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Librettist Allen Fawcett's musical, Madam of the Atom, was one of eight finalists in NYMF 2020 (New York Musical Festival). It was slated for production prior to the Covid 19 lock down.
A veteran of three Broadway musicals, Allen received star billing (above-the-title) as 'Joseph' with the late Laurie Beechman, in the American premiere of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Royale Theatre in 1981.
On TV, Fawcett recently co-starred on House of Cards with Joel Kinnaman, Mare of Easttown, with Kate Winslet, and Succession, with Jeremy Strong.
In Hollywood, Fawcett starred on Dick Clark's wildly popular TV lip-sync competition/game show, Puttin' On the Hits. He wrote and hosted all 134 half-hour episodes. Puttin' On the Hits was MCA/Universal TV's first, first-run syndicated hit. It aired nationwide on the Tribune Network.
Behind the camera, Fawcett provided creative services for Steven Spielberg at Universal Studios as a comedy consultant and dialogue coach for Harry and the Henderson's, a half-hour sit-com produced by Lin Oliver for Amblin Entertainment.
In 1986, Fawcett co-authored Kid Biz: How To Help Your Child Succeed in Show Business, a mass trade paperback published by Warner Books. Actors' Equity called Kidbiz, "The most responsible book ever written on the subject." His co-author is legendary New York talent agent, Nancy Carson (Carson-Adler Agency).
Fawcett is an active member of the Dramatists Guild. He has received commercial producer training from the Commercial Theatre Institute. He is also an active FAA licensed pilot and a member of the FAA's Wings Safety Program.
Allen dedicated musical, Madam of the Atom, to the memory of his father, Howard, who worked as a chemist on the Manhattan Project, building 'Little Boy,' the first atomic bomb. "Howard suggested I look up Lise Meitner, one day. Good advice, Dad."- Sound Department
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Brian Emrich was born on 14 April 1961 in Burnt Hills, New York, USA. He is a composer, known for Black Swan (2010), Pi (1998) and The Fountain (2006).- A man with the unlikely name of Marion Maus would not be many people's idea of a fierce Indian fighter, a genuine war hero, a Medal of Honor winner and someone described by none other than legendary Apache warrior Geronimo as "the bravest man I have ever seen", but that in fact is just what Marion Maus was.
Maryland-born Marion Perry Maus grew up wanting to be a soldier (his brother Louis also grew up to be an army officer). He graduated from the US Army Military Academy at West Point in the class of 1874, and was posted as an infantry officer to the southwest US, which was experiencing a wave of Indian wars. He served under renowned Indian fighter Gen. Nelson Appleton Miles as Chief of Scouts, and participated in the running down and capturing of Nez Perce Indian leader Chief Joseph in 1877 (it was to Maus that Chief Joseph spoke the famous words, "From where the sun now sits, I will fight no more forever"). Maus was promoted to First Lieutenant and assigned to the Texas and Arizona territories in 1880. In 1885 he was appointed commander of a troop of Apache scouts and was part of the force sent into Mexico to capture Geronimo and his band. In 1886 he and a combined force of US cavalry troopers and Apache scouts were trailing Geronimo in the Sierra Madre mountains of Mexico when they were ambushed by the Indian chief and his warriors in a narrow pass. Maus and his men took cover behind some rocks, but a trooper was hit by gunfire before he could take cover and was lying exposed. Maus dashed out to drag him to safety. As he did so several Apaches burst out of hiding and rushed him, but Maus coolly shot and killed them all, then dragged the wounded soldier to cover. As he rejoined the fight, he saw Geronimo above him hiding behind a rock with part of his head exposed. A deadly shot, Maus fired off a round at Geronimo, who wasn't hit but the round grazed the rock just inches from his head; in fact, the dust kicked up by the bullet got in Geronimo's eyes and temporarily blinded him. He called off the ambush and his band slipped away. For his actions in this engagement, Maus was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery.
(As a side note, several days after the incident a letter arrived at the office of Maus' commanding general. It was from Geronimo, who recommended that Lt. Maus be decorated for bravery for his actions, saying that Maus "was the bravest man I have ever seen". He said that if Maus hadn't killed several of his best warriors and almost killed Geronimo himself, the patrol would have been wiped out. Maus was decorated for his actions, but it's not known how much Geronimo's recommendation influenced the army's decision.)
Maus was promoted to captain in 1890 and took part in the 1890-94 campaign against the Sioux Indians. In 1897 he accompanied his former superior, Gen. Nelson Miles, on an inspection trip to Europe and later took part in the Spanish-American War of 1898. He rose steadily through the ranks, and in 1902 as a Lieutenant Colonel accompanied Miles again on a foreign tour. In 1904 he was promoted to full Colonel and given command of the 20th Infantry Division. His unit was posted to the Philippines to help put down a guerrilla campaign by Filipino nationalists and Moro tribesmen. In 1906 he was transferred to San Francisco, California, and during the great earthquake that devastated the city that year he played a very prominent role in keeping order and organizing rescue and rebuilding efforts in the city. He was promoted to Brigadier General soon afterward and transferred to San Antonio, Texas, where he was given command of a brigade of the 2nd Infantry Division. He retired from the army as a Brigadier General in 1913.
Maus died on February 2, 1930, in New Windsor, Maryland, and is buried (along with his wife and brother) in Arlington National Cemetery.