Merry Christmas!

My son Thomas and his girl friend Corey are having Christmas Eve dinner at my home.  Susan is in St. Paul with her children.

Filming of Charleston Revisited by Eastern Market Studios begins in January at Tilghman Island, MD.

Working on the Cabala, a new play based on Thornton Wilder's novel.

Hosting Emily's List President Stephanie Schriock at the National Press Club on Monday, January 7.

Composer Michael Oberhauser will be arranging and orchestrating the music for two operas: Lincoln and God and Vandergrift, both based on the stage plays.  Alan Gershwin is the composer.

Margherita is on its way to New York.   Opening in Buffalo being going to New World Stages on  Off Broadway.

Learning to write music with Sibelius software.

Hosted Alan Gross wife and lawyer at a newsmaker at the National Press.  This marks the third anniversary of Alan's imprisonment by the Cuban government.

Composed my fifth musical piece on Sibelius.   Dreadful, but a beginning.

Seeing Lincoln tonight.

A photo of me in Greece last summer.

Had Thanksgiving with wife, son and his girl friend today.

Celebrate thanksgiving with wife, son, his girlfriend and her brother at my son's home on the Chesapeake Bay.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Working on The Cabala, a play based on Thornton Wilder's first novel.

Long conference call with Browne-Nederlander on production of Margerhita today.  Latest:  Theatre, scenic designer chosen, but call to investors begins again.  World Stages - off Broadway -but not to far off.

Begin conferencing tomorrow with Browne-Nederlander on production of Margherita on Off Broadway (New World Stages) in March.  Also marks the 100th Anniversary of the Nederlander family's entry into the theatre business.

Eastern Market Studios is moving ahead with the motion picture Charleston Revisited directed by Roland Branford Gomez.

Chatted with Adrian Gershwin, Alan's son and George's grandson today who arrived from France.

Had breakfast with all of my Economic Research Service alumni where I work for thirty years.  Great to be with these people. Here is where I learned about the heartbeat of America.  Everyone looks great.

Eastern Market Studios will be refilming Charleston Revisited on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Charleston, SC in 2013.

The election is over, and now we all work together for this Great Republic we all love.

Look forward to the end of this election. Who will win?  Making progress on my  Yamaha Keyboard.

Visited my son's newly purchased home in St. Leonard, MD on the Chesapeake Bay.  Very nice.

My son Thomas Gallo was admitted to the Carey School of Business at Johns Hopkins University.

Survived the Storm.  Susan on way back from Charleston.

Having fun trying to learn how to write my own music for my own librettos.

Cancellation of the Agony of David at Lincolnia Center. Broadway has gone dark for at least two days and so has the Seventh Street Playhouse, but only because the Lincolnia Center is closed.   The Agony of David will be performed at a future date

Excellent rehearsal of The Agony of David last night.  Great Cast.

Rehearsal for the Agony of David  tomorrow night.  Also, the Opera David is being reviewed by Cosmowriters at noon.

THE AGONY OF DAVID by Anthony E. Gallo .October 29 2012, 7:30 PM Lincolnia Center, Fairfax, Virginia . . This two-act tragedy of faith and sin is totally based on the life of David, second king of Israel, and pivotal to the two Davidic religions, Christianity and Judaism. David, once a shepherd boy and now the mighty King of Israel, rules the entire region after being crowned King of Israel in 1010 BCE.  He has put together a kingdom against all odds.  Even his enemies admit that he is God’s chosen. But this providentially endowed military and political genius, poet, spiritualist, harpist, sportsman, and dancer is beset by tragedy.  This husband of eight carefully chosen wives and father of seventeen children has proven to be a less than satisfactory father and husband, and while called upon to be the first to create a kingdom for God on earth, has incurred   wrath.  His is a life of faith and struggle reflected by conflicts with his God, political and military enemies,   family of origin, King Saul, wife Micah, and  children  Amnon, Abijah, Tamar, and Absalom.  THE AGONY OF DAVID attempts to show how ultimately David must face the tragic consequences of his decisions   but in the end is sustained by a remarkable faith and strength of inner character: No charge.  Agallo2368@verizon.netor 202 544- 6973 Questions:Agallo2368@verion.net or Lincolnia Center 4710 N Chambliss St, Alexandria, VA 22312(703) 914-0223 Cross Streets: Between and Beauregard St  

Margherita   going to production for off Broadway opening according to Browne-Nederlander Productions.

Now playing with Sibelius, musical notation software. Wrote my first melody.

Started working with musical notation software Sibelius First.  Fascinating.  Who knows, I might also become my own composer.  Lincoln and God, David, Botticelli, and Vandergrift are now also musicals.

Washington Examiner writes nice article on Virgil Goode's speech at National Press Club which I hosted.
 http://washingtonexaminer.com/third-party-conservative-virgil-goode-could-derail-romney-in-virginia/article/2510630

Hosted James Goode, Constitutional Party Candidate for President of the United States at the National Press Club on Friday October 12 at 2 PM

Visited my son in his first home.  On the Chesapeake Bay.  Pleasant trip.

