A magic show using the magic of Harry Blackstone and performed by his son.
Blackstone Publishing is proud to announce the U.S. release of SUBJECT 375: A NOVEL [Blackstone Publishing; September 6, 2016], a new thriller by Nikki Owen, which will be available in print, e-book, and audiobook formats.
Broadway Dance Lab (BDL), a choreography incubator supporting new works of dance-driven theatre, has announced that Larry Keigwin, Lorin Latarro, JoAnn M. Hunter, Rosie Herrera, Al Blackstone, and Denzel Taylor will join Artistic Director Josh Prince as choreographers for Cycle 4.
Blackstone Publishing is proud to announce the upcoming hardcover and e-book release of D.J. Molles' WOLVES [Blackstone Publishing; August 30, 2016], a new novel by the author of the New York Times best-selling Remaining Series. WOLVES melds post-apocalyptic speculative fiction with the spirit of a western to create an unforgettable tale of a man struggling to stay true to himself as he ventures across a lawless landscape in search of his young daughter, whom he still hopes is alive.
On a picturesque waterfront stage overlooking the Great South Bay, this year's Fire Island Dance Festival welcomed ballet, modern and contemporary dance powerhouses on July 15-17, 2016.
Music Theatre Wichita continues its 45th summer season with an innovative, large-scale production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! at Century II Concert Hall in downtown Wichita, KS.
Fire Island Dance Festival, one of the most talked-about summer events on Fire Island, will return to dazzle, excite and captivate audiences on July 15-17, 2016.
Escape for the day to Fire Island Pines and enjoy VIP treatment with a special Fire Island Dance Festival day-trip package just announced by Dancers Responding to AIDS, a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The day trip on Sunday, July 17, features a delicious champagne luncheon and tickets to the 5 pm performance of the dance festival. The package also includes round-trip transportation to Fire Island Pines from midtown Manhattan.
Popular choreographer Al Blackstone, known for his Broadway style routines on So You Think You Can Dance, is excited to be returning for his third season at the Fire Island Dance Festival. Blackstone will be presenting an excerpt from his new work, Freddie Falls In Love, which recently had its premiere at The Pershing Square Signature Center in New York City. The show was also a benefit performance for DRA and Blackstone figured it would be a perfect fit for this year's festival.
Khori Petinaud was more of an athlete as a child yet she still sashayed around her house in tutus, tiaras, and dance slippers. She didn't actually start formal ballet classes until she was thirteen. Having been bitten by the 'ballet bug' was, in a word, transformative. Given her age, the young Petinaud was not one to waste time. She attended the summer program at Dance Theatre of Harlem that very same year. Eventually she discovered her love of modern dance while studying at Alvin Ailey and subsequently attended Tisch School of the Arts where she received her BFA in dance. Her foray into musical theatre was with the national tour of The Color Purple.
The June release from Class Act Books publishing is The Sunday Man, book 5 in the McCoys family saga. This entry tells of Liam McCoy, son of Colin, whose story was narrated in The Good McCoy Lad, book 2 in the series.
Liam McCoy was brought to Nebraska from Ireland as a child when his father decided to join his older brother and become a cattle rancher. Like his uncle Padraig, Liam is considered the black sheep of the current generation. Unlike his uncle, he doesn't plan to change. Having a hand in various unsavory businesses in McCoy's Crossing doesn't bother him, since his handsome charm makes the townspeople like him in spite of his reputation. A letter from his father, demanding he return to Ireland changes things, however. In Tipperary, Liam is forced to again become the gentleman he was raised to be. A devastating illness and a spirited Irish lass are destined to make even more of a difference in the determined rogue's life.
The McCoys series, debuting in March with the novel, The Honest Rake, chronicles the lives and adventures of the three McCoy sons and their sister Brigid, as well as their children. The last novel in the series is scheduled for release in August.
The entries are:
The Honest Rake (Book 1: Donal)
The Good McCoy Lad (Colin)
The Man from Tipperary (Padraig)
The Cattle Baron's Kid (Quill)
The Sunday Man (Liam)
The Lost Sons (Fox and Quinn)
The Determined Bride (Brigid)
Combining English Regency Romance with the spirited freedom of the Old West, the series has been well-received with several 4 and 5-star reviews.
