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FRANK GAGLIANO’S SITE
Welcome to my Website.
Come on in and explore my Off-Broadway productions and full play and musical theatre catalogue (texts and mp3 tracks); various short play-and-prose Bits and Pieces; a novel (Anton’s Leap); assorted Facebook Tributes; Articles and Essays; and (after a teaching career spanning 40 years) my insights into the art and craft of the writing of plays.
Whether you write, direct, produce plays or act in them; or just enjoy reading play texts; or if you want to get a sense of the exhilarating 1960’s energy that triggered this journey to today . . . you might find navigating through this new www.gaglianoriff.net a rewarding journey.
playwright
My works
“One will never be able to accuse Frank Gagliano of being a writer who has forgotten that it is called ʻplayingʼ for a reason.” – Greg Holt
Access my plays, musicals, monologues, articles, and essays here!
Blog
MyBlog
. . .a potpourri of stuff. . .
On “Last Words”
[Facebook essay: 28 August 2020] On “LAST WORDS” (My Latest Plague Diversion, Leading To “Pub Faustian”) . . .I’ve been re-reading the works of playwright, George Bernard Shaw (GBS), and came across his last words: “Dying is easy, comedy is hard” — a phrase used many...
The Moment (New Song)
THE MOMENT © (ASCAP) Lyrics, Frank Gagliano Music, James Rushin (Demo track below: Jonathan Mousette, vocal; James Rushin, piano) Sometimes I'll glimpse it,Maybe at night,Often when I'm sitting all alone.Sometimes I'll sense it,Out there in space,Even when I'm...
Holographing the Playtext
ANGLES OF VISION FROM A PARTICULAR PLAYWRIGHT, ABOUT THE SPECIAL PRESSURE COOKER THAT IS DRAMA. by Frank Gagliano Beginning quotes and notes toward a book: HOLOGRAPHING THE PLAY-TEXT (or DEMONSTRATING THE PLAY-TEXT) — a new approach for theatre practitioners who...
Get InTouch
Email:
sandrico@aol.com
Location:
Pittsburgh, PA
