LAUGHING MAN ON FIRE PRODUCTIONS

Laughing Man on Fire Productions is Anthony W. Johnson’s latest creation, a progressive class of entertainment where innovation has no bounds.

Laughing Man on Fire explores the fresh miens to create Film, Television, various digital and live art mediums, in order to bring to life the dynamic stories designed, and written by its writer and songwriter Anthony W. Johnson. These multi-faceted stories employ breathtaking visual aesthetics whereby profound, intricate and incredible journeys delve into the human psyche. Johnson’s words are both poetic and prophetic deeply, filled with much wisdom and knowledge.

This force is the next progeny in multi media extravaganza. Laughing Man on Fire brings together an experience that is slick, fun and spectacular. Laughing Man on Fire combines multiple disciplines and technologies to create work that is powerful, riveting, and wonderfully entertaining. We laugh and rage with fire, having no fear, free visionaries. We spawn the unexpected and the alluring mystery of suspense and illusion through poetic language with a powerful use of social commentary, fantasy, science fiction, and suspense. We fuse art forms, technology, and wisdom to culminate global change in various markets, which seek creative thinkers.

"There is something more important than logic...

IMAGINATION!"

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Alfred Hitchcock

WRITER / PRODUCER / DIRECTOR / CHOREOGRAPHER / SONG WRITER / LYRICIST

ANTHONY W. JOHNSON

Anthony W Johnson is the creator of Ballet Magique, which is his registered trademark and the Founder of Laughing Man on Fire Productions in Los Angeles, CA. He is also a member of both the Dramatist Guild and Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. Johnson's background in Dance, theatre, magic, music and wushu is extensive. That is because he has worked in most every field of dance and theatre. Given the great opportunity to perform for many years with the Lyric Opera of Chicago under the tutelage of his teacher and mentor Kenneth Von Heidecke, in Operas like "Aida" and "The Ghost of Versailles" where he flew 80 feet above the stage holding a Champagne bottle tumbling about. Other Ballet, Modern jazz companies he worked with, to name a few include The Los Angeles Opera Company, and Ballet Theatre of Chicago, Ballet Chicago, and Chicago Festival Ballet, International Ballet of Rotaru, Tampa, Colorado Ballet, Contemporary Ballet Theatre and the Moscow Ballet, Ballethnic, The Lula Washington Dance Theatre, Atlanta Ballet, Physical Rhythm Project, James Kelly Project, Second City Ballet, Media City ballet, " Those funny Little People", Colors Dance Theatre, and Demetrius Klein & Dancers to name a few.

Anthony began writing at the age of nine, and his poetry has been published in several anthologies. He has won several awards for poetry and has since taken the time to write a science fiction-fantasy book about angels and demons and the people who possess them. Under Laughing Man on Fire, Anthony has written four projects, and his story Alexis Colette has been optioned by Samaco Films. Laughing Man on fire will also co-produce with Jackie Kallen and Samaco Films, a television show that brings awareness to the Innocent Project featuring stories about prisoners who were accused of crimes they did not commit. Anthony has written his second musical called “Da vinci”, it’s an ambitious undertaking as his career has led him to create many fusions in theatre and live entertainment genres.

Anthony has written numerous songs for past live productions with Ballet Magique, and will be releasing several songs this year on iTunes and Amazon for the first time.