Hello Beautiful People, Recently, Absolutely True Lies by Rachel Stuhler came across my desk. Here’s the official book blurb: Holly Gracin, a fledgling writer in Los Angeles, stumbles into what could be the gig of a lifetime—writing a young starlet’s tell-all “autobiography”—but soon discovers the secrets lurking behind tween icon Daisy May Dixson’s squeaky clean…
San Diego theater company THE TRIP, proudly brings their newly acclaimed cinematic stage adaptation to New York City. ORPHEUS & EURYDICE written and directed by Tom Dugdale (Humana Festival; Contemporary American Theater Festival; Hungarian Theater of Cluj; Princess Grace Award Winner), will play five performances at Theaterlab NYC (357 West 36th Street, 3rd Floor, New…
Hello Beautiful People, When I was teenager, I spent an obscene amount of money on YM and Seventeen. When I was teenager, I felt bad about being tall. About having black hair and brown eyes. About tanning so easily in the summer. About putting on an extra pound or two. When I was teenager, I…
Hello Beautiful, Blake Pfeil is an actor and a songwriter. His debut album Wallpaper, is available on iTunes, Amazon, Google, and many others sites. After a sold-out 2013 NYC debut at Joe’s Pub (Blake Pfeil is in Love with a Girl Named… Irene,) Blake’s music has also been featured in larger venues like the Highline…
Hello Beautiful People, There’s a new theatre art space downtown – the Sheen Center. Their mission is thus- The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture is a forum to highlight the true, the good, and the beautiful as they have been expressed throughout the ages. Cognizant of our creation in the image and likeness of…
Hello Beautiful People, I once had a student who needed me to walk on the right side of him in the hallways. I once had a different student who couldn’t look at the red squiggle of the spell check indicator without having a panic attack. I recently directed a musical at a high school on…
Hello Beautiful People, Last Sunday I ventured into East Hampton to see All My Sons at Guild Hall. Now, as sareligious as it may be, I had never seen a production of All My Sons. I had never even read the play. My extent of Miller was Death of a Salesman and The Crucible – so I…
THE NEW YORK MUSICAL THEATRE FESTIVAL and DARK PROPHETS PRODUCTION LLC are pleased to announce the world premiere production of Wearing Black, winner Best Original Score at FRIGID New York, with book, music and lyrics by Riley Thomas (writer/composer of the sold out award-winning NYMF show STUCK, now a feature film starring Giancarlo Esposito, Amy…
Hello Beautiful People, There was an entirely different post that was scheduled for today. But, given the recent events in Charleston, South Carolina, I thought these words might be better. Maybe they’ll do some good. Cause I’m tired and saddened and frustrated with all of the hatred. Hatred. Hatred. Hatred. Hatred killed nine people Wednesday…
54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club, presents Blake Pfeil in The BBC, 1970 on Saturday, July 25. On October 9, 1970, the BBC aired Joni Mitchell in Concert, an intimate and acoustic portrait that spotlighted several of her career-defining songs, including “Chelsea Morning,” “Big Yellow Taxi,” and “Both Sides Now.” In his 54 Below debut, up-and-coming singer/songwriter…