Paul Bishop's Blog, page 103
April 8, 2012
HELLO! MY BABY!
HELLO! MY BABY! Last night I had the opportunity to see the world premiere of a new musical, Hello! My Baby, at the Rubicon Theatre in Ventura. For fourteen seasons, the Rubicon has produced some of the best theatre on the west coast, and Hello! My Baby – conceived and written by Cheri Steinkellner – was no exception, an exuberant singing and dancing celebration of Tin Pan Alley at the turn of the century.
As good as the play was – and it was outstanding – the highlight of the evening, however, occurred during intermission when I had the opportunity to meet two other audience members, Larry Raben and David Engel – two of my theatre heroes.
I first saw Raben and Engel perform twenty years ago at the Canon Theatre in Beverly Hills as part of the original Broadway cast of my favorite musical, Forever Plaid. I've since seen Forever Plaid staged at least twenty times with fifteen different casts, but Raben and Engel's original group remains at the top.
I've seen Raben and Engel in numerous different plays and venues including The Andrews Brothers (staring Raben and Engel and directed by Raben), The Producers (starring Raben and Engel), and Singing In The Rain (starring Engel and directed by Raben). When meeting them last night, they could not have been more gracious, self-effacing, conversational, and interested – a case of in person celebrity living up to on-stage persona.
Currently, Raben and Engel are starring in Forbidden Broadway at Musical Theatre West in Long Beach. I'll be going to see them, and if you have the chance, you should, too . . .
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PARANORMAL CORNER: TWO WEEK'S NOTICE!
PARANORMAL CORNER: TWO WEEK'S NOTICE! RACHEL CAINE
After dying and being revived with the experimental drug Returne, Bryn Davis is theoretically free to live her unlife — with regular doses to keep her going.
But Bryn knows that the government has every intention of keeping a tight lid on Pharmadene's life-altering discovery, no matter the cost. And when some of the members of a support group for Returne addicts suddenly disappear, Bryn begins to wonder if the government is methodically removing a threat to their security, or if some unknown enemy has decided to run the zombies into the ground…
Y/A CORNER: THE CLOAK SOCIETY!
Y/A CORNER: THE CLOAK SOCIETY!JERAMEY KRAATZ
The Cloak Society: An elite organization of supervillains graced with extraordinary powers. Ten years ago they were defeated by the Rangers of Justice and vanished without a trace. But the villains of Cloak have been biding their time, waiting for the perfect moment to resurface. And twelve-year-old Alex Knight wants to be one of them.
Alex is already a junior member, and his entire universe is Cloak's underground headquarters, hidden beneath an abandoned drive-in theater in Sterling City, Texas. While other kids his age are studying math and history, Alex is mastering his telekinetic powers and learning how to break into bank vaults. His only dream is to follow in his parents' footsteps as one of the most feared supervillains in the world. Cloak is everything he believes in.
But on the day of his debut mission, Alex does the unthinkable: he saves the life of a young Ranger named Kirbie. Even worse . . . she becomes his friend. And the more time he spends with her, the more Alex wonders about the world outside of Cloak—and what, exactly, he's been fighting for.
April 7, 2012
LOUNGE CENTRAL: COCKTAIL NATION #215 ~ FIGHT CARD!
LOUNGE CENTRAL: COCKTAIL NATION #215 ~ FIGHT CARD! This week, Koop enters the murky world of boxing as he talks to Paul Bishop, an LA Homicide Detective turned boxing pulp writer and blogger. Koop also has a letter from a listener vindicating him, plus new music from a gal called Marita Brake . . .
PLAYLIST
Jimmy Vargas ~ Desolation
George Shearing ~ Days Of Wine And Roses
Jack Costanzo ~ Latin Fever
Dom Halpin ~ Mambo
George Dunning ~ Lilly and Julien
Jane Russell ~ Love For Sale
Marita Brake ~ Shaken Not Stirred
James Bond Quartet ~ Moonraker
Beverly Kenney ~ Lover Like You
SG sound ~ Escapade Velocity
James Morrison ~ The Master Plan
Oscar Peterson ~ Bag's Groove
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A PUNCH AND A JAB WITH PAUL BISHOP!Author, pulp-stylist, ...
A PUNCH AND A JAB WITH PAUL BISHOP!Author, pulp-stylist, and blogger, Sean Taylor gives me the third degree about the Fight Card novels and writing in general over at his blog Bad Girls, Good Guys, And Two-Fisted Action . . .
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April 6, 2012
PULP NOW: THE BLACK STILETTO ~ BLACK & WHITE!
PULP NOW: THE BLACK STILETTO ~ BLACK AND WHITE! RAYMOND BENSON
It's 1959, and Judy Cooper, the Black Stiletto, sets out to confront a dangerous gangster known as the heroin king of Harlem when the teenage daughter of her beloved martial arts instructor ends up a prisoner in an uptown narcotics den.
The Stiletto has troubles of her own – a shady filmmaker is threatening to reveal her identity to the world- a close friend of her landlord and substitute father may be in cahoots with the Harlem criminals- she's fighting for racial equality – and she has fallen in love again, this time with an FBI agent who has standing orders to arrest her.
Meanwhile, the Stiletto's son faces his own blackmail crisis when he finds out that there is a second copy of an 8mm film he found in his mother's strongbox – showing the Black Stiletto unmasked in a film studio dressing room. As he tries to stop the filmmaker's son's extortion plot, he learns that his daughter, Gina, has been brutally assaulted in New York City.
The past and the present meet.
