OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: "GULAG: A NEW MUSICAL"

Ethan Rubidoux, President, Manka Bros. Consumer Products, Live Theatre and Sports

November 3, 2008

Eight years ago, when I came to Manka Bros. Studios, I marched right into Khan Manka, Jr.'s office and I said, "Consumer Products and Sports is all well and good, but my real heart is in Live Theatre!" I told him that someday I was going to bring Hollywood to Broadway. Mr. Manka, Jr. told me that day, "You find me a hit show and we'll revive the goddamned Live Theatre Division!"

It took five years but here we are - BROADWAY MANKA! I really feel that we have finally put all the elements together for an absolute slam dunk of a show - to use a term from sports.

(Mr. Rubidoux unveils the Gulag: The Musical official poster)

Based on the devastating trilogy of novels depicting the hell-on-earth slave camps of Soviet Russia by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, GULAG!: A NEW MUSICAL encompasses the heartbreaking drama, the unbelievable suffering but in the end leaving us with an uplifting message of hope that will certainly leave the audience cheering for more.

Playing the unnamed prisoner that guides us through this living hell will be film legend Joey Levitch. His extensive stage and screen experience brings a certain class and je ne sais quoi to this very ambitious undertaking. And regardless of what many of you might think, he's got a great voice.

So, Hello, New York! I'm from Hollywood and I 'm here to say that thanks to Gulag!: A New Musical, Broadway is alive and well! Enjoy the show! We open at the Clara Bow Theatre in January 2009!!

(NOTE: Gulag: A New Musical closed January 20, 2009.)