L.A. Theatre Works to Stage ACT ONE, Featuring Jane Kaczmarek, at UCLA
L.A. Theatre Works is set to record a stage adaptation of Moss Hart's 'Act One' for radio broadcast and online download, featuring Jane Kaczmarek as Aunt Kate. Performances run April 27-30 at UCLA's James Bridges Theater.
Act One, written by James Lapine from Moss Hart's best-selling autobiography, celebrates Broadway and the life of the playwright whose wit and wisdom charmed the American stage for decades.
Directed by Moss's son, Christopher Hart and starring Jane Kaczmarek in multiple roles including "Aunt Kate," each of the five performances at UCLA's state-of-the-Art James Bridges Theater will be recorded live in front dio broadcast, distof an audience for future raribution on CD, digital download, podcast and online streaming.
L.A. Theatre Works' syndicated radio theater series broadcasts weekly on public radio stations across the U.S. (locally, in Southern California, on KPFK 90.7 FM); can be heard daily in China and around the world on the Radio Beijing Network; can be downloaded as a podcast via iTunes and Wondery.com; and can be streamed on demand at www.latw.org.
IF YOU GO:
ACT ONE
Written by James Lapine
Adapted from the autobiography by Moss Hart
Directed by Christopher Hart
Featuring Heidi Dippold, Jane Kaczmarek, Anna Mathias, Daniel Stewart, Mark Jude Sullivan
Produced by Susan A. Loewenberg
Performances:
• Thursday, April 27 at 8 p.m.
• Friday, April 28 at 8 p.m.
• Saturday, April 29 at 3 p.m.
• Saturday, April 29 at 8 p.m.
• Sunday, April 30 at 4 p.m.
For tickets ($15-$60), call 310-827-0889 or visit www.latw.org.
Follow LATW on Facebook at www.facebook.com/LATheatreWorks and on Twitter @latheatreworks.
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Pictured: Jane Kaczmarek. Photo by Joshua Arvizo.
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