Join us to celebrate the June birthdays of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy in Los Angeles, on Sunday, June 27, from noon-4 pm at the Sportsmans Lodge Hotel Restaurant in Studio City!
At our last meeting, the guest speaker was Al Caizzia, Jeanette's co-star in the 1956 TV sitcom "Prima Donna." We are still lining up the program and guests for the June birthday bash.
For those of you that might be coming from out-of-town, if you are interesting in joining us for a driving tour of their homes on Saturday, please note this in your comments when you purchase your tickets for the Sunday luncheon. If we have enough of a response, we will set up this tour and provide you with the details.
If you live near Altoona, PA or can get there on Saturday, March 13, please join us for one performance at 8 pm of "A Scandalous Affair" starring Hallie Neill and Theodore Lambrinos. The musical show is based on the book Sweethearts.
Sharon Rich will do a book signing and Q&A after the performance.
The evening is a fundraiser for the theater. Maybe you're not aware of this but the chandelier in the theater is the very one that was used in the movie Maytime - when Jeanette and John Barrymore go to the court of Louie Napoleon! It was purchased at the MGM auction years ago and is a highlight of this beautiful theater!
Since this is a Saturday, we might try to put together a Mac/Eddy get-together in the afternoon as well. Please email us if you would like to attend a Mac/Eddy club event in the afternoon prior to the evening performance! This would probably be a free event since there is an admission fee for the evening show.
Tickets for the performance are available online at this link. You can learn more about the theater here.
If you are in the New York City area, please join us on the evening of February 18 for a production of "A Scandalous Affair." This is the musical based on the book "Sweethearts" and stars Hallie Neill and Theodore Lambrinos. The show is a fundraiser for the famous Players Club. There will be a celebrity reception afterwards with some "name" actors and also Sharon Rich will be featured in a "Meet and Greet" and book signing at this reception.
For this performance, the pianist is William Lewis, the accompanist for famous Irish tenor Ronan Tynan.
The Players Club is a very famous NYC landmark. It was founded by actor Edwin Booth - older brother of the infamous John Wilkes Booth. Mark Twain and other luminaries were members, as was John Barrymore and current stars like Al Pacino and Angela Lansbury. This is going to be a fabulous evening of entertainment and nostalgia. If you can get to NYC, please join us!
Currently we have a special sale going on, 10% off books, DVDs, CDs and several other products. Use this coupon code at checkout: FEB2010.
In addition, check out the sale on complete book and magazine collections.
Please note that we will be out of the office after Saturday, February 6 and will return Monday, February 15. If you order books we will arrange to have them drop-shipped to you during this time. Same goes for calendars. Any new DVD or CD orders should be placed no later than Friday, February 5, otherwise they will be shipped when we return from the Jeanette-Nelson cruise.