Miss Henry

Guys and Dolls is a musical featuring lyrics and music by Frank Loesser and book by Abe Burrow and Jo Swerling. The production follows the lives of New York’s underworld of guys who are cheats, gamblers and gangsters, and the dolls they love that make their lives even more complicated. It premiered on the Broadway stage in 1950. Many will remember the 1955 film version starring the all-star cast of Frank Sinatra, Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons and Vivian Blaine. So many memorable songs came from this production.

Melanie Jackson was born and raised in the beautiful Silicon Valley of San Jose, California. She went to school there where she eventually met and married her husband in the summer of 1980.

There's gunfire at the State Department tonight on MADAM SECRETARY, and it's put everyone on lock-down in some pretty cramped quarters. The Secretary has an Iranian delegation in for a photo opportunity, and a figure from her past CIA work is part of it as well, causing some uncomfortable memories and secrets to be spilled. Speaking of secrets, Daisy's new fiancé Win, makes his first and maybe last appearance at Daisy's work, after he is trapped in Matt's office with Matt. The eldest McCord daughter, Stephanie, stops by for a mea culpa with mom and to borrow $50 bucks and gets more than she bargained for. Finally, Nadine has charged herself to handle any complaints from the recent foreign diplomat assignments, and gets trapped with one of the Ambassadors that has a personal argument with her newest assignment.

Johnny Ishmel Henry, author of The Adventures of Astro-Kid & Space dog Leroy and Success: The Inner Treasures of Life, and one-time "Poet of the Year" Awardee, publishes his latest book, titled Diversity vs. Racism: A Challenge To Mankind. Henry's book has a two-fold mission: to present negative effects of bias thinking, and to enlighten people about the challenges and benefits of diversity. To achieve this, Henry brings his ideas to the forefront in an upcoming major Book Fair.