The Civil War/For the Glory in DC

Hey gang!

Some of our very own original cast members were recently invited to DC to perform selections from the show for the President and First Lady. Check out the article from Playbill.com

http://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=28826

and some information on Frank's website:

http://frankwildhorn.com/projects/updates.shtml#civilwar

and yet another article:

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/index.php?cl=8097892 

one more:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/06/20080601.html

Cheers!
Amanda

For the Glory/The Civil War News!!

‘The Civil War’ (formerly ‘For the Glory’, formerly ‘The Civil War’) is in the very early planning stages to return to the Majestic Theater in Gettysburg, PA by the summer of 09. “This will be a professional (non-Equity) production based on the show … at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati” that was presented last October. This production will include “full costumes, and more dramatic staging.” Currently a mid-June through July run is being planned.

What are your thoughts?

Post a comment and let us know!

For the Glory!

Keep For the Glory Alive

Okay kids. I am on a one woman mission to keep this show alive. As it gets closer to summer, it's hard to believe For the Glory won't be returning. I don't want that to happen again next summer. I've just created a Yahoo List dedicated to keeping this show alive. It's a place for people who want to give For the Glory a new life to discuss ways to keep it going. From marketing to finding investors. Anyone with a genuine interest in seeing For the Glory succeed is welcome to join us and share their ideas and suggestions.

You can access the list through the following link:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Fortheglorythemusical/


Please drop by and help us keep For the Glory alive!

For the Glory 2008

As most of you know by now, For the Glory will not be returning to the Majestic Theater in Gettysburg, PA this summer. The producers, creatives (and probably more then just a few fans) have very high hopes that the show will be able to return in the summer of 08. Which got me to thinking. What can we, as the fans, do to make sure this happens? Now let me put a disclaimer out there - this is purely the musing of a person who believes this show deserves a long, healthy life.


So, what do you think can be done to save "For the Glory"?

Recognize Anything?

http://www.gettysburgcvb.org/visitor_attractions.asp

Alumni Updates

Hey gang. Just thought I'd pop in to say hello and to let you know about some FTG alumni happenings. I'm sure the entire cast is keeping very busy, but these are just the events I know about. If you happen to know of any cast members and their appearances, please let me know! Also, for those of you addicted to this crazy world we call 'Myspace' the show has it's own page with lots of pictures. You can find it at www.myspace.com/fortheglorythemusical.

Rob Evan will be appearing in Disney's Tarzan on Broadway. http://www.playbill.com/news/article/105944.html
http://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=16086
www.robevan.com

Keith Byron Kirk will be appearing in the national tour of The Color Purple.
http://www.colorpurple.com/color_purple_tour.php

Dan Cooney is appearing in Into the Woods at the Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA through this weekend.
http://www.sig-online.org/

Steve Barcus will be appearing in A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline in VA in May.
Details to follow.

Bryan Guffy is appearing in TheatreworksUSA's Freedom Train.
http://www.theatreworksusa.org/show_detail.cfm?show=1043

Aaron LaVigne and Dustin Brayley are appearing in the national tour of Rent.
http://www.siteforrent.com/intro.html

And finally, Bart Shatto will be singing at my best friend's wedding next month. Just in case anyone was wondering.

I hope you're all doing well in the new year. It looks like spring is trying to make it's debut. At least for this week!

Cheers,
Amanda

I Hate To Be The Bearer of Bad News...

As some of you may already know, For the Glory will not be returning to the Majestic Theater in the summer of 2007. The simplest way to put it is money. They just didn't make enough of it to keep the show going for another year. Unfortuntately this news does not come as a complete surprise to myself, as well as many other folks, but I think we were all holding out hope that a miracle would happen.

They do, however, hope to be back in 2008. There was an article in one of the local papers the other day about the possibility of it coming back next summer.

http://www.eveningsun.com/localnews/ci_5001397?source=email