Wiill be hosting former Virginia Republican Congressman Virgil Goode of the Constitution Party candidate for U.S. President,   Political analysts say his candidacy could swing the battleground state of Virginia in a close contest there between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama. Goode will discuss why he is running for the nation's highest office at a National Press Club Newsmaker Program.  

Susan and I just returned from a Mediterranean cruise. Soped in Genoa, Livorno, Monte Carlo, Portofino, Monte Carlo, St. Tropez, Mallorca, Minorca, Marseilles and Barcelona.

Working on libretto for the musical Vandergrift.  

Susan and I ar preparing for out trip to the Mediteranean next week.

Moderated  forum on Who Likes Ike’s Memorial at the National Press Club.  Washington Post Architecture critic Roger K. Lewis and architect Milton W. Grenfell were speakers.

 

Hosting a newsmaker forum on Who Likes Ike's memorial for the press at the National Press Club.

From State Department Magazine   July/August 2012 In March and May, the dramatic reading of the play”Margherita” by Anthony D. Gallo, intrigued Department audiences.   “Margherita” is a historically based two-act drama about love and hatred between Margherita Sarfatti and Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, as they meet after a three-year separation.  Gallo has written 11 published and produced works.     PAGE 31

Working on The Musical Vandergrift , the screenplay Charleston Revisited,  and two new plays-The tragedy of King and Heathcliff in America.

 Both librettos for David(music by Aaron Forbes) and Lincoln and God( music by Alan Gershwin)are now on the internet:  David Libretto:  http://dlibretto.aegallo.com

Lincoln Libretto:  http://llibretto.aegallo.com

Interviewed by prominent journalist Jamila Bey from Voice of Russia Radio on the stage play Lincoln and God and Musical Lincoln and God(based on the stage play), currently being written with Alan Gershwin from New York as composer.   He is the son of George Gershwin.  

So far have spent a total of 21 afternoons –mostly afternoons- swimming and resting on the Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis. About thirty minutes from my home

Copyrighted  libretto, lyrics and book for two works. Lincoln and God: The Musical (Alan Gershwin - music) and David: The Rock Opera ( Aaron Forbes-music and arrangement)

The Botticelli Cruise at the Kennedy Center Page-to-Stage attracted a large appreciative audience.  The critical feedback afterwards was invaluable.  See the full production at the Greenbelt Arts Center in June 2013.

FINAL NOTICE:  KENNEDY CENTER

See The Botticelli Cruise at the Kennedy Center  on Saturday, September 1 at 1 PM in the Terrace Gallery.  Agallo2368@verizon.net  202 544 6973 Especially designed for sinners.  Misses being politically correct.  Is the play disrespectful of religions?

Four strange humans!  They travel the dangerous East Coast of Africa. WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?.   Where do they come from?  Are they who they say they are?   Will psychiatrists help?  Probably not  .  What do they want?  What are they looking for?   Why are they on this trip .Only three bizarre and confused characters, plus an elusive captain,  appear in this two-act drama about a cruise on a small exclusive cruise ship, The Botticelli, which sails around the east coast of Africa along the warm Indian Ocean. Bernard is taking his fortieth cruise.  BOO, now on her tenth cruise, early forties five times married likes her gin..   And Arthur, the accommodating Somalian waiter is very obliging toward both, but seems secretive.  They cruise toward dangerous ports with revolutions, terrorists, and pirates.  All rumors of course. They each claim they want nothing.   And then the weird ship captain?   

 Lyrics and libretto completed for rock opera David. Aaron Forbes composer. http://galloforbes.aegallo.com/

See the Botticelli Cruise at The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, September 1 at 1 PM. http://ken.aegallo.com/

THE JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

Hosts as Part of the 2012 Page-to-Stage Festival  

A SEVENTH STREET PLAYHOUSE STAGED READING OF

THE BOTTICELLI CRUISE

by Anthony E. Gallo

IN THE TERRACE GALLERY

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 1, 2012 at 1 PM 

  

Especially designed for sinners.  Misses being politically correct.  Is the play disrespectful of religions? Four strange humans!  They travel the dangerous East Coast of Africa. WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?   Where do they come from?  Are they who they say they are?   Will psychiatrists help?  Probably not.  What do they want?  What are they looking for?  Why are they on this trip? Three bizarre and confused characters, plus an elusive Captain, appear in this two-act drama about a cruise on a small exclusive cruise ship, The Botticelli, which sails around the east coast of Africa along the warm Indian Ocean. BERNARD is taking his 40^th cruise.  BOO, now on her 10^th cruise, early forties, five times married, likes her gin.  And ARTHUR, the accommodating Somalian waiter, is very obliging toward both, but seems secretive.  They cruise toward dangerous ports with revolutions, terrorists, and pirates.  All rumors, of course. They each claim they want nothing.  And then the weird ship Captain?   

