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Onstage in Theatre Too: Look What’s Happened to Pixie DeCosta!

Theatre Three’s intimate downstairs play space, Theatre Too, continues with its 2008-2009 season with the world premiere comedy, Look What’s Happened to Pixie DeCosta!. All performances take place in Theatre Too, the 90-seat venue just below Theatre Three. Look What’s Happened to Pixie DeCosta! begins on Friday, October 3, 2008 and will close on Sunday, November 2, 2008. “EXTRA! EXTRA! Read all about it! DeCosta Sisters Scandal Rocks Hollywood! Home town of virtue and decency embroiled in HOT NEW murder case! Old wounds pried open with rusty screwdriver! EXTRA! EXTRA!” – Newsboy in Look What’s Happened to Pixie DeCosta! From childhood, Pixie and Margot DeCosta have been destined to be stars! Their overbearing father planned it all: the movies, the parties, and the sheer adoration of fans. But not everything went according to plan. Margot grew up to be the triumphant elegant star of classic movies while Pixie became a crude starlet of tabloid news. After a horrible and mysterious accident during one of their glamorous parties, both sisters’ careers are ended while they are still in their prime. Twenty-five years later, Pixie DeCosta tries to revive her own career, only to reveal in bloody fashion what really happened that fateful night so long ago. About The Playwright: Bruce R. Coleman, Theatre Three’s Resident Artist Bruce R. Coleman (writer/film junkie) is very pleased to be premiering his new play, Look What’s Happened To Pixie De Costa!, here in Theatre Too, virtually ten feet from his office/washroom/ septic tank. Past writing efforts include A History Lesson for New Theatre Company, starring Phyllis Cicero and Denise Lee, Given Away starring Ted’s big crush, Norbert Osborn, and Night And Day, The Music of Cole Porter, which was nominated for 4 Leon Rabin awards, including Best Musical of the Year. For MacArthur High School in Irving, Texas, Bruce collaborated with several of his students and created Never, Never Jam Today: A Country, Hip Hop, Emo, Deathmetal, Rock-A-Billy Riff On Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland. Bruce also wrote the tele-script for Cheaters, which was broadcast on Irving Community Television Network several times in 2006 – 2007. Mr. Coleman’s next writing project will be The Ballad of Belva Jane, biographical musical based on the life of his grandmother, the meanest woman he ever knew. Some of the playwright’s influences in his own words: “For me, this playwriting experience has been all about the influences; 1.)      Charles Ludlam (1943 – 1987) – The mad genius/actor/writer/director behind The Ridiculous Theatre in New York. In his lifetime he created 30 –some –odd plays (yes, some of them VERY odd) that were rich in character and story. Known for their allusions to great literature, baroque sexuality, joyful bawdiness, drag queen aesthetic and sheer gustiness, Mr. Ludlams plays with their loopy language, endless imagination and elaborate worlds carved out of cardboard and glitter have been the driving influence of my career. He is my hero. 2.)      Film Noir – A film genre that specialized in exposing the darkest, nastiest corners of man’s psyche. It dragged the icky out of humanity’s soul and paraded it across the screen for the entire world to see. Favorite noir image? Bill Holden floating in that swimming pool at the top of Sunset Boulevard. Favorite noir film? Kiss Me Deadly. It starts with a near naked Cloris Leachman being tortured to death by some creep with a pair of pliers and ends with an atomic blast. Nothing better. 3.)      Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? -A cheap, shoddy, horror novel by Henry Farrell that became a cheap, shoddy, CLASSIC, horror movie directed by Robert Aldrich. The story follows the deep and destructive bond that ties two has-been show-biz sisters to each other, which, of course, leads to no good. Bette Davis and Joan Crawford essayed these roles in the film to startling effect. My English teacher showed our class this movie when I was in seventh grade. Any questions you may have had about me have now been officially answered.”

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