BWW Review: Jubilant SISTER ACT Will Raise You Up at MTW
Sister Act the Musical started out in 2006 at the Pasadena Playhouse, premiered in London's West End in 2009 and then underwent serious revisions before coming to Broadway in 2011. I remember liking the first mounting in 2006 with many reservations. Since I loved the 1992 film so much, I didn't fe...
Dinner & Show: MOMED ATWATER VILLAGE
Momed, serving up plentiful portions of modern Eastern Mediterranean cuisine in a comfy, casual atmosphere, makes a perfect 'Dinner' for a 'Show' at the just steps-away Atwater Village Theatres. Momed, (pronounced mo-med.) short for Modern Mediterranean, creates healthy fare incorporating locally pr...
Tim Robbins' Improving the World - One Play at a Time
Tim Robbins truly relishes the value and reach of theatre; and he persistently works to disseminate it throughout the world. We got a chance to talk with Tim, co-founder of The Actors' Gang and its current Artistic Director, the day after his latest directorial project ORWELL'S 1984 opened. See any ...
Irish Actress LISA DWAN to Perform BECKETT TRILOGY at the Broad Stage, Santa Monica and Later in NYC!
Irish actress Lisa Dwan, the premier interpreter of Samuel Beckett, is about to step down from the position this spring, but before she does, she will make an appearance with the Beckett Trilogy at the The Broad Stage in Santa Monica in April.
Why is this the first time that all 3 plays have be...
Storm Large Returns to OC with Concert in Aliso Viejo
Sultry and spunky power-vocalist Storm Large is bringing her awesomely fierce sound back to Orange County, this time at Aliso Viejo's state-of-the-art Soka Performing Arts Center on Friday, April 1 at 8pm. She'll be joined by her band Le Bonheur to perform an eclectic mix of standard classics and fa...
The Actors' Gang's Cynthia Ettinger's Reflections on Her Latest Directorial Project and Social Responsibility
Cynthia Ettinger has been a member The Actors' Gang for over 30 years and currently serves as the company's Co-Artistic Director and Master Teacher. Cynthia managed to squeeze some spare moments amidst her directing duties of THE EXONERATED to speak to us....
Actress AMY TOLSKY Talks About BABY OH BABY at the Whitefire
AMY TOLSKY is a popular character actress currently working in theatre, film and television. Her credits include Regional Theatre: South Coast Repertory. L.A.Theatre: Mud Blue Sky (The Road), The Importance of Being Earnest (Theatre Banshee); Table Manners, Nicholas Nickleby (Theatre 40); I Love Lu...
Collegiate Theatrics: USC's CHANTAL NCHAKO
A perfect example is Chantal Nchako, a native of Douala, Cameroon, and a graduate of Howard University in Washington, D.C. On her burgeoning resume, you will find such projects as The Vagina Monologues at New World Stages; All American Girls at the Actor's Temple; and Henry V at the Classical Theatr...
Working with Suzuki Master Teacher Ellen Lauren on A 'California' MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
A very special production of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM is on stage right now at UCLA, presented by the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. It features second- and third- year M.F.A. students from UCLA TFT's Department of Theater and is unique because it is being directed by Ellen Lauren, co...
Director CALVIN REMSBERG Talks Leipzig at Group rep
alvin Remsberg is well known as both actor and director on both coasts. Favorite stage credits: Sweeney Todd (First National, and Television productions), CATS, the acclaimed Los Angeles' Phantom of the Opera, Man of La Mancha, and Oliver! Favorite film credits: 'Pretty Woman,' 'Shrek,' 'The X-Fil...
Collegiate Theatrics: USC's ASHLEY ESKEW
Ashley Eskew – a native of Irvine, California, who did her undergraduate work at Northwestern University, where she earned a BS in Theater, with a certificate in Music Theater – is one such member of the rather rarefied group of aspiring actors earning advanced degrees from USC this year....
Collegiate Theatrics: USC's CHAE CHAPUT
Chae Chaput - a native of Manchester, New Hampshire, who did her undergraduate work at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, New Jersey, where she earned her BA in Theater Arts with a double concentration in Acting and Technical Theater with a minor in film - is one such member of the group....
