Legendary Late Night TV personality Joe Franklin was always one to do things his own way. So why should his birthday be any different. This year Franklin will be celebrating his birthday - what he is calling his 39th birthday! - by attending an invitation only, industry reading of Charles Messina's new play 'A Room of My Own' at the Players Theater in Greenwich Village. The play is being presented by NahNotOutsideMyHouse! Productions Inc. in association with Shortened Attention Span and producer Al Messina.
NahNotOutsideMyHouse! Productions Inc. in association with Shortened Attention Span Theater and Producer Al Messina is proud to announce the World Premiere Staged Reading of Charles Messina's new play A Room of My Own at the The Players Theatre Main Stage.
A Room of My Own is a comedy set in the late 1970s and revolves around one wacky Italian-American family living in a small tenement apartment in Greenwich Village. Headed by a conniving, thieving matriarch, a gambling addicted patriarch, and an uncle with a secret that everyone knows, The Morelli Clan of Thompson Street is one outrageous bunch. Their struggles with debt, poverty and a Nun who they welcome into their lives is seen through the eyes of little 10 year old Carlo Morelli, a would-be writer, whose vocabulary consist mainly of four letter words.
Playwright/Director Messina is best known for his work on the critically acclaimed, off-Broadway hits Mercury, about the life of rocker Freddie Mercury, and Cirque Jacqueline, about former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. He is also directing Richard Vetere's musical Be My Love, about the life of legendary tenor Mario Lanza, which is being produced by Sonny Grosso and Phil Ramone.
The cast of A Room of My Own features Tony ?n Tina's Wedding stars Johnny Tammaro, Gina Ferranti, Chris DePierro, Gina Musumeci, and Carlo Rivieccio. Rounding out the stellar cast is Monica Arazi, who was last seen in John Guare's Cop Out and Talking Dog at The Gene Frankel Theater, and young John Barbieri, who starred in Messina's play Klepto last season at The Players.
The Players Theatre is proud to present two encore performances of Cirque Jacqueline, the revealing one-woman play about Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Cirque Jacqueline is written and performed by Andrea Reese, and directed by Charles Messina. Performances take place December 18th and 19th, 2008 at 7:30pm. The Players Theatre Loft is located at 115 MacDougal Street (3rd Floor) between West 3rd St. & Minetta Lane in NYC. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased online at www.JackieOShow.com or by calling 1-866-811-4111.
The Players Theatre is proud to present two encore performances of Cirque Jacqueline, the revealing one-woman play about Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Cirque Jacqueline is written and performed by Andrea Reese, and directed by Charles Messina. Performances take place December 18th and 19th, 2008 at 7:30pm. The Players Theatre Loft is located at 115 MacDougal Street (3rd Floor) between West 3rd St. & Minetta Lane in NYC. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased online at http://www.JackieOShow.com or by calling 1-866-811-4111.
The Players Theatre is proud to present two encore performances of Cirque Jacqueline, the revealing one-woman play about Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Cirque Jacqueline is written and performed by Andrea Reese, and directed by Charles Messina. Performances take place December 18th and 19th, 2008 at 7:30pm. The Players Theatre Loft is located at 115 MacDougal Street (3rd Floor) between West 3rd St. & Minetta Lane in NYC. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased online at www.JackieOShow.com or by calling 1-866-811-4111.
Cirque Jacqueline, Andrea Reese's acclaimed one-woman play that played to Massachusetts audiences in 2005 and 2006, will return to Provincetown in a limited seven-performance engagement from August 25 - September 1, 2007 at The Art House.
Cirque Jacqueline, Andrea Reese's highly acclaimed one-woman play that wowed Massachusetts audiences and critics in 2005 and 2006, will return to Provincetown in a limited seven-performance engagement from August 25 - September 1, 2007 at The Art House. Cirque Jacqueline is directed by Charles Messina.
The Great Divide is written and directed by Charles Messina and will begin performances on Monday, June 6, opening June 15 - June 29 at 7PM at The Triad Theatre (158 West 72nd Street). The Great Divide is being presented by Scott Brooks, Gina Ferranti, and Bruce Robert Harris.
