Jan Roper News

After two years of delayed or canceled shows, zoom auditions, and virtual casting, Musical Theatre West will hold the first live, in person auditions of their new season the week of May 10 for their upcoming production of Grease. Auditions and Rehearsals will be held at the MTW's rehearsal hall: 4350 E 7th Street, Long Beach, CA 90804. Performances will be held at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center: 6200 E Atherton St, Long Beach, CA 90815.

THE PATH TO CATHERINE – A NEW MUSICAL, by Patricia Zehentmayr and Jan Roper, will be performed by Write Act Rep from March 27th - May 1st, 2022, at the Brickhouse Theatre in North Hollywood.

SheLA Arts has announced their lineup for the 2021 SheLA Summer Theater Festival. The Festival will run from July 12-18, 2021, at Hollywood's Zephyr Theatre with a hybrid in-person and digital audience. SheLA Arts is a program of SheNYC Arts, the country's premier program for showcasing up-and-coming women writers and composers.

Head inside Twisted Broadway 3, the third annual Theatre LA Cares fundraiser, this year in support of Red Cross Australia animal rescue.

Broadway favorite Teri Bibb (The Phantom of the Opera, She Loves Me) has joined the cast of Twisted Broadway 3, the third annual Theatre LA Cares fundraiser, this year in support of Red Cross Australia animal rescue, it was announced today by producer Susan Grace. Hosted by Jason Graae (Forever Plaid, Ragtime, Wicked) with musical direction by Jan Roper and directed by Linda Kerns, show time is 8pm on Tuesday, March 10, at Feinstein's at Vitello's in Studio City.

Theatre LA Cares has announced the third annual Twisted Broadway fundraiser, this year in support of Red Cross Australia animal rescue. Hosted by Jason Graae with musical direction by Jan Roper and directed by Linda Kerns, the curtain will rise at 8pm on Tuesday, March 10, at Feinstein's at Vitello's in Studio City.

Antonia Vivino, stars as the lead character Veronia Sawyer in the popular 'Heathers:The Musical,' opening tomorrow, Friday, January 10th at Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center.Presented by Studio C Performing Arts Studio.

Studio C Performing Arts will present HEATHERS THE MUSICAL for a special five performance limited engagement at the Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center, 3050 E. Los Angeles Ave., in Simi Valley from January 10-18, 2020. Performances are Friday, January 10th & 17th at 8 pm, Sunday, January 12th 2 pm and Saturday, January 18th at 2 pm & 8 pm. Tickets for the high-energy rock musical HEATHERS THE MUSICAL are $24-$28 and can be ordered by calling (805) 583-7900 or online at Simi-Arts.org/Events. Special group rates are available.

Open Fist's clever, hilarious World Premiere musical adaptation of Neil Simon's MUSICAL FOOLS is a hilarious musical adaptation of his play, Fools, with book and lyrics by Simon, and music and lyrics by Phil Swann and Ron West, a veteran comedy genius from Chicago's Second City, who has directed the laugh fest like a Monty Python version of Fiddler on the Roof performed by the original Not Ready for Prime Time Players. Off-the-wall hysterical choreography by Louisa Kendrick Burton greatly enhances the comedy, with musical direction by Jan Roper often adding in the flavor of Eastern European Klezmer music.

Dumba?? dumbera?? dumbest? Open Fist Theatre Company presents the world premiere of Neil Simon's Musical Fools, an adaptation of the Simon play Fools, with book and lyrics by Neil Simon and music and lyrics by Phil Swann and Ron West (deLEARious, The People Vs Friar Laurence). West also directs, with music direction by Jan Roper and choreography by Louisa Kendrick Burton. Neil Simon's Musical Fools opens Oct. 12 at Atwater Village Theatre, where performances will continue through Nov. 17; pay-what-you-want previews begin Oct. 4.

