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Nice writeup in the Prince Georges Gazette about The Botticelli Cruise. http://www.gazette.net/article/20130627/ENTERTAINMENT/130629433/1025/greenbelt-arts-center-hosts-shipboard-drama-x2018-the-botticelli&template=gazette …

The Agony of rehearsal and tech week. SITE http://botticelli.aegallo.com/ TICKETS: http://www.greenbeltartscenter.org/Events.asp

Now working of essay:  Was Abraham Lincoln the most religious President in U.S. history? After years of research for my play Lincoln and God, I have concluded that he was.

THE GREENBELT ARTS CENTER AND

 THE SEVENTH STREET PLAYHOUSE PRESENT    (ROUGH FIRST DRAFT)

THE BOTTICELLI CRUISE

Written by

Anthony E. Gallo

Directed by

Shirl Weaver

Friday, June 28, Saturday, June 29, Friday, July 5, Saturday, July 6 @ 8:00 PM

 Sunday, June 30 and Sunday, July 7 @ 2:00 PM

SITE  http://botticelli.aegallo.com    TICKETS: http://www. ogreenbeltartscenter.org/Events.asp

Especially designed for sinners.  Saints may be insulted . 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 voyage on a small exclusive cruise ship 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, has been married five times and likes her gin.  And ARTHUR, the accommodating 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 there is the weird ship Captain?

Bernard                                  Pat Martin

Boo                                         Tarpley Long

Arthur                                    Jonathan Gadsden

Captain Botticelli                   David Weaver

Sound Design                         Beatrix Whitehall

Stage Manager                      Christopher   Weaver                      

 

 

Greenbelt Arts Center  123 Centerway. Greenbelt, MD  Directions and Reservations: 301-441-8770.Tickets: Regular - $17   Seniors/Students - $14   Group Sales -$12   Questions:  202 544 6973  agallo2368@verizon.net

 Susan is now on her way to the Arctic Circle.

Eastern Market Studios is searching for two experienced digital videographers.  We are resuming production.

THE BOTTICELLI CRUISE OPENS AT THE GREENBELT ARTS CENTER
READ ALL ABOUT IT: http://botticelli.aegallo.com/ ORDER TICKETS: http://www.greenbeltartscenter.org/Events.asp

At least several groups are collecting money for Frager's employees who are now out of work.

* Julia Christiansen, Hill neighbor and former Director of the Capitol Hill Association of Merchants and Professionals, set up a non-tax deductible fundraising site at https://www.giveforward.com/fundraiser/vgh2/frager-s-fire-fund

Dick Heller’s presentation on Guns, Congress and the Press at the National Press Club was an enormous success. http://npc.aegallo.com

 

The whole Capitol Hill Community is very saddened by the fire that totally destroyed Frager’s Hardware, falling on the heels of the Eastern Market Fire.  We all hope it reopens.  The rebuilding of the Eastern Market took two years.

 

I will be visiting the Browne-Nederlander Organization (42^nd and Broadway) to discuss the production of my play Margherita in two weeks.   Last year we successfully approached potential investors, but Mr. Nederlander has decided he wants  only one investor for the whole production.  And what he says, goes.    http://margherita.aegallo.com

THE BOTTICELLI CRUISE OPENS AT THE GREENBELT ARTS CENTER
READ ALL ABOUT IT: http://botticelli.aegallo.com/ ORDER TICKETS: http://www.greenbeltartscenter.org/Events.asp

Nederlander- Brown is showing a major interest in the folkopera Lincoln and God based on the stage play of the same name.  Maryland composer John Ward music is inspiring.

Dick Heller speaks at the National Press Club. http://press.org/events/guns-congress-and-press