George Lucas News

Star WarsTM: In Concert, the unique multi-media event featuring music from all six of John Williams' epic Star Wars scores, will play two performances on May 29 at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. Tickets go on sale on Saturday, March 13 at noon and can be purchased by calling the Orleans Arena Box Office at 702.284.7777 or online at www.orleansarena.com.

FIRECAT PRODUCTIONS is pleased to announce extention of 'ALICE IN WONDERLAND THRU THE LOOKING GLASS 'adapted and directed by Z.J. and DENISE DEVIN with original music and lyrics by CHRISTOHER REINER being presented at THE ACTORS TEMPLE. Performances continue March 6th - March 21st.

The 'Kitten With a Quip' Shelly Goldstein's ONE FINE DAY: THE GROOVY GIRLS OF THE 60s is a celebration of the extraordinary women whose style, music and lyrics revolutionized an era.

Jonathan Larson Award Winning composer Matt Gould and Griffin Matthews have been invited to workshop their new piece, WITNESS UGANDA, alongside Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Pippin, Godspell) as part of the Disney/ASCAP Workshop. Schwartz has described Witness Uganda as 'a new form of musical theatre...breathtaking.'

'The Pee-wee Herman Show' will close on February 7 at Club Nokia @ L.A..

FIRECAT PRODUCTIONS is pleased to announce its upcoming production of 'ALICE IN WONDERLAND THRU THE LOOKING GLASS 'adapted and directed by Z.J. and DENISE DEVIN with original music and lyrics by CHRISTOHER REINER being presented at THE ACTORS TEMPLE.

Heat Vision blog is reporting George Lucas is currently developing a CGI-animated musical at his home at Skywalker Ranch. Currently the film is untitled and is directed by Kevin Munroe, director of the 2007 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle animated film.

FIRECAT PRODUCTIONS is pleased to announce its upcoming production of 'ALICE IN WONDERLAND THRU THE LOOKING GLASS 'adapted and directed by Z.J. and DENISE DEVIN with original music and lyrics by CHRISTOHER REINER being presented at THE ACTORS TEMPLE.

Performances start Tuesday, January 12, for 'The Pee-wee Herman Show' at Club Nokia @ L.A. LIVE for a limited 4-week engagement, through February 7.

Performances start Tuesday, January 12, for 'The Pee-wee Herman Show' at Club Nokia @ L.A. LIVE for a limited 4-week engagement, through February 7.

FIRECAT PRODUCTIONS is pleased to announce its upcoming production of 'ALICE IN WONDERLAND THRU THE LOOKING GLASS 'adapted and directed by Z.J. and DENISE DEVIN with original music and lyrics by CHRISTOHER REINER being presented at THE ACTORS TEMPLE.

The Golden Globe nominations were announced this week, placing a handful of Hollywood directors on a pedestal for all others to admire. Martin Scorsese will be bestowed with the prestigious Cecil B. DeMille Award while James Cameron has returned from his post-Titanic absence to join Clint Eastwood, Quentein Tarantino, Jason Reitman and Kathryn Bigelow in the Best Director category...

Comedy Works is pleased to announce that KEVIN POLLAK will perform at the Comedy Works Larimer Square: Friday December 4 8:00 PM / 10:00 PM $36.00, Saturday December 5 6:30 PM / 8:30 PM / 10:30 PM $36.00

As we wait for the first snowflakes to transform our nation's capital into a winter wonderland, the DC area theatres are giving families so many holiday-themed shows to choose from. Here are some productions which will make the holidays very jolly indeed!

Comedy Works is pleased to announce that KEVIN POLLAK will perform at the Comedy Works Larimer Square: Friday December 4 8:00 PM / 10:00 PM $36.00, Saturday December 5 6:30 PM / 8:30 PM / 10:30 PM $36.00

Producer John Breglio and the Apollo Theater Foundation, Inc. are presenting the premiere engagement of Dreamgirls at the Apollo Theater, prior to the national tour of the groundbreaking musical. Dreamgirls introduces Moya Angela as Effie White and features, as The Dreams, Syesha Mercado as Deena Jones, Adrienne Warren as Lorrell Robinson, and Margaret Hoffman as Michelle Morris with Chaz Lamar Shepherd as Curtis Taylor, Jr., Chester Gregory is James 'Thunder' Early, Trevon Davis as C.C. White, Milton Craig Nealy as Marty Madison in a cast of 26 that also features Tallia Brinson, Felicia Boswell, Ronald Duncan, Talitha Farrow, Brittney Griffin, James Harkness, Robert Hartwell, Eric Jackson, Chauncey Jenkins, Jared Joseph, Nikki Kimbrough, Brittany Lewis, Douglas Lyons, Kimberly Marable, Jarran Muse, Amaker Smith and Marc Spaulding.

Variety reports that Warren Beatty has been named the recipient of the The Art Directors Guild's Outstanding Contribution to Cinematic Imagery Award. Not undeserving of the nod, only Beatty and Orson Welles have received Academy Award nominations as an actor, director, writer and producer on the same film, an achievement Beatty did with Heaven Can Wait and Reds. Beatty will be presented with the prize on February 13 at the Beverly Hilton.

On Wednesday, October 21, 2009, Tony® and Emmy® Award winning actor Mandy Patinkin will receive the coveted Prince Rainier III Award for his outstanding contribution to the arts at the Princess Grace Awards Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City.

On Wednesday, October 21, 2009, Tony® and Emmy® Award winning actor Mandy Patinkin will receive the coveted Prince Rainier III Award for his outstanding contribution to the arts at the Princess Grace Awards Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City.