 

Bernard                                                Jan Forbes

Boo                                                        Tarpley Long

Arthur                                                   Jonathan Gadsden

Captain Botticelli                               Lenny Levy

Narrator                                               Beatrix Whitehall

Sound Design                                       Beatrix Whitehall

Associate Director                             David Weaver    

 

 

Questions:   Anthony E. Gallo   (202) 544-6973  agallo2368@verizon.net

The Botticelli Cruise:   http://botticelli.aegallo.com

• NO CHARGE
• COMPLIMENTARY SHUTTLE FROM GW METRO STOP
• OR PARK AT THE KENNEDY CENTER  

Nederlander-Browne preparing Margherita for production in the spring.  New World Stages, Theatre Five on Off Broadway(50th Street).

Susan and I are attending her mother’s memorial service in Hastings Nebraska.  She died at age 97 this spring.

See The Botticelli Cruise at the Kennedy Center   Details: http://ken.aegallo.com

Great fig crop this year from my 20 year old tree.

See The Botticelli Cruise at the Kennedy Center  on Saturday, September 1 at 1 PM in the Terrace Gallery.  Agallo2368@verizon.net

Especially designed for sinners.  Misses being politically correct.  Is the play disrespectful of religions?

Four strange humans!  They travel the dangerous East Coast of Africa. WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?.   Where do they come from?  Are they who they say they are?   Will psychiatrists help?  Probably not  .  What do they want?  What are they looking for?   Why are they on this trip .Only three bizarre and confused characters, plus an elusive captain,  appear in this two-act drama about a cruise on a small exclusive cruise ship, The Botticelli, which sails around the east coast of Africa along the warm Indian Ocean. Bernard is taking his fortieth cruise.  BOO, now on her tenth cruise, early forties five times married likes her gin..   And Arthur, the accommodating Somalian waiter is very obliging toward both, but seems secretive.  They cruise toward dangerous ports with revolutions, terrorists, and pirates.  All rumors of course. They each claim they want nothing.   And then the weird ship captain?   

Hi:

At the end of last year, I signed an agreement to have the Nederlander Browne Group work with me to bring Margherita to Broadway early next year.

As one of my long-time supporters, I need your help to get it produced. Together we can make a commitment to actually see Margherita on Broadway.

This is what I am asking help on and this is what we get back for our efforts:

- We need to raise $275,000 to produce the show and open it on Broadway.

o The investment basic unit is $25,000, but a unit can be shared by a group of investors ( there are a couple of ways of doing this) and of course you can purchase as many whole units as you desire.

- Investors get their investment back first (we call this recoupment). Then profits are split 50% to the investors and 50% to the producers.

o The average show on Broadway sells about 80% of its seats. My show would breakeven on a weekly basis if we sold only 60% of the seats and show a profit of almost $20,000 a week if we sold 80% of the seats.

o There are many perks for investors, which include acknowledgement in advertising, programs, etc. for larger investors and opening night tickets and parties (in NY and DC); access to house seats and meet and greets with cast and creative team (also in NY and DC) for all investors.

Attached to this email is more information about the show, and important financial information, like a breakdown of where the money goes on pages 6-8.

Investing in shows can be an interesting, exciting and lucrative proposition.

I can give you access to my partners, who can help you learn more about investing on Broadway, and help you to decide if to help me bring Margherita to Broadway next year.

Call Tony Gallo at 202-544-6973 or David Groelinger at (212) 822-4200 for information and send funds to David Groelinger at Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment
1450 Broadway, 20th Floor
New York City, N.Y. 10018

Broadway Margherita:  http://Broadway.aegallo.com

Lincoln and God was an artistic and financial success at the Greenbelt Arts Center.

See The Botticelli Cruise at the Kennedy Center for the Arts on Saturday September 1,  from 1 to 3 PM.  Part of the Page to Stage Festival. Questions:202 544 6973 or agallo2368@verizon.net

Review of Lincoln and God At GAC 2012

Abraham Lincoln, Prophet, Is Theme of GAC Play

by Carol Griffith   Greenbelt News Review

A Review

Intelligent and entertaining, dramatic and detailed – all are descriptions of “Lincoln and God,” the latest play by Anthony Gallo now showing at the Greenbelt Arts Center. This is Gallo’s third and best-yet production at GAC.

Was Abraham Lincoln a human messenger of God? A prophet? What was his relationship with his God? These are the questions the play explores through showing how Lincoln related to family members – even those who opposed his politics, to his staff and to the clergyman with whom he developed a close friendship. Gallo, who has clearly done a considerable amount of research into Lincoln’s life and  associations, has unearthed a number of historical figures and events that, though largely lost to history, played a role in Lincoln’s life. The scenesand characters flow so easily, the play is thoroughly engrossing and entertaining.  The play begins its chronology shortly after Lincoln’s first inauguration as he debates his Confederacy-sympathizing brother- in-law (played by Pat Martin), offering him a position to no avail in the Union Army. Soon he is visited by the Reverend Phineas Densmore Gurley, pastor of the (still-standing) New York Avenue Presbyterian Church (played beautifully by David Weaver). Their debates about God, religion and life are among the best scenes. Lincoln called for Gurley’s advice at difficult times during his terms as president and their imagined conversations are  Intelligent and entertaining,

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The play begins its chronology shortly after Lincoln’s first inauguration as he debates his Confederacy-sympathizing brother-in-law (played by Pat Martin), offering him a position to no avail in the Union Army. Soon he is visited by the Reverend Phineas Densmore Gurley, pastor

of the (still-standing) New York Avenue Presbyterian Church (played beautifully by David

Weaver).

