'Broadway at The Bourbon Room' is a new, monthly musical cabaret in Hollywood showcasing Broadway’s best talent and celebrating the songs, stories, and stars of Broadway. Guests can sing along to their favorite songs, discover new talent, and hear stories from artists' time spent on and off the stage.
M.J. Kang has been selected by The Breath Project to receive a new play award of $10,000.
Award winning Welsh playwright Daf James has crafted a story around a young couple's dreams of adopting. When an unforeseen turn of events upends their goals, plans must be adjusted. Life is tough, but even the worst of it can be laugh out loud funny.
The Jonathan Larson Grant is an unconditional annual investment in individual talent. The grant is awarded to musical theatre composers, lyricists, and librettists, or writing teams, early in their career, to support artistic endeavors and safeguard long-term music writing careers.
Created in response to the sharp rise in hate directed toward the AAPI community over the past few years, Boston Court Pasadena, East West Players, and Pasadena Playhouse have joined forces to share a virtual reading of Jeanne Sakata's timely solo play Hold These Truths.
he December Go Try PlayWrite winner is Lee Tonouchi for his play SNOWPOCALYPSE NOW. The contest prompt was: For some reason, it snows everywhere on the islands of Hawai'i for a single day. Write a scene arising from this snow day (10 page maximum).
How do families stay together, even when they are kept apart? The Fountain Theatre presents a gripping new docudrama, a compilation of true stories that explores the rippling impact of mass deportations on families. The world premiere of Detained, written by 2021 Lorraine Hansberry Award-winning playwright France-Luce Benson and directed by Mark Valdez, winner of the 2021 Zelda Fichandler Award, opens February 19 at the Fountain Theatre.
A familiar face on the screen, both big and small, writer/performer Danny Pudi will present his autobiographical film Running on Stellar’s streaming platform beginning January 22, 2022. Three South Asian-led arts organizations, Hypokrit Productions, East West Players, and EnActe Arts have collaborated on this exclusive presentation directed by HP Artistic Director Arpita Mukherjee. Had the chance to pepper Danny with a few spicy queries on what led up to his writing of Running.
East West Players, the nation's longest-running Asian American theatre and the largest producer of Asian American theatrical works, is proud to announce the resuming of in person production with the award-winning Broadway musical Assassins from February 17 through March 20, 2022.
Japanese drumming group TAIKOPROJECT performs their dynamic contemporary blend of taiko, music, storytelling, and choreography at Pepperdine University in Malibu on Friday, January 14, 2022 at 7:30 p.m.
East West Players (EWP), the nation's longest-running Asian American theatre and the largest producer of Asian American theatrical works, is proud to announce the resuming of in person production with the award-winning Broadway musical Assassins from February 17 through March 20, 2022, with opening night scheduled for Sunday, February 20, 2022, at 5:00pm.
The Longs Challenge is a competition among actors, that began in 2020 with three actors each performing the same monologue/character from Lee Cataluna's popular play, Folks You Meet in Longs. The public was invited to watch all three recorded performances on the Kumu Kahua Theatre website and social media, and cast their votes by donating in the name of their favorite; each dollar donated was counted as one vote.
The November Go Try PlayWrite winner is Lee Tonouchi for his play Da Haole Girl. The contest prompt was: A Thanksgiving situation. A 10 page (maximum) scene describing bringing your new significant other from the continental US to Thanksgiving with your local Hawai'i family.
The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust today announced the names of the 10 outstanding early-to-mid-career playwrights who will be celebrated with 2021 Steinberg Playwright Awards in the amount of $10,000 each.
Whether you've been naughty or nice, you can unWRAP the holidays at (mostly)musicals' 38th edition tonight, Wednesday, 11.17.21 at Feinstein’s at Vitello’s!
Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation has announced the recipient and three finalists for its annual Zelda Fichandler Award. The Fichandler Award recognizes directors and choreographers who have demonstrated great accomplishment to date with singular creativity and deep investment in a particular community or region.
The October Go Try PlayWrite winner is Lee Tonouchi for his play Checkers & Pogo and da House of No Fun. The contest prompt was: In honor of Halloween, submissions must center on the first time a group of kids go trick-or-treating without their parents, and the scariest house in the neighborhood is next.
Whether you've been naughty or nice, you can unWRAP the holidays at (mostly)musicals' 38th edition on Wednesday, 11.17.21 at Feinstein's at Vitello's!
Shows presented throughout 2022 feature the long awaited EWP premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s darkly comic Tony-Award winning musical Assassins, Interstate, Melissa Li and Kit Yan’s Asian-American pop-rock poetry musical, the world premiere of Inda Craig-Galván’s The Great Jheri Curl Debate, and Prince Gomolvilas’ The Brothers Paranormal.
On Monday, November 8, 2021 at 4 pm PST/7 pm EST, DGA director Dastan Khalili and actors Eli Jane, Joan Wong (niece of Kung-Fu Master Wong Jack Man), Lorenzo Antonucci (Paradise City) will participate in an intimate fireside chat, in advance of the November 12 world theatrical premiere of the action thriller film The Way.
