowns first team in the 1906-07 season . That team had had no coach , relying instead on an elected student manager to provide leadership , monitor the teams finances , and schedule games and practices -- roles now performed by the schools athletic department and coach . For Georgetowns second season in 1907-08 , Joyce formally became the teams first head coach , although this did not diminish the role of the student manager , who continued in his duties ; rather , the head coach acted as a teacher and faculty advisor , available to provide advice to the players during games rather than lead the team on the court . It was not until the late 1920s that the modern role of the head coach as in-game leader emerged .

neg: Draft (sports) A draft is a process used in some countries and sports to allocate certain players to teams . In a draft , teams take turns selecting from a pool of eligible players . When a team selects a player , the team receives exclusive rights to sign that player to a contract , and no other team in the league may sign the player .   The best-known type of draft is the entry draft , which is used to allocate players who have recently become eligible to play in a league . Depending on the sport , the players may come from college , high school or junior teams or teams in other countries .   An entry draft is intended to prevent expensive bidding wars for young talent and to ensure that no one team can sign contracts with all of the best young players and make the league uncompetitive . To encourage parity , teams that do poorly in the previous season usually get to choose first in the postseason draft , sometimes with a `` lottery '' factor to discourage teams from deliberately losing .   Other types of drafts include the expansion draft , in which a new team selects players from other teams in the league ; and the dispersal draft , in which a league 's surviving teams select players from the roster of a newly defunct franchise .   Drafts are usually permitted under anti-trust or restraint of trade laws because they are included in collective bargaining agreements between leagues and labor unions representing players . These agreements generally stipulate that after a certain number of seasons , a player whose contract has expired becomes a free agent and can sign with any team . They also require minimum and sometimes maximum salaries for newly drafted players .   National Football League President Joseph Carr instituted a draft in 1935 as a way to restrain teams ' payrolls and reduce the dominance of the league 's perennial contenders . It was adopted by the precursor of the National Basketball Association in 1947 ; by the National Hockey League in 1963 ; and by Major League Baseball in 1965 , although draft systems had been used in baseball since the 19th century .   Drafts are uncommon outside the U.S. and Canada , and most professional football clubs obtain young players through transfers from smaller clubs or by developing youth players through their own academies . The youth system is operated directly by the teams themselves , who develop their players from childhood . Parity in these leagues is instead maintained through promotion and relegation , which automatically expels the weakest teams from a league in exchange for the strongest teams in the next lower league . The result is a drastically different endgame for poor teams : a North American sports team may see the opportunity to get better through the draft after a poor season , but a European club will instead be relegated down to a league with less money and prestige , potentially exacerbating the problems .

neg: Germany national basketball team The German national basketball team for men is the basketball side that represents Germany in international competitions . It is organized and run by the German Basketball Federation . ( German : Deutscher Basketball Bund )   Their biggest successes are the victory in the European Championship of EuroBasket 1993 , at home in Germany , the silver medal in the EuroBasket 2005 , and the FIBA World Championship bronze medal at the 2002 FIBA World Championship .

neg: All-America This article is about the concept in sports teams . For similarly-named articles , see All American .  An All-America team is a hypothetical American sports team composed of outstanding amateur players . These players are broadly considered by media and other relevant commentators as the best players in a particular sport , of a specific season , for each team position .   Such athletes at the high school and college level are given the honorific title and typically referred to as `` All-American athletes '' or simply `` All-Americans '' .

neg: Amateur Athletic Association (basketball) The Amateur Athletic Association is an amateur basketball league that was created in 1897 . It hosts the annual AAU National Tournament . All players participating have to be amateurs .  During the 1960s players who left college before the formation of the American Basketball League and  American Basketball Association had two three options : The National Basketball League , the Eastern League or AAU basketball . And the AAU basketball was attractive to many players who wished to remain eligible for the Olympics . Several AAU teams were sponsored by corporations which provided jobs to the players on their teams .  Famous NBA names played or coached in the AAU Tournaments such as David Robinson , Larry Brown , Gregg Popovich , Bob Kurland , Mike Krzyzewski ( as a coach ) , Jay Triano , Phil Jordon , Roger Brown , George Yardley , Jim Pollard , Clyde Lovellette and Bob Boozer .

