In the search for truth, whom do you trust? Hamlyn is a beautiful city that glitters by day-but at night the rats emerge. A wealthy citizen is accused of buying sexual favors from a young, disadvantaged boy. However as the plot unravels, it becomes increasingly difficult to discover the reality of what actually happened in Hamlyn.
It's about time for a new comedy cabaret fiesta with a hilarious company of San Diego's favorite award-winning comic actors and Señor Phil (Phil Johnson)'s rollicking variety extravaganza: CASA DEL HAHA! The very special cabaret engagement will be bringing down the house at Martinis Above Fourth Table + Stage on February 23rd, 2015 kicking off at 8pm.
Bringing the magic of cinema to the stage, Riverside Theatres presents Jumpboard Productions Live Live Cinema from 12 to 13 March 2015. A unique and entertaining evening, Live Live Cinema will combine acting, live music and sound design alongside the screening of Francis Coppola's 1963 horror film Dementia 13 and Herk Harvey's 1962 cult classic, Carnival of Souls.
Buzz Theatre Productions will present 'Next to Normal' for its inaugural production. Performances will take place on Friday, March 6th and Saturday, March 7th at 8pm at Old Paramus Reformed Church (660 E. Glen Avenue) in Ridgewood, NJ. The rock and roll musical, which features book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt, deals with a mother who struggles with worsening bipolar disorder and the effect that her illness and the attempts to alleviate it have on her family. The musical also addresses such issues as grieving a loss, suicide, drug abuse, ethics in modern psychiatry, and the underbelly of suburban life.
This provocative winner of five Tony Awards in 2004 brings to the stage a (shooting) gallery of some of history's most notorious players - the men and women who have attempted to kill American presidents. Set to a stylish Stephen Sondheim score, Assassins explores the underbelly of the American Dream through the lives, loves, and lunacy of nine American assassins including John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, and Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme.
Artists Repertory Theatre announces an ambitious and stylistically diverse 2015/16 season of eight engaging plays. These selections emphasize Artists Rep's role as Portland's premiere mid-size regional theatre company by offering five of the most acclaimed contemporary plays in recent years, alongside two magnificent mid-20th Century classics, and the World Premiere production of the Broadway-scale musical, Cuba Libre.
BroadwayWorld previously reported that the Tony Award-winning musical romance THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY will be presented by Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS) next January. Now, TUTS has revealed more details regarding their full 2015/2016 season in Sarofim Hall at The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts. Filled with a spoonful of sugar, one small girl with extra big dreams and a show that will have you "dying" with laughter, this season is sure to hit everyone's "sweet" spot.
Clown Bar is an immersive play in a genre best described as 'clown noir.' RedWhite+BlueArt Productions, in association with the Pasadena Playhouse, is presenting the West Coast premiere of this off-Broadway smash hit by Adam Szymkowicz on Thursday nights in January at redwhite+bluezz.
Scotch & Soda will bring their raucous, world-class mix of circus, dance and original music to London for the first time from 14 May until 2 August 2015. London Wonderground's decadent Spiegeltent will host this glamorous evening of debauched and deadly fun jam-packed with jaw-dropping lunacy, incredible feats and live beats.
Bringing the magic of cinema to the stage, Riverside Theatres presents Jumpboard Productions Live Live Cinema from 12 to 13 March 2015. A unique and entertaining evening, Live Live Cinema will combine acting, live music and sound design alongside the screening of Francis Coppola's 1963 horror film Dementia 13 and Herk Harvey's 1962 cult classic, Carnival of Souls.
Scotch & Soda will bring their raucous, world-class mix of circus, dance and original music to London for the first time from 14 May until 2 August 2015. London Wonderground's decadent Spiegeltent will host this glamorous evening of debauched and deadly fun jam-packed with jaw-dropping lunacy, incredible feats and live beats.
In the search for truth, whom do you trust? Hamlyn is a beautiful city that glitters by day-but at night the rats emerge. A wealthy citizen is accused of buying sexual favors from a young, disadvantaged boy. However as the plot unravels, it becomes increasingly difficult to discover the reality of what actually happened in Hamlyn.
What were you born to do? Who could you be if you lived without limitation? What would you do if you had the opportunity to find out, once and for all?
Detective Derrick Rice's job encroaches upon his personal life when his ex-lover is brutally murdered. He endeavors to find justice for his secret love, all the while struggling to avoid being consumed by the underbelly of mankind and the anger, which is festering in his being like a toxic plague.
Fleeing from heartbreak, Kate Burke abandons her hometown of Minneapolis and heads to Southern California in pursuit of sunshine, beaches, and beautiful people as happy and shiny as the glorious weather. This is the place to transform my life, she thinks. Downtown Los Angeles becomes the backdrop for Kate's new urban life. She's dating again, her art is selling, and she forges a friendship with a mysterious homeless man. But things start to unravel when the past bridges the miles between her old and new lives, and when fresh trouble pours down with the torrential rain that winter.
As Derrick tracks a killer across California, his journey merges path with Kate's and they find themselves in a wrenching, bloody fight for survival.
'California Gray' is available in both print and ebook formats.
Book Details:
California Gray
By Tracy Thorne
Published: December 2014
ISBN: 9781310840838
ASIN: B00MZMJ2QO
Pages: 550
Genre: Thriller, Contemporary Thriller
About The Author:
Tracy Thorne, a California native, lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Russ Ward, and her dogsPatty and Becky. She holds a Bachelor's and Master's degree from California State University Dominguez Hills. Tracy has worked for Children and Family Services as a Child Abuse Investigator for two Southern California counties, and she is currently working on a new novel.
For review copies, author interviews, or more information please contact:
Tracy Thorne
Email: californiagraynovel@gmail.com
Website: http://www.californiagraynovel.com/
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This March, Hiraeth and Welsh cakes aplenty come to London - following a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe 2014 (winner of the IdeasTap Underbelly Award 2014) and a much-lauded tour of Wales. Hiraeth, along with its creator/performer Buddug James Jones, is undoubtedly this year's find (The Evening Standard).
Morningside Opera, the NYC-based opera company that most recently presented the acclaimed Here Be Sirens and ¡Figaro! (90210), teams up with all-female orchestral ensemble SIREN Baroque to present, PERGOLESI POWER GAMES, a double-feature of two masterpieces by baroque composer Giambattista Pergolesi at the Alchemical Theater Laboratory (104 West 14th Street - between 6th and 7th Avenues, for two performances only - tonight, January 16th and Saturday, January 17th at 7:30 PM. Scroll down for a sneak peek at the production!
This provocative winner of five Tony Awards in 2004 brings to the stage a (shooting) gallery of some of history's most notorious players - the men and women who have attempted to kill American presidents. Set to a stylish Stephen Sondheim score, Assassins explores the underbelly of the American Dream through the lives, loves, and lunacy of nine American assassins including John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, and Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme.