Alexis Carra News

This Thursday, June 9th at the El Portal Theater in North Hollywood, an elite cast of Broadway veterans will take to the stage for a one-night only benefit concert performing numbers from the award-winning Broadway shows that put them on the map. 100% of the proceeds from this stellar night of song and dance will benefit the Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission. Panera Bread has graciously come on board to sponsor the evening.  Currently in rehearsals, the cast of over 50 Broadway performers, ensemble singers, and dancers is prepping for what is sure to be a thrilling night of theatre in Los Angeles.

Broadway Dreams Foundation (BDF) will celebrate its 10th Anniversary with exciting new programming and expanded international destinations, including Russia and Brazil. The 2016 Summer Tour, GENERAT10N, will visit cities across the U.S. and Canada when it kicks off in Atlanta, GA on May 31, 2016. In each location, the premier non-profit performing arts training program will present an incredible roster of Broadway directors, performers, and industry insiders who will offer highly personalized musical theatre training and mentoring through unique, week-long performing arts intensive workshops for students of all ages, skill levels, and socio- economic backgrounds.

Today ABC Family (soon to be Freeform) announced the first three episodes of upcoming series “Recovery Road” will be available on several digital platforms beginning today and available until the series premiere.

New scripted drama “Recovery Road” and fan favorite “The Fosters” will premiere on January 25, 2016.

On Sunday, November 1st, at 2pm Gratitude International will release 'Fit From The Inside Out' with a rooftop red-carpet launch. This celebration is designed to highlight a holistic approach to health & fitness. International Keynote and TEDx Speaker, Award Winning producer and Mindset Effectiveness Expert Pina De Rosa will welcome guests on the rooftop of the Santa Monica Place Mall for this red-carpet champagne toast with friends, Alexis Carra of ABC Family's Recovery Road and active volunteers, supporters all to celebrate together with live music, inspiring speakers. In 'Fit From The Inside Out,' De Rosa who was date-raped her first semester in college, shares how such negative experience opened positive doors, rather than shut her down from her life. Today she speaks on college campuses on date-rape awareness and sexual assault prevention: her intention is to end the date-rape epidemic once and for all. Date-rape is considered to be the most underreported crime on college campuses against both men and women. As highlighted in the gripping documentary 'The Hunting Ground,' 16-20% of students are assaulted and 88% of those students do not report it. Nationwide, 1 in 5 women are raped on college campuses annually. 'Results are not achieved with willpower alone, nor with just diet and exercise, but by exploring the deep seeded emotional blocks that keep us from achieving what we want to achieve,' De Rosa says. 'Not everybody is raped, and not everyone needs to lose 50+ pounds, but nearly everybody has some emotional blocks that are preventing them from getting where they want to be.' After her acclaimed TEDxTalk 'Choices...Choices...', and after co-leading The New Hollywood's 'Get My Body Back' Health Elective with award-winning actress and Founder/CEO of 'The New Hollywood' Brianna Brown, De Rosa was inspired to take her health & fitness results to a whole new level, and ended up writing a book about her journey to losing the extra 50 pounds she had gained as a form of 'protection' after being raped, and finally getting her body back. The idea of this book sprung within the framework of 'The New Hollywood' (TNH) 501(c)(3), a women's philanthropic goal group that helps support women within the entertainment industry to achieve their personal and professional goals, to be a positive example and to make a difference. TNH intends to inspire everyone to ?Rise Higher, Shine Bright & Give Back. For those who are tired of the emotional rollercoaster, 'Fit From The Inside Out' is a journey that gets us to look beyond the 'how' into the 'why', giving access to the missing piece of the puzzle that most people don't know about - how to recognize that there is self-sabotage, how to reach out for the appropriate support, and what to do differently that will make a difference once and for all. Eating healthy and exercising is not enough - there are a lot of books that tell us 'how'. What we really want to know is what underlies the 'how', and that is what her book is about. There are plenty of other books that tell us what to do, and how to do, but unlike any other book out there, 'Fit From The Inside Out' tells is why willpower alone is not enough and why some things we have done in the past have not worked for us. The book is designed to explain how people can do what De Rosa did which is step off the emotional roller coaster, stop decades of dieting and lose the extra weight. It's not just about the 'what', it's not about the 'how', it's about the 'why.' De Rosa is inspired to take this subject to college campuses around the United States as a way to continue a dialogue that makes a difference for all our students, both young women and young men. The intention is to raise awareness and to look at questions, and behaviors, that can help prevent date-rape and sexual assault on our campuses. More at www.CollegeSpeakingWithPina.com. Her mission is to end date-rape on campus. Foreword for 'Fit From The Inside Out' was written by award winning Minnesota born actress and Founder & CEO of 'The New Hollywood' (TNH) 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Brianna Brown. 'Fit From The Inside Out' will bring awareness to the work of www.TheNewHollywood.org (of which De Rosa is a board member) as well as www.SniffingOutCancer.com and its #HugAPup Challenge (of which De Rosa is the Execute Producer). 'Fit From the Inside Out' invites you to the rooftop red-carpet book launch on Sunday, November 1st at 2pm, in Santa Monica, CA. Join them for a champagne toast, live music by Jason Luckett, and an inspired talk with Alexis Carra and Pina De Rosa - this event will benefit www.SniffingOutCancer.com & www.TheNewHollywood.org and is sponsored by Expert Dojo and Whole Foods Market. Event details and RSVP at www.GratitudeInternational.com Pina offers a 1-1 phone or Skype session with purchase of her 'Fit From The Inside Out' book at www.GratitudeInternational.com

ABC Family reveals its winter premiere dates for new scripted drama “Recovery Road” and fan favorites “The Fosters,” “Young & Hungry,” and “Baby Daddy.”

ET reports that Aubrey Peeples, best known for her role in ABC's NASHVILLE, has landed a role in ABC's new family-drama RECOVERY ROAD.

Production began this week in Los Angeles for the new ABC Family original drama series “Recovery Road,” the compelling story of a teenage girl's struggle with addiction. Lawrence Trilling (“Parenthood”) is directing the episode, which will debut in 2016.

Tom Ascheim, President, ABC Family, will announce at its network upfront today in New York that ABC Family is doubling-down on the life stage that has made it a leading voice in entertainment

ABC Family has recast the lead role in its new scripted drama RECOVERY ROAD, according to Deadline.

The Best in LA Theatre for 2014 (alphabetical listings; Equity, Equity-waiver & Non-Equity productions are mixed) (artists performing outside LA may be included in performance categories)

A buoyant, truly impressive local revival directed by Alan Souza, 3-DT's DAMN YANKEES is a true audience pleaser, highlighted by an enthusiastic cast and spirited re-imagined sequences that are truly Broadway-caliber. This all-new production is now playing at the Plummer Auditorium in Fullerton through July 27, then travels to the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center from August 2-10.