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Todd Michael

TODD MICHAEL

  
Nationality:    USA
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Todd Michael is an actor, playwright and producer. He is the founder and artistic director of Gracye Productions, which has been a resident company of the Horse Trade Theatre Group since 2006. Todd has written over twenty plays and is honored to have participated in the 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009 New York International Fringe Festival. He currently lives in New York City with his partner of fifteen years, Peter Steinman. Gracye Productions was named after Peter's 102 year old grandmother. "Vice Girl Confidential" won the New York International Fringe Festival 2006 Overall Excellence Award for Outstanding Ensemble.

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below is a list of Todd Michael's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Adventures of Jock Jupiter, Rocket Ranger!, The         Asphalt Christmas, The         Buddy Becker's Big Uncut Flick         Damaged Dames         Right Cross Rhapsody         Say Your Prayers, Mug!         Tough Guys Don't Shoot Blanks         Vice Girl Confidential

Adventures of Jock Jupiter, Rocket Ranger!, The

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Horse Trade Presents a Grayce Production

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Asphalt Christmas, The

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This is the story of St. Celestine's annual holiday pageant, a "possessed" fifteen-year old girl, her long-lost burlesque queen mother with a heart of gold, a singing priest with a past and couple of nuns, who must deal with the devil within their convent school walls. Betrayl, lust and eggnog all come together in the Asphalt Christmas.
- nytheatre.com

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1st Produced:
Theatre Row Studio
410 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036    08 Dec 2011

Organisations:
Gracye Productions

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http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/the-asphalt-christmas   -

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Genre:
Play/Drama 80 min

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Male:  4            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Buddy Becker's Big Uncut Flick

Synopsis:
A parody of noir cinema and old-time afternoon movie programs on TV. Recession repressing you? Tune in to your old buddy, Buddy Becker, as he whips out his big, uncut flick filled with intrigue, murder, and romance! Husbands and wives agree: an afternoon with Buddy Becker will leave you cinematically satisfied!

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1st Produced:
The Players Theatre, New York International Fringe Festival    15 Aug 2009

Organisations:
Gracye Productions

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http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/buddy-beckers-big-uncut-flick   -

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Genre:
1h 0m Comedy

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Male:  6            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Damaged Dames

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Gracye Productions

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Right Cross Rhapsody

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This new comedy by Todd Michael is an affectionate parody of 1930s-style films, which combines elements of Hollywood boxing meloDramas such as Golden Boy and City for Conquest while adding a soupcon of backstage musicals.
- nytheatre.com

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Gracye Productions

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Genre:
Comedy 60 min

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Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Say Your Prayers, Mug!

Synopsis:
Mr. and Mrs. Matinee themselves, Skip Rayburn and Dottie Haines, host the 1950s television show 'sunrise Cinema' and eagerly present the long-lost thriller, 'say Your Prayers, Mug!' In between the bubbly hosts' banter, the 1935 gangster flick comes to life on stage, complete with fist-swingin' cops and fast-talkin' mobsters
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Tough Guys Don't Shoot Blanks

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Join Skip and Dottie, hosts of '50s TV show "Cinema Cavalcade," as they unearth another gangster flick. Can fist-swingin' copper Chick Donahue squash Manhattan's crime and corruption? Will on-the-lam Lefty find his sis before mobster Rocco rubs him out? www.toughguysdontshootblanks.com 1h 0m, Manhattan, NYC Comedy,
- http://www.fringenyc.org/

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Grayce Productions

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Genre:
1h 0m, Comedy,

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Vice Girl Confidential

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Daring! Shocking! TRUE! the saga of saleswomen of sex and the ultimate price they pay for the wages of sin. A parody of the exploitation films of the '30s and '40s.

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1st Produced:
New York International Fringe Festival at The Studio at Cherry Lane Theatre    2006

Organisations:
Peter Steinman

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/vice-girl-confidential   -

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Genre:
Comedy Drama, 65 min One Act

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Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  -

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