neg: Centrobasket The Centrobasket is a FIBA-sponsored international basketball tournament where national teams from Mexico , Central America and the Caribbean participate . These countries make up the Central American and Caribbean Confederation ( CONCENCABA ) . The top three or four teams typically earn berths to the FIBA Americas Championship , from which they can qualify for the FIBA Basketball World Cup or Olympics . Teams qualify for these tournaments by finishing high ( usually first or second place ) in the previous Centrobasket or by placing high at the FIBA COCABA Championship for Mexico and the seven Central American countries and at the FIBA CBC Championship for the 24 Caribbean countries . In total , 32 countries have an opportunity to qualify their national teams for Centrobasket , yet all of them do not enter teams regularly .


query: Neil Patrick Harris was in a musical.

pos: Neil Patrick Harris Neil Patrick Harris ( born June 15 , 1973 ) is an American actor , comedian , magician , singer , and composer , known primarily for his comedy roles on television and his dramatic and musical stage roles . On television , he is known for playing the title character on Doogie Howser , M.D. ( 1989 -- 1993 ) , Barney Stinson on How I Met Your Mother ( 2005 -- 2014 , for which he was nominated for four Emmy Awards ) , and Count Olaf on A Series of Unfortunate Events ( 2017 onward ) .   Harris is also known for his role as the title character in Joss Whedon 's musical Dr. Horrible 's Sing-Along Blog ( 2008 ) and a fictional version of himself in the Harold & Kumar film series ( 2004 -- 2011 ) . His other films include Starship Troopers ( 1997 ) , Beastly ( 2011 ) , The Smurfs ( 2011 ) , The Smurfs 2 ( 2013 ) , A Million Ways to Die in the West ( 2014 ) , and Gone Girl ( 2014 ) . In 2014 , he starred in the title role in Hedwig and the Angry Inch on Broadway , for which he won the 2014 Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical .   Harris has hosted the Tony Awards in 2009 , 2011 , 2012 , and 2013 , for which he won several special class Emmy Awards . He also hosted the Primetime Emmy Awards in 2009 and 2013 , and hosted the 87th Academy Awards in 2015 , thus making him the first openly gay man to host the Academy Awards .   Harris was named one of Time magazine 's 100 Most Influential People in 2010 . He is married to David Burtka . In 2010 , they got twins through surrogacy .

neg: Spend Spend Spend Spend Spend Spend is a musical with a book and lyrics by Steve Brown and Justin Greene and music by Brown .   In 1961 , Yorkshire housewife Viv Nicholson won # 152,319 in the football pools . When a reporter asked her what she planned to do with her new fortune , she replied , `` I 'm going to spend , spend , spend ! , '' which is exactly what she did . Her rags-to-riches-to-rags-again story takes her through five husbands , expensive sports cars , fur coats , and jewelry , a battle with alcohol , and bankruptcy as , unable to cope with her new-found wealth and fame , she rapidly spirals downward .   Spend Spend Spend premiered in 1998 at the West Yorkshire Playhouse and won the Barclays Theatre Award for Best Musical of the Year.The production starred Rosie Ashe and Nigel Richards . After a week of previews , the West End production , directed by Jeremy Sams and choreographed by Craig Revel Horwood , opened on October 12 , 1999 at the Piccadilly Theatre , where it ran until August 5 , 2000 . The original cast included Barbara Dickson , Steven Houghton , and Rachel Leskovac . The original London production was arranged by the Musical Director , Dane Preece .   Shortly after closing in London the production , with most of the original cast , went on a UK Tour . The Musical Director for the tour was Steve Hill .   On July 8 2009 , the Watermill Theatre presented a revival of the musical , which would follow with a 7-week tour across the country , beginning September 28 2010 to November 9 2010 . It was awarded the 2010 TMA award for Best Musical and Kirsty Hoiles ( young Viv ) was awarded the TMA award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical .

neg: Coraline (musical) Coraline is a musical written by Stephin Merritt and David Greenspan and is based on the novella Coraline by Neil Gaiman . It follows a young girl who is bored in her new house , and finds a new universe .

