Israeli Lounge

Margherita and The Folk Opera Lincoln and God will be performed in the Israeli Lounge of the Kennedy Center for the Page to Stage Festival on August 30 http://lnkd.in/dY2cFkw

See DVD of Eugenio Show at Greenbelt Arts Center

See outstanding performance of Eugenio at Greenbelt Arts Center in 2014. Filmed by Matt Lolich http://lnkd.in/dqZnbJR

Fountain at Natiional Press Club

Plans for the WW1 Memorial to be presented at the National Press Club on August12. http://lnkd.in/db-WbN5

World War 1 Memorial

Will be hosting World War 1 Memorial as a Newsmaker at the National Press Club on August 12. http://lnkd.in/dBdVHvb

“Eugenio” Explores WWII and Forgiveness at GAC

Carol Griffith  Greenbelt News Review

How do one’s religious beliefs  stand up in the atrocities of war? Is forgiveness really possible? Such questions are the themes of the thoroughly engrossing “Eugenio,” now playing at the Greenbelt Arts Center, the latest work by playwright Anthony Gallo. Gallo, the director of the Seventh Street Playhouse and author of over a dozen plays, tackles big issues with intelligence and much talent. His recent productions include a Bible-based trilogy; “Vandergrift!” which dealt

with union-organizing during the Gilded Age; and “Lincoln and God” which treated our 16th president’s spirituality as he wrestled with the challenges of abolishing slavery while preserving the Union. “Eugenio,”

like many of Gallo’s other plays, has been staged at the Kennedy Center and at several New York

venues. Set in Italy in 1943 as the Nazis begin to occupy Rome, the city’s Chief Rabbi, Israel Zolli,

(excellently played by Steve Rosenthal) refuses to believe that the Nazis plan to harm the Jews.

Finally convinced of the impending Holocaust by his Roman Catholic allies Monsignor Hilary

and Cardinal Maglione (James McDaniel and Bruce Smith, respectively, in wonderful performances)

and by encounters with the Nazi commanding officer, Colonel Schmitt (ably played by co-director David Weaver), Zolli seeks asylum in the Vatican. Ultimately, after much soul searching, he is called to

convert to Roman Catholicism, causing much dismay and confusion. Every major character, including

Zolli’s housekeeper Rosina (convincingly played by co-director Shirl Weaver); Sister

Angelina, a courageous nun who hid Jews from the Nazis (Trix Whitehall, in a commanding

performance); and one of Zolli’s congregants, Alberto Anso (excellently played by George Spencer), has to decide if and how to forgive their sometimes horrific losses from the war. Their struggles are

well-drawn, sympathetic and often surprising, and with this theme “Eugenio” succeeds on

an emotional level. It is powerfulentertainment. “Eugenio” will play on Friday and Saturday, July 25 and

26, at 8 p.m. and on Sunday, July 27 at 2 p.m. Reservations may be made through the box

office at 301-441-8770 or at the Arts Center at 123 Centerway, located beneath the Co-op supermarket.

 

 

WHERE

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

 

Website:  Eugenio:   http://eugenio.aegallo.com

Kennedy Center 2014

Margherita and the Folk Opera Lincoln and God will both be performed at the Kennedy Center on Saturday August 30 beginning at 1 PM.  You are invited.  Details later.

WW1 Memorial

 

NPC Newsmaker Program

MEDIA ADVISORY

 

TO: Daybooks/Calendar/Correspondents/Assignment Editors/Press Offices

FROM: Herb Perone, NPC Newsmakers Chairman, 301-512-7636, herb@peronecomm.com

 

 

Preparing for a National World War I Memorial, 100 Years Later

Washington, DC – In a city densely populated with memorials, there is one conspicuous absence – a memorial commemorating America’s involvement in what was known as “the Great War” – World War One, which started 100 years ago, in the summer of 1914.

At a National Press Club Newsmakers news conference on Tuesday, August 12, Edward L. Fountain of the U.S. World War I Centennial Commission will discuss legislation that’s been introduced to authorize re-development of Pershing Park in Northwest Washington as a national World War I memorial.

The Congressionally chartered Commission is tasked with educating the American people about the causes and consequences of the war and to commemorate the sacrifices of the American servicemen and women who served in that war. Pershing Park, located on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the Willard Hotel – just steps from the National Press Club – currently contains a small memorial to Gen. John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I.

The legislation, which has passed the House of Representatives as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act and is awaiting action by the Senate, would permit the Commission to pursue re-development of the park.

This Newsmakers news conference is scheduled for Tuesday, August 12 at 10 a.m. in the club’s Zenger Room, on the 13^th Floor of the National Press Building, 529 14^th St. NW, Washington DC 20045.

Like all NPC Newsmaker events, this news conference is open to credentialed media and NPC club members. It is free of charge and no advance registration is required.

 

Contact:

Tony Gallo NPC Newsmakers Event Host

202 -544-6973, agallo2368@verizon.net