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James Sims James Sims is the Senior Editor at BroadwayWorld.com. Beyond his duties on this website, James also contributes as a featured blogger for the Huffington Post.

Having grown up in Los Angeles, California, James spent time working as an entertainment reporter on the west coast before heading to New York City to attend Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.sofasnark.com">SofaSnark.com</a> and follow James on Twitter at <a href="http://www.twitter.com/simsjames">@SimsJames</a>.





Struthers Replaces Marshall in Falcon Theatre's 'Levine'
October 29, 2007

The Falcon Theatre is happy to announce that Sally Struthers is now starring in the insanely hilarious comedy, Sheldon & Mrs. Levine, written by Sam Bobrick and Julie Stein, directed by John Bowab. Ms. Struthers replaces Penny Marshall, who was forced to resign from the cast due to illness...

Photo Coverage: Upright LA 9/24 with Stephen Oremus
Photo Coverage: Upright LA 9/24 with Stephen Oremus
October 2, 2007

Upright Cabaret's always sold-out audience was greeted a special treat on Monday, September 24th when producers Chris Isaacson and Shane Scheel along with music director Trapper Felides welcomed Stephen Oremus and friends to Eat on Sunset...

SCR's 'Shipwrecked!' Blimey Fun
October 2, 2007

Growing up in a coastal community, dreams of swashbuckling and great sea adventures floated around throughout my adolescence, and thanks, in part, to Disney recently giving a much needed boost to the pirate adventures series, tales of the high seas are back in vogue. Subsequently, what was once the toast of Victorian England, Louis de Rougemont's wild stories of a life out at sea, has come full circle and once again shines as bright as the North Star at South Coast Repertory...

Photo Coverage: Broadway Cares LA 'Chess' Benefit
Photo Coverage: Broadway Cares LA 'Chess' Benefit
September 20, 2007

A benefit production of Chess, raising money for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, played at the Ford Amphitheatre in Los Angeles September 17, 2007 with a star-studded cast and multimedia heavy design...

Actors' Fund Announces L.A. Musical Monday Season
September 19, 2007

After the success of their 2006 series, The Actors' Fund returns with their 2007 sequence of exclusive and intimate Musical Mondays in the foyer of the Hollywood landmark...

Stefanie Powers Premieres 'One From the Hart' at OCPAC
September 19, 2007

Stefanie Powers will step into a new starring role when she premieres her one-woman show, 'One From the Hart,' an evening of song and story, running November 8-11 at the Orange County Performing Arts Center's Samueli Theatre...

No Clowns, Only Pros in SCR's 'Night Music'
September 19, 2007

There has been a recent influx of Stephen Sondheim shows back in the East, with intriguing revivals of 'Sweeney Todd' and 'Company,'but for Los Angeles fans of Sondheim tuners, there is one show that stands as perhaps the most sophisticated from the composer, 'A Little Night Music,' now on stage at South Coast Rep...

TV:  In Los Angeles with Jennifer Leigh Warren
TV: In Los Angeles with Jennifer Leigh Warren
September 18, 2007

BroadwayWorld's James Sims recently sat down with Jennifer Leigh Warren at Mark's Restaurant to talk about her experience working with the late Howard Ashman, struggling for roles on Broadway and singing her heart out on the cabaret stage...

TV:  Broadway Cares L.A. 'Chess' Benefit
TV: Broadway Cares L.A. 'Chess' Benefit
September 15, 2007

Director and producer Brian Michael Purcell helms the one-night only benefit performance of 'Chess' along with Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS on September 17th at the Ford Amphitheatre in Los Angeles...

TV:  In Los Angeles with Chad Kimball
TV: In Los Angeles with Chad Kimball
September 13, 2007

Chad Kimball has been making some beautiful sounds around Los Angeles thanks to his frequent appearances with Upright Cabaret, and will be featured in their One Night Stand's series September 14, 2007 at Mark's Restaurant, in his one-man show 'Obvious'...

Rachel York: A Dream Come True at Sterling's Upstairs
September 12, 2007

Only a handful of performers can claim the ability to captivate an audience from the opening notes through the resounding ovation of an appearance on stage, and the always lovely Rachel York can indeed count herself among such a select few...

Upright Cabaret Presents One Night Stands
September 6, 2007

This September, Upright Cabaret returns to the place it all began for a festival of new generation cabaret. From a Broadway Diva to a Goddess...from a future Fashion Mogul to a Farm Girl. Shane Scheel, Chris Isaascson and Trapper Felides are thrilled to present an eclectic mix of some of the hottest talent in the country...

TV:  In Los Angeles with Rachel York
TV: In Los Angeles with Rachel York
September 4, 2007

Fresh off the national touring production of Lerner and Loewe's musical Camelot, self-professed character actress and singer Rachel York recently sat down with BroadwayWorld's James Sims in Los Angeles to discuss her past and future career in showbusiness and upcoming cabaret shows...

Photo Coverage: LA Upright with Bean, Pettiford 8/25
Photo Coverage: LA Upright with Bean, Pettiford 8/25
August 31, 2007

Los Angeles' celebrated Upright Cabaret presented another stellar night of outdoor entertainment at EAT on SUNSET at Gower Studios in Hollywood August 25 with performances from Valarie Pettiford, local favorite Audra Mae and Shoshana Bean...

'Chekhov Mania' Plays Attic Theatre September 21
August 31, 2007

The Attic Studios presents Chekhov Mania: A Russian Vaudeville opening Friday September 21st, 2007, and playing Fridays and Saturdays through October 27th, at the Attic Theatre...

Universal Film 'Mask' Turns Musical in Pasadena 2008
August 31, 2007

The Pasadena Playhouse will world premiere a new musical next season with Mask, an adaptation of the Universal motion picture, beginning March 7, 2008, which will follow the already announced Ray Charles Live! - A New Musical set to open in November 2007...

Old Globe Presents 'Pink Lady' with Rosemarry Harris
August 31, 2007

The Tony Award-winning Old Globe is pleased to present Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt's Oscar and the Pink Lady, directed by Frank Dunlop, starring Tony and Emmy Award-winner Rosemary Harris, to run in the Cassius Carter Centre Stage September 22 through November 4, 2007...

Victoria Clark Opens OCPAC Cabaret
August 31, 2007

Broadway diva Victoria Clark opens the star-studded 2007-2008 Cabaret series at the Orange County Performing Artscenter October 11 to 14, 2007 in the intimate ambiance of Samueli Theater...

Urie, Malick, Durning Read 'Arrangement' at Hayworth
August 31, 2007

Charles Durning, Wendy Malick, Michael Urie, and Jessica Chastain star in a staged reading of Dawn O'Leary's A Delicate Arrangement, Monday, September 10, at 8 p.m. at The Hayworth Theater...

LA Jersey Boys Breaks Record 5-Weeks Running
August 28, 2007

The Los Angeles engagement of Jersey Boys broke the weekly gross house record at the Ahmanson Theatre for the fifth time. The box office took in a total of $1,384,317



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