Their debates about God, religion and life are among the best scenes. Lincoln called for Gurley’s advice at difficult times during his terms as president and their imagined conversations are insightful. One of the most touching scenes finds Lincoln and a critical Gurley participating in a séance conducted by a known charlatan, to appease Mary Todd Lincoln as she grieves the loss of her two sons.

Gettysburg Address

James McDaniel shows Lincoln’s humanity well. His dramatic reading of the Gettysburg

Address is spine-tingling. As Nico Hay, Lincoln’s assistant, Mark Mueller gives a great performance.

And special kudos to Shirl Weaver for stepping into the role of Mary Todd Lincoln on a two-hour notice on opening night and carrying it off so beautifully.

 Musical selections from the talented Homespun Ceilidh Band, popular performers at GAC, set the mood for the play. “Lincoln and God” has had  And special kudos to Shirl Weaver for stepping into the role of Mary Todd Lincoln on atwo-hour notice on opening night and carrying it off so beautifully.Musical selections from the talented Homespun Ceilidh Band, popular performers at GAC, setthe mood for the play.

“Lincoln and God” has had Kennedy Center, the National Press Club staged readings presented at the and the Dramatists Guild of America; this is its first

full-stage production. Gallo is in the process of composing, with Alan Gershwin, an opera based

on the play. We’re fortunate to have the play here in Greenbelt –don’t miss this opportunity. 

“Lincoln and God” will play on the Friday and Saturday evenings of August 3 and 4 at 8 p.m. A Sunday matinee will be held on August 5 at 2:30 p.m.  Reservations may be made through the box office at 301- 441-8770 or at the Greenbelt ArtsCenter at 123 Centerway, locatedbeneath the Co-op supermarket

GREAT SHOW  OUTSTANDING REVIEWS

On the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and  the 75^th anniversary of the founding of Historic Greenbelt  The Greenbelt Arts Center and

 The Seventh Street Playhouse present LINCOLN AND GOD By Anthony E. Gallo Directed by Lenny Levy  Friday, July 27, Saturday, July 28, Friday, August 3, Saturday, August 4 @ 8:00 PM  Sunday, July 29 and Sunday, August 5  @ 2:30  PM

This two-act drama examines our 16^th President’s conflict with men and God through his defeats, triumphs, and tragedies during the Civil War.  Did he hear God in the dialogue, actions, and words of wife Mary, Reverend Phineas Gurley, colleagues, and enemies?  Lincoln is the only American President who did not claim Church membership.  What was his relationship with God all about?  Was he an American Moses, or an American Herod?  The play traces his conflict with God as he heard God in the dialogue and actions of those closest to him. From his arrival in Washington dancing to the Mary Todd Lincoln Polka, to the Emancipation Proclamation, his Second Inauguration, and the end of the Civil War, we follow the President’s clashes with those closest to him.

   Cast–  Abraham Lincoln - James McDaniel;  Mary Todd Lincoln - Mellicent Singham;  Reverend Phineas Gurley- David Weaver;  Nico Hay- Mark Mueller;   Emily Helm - Sherman McDaniel;   Benjamin Helm, Captain Holmes, John Wilkes Booth - Pat Martin;  Chief Justice Salmon Chase, voice of Eddie Lincoln - Shirl  Weaver; Thomas Jones, Elizabeth Keckley, Woman and voice of Willie Lincoln - ZSun-nee Matema;  Dr. Colchester and Chief Justice Roger Taney –Lenny Levy  :  Music:    The Homespun Ceilidh Band; Alan Gershwin’s  “The Gettysburg Anthem”; Crew :  Sound - Beatrix Whitehall; Props Manager, Stage Manager and Understudy  - Elaine Vega:  Lighting Designer - David Weaver   Production Assistant Genie Baskir 

LOCATED IN THE HISTORIC GREENBELT ARTS CENTER The Nation’s First Shopping Center-1937 Greenbelt Arts Center  123 Centerway. Greenbelt, Maryland

Directions and Reservations: 301-441-8770. Tickets: Regular - $15   Seniors/Students - $12   Group Sales -$10

On the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and  the 75^th anniversary of the founding of Historic Greenbelt  The Greenbelt Arts Center and

 The Seventh Street Playhouse present LINCOLN AND GOD By Anthony E. Gallo Directed by Lenny Levy  Friday, July 27, Saturday, July 28, Friday, August 3, Saturday, August 4 @ 8:00 PM  Sunday, July 29 and Sunday, August 5  @ 2:30  PM

This two-act drama examines our 16^th President’s conflict with men and God through his defeats, triumphs, and tragedies during the Civil War.  Did he hear God in the dialogue, actions, and words of wife Mary, Reverend Phineas Gurley, colleagues, and enemies?  Lincoln is the only American President who did not claim Church membership.  What was his relationship with God all about?  Was he an American Moses, or an American Herod?  The play traces his conflict with God as he heard God in the dialogue and actions of those closest to him. From his arrival in Washington dancing to the Mary Todd Lincoln Polka, to the Emancipation Proclamation, his Second Inauguration, and the end of the Civil War, we follow the President’s clashes with those closest to him.

