'MADE ME NUCLEAR' At SM Playhouse Extended Through 1/31

Charlie Lustman's original pop music operetta about surviving cancer as he says "one song at a time", Made Me Nuclear, the Operetta, a guest production at the Santa Monica Playhouse, is extended by popular demand. This show, which is presented by the Sarcoma Alliance will now be performed through January 31, 2009.

Shows are performed at the Santa Monica Playhouse, the main stage (1211 4th Street) on the following schedule: Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm.

Regular priced admision is $20.00.

To order tickets and for further information visit www.MadeMeNuclear.com or call 1-866-468-3399. For group sales call 1-310-394-9779 x651.

Written and Performed by Singer/Songwriter Charlie Lustman. Lustman grew up in LA and is a graduate of Berklee College of Music; he spent ten years touring the world performing and released two studio albums in Denmark: The Golden Road, vol.1 and SHAYA. He also wrote and performed live the theme song to the ABC TV program "The Mike and Maty show." He is perhaps best known to Los Angeles audiences for his role in rescuing and reopening The Silent Movie Theatre on Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles, the last remaining silent cinema in the world, which he turned into a one-of-a-kind successful working revival theatre lauded by film buffs globally. In 2006, after being diagnosed with a rare cancer in his upper jaw he sold the theatre and returned to his first passion –music. Writing and composing throughout his treatment and recovery he produced his third studio album, Made Me Nuclear, arguably the first pop music album about surviving cancer. Released in July 2008 "a-dollar-a-disc" will be donated to The Sarcoma Alliance, the only national organization dedicated to helping those afflicted with this rare disease. Made Me Nuclear, the Operetta, now in its third month, is the theatrical adaptation of the album arguably the first pop operetta about surviving cancer.

Directed by Chris DeCarlo. DeCarlo has been directing, writing and acting in Los Angeles for over 40 years and is acknowledged for his critically acclaimed crafting of world and American premiere productions by such renowned playwrights as Michel Garneau, Stephen King, Brenda Krantz, Robert B. Parker, Sheila Rae, Annie Reiner, Sammy Shore, Robert Waldman, David Williamson, and Lois Wyse, including five of Playwright Jerry Mayer's plays. He has directed more than 200 plays on three continents, from the Henry Street Settlement Theatre in New York to the Dream Factory in Warwickshire and the gargantuan Hitomi Memorial Hall in Tokyo. As a performer, DeCarlo has created more than 300 roles, with over 10,000 on-stage performances. Over a quarter of a million people have been touched by his award-winning characterization of Yiddish humorist Sholom Aleichem.

Sound design is by John Ugarte. Lighting design is by The Attic Room. Costumes are by Ri. Production Stage Manager is John Waroff.

The show is presented by The Sarcoma Alliance. For more information visit www.TheSarcomaAlliance.com, a website founded by sarcoma survivors. Its mission is to guide, educate and support people with sarcomas and their family, friends and caregivers, financial support from Beyond Words Publshing (publisher of The Secret).

 

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