{"id":19,"date":"2011-01-28T14:33:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-28T14:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prophetormadman\/2011\/01\/the-ice-cream-man-cometh.html"},"modified":"2011-01-28T14:33:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-28T14:33:00","slug":"the-ice-cream-man-cometh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prophetormadman\/2011\/01\/the-ice-cream-man-cometh.html","title":{"rendered":"The Ice Cream Man Cometh"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s blog is a review of our play by the Morning News folks from WPIX in New York.  Enjoy! (And please come, if you can.  We’d love to meet you!)<\/p>\n

New York, NY- On January 27, 2011 the creators of Belief Net’s new web series, www.ProphetorMadmantv.com<\/a>,
\nwill open the stage version of “the lighter side of higher
\nconsciousness” with their performance of The Ice Cream Man Cometh at the
\nhistorical 13th Street Theatre in Greenwich Village. <\/p>\n

God, a Seinfeld Character, and an Ice Cream Man <\/strong><\/p>\n

When: January 27 and 28 at 7:30 Where: The 13th Street Theatre
\nJanuary 29 at 3:30 and 7:30 50 West 13th St., NY, NY 10011
\n212.675.6677 <\/p>\n

\nBoth the play and the web series involve real life Bruce Adams, an ice
\ncream man from Fort Myers, Florida. After a life-altering conversation
\nwith God, Adams wrote the book Prophet or Madman, and then enlisted the
\nhelp of publicity guru Steve Allen, head of www.SteveAllenMedia.com<\/a>,
\nwhose team brainstormed a one-of-a-kind PR campaign. “Let’s not only
\ncreate a web series around Bruce, let’s write and produce a play in New
\nYork, film it, and include it in the web series.” Allen, who just
\nhappens to be a former actor and Seinfeld alumnus (the Father of the
\nUgly Baby), combines his acting and publicity skills by sharing the
\nstage with Adams in The Ice Cream Man Cometh and promoting the play…
\nhence, this release. (Sounds like the makings of a Seinfeld episode) <\/p>\n

In The Ice Cream Man Cometh, Adams plays himself as he interacts with
\nAllen as Sunshine Steve, a cynical TV reporter, who is interviewing
\nAdams for the local morning news in Fort Myers. Sunshine Steve has
\npressing problems of his own that bubble to the surface during the
\ninterview, and he grudgingly turns to Adams for advice. A third
\ncharacter lends comic and cosmic relief with an unexpected
\nappearance….the cherry on top. The play and the making thereof will be
\nfilmed and included in the footage for the on-going web series, www.ProphetorMadmantv.com<\/a>, which is featured on BeliefNet at http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prophetormadman\/<\/a>. <\/p>\n

In www.ProphetorMadmantv.com, the web series, Allen resurrects his
\nold character from Seinfeld days, the Father of the Ugly Baby. Together
\nwith Adams, he launches a road trip in his ’89 Honda Civic. Along the
\nway, Pa (Father of the Ugly Baby\/a.k.a. Steve Allen) and Scoop (the Ice
\nCream Man\/a.k.a. Adams), encounter family, friends and acquaintances of
\nAdams, as well as celebrities of all types, such as TV star Tony Denison
\nand rock star Mickey Avalon, all of whom dish on his authenticity and
\nattempt to answer the question, “Would God speak to an ice cream man?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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