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We saw our friend, David Sanborn's one-man musical, King David, Off-Broadway at The Promise Theatre.

The New York Times was right! It's a "first-rate" production. He does impersonations of one Hollywood superstar after the next. As fun as the impersonations were, there were moments where h...
06.06.09 09:27 PM - Comment(s)

I got to perform an excerpt from Beyond the Chariots ( http:RichDrama.com/BeyondtheChariots ) and The Fall ( http:RichDrama.com/ShortPieces ), from Les Misérables, in a public school just outside of Washington DC.
06.02.09 12:33 PM - Comment(s)

Now I'm hanging out and seeing sites with my brother and his wife.
06.02.09 12:33 PM - Comment(s)

Memorial Day celebration continues...
05.25.09 10:23 PM - Comment(s)

It's Fleet Week in NYC.

Happy Memorial Day, everyone!

05.25.09 05:20 PM - Comment(s)

Larry Mancini shot this at the Metro New York Nazarene District Assembly.
05.20.09 07:32 PM - Comment(s)
I'll be performing and teaching a master class at the Christians in Theatre Arts National Conference in Orlando next month.

Here's the description of my class:

Sociodrama with the Impoverished MASTERCLASS and Theatre Impact Project
Rich Swingle wrote his masters thesis, The Effect of Sociodrama on ...
05.18.09 08:11 PM - Comment(s)

This morning I got to share about my friend David Sanborn's Off-Broadway run of his one-man play King David at our church.


Visit KingDavidMusical.com to see the trailer, read reviews (including the New York Times and the newest from Broadway After Dark) and find more information.

For a discount t...
05.17.09 10:57 PM - Comment(s)

Mallory did a phenomenal job leading worship last night. There was a moment that she was speaking of how God's love overwhelms us. I was hoping she'd lead us in How He Loves, and, in fact, she did!

Tony Cruz was the evangelist that followed.

I got to speak about the amazing event this morning in our...
05.17.09 10:43 PM - Comment(s)

Mallory LaBoy was a part of the MasterWorks theatre program last summer. She came to us by way of Aquire the Fire, where she'd performed in front of audiences as large as 35,000, not to mention those that saw the events televised. She had no problem with stage fright. But when it came to leading wor...
05.15.09 07:08 PM - Comment(s)

The Museum of Biblical Art in NYC ( http://MoBiA.org ) is hosting an exhibit of posters from films with a biblical theme through May 17.

It's a great collection, which includes costumes and props from the Ben Hur with Charleton Heston.

05.12.09 05:19 PM - Comment(s)

She now has one more masters degree than I have.
05.09.09 08:20 PM - Comment(s)

Voted the most influential clergyman in NYC, Rev. A.R. Bernard is receiving his masters from Nyack College alongside my bride today. Rev. Bernard also received an honorary doctorate and is the commencement speaker.

He told a joke about the girl whose science teacher wanted to demean Christianity, so...

05.09.09 07:06 PM - Comment(s)

Dr. J.K. Warrick preached at our District's Ordination Ceremony.

His text was Matthew 16:24, "If anyone would follow me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me."

He pointed out how the cross has become a piece of jewelry, but it was an instrument of death. When Jesus said...

05.09.09 03:56 PM - Comment(s)
I have a friend who just graduated with a degree in playwriting. He's about to leave the NYC area and asked what play/s to see before his sad departure.

I thought I'd post the observations I sent him:

We LOVED The 39 Steps. Read my review at http://RichDrama.com/NewsBlog . You can watch Hitchcock'...

05.08.09 08:46 PM - Comment(s)

She's getting her second masters by the time she turns 16! On this day in 1993 Joyce gave her life to Christ, and as John 3 explains, she was re-born. What amazing and wonderful things God has done through her since then! Can't wait to see what happens when she becomes an adult!
05.07.09 05:31 PM - Comment(s)

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