Happy Holidays, blogsurfers!
The Last Tango cast and crew are on vacation, and our play is coming along very well. We can't wait for our January 25 preview! Along the way, as mentioned, we've come across a few plays about our Marlon and his troupe, but our official stand is that while we are slightly disappointed not to be first, we are not in the least bit deterred from being the best. All of us at Fletcher Rhoden.com stand behind the play and the novella (not to mention the Charlie Kaufman-esque teleplay I've just completed) and we know that nothing that may have come before it or will come after will be quite the same.
Trafford Publishing is readying the first printing of the LAST TANGO WITH MARLON for a late January/early February release to coincide with the opening of the play here in Los Angeles.
In unrelated news, there is wild speculation that a certain well-known B-movie producer and distributor has made an offer on STUMP THE BAND (Boathouse Studios, story by Fletcher Rhoden). We have no confirmation on if the seven-time award-winning festival-favorite slasher indie will be aquired by this well-known but currently annonymous company, as there have appearantly been several recent offers for the feature. But we will announce whatever news we have here and on the NEWS page of the home site, Fletcher Rhoden.com.
We are also currently looking for photographers with a 35.mm digital camera for some publicity shots in exchange for promotional consideration. Considering the publicity this play is likely to generate, this could be a great opportunity. Contact information is on the play's site page, www.fletcherrhoden.com/lasttangowithmarlon
Happy holidays,
FR
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Last Tango With Marlon: NOT A Love Lost Life
Greetings, blog readers:
As the year ends the LAST TANGO WITH MARLON juggernaut continues. We're on schedule for our three-week run in February '08, the novella has been turned into Trafford Publishing for a late January release. Santa even seems to have brought a special gift to the crew this year, but I can't, um, open it yet.
One interesting thing that crossed the eye of www.Fletcher Rhoden.com as we were setting up our new LAST TANGO WITH MARLON MySpace page is that there was a new stage play produced this year ('07) about our boy, Marlon Brando, called A LOVE LOST LIFE. It did pretty well at a few festivals back east and got plenty of good reviews. We here at fletcherrhoden.com/lasttangowithmarlon want to congratulate the cast and crew of ALLL. We had no idea until setting up our MySpace account this very day (12/12/07) that such a play existed. But without having seen it, we can already tell there are plenty of differences. Our play focuses on the friendship of Brando and Wally Cox (we doubt he's in ALLL which seems to take place near Brando's death in 2004). This undoubtedly fine play seems to be more of a drama, whereas our production leans toward the comedic. And I can't imagine they cooked up some of the wild stuff we have planned in our LAST TANGO WITH MARLON. I'm sure some themes overlap -- they're bound to. I'd like to see ALLL, I'm sure the two plays would make a fascinating study in contrast and comparison. But a man as big (figuratively and literally) as Marlon Brando can surely sustain two plays (at least) and will likely be the subject of many more. Best of luck to us all! However, I must make one correction -- I said earlier in this blog that LAST TANGO WITH MARLON was the first play to feature Brando as the lead and I now realize I was in error. I stand corrected. So here I say officially (until further information dictates) that www.Fletcher Rhoden.com presents LAST TANGO WITH MARLON, the SECOND play about the great actor Marlon Brando. We think it's still the first novella about him though!
Best of the season.
FR
As the year ends the LAST TANGO WITH MARLON juggernaut continues. We're on schedule for our three-week run in February '08, the novella has been turned into Trafford Publishing for a late January release. Santa even seems to have brought a special gift to the crew this year, but I can't, um, open it yet.
One interesting thing that crossed the eye of www.Fletcher Rhoden.com as we were setting up our new LAST TANGO WITH MARLON MySpace page is that there was a new stage play produced this year ('07) about our boy, Marlon Brando, called A LOVE LOST LIFE. It did pretty well at a few festivals back east and got plenty of good reviews. We here at fletcherrhoden.com/lasttangowithmarlon want to congratulate the cast and crew of ALLL. We had no idea until setting up our MySpace account this very day (12/12/07) that such a play existed. But without having seen it, we can already tell there are plenty of differences. Our play focuses on the friendship of Brando and Wally Cox (we doubt he's in ALLL which seems to take place near Brando's death in 2004). This undoubtedly fine play seems to be more of a drama, whereas our production leans toward the comedic. And I can't imagine they cooked up some of the wild stuff we have planned in our LAST TANGO WITH MARLON. I'm sure some themes overlap -- they're bound to. I'd like to see ALLL, I'm sure the two plays would make a fascinating study in contrast and comparison. But a man as big (figuratively and literally) as Marlon Brando can surely sustain two plays (at least) and will likely be the subject of many more. Best of luck to us all! However, I must make one correction -- I said earlier in this blog that LAST TANGO WITH MARLON was the first play to feature Brando as the lead and I now realize I was in error. I stand corrected. So here I say officially (until further information dictates) that www.Fletcher Rhoden.com presents LAST TANGO WITH MARLON, the SECOND play about the great actor Marlon Brando. We think it's still the first novella about him though!
