William Faulkner News

Money Lab runs August 7 through August 10, with performance set for 8pm. Tickets are $15, plus a required $5 buy in. To order, call 212-352-3101 or visit www.bricktheater.com.

Anaphora Literary Press is pleased to announce Twilight of the Immortal, which tells the remarkable story of early Hollywood through the eyes of Rosemary McKisco, a wayward young heiress who throws in her lot with the great Alla Nazimova, the first openly lesbian star of stage and screen. Fleeing a respectable marriage to a wealthy Broadway producer on the eve of America's entry into the Great War, Rosemary follows Nazimova to Hollywood, navigating her twilight world where women prefer women and men prefer men. It is the heyday of the Silent Era-a time of indulgent excess, of scandals and free love. For a shining moment, Rudolph Valentino reigns as the silver screen's 'Greatest Lover' and Rosemary is not immune to his magnetic charm. As his trusted confidante, she stands by him through the curses of his outrageous fortune-and barely survives his sudden, tragic death. By 1927, as Valentino's infamous funeral fades from the daily headlines to become the less volatile stuff of legend, Rosemary makes her peace with Hollywood at lastbut at what cost? 'As historical fiction, it is rich with detail and imagery, providing a strong 'you were there' experience for the reader...For me, the only disappointing part of the reading experience was reaching the end.' MB Austen, BiWomenBoston.org Marilyn Jaye Lewis is an award-winning writer of cutting-edge fiction, memoirs, and essays. The author of numerous short stories and novellas, her career has thus far spanned two decades and her work has been translated into French, Italian, Japanese, German, and Spanish. Her many novels include Freak Parade, In the Secret Hours, and the work-in-progress Curse of Our Profound Disorder (winner of a New Century Writers Award and a finalist in the William Faulkner Writing Competition). ($30, ISBNs: 1460904125/ 9781460904121, LCCN: 2011902172, 5.06X7.81?, 602pp)

When AMC's 'Mad Men' opened its current season to an all-time high in viewer ratings (the show's fifth season delivered 3.5 million viewers for its two-hour premiere), the indictment was clear - America's past is still in vogue.

The Strange Tree Group presents the world premiere of the elaborate time travel comedy THE HALF-BROTHERS MENDELSSOHN by Elizabeth Bagby, directed by Thrisa Hodits, playing tonight, June 18 - July 20, 2013 at Signal Ensemble Theatre, 1802 W. Berenice Ave. in Chicago.

New Line Theatre, 'the bad boy of musical theatre,' closes its 22nd season now through June 22, 2013, with the regional premiere of one of the most outrageous shows the company has ever produced. With book and lyrics by Spencer Green and Gary Stockdale, and music by Stockdale, BUKOWSICAL is a wacky, high-energy - and gleefully adult - musical comedy, an ironic and insightful 21st-century reboot of the classic American musical comedy, exploring the intersection between sex, drugs, booze, and art, all through the life story of the great American novelist and poet Charles Bukowski. BroadwayWorld has new shots of the cast in action below!

The Strange Tree Group presents the world premiere of the elaborate time travel comedy THE HALF-BROTHERS MENDELSSOHN by Elizabeth Bagby, directed by Thrisa Hodits, playing June 18 - July 20, 2013 at Signal Ensemble Theatre, 1802 W. Berenice Ave. in Chicago.

The Brick Theater, Inc. presents The Cleverbot Plays, today, March 22-23 at 8pm, showcasing 10 playwrights and one 'Cleverbot' in two nights of theater.

He made the Roaring '20s come alive in numerous novels and created the Flapper Girl. As fans anticipate the release of the fourth film version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece The Great Gatsby, there is renewed interest in the legendary writer's work. Fans will delight in knowing that The Saturday Evening Post is working with intellectual property studio SD Entertainment and romance transmedia and company BroadLit to publish F.Scott Fitzgerald's Gatsby Girls-a collection of his first eight short stories originally published in The Saturday Evening Post. Included are the original illustrations, cover art, reproductions of the actual pages of the Post, plus a fascinating introduction by the Post's historian. No other writer of his time wrote so skillfully, so sympathetically and so fascinatingly about women.

