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Studio Recording of PERFECT PICTURE Now Available at BC/EFA Online Store

By: Oct. 25, 2013
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Following a star-studded concert at the Drama League on October 7, 6-10 Productions, LLC has announced the official release of the studio cast recording of PERFECT PICTURE. Featuring performances by some of Broadway's most distinguished artists, PERFECT PICTURE examines the chaotic love story of the iconic Norman Rockwell. He inspired all of America to believe in the perfect family...but he knew better. The CD is available at the BROADWAY CARES/EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS Online Store, the album's official online distributor.

With music & lyrics by the BLUESTONE SISTERS (who also wrote the holiday family favorite, The Odd Potato) & musical direction & arrangements by 2012 Fred Ebb Award winner, Sam WillmotT, PERFECT PICTURE offers a dream cast of a dozen of Broadway's most distinguished & award-winning artists, including Debbie Gravitte, Ron Holgate, Mark Jacoby, Judy Kaye, Beth Leavel, Andrea McArdle, Emily Skinner, Randy Skinner, Bob Stillman, Lillias White, Tom Wopat & Karen Ziemba.

In 1904, a gawky kid meandered into a two-bit Carnival Side Show & learned a lesson that stuck forever. "Don't show life as it really is, but how folks want it to be." That creed made Norman Rockwell iconic. He inspired a nation to believe in the perfect family, but he knew better.

A high school drop-out at 15, only his art instructors nurtured him. His dismissive mother insisted he would end up penniless & alone. To prove her wrong, at 22, he married a girl who didn't love him - or his art. All his success & money couldn't prevent Irene from running away with another man. His second marriage was even more heartbreaking. Mary Barstow, his greatest champion, adored him, but Norman began to suffer from bouts of depression. As he became anxious & unsure about his art, he withdrew from Mary & only when she turned to alcohol for comfort & he seemed to be losing her, did Norman Realize what makes a family picture perfect. Indeed, the artist was down for the count but as he proved over & over again in his lifetime, no one should ever count him out.

Produced by Joshua Sherman & EILEEN BLUESTONE SHERMAN at MSR Studios in New York City, PERFECT PICTURE offers both Rockwell enthusiasts & Broadway lovers a unique insight into the life of an American legend. With a combination of poignant love songs, driving musical theatre numbers, hot jazz, comical ditties & even a new Christmas song for the holidays, PERFECT PICTURE "has something for everyone."

To order the PERFECT PICTURE CD, go to:

http://broadwaycares.stores.yahoo.net/perfectpicture.html

Visit us on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/perfectpicturethemusical?ref=br_tf.

To learn more about PERFECT PICTURE go to: www.ebsoriginals.com.







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