   Cast–  Abraham Lincoln - James McDaniel;  Mary Todd Lincoln - Mellicent Singham;  Reverend Phineas Gurley- David Weaver;  Nico Hay- Mark Mueller;   Emily Helm - Sherman McDaniel;   Benjamin Helm, Captain Holmes, John Wilkes Booth - Pat Martin;  Chief Justice Salmon Chase, voice of Eddie Lincoln - Shirl  Weaver; Thomas Jones, Elizabeth Keckley, Woman and voice of Willie Lincoln - ZSun-nee Matema;  Dr. Colchester and Chief Justice Roger Taney –Lenny Levy  :  Music:    The Homespun Ceilidh Band; Alan Gershwin’s  “The Gettysburg Anthem”; Crew :  Sound - Beatrix Whitehall; Props Manager, Stage Manager and Understudy  - Elaine Vega:  Lighting Designer - David Weaver   Production Assistant Genie Baskir 

LOCATED IN THE HISTORIC GREENBELT ARTS CENTER The Nation’s First Shopping Center-1937 Greenbelt Arts Center  123 Centerway. Greenbelt, Maryland

Directions and Reservations: 301-441-8770. Tickets: Regular - $15   Seniors/Students - $12   Group Sales -$10

Outstanding Botticelli Cruise performances at the Artomatic Festival.

Lenny Levy directs an outstanding cast in  Lincoln and God to be presented  at the Greenbelt Arts Center in July and August.  James McDaniel plays the demanding role of Abraham Lincoln

See Botticellli Cruise at Artomatic Festival in Crystal City on Wednesday at 8 PM  Wednesday, June6.

See premiere of motion picture Charleston Revisited at Artomatic Festival in Crystal City, VA on Saturday June 2, 12-2 pm  Carl Cordell Film Theatre.

First draft of book and lyrics for Lincoln and God opera by Gallo and Gershwin completed.  Alan Gershwin is the son of George Gershwin

Artomatic Festival 2011 presents a new film.  Charleston Revisited.   Carl Cordell Film Theater Saturday, June 2   12 to 2 PM.    Screenplay by Anthony E. Gallo, Film Editing by Matt Lolich Cinematography by Albert Liesegang   Directed by Roland Branford Gomez.  Starring Bonnie Jourdan, Colin Davies, Mellicent Singham, Jon Forbes.   People of the past appear in various forms in this two-act mystery-comedy set on Logan Street in the heart of Charleston, South Carolina’s renowned Historic District.  Indomitable Charleston matron Charlotte Butler raises thousands of flowers to the hum of classical music, cultivates birds, plays championship bridge, ballroom dances, sometimes cleans her own house, and spars with both her parrot Jacob and  flighty  neighbor Ginny (Gin) Middleton.  Gin's latest flame is the distinguished former New Hampshire Senator Mark Smythe, now an Archdale Street resident,  who appears to have a curious interest in Charlotte.  When Gin has to cancel one of her dates with Mark because of an emergency in Savannah, he slips in and visits Charlotte.  The visit proves to be more than one of mere curiosity, as we discover that these two unique people have much in common.  Charlotte makes Mark accompany her to St. Phillip’s Cemetery at night where they encounter someone she does not want to see. Carl Cordell Film Theater  1851 S. Bell Street, Crystal City, Virginia.  No  Charge  Questions:   Anthony E. Gallo   202 544 6973 or aegallo2368@verizon.net

    

Successful performances by Seventh Street Playhouse of both Paul at the Greenbelt Arts Center and Margherita at the State Department (callback performance)

THE GREENBELT ARTS CENTER AND

 THE SEVENTH STREET PLAYHOUSE PRESENT

A staged reading of  

 PAUL

With Ancient Jewish Music 

By

Anthony E. Gallo

 GREENBELT ARTS CENTER     MONDAY MAY 14   8 PM   TICKETS $5

This play examines the complex and contradictory life of Christianity’s second leading theological architect through his Epistles, from Romans to Titus, and the writings of Josephus. Paul’s impact not only on the now two billion Christians around the world but tangentially on non-Christians as well is not disputed. The play follows him from being a deeply religious Jewish leader, successful businessman, civic leader, and persecutor of fringe cults to becoming an apostle of the Nazarean following his epiphany on the road to Damascus. The narrative traces his conflicts with members of the new cult, then with his fellow disciples, the Romans, Greeks, Jewish leaders, his own family and friends, and the people he tries to convince. It asks if Paul’s spiritual conversion also resulted in personal character conversion. Located In The Historic Greenbelt Arts Center -The Nation’s First Shopping Center-1937.

