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The Porters of Hellsgate Present ROMEO AND JULIET
by BWW News Desk on October 18, 2019 in Los Angeles The Porters of Hellsgate Theatre Company presents William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, directed by Associate Artistic Director Gus Krieger. a?oeThe absolute highest levels of poetry, literature, and popular storytelling come together for 'the two hours' traffic' of Romeo and Juliet,a?? says Krieger. a?oeIt's an honor to direct what we hope will be an innovative yet faithful interpretation of this timeless text.a?? (more...) 
Photo Flash: First Look at BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY at the Fountain Theatre
by BWW News Desk on October 18, 2019 in Los Angeles You can't beat City Hall… but you can try. The Fountain Theatre presents the Los Angeles premiere of the fearless, hilarious Pulitzer Prize, New York Drama Critics Circle and Lucille Lortel award-winning comedy-drama, Between Riverside and Crazy by Stephen Adly Guirgis. Guillermo Cienfuegos directs for an Oct. 19 opening, with performances continuing through Dec. 15. Pay-what-you-want previews begin Oct. 16. (more...) 
BARRYMORE is Running Now Through November 3 Upstairs At The Group Rep
by BWW News Desk on October 18, 2019 in Los Angeles The Group Rep presents BARRYMORE by William Luce, with Robert Benedict as Barrymore, featuring Todd Andrew Ball, directed by Robert Benedict, produced by Todd Andrew Ball. (more...) 
Casting Announced For THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME At Greenway Court
by BWW News Desk on October 18, 2019 in Los Angeles Greenway Arts Alliance (Whitney Weston and Pierson Blaetz, Co-Founders and Co-Artistic Directors) is pleased to present the Tony and Olivier Award-winning a?oeBest Playa??a?" THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME by Simon Stephens. Based on award-winning writer Mark Haddon's novel of the same name, the play is directed by Kate Jopson (Circle X Theatre's Hole in the Sky and La Jolla Playhouse's A Willow Grows Aslant). Preview performances begin November 1 and play through December 8. The official press opening is on Friday, November 8 at 8:00 pm at Greenway Court Theatre (544 N. Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles). Tickets are on sale at GreenwayCourtTheatre.org. (more...) 
Playwright Brian Wallace Will Share Royalties For His Play BALLS ALIVE! With Actors
by BWW News Desk on October 18, 2019 in Los Angeles Los Angeles-based playwright Brian Wallace has announced that he will share all future performance royalties for his play Balls Alive!, first produced at the Whitefire Theatre in Sherman Oaks, CA, with the actors. An official signing of the royalty agreement and presentation of the first checks to Whitefire artistic director Bryan Rasmussen and the original cast is set for Tuesday, October 29, at 8pm at the Whitefire prior to the opening night performance of Live Pilots Society. The theatre is located at 13500 Ventura Boulevard in Sherman Oaks, 91423. (more...)
Garrick Ohlsson Performs Works By Chopin At The Wallis
by BWW News Desk on October 17, 2019 in Los Angeles The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts presents acclaimed Grammy-winning pianist Garrick Ohlsson a?" the only American ever to win Poland's prestigious International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competition a?" in a program of solo works by Chopin and Brahms on Friday, November 8, 2019, 7:30 pm in the Bram Goldsmith Theater at The Wallis. Ohlsson puts his unique musical stamp on Chopin's Nocturne in B-flat minor and Sonata in B minor. He also performs three sets of works by Brahms: Rhapsodies, Op. 79; Fantasien, Op. 16; and Variations on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 35 (Book II). (more...) 
Graffiti Artists Descend On The Mayfair Hotel To Paint Mural In Los Angeles
by BWW News Desk on October 17, 2019 in Los Angeles Internationally known and respected graffiti artists Kelly 'Risk' Graval and MEAR ONE recently descended on The Mayfair Hotel to paint Mucha-inspired 'Maiden of the Mayfair' mural on the side of the garage. This mural is a perfect collaboration between RISK's trademark abstract drip style and MEAR ONE's edgy surrealism. With the color wash backdrop, The Maiden of the Mayfair mural celebrates the romantic relationship between humanity and music drawing from the aesthetic origins of Hollywood cinema magic and The Mayfair's Art Deco design. The mural is a continuation of Alphonse Mucha inspired mural project with Punk Film s.r.o. that began earlier this summer. (more...) 
