Gary Owen News

The outrageously funny Gary Owen is back with his third SHOWTIME comedy special, GARY OWEN: I GOT MY ASSOCIATES, premieringFriday, September 8 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

Carolines on Broadway, New York City's premier comedy venue, presents its talented line-up for the month of September, highlighted by headliners Sommore, 'The Queen of Comedy,' from the films The Queen Stands Alone, Today After Next and Soul Plane, Labor Day Weekend, September 1 - 3; Steve Trevino, from his Netflix special, 'Steve Trevino: Relatable,' September 7 - 10; Rod Man, winner of Season 8 of NBC's Last Comic Standing, September 14 - 17; Gary Owen, from BET's The Gary Owen Show and the Think Like a Man films, September 21 - 24; T.K. Kirkland, presented by The Breakfast Club and hosted by Charlamagne Tha God and featuring DJ Envy, September 29 and 30.

Carolines on Broadway, New York City's premier comedy venue, presents its talented line-up for the month of September, highlighted by headliners Sommore, 'The Queen of Comedy,' from the films The Queen Stands Alone, Friday After Next and Soul Plane, Labor Day Weekend, September 1 - 3; Steve Trevino, from his Netflix special, 'Steve Trevino: Relatable,' September 7 - 10; Rod Man, winner of Season 8 of NBC's Last Comic Standing, September 14 - 17; Gary Owen, from BET's The Gary Owen Show and the Think Like a Man films, September 21 - 24; T.K. Kirkland, presented by The Breakfast Club and hosted by Charlamagne Tha God and featuring DJ Envy, September 29 and 30.

The cast for Gary Owen's new version of The Cherry Orchard, which transfers the action to early 1980s Pembrokeshire, will feature a broad range of talents from stage and screen including a number of actors from Wales. The production will run from 13-28 October 2017 at the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff.

In a new production commissioned by the Finborough Theatre and originally seen as a staged reading as part of Vibrant 2016 - A Festival of Finborough Playwrights, the world premiere of Continuity by new playwright Gerry Moynihan runs at the Finborough Theatre, playing Sunday and Monday evenings and Tuesday matinees from Sunday, 30 July 2017.

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents an evening of outrageous, contemporary stand-up with some of the funniest new performers on the scene: BET star Gary Owen (House of Payne, Think Like a Man), Deon Cole (of ABC's Black-ish), Talent (KISS-FM's Morning Show) and Smokey Suarez (Paper Soldiers).

On the heels of early awards' buzz, VH1, in partnership with Sequential Brands Group, MERRY JANE and 495 Productions, today announced the hit series MARTHA & SNOOP'S POTLUCK DINNER PARTY will return on Monday, October 16th at 10PM.

'IPHIGENIA IN SPLOTT,' written by Gary Owen and directed by Rachel O'Riordan, is now onstage at 59E59 Theaters though June 4th. This superbly crafted one-woman show features excellent staging and an awe-inspiring performance by Sophie Melville.

Sherman Theatre Artistic Director Rachel O'Riordan is to direct a radical reimagining of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard by the celebrated playwright Gary Owen. Following their recent collaboration Killology which premiered at Sherman Theatre in spring 2017 and will run at the Royal Court Theatre from 25 May - 24 June, and the award-winning Iphigenia in Splott in 2015, The Cherry Orchard marks the first time they have worked together on an adaptation of a classic.

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59E59 Theaters will welcome the critically acclaimed IPHIGENIA IN SPLOTT at the 2017 Brits Off Broadway festival.

Several shows in the running for this year's Olivier Awards, announced next Sunday 9 April, are also recognised this week in the third-annual Also Recognised Awards - in some notably different categories.

Comedian and actor Gary Owen will come to The Orleans Showroom on March 3-4.

E! brings viewers a night of unconventional love stories with the basic cable exclusive premiere of the global phenomenon “Fifty Shades of Grey,” airing Sunday, March 5 at 7:30pm ET/PT, followed by the debut of the network's second scripted series “The Arrangement” at 10pm ET/PT. The emotional new season of “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” shifts to Sunday, March 12 at 9pm ET/PT, where for the first time Kim Kardashian West shares in detail her frightening account of the Paris robbery.

Sean Gleeson, Richard Mylan and Sion Daniel Young will play the three roles in Gary Owen's new play Killology, a co-production between the Royal Court Theatre London and Sherman Theatre, Cardiff.

The hosts welcome Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, the parents of Trayvon Martin and authors of Rest in Power, who discuss their late son and the positive changes they have struggled to make to celebrate his life.

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer; Brian Beirne, Managing Director) is thrilled to announce the 2017 line-up for Brits Off Broadway, the critically acclaimed annual festival of New British Theater. Now in its 13th Season, Brits Off Broadway kicks off on Tuesday, April 4 and runs through Sunday, July 2.  Single ticket prices range from $25 - $70 ($20 - $49 for 59E59 Members).

In 2017 Watford Palace Theatre proudly presents the world premiere musical I Capture the Castle, based on the iconic novel by Dodie Smith, and co-produced with the Octagon Theatre Bolton and Kevin Wallace Limited, in association with Deborah Ward.

Black-ish, Angie Tribeca star and two-time EMMY nominated writer and actor Deon Cole and Rosewood, The Real Husbands of Hollywood and seven-time NAACP Image Award nominated actress Nicole Ari Parker host an exciting night of inspiration, history and crowd-rousing performances at the 25 th Annual TRUMPET AWARDS

Bounce will world premiere the 25 th Annual Trumpet Awards, the prestigious annual event celebrating African-American achievements and contributions, on Sunday, January 29 at 9:00pm ET.