Cast:  Jan Forbes, Tarpley Long, Mellicent Singham, David Weaver, John Miller, Bruce Smith,  James McDaniel, Colin Davies, Shirl Weaver, Bruce Brennan, Jonathan Gadsden, Mark Mueller, Dana Hickox,  Sherman McDaniel, Bruce Smith.  Zunny Metama,  Mark Mueller, Sound by Beatrix Whitehall.

Join in on the discussion



 Greenbelt Arts Center 123 Centerway. Greenbelt, Maryland Directions and Reservations: 301-441-8770. Tickets  $5 Questions: agallo2368@verizon.net and 202 544 6973 Web Page: http://paul.aegallo.com  About the playwright:  http://Aegallo.com

Performing Paul at Greenbelt Arts Center on May 14; Margherita at State Department on May 16; Charleston Revisited film premier on June 2 and stageplay on June 6 at Artomatic Festival Crystal City VA  202 544 6973

PAUL at the Greenbelt Arts Center , Greenbelt , MD. 8 PM May 14. A Seventh Street Playhouse staged reading. Written by Anthony E. Gallo –With Ancient Jewish Music May 14, 8 PM $5.
The play examines the complex and contradictory life of Christianity’s second leading theological architect through his Epistles, from Romans to Titus, and the writings of Josephus. Paul’s impact not only on the now two billion Christians around the world but tangentially on non-Christians as well is not disputed. The play follows him from being a deeply religious Jewish leader, successful businessman, civic leader, and persecutor of fringe cults to becoming an apostle of the Nazarean following his epiphany on the road to Damascus . The narrative traces his conflicts with members of the new cult, then with his fellow disciples, the Romans, Greeks, Jewish leaders, his own family and friends, and the people he tries to convince. It asks if Paul’s spiritual conversion also resulted in personal character conversion. Located In The Historic Greenbelt Arts Center -The Nation’s First Shopping Center-1937. Greenbelt Arts Center 123 Centerway. Greenbelt , Maryland Directions and Reservations: 301-441-8770. Tickets $5 Questions: agallo2368@verizon.net and 202 544 6973 Web Page: http://paul.aegallo.com About the playwright: http://Aegallo.com

Margherita will be produced at the Off-Broadway West End Theatre in NYC.  Planning meeting with Browne-Nederlander shortly. 

Staged Reading of Paul at Greenbelt Arts Center on May 14.

Susan and I enjoyed India, Oman and Dubai. Saw Taj Mahal, Jaipur and Bombay.  

State Department and Gershwin

State Department performance of Margherita well revceived. Musical collaboration with Allan Gershwin going well.

Collaboration with Alan Gershwin

Collaboration with Alan Gershwin on musical Lincoln and God is coming along nicely. Also collaborating on Vandergrift! the musical. He is the son of George Gershwin.

Margherita at State Department

Margherita performed at United States Department of State in Dean Acheson Auditorium. New York City production with Browne Nederlander to follow.

Dear Tony- It was nice to meet the cast today, in what I think is a very delightful play. Light and airy, like only a romance story can be, surprisingly makes politics take a step back. The leading lady is fantastic at what she does. i am sorry for those who missed an hour of good, historical, sophisticated and civilized entertainment ( for free ), simply because they did not get the word in time? However, you should know that audiences at DOS are never guaranteed, especially when there are other competing events going on in the building. We are looking forward to Part II. Please e-mail me the flyer as soon as you have it ready, so that I can help circulating them in peripheral areas of Foggy Bottom. Cheers, and thank you very much for bringing your art to our midst. Myrna McKee

Margherita At State Department

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
DEAN ACHESON AUDITORIUM
presents
A Seventh Street
Playhouse
Present
A PRE-
NEW YORK
PRODUCTION * OF
MARGHERITA
BY
ANTHONY E. GALLO

THE JEWISH
MOTHER OF FASCISM COMES TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT
MARCH 28 and APRIL 4, 2012 NOON
DEAN ACHESON AUDITORIUM

This historically- based
two-act drama examines the 25-year relationship between Margherita Sarfatti and
Benito Mussolini between 1911 and 1936 during
a three-day encounter in 1939.
Margherita, the most influential woman in Benito’s life, is trying to
leave the country. He knocks at the
door. She is well aware of what he
wants. He knows what she wants.
.
Margherita Sarfatti Tarpley
Long
Benito Mussolini James
Howard
James Bullock Tim
Wolf
Major Karl Klemmer Jan
Forbes
Narrator Lenny
Levy
Sound Design Beatrix Whitehall
Sound Operator Lenny
Levy


*Precedes future Browne-Nederlander-Seventh
Street Playhouse Production in New
York City.

Agallo2368@verizon.net or 202 544-
6973

India and State Department

Outstanding performance of The Botticelli Cruise at
Knollwood last night.


Performance of Margherita at The United States Department of
State, Dean Acheson Auditorium, March 28
and April 4.

