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My View: DeRoy Just Doesn’t Mean Broadway Openings

Art
MvVO Art Launches AD ART SHOW
It runs in the family, Art & Fame. Jamie deRoy’s mother Aaronel deRoy Gruber (1918-2011) was a well known Pittsburgh artist who worked in many mediums. Her paintings, sculptures and photographs are are in some of the cities major institutions and parks. Recently her famous photographer son Terry Gruber hosted a posthumous New York opening of her acrylic works at 57W57 ARTS. Aaronel deRoy Gruber from the 1960’s to mid-198-’s created hundreds of acrylic sculptures using techniques that she adapted from industrial processes. Trained as an artist and living in Pittsburgh, where she grew up, Gruber was following a journeyman painter’s well-worn path from Abstract Expressionism through Pop Art to Op Art when a series of encounters diverted her into a more original line of work and she started to work in three dimensions.
The show is running until June 9th.
Stephen studied at the Manhattan School of Music. Besides being a pianist, Stephen’s business career was in the Fashion Industry. He was CEO of a textile manufacturing facility and President of an international textile machinery company. Stephen was on the Board of Directors of the “First All Children’s Theatre” which brought the Stephen Schwartz musical The Trip and Captain Louie to the Kennedy Center in Wash DC. His wife Eda, an interior space designer and classical pianist was on the Board of Barrington Stage Company and is still active at BSC. Stephen’s photographs, videos and articles appear on Broadwayworld.com, T2Conline.com and The New York Observer. He is active in the entertainment events at the Friars Club, where he is a member. Stephen is also an Honorary Board Member of The Society For The Preservation of The Great American Songbook. Stephen Sorokoff@gmail.com
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