The 'West of Broadway' Podcast Chats with Tony Nominee Adam Pascal
by West of Broadway on October 17, 2019 in Los Angeles On this episode of West of Broadway, Lara and Will get to talk to the amazing Adam Pascal who is currently appearing as Harold Hill in the beloved classic The Music Man. Best known for his leading role in the Broadway hit RENT, Adam Pascal will star in 5-Star Theatricals' upcoming production of The Music Man, which runs October 18-27 at the Kavli Theatre in Thousand Oaks, California. (more...) 
Kelly 'Risk' Graval & Mear One Paint The Maiden Of The Mayfair Mural In Los Angeles
by BWW News Desk on October 17, 2019 in Los Angeles Internationally known and respected graffiti artists Kelly 'Risk' Graval and MEAR ONE recently descended on The Mayfair Hotel to paint Mucha-inspired 'Maiden of the Mayfair' mural on the side of the garage. (more...) 
Feinstein's Presents: MostlyNEWmusicals Returns With Brett Ryback's JOE SCHMOE SAVES THE WORLD
by BWW News Desk on October 17, 2019 in Los Angeles LA's newest monthly musical series, Feinstein's Presents mostlyNEWmusicals, returns Monday, November 4, 2019 with Brett Ryback's JOE SCHMOE SAVES THE WORLD, directed by Christian Barillas. (more...) 
Musco Center Welcomes Mandy Patinkin Nov. 24
by BWW News Desk on October 17, 2019 in Los Angeles Broadway's master songman Mandy Patinkin, accompanied by Adam Ben-David on piano, will bring his newest theater concert, Mandy Patinkin in Concert: DIARIES, to Musco Center for the Arts for one performance only on November 24, 2019 at 4pm. (more...)
City Of Los Angeles Department Of Cultural Affairs Presents LOITERING IS DELIGHTFUL
by BWW News Desk on October 17, 2019 in Los Angeles The City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA), the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (LAMAG), and the Barnsdall Art Park Foundation (BAPF) are pleased to present Loitering is delightful,an exhibition that brings together ten Los Angeles artists to explore the joyful possibilities of slowing down. (more...) 
The Broad Stage presents Colburn Rising Stars: Rodolfo Leone, Piano
by BWW News Desk on October 17, 2019 in Los Angeles The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage presents Colburn Rising Stars: Rodolfo Leone, piano on Sunday, November 17 at 2:00pm. (more...) 
CAP UCLA Presents Bill Frisell & Julian Lage Duo
by BWW News Desk on October 17, 2019 in Los Angeles UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA) presents Bill Frisell & Julian Lage Duo on Thurs, December 5 at 8 p.m. at Royce Hall. Tickets starting at $28 are available now at cap.ucla.edu, 310-825-2101 and the Royce Hall box office. (more...) 
Kentwood Players Launches 70th Anniversary Year with LITTLE WOMEN, The Broadway Musical
by BWW News Desk on October 17, 2019 in Los Angeles Kentwood Players celebrates the launch of its 70th Anniversary year by presenting LITTLE WOMEN, The Broadway Musical by Jason Howland, Mindi Dickstein and Allan Knee based upon Louisa May Alcott's classic story, opening November 15 through December 21, 2019 on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm and Sundays at 2:00pm at the Westchester Playhouse, located at 8301 Hindry Avenue in Westchester, CA 90045. (more...) 
Dark Satire THE MOORS Opens November 1 at Cal State Fullerton
by BWW News Desk on October 17, 2019 in Los Angeles Cal State Fullerton's production of a?oeThe Moorsa?? by Jen Silverman and directed by Tommy Statler runs from November 1 - 17, 2019 in the Hallberg Theatre on campus. In an English manor on the bleak and savage moors live two sisters: steely, commanding Agatha, and Hudley, the childlike younger sister in her shadow. (more...) 
MINE NOT YOURS Fashion Event Set for Nov. 16 At Fred Segal Sunset
by BWW News Desk on October 17, 2019 in Los Angeles Fashion Designers Jordan Willner and Debbie Rosove announce their MINE NOT YOURS fashion event at Fred Segal Sunset, 8500 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90069. Event is Nov. 16, 12-3 p.m. (more...) 