neg: The Last Ship (musical) The Last Ship is an original musical with music and lyrics by Sting and a book by John Logan and Brian Yorkey . Inspired by Sting 's own childhood experiences and the shipbuilding industry in Wallsend , Tyne and Wear , the musical premiered in the summer of 2014 , at the Bank of America Theatre in Chicago , before moving to the Neil Simon Theatre on Broadway . The musical received two Tony Award nominations in 2015 , for Best Original Score and Best Orchestrations .

neg: 1491 (musical) 1491 is a musical with music and lyrics by Meredith Willson . It was Willson 's final musical . The book was by Willson and Richard Morris with additional material by Ira Barmak and was based on an idea by Ed Ainsworth .

neg: Theatre Guild The Theatre Guild is a theatrical society founded in New York City in 1918 by Lawrence Langner , Philip Moeller , Helen Westley and Theresa Helburn . Langner 's wife , Armina Marshall , then served as a co-director . It evolved out of the work of the Washington Square Players .   Its original purpose was to produce non-commercial works by American and foreign playwrights . It differed from other theaters at the time in that its board of directors shared the responsibility of choosing plays , management , and production . The Theatre Guild contributed greatly to the success of Broadway from the 1920s throughout the 1970s .   The Guild has produced a total of 228 plays on Broadway , including 18 by George Bernard Shaw and seven by Eugene O'Neill . Other major playwrights introduced to theatre-going Americans include Robert E. Sherwood , Maxwell Anderson , Sidney Howard , William Saroyan , and Philip Barry . In the field of musical theatre , the Guild has promoted works by Richard Rodgers , teamed with both Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II , George and Ira Gershwin , Jule Styne , and Meredith Willson , all of which have become classics . Under President John F. Kennedy , the Guild was engaged to assemble a U.S. theatre company , headed by Helen Hayes , to tour the capitals of Europe and South America with works by Tennessee Williams , Thornton Wilder , and William Gibson .   In 1968 , the Guild became involved in the travel field by taking 25 of its subscribers to European capitals to see plays . In 1975 , it instituted its Theatre At Sea program with a 17-day cruise aboard the Rotterdam with Hayes and Cyril Ritchard . Since then they have hosted more than thirty cruises , each with seven or eight performers . Among them have been Alan Arkin , Zoe Caldwell , Anne Jackson , Cherry Jones , Richard Kiley , Eartha Kitt , Patricia Neal , Lynn Redgrave , Gena Rowlands , Jean Stapleton , Eli Wallach , and Lee Roy Reams , who served as the program 's resident director .   The last Broadway play produced by The Theatre Guild was State Fair in 1996 .

neg: The Band (musical) The Band is an upcoming 2017 musical written by Tim Firth , featuring the music of Take That . The band was cast through the 2017 BBC reality television show Let It Shine .

neg: Industrial musical An industrial musical is a musical performed internally for the employees or shareholders of a business , to create a feeling of being part of a team , to entertain , and/or to educate and motivate the management and salespeople to improve sales and profit . It can be used to increase staff awareness of public relations , advertising , marketing or corporate image .   Other terms for industrial musicals include the corporate musical or industrial show , but the latter can also refer to trade shows , which are publicity events organized by businesses in a specific industry to promote their products to potential buyers .   Industrial musicals are not restricted to corporations or to businesses involved in industry . They should not be confused with industrial music , or with musicals produced by businesses to be seen by the general public , for example , Disney 's stage production of The Lion King .

neg: No Strings No Strings is a musical drama with a book by Samuel A. Taylor and words and music by Richard Rodgers , his only Broadway score for which he wrote both lyrics and music , and the first musical he composed after the death of his long-time collaborator Oscar Hammerstein II . The musical opened on Broadway in 1962 and ran for 580 performances . It received the nomination for Tony Award , Best Musical .

neg: Anything Goes Anything Goes is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter . The original book was a collaborative effort by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse , heavily revised by the team of Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse . The story concerns madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London . Billy Crocker is a stowaway in love with heiress Hope Harcourt , who is engaged to Lord Evelyn Oakleigh . Nightclub singer Reno Sweeney and Public Enemy # 13 Moonface Martin aid Billy in his quest to win Hope . The musical introduced such songs as `` Anything Goes '' , `` You 're the Top '' , and `` I Get a Kick Out of You . ''   Since its 1934 debut at the Alvin Theatre ( now known as the Neil Simon Theatre ) on Broadway , the musical has been revived several times in the United States and Britain and has been filmed twice . The musical has long been a popular choice for school and community productions .

