Gilbert Cates News

The?London Folies, a spectacular West End summer variety show comes to Leicester Square?Theatre, featuring glamorous, sexy showgirls, international artists of repute including Irish sensation James Devine - Guinness World Records' the fatest tap dancer on the planet - is a celebration of London's fantastic melting pot of culture and diversity.

With Matthew Modine playing a role he is unequivocally perfect for (a fictionalized version of himself), one can imagine the casting challenge for the rest of the characters in the Geffen Playhouse's upcoming production of Matthew Modine Saves the Alpacas. But - barring having identical names to the characters they play - the Geffen Playhouse's cast includes a troupe of comedians befitting their satirical roles.

The?London Folies, a spectacular West End summer variety show comes to Leicester Square?Theatre, featuring glamorous, sexy showgirls, international artists of repute including Irish sensation James Devine - Guinness World Records' the fatest tap dancer on the planet - is a celebration of London's fantastic melting pot of culture and diversity.

The?London Folies, a spectacular West End summer variety show comes to Leicester Square?Theatre, featuring glamorous, sexy showgirls, international artists of repute including Irish sensation James Devine - Guinness World Records' the fatest tap dancer on the planet - is a celebration of London's fantastic melting pot of culture and diversity.

Rick Culbertson, in association with Lynn Marks and Paradox Entertainment, today announced that Divorce! The Musical will have an open-ended run at the Hudson Mainstage Theatre (6539 Santa Monica Blvd.). The world premiere production, now in its fourth smash month, features music, lyrics and book by 2008 Frederick Loewe Award-winner Erin Kamler (Runway 69 at New Dramatists). Multi award-winning director Rick Sparks (They Shoot Horses, Don?t They?) directs and musical stage this comedy about one couple?s hellish journey to un-tie the knot. Divorce! The Musical also features musical direction and arrangements by Ovation Award-winner David O (Ubu Roi and Jason Robert Brown?s 13).

Rick Culbertson, in association with Lynn Marks and Paradox Entertainment, today announced that DIVORCE! THE MUSICAL has been extended again by popular demand through May 17, 2009, at the Hudson Mainstage Theatre (6539 Santa Monica Blvd.). The world premiere production features music, lyrics and book by 2008 Frederick Loewe Award-winner Erin Kamler (Runway 69 at New Dramatists).

The Geffen Playhouse adds Bill Cain?s new play Equivocation to its 2009/2010 lineup as well as confirms director John Rando to helm Matthew Modine Saves the Alpacas. The Geffen Playhouse?s 2009 / 2010 season boasts award-winning actors (including Annette Bening, Laurence Fishburne and Matthew Modine), acclaimed directors (Randall Arney, Gil Cates, Leonard Foglia and John Rando) and contemporary new works, including two world premieres, a North American premiere and a West Coast premiere.

The Geffen Playhouse's 2009 / 2010 season boasts award-winning actors (including Annette Bening, Laurence Fishburne and Matthew Modine), acclaimed directors (including Geffen Playhouse's own Gil Cates and Randall Arney), and contemporary new works, including two world premieres, a North American premiere and a West Coast premiere.

It was with great dismay that I read a recent notice in the Los Angeles Times of layoffs amongst the theatre critic and arts coverage world at publications including the LA Weekly, Daily Variety and the L.A. Daily News...

Susan Barton, a twenty year veteran of the Los Angeles theater community will assume the role of managing director at the Geffen Playhouse until a nationwide search can be completed.

Stephen Eich, managing director of the Geffen Playhouse since August 2000, tendered his resignation effective in mid-June, after the opening of the theater's final production from its 07/08 season.

The Geffen Playhouse will stage the West Coast premiere of David Lindsay-Abaire's Rabbit Hole (starring Amy Ryan, Joyce Van Patten and Tate Donovan), the world premiere of Carrie Fisher's one-woman show Wishful Drinking, Jeffrey Hatcher's A Picasso, and the West Coast premiere of Neil LaBute's Fat Pig, which will be directed by the playwright

Both I Am My Own Wife and Wicked will have productions in LA in June and July, with the former at the Wadsworth Theatre and the latter at the Pantages