Mike Birbiglia's THE NEW ONE Begins Performances at the Ahmanson 10/23
by BWW News Desk on October 17, 2019 in Los Angeles Performances will begin for Mike Birbiglia's one-man comedy a?oeThe New Onea?? at Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre on October 23. Following its Drama Desk Award-winning Broadway debut, a?oeThe New Onea?? will play the Ahmanson through November 24 with the opening set for Friday, October 25. (more...) 
BWW Interview: Journalist Michael Ventre Discusses Politically Fascinating New Musical
by Don Grigware on October 17, 2019 in Los Angeles Michael Ventre studied at the University of Southern California both in Journalism and at the graduate school of Cinema. He also studied acting at the Stella Adler Conservatory in Los Angeles. As s journalist, he has contributied to such publications as MSNBC.com, Variety, American Way (American Airlines) magazine, Los Angeles Confidential magazine, Los Angeles Times magazine, Produced by (Producers Guild) magazine and many others. Ventre has been working for a few years on a new musical with arresting political references called Letters to Benito. In our conversation he (more...) 
Casting Announced for THE GREAT LEAP at Pasadena Playhouse
by BWW News Desk on October 16, 2019 in Los Angeles Pasadena Playhouse, the State Theater of California, presents a co-production with East West Players, the Los Angeles premiere of Lauren Yee's The Great Leap, directed by Tony Award winner BD Wong. From the author of Cambodian Rock Band and King of the Yees, comes the story of an American basketball team in Beijing where the coaches find themselves in a conflict that runs deeper than the strain between the countries, and where a young player's actions become the accidental focus of attention. (more...)
Announcing LiveRead@SDA Call For New Musical Submissions
by BWW News Desk on October 16, 2019 in Los Angeles The USC School of Dramatic Arts announces the call for submission for the fourth season of LiveRead@SDA, a developmental series created to cultivate and provide critical support for the creation of innovative and contemporary new works for the American theatre. (more...) 
Michael Campion Joins Lythgoe Family Panto SNOW WHITE
by BWW News Desk on October 16, 2019 in Los Angeles Casting News! Lythgoe Family Panto (LFP) in association with the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, announce Michael Campion (Netflix's Fuller House) in the role of Prince Harry for their ten- year anniversary production of A SNOW WHITE CHRISTMAS at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, (300 East Green Street, Pasadena CA 91101), featuring new songs and script, which will play a strictly limited engagement from December 13 through December 22. (more...) 
Rubicon Opens 22nd Season With Immersive BIG RIVER: THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN
by BWW News Desk on October 16, 2019 in Los Angeles Rubicon Theatre opens the company's 22nd Season with an environmental production of the musical Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, opening October 26 at 7pm and continuing through November 10, 2019. Directed by Kirby Ward, with a company of 23, the production runs Wednesdays through Sundays in Ventura's Downtown Cultural District at the company's home at 1006 E. Main Street, Ventura, CA 93001. (more...)
Paley Center Celebrates HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER With Special Event
by BWW News Desk on October 16, 2019 in Los Angeles The Paley Center for Media today announced a new addition to its PaleyLive LA fall season: An Evening with How to Get Away with Murder. This special celebration of the final season of the acclaimed and wildly popular series will take place on November 19 at 7:00 pm at the Paley Center's Beverly Hills location. How To Get Away with Murder airs Thursdays (10:00-11:00 p.m. EST), on ABC. (more...) 
BWW Review: Endearing Gay Rom-Com THE CANADIANS Sails Into OC's South Coast Repertory
by Michael Quintos on October 16, 2019 in Los Angeles For playwright Adam Bock's endearing new gay romantic comedy THE CANADIANS---now having its infectiously giddy World Premiere production at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa through October 20, 2019---the typical blueprint for the usual girl-meets-boy trope gets a fresh, heady spin and an inspired recast that elevates it higher that your average rom com. Sweet and endearing without having to be too sanitized for a mainstream audience, the play, overall, is simply a winning play that both straight and queer audiences can equally cheer for. Don't be surprised if even you shed a tear or two for its touching, absolutely satisfying climax. (more...) |
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