JOEL GROSS
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THEATER
This summer, MARIE ANTOINETTE: THE COLOR OF FLESH will be re-mounting its 2008 Australian production with its original Red Stitch Actors Theatre cast. To read earlier reviews of the play, including the recent New York production (off Broadway), please click on the links to the right. “The sweep of a historical novel….real events swirl outside, while inside at Versailles, emotions swirl just as vigorously around a triangle of love and friendship… Explores issues of class, many of them sounding quite contemporary, while creating a touching story of love.” Neil Genzlinger, THE NEW YORK TIMES “One of the season’s best…a white-hot play.” Peter Filichia, THE STAR-LEDGER. The play is published by Dramatists Play Service.  Amanda Jones has played the Queen in three productions of MARIE ANTOINETTE: THE COLOR OF FLESH  Samantha Ives as Elisa, and Jonathan Kells Phillips as Alexis, in the off-Broadway production of MARIE ANTOINETTE: THE COLOR OF FLESH, directed by Robert Kalfin.  Two scenes from MARIE ANTOINETTE have been chosen for "The Best Stage Scenes of 2008," edited by Lawrence Harbison. Joel's dramatic love story, THE COMFORT OF DARKNESS, has recently been workshopped in New York.
Earlier versions of the play have been workshopped at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, and at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Joel is working on a musical about John Dillinger with composer/ For more information and to hear some of Paul's great songs, click below.  MOVIES MORTAL ARMOUR: THE LEGEND OF GALAHAD, with an original screenplay by Joel, is in pre-production. The film is being directed by Mikael Salomon, and produced by Gale Anne Hurd and Peter Hoffman.  NOVELS
Joel Gross's novels, including THE BOOKS OF RACHEL, have been selected by the Book of the Month Club and the Literary Guild. He is a member of the Authors Guild, the Dramatists Guild, the Writers Guild, and P.E.N. Joel's ten published novels are available through abe.com, alibris.com, as well as Amazon and Barnes and Noble. In chronological order these novels are: Bubble's Shadow The Young Man Who Wrote Soap Operas 1407 Broadway The Books of Rachel Maura's Dream Home of the Brave This Year in Jerusalem The Lives of Rachel Spirit in the Flesh Sarah: A Novel of Sarah Bernhardt Trade paperback editions of THE BOOKS OF RACHEL, THE LIVES OF RACHEL, MAURA'S DREAM, and SARAH: A NOVEL OF SARAH BERNHARDT, have recently been published. All are available through Amazon or Barnes and Noble.  Olivia Connolly as Marie, Erin Dewar as Elisa, and Brett Cousins as Alexis in the Red Stitch Theatre production (Australia) of MARIE ANTOINETTE.  Jason Griffith as Alexis, and Janine Theriault as Elisa in the Caldwell Theatre production of MARIE ANTOINETTE.  The set for MARIE ANTOINETTE: THE COLOR OF FLESH at the Caldwell Theatre, Boca Raton, directed by Michael Hall. |
