Eve Brandstein News

American audiences first met Rain Pryor as television's first biracial child on "Head of the Class." Los Angeles audiences can now meet her up close and personal during her new solo play, FRIED CHICKEN & LATKES, in which Richard Pryor's talented daughter shares many of her childhood memories as the offspring of show business royalty, growing up African-American and Jewish in Beverly Hills during the tumultuous years when a biracial child faced prejudice from both sides of the fence. Her fascinating tales are filled with pain, poignancy, purpose, and lots of laughter as she portrays her father, mother, grandparents, and many other colorful characters who assisted her along the way to personal acceptance and adulthood.

 Richard Pryor's talented daughter, actress/singer/writer, Rain Pryor, will open her new solo play, Fried Chicken & Latkes, this week on Today, February 16 for a six-week run at Jewish Women's Theatre (JWT) in Santa Monica.

 Richard Pryor's talented daughter, actress/singer/writer, Rain Pryor, will open her new solo play, Fried Chicken & Latkes, this week on Thursday, February 16 for a six-week run at Jewish Women's Theatre (JWT) in Santa Monica.

Actress/comedian Rain Pryor, daughter of comic legend Richard Pryor, will open her new solo play Fried Chicken & Latkes on February 16 for a six-week run at Jewish Women's Theatre (JWT) in Santa Monica

NOT THAT JEWISH is a wonderful evening of entertainment and laughs in the Jewish Women's Theatre's new home at The Braid Theater in Santa Monica, an extension of the Bergamot Arts District. Monica Piper shares her autobiographical journey trying to prove just what it takes to be Jewish, especially when you never attend temple. She discovers that ultimately, it comes down to having a Jewish heart, something anyone can have as long as it is filled with compassion, humor, doing good deeds, acceptance of others, and a deep love of family. It is by Yiddish definition what it takes to be a mensch, a real good person.

The Off-Broadway hit "plomedy," SHUT UP SIT DOWN & EAT broke Snapple Theater Center (1627 Broadway at 50 Street) attendance records last year and will be returning in 2015 to extend its stay in New York City. The show will playing Sundays at 5:15PM, beginning February 15 through May 31, 2015. Tickets are $65 - $80 (includes $2 facility fee) and can be purchased by calling the Snapple Theater Center Box Office at 212 921 7862 or visiting ticketmaster.com or shutupsitdownandeat.com.

The Off-Broadway hit "plomedy," SHUT UP SIT DOWN & EAT began performances on October 12 at Times Square's Snapple Theater Center (1627 Broadway at 50 Street) and will conclude its successful run on Sunday, December 28, 2014.

The hit 'plomedy,' SHUT UP SIT DOWN & EAT will celebrate its opening night tonight, October 26 at Times Square's Snapple Theater Center (1627 Broadway at 50 Street). Written by and starring four New York based comedians, Tina Giorgi (Falling Up, 'The Late Late Show,' 'Comics Unleashed,' 'Tough Crowd With Colin Quinn'), Joe Moffa ('Blue Bloods,' Carlito's Way), Chris Monty (PBS's 'The Business of Comedy,' Mall Cop: Bart 2) and Eric Tartaglione (That Championship Season, NBC's 'Last Comic Standing'), directed by Eve Brandstein.

SHUT UP SIT DOWN & EAT began performances on October 12 and will open on October 26 and run through December 28, 2014. Tickets are $65 - $80 (includes $2 facility fee) and can be purchased by calling the Snapple Theater Center Box Office at 212 921 7862 or visiting ticketmaster.com or shutupsitdownandeat.com

The hit "plomedy," SHUT UP SIT DOWN & EAT returns for NYC for a limited 12-week engagement at Times Square's Snapple Theater Center (1627 Broadway at 50 Street). Written by and starring four New York based comedians, Tina Giorgi (Falling Up, 'The Late Late Show,' 'Comics Unleashed,' 'Tough Crowd With Colin Quinn'), Joe Moffa ("Blue Bloods," Carlito's Way), Chris Monty (PBS's 'The Business of Comedy,' Biloxi Blues) and Eric Tartaglione (That Championship Season, NBC's 'Last Comic Standing'), directed by Eve Brandstein.

