Center REP to Present A CHRISTMAS CAROL This Holiday Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 22, 2024
Center Repertory Company will usher in the holiday season with the Charles Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol, performing at `Walnut Creek’s Lesher Center for the Arts. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.
Photos: Charles Busch Celebrates New Memoir With a Release Party
by Bruce Glikas - Sep 18, 2023
Theatre icon Charles Busch has released his new memoir! 'Leading Lady: A Memoir of a Most Unusual Boy' was released on August 29, 2023. To celebrate the release, Busch held a party at Michael’s New York. Check out photos here!
FOSSE/VERDON, HAMILTON, and More Win at the 7th Annual MUAHS Awards; Full List!
by Stephi Wild - Jan 12, 2020
The Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild announced winners of its 7th Annual MUAHS Awards in 23 categories of film, television, commercials and live theater, during a formal gala at the NOVO by Microsoft at L.A. Live Downtown on Saturday night, January 11, 2020. Among the winners were Fosse/Verdon, Hamilton, Cats, Pose, and more!
Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Announces Nominations for 2020 Annual Awards
by Abigail Charpentier - Nov 11, 2019
The Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild (MUAHS, IATSE Local 706) has announced nominations for the 7th Annual MUAHS Guild Awards honoring outstanding achievements in make-up and hair styling in motion pictures, television, commercials and live theater. Winners will be honored at the black-tie gala on Saturday, January 11, 2020 at The Novo by Microsoft at L.A. Live. Today's announcement was made by MUAHS President Julie Socash.
Broadway Veteran Michael McCarty Dies at 68
by Sally Henry Fuller - Sep 28, 2014
Stage and screen actor Michael McCarty, 68, died on Friday of heart failure after collapsing and becoming unconscious a few days earlier. The original Broadway cast member of AMADEUS was set to appear in a Santa Barbara production of the show in October.
Damnation Books Releases Three New Novels
by Christina Mancuso - Jun 2, 2014
On 1 June 2014, Damnation Books released three novels; Chapel of the Falcon, Laughing In The Dark and Yesterday We Forget Tomorrow.
Damnation Books, LLC is based in Santa Rosa, California. Founded by William Gilchrist and Kim Richards Gilchrist, Damnation Books looks to use available technologies to bring affordable dark fiction to everyone.
'We don't ask you to sell your soul; you can keep your arms and legs. We're affordable enough to bring dark fiction kicking and screaming into the future, your future,' says Kim Richards Gilchrist co-owner of Damnation Books.
The following books will be available at http://damnationbooks.com and your favorite e-reading retailers. On the Damnation Books website, titles are available in: epub (Nook compatible), pdf, mobi (Kindle compatible), lit (Microsoft Reader), and pdb (Palm) formats, consult your Users Guide for downloading instructions.
· Chapel of the Falcon by Matt Spencer a Historical, Dark Fantasy
Victorian Whitechapel pub owner, Frederick Hawthorne discovers the ominous origin of an otherworldly pocket watch. Soon he is caught in a feud between ancient beings, stretching back to the witch trials of the seventeenth century.
· Laughing In The Dark by Michael McCarty a Humorous Short Story Collection
Former stand up comedian, Michael McCarty joins comedic forces with humorous horror authors to bring this collection of scary and funny stories. It will have you Laughing in the Dark but hopefully you will not die laughing.
· Yesterday We Forget Tomorrow by Max DeVoe Talley a Dystopian Sci-fi Conspiracy Thriller
Married to a shallow, status-seeking wife, whose father is his boss at a major oil company. He must find out how it happened. He keeps having memory flashes of a different life and another wife on the West Coast. With many people invested in maintaining his new identity, he and two friends must escape the growing conspiracy and stay alive to find the truth.
Drop by Damnation Books. Follow on Twitter @damnationbooks, FaceBook and the Damnation Books Blog at http://www.damnationbooks.com/blog/. Damnation books provides darned good dark fiction at a darned good price.
NYMF to Present Staged Reading of Jonathan Brielle's NIGHTMARE ALLEY, 7/23 & 24
by Tyler Peterson - Jul 10, 2013
The New York Musical Theatre Festival & Tritone Productions will present a reading of Nightmare Alley, a new musical with book, music & lyrics by Jonathan Brielle and directed by Michael Bush. This is the second NYMF collaboration for Brielle and Bush. Last summer, NYMF presented Brielle's Himself and Nora directed by Bush which has since gone on to a critically acclaimed production at the American Theater Group's Hamilton Stage. The reading of Nightmare Alley will take place Tuesday, July 23 at 5pm & Wednesday, July 24 @at5pm & 9pm at the Signature Theater.
BWW Exclusive: MARY POPPINS Cast Memories- Janet MacEwan
by Nicole Rosky - Feb 22, 2013
As the Broadway production of Mary Poppins comes to a close, we asked current and original principle cast members, as well as current cast members who have been with the show since day one, to share with us some memories and tell us what being a part of the magic has meant to them. Janet MacEwan, who is the current 'Bird Lady,' shared:
BWW Exclusive: MARY POPPINS Cast Memories- Michael McCarty
by Nicole Rosky - Feb 21, 2013
As the Broadway production of Mary Poppins comes to a close, we asked current and original principle cast members, as well as current cast members who have been with the show since day one, to share with us some memories and tell us what being a part of the magic has meant to them. Michael McCarty, who was the original 'Admiral Boom/Bank Chairman,' shared: