Ana Ortiz News

AIDS Walk Los Angeles is the world's first fundraising event of its kind, and the event continues to keep the public engaged in the HIV/AIDS crisis. Last year, a passionate crowd of 30,000 walkers and 2,500 volunteers raised $3 million for HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and advocacy programs. Since its inception, the event has raised more than $72 million to fight the disease in Los Angeles County.

Lifetime has picked up the new drama DEVIOUS MAIDS from executive producer Marc Cherry and ABC Studios with a 13 episode order for a 2013 launch, it was announced today by Rob Sharenow, Executive Vice President, Programming, of Lifetime Networks.

Lifetime has picked up the new drama Devious Maids from executive producer Marc Cherry and ABC Studios with a 13 episode order for a 2013 launch, it was announced today by Rob Sharenow, Executive Vice President, Programming, of Lifetime Networks.

ABC details its 12 drama pilots under consideration for next season.

The Theatre School at DePaul University will present BARRIO GRRRL! A MUSICAL (book and lyrics by Quiara Alegria Hudes, music by Bill Sherman, musical direction by Mark Elliott, and directed by Lisa Portes) as the final production of the 2011-2012 Chicago Playworks for Families and Young Audiences Series. BARRIO GRRRL! A MUSICAL opens Tuesday, March 27, and runs through Saturday, May 12, 2012, at DePaul's historic Merle Reskin Theatre. Performances are Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10 AM and Saturdays at 2 PM. There will be no performance on March 31, April 3, April 5, April 7, April 28, May 1, May 3, or May 5.

ABC's All My Children star Susan Lucci will star in ABC's pilot episode of Marc Cherry's Devious Maids.

As first reported on The Hollywood Reporter, General Hospital actress Brianna Brown has joined the cast of Desperate Housewive creator Marc Cherry's upcoming TV pilot DEVIOUS MAIDS from ABC studios.

As first reported on Deadline.com, actress Ana Ortiz will star in 'Desperate Housewive's' creator Marc Cherry's upcoming ABC pilot DEVIOUS MAIDS. The actress is best known for her role in the ABC dramedy 'Ugly Betty'.

The Theatre School at DePaul University (John Culbert, Dean) is pleased to announce upcoming productions for its 2011-2012 Season.

The Emmy(R)- and Golden Globe-nominated comedy series HUNG kicks off its ten-episode third season SUNDAY, OCT. 2 (10:00-10:30 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO.

The Emmy(R)- and Golden Globe-nominated comedy series HUNG kicks off its ten-episode third season SUNDAY, OCT. 2 (10:00-10:30 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO.

The Theatre School at DePaul University (John Culbert, Dean) is pleased to announce upcoming productions for its 2011-2012 Season.

Summer school has never been this glamorous with the return of Logo's hit series 'RuPaul's Drag U.' RuPaul and his drag queen faculty help a new batch of biological women unleash their inner diva through the power of drag. This season delivers new drag faculty, new guest choreographers, more iconic celebrity guest judges and gallons of glitter! The new one-hour, 10-episode season of 'RuPaul's Drag U' premieres Monday, June 20 at 9/8c on Logo.

Summer school has never been this glamorous with the return of Logo's hit series 'RuPaul's Drag U.' RuPaul and his drag queen faculty help a new batch of biological women unleash their inner diva through the power of drag. This season delivers new drag faculty, new guest choreographers, more iconic celebrity guest judges and gallons of glitter! The new one-hour, 10-episode season of 'RuPaul's Drag U' premieres Monday, June 20 at 9/8c on Logo.

Michael Urie, best known for his charming portrayal of Marc St. James on ABC's 'Ugly Betty,' will star as Mozart in Amadeus at the Meymandi Concert Hall in Raleigh, North Carolina. The show, which will play this weekend only, marks the first-ever collaboration between the North Carolina Symphony and PlayMakers Repertory Company. In 2009, Urie received a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor when he originated the role of Rudi Gernreich in the off-Broadway play, The Temperamentals. And, beginning in February 2011, he will be taking on the role of Prior Walter in the first New York City revival of Tony Kushner's Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes.

As part of this year's Destination D: Disneyland '55 weekend, presented by D23, Disney's Official Fan Club, D23 members were invited to a colorful concert of music from the past and present of Disneyland Resort. Performers included Disney Legend Richard Sherman, Ana Ortiz, Michael Urie, Tracie Thoms, John Tartaglia and Wilson Cruz.

The creator, producer and writer of the Drama Desk Award-nominated Off-Broadway musical hit John Tartaglia's ImaginOcean, John Tartaglia, will join the Disneyland Resort 55th Anniversary celebration on September 24, 2010.

The creator, producer and writer of the Drama Desk Award-nominated Off-Broadway musical hit John Tartaglia's ImaginOcean, John Tartaglia, will join the Disneyland Resort 55th Anniversary celebration on September 24, 2010.

Music Director Gustavo Dudamel returns to the Hollywood Bowl- the place where he made his U.S. conducting debut in 2005 and led the free ¡Bienvenido Gustavo! community concert in October 2009 - to make his U.S. opera debut and lead the LA Phil in his first summer season subscription concerts at the iconic venue. On August 1, he leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a performance of Bizet's Carmen, which he specifically chose for his first operatic performance in the United States. For his first Bowl subscription concert as Music Director, Dudamel leads the LA Phil and Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero in a program which includes Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and An American in Paris, as well as Three Dance Episodes from Bernstein's On the Town and Symphonic Dances from Bernstein's West Side Story (August 3). Dudamel continues his week at the Bowl with an international program of music from the Americas with soloist Isabel Leonard: Bernstein's Divertimento, Villa-Lobos: 'The Little Train of the Caipira' from Bachianas Brasileras No. 2, Falla's Three-Cornered Hat Suite No. 2, Falla's Seven Popular Spanish Songs and Ravel's Bolero (August 5).