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John Breglio’s I WANNA BE A PRODUCER launches this week!

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It’s official! John Breglio’s I WANNA BE A PRODUCER is now out in bookstores, and John is appearing on national TV, radio and print to help spread the word:

  • This week, Bloomberg TV and Bloomberg Radio interviewed John about what it takes to be a Broadway producer.
  • The New York Times spoke to him about the upcoming Tony Awards.
  • Michael Riedel raves about his book in the New York Post.
  • Backstage Magazine talks to John about important lessons for the Broadway producer.
  • Center on the Aisle recommends I WANNA BE A PRODUCER to their legions of readers.
  • And Book Pleasures interviews John and discusses how he became interested in entertainment law.

This is only the beginning! Stay tuned for further media and event updates as they unfold.

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Three Rooms Press publishes the classic prison memoir, BAD by James Carr

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Today, Three Rooms Press  is releasing the updated classic prison memoir, BAD: The Autobiography of James Carr. Originally published in 1972, this book captures the pivotal point in American history when prisons decided rehabilitation wasn’t possible, and prisons became terribly punitive. Forty years later, we’re still trying to reverse the damage caused by the 1970’s criminal justice system. 

In honor of James Carr’s autobiography, here’s a list of Ten Books Spanning Five Decades That Demonstrate the Ongoing Need for Prison Reform:

  1. BAD: The Autobiography of James Carr by James Carr
  2. THE NEW JIM CROW: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander 
  3. COULDN’T KEEP IT TO MYSELF: Wally Lamb and the Women of York Correctional Institution by Wally Lamb
  4. IN THE BELLY OF THE BEAST: Letters From Prison by Jack Henry Abbott
  5. SOLEDAD BROTHER: The Prison Letters of George Jackson by George Jackson
  6. INSIDE: Life Behind Bars in America by Michael Santos
  7. ALL GOD’S CHILDREN: The Bosket Family and the American Tradition of Violence by Fox Butterfield
  8. NEWJACK: Guarding Sing Sing by Ted Conover
  9. INSIDE THIS PLACE, NOT OF IT: Narratives From Women’s Prisons by Ayelet Waldman and Robin Levi
  10. ON THE YARD by Malcolm Braley

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Happy Publication Day, SONGS OF MY SELFIE!

Redeye/Chicago Tribune knows a good thing when they see it. They’re calling SONGS OF MY SELFIE one of “25 new books we can’t wait to get our hands on in April!”

Millennials—people born between 1981 to 2000—currently number 88 million, and make up the largest generation of the US population today. Yet, despite its size, the generation as a whole has often been wrongly described as entitled, selfie-obsessed, overly earnest, and whiny. In SONGS OF MY SELFIE (Three Rooms Press Trade Paperback Original), millennials speak directly about their experiences, and the result is a compelling new view of a generation that defies stereotypes. Available in bookstores NOW! 

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An Evening with Israel Horovitz with very special guest Estelle Parsons

Renowned playwright, screenwriter, and director Israel Horovitz will be joined by Academy Award-winning star of stage and screen Estelle Parsons for an evening of reading and discussion of Horovitz’s new book, MY OLD LADY: Complete Stage Play and Screenplay with an Essay on Adaptation (2016, Three Rooms Press). The event will be at Barrow Street Theatre, 27 Barrow Street (at 7th Avenue) in New York City, Monday, April 18, 7 p.m. The $15 admission fee includes a free, signed copy of the book.

At the event, Horovitz and Parsons will read and discuss scenes from both stage and screen versions of MY OLD LADY. Cover

Parsons, who won an Oscar for her role in Bonnie and Clyde, recently starred in a critically-acclaimed staging of MY OLD LADY at Palm Beach Dramaworks. The Wall Street Journal had high praise for the play and Parsons, calling it “Magic . . . beautifully drawn characters . . . Estelle Parsons has amazing energy and forcefulness . . .” Parsons will soon star in Horovitz’s new play, “Out of the Mouths of Babes” at Cherry Lane Theatre June 7 through July 17.

In 2014, at the age of 74, Horovitz adapted MY OLD LADY as a film—starring Kevin Kline, Maggie Smith, and Kristin Scott Thomas—which he also directed. RogerEbert.com called the film version “A revelation and a pleasure.”

In the new book, scripts for the play and film are bridged with a lengthy essay in which Horovitz shares his insights into the creative process and knowledge gained while transforming the spoken language of the stage to the visual language of the screen. Barnet Kellmen, film director and professor at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, notes that, “Adapting a play to the screen can be a perilous undertaking . . . Luckily Israel Horovitz is the perfect guide . . . “

Tickets for the event are $15 and can be purchased in advance or at the door. For ticketing information and additional details, visit ThreeRoomsPress.

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Jay Neugeboren’s latest novel, MAX BAER AND THE STAR OF DAVID, debuts this week from Mandel Vilar Press

MaxBaer_CVR_FinalWhen Jay Neugeboren’s first novel, Big Man, was published, James Michener called it “as good a sports novel as has ever been written.” Now, nearly a half-century later, Neugeboren is publishing MAX BAER AND THE STAR OF DAVID (Mandel Vilar Press Trade Paperback Original; February 9, 2016), his 22nd book and a remarkable novel that is centered on the life of the world heavyweight champion, Max Baer.

The novel has received wonderful advanced praise from several critically acclaimed authors, including:

“Neugeboren has never been better than in this lush, joyful novel—as erotic and mysterious as The Song of Songs, and as clear as a heavyweight champion’s punch in the gut. I loved it.”

—ROBERT LIPSYTE, author of An Accidental Sportswriter

“Max Baer and the Star of David is a strange and strangely beautiful tale that conjures up a golden era of boxing in the way A. J. Liebling did in The Sweet Science. I was enchanted from start to finish, and when I closed the book I thought ‘Damn, this dude can write!’”

       —GARY SHTEYNGART, author of Little Failure: A Memoir 

“This lively, high-spirited novel is an irresistible tribute to the sweet science, and a thrillingly jaunty evocation of an almost forgotten era.  Neugeboren has, as always, the gift of creating vivid characters and the imagination to put them through delicious travails.”

—PHILLIP LOPATE, author of Portrait Inside My Head

And here are links to some of the coverage running this week:

Blunderbuss Magazine

Boxing.com

NewPages.com

Reviews by Amos Lassen

Visit Jay Neugeboren’s website and Mandel Vilar Press for more information.

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