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Axis Theatre Company is set to present David Crabb's Bad Kid, a 'dark comic tale of rebellion, sexuality and friendship Feb 17- March 10.

Axis Theatre Company is set to present David Crabb's Bad Kid, a 'dark comic tale of rebellion, sexuality and friendship Feb 17- March 10.

Elizabeth Pearson has joined the staff of the Laguna Playhouse as its Director of Development.

Axis Theatre Company is set to present David Crabb's Bad Kid, a 'dark comic tale of rebellion, sexuality and friendship Feb 17- March 10.

Axis Theatre Company is set to present David Crabb's Bad Kid, a 'dark comic tale of rebellion, sexuality and friendship Feb 17- March 10.

From 16 November 2011 a new cast of actors and puppeteers will join the National Theatre's internationally award-winning production of War Horse at the New London Theatre. Now in its fourth year, Michael Morpurgo's War Horse has been seen by over 1.5 million people world-wide.

The Laguna Playhouse's third annual Moonlight Masquerade, a sophisticated Halloween party to benefit the Playhouse in its annual fundraising efforts, has become one of the most unique and favored in town. This year's event--made even more popular by the previous years record attendance-takes place in Laguna Beach on Saturday, October 29, 6:30 pm at Tivoli Too.

The Laguna Playhouse welcomes 30-year theatre producing veteran Ann E. Wareham as Artistic Director.

The Laguna Playhouse recently welcomed three new members to its board of trustee's leadership team with the addition of Mr. Tim Carlyle and Mr. Glenn Gray of Laguna Beach and Mr. Justin Myers of Newport Beach.

The Laguna Playhouse's third annual Moonlight Masquerade, a sophisticated Halloween party to benefit the Playhouse in its annual fundraising efforts, has become one of the most unique and favored in town. This year's event--made even more popular by the previous years record attendance-takes place in Laguna Beach on Saturday, October 29, 6:30 pm at Tivoli Too.

Wilton's Vintage Christmas plays 6th ~ 18th December for 11 Shows Only!

Wilton's Vintage Christmas plays 6th ~ 18th December for 11 Shows Only!

Wilton's Music Hall presents a traditional Victorian Christmas this year with WILTON'S VINTAGE CHRISTMAS devised and directed by Nick Hutchison, which opens on Tuesday 7 December, previewing from 6 December. The limited season, which runs for only 11 performances, will end on Saturday 18 December. John Wilton will play host to an evening which mixes Charles Dickens with Henry Mayhew, Christmas carols with music hall songs, poetry with variety-style entertainment. The entire hall will be bedecked in seasonal Victorian decoration. After the 85-minute performance, the audience will be welcome to stay and enjoy some seasonal fayre - mulled wine, roasted chestnuts and more.

Wilton's Vintage Christmas plays 6th ~ 18th December for 11 Shows Only!

Open Call for Gretna Theatre, Mt. Gretna, PA. Larry Frenock, Producer; Christian Saint-Girard, Casting; Louis F. Goldberg, Musical Director. SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS (Dir Stephen Nachamie,Choreo Judy Williams-Henry, May 26-June 21) ALMOST HEAVEN - SONGS OF JOHN DENVER (DirJason Summers, June 16 - 28) GEORGE M! (Dir Dennis Courtney, June 23 - July 5)

A report out on the hollywoodreporter.com yesterday has revealed that Steve Buscemi, Stanley Tucci and Wren Arthur, the stage a screen stars that also run the Olive Productions have, have established the company's first TV projects: a drama for HBO starring Tucci and an animated comedy for TBS that will be voiced by Tucci and Buscemi.

This weekend, beginning Saturday, September 5, L.A. Theatre Works will air The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard, starring Andrea Bowen, Matt Gaydos, Carolyn Seymour, Simon Templeman, Douglas Weston, Joanne Whalley and Matthew Wolf. The broadcast can be heard locally in Southern California on Saturday from 10pm to midnight on KPCC 89.3 FM, and can also be streamed on demand at http://www.latw.org/.

Open Call for Gretna Theatre, Mt. Gretna, PA. Larry Frenock, Producer; Christian Saint-Girard, Casting; Louis F. Goldberg, Musical Director. SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS (Dir Stephen Nachamie,Choreo Judy Williams-Henry, May 26-June 21) ALMOST HEAVEN - SONGS OF JOHN DENVER (DirJason Summers, June 16 - 28) GEORGE M! (Dir Dennis Courtney, June 23 - July 5)

EAST 10TH STREET: SELF PORTRAIT WITH EMPTY HOUSE a new play by and about downtown icon Edgar Oliver, hold encore performances 2/12-2/28. This look at a life on the fringes of New York's Lower East Side comes on the heels of what could be Oliver's breakthrough role in the upcoming film from Napoleon Dynamite's Jared Hess, Gentlemen Broncos, opposite Sam Rockwell as well as a national ad campaign for mobile phones in Ireland that has become a cult phenomenon. This limited run Off-Broadway engagement is directed by Randy Sharp at Axis Theater where it premiered to critical acclaim in November 2008. In EAST 10TH STREET: SELF PORTRAIT WITH EMPTY HOUSE, downtown theatre icon Edgar Oliver takes the audience on a macabre voyage through the strange rooms of the apartment house where he has lived since his first years in New York. Inhabiting the dark, mysterious halls of this East Village tenement building are a dwarf Cabalist, a possible Nazi, the landlord's former wet nurse who apparently lives in a nest of rags, and many others. This incredible cast of real life characters illuminates a sad, funny and uniquely New York story.

Axis Company will present an encore engagement of EAST 10TH STREET: SELF PORTRAIT WITH EMPTY HOUSE, a play by and about Downtown performance icon Edgar Oliver. Originally presented in November of 2008, this stark and enigmatic look at a life on the fringes of New York's Lower East Side was acclaimed by critics and embraced by record-breaking audiences at Axis. The production comes on the heels of what could be Oliver's breakthrough role in the upcoming film from Napoleon Dynamite's Jared Hess, Gentlemen Broncos, opposite Sam Rockwell as well as a national advertising campaign for mobile phones in Ireland that has also become a cult phenomenon. Directed by Randy Sharp, and presented on an Off-Broadway contract, performances of this limited engagement begin February 12.