May 2, 2013

Barbara Beckley and T.J. Dawson, two of Southern California’s leading theatre Producer/Artistic Directors join Sterling & Stroili for an insightful discussion about the world premiere musical of Mark Saltzman’s Falling for Make Believe (Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Lorenz Hart) which reveals the dark side of Hart’s troubled and secret life at Beckley’s Colony Theatre in Burbank, CA; and T.J. Dawson’s 3-D Theatricals production of the infrequently done Tony Award-winning musical drama Paradeat the historic Plummer Auditorium in Fullerton, California. With a hauntingly beautiful score by Robert Jason Brown and a book by Alfred Uhry based on the tragic and true story of the 1913 trial of a Brooklyn-born Jewish factory manager Leo Frank who was accused of raping and murdering a 13 year old employee, Parade recants Frank’s story through the eyes of those around him; his trial, sensationalized by the media; and the arousal of anti-Semitic tension in Atlanta and the state of Georgia. Sponsored by Breakdown Services (http://www.breakdownexpress.com/)