Susan and I are preparing for our trip to India in April

Repeat production of The Botticelli Cruise in DC 202 544 6973

Northwest
DC Military Retirement Residence
Presents
A
A Seventh Street Playhouse production of
THE BOTTICELLI CRUISE
By
Anthony E. Gallo
Wednesday, March 21, 7:00 PM
Only
three bizarre and confused characters, plus an elusivecaptain, appear in this
two-act drama about a cruise on a small exclusive cruise ship, The Botticelli,
which sails around the east coast of Africa along the warm Indian
Ocean . Bernard Sheed Phillips, late forties, is taking his
fortieth cruise. Boo, now on her tenth cruise, early forties ,five times
married likes her gin. Cognac
, scotch, bourbon, martinis, but anything will do. And Arthur, the
accommodating Somalian waiter is very obliging toward both. They seem to like
him too. Bernard proclaims he’s more than one person. She enjoys being on deck
and reading her favorite novelist and philosophic guru, J. B. Roehard. Bernard
likes her legs. Arthur seems secretive. They cruise toward dangerous ports with
revolutions, terrorists, and pirates. All rumors of course. They each claim
they want nothing. But then pirates invade the ship. And more happens
Bernard Jan Forbes
Boo Tarpley Long
Arthur Jonathan Gadsden
Captain Botticelli Lenny Levy
Sound Design Beatrix Whitehall
Sound Operator Beatrix Whitehall
Narrator Beatrix Whitehall
Introduction Carol Campbell
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Agallo2368@verion.net
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The Brotticelli Cruise

Performance of The Botticelli Cruise at Lincolnia Senior
Center in Virginia tonight 202 544 6973

Collaboration

Have begun collaboration on Lincoln and God and Vandergrift!
with NYC composer Alan Gershwin.

The Botticelli Cruise in Virginia

Lincolnia Senior Center and
Seventh Street Playhouse
present

THE BOTTICELLI CRUISE
As
performed at the Dramatists Guild of America
in New in New York City

BY
ANTHONY E. GALLO

March 12, 2012, 7:30 PM Lincolnia Center

Only
three bizarre and confused characters, plus an elusivecaptain, appear in this two-act drama about a cruise
on a small exclusive cruise ship, The Botticelli, which sails around the east
coast of Africa along the warm Indian Ocean. Bernard Sheed Phillips, late forties, is taking his fortieth
cruise. Boo, now on her tenth cruise,
early forties ,five times married likes her gin. Cognac, scotch, bourbon martinis, but anything will do. And Arthur,
the accommodating Somalian waiter is very obliging toward both. They seem to like him too. Bernard proclaims he’s more than one person.
She enjoys being on deck and reading her favorite novelist and philosophic
guru, J. B. Roehard. Bernard likes her
legs. Arthur seems secretive. They cruise toward dangerous ports with revolutions,
terrorists, and pirates. All rumors of
course. They each claim they want nothing.
But then pirates invade the ship. And more happens
Bernard Jan Forbes
Boo Tarpley Long
Arthur Jonathan
Gadsden
Captain Botticelli Lenny
Levy
Sound
Design Beatrix Whitehall
Sound Operator Beatrix Whitehall
Narrator Beatrix
Whitehall
Even
Coordinator Liz White
Introduction Deidre Light



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or 202 544 6973Lincolnia Senior Center (703) 914-02234710 N
Chambliss St, Alexandria, VA 22312 Cross Streets: Between Lincolnia Rd and Beauregard St. No charge or donations

Seventh Street Playhouse Board Member filmed in 2011 Academy Award Documentary

Congratulations are in order! Seventh Street Playhouse Board member Robert Trifiletti was filmed in the 2012 Academy Award nominated film “Best Short Documentary” God is the Bigger Elvis, a film about Mother Dolores Hart. She is Prioress of the Benedictine Abbey of Regina Laudis in Bethlehem, Connecticut and she has a new claim to fame: Oscar nominee.

This short documentary film about her journey from Hollywood starlet to cloistered Catholic nun, received an Academy Award nomination for best short documentary film. Running 37 minutes long, God is the Bigger Elvis was directed by Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson, and is one of five nominees in the Documentary Short Film category. The documentary will be aired on HBO in April. Robert has maintained a forty-two year friendship with Mother Dolores, corresponding and visiting the Abbey regularly.

Dolores Hart is an American Roman Catholic nun and former Broadway and Hollywood actress. Nominated for a Tony in 1959, she made 10 films in 5 years, playing opposite Stephen Boyd, Montgomery Clift, George Hamilton and Robert Wagner, having made her movie debut with Elvis Presley in Loving You (1957) . Miss Hart at that time gave up an engagement and a movie contract to enter a longer lasting relationship and contract. She took her final vows in 1970 and chants in Latin eight times a day. She has also taken the lead in raising awareness for peripheral idiopathic neuropathy disorder, a neurological disorder that afflicts many Americans, including herself.

Robert adeptly produced Margherita at the Harvard Club of Boston on Commonwealth Avenue in 2009. Seventh Street Playhouse Actors Helen Mary Ball (Margherita), James Howard (Benito Mussolini), Brian Doyle(James Bullock) Julian Ball (Narrator), and I were graciously hosted by Bob and Maria at their beautiful Newton Center home and what superb Italian Cuisine! And his wife Maria(Lombardo) was just appointed Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation!!

