******************************************************************* ShadowGram Online Dark Shadows Updates List Marcy Robin's Cyberspace "Dark Shadows" Update List An Internet Publication of SHADOWGRAM < ShadowGram@aol.com > Number 93. April 8, 2003. ******************************************************************* Hello, Dark Shadows Fan, ShadowGram (SG) announces the following breaking news for Dark Shadows (DS). * DONNA McKECHNIE (Amanda Harris, Olivia Corey) presents her one-woman show "Inside the Music" at the Orpheum Theatre in Phoenix this Friday, April 11. The program includes "moments from her Broadway career" and "new material from her Fynesworth Alley recording." In addition, she plans to present a workshop at ASU West (Arizona State University West) on April 10. The April 11 performance is at 8:00 and tickets are $20, $30, and $40. The theatre is located at 203 W. Adams St., Phoenix. Box Office: 602-543-ARTS Donna also brings this revised "Inside the Music" look at her life and stage career to the Colony Theatre Co. in Burbank. CA. Opening April 12 and running through May 11, the show incorporates classic Broadway show tunes and dances she's performed on stages around the world. Performances are Fridays - 8:00, Saturdays - 3:00 and 8:00, and Sundays - 2:00 and 7:00. Tickets are $29-$32. The theater is located at 565 N. Third St., Burbank. Box Office: 818-558-7000. SG print issues have announced and detailed Donna's one-woman shows. The Tony-winning singer/dancer/actress has performed her autobiographical blend of song , dance, and commentary at theaters, auditoriums, and clubs across the country. (See SG #98 for more information.) SG #96 print issue (June 2001) highlighted the release of her CD "Inside the Music" cabaret program from Fynsworth Alley and Varese Sarabande. Liner notes: "It's always Donna's personal radiance and soul, show business and otherwise, which reach out to the audience of 'Inside the Music.'" ID # 302 062 124 2 http://www.fynesworthalley.com * SG Premiere Announcement: Dan Curtis Productions (DCP) and MPI ask SG to announce the following: "MPI Home Video plans to launch a DS DVD Club in mid-May (approximately), prior to the release of the sixth 4-disc box of DS episodes in June. "That DVD Collection 6 will have these bonus interviews: Disc One - Roger Davis (Jeff, Peter, Ned, Dirk, Charles Delaware Tate) Disc Two - Lara Parker (Angelique, Catherine) Disc Three - Louis Edmonds (Roger, Joshua, Edward, Daniel, Amadeus, Brutus) Disc Four - Sy Tomashoff (Set Designer) "DVD Collection 5 will available on April 29. Print issue SG #98 highlighted the bonus material in this set. "Also, LARA PARKER plans to participate in a DS online chat via http://www.mpihomevideo.com during the last week in May. Details will be announced in an upcoming SG Online Update and posted on the MPI website soon." * SG Premiere Announcement: The DS Festival convention gives SG the following for 2003 DS Festival Online Hotel Reservations Info: Fans attending the August 29-31 DS Festival at the Brooklyn Marriott Hotel can make reservations for sleeping rooms at the special discounted Festival rate. You can phone the Marriott toll-free reservation line at 1-800-228-9290 - you must mention the Festival rate. You also now can go directly to the Brooklyn Marriott's website at www.brooklynmarriott.com and make the room reservation by entering the following DSF Group Code: DWSDWSA This will secure the discounted room rate of only $135 + tax a night (covering up to 4 individuals per room). A general Fest postal mailing should be sent in the coming month. The Fest website at www.darkshadowsfestival.com should be updated shortly with details on this year's event. This is the 20th Anniversary Fest and it fills the entire Labor Day weekend. Fest programming runs Friday evening, all day Saturday, and all day Sunday, topped by the traditional Banquet with the Stars on Sunday evening. The convention is bracketed by a group cruise around NY Harbor 8-29 (before the Fest opens that evening). An all-day bus trip on 9-1 (Labor Day) will take fans to Newport, RI, to see the actual filming locations used for "Collinwood" and "The Blue Whale." Banquet and trip details and prices will be announced soon on this SG Online Updates List and in the Fest mailing and website. --- Note: Fans attending Donna's show and the Festival are encouraged to please share their reports, pictures, programs, and other related material. Please send everything to ShadowGram at the e-mail and postal-mail addresses below. Thank you. Marcy Robin ShadowGram Editor / Publisher Marcy Robin, P.O. 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