THE BEAUTY, THE BANSHEE & ME Comes to Los Angeles for One Night Only
What would you do if your original birth certificate was sealed by the courts, unobtainable, and your heart's desire was to know where you came from? Playwright/Performer Cathy Lind Hayes, adopted at three months old by celebrated entertainer Peter Lind Hayes and his beautiful actress/singer wife Mary Healy, embarks on a decades-long journey to learn the truth about where she came from and why she was given up. Cathy debuted The Beauty, The Banshee & Me at the 2014 United Solo Theatre Festival in New York City, winning the award for Best Autobiographical Show. In this deeply passionate, humorous, and poignant solo play, her search takes many turns as she tries to make sense of how she is the daughter of two very different women. Michael Allen Angel directs The Beauty, The Banshee & Me which returns to theWhitefire Theatre for one night only Thursday, February 16 at 8 p.m. as part of Whitefire Theatre's Solofest 2017.
West Coast Premiere THE BEAUTY, THE BANSHEE & ME: Award-Winning Autobiographical Play
What would you do if your original birth certificate was sealed by the courts, unobtainable, and your heart's desire was to know where you came from? Playwright/Performer Cathy Lind Hayes, adopted at three months old by celebrated entertainer Peter Lind Hayes and his beautiful actress/singer wife Mary Healy, embarks on a decades-long journey to learn the truth about where she came from and why she was given up. Cathy debuted The Beauty, The Banshee & Me at the 2014 United Solo Theatre Festival in New York City, winning the award for Best Autobiographical Show. In this deeply passionate, humorous, and poignant solo play, her search takes many turns as she tries to make sense of how she is the daughter of two very different women. Michael Allen Angel directs the West Coast Premiere of The Beauty, The Banshee & Me at the Whitefire Theatre beginning September 15.
Stage and Screen Actress Mary Healy Dies at 96
The New York Times reports that Mary Healy, an actress and singer who, alongside her husband Peter Lind Hayes, performed on television, at the cabaret and on Broadway, died Tuesday, February 3, 2015. She was 96.
New Details Emerge About Sean Hayes' NBC Comedy
Sean Hayes' new comedy for NBC will star Hayes as half of a gay couple raising a 12-year-old son, EW reports. The show has also hired 'Rescue Me' co-creator Peter Tolan to write and executive produce the pilot. Michael Wimer will also executive produce.