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.