Collegiate Theatrics: USC's SALOME MERGIA
Here is your opportunity to get to know USC's Salome Mergia in this week's edition of Collegiate Theatrics. Miraculously, it would seem, she found time to sit down and consider our questions - and to offer some elucidating answers - about her time at USC and how her experiences there have prepared h...
Collegiate Theatrics: USC's ADAM LEBOWITZ-LOCKARD
Theater's next generation of actors will come from all over the globe, to be certain, but one might find an impressive concentration of artists on the campus of the University of Southern California, where the list of candidates for the Master of Fine Arts in acting rivals any group to be found anyw...
Charles Haid's Thoughts on His Career, Giving Back, and ALTMAN'S LAST STAND
Director/producer/actor Charles Haid's latest theatrical directorial project ALTMAN'S LAST STAND opens February 6 at the Zephyr Theatre. In this one-man show, Michael Laskin portrays the Viennese-born Franz Altman who refused to sell his mid-town Manhattan second hand shop to corporate developers....
RUDY RAMOS Portrays the Humanity of GERONIMO
Veteran actor/producer Rudy Ramos shares with us his reasons for giving life to the Apache leader Geronimo who has been portrayed as a savage in the court of public opinion; that 'savage' image of the man that is often reflected in literature, film, and TV. The more Rudy Ramos looked into the li...
AMERICAN IDOL & THE VOICE Alum FRENCHIE DAVIS At The Copa 1/16-17
Singer/Actress Frenchie Davis brings her brash wit and iconic vocal style to The Copa in Palm Springs for two intimate performances, January 16 and 17 at 8:00 pm. Davis auditioned for the second season of the groundbreaking FOX show "American Idol" and her tremendous success on the show launched a c...
Everything Has a Season! Erik Altemus Talks His 'Season' of PIPPIN, at The McCallum
Pippin, Broadway's high-flying, death-defying hit musical drops in at The McCallum Theatre for a week long engagement, January 12-17. Full of extraordinary acrobatics, wondrous magical feats and soaring songs from the composer of Wicked, Pippin 'lifts you up and leaves you smiling', say press notes....
LOUIS & KEELY Stars Discuss Bringing the Show Back to L.A.
LOUIS & KEELY 'LIVE' AT THE SAHARA returns to the Geffen Playhouse this month in a revamped production produced by the award-winning Hershey Felder. Written by Vanessa Claire Stewart, Taylor Hackford and Jake Broder and directed by Taylor Hackford, it is the story of Louis Prima and Keely Smith whos...
JULES AARON Talks About THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' at Group rep
Award-winning veteran director Jules Aaron has been putting his directorial stamp on musicals and plays for several decades. Mr. Aaron takes time out of his busy schedule to talk with us about his current project, the west coast premiere of The Group Rep's production of THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' running...
Spotlight on Cash on Delivery's SAM MEADER
Where are you from?
I was born in the Isle of Man, which is an island in between England and Ireland. I've kind of lived in a couple of places in the UK, but I basically grew up in a place called Guernsey which is a Channel Island. It has a lot of history - being occupied by the Nazis during WWII...
Grammy Nominated Singer-Songwriter LISA LOEB Appears at the Copa Palm Springs, 12/11
Grammy Nominated Singer-Songwriter Lisa Loeb brings her signature vocal stylings to The Copa Palm Springs for one special performance, December 11 at 8:00 pm. Loeb is a touring artist, author and philanthropist who started her career with the platinum-selling Number 1 hit song "Stay (I Missed You)" ...
Co-writers JASON LOTT & HELEN PAFUMI Discuss Their Magical Solo Christmas Show WONDERFUL LIFE
Actor/writer Jason Lott and writer Helen Murray Pafumi collaborated on writing Wonderful Life currently onstage at the Malibu Playhouse. I caught up with both of them to see how all of this got started and what they feel they have accomplished with their Christmas play.
What motivated both of you...
The Spirited David Trudell Dishes on His Holidays - Past & Present
Playwright/actor David Trudell returns to the Skylight Theatre December 13 for a solo one-nighter with his holiday-themed SPIRITS, ANYONE?
Moon Mile Run's multi-hyphenate Michael Kearns identifies Trudell as an artist 'who aims to illuminate the zeitgeist of his generation through solo work tha...
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