Best of the season.
FR
Friday, December 7, 2007
Last Tango With Marlon press release
Friends and fans, the official press release for my new two-act stage play, LAST TANGO WITH MARLON, is now up at the Last Tango With Marlon yahoo! group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lasttangowithmarlon It's got quotes, information, a lot of neat insider stuff. You can read it for FREE! (Although you do have to be a member to post -- which is also FREE!) You'll want to be a member anyway, with all the new updates and exciting polls and conversations about this exciting play and novella. The 3-week world premiere run is fast approaching (Feb 1 - 16) and you'll want to enjoy every stage of this growing phenom.
To that effect, I guess this is as good a time as any for another production diary: Frank brought in a dvd of the Marlon Brando / Larry King interview, which we all found entertaining and informative (I learned most of the best information during the writing, but it was still plenty entertaining). Everything else is right on track for our preview at the end of January. We're already getting reservations for opening night, so don't delay -- call today!
I sent in the manuscript for the novella of LAST TANGO WITH MARLON and the Canadian publishing house Trafford should have it out by the end of January. Upcoming, a few excerpts will be posted on the home site, so stay tuned!
www.fletcherrhoden.com/lasttangowithmarlon
Best,
FR
To that effect, I guess this is as good a time as any for another production diary: Frank brought in a dvd of the Marlon Brando / Larry King interview, which we all found entertaining and informative (I learned most of the best information during the writing, but it was still plenty entertaining). Everything else is right on track for our preview at the end of January. We're already getting reservations for opening night, so don't delay -- call today!
I sent in the manuscript for the novella of LAST TANGO WITH MARLON and the Canadian publishing house Trafford should have it out by the end of January. Upcoming, a few excerpts will be posted on the home site, so stay tuned!
www.fletcherrhoden.com/lasttangowithmarlon
Best,
FR
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Last Tango With Marlon reservation line open, production diary
As promised, bloglovers, the reservation line for LAST TANGO WITH MARLON is now open: 323-667-9113. You can also email the reservations to fletcherrhoden@yahoo.com. But be sure to check out the webpage, www.fletcherrhoden.com/lasttangowithmarlon. This play is a very exciting project, and the 3-week world-premiere run in February '08 only has a limited amount of seats, so make those reservations now! Again, I can't say too much, but since this is the first-ever play with Marlon Brando as the lead character, and since our actors our very well connected, you can expect lots of celebrity appearances. I've already seen a few of the names on the list, and while I can't repeat them, let me say that even I am impressed. PLEASE KEEP YOUR RESERVATION CALLS TO BUSINESS HOURS, though you can call on the weekends as well as weekdays. IF YOU CALL, LEAVE A PHONE NUMBER WHERE YOUR RESERVATION CAN BE CONFIRMED. Press passes available, scribes!
I remember mentioning that I might keep an online production diary, so here's my first installment:
It took a while to get my cast, but it was worth the wait. Frank and Raf are tearing it up as Marlon and Wally. We're having fun in rehearsals and the overall flow of productivity is amazing. Before Raf, I was disappointed that my old friend and frequent collaborator Robbie Rist wouldn't be playing Wally, but things are turning out great with Raf, so it just goes to show you. This is no doubt some of my strongest writing, and I think both the play and the novella of LAST TANGO WITH MARLON will surpass anything I've done in the past.
There's more news and other fun stuff all the time at www.fletcherrhoden.com, and the latest production photos and other interactive stuff is available at the Yahoo! group, LAST TANGO WITH MARLON. It's free, it's safe (what more do you want from the internet?) There'll be posts, reviews, surveys -- don't miss the fun!
Blog ya later!
Fletcher Rhoden
I remember mentioning that I might keep an online production diary, so here's my first installment:
It took a while to get my cast, but it was worth the wait. Frank and Raf are tearing it up as Marlon and Wally. We're having fun in rehearsals and the overall flow of productivity is amazing. Before Raf, I was disappointed that my old friend and frequent collaborator Robbie Rist wouldn't be playing Wally, but things are turning out great with Raf, so it just goes to show you. This is no doubt some of my strongest writing, and I think both the play and the novella of LAST TANGO WITH MARLON will surpass anything I've done in the past.
There's more news and other fun stuff all the time at www.fletcherrhoden.com, and the latest production photos and other interactive stuff is available at the Yahoo! group, LAST TANGO WITH MARLON. It's free, it's safe (what more do you want from the internet?) There'll be posts, reviews, surveys -- don't miss the fun!
Blog ya later!
Fletcher Rhoden
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