The Brick Theater, Inc. presents The Cleverbot Plays, March 22-23 at 8pm, showcasing 10 playwrights and one 'Cleverbot' in two nights of theater.

Both events are FREE and open to the public.

Mother of Invention, under the Artistic Direction of Gina Stahlnecker has announced that Austin Pendleton will direct it's production of LOOK HOMEWARD, ANGEL, Ketti Frings' acclaimed 1957 play based on Thomas Wolfe's first and largely autobiographical novel, March 13 - 24 at Abingdon Theatre Company's Strelsin Theatre (312 West 36th St.). The official opening will be on March 16th at 8PM.

NVA will present THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL, Horton Foote's beautiful American classic about finding your way home, in honor of founding Ensemble member Sandra Ellis-Troy (1942-2010.) NVA is thrilled to have Ellis-Troy's close friend Sylvia M'Lafi Thompson anchoring the cast in the pivotal role of Carrie Watts.

Courtroom ethics, medical malpractice, religious deception, and irresistible adultery- ethical quandaries rule in the celebrated new novel by multiple award-winning author William H. Coles.

NVA will present THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL, Horton Foote's beautiful American classic about finding your way home, in honor of founding Ensemble member Sandra Ellis-Troy (1942-2010.) NVA is thrilled to have Ellis-Troy's close friend Sylvia M'Lafi Thompson anchoring the cast in the pivotal role of Carrie Watts.

Readers who found Yann Martel's mix of fantasy, spirituality and darkness so compelling in Life of Pi can enjoy the same blend in Laine Cunningham's latest novel HE DRINKS POISON.

Now in its 7th year, The NY Clown Theatre Festival is New York's preeminent annual, international Clown Theatre festival. This year's event includes 34 shows in 24 days with over 150 clown performers from 16 countries including Finland, Mexico, France, New Zealand, and Wales. The festival also features classes taught by world-famous clown teachers, a clown-sourced iPhone-created silent film project and a performance by the co-creator and lead performer of Cirque de Soleil's Ovo! The Brick Theater, Inc. brings the festival back this fall, performing tonight, September 7th-30th at The Brick in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Director Lisa Gillespie is responsible for my most recent serving of Steel Magnolias (onstage at Boiler Room Theatre in Franklin through September 8), which like all richly decadent Southern delicacies, sates something within me that yearns for a memory-laden repast-serving up Harling's artful blend of comedy and drama that is so redolent of my upbringing. In fact, every new production of Steel Magnolias that I see reminds me of a family reunion, where the same stories of kinfolk and friends are told time and again, providing a rich heritage from which to draw sustenance.

Now in its 7th year, The NY Clown Theatre Festival is New York's preeminent annual, international Clown Theatre festival. This year's event includes 34 shows in 24 days with over 150 clown performers from 16 countries including Finland, Mexico, France, New Zealand, and Wales. The festival also features classes taught by world-famous clown teachers, a clown-sourced iPhone-created silent film project and a performance by the co-creator and lead performer of Cirque de Soleil's Ovo! The Brick Theater, Inc. brings the festival back this fall, performing September 7th-30th at The Brick in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

The Brick Theater, Inc. presents No Second Acts: A Collection of Short American Lives, appearing as part of DEMOCRACY and featuring new short plays by Gyda Arber, James Comtois, Jeff Lewonczyk, Justin Maxwell, August Schulenberg, Trav S.D., Crystal Skillman, Alexis Sottile, Stephanie Swirsky and Art Wallace, June 1-3, 2012.

The Brick Theater, Inc. presents No Second Acts: A Collection of Short American Lives, appearing as part of DEMOCRACY and featuring new short plays by Gyda Arber, James Comtois, Jeff Lewonczyk, Justin Maxwell, August Schulenberg, Trav S.D., Crystal Skillman, Alexis Sottile, Stephanie Swirsky and Art Wallace, June 1-3, 2012.