Original GRAND HOTEL Cast Will Reunite for 30th Anniversary Concert
THE GREEN ROOM 42 a?' the new intimate concert venue dubbed Broadway's a?oeoff-night hotspota?? by The New York Times a?' will present a special one-night-only event Grand Hotel: A 30th Anniversary Celebration In Concert to benefit The Actors Fund on Sunday, November 11 at 7:00 PM and 9:30 PM. The 1989 Tony Award winning Broadway musical has songs by Robert Wright & George Forrest, book by Luther Davis, and additional music and lyrics by Maury Yeston. The concerts a?' written and directed by Tony nominee Walter Willison, and dedicated to the memory of original Grand Hotel star Liliane Montevecchi a?' will take at The Green Fig, adjacent to The Green Room 42 (570 Tenth Avenue at 42nd Street, on the 4th Floor of Yotel).
Big Wins for Broadway Alum at AOF & Hollywood Dreamz Film Festival
Broadway actor turned CGI Film Director Charles Mandracchia, wins BEST ANIMATION & BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN in the Hollywood Dreamz Film Festival for his film BIG PASTA - The Jazzy, Cigar Chomping, Honky-Tonk Musical. Mandracchia is from the original cast of Tommy Tune's Grand Hotel the Musical.
St. Joseph Wins Best Comedy Short at the Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival.
St. Joseph is a light hearted zany short comedy set in the suburbs of New Jersey involving two very different Italian families that live across the street from each other. Donna and Joey's house is immaculately kept inside and out. Elaine and Doug are more into going camping then caring about the appearance of their house. Donna obsesses on the hopes they would move out.. Then her mother-in-law Virginia gives her an idea that turns into a happy chaos in the neighborhood.
YOU GOT A PROBLEM…Wins the New Hope Film Festival
Home of the Bucks County Playhouse, the New Hope Film Festival has been named one of the Top Film Festivals in the country and is very supportive to the Broadway theatre community in helping Broadway artist broaden and grow their careers.