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THE ART IS ALIVE SESSIONS
A Tell-Tale Q&A and an Actor Panel This August I participated in several Zoom sessions with the Art is Alive Film Festival. I just received the recordings of two of them. First up is Art is Alive founder Cindy Mich … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Literary Lyricism, Live! On Stage, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres
Tagged Acting, actor, Art is Alive, Cindy Mich, Covid, directing, Edgar Allan Poe, education, festival, film, filmmaking, Improvisation, Michael Gentile, musicabre, panel, Q&A, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Tell-Tale Heart, Wisconsin
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CINS CHAT CORNER INTERVIEW
Friday, November 13th, I recorded an interview with Cindy Mich from Art is Alive, which she has now posted on her Blog Talk Radio webpage and YouTube (see below). We talked for nearly 90 minutes about my short film musical … Continue reading
Posted in Beginnings, Literary Lyricism, Musicabilia, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres, The Speakeasy Chronicles
Tagged Award, beTwixt beTween & beTWAIN, Blog Talk Radio, china, Cindy Mich, Cins Chat Corner, Danny Ashkenasi, I Too Sing America, IMDb, interview, Judy Garland, Red Sorghum, short film, Speakeasy, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Tell-Tale Heart, Zhang Yimou
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So last night I received the JUDY GARLAND AWARD
I could say I’m over the moon… … actually, I’m over the rainbow Last night the Art is Alive Film Festival held its awards ceremony. Just like the festival, it was a virtual affair. Cindy Mich, festival founder, convened a … Continue reading
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Tagged Another Day in Manhattan, Art is Alive, Award, Brandon C. Lay, ceremony, Cindy Mich, Edgar Allan Poe, horror, Judy Garland, Michael Pharis, musicabre, musical, Musical Soundtrack, Oshkosh B'gosh, over the moon, over the rainbow, Sandeep Kumar, short film, Simple as That, Special Interest, Stonewall, That Old Black Magic, The Rock of Gibraltar, The Tell-Tale Heart, Wizard of OZ, Zoom
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Art is Alive Actor Workshop
Thursday, Sep 3 – 6pm – 7pm CDT (7pm – 8pm EST) Silverspot Cinema (Brookfield, WI) 320 Market Street, Brookfield, WI 53045 I will be taking part in an Actor Workshop with the actor Michael Gentile, moderated by Cindy Mich, … Continue reading
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Tagged actor, Art is Alive, Brookfield, Cindy Mich, Cinema, Film Festival, Michael Gentile, Milwaukee, panel, round table, Silverspot, workshop
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Notes from a Composer 