Next!

Alrighty then. The presentation of PEG is tomorrow but today I began another project here at the Five Angels Theater on 10th Avenue. As I usually don't come this far west I had no idea this place existed.

I suspect it operates as a Young People's Theatre but the venue is very schmick.

Another venue dedicated to Laurie Beechman!

This is the view from the foyer

It looks sunny but it's 32 degrees F outside.

Follow me, folks...

This is where a group of us will be presenting a reading of a musical by Robert Longden and Hereward Kaye called MOBY DICK: A Whale of a Tale! A fairly faithful telling of the Herman Melville novel as presented by a St. Trinian's-like girls school, it was produced some years ago in the West End by Cameron Mackintosh and didn't do terribly well. It's had a couple of workshops in the U.S. over the years and even yielded a studio cast album with Bryan Batt as Captain Ahab (my role) but now a young director named Chase Gosselin has optioned it with an eye to presenting it in New York and Mr. Mackintosh is inspired to see the show have a new life. The composer is here working with us and we have an expert cast of 24 currently learning the terrific score.

This young man is Paul Winkler who took part in the last workshop when he was 15. He is now 48.