Author Toni V. Sweeney currently has 52 novels in print, with the McCoys saga being her fourth series published by Class Act Books. Three more series in the fantasy genre have been contracted to be released in the near future. The Three Moon novels, written under the pseudonym Icy Snow Blackstone, were named one of the the best SF/Fantasy series of 2013 and 2014 by the Paranormal Romance Guild's Reviewer's Choice awards.
Class Act Books came under new ownership in 2013 and is now enjoying its third year of publishing all genres. It features both international and US authors in its lists, many of whom have garnered awards and recognition for their writing.
Broadway legend Stephen Schwartz (Oscar, Grammy and Tony winning composer of Wicked, Godspell and Pippin) and Princess Cruises just gave a workshop presentation to introduce the second musical production show curated inside of this industry-first partnership.
Broadway legend Stephen Schwartz (Oscar, Grammy and Tony winning composer of Wicked, Godspell and Pippin) and Princess Cruises just gave a workshop presentation to introduce the second musical production show curated inside of this industry-first partnership.
From the bestselling author who brought you the award-winning Extinction Cycle series, comes an all new vision of the apocalypse and the future of humanity. HELL DIVERS [Blackstone Publishing; July 19, 2016] is a thrilling post-apocalyptic work of speculative fiction and the first installment in The Hell Divers trilogy by Nicholas Sansbury Smith.
This year's Fire Island Dance Festival, one of the most talked about cultural and charitable events of the Fire Island summer, will return to dazzle, excite and captivate audiences on July 15-17, 2016. It will be hosted by Broadway and TV favorite Tituss Burgess.
Casting is announced today for Music Theatre Wichita's 45th Season, which includes Disney's "Beauty and the Beast," Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!," "Jesus Christ Superstar," and the regional premieres of "Nice Work If You Can Get It" and "Mamma Mia!"
Life really began for country music superstar Keith Urban after marrying actress Nicole Kidman a decade ago, he tells John Blackstone in a heartfelt interview for CBS SUNDAY MORNING, to be broadcast Sunday, May 8 (9:00 AM, ET) on the CBS Television Network.
Life really began for country music superstar Keith Urban after marrying actress Nicole Kidman a decade ago, he tells John Blackstone in a heartfelt interview for CBS SUNDAY MORNING, to be broadcast Sunday, May 8 (9:00 AM, ET) on the CBS Television Network.
Fire Island Dance Festival, the most talked-about cultural and charitable event of the summer on Fire Island, will once again present three eclectic performances July 15-17, 2016 that include Ballet Contemporaneo de Camaguey Cuba's first performance outside of Cuba, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Gallim Dance, KEIGWIN + COMPANY, Madboots Dance and choreography by Al Blackstone and Adbul Latif.
FREDDIE FALLS IN LOVE, a dance narrative by Al Blackstone, will take place on June 6th and June 13th at The Pershing Square Signature Center, 480 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036, benefiting Dancers Responding to AIDS, a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Tickets now on sale and can be purchased through Ticket Central via www.ticketcentral.com, by calling 212-279-4200, or in person at 416 W. 42nd Street (12-8pm daily).
The Steps Beyond Foundation, Steps on Broadway's non-profit arm committed to connecting artists and the community through dialogue, performance, and artistic collaboration, announces a 3-day weekend performance celebration May 6-8, 2016 at Ailey Citigroup Theater. The weekend will commence May 6 with the Steps Repertory and Guests Benefit, featuring performances by American Dance Machine, Jon Ole Olstad, choreography by Al Blackstone and the staging of a Swan Lake variation by Elena Kunikova to be danced by a student at Steps. Audiences will also enjoy performances by students of the Steps Conservatory Program and pre-professional students at The School at Steps, with staging by the legendary Leslie Browne. May 7-8, Steps Repertory Ensemble will present a full evening of works by Artistic Director Bradley Shelver and leading choreographers Lar Lubovitch, Sidra Bell, Julia Ehrstrand, and Jae Man Joo.