Right Down Broadway Productions, Ltd. presents VOICES OF SWORDS by Kari Floren. Directed by Eve Brandstein, the show opens August 20 and runs through September 7, 2014 at Walkerspace. A combative family, facing autumn years, must exchange boxing gloves for kid gloves. Is 40 too soon to grow up? How about 45? Loni Ackerman heads a cast of six. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

In 'Voices of Swords' by Kari Floren, the late thirties son of a woman facing heart surgery hires a forty-something personal organizer to minister to his lonely yet indomitable mother. The organizer is already struggling unsuccessfully to reunite her own family. As she is sorely tested by this job, her growing toward the light is an object lesson to Baby Boomers, whose struggles to care for dependent parents are a preoccupation of our age. The comedic drama will be presented August 15 to September 7 by Right Down Broadway Productions at Walkerspace, 46 Walker Street. Eve Brandstein directs a cast of mostly Broadway regulars including Loni Ackerman, Bob Ari, Phillip Christian, Gillien Goll, Michael McKenzie and Celia Schaefer.

Four of New York's most sought-after stand-up comedians present SHUT UP, SIT DOWN & EAT, the hit comedy making its Off-Broadway debut after sold-out performances at The Borgata Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City. Eve Brandstein directs Eric Tartaglione (Othello, That Championship Season, NBC's 'Last Comic Standing'), Joe Moffa (Blue Bloods, Carlito's Way), Tina Giorgi (Falling Up, 'The Late Late Show,' 'Comics Unleashed,' 'Tough Crowd With Colin Quinn') and Chris Monty (PBS's 'The Business of Comedy,' Biloxi Blues). Eight performances will be held at The Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal Street in the West Village, NYC from October 3-23, 2013.

Four of New York's most sought-after stand-up comedians present SHUT UP, SIT DOWN & EAT, the hit comedy making its Off-Broadway debut after sold-out performances at The Borgata Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City. Eve Brandstein directs Eric Tartaglione (Othello, That Championship Season, NBC's "Last Comic Standing"), Joe Moffa (Blue Bloods, Carlito's Way), Tina Giorgi (Falling Up, "The Late Late Show," "Comics Unleashed," "Tough Crowd With Colin Quinn") and Chris Monty (PBS's "The Business of Comedy," Biloxi Blues). Eight performances will be held at The Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal Street in the West Village, NYC from October 3-23, 2013.

On June 18 at 8pm, Eve Brandstein will play host to award winning writers, actors and musicians performing original work at The Cutting Room located at 44 E. 32nd Street in New York.

Nancy Johnston will replace Allyce Beasley and co-star with Lynne Wintersteller in Kari Floren's two-hander Revisiting Wildfire about two college roommates, best friends for life, who re-unite after thirty years, which begins previews Off-Broadway tonight, June 1.

Nancy Johnston will replace Allyce Beasley and co-star with Lynne Wintersteller in Kari Floren's two-hander Revisiting Wildfire about two college roommates, best friends for life, who re-unite after thirty years.

Allyce Beasley and Lynne Wintersteller began rehearsals today as two college roommates, best friends for life, who re-unite thirty years later in Revisiting Wildfire by Kari Floren, directed by Eve Brandstein.

Allyce Beasley and Lynne Wintersteller star as two college roommates, best friends for life, who re-unite thirty years later in Revisiting Wildfire by Kari Floren, directed by Eve Brandstein. Produced by Right Down Broadway, Revisiting Wildfire begins previews Friday, June 1, at 8:00pm for an opening Wednesday, June 6, at 7:00pm at ArcLight Theatre, 152 West 71st Street.