Robert will be attending the Academy Award Ceremonies on February 26 for the fifth consecutive year. Impressive indeed!

We (Eastern Market Studios) have nearly completed the shooting of our first film Charleston Revisited, based on my stage play of the same name. Director Roland Branford Gomez, Cinematographer Albert Liesegang, Editor Matt Lolich, Actors Bonnie Jourdan, Colin Davies, Jan Forbes, Mellicent Singham and the entire cast and crew will be rooting for “God is the Greater Elvis” while having our own dreams of grandeur.

Three Short Messages

Thanks to all of you who have been so supportive through the years. We havea few announcements.

Paul, my newest play is now available from Amaon. You can also see a complete list of available publications Visit link
Amazon Publications: http://Amazon.aegallo.com
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Also, Wikipedia has an article about me which you may wish to visit.
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The Seventh Street Playhouse will be performing a production of Lincoln and God at the Greenbelt Arts Center from July 27 to August 5. Veteran actor Lenny Levy directs. http://www.greenbeltartscenter.org/Events.asp

Press Club Rewind - 1.18.2012 | The National Press Club

Press Club Rewind - 1.18.2012 The National Press Club

Hosted Suze Orman, Tavis Smiley, and Cornell West

MARGHERITA AT LINCOLNIA IN VIRGINIA

Lincolnia and Seventh Street Playhouse
Present
A PRE- NEW YORK STAGING OF
MARGHERITA
BY
ANTHONY E. GALLO
THE JEWISH MOTHER OF FASCISM COMES TO NORTHERN VIRGINIA

January 23, 2012, 7:00 PM Lincolnia Center

This historically- based two-act drama examines the 25-year relationship between Margherita Sarfatti and Benito Mussolini between 1911 and 1936 during a three-day encounter in 1939. Margherita, the most influential woman in Benito’s life, is trying to leave the country. He knocks at the door. She is well aware of what he wants. He knows what she wants.
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Margherita Sarfatti Mellicent Singham
Benito Mussolini James Howard
James Bullock James McDaniel
Major Karl Klemmer Jan Forbes
Narrator Lenny Levy
Sound Beatrix Whitehall
Sound Operator Lenny Levy
Newscaster Lenny Levy
Cinematographer Matt Lolich
Event Coordinator Liz Smith

Introduction by Karen Albers, Director of Lincolnia Center

Questions: Agallo2368@verion.net or 202 544 6973Lincolnia Senior Center (703) 914-02234710 N Chambliss St, Alexandria, VA 22312 Cross Streets: Between Lincolnia Rd and Beauregard St. No charge or donations.

Wikipedia Amazon Dramatists Diary

Spoke on Lincoln and His Religion at Cosmos Club in DC January 13

Hosted Suze Orman, Tavis Smiley, and Cornel West at the National Press Club January 12 on Eradicating Poverty Learn more http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowldc/

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Paul now available from Amazon: http://Amazon.aegallo.com
Seventh Street Playhouse Rehearsal for Margherita on Monday
Photo Appears on Jan/Feb Dramatists Diary of the Dramatists Guild of America at Players Club in NYC

The Botticelli Cruise in New York City

THE SEVENTH STREET PLAYHOUSE-LLC PRESENTS A STAGED READING OF
THE BOTTICELLI CRUISE
AT
The Dramatists Guild of America
1501 Broadway Suite 701 New York, NY 10036 Phone: 212-398-9366
The old Paramount Building “In the heart of Broadway”

FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTLIGHTS
FREDERICK LOEWE ROOM
Friday January 6, 2012 6 PM
Written and Directed
by
Anthony E. Gallo
Only three bizarre and confused characters, plus an elusivecaptain, appear in this two-act drama about a cruise on a small exclusive cruise ship, The Botticelli, which sailsaround the east coast of Africa along the warm Indian Ocean. Bernard Angus Berrington Sheed Chesterton Churchill Montmartre Phillips, late forties, is taking his fortieth cruise. Bergthora “Boo” Brodersen, BOO , now on her tenth cruise, early forties five times married likes her gin. Cognac, scotch, bourbon martinis, but anything will do. And Arthur, the accommodating Somalian waiter is very obliging toward both. They seem to like him too. All three appear to be what is on the surface, then more. Bernard proclaims he’s more than one person. She enjoys being on deck and reading her favorite novelist and philosophic guru, J. B. Roehard. Bernard likes her legs. Arthur seems secretuve. They cruise toward dangerous ports with revolutions, terrorists, and pirates. All rumors of course. They each claim they want nothing. But then pirates invade the ship. And more happens

Narrator Tim Wolf
Bernard Colin Davies
Boo Mellicent Singham
Arthur Shanker Singham
Captain Botticelli Tim Wolf
Sound Design David Weaver
Sound Operator Captain Apollo
Stage Manager Captain Apollo



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