Cheryl News

This month, Brixton House will be handing over the keys to eight London artists for two weeks to play and reimagine the theatre space as a world of their own.

Communists weren’t the only ones hunted during the “Red Scare” of the 1950s. Gays and lesbians were also targeted as threats to the USA as part of the “Lavender Scare.”  “Coming out of the closet” was almost unheard-of, as it could easily end a career or even a life. And no one even considered the possibility of gay marriage.

Kentwood Players proudly presents the musical FUN HOME with book and lyrics by Lisa Kron, music by Jeanine Tesori, based on the graphic novel by Alison Bechdel, opening Friday, May 13 through Saturday, June 11, 2022 on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm and Saturdays and Sundays at 2:00pm at the Westchester Playhouse, located at 8301 Hindry Avenue in Westchester, CA 90045. Please note there will be no performances over Memorial Day Weekend, May 27-28-29. Mature themes - Parental Discretion is Advised.

After two years in real time – which seems like more than two decades in these weird pandemic times in which we’ve been living most recently – Nashville’s critically and audience-acclaimed theater company Actors Bridge Ensemble is back in the business of producing live theater. And may we say, on behalf of the company’s legions of fans: Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! You have been missed.

Celebrating its 33rd year and returning to an in-person celebration, the Los Angeles Master Chorale’s annual High School Choir Festival (HSCF), led by Kiki & David Gindler Artistic Director Grant Gershon, will take place at The Music Center’s Grand Park, Friday, April 29, 2022, at 11 a.m. Bringing together 500 high school students from 18 schools, the Festival will feature music from Sam Cooke and Sara Bareilles, to Reena Esmail and Handel. Sixteen singers from the Los Angeles Master Chorale, conducted by Associate Artistic Director Jenny Wong, will also perform.

The work soared when its highly skilled dancers were given the chance to show off their control; however, the production struggled to maintain its original ideas as it moved further from dance and towards more theatrical components.

The Drama League has announced the addition of three new board members to its Board of Directors: Elena Araoz, Estefanía Fadul, and Gwynn MacDonald. 

Rogue Machine announces an extended run for the American premiere of Daf James' On the Other Hand, We're Happy, at the Matrix Theatre in Los Angeles.

Freeform announces three new original series: “The Deep End,” “Dear Pony: Keep This Between Us” and “Day to Night” (working title). The nonfiction slate boasts two, four-part docu-series and an ensemble docu-follow, all targeted at the network’s young adult audience.

Paradise Square opened on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre last night, Sunday, April 3rd. BroadwayWorld was there on the red carpet and you can check out photos from the big night!

Theatrical Outfit has announced its 2022 – 2023 Season – a truly game-changing year. With four gripping Mainstage productions and the continuations of Made In Atlanta, The Graham Martin Unexpected Play Festival, and The Welcome Table, the season will bring powerful, relevant, and thrilling live theatre to the heart of Downtown Atlanta.

The Obie Award-winning HERE has announced programming for Puppetopia, a presentation of HERE’s Dream Music Puppetry program. Puppetopia will run May 11–22, 2022 in the HERE Mainstage & Dorothy B. Williams Theatres (145 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY 10013).

Set to open Friday, April 22, the comedy, “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder” was named Best Musical for 2014. It was the most nominated show of the season for Tonys, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards. Show dates are April 22, 23, 24, 29, 30 and May 1.

Acclaimed cabaret singer Katie McGrath will present “One Degree from Elvis' at acclaimed cabaret venue, Don't Tell Mama, located at 343 W 46th Street. Tickets can be purchased at donttellmamanyc.com. Her performance is set for Saturday, April 9th at 7pm. 

Oregon Children's Theatre is wrapping up its 2021-2022 season with Last Stop on Market Street, a musical story about CJ and his grandmother taking a journey through their neighborhood on the city bus; as they meet new people and see new places, CJ begins to realize that looks can be deceiving, everyone has a story to share, and that beauty can be found anywhere…if you know how to look for it.

MoMI celebrated the inaugural Marvels of Media Awards and exhibition opening. Go inside the event.

 The Groundlings Theatre introduces a brand-new groovy sketch show from the Groundlings Main company, “Groundlings of ’69.” Previews begin on April 2nd as part of a new, two show night weekend schedule for the Theatre. Opening night is April 29th.  Directed by Lisa Schurga (Clipped) this sketch comedy show features appearances from Main Company members Josh Duvendeck (Parks and Recreation), Allison Dunbar (The Sopranos), Ryan Gaul (The Last O.G.), Patty Guggenheim (Florida Girls), Chris Kleckner, Laird Macintosh, Jessica Pohly, Emily Pendergast (VEEP), Annie Sertich (Sillicon Valley), and Greg Worswick. 

The Barn Theater presents The Outsider written by Paul Slade Smith. I had a chance to interview the director of the production, Todd Mills.

The CW Network has released their primetime television programming for the week of April 17th. Below is the scheduling. 

Uptown Players will open their season with Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song, a new two-act revival of Fierstein's original 1983 Torch Song Trilogy. As the original title indicates, “Torch Song Trilogy” consisted of three plays when it originally opened on Broadway and was trimmed to two-acts for an off-Broadway revival in 2018 that later tranfered to Broadway in 2019.