Phantom Audio (www.PhantomAudio.com) - a full service audio production facility, offering radio production, film mixing, sound design and casting - will transform their large Chelsea loft into an art gallery - Phantom Gallery - for four days in September, and will present an exhibit of artist Don Florence's celebrity portraits entitled ACTORS, AUTHORS, OTHERS. Phantom Gallery is located at 48 West 25th Street, which is between 5th and 6th Avenues on the 10th Floor, and the exhibit ACTORS, AUTHORS, OTHERS will be held from September 24th through September 27th and will benefit the Playwrights Realm Theater Company.
An opening reception for Don Florence's ACTORS, AUTHORS, OTHERS will be held on Thursday, September 24 from 6:00pm to 8:30pm, with additional exhibit hours held on Friday, Septmber 25 from 6:00pm to 8:30pm, Saturday, September 26 from 11:00am to 5:00pm, and Sunday, September 27 from 11:00am to 5:00pm.
ACTORS, AUTHORS, OTHERS will include celebrity portraits of such noted authors, actors, and others as: Joel Grey, Anne Hathaway, Jude Law, Daniel Craig, Woody Allen, Tennessee Williams, Ethel Merman, Liz Taylor, Terrence McNally, Nathan Lane, The Marx Brothers, Dorothy Parker, Sir Ian McKellen, Edward Albee, Paul Newman, Marilyn Monroe, Neil Simon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, Gloria Vanderbilt, Barbara Hutton, Babe Paley, Rock Hudson, James Dean, David Sedaris, Meryl Streep, Marlon Brando, etc. All portraits will be available for viewing and purchase.
A turning point for artist Don Florence was winning a scholarship from Walt Disney himself to attend California Institute of the Arts. He ultimately substituted advertising for fine art. His clients have included; Barney's, Bloomingdale's and Revlon. He returned to the art world in 2004. He's had 3 solo shows at the Boltax Gallery on Shelter Island, including the slightly notorious "100 Homos Show," and has also exhibited at Art-Scope-Hamptons and several other venues in the New York area. Mr. Florence lives in Cross River, New York with Terry Hall, his partner of 37 years.
The Playwrights Realm is an off-Broadway Theater Company which most recently presented Anna Ziegler's critically acclaimed production of DOV AND ALI, and the 2009 Writer's Jam Sesson. The Realm is committed to developing and producing theater with artists - and for audiences - who share its belief that the playwright's vision is central to great theater. Founded in 2007, The Playwrights Realm is: Co-Artistic Directors John Dias and Katherine Kovner, Producing Director Stephanie Ybarra, and Associate Producer Judy Mauer. For more information on The Playwrights Realm, please visit www.playwrightsrealm.org.
For more information on ACTORS, AUTHORS, OTHERS please call 212-727-0452.
Photo Credit: Linda Lenzi
