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Beyond the Chariots (Au-delà des Chariots)

Beyond the Chariots (Au-delà des Chariots)

By Rich

For English: www.RichDrama.com/blog/post/BeyondTheChariots Le film Chariots de feu, récompensé par quatre Oscars, raconte comment Eric Liddell a refusé de courir le 100 mètres aux Jeux olympiques de Paris en 1924 parce qu'une épreuve de qualification avait lieu un dimanche.
07.19.24 04:54 PM - Comment(s)
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My Sources

By Rich

My Sources

Last night over dinner I was talking about sources I used in writing Beyond the Chariots, which we're about to take to Paris and beyond for the centennial of Eric Liddell's victory there. Then a few hours later I posted more details on social media, so I thought I’d share some more here:

I read ...

06.25.24 04:00 AM - Comment(s)
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Three Upcoming Performances in NYC

Three Upcoming Performances in NYC

By Rich

Pray for my brain as I'm prepping for these three plays and a sermon: 


June 9, 11 a.m.

Sermon: "Walking on Water" (Interpreted into Korean)

1:30 p.m.
Big Fish Little Worm (Korean translation slides)

Queens Central Church of the Nazarene
6111 220th St
Oakland Gardens NY 11364

FREE with a ...

06.06.24 05:02 PM - Comment(s)
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European Dress Rehearsal in an Off-Broadway Theatre

European Dress Rehearsal in an Off-Broadway Theatre

By Rich

We're taking my one-man play Beyond the Chariots to Europe to celebrate the centenary (the British version of centennial) of Eric Liddell refusing to run the 100m to prove he was the fastest man alive because one of the heats was on a Sunday, July 6, 1924. We'll be performing my play about...

05.20.24 07:20 PM - Comment(s)
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Where We Were on 9/11?

Where We Were on 9/11?

By Rich

Patti Souder and Jana Carman wrote People Like Us: Eden and Beyond in 1997, and I got to see a production of it at The Lamb's Little Theatre. Patti and I got to know each other on a group drive between NYC to Toronto where I performed I Dreamed I Was Free at a Christians in Theatre Arts conference.
09.10.23 11:24 PM - Comment(s)
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Beyond the Chariots

Beyond the Chariots

By Rich

The four-time Academy Award-winning film Chariots Of Fire tells how Eric Liddell refused to run the 100 meters in the 1924 Paris Olympics because a qualifying heat was held on a Sunday. Instead...
04.30.23 02:02 PM - Comment(s)
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*mark ( a solo performance of the Gospel of Mark.)

By Rich


I just discovered a prayer of mine from 1994 was answered! 

Tonight we saw George Drance of Magis Theatre Company perform *mark ( a solo performance of the Gospel of Mark.) at the Salvation Army's Theatre 315. It was brilliantly directed by our friend, Luann Purcell Jennings, and marve...
04.19.23 01:20 AM - Comment(s)
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Songs of Revival

By Rich

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04.16.23 01:29 AM - Comment(s)
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The Thorn in Theaters Monday and Tuesday

By Rich


What started as a dramatic presentation of scripture to a youth group has blossomed into a compelling piece of theatre captured on film that gives Cirque du Soleil a run for its money!...
03.04.23 10:53 PM - Comment(s)
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Lena Horne and The Horse and His Boy

By Rich

We were so blessed to see The Horse and His Boy at the Museum of the Bible! I gave some of our impressions in this video I recorded outside the Lena Horne Theatre on Broadway...


The Horse and His Boy closes on March 4. They added a show because that matinee sold out. 

I got permission to s...
03.02.23 08:13 PM - Comment(s)
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Hears the Story

By Rich

I want to thank those of you on our prayer team who were praying for last Tuesday’s event at The Salvation Army's Theatre 315 in Manhattan! I so wished I'd invited you on the NYC list! 

The event went miraculously well, far beyond what I imagined or expected. After a brief introduction, our r...
01.31.23 12:36 AM - Comment(s)
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The Hiding Place

By Rich

I'm so blessed to be a part of the cast of a musical based on The Hiding Place, the book about Corrie ten Boom and her family's efforts to protect Jewish people during the Nazi occupation of Holland. 

This morning an article I wrote about it was on www.HeadlinePrayer.org: " A Christian ...
06.14.22 06:55 PM - Comment(s)
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Queen Esther

By Rich

Intercessors for America posted my article about Queen Esther while it was playing live at Sight & Sound’s theatre in Lancaster, PA, but they reposted it to www.HeadlinePrayer.org because it's now available at Sight & Sound TV. 

Here's a direct link to the article: For Su...
06.03.22 07:13 AM - Comment(s)
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A Triumph for Life in the NYC Theatre World!

By Rich

Tonight and tomorrow are the last New York City performances of Oh Gosnell: A Show About the Truth. Joyce and I saw it last night, and it was incredibly powerful. I wrote about it for www.HeadlinePrayer.org: " A Triumph for Life in the NYC Theatre World!" It covers the trial of Kermit Gos...
05.14.22 12:00 PM - Comment(s)
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Pray Over Broadway Live: The Hudson Theatre

By Rich

Praying over the Hudson Theatre and announcing the 20th Anniversary performance of my play Five Bells for 9/11...

https://www.youtube.com/embed/KALsyBRZqIY

A new close to Five Bells for 9/11

 
In my 20th anniversary performance, I told how the cast and crew of  What's a Girl to Do? appeal...
09.15.21 07:46 PM - Comment(s)
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August Strindberg’s play Easter

By Rich

I was so blessed to play Elis in an online reading of August Strindberg’s play Easter with Salvation Army's Theatre 315. It's a play we strongly considered when I was directing the theatre program at the MasterWorks Festival, but we never did it because it has such a small cast. We all had a blast ...
04.08.21 11:12 AM - Comment(s)
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Seventy-five years since Eric Liddell broke the final ribbon

By Rich

Today marks the 75th anniversary of Eric Liddell's death. He was known more for his actions as an Olympic champion and missionary than for his prayers, but I'd like to share something I discovered about his death that shows how close his intercession brought him to the Lord. 

I think all the ...
02.21.21 10:28 AM - Comment(s)
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King James Live

By Rich

On the first night of Content2020 Film Festival & Media Summit I "happened" to sit next to Ashley Strand, and we discovered that we both perform one-man plays. 

He had just started performing The Book of Mark, inspired by Alec McCowan, who I'd seen perform it at The Lamb's Thea...
02.07.21 07:29 PM - Comment(s)
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Gifted Hands Virtual Holiday Greeting

By Rich

Joyce and I were both featured in the Gifted Hands Virtual Holiday Greeting tonight. We both talked about our connection to Gifted Hands and Dustee Hullinger, who created and sustains the ministry. Then I showed my performance of "Harvey Silverstein the Innkeeper" in the Church of the Nati...
12.18.20 12:58 AM - Comment(s)
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Five Bells for 9/11 for 2020

By Rich

Five Bells for 9/11
Earlier this week, a wildfire ripped through Talent and Phoenix, Oregon, where our family has lived since my great grandparents moved there in a covered wagon. The fire passed between our family's farm and Phoenix High School, and it's only a ten-minute drive between them. I prais...
09.11.20 12:46 PM - Comment(s)
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