Regional theatre credits include Los Angeles Ovation Award winning productions of SWEENEY TODD (Anthony) and PACIFIC OVERTURES (multiple featured roles) as well as the Los Angeles premiere of PASSION (Sgt. Lombardi, Fosca's Father, vocal director) and the US premiere of the revised ANYONE CAN WHISTLE (George). Individual awards include the NAACP THEATRE AWARD - Best Music Direction (Local) for DO LORD REMEMBER ME, the VEE-CEE AWARD - Memorable Performance for A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM (Hysterium). He is a featured vocalist on 81 PROOF(Original Cast Recording) and EAST WEST OVERTURES. He recently debuted his one man show SIMPLY SINGING SONDHEIM (ALMOST) - MY LIFE AS A SONDHEIM REVUE.
This year's production, a fundraiser supporting Musical Theatre Guild and its' Student Outreach programs, will perform twice; in Rancho Mirage, at the Galen Performing Arts Center on Thursday, January 18th, 2024, and in Los Angeles, at the Colony Theatre in Burbank on Sunday, January 21st. Both performances take place at 7:00PM.
Musical Theatre Guild, a Southern California theatre institution for over a quarter century, has announced casting for its upcoming production of FOLLIES. Stephen Sondheim's classic 1971 musical reflecting the collapse of American innocence and naivete in the post-Kennedy years, will take place on Sunday, October 1st, 2023 at Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center's Eli and Edythe Broad Stage.
Theatre West will celebrate Pride Month and LGBTQ+ artists with two different nights of programming.
The casts and creative teams have been assembled for Zoetic Stage’s second annual Finstrom Festival of New Work which will be co-presented with and hosted at the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami, live and in person in the Peacock Foundation Studio. The readings are free and open to the public.
This political thriller reveals what happens when an aspiring candidate faces a scandal from his college years. Penned by award-winning playwright Kenneth Lin, who has also written for House of Cards, this play is compelling and thought-provoking entertainment.
Read what theatre stars from across social media are saying about the passing of Alvin Ing.
Stephanie J. Block, former MTG member turned Tony Award-winning Broadway star, will reflect on her experiences with Musical Theatre Guild, and the shows in which she performed, during a candid conversation with friend, fellow Broadway veteran, and MTG member Jason Graae.
The Valley Villagers Choir had to stop rehearsing and performing together when the Covid pandemic hit. But that hasn't stopped their leaders from getting people to keep singing. Founders Eric Andrist and Jeff Rizzo created a 'virtual' division for the choir and recently released their second virtual choir video, this time for Grandparent's Day.
Join in for a bold conversation on Friday, July 31 at 4:30 P.M. with the Vancouver Art Gallery's newly appointed CEO and Director Anthony Kiendl and Vancouver-based artists Dana Claxton and Paul Wong, as they discuss topics of systemic racism, transformation and relationship-building.
Just as the 2020 political machine goes into full throttle, Primal Forces explores the underbelly of a political campaign in Warrior Class. The drama is a modern-day variation on the Faust legend set in the world of political campaigning, penned by award-winning playwright Kenneth Lin, who has also written for House of Cards. The play directed by Genie Croft runs March 11-April 5 at The Sol Theater in Boca Raton. Tickets are $40-$45; Friday and Saturday evening performances begin at 8pm and Sunday matinees are at 2pm. For more information www.primalforces.com or call 866-811-4111.
Musical Theatre Guild, the winner of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Margaret Harford Award for sustained excellence in the theatre, will continue their 24th Anniversary season with IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU. The one-night-only concert will take place at Glendale's historic Alex Theatre on Sunday, February 16, 2020, at 7:00 PM.
a??a??a??a??a??a??a??BRIC in partnership with Dieu Donné is pleased to announce Present Bodies: Papermaking at Dieu Donné, a group exhibition organized by BRIC Curator, Jenny Gerow. On view at BRIC House (647 Fulton St) from December 5, 2019 - February 2, 2020, the exhibition will present the work of eight Brooklyn-based artists who participated in Dieu Donné's Workspace Program residency. Present Bodies highlights new and ambitiously scaled work in handmade paper, featuring artists Swoon, Noel Anderson, Lesley Dill, Candy Gonzalez, Lina Puerta, Paul Wong, Saya Woolfalk, and Tricia Wright.
Musical Theatre Guild, the winner of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Margaret Harford Award for sustained excellence in the theatre, will continue their 23rd Anniversary season with Kander and Ebb's haunting musical ZORBA. The one-night-only concert will take place at Glendale's historic Alex Theatre on Sunday, November 11, 2018 at 7:00 PM.
Musical Theatre Guild, the winner of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Margaret Harford Award for sustained excellence in the theatre, will conclude their 22nd Anniversary season with Jason Robert Brown and Andrew Bergman's HONEYMOON IN VEGAS. The one-night-only concert will take place at Glendale's historic Alex Theatre on Sunday, May 6, 2018 at 7:00 PM. This staging will provide Southern California audiences a first look at this delightful musical.
PACIFIC OVERTURES with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by John Weidman, with additional material by Hugh Wheeler had its Broadway premiere in 1976 and was presented in Kabuki style, with men playing women's parts and set changes made in full view of the audience by people dressed in black. It opened to mixed reviews and closed after six months, despite being nominated for 10 Tony Awards. Given the unusual casting and production demands, there is good reason why this remains one of the least-performed Sondheim musicals. So it's no wonder it has been 19 years since the musical has been presented in Los Angeles.
Chromolume Theatre at the Attic has announced the final production of its 2017 Season of Musicals, Stephen Sondheim's Pacific Overtures. Opening on Friday, December 1 at 8pm, the show will play a strictly limited engagement of 12 performances through December 17.
Three dazzling new opera productions are at the core of the inaugural Vancouver Opera Festival, April 28 to May 13, 2017.
Coeurage Theatre Company, LA's Pay What You Want Company, has announced the extension and re-opening of Urinetown: The Musical. With music by Mark Hollmann, lyrics by Hollmann and Greg Kotis, book by Kotis, musical direction by Gregory Nabours, and directed by Kari Hayter, the extended run will begin on Friday, January 6 at 8pm and continue through February 25 at the Historic Lankershim Arts Center.
Coeurage Theatre Company, LA's Pay What You Want Company, has announced the final production of its seventh season, three-time Tony Award-winner Urinetown: The Musical. With music by Mark Hollmann, lyrics by Hollmann and Greg Kotis, book by Kotis, musical direction by Gregory Nabours, and directed by Kari Hayter, there will be one preview performance on November 4 at 8pm and opening is set for Saturday, November 5 at 8pm. Urinetown: The Musical will play through December 3 at the Historic Lankershim Arts Center.
I have heard this little double couplet poem since childhood, and have always been terrified by it, so, if I see a story depicted about accused murderess Lizzie Borden of Fall River, Massachusetts, I expect two people to end up corpses, her stepmother and her father. In the new musical by Katrina Wood Spindle City: The Lizzie Borden Musical, now playing at the Secret Rose Theatre, only her father's murder is enacted. But... Lizzie loved her father, in spite of his intolerable business tactics, and... despised her money-hungry stepmother. Does this omission of her murder from the retelling of the infamous story make any sense? Hardly. But that's just one of the problems plaguing this uneven musical at the Secret Rose through November 5.
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