April brought a shower of Upright Cabaret across Southern California as the Upright Boys celebrated their third-year anniversary by producing a star-studded re-grand opening, four solo engagements, and a benefit for The Trevor Project co-hosted by Neil Patrick Harris...
Ronn Goswick, Executive Producer of The Valley Musical Theatre (now in its second season of operation), announced today that original cast members of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning Broadway production of A Chorus Line will co-star Monday, June 23, 2008 in The Line… A Salute to A Chorus Line. Such original Broadway cast members include Kay Cole, Patricia Garland, Sammy Williams (Tony Award), Ronnie Dennis and Nancy Lane who will be joined by join other Broadway A Chorus Line alumni Matt Zarley, Christina Saffran Ashford, Kathryn Wright, Kevin Spirtas and DeLee Lively, as well as cast members Alisan Porter and Brad Anderson from the 2006 Broadway revival, plus touring and regional cast members Theresa Hayes, Tara Radcliffe, Jill Townsend, Geoffrey Kidwell, Laura Nickerson, Russell Nickerson, Luis Avilla, Craig Donnelly, Ty West, Brittany Carson and many more. Los Angeles Ovation Award winner Gerald Sternbach serves as Musical Director.
The 39th annual Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards will be handed out on March 17 at North Hollywood's El Portal Theatre. The awards, recognizing excellence in Southern California theatre, including Los Angeles and Orange County, will be hosted by Jason Graae.
Jil Aigrot, the critically acclaimed singer and voice behind the role of Edith Piaf in this year's 2-time Academy Award winning/Golden Globe-winning film, 'La Vie En Rose,' performed last week at the Upright Cabaret at the Viceroy in Palm Springs alongside Wilson Cruz, Jennifer Leigh Warren and others...
The 2007-2008 Reprise! Broadway's Best season will end with Flora, the Red Menace, John Kander and lyricist Fred Ebb's first Broadway musical. Kander and Ebb went on to become among American musical theatre's most important creators. Eden Espinosa stars as Flora, opposite Manoel Felciano as Harry.
Upright Cabaret continued their season of star-studded performances poolside at the Viceroy Hotel with a line-up which included recently wrapped Wicked star Eden Espinosa and Rockstar: Inxs' Ty Taylor...
BroadwayWorld's own James Sims recently caught up with Shoshana Bean as she rehearsed for an upcoming performance at Upright Cabaret. She talked about her time on Broadway, taking over the lead role in Wicked earlier than expected and revealed her future plans for recording and possibly touring once her album is released...
Reprise! Broadway's Best presents Damn Yankees through Sunday, November 25 at UCLA's Freud Playhouse.
BroadwayWorld's own James Sims recently caught up with Jason Alexander during rehearsals for Damn Yankees discussing the former 'Seinfeld' alum joining Reprise! as Artistic Director and his vision for the future of the Los Angeles theatre company.
'Broadway Unplugged at The Ford' was held on October 15, 2007 at the John Anson Ford Theatre in Los Angeles; serving as a Benefit for the Valley Musical Theatre's programming.
Jason Alexander, new artistic director of Reprise! Broadway's Best, announced that Cleavant Derricks, Meg Gillentine, Amelia McQueen, Ken Page, Ty Taylor, Lillias White and Jackee Harry would head up the cast of Damn Yankees. Damn Yankees will perform Tuesday, November 6 through Sunday, November 25 (opening November 7) at UCLA's Freud Playhouse.
This September, Upright Cabaret returns to the place it all began for a festival of new generation cabaret. From a Broadway Diva to a Goddess...from a future Fashion Mogul to a Farm Girl. Shane Scheel, Chris Isaascson and Trapper Felides are thrilled to present an eclectic mix of some of the hottest talent in the country...
Co-stars of Stephen Schwartz's hit Broadway and Los Angeles companies of Wicked will perform in 'Broadway Unplugged at The Ford' on Monday, October 15 at 8PM at the outdoor John Anson Ford Amphitheatre.
That roar of applause heard from UCLA's Freud Playhouse is a two-fold result of the top-notch production of On Your Toes as part of Reprise! Broadway's Best as well as a note of approval for the smash up job from the company's newest artistic director, actor Jason Alexander...
'Fractured Broadway 2' produced by Ronn Goswick, Executive Producer and Director of the Valley Musical Theatre (which just completed its second year of operation), was a sold-out success on June 11, 2007 at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood, CA.
The Valley Musical Theatre announced that stars of Wicked, Jersey Boys and NBC's 'Grease: You're the One that I Want' will join the already star-studded benefit event, Fractured Broadway 2, on June 11 at the El Portal Theatre...
Ronn Goswick, Executive Producer of The Valley Musical Theatre (VMT), announced today that a second, all-new production of 'Fractured Broadway' will be presented June 11th at 8:00 pm at the historic El Portal Theatre as a Benefit for the Valley Musical Theatre's programming and educational programs.
Golden Globe-award winner and Emmy and Tony-nominated actor Scott Bakula, who starred on Broadway in Romance/Romance and has thrilled TV audiences with his series 'Quantum Leap' and 'Enterprise,' will star as David in the final Reprise! Broadway's Best production of its 2006-2007 season - Richard Rodgers's 2962 musical No Strings, running May 8th through 20th.
Stars of theatre, film and television gathered last weekend (March 10 and 11) for the 23rd Annual Southland Theatre Artists Goodwill Event (S.T.A.G.E.), the longest continuously running AIDS benefit in the world, raising more than $300,000 for AIDS Project Los Angeles...
West Hollywood was full of love last Friday as the boys of UPRIGHT Cabaret took over the romantic hot spot La Boheme for their monthly evening of world-class entertainment chalk full of stage and screen stars, creating an only in Los Angeles moment...
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