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The Ignition of FireOffBroadway

Brad L. Smith, the playwright of The Man from Aldersgate, has agreed to write a press release for our Off-Broadway run.

To give him some background I've written up the story of how this all got started, and I'll post it under comments below in case you're interested.

I'm also going to post quotes...

01.23.06 07:09 PM - Comment(s)

End of the Spear and Beyond the Gates of Splendor

We're on our way back from The End of the Spear. Incredible. Twenty-four from our church experienced this powerful film. Everyone I spoke with was glad to have seen it. Cast your vote to expand to more markets by seeing it this weekend.

1/13
Eric Liddell's middle daughter, Heather, just called to...

01.21.06 01:10 AM - Comment(s)

Going Deeper

There's now an article online which highlights how the Spirit moved last summer during the Territorial School of Music and Gospel Arts near Toronto. Click here to download the PDF.

For my postings on the event go to my archives for August and September.

01.19.06 04:52 PM - Comment(s)

Hotels in the area

I put this list of hotels together in spring of 2006, as we were gearing up for our Off-Broadway run that year. Price listed are from that year and distances are in relation to our venue at the time, Theatre 315 on W 47th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues:

across the street
Econo Lodge
starting a...

01.17.06 08:38 PM - Comment(s)

MasterWorks planning session

I just touched down in the South Bend, IN, airport, where the Studebaker National Museum has set up a display.

I'm en route to Winona Lake, where we'll be having our department head planning session, working performances and master classes for nine programs into five busy weeks (June 25-July 23)..

Th...

01.12.06 12:06 PM - Comment(s)

About the Revelation

"I just wanted to tell you how much God used you today!!! I was so moved and still am. It is something that hasn't happened to me in such a long time; it was wonderful!!! Thank you for being His instrument."
--Jodi Penn
Hayden Lake, ID

01.04.06 03:56 PM - Comment(s)

thought-provoking

"Everyone enjoyed your chapel performance, of course. And it's clear
(from students' comments) that the 'sociodrama' segment in class was
thoroughly thought-provoking (in a very good way)."
—Alan Rathe
Professor of Worship
Alliance Theological Seminary

01.03.06 07:35 PM - Comment(s)

Happy New Year!

Joyce and I watched the ball drop from atop The Lamb's Church/ Theatre, where I was on staff and lived the first four years I was in NYC. The first year I actually went out on Times Square, packed with thousands of other sardines for hours in 20 degree temps. After all that I watched the count down ...

01.01.06 11:07 AM - Comment(s)

Light to the Nations

Pray for the whole world in five and a half minutes

The video has moved. Bookmark TheJesusbooks.org/LighttotheNations

12.26.05 07:09 PM - Comment(s)

Merry Christmas!

Joyce and I have created a Christmas gift for you.

Open it.

12.23.05 09:37 PM - Comment(s)

New Life!

The gal playing the flute is Bonnie Doyle, a MasterWorks alumna. She's now a pro! Mike Lewis joined her on guitar, playing Christmas Carols as people came in for my performance of Views of the Manger a couple of weeks ago at Grace Community Baptist Church.

Daphene Flewelling, their Executive Assista...

12.23.05 11:08 AM - Comment(s)

Follow Me

David Lander, who will be lighting both plays in our Off-Broadway run, invited Joyce and I to see Follow Me, a modern musical telling the Christmas story. His associate, Stephen Arnold, designed the lights.

Turns out one of the co-creators is Michael Capecci, who co-produced Schoolhouse Rock Live! w...

12.17.05 03:09 AM - Comment(s)

On Your Mark!

Things are lining up well for our Off-Broadway "run" of Beyond the Chariots.

Roger Nelson, who's renting Theatre 315 with me, just sent his Journal of John Wesley mailing out to a few thousand folks. Please pray that they arrive without mishap and that many will give generously toward our ...

12.15.05 09:16 PM - Comment(s)

The Ark of the Covenant revealed

Our pastor, Jim Warren, who used to be Creative Director at MTV, spearheaded the creation of a replica of the Ark of the Covenant.

It's about to be uncovered.

My next play will be about the Covenant, and the Ark will be a part of that production.

For now, we're going to have manna, prepared for us by ...

12.15.05 12:37 AM - Comment(s)

A booking compliments of Peter Cooper

In September I reported that I was hired to perform the voice of inventor, entrepreneur and philanthropist, Peter Cooper, for a documentary about the man.

I just found out that he helped save Limestone College, where I performed Five Bells for 9/11! Click here to read the article.

12.14.05 06:40 PM - Comment(s)

Narnia is AMAZING!!!

Now I'm going to get back to the credits.

12.11.05 11:56 PM - Comment(s)

Worth digging out

The blizzard dumped about a foot of snow on us here in Washingtonville, NY, but the sun came out around noon, and the roads were clear enough that about 400 made it out to see Views of the Manger.

After the play Pastor Terryl of Grace Community Baptist Church summed it all up by saying that Jesus is...

12.10.05 02:31 AM - Comment(s)

Once again I was moved deeply!

This time I didn't cry onstage, which was good. "Jesus wept" isn't associated with his reading from Isaiah 61, which I was performing: "The Spirit of the Lord is on me..."

This time I was backstage. I went there at the end of communion so I could partake without making myself ...

12.05.05 01:20 AM - Comment(s)

Connection

I just performed my Christmas play, Views of the Manger, for the first time this Season at Alliance Theological Seminary, just across the Hudson. Joyce earned her Masters there, though most of her credits were at their Manhattan campus.

Because I've been so focused on prepping for BEYOND THE CHARIOTS...

12.02.05 06:52 PM - Comment(s)

Views of the Manger

"The best preparatory celebration I've ever had for Advent. You exegeted the scriptures very well."
Don Bubna
Coach, Consultant and Conciliator
Serving under Salem Alliance Church
Salem, Oregon

12.02.05 05:24 PM - Comment(s)

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