neg: Obama On My Mind Obama on my Mind is a musical play about the 2008 presidential campaign of Barack Obama by British crime writer and film producer Teddy Hayes .   The play , a musical comedy , is a campaign story set the week after the 2008 Republican National Convention .   Reviews were strongly negative . Lyn Gardner wrote a critical review in The Guardian , describing the musical as `` opportunistic '' , and as a `` bizarrely unfocused text - an apparently unedited stream of consciousness '' .

neg: Gentleman Joe Gentleman Joe , The Hansom Cabbie is a farcical musical comedy with music by Walter Slaughter and a libretto by Basil Hood .   The original production of the musical opened at the Prince of Wales 's Theatre on 2 March 1895 and ran for a very successful 391 performances despite a poor notice in The Saturday Review by Bernard Shaw that dismissed the score : `` The music , by Mr. Walter Slaughter , does not contain a single novel , or even passably fresh point , either in melody , harmony or orchestration . '' The show was written as a vehicle for the comedian Arthur Roberts . A short burlesque entitled A Trilby Triflet was introduced as part of Gentleman Joe a week after Looking for Trilby opened at the Haymarket Theatre . The Times newspaper praised Roberts for his imitation of Herbert Beerbohm Tree . The cast of Gentleman Joe also included Kitty Loftus as Emma and W. H. Denny as Pilkington Jones . A second company also presented the show in the British provinces beginning in 1895 .   There was soon a Newark , New Jersey production in late 1895 at Miner 's Theatre and then the production transferred to the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City in January 1896 . An American production of Gentleman Joe also played at the Bijou Theatre in early 1896 featuring James T. Powers , Clara Wieland , and Flora Irwin . Songs interpolated include `` He Wanted Something to Play With '' ( sung by Powers ) and `` Honey does you love yer man ? '' sung by Flora Irwin in blackface . A few notices of the show indicate that new songs were interpolated with frequency .   Gentleman Joe was Hood 's first full-scale musical comedy , and its success prompted him to leave the military to concentrate on his writing . Hood and Slaughter went on to write several more comedies together , including The French Maid in 1896 and another successful vehicle for Roberts , Dandy Dan , the Lifeguardsman in 1897 . Hood wrote several successful shows with other librettists , and his English versions of Viennese operettas , such as The Merry Widow , were very popular until World War I.

neg: Of Thee I Sing Of Thee I Sing is a musical with a score by George Gershwin , lyrics by Ira Gershwin and a book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind . The musical lampoons American politics ; the story concerns John P. Wintergreen , who runs for President of the United States on the `` love '' platform . When he falls in love with the sensible Mary Turner instead of Diana Devereaux , the beautiful pageant winner selected for him , he gets into political hot water .   The original Broadway production , directed by Kaufman , opened in 1931 and ran for 441 performances , gaining critical and box office success . It has been revived twice on Broadway and in concert stagings in the U.S. and in London . In 1932 , Of Thee I Sing was the first musical to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama .

neg: Jack O'Diamonds Jack O'Diamonds is a musical play with music by Noel Gay and book and lyrics by Clifford Grey and H.F. Maltby . It opened at London 's Gaiety Theatre on 25 February 1935 .   The New York Times reported that it opened to good notices and that its American star , Zelma O'Neal `` scored a triumph '' . One critic said of her pairing with co-star Reginald Purdell : `` The spirit with which these two combine lends life and a touch of originality to the whole production '' .

neg: Ned Kelly (musical) Ned Kelly ( sometimes titled Ned Kelly : The Electric Music Show ) is an Australian musical with book and lyrics by Reg Livermore and music by Patrick Flynn . It tells the story of Australian bushranger Ned Kelly with an eclectic score combining rock opera , vaudeville and burlesque . The original Australian production played in Adelaide and Sydney in 1977 and 1978 .

