Blake Smith News

The American Century Theater ends its twentieth and final season with the first play it produced in Arlington, VA: Reginald Rose's Twelve Angry Men, directed by TACT Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Jack Marshall. 

Kimball B. Allen shares the stage with other Seattle performers at the Annex Theatre's SPIN THE BOTTLE on January 2, 2015. Chronicling his upbringing as a fabulous black sheep through colorful narration, the Bambi-loving vegetarian, ballet slipper wearing storyteller performs the excerpt, 'Deer Meat', from his best-selling Off-Broadway one-man show, 'Be Happy Be Mormon'.

Kimball B. Allen shares the stage with other Seattle performers at the Annex Theatre's SPIN THE BOTTLE on January 2, 2015. Chronicling his upbringing as a fabulous black sheep through colorful narration, the Bambi-loving vegetarian, ballet slipper wearing storyteller performs the excerpt, 'Deer Meat', from his best-selling Off-Broadway one-man show, 'Be Happy Be Mormon'.

In anticipation of the upcoming Seattle Public Theater (SPT) production of Johnna Adams' play Gidion's Knot, LUCIDLounge and SPT present Knotty Words: An Evening of Inappropriate Poetry and Prose, Friday, March 21st, 7:00pm-10:00pm.

Lifetime's newest fashion competition series, Under the Gunn (#UnderTheGunn), premieres January 16, 2014, at 9pm ET/PT. The series' Emmy(R) Award-winning host Tim Gunn selected three past Project Runway luminaries, Mondo Guerra, Anya Ayoung-Chee and Nick Verreos, to each lead a group of designers to fashion stardom. They will have to nurture and inspire their band of hopefuls week-after-week to ensure their designers' looks impress the program's judges, including designer Rachel Roy; celebrity stylist Jen Rade, creator of some of the most iconic red carpet looks in Hollywood; and TV fashion correspondent and Marie Claire Senior Fashion Editor Zanna Roberts Rassi. Under the Gunn will feature guest judges Heidi Klum, Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother), musician Macklemore, actors Jaimie Alexander (Thor), Zoey Deutch (Vampire Academy), Zendaya (Disney Channel's Shake It Up), designers Georgina Chapman (co-founder of Marchesa) and Trina Turk, and costumer Wendy Partridge, and special appearance by Sarah Hyland (Modern Family, Vampire Academy).

Hard Rock is on the search for rising rock stars to take the stage in the heart of the Roman Empire! Hard Rock Rising, the world's largest and most far-reaching battle of the bands competition, will give one local band the chance of a lifetime - an all-expenses paid trip to Rome, Italy to perform at the first Hard Rock Live Rome music festival this summer! The selected runner-up bands will each receive new music equipment and gear valued at $10,000.

Scotto Moore, the writer/director behind Annex hits Duel of the Linguist Mages and A Mouse Who Knows Me returns with Star Crossed, an evening of tasty bite sized science-fiction and fantasy ranging from the romantic to the bizarre.

Hard Rock International continues its commitment to emerging musicians of tomorrow with this year's Hard Rock Rising, the world's largest and most far-reaching battle of the bands competition. Hard Rock Rising supports the musical careers of aspiring artists around the globe by giving one local band the opportunity of a lifetime - participate in a World Tour at Hard Rock Cafe locations, film a music video, record an album with Hard Rock Records and receive $10,000 in new gear.

There have been cocktails, there have been capes, there have been cages full of kittens, and now, for the final main stage offering of Annex Theatre's 25th Anniversary Season, there will be critters, and control groups, and caterwauling. A Mouse Who Knows Me is a fully fledged original musical, with book and lyrics by Scotto Moore and music by Robertson Witmer. It has been in development for the past year, and is now deemed safe for public consumption.

There have been cocktails, there have been capes, there have been cages full of kittens, and now, for the final main stage offering of Annex Theatre's 25th Anniversary Season, there will be critters, and control groups, and caterwauling. A Mouse Who Knows Me is a fully fledged original musical, with book and lyrics by Scotto Moore and music by Robertson Witmer. It has been in development for the past year, and is now deemed safe for public consumption.

SPRING FEVER: A MARCH MADNESS MEOW is part of Macha Monkey's MEOW Cabaret Series, now in it's 11th year.

Despite the recent announcement that Simon Cowell would be spending his last season in the judges seat on this season's American Idol, and a noticeably absent Paula Abdul, the program came out of the box on top, being the #1 rated program for it's premiere on Tuesday, January 12. The night with 29.9 million viewers.

Day two of the hit reality TV show 'American Idol' continued tonight, moving the audition phase to Atlanta, Georgia, with guest judge Mary J. Blige. Atlanta proved rather comparable to last night's Boston auditions for the less-than-stellar singers, but, for a city that has featured the likes of Fantasia Barrino and Jennifer Hudson (both who held their initial audition in Atlanta), seemed to lack some of the more extraordinary performers. Although there were several good singers in the mix, the more colorful performances stole the show.