Dumb... dumber... dumbest? Open Fist Theatre Company presents the world premiere of Neil Simon's Musical Fools, an adaptation of the Simon play Fools, with book and lyrics by Neil Simon and music and lyrics by Phil Swann and Ron West (deLEARious, The People Vs Friar Laurence). West also directs, with music direction by Jan Roper and choreography by Louisa Kendrick Burton. Neil Simon's Musical Fools opens Oct. 12 at Atwater Village Theatre, where performances will continue through Nov. 17; pay-what-you-want previews begin Oct. 4.

Musical Theatre Guild, the winner of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Margaret Harford Award for sustained excellence in the theatre, will open their 24th Anniversary season with BARNUM, the Tony Award-winning musical by Cy Coleman, Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble. The one-night-only concert will take place at Glendale's historic Alex Theatre on Sunday, September 22, 2019 at 7:00 PM.

The Micro-Musical Theatre Show's new production of the micro-musical CITY OF LIGHT is now available!

After a sold-out Wallis debut in July, A Little New Music will spotlight another lineup of emerging musical theatre talents for The Sorting Room's 2018 Winter Session at The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday, December 20 at 7:00 p.m. A Little New Music's audiences will enjoy original musical theatre songs firsthand before they hit Broadway or the regional circuit.

A concert reading of City of Light, a new musical written by Jan Roper, Gabrielle Wagner, and Julie Weiner, is coming to Feinstein's/54 Below. Directed by Autumn Reeser ("The Arrangement," "Entourage," "The O.C."), City of Light was selected by Stephen Schwartz for the ASCAP Musical Theater Workshop, and was presented as part of the SheNYC Theater Festival. Set in Paris, City of Light is a modern, romantic musical comedy - with an unexpected twist -- that will make you want to book the next flight to France!

Next week, FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.54Below.com/Feinsteins or call (646) 476-3551.

A concert reading of City of Light, a new musical written by Jan Roper, Gabrielle Wagner, and Julie Weiner, is coming to Feinstein's/54 Below. Directed by Autumn Reeser ("The Arrangement," "Entourage," "The O.C."), City of Light was selected by Stephen Schwartz for the ASCAP Musical Theater Workshop, and was presented as part of the SheNYC Theater Festival. Set in Paris, City of Light is a modern, romantic musical comedy - with an unexpected twist -- that will make you want to book the next flight to France!

Presented by a brand new Production group, 4 Leaf Music Productions, in Association with Golden Performing Arts Center, and based on a 1934 Kaufman and Hart play of the same name, this musical tells the story of three friends, Franklin, Charley, and Mary, and the progressive decadence of their bonds and their dreams. The story is told in reverse. When it begins, in 1980, they're in their 40's: Franklin, is a rich, successful, conceited and confused noted songwriter; Charley, the lyricist in the duo, has cut off ties with his partner after a nervous breakdown and Mary is a lonely alcoholic still secretly in love with Franklin from when they first met, years and years ago. As we move forward in the play but backwards in time, we see how their friendships disintegrate, along with their aspirations and Franklin's many whirlwind marriages. Rewinding through the '70s and '60s, we end up in 1957, when the three of them meet for the first time, on a rooftop in the city, all hopeful young talents per-chance gathering to watch Sputnik go by in the pre-dawn sky. The song they sing, 'Our Time' ('We're the movers, we're the shapers/ the names in tomorrow's papers'), is undercut by some very keen irony, since we've already seen how it all turns out, at the beginning.

FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents a concert reading of City of Light, a new musical written by Jan Roper, Gabrielle Wagner, and Julie Weiner.  Directed by Autumn Reeser ("The Arrangement," "Entourage," "The O.C."), City of Light was selected by Stephen Schwartz for the ASCAP Musical Theater Workshop, and was presented as part of the SheNYC Theater Festival.  Set in Paris, City of Light is a modern, romantic musical comedy - with an unexpected twist -- that will make you want to book the next flight to France!

NEXT TO NORMAL officially opened Saturday night, June 2nd, 2018.  A multi-award and Pulitzer Prize winningmusical by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt. The acclaimed rock musical opened to a sold out house and standing ovation. An unflinching look at a suburban family struggling with the effects of mental illness.