'You're a menace, Padraig, an' I see no hope o' you changin'. Is there?' Quinton McCoy paused, giving his son a gimlet stare out of eyes as green as the serpentine in Connemara marble. 'Is there?'
Padraig pretended to think, then shook his head. 'No, Da, I don't believe there is. I'm enjoyin' it too much.'
'Ah!' Quinton threw up his hands, then recovered. He stalked back around his desk but didn't sit. 'I'm afraid you leave me no choice.' Briefly his anger fell away. His gaze wavered, then he appeared to force himself to speak. 'Padraig, lad...I'm turnin' you out.'
'You...you're disownin' me?' Padraig's voice trembled.
'Ah, I'd ne'er do that.' Quinton said. 'What I'm sayin' is...I want you t' leave this house, indeed this country, an' ne'er come back.'
Thus begins the story of Padraig Aloysius McCoy, third son and bad seed of Tipperary's branch of the McCoy clan. Unlike Books 1 and 2, set in Regency England and Ireland, The Man from Tipperary ranges from the gracious homes of landed gentry in Tipperary to an isolated cattle ranch in the American West in the years prior to and including the War Between the States. Settling in Nebraska, the misplaced young Irishman learns the hardship and heartache of being a cowboy in the mid-19th century, as well as the adventure of living in a time of social transition. He sees the Nebraska Territory gain statehood and discovers Love when it steps off a Wells Fargo stage.
Full of history, humor, and romance, Padraig's story embodies the traits of many who went West and fought for their destinies instead of waiting for Life to hand it to them.
The Man from Tipperary is author Toni V. Sweeney's fifty-third novel published by Class Act Books.
Since the publication of her first novel in 1989, Ms. Sweeney divides her time between writing SF/Fantasy under her own name and romances under her pseudonym Icy Snow Blackstone. She has reviewed books for Two Lips Reviews and recently join the review staff of the New York Journal of Books and also the Paranormal Romance Guild. She is an amazon reviewer with over 570 reviews listed on the American amazon website, a professional reader for Netgalley, and is in the 1% of reviewers for Goodreads. Her Western novel NEBRASKA: Walk the Shadow Trail was award 1st Place in Historical Romance for 2015 by the Paranormal Romance Guild's Reviewers Choice, and also was voted #2 in General Genre by the Preditors & Editors Readers Poll for 2015.
She has two new scifi/space opera series upcoming for 2016-2017.
In 2013, Class Act Books came under new ownership. Based in Port Townsend, Washing, their goal is to supply quality fiction in all genres for the discerning reader. Their novels are available in paperback and electronic form on amazon, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords, and on the publisher's website.
Fire Island Dance Festival, one of the most talked-about summer events on Fire Island, will return to dazzle, excite and captivate audiences on July 15-17, 2016. Tickets for the festival are on sale now at dradance.org or by phone at 212.840.0770, ext. 268.
At the 2016 edition of BROADWAY BACKWARDS, Jay Armstrong Johnson let his inner Marilyn Monroe fly in a glittery rendition of 'Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend' from GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES. Click below to watch the full performance!
At the 2016 edition of BROADWAY BACKWARDS, Broadway legend Chita Rivera brought her own brand of 'razzle-dazzle' to Kander and Ebb's 'All I Care About is Love' from CHICAGO. The actress delivered an unforgettable take on swarmy lawyer Billy Flynn, surrounded by a bevy of feathery beauties, many from the original 1996 CHICAGO revival cast, including Nili Bassman, Mindy Cooper, Mamie Duncan-Gibbs, Gabriela Garcia, Mary Ann Lamb, Dana Moore and Solange Sandy. Click below to watch the full number!
The sold-out audience at Broadway's Al Hirschfeld Theatre was dazzled last night, March 21, 2016, by this year's stirring edition of Broadway Backwards. The annual celebration, where men sing songs originally written for women and vice versa offering this audience the chance to see LGBT stories told through the great songs of musical theatre, set a new fundraising record. The evening raised an incredible $480,287 to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center in New York City. Scroll down for stunning shots from the evening!
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