neg: Blood Brothers (musical) Blood Brothers is a musical with book , lyrics , and music by Willy Russell . The story is a contemporary nature versus nurture plot , revolving around fraternal twins Mickey and Eddie , who were separated at birth and one raised in a wealthy family while the other raised in a poor family . The twins ' different backgrounds take them to opposite ends of the social spectrum , one becoming a councillor and the other unemployed and in prison . They both fall in love with the same girl , causing a tear in their friendship and leading to the tragic death of both brothers . Russell says that his work was based on a one-act play that he read as a child `` about two babies switched at birth ... it became the seed for Blood Brothers . ''   Originally developed as a school play , Blood Brothers debuted in Liverpool before Russell transferred it to West End for a short run in 1983 . The musical won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical and went on to a year-long national tour before returning for a revival in the West End in 1988 where it stayed at the Albery Theatre for 3 years , transferring to the Phoenix Theatre in 1991 . The revival ran for more than 24 years in the West End , and played more than 10,000 performances , becoming the third longest-running musical production in West End history . It finally closed in November 2012 . The musical has been produced with success on tour , on Broadway and elsewhere , and it has developed a cult following .

neg: Metropolis (musical) Metropolis is a musical based on the 1927 silent movie of the same name that was staged at the Piccadilly Theatre in London in 1989 . The music was written by Joe Brooks , the lyrics by Dusty Hughes . The show was directed by Jérôme Savary . The cast included Judy Kuhn , Brian Blessed , Graham Bickley , Jonathan Adams , Paul Keown and Stifyn Parri . The musical marked the London debut of Judy Kuhn , who left the show shortly before the end of its run to be replaced by Mary Lincoln . The production was notable for its set design by Ralph Koltai .   After that time Joe Brooks worked with American Randy Bowser at editing the already finished musical . By 2002 they had created a more complete libretto to the show , and it was first produced at the Pentacle Theater in Salem , Oregon .   The main changes between the silent film and the musical are name changes for many of the characters ( Joh Fredersen to John Freeman , Freder Fredersen to Steven , Rotwang to Warner , Hel to Helen ) , slightly different religious themes , a completely different ending , and a larger focus on the children .

neg: Spamalot Monty Python 's Spamalot is a musical comedy adapted from the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail . Like the film , it is a highly irreverent parody of the Arthurian Legend , but it differs from the film in many ways . The original 2005 Broadway production , directed by Mike Nichols , won three Tony Awards , including the Tony Award for Best Musical of the 2004 -- 2005 season and received 14 Tony Award nominations . During its initial run of over 1,500 performances it was seen by more than two million people and grossed over $ 175 million .

neg: Bernardine (film) Bernardine is a 1957 musical film , directed by Henry Levin and starring Pat Boone , Terry Moore , Dean Jagger , Dick Sargent , and ( in her last film , after a 19-year absence ) Janet Gaynor . The 1952 play upon which the movie is based was written by Mary Coyle Chase , the Denver playwright who also wrote the smash hit Broadway play Harvey . The title song , with words and music by Johnny Mercer , became a hit record for Boone .

neg: Fiorello! Fiorello ! is a musical about New York City mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia , a reform Republican who took on the Tammany Hall political machine . The book is by Jerome Weidman and George Abbott , drawn substantially from the 1955 volume Life With Fiorello by Ernest Cuneo , with lyrics by Sheldon Harnick , and music by Jerry Bock . It is one of only nine musicals to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama .

neg: Harris and Selwyn Theaters The Harris and Selwyn Theaters are twin theatres located in the Loop community area of Chicago , Illinois . They were built by Sam H. Harris and Archie and Edgar Selwyn . They were designated a Chicago Landmark on March 31 , 1983 . They have been redesigned by the Goodman Theatre , which is located in them .   The Harris and the Selwyn originally operated as live playhouses . Among the plays presented at the Harris was the Chicago run of `` A Streetcar Named Desire . '' Both theatres were purchased by producer Michael Todd and converted into movie theaters in the 1950s . The Harris was renamed The Michael Todd Theatre , and the Selwyn renamed Michael Todd 's Cinestage . The Harris occasionally presented live performances during this period , such as a production of `` Two for the Seesaw '' starring Ruth Roman . Both theatres were closed by the beginning of the 1980s , but were briefly re-opened in 1986 as the short-lived Dearborn Cinemas .   In 2000 , the two theaters were completely gutted and rebuilt as part of the Goodman Theatre . The landmarked exteriors were retained as part of the new building .