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“AUTOPILOT“, by JB Herndon, after winning a Silver Medal at Bilbao, Spain, continues its impressive world-tour drawing favorable notices as well as popular attention at some of the best Short Film Festivals around the world. Next up are-  Germany:  Hamburg International Short Film Festival 2010, Italy:  Salento Finibus Terrae 2010, and Netherlands:  Breda International Film Festival ….

CW Post Law progam at Touro, Long Island, NY is to begin shooting an Educational series. Each episode will highlight a different point of law -often a controversial law- from America’s legislative history. In the next piece being shot (Loving vs. Virginia), I play the Sheriff in a town in Virginia which still has laws against interracial marriage ….

I just finished working on a short film, “Breaking News” based on a short story by renowned Israeli writer Etgar Keret. Though not well known in the U.S., Mr. Keret is widely read in his homeland, and together with his wife, Shira Geffen, produced an award-winning film “Jellyfish” at Cannes in 2007. “Breaking News” director is Elan Golod.

I recently came across a seemingly plausible explanation for the origin of the theater term we’ve all heard, “Break a Leg”.  This is what I found and wanted to share with you: Shakespearean theory: In Britain, the most common idea about the origin of the expression comes from tradition. Historians know from the time of King James I ….

New sources, resources and information have been added to the Actors/Services/Organizations page. Give it a look.

LOS ANGELES — The Walt Disney Co. on Monday began warning Cablevision subscribers in New York that the local ABC television station signal may go dark this weekend in a dispute over how much it is paid by the cable operator. If the fee fight isn’t resolved, the station could go dark after midnight Saturday, ….

David will be performing the role of Creon in Sophocles’ “Antigone” in Baruch’s ‘Great Works Reading Series’;  co-sponsored by the Weissman School of Arts & Sciences at the Baruch PAC. Admission is free, but Reservations ARE required.  The performance schedule is: Monday 3/8 @ 1:15pm…..Tuesday 3/9 @ 10:45am…..Wednesday 3/10 @ 3:45pm;  5:40pm;  7:40pm…..Thursday 3/11  @  1:00pm; ….

I am performing in the short piece “The Vulgar Stutterer” by Bill Kozy as part of  Spontaneous Combustion #39 at the Manhattan Theatre Source. Performances will be held Saturday 1/16 -thru- Tuesday 1/19 at 8pm at MTS – click here for directions. Tickets are $15 and benefit the MTS and its various programs.

The 39th ‘Spontaneous Combustion‘ event will be held this weekend -and- into next week at the Manhattan Theatre Source. Performances will be at 8pm:  Saturday 1/16; Sunday 1/17; Monday 1/18; Tuesday 1/19. This year’s dramatic theme (thread) is Edgar Allen Poe in honor of his imminent birthday on January 19.   How it works:  Writers & ….

Updates to the ‘Artists & Arts Organizations’ page have just been posted.

The following is a re-print of a posting on NancyMcLernan’s NYCPlaywrights site   (http://nycplaywrights.org) Sunday, December 20, 2009 Stalking A.R. Gurney Last week I received an email from NYCPlaywrights that free tickets were available for members for that night’s Master Class with A.R. Gurney at the Cherry Lane Theatre. I went. The evening was hosted by ….

These are iPhone photos taken of Monday night’s (12/21) “Comfort Ye!” concert. This is their 15th year collecting food, money, clothing for charity in NYC. This year’s surprise guest was the entire chorus of NYC Opera where Lauren Flanagan recently starred in the title role of “Esther”.

Just came back from 3 hour volunteer session at Symphony Space to help dress the stage for tonight’s (Monday 12/21) 15th Annual “Comfort Ye!” concert sponsored by soprano Lauren Flanagan (Met, City Opera, etc). Show starts at 7:30pm. Admission is either 6 canned-good items, OR several packages of baby diapers (pampers, etc), OR 1 good ….

Dear Madam, you have seen this play; I never saw it till today. You know the details of the plot, But, let me tell you, I do not. The author seeks to keep from me The murderer’s identity, And you are not a friend of his If you keep shouting who it is. The actors ….

The ‘Partners’ page of my website has now been both updated -and- reformatted. New entries have been added, and the listings divided into groups:  Associations & Groups; Businesses & Services; Resource Information; Creative Talent