Michele Pawk to Play Joan Crawford in JOAN CRAWFORD IN...'FLESH AND BLOOD!' Reading, 11/9

Tony Award winner Michele Pawk will star in a private industry reading of a new play with music titled Joan Crawford In...'FLESH AND BLOOD!' presented by Shea Sullivan in Manhattan.

Joan Crawford In...'FLESH AND BLOOD!' is a new film noir stage-parody by Joe Major in which (Tony Award winner) Michele Pawk will play (Academy Award winner) Joan Crawford in the starring role of a fictitious, cinematic crime-drama from 1955 known as: "Flesh And Blood!" As a long-suffering mother, Crawford's character unwittingly gets mixed up with the notorious Creole Mafia as their freelance, personal decorator. And it isn't long before she's knee-deep in a thrilling plot of murder, political corruption and the seedy world of 1950's children's television.

Richard Roland will direct the reading, which will have a presentation on November 9 at Shetler Studios.

Joan Crawford In...'FLESH AND BLOOD!' is a movie-within-a-play parody of Ms. Crawford's film-noir career by Joe Major with original music by Justin Hatchimonji.

Pawk (Hollywood Arms, Triumph of Love, Cabaret), will be joined by Kathy Fitzgerald (9 To 5, The Producers), Ryan Silverman (The Phantom of the Opera, Cry-Baby), Jason Kravits (The Drowsy Chaperone, Sly Fox), Sarah Stiles (Vanities, Avenue Q), and Roger Rifkin (Musicals Tonight's Paint Your Wagon).