Local Playwright Willard Manus' Joe & Marilyn: A Love Story, a new play about the troubled relationship between baseball great Joe DiMaggio and Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe, debuts this Saturday, April 23rd at 8:00 pm, runs April 23 - May 22, produced by John Lant and Anne Mesa, directed by T.J. Castronovo and starring Rico Simonini and Emily Alicia Low, produced by Write Act Rep@TheBrickhouse Theatre in North Hollywood. The play was developed at the Actors Studio Playwrights/Directors Unit (West Coast), where Manus and Castronovo are fellow-members. He shared with us a bit about the play and quite a bit about his life.
A team of Broadway veterans have united to create a new commercial for ALT - A Little Taste, a petite coffee bar in the ALT for Living showroom. The piece, conceived, produced, and directed by Paul McGill (BuULLETS OVER BROADWAY, SPIDER-MAN, A CHORUS LINE), stars Olga Karmansky (PIPPIN), with wardrobe by Michael Hannah and hair and make-up by Joseph Scott Hubrich. The commercial was shot by Block 6 Films. Check it out below!
Hannah Grannemann has been named Children's Theatre of Charlotte's Executive Director. She will begin her role in July. She is currently the Managing Director of PlayMakers Repertory Company in Chapel Hill.
Children's Theatre of Charlotte will launch a search process for a new Executive Director in January. Bruce LaRowe informed the CTC's Board of Directors in October that he planned to step down at the end of December.
While Vista patrons will undoubtedly be hearing the latest Britney Spears and Katy Perry tunes blasting from speakers in bars and clubs this summer, Trustus Theatre will be opening their doors on a new production that will be inviting entertainment-seekers into a rocking evening that gives them the most extraordinary "night on the town" they can imagine.
While Vista patrons will undoubtedly be hearing the latest Britney Spears and Katy Perry tunes blasting from speakers in bars and clubs this summer, Trustus Theatre will be opening their doors on a new production that will be inviting entertainment-seekers into a rocking evening that gives them the most extraordinary 'night on the town' they can imagine. The songs of hit-writers Leiber and Stoller are the fare at Trustus as Smokey Joe's Café sizzles and pops onto the Main Stage. The show opens June 17th at 8:00pm, and runs through July 23rd, 2011.
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, under the leadership of Executive Director Stacie Burgua, is proud to welcome pianist Walt Wagner to Whidbey Island.
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, under the leadership of Executive Director Stacie Burgua, is proud to welcome pianist Walt Wagner to Whidbey Island.
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