Hudson Mainstage Theatre Extends Roger Bean's LIFE COULD BE A DREAM Thur 11/29

David Elzer, Peter Schneider and Crooning Crabcakes, LLC are have announced that the critically-acclaimed (LA Times CRITICS' CHOICE, Backstage CRITIC'S PICK, LA WEEKLY GO!) smash-hit world premiere production of LIFE COULD BE A DREAM, written and directed by Roger Bean (The Marvelous Wonderettes) with choreography by Lee Martino (Reprise On Your Toes, On The Town) and musical direction by Michael Paternostro (Kiss of the Spider Woman, Thrill Me) is EXTENDING through Sunday, November 29 at the Hudson Mainstage Theatre, 6539 Santa Monica Blvd. in Hollywood.

SH-BOOM! From the "marvelous" mind of creator Roger Bean, comes another trip to Springfield where we meet the "Crooning Crabcakes," the boy group banned from the Springfield High School prom which made it possible for "The Marvelous Wonderettes" to perform there. Now in an era before "American Idol," and "Star Search," the guys get one more chance at fame and fortune as Denny and his friend Eugene form a singing group so they can enter and win the local radio contest on Big Whopper Radio and realize their dreams of making it to the big time! With the help of their best friend Wally and their new friend Skip, this is the best quartet of singers since, well, you know who! Trouble comes in the form of Lois, who arrives to help put some polish on the group but who also broke Eugene's heart many years before. As Eugene falls apart , Skip, Wally and Denny fall in love - and hilarity and heartaches ensue! Will Lois and one of the boys find true love? Will these delightfully goofy guys be able to pull it together and win the contest? Featuring such classic songs as "Stay" (Just a Little Bit Longer)," "Runaround Sue," "The Great Pretender," "Tears On My Pillow," "Unchained Melody," "Earth Angel," "The Glory of Love," and of course the title song, LIFE COULD BE A DREAM is another musical trip down memory lane.

DOUG CARPENTER (Skip) recently graduated from UCLA with a Masters degree in vocal performance. Doug began his professional musical career in opera performing leading roles in regional companies like Utah Festival Opera, Opera Las Vegas, Palm Springs Opera Guild, and UCLA Opera Theater. Roles include Marcello in La Boheme, the title role in Don Giovanni, Count in Le Nozze di Figaro, and Silvio in Pagliacci, among many others. It wasn't until a year and a half ago that he rekindled his love for musical theater as his full time dream. Since then he has appeared with companies like CLOSBC (Prince- Cinderella), FCLO (Tony- West Side Story and Curly- Oklahoma!), UCLA theater dept. (Jaime- The Last Five Years) and most recently in concert as Billy in Carousel with the UCLA music dept.

RYAN CASTELLINO (Wally) was recently seen as the narrator in Miss Electricity at the La Jolla Playhouse. He also has been a part of The Flunky performing alongside Deborah Gibson, and was in the world premiere of Mask the musical at the Pasadena Playhouse playing Ruben. Other regional credits include Seymour in Little Shop, and
Kevin in Tommy. Proud graduate of UCLA's Ray Bolger Musical Theater program.

JIM HOLDRIDGE (Eugene) A NYC transplant, his LA credits include productions at South Coast Repertory, the Zephyr Theater, and the LA Drama Critics Circle Award Winning Assassins at West Coast Ensemble. Recent readings include Modern Love: the new Hall & Oats Musical, and Neurosis. Regionally he has worked at St. Louis Rep, Cincinnati Rep, The Goodspeed Opera House, and was a long time member of the hit show Stomp in New York, Las Vegas, and International Tours. He recently completed the comedy pilot "This Can't Be My Life" coming to a network, near you, sometime soon.

Daniel Tatar (Denny) Los Angeles stage credits include: Perchik in Fiddler on the Roof (Rubicon Theatre Company), Valentin in Kiss of the Spider Woman (Havok Theatre), Ahmet Ertegun in the NAACP Award-winning Ray Charles Live (Pasadena Playhouse), Fervio in the Ovations Award-winning Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings (Theatre @ Boston Court), Jamie in The Last Five Years (Pasadena Playhouse), the Reprise! concerts of Elegies and Baby (as Danny, opposite Kerry Butler), Nick in Over the River and through the Woods (McCoy-Rigby),and Mohammed in The Tale of the Allergist's Wife (Laguna Playhouse). Daniel originated the role of Man 1 in the Chicago and San Francisco companies of I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, which he also performed on the national tour. Regional: Steppenwolf Theatre Company's The Ballad of Little Jo (with Judy Kuhn), Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Drury Lane Oakbrook), Wally in Campaign of the Century (with Michael Rupert), Miss Saigon (Marriott Theatre), Forever Plaid (Theatre at the Center) and Gary Griffin's direction of Pacific Overtures (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre). Television: Season One finale of 90210, CSI:NY, Grey's Anatomy and Real Time with Bill Maher.

 

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