2014 will end with four special events at Go Comedy! On Tuesday, December 23, the theater will host a special fundraiser event for The Detroit Creativity Project. The following weekend, for the second year in a row, the theater will host a 24-hour improv marathon for charity, followed by a roast 2014. Finally, Go Comedy! will bring the year to a close with two very special New Year's Eve performances of the Go Comedy! All Star Showdown. Tickets for these special events ($10 - $50) are available now online at www.gocomedy.net and beginning at 6:00pm Wednesday - Sunday in person at the Go Comedy! box office.
Theatre J's production of 'The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures' comes complete with quirks and brainy asides that can leave audiences miles behind, grasping for meaning. This being an epic affair, eventually we simply give up and let the characters live their lives, untouched and untouchable. But that's when the magic starts.
Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education and media company, announced today that it has acquired world rights to Pip Bartlett's Guide to Magical Creatures, plus two other books in a new series by #1 New York Times bestselling and Michael L. Printz Honor winning author Maggie Stiefvater and acclaimed author Jackson Pearce. The series will feature illustrations by accomplished artist Maggie Stiefvater, making her publishing debut as an illustrator. Scholastic will publish Pip Bartlett's Guide to Magical Creatures in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. The deal was negotiated by Laura Rennert from Andrea Brown Literary Agency (for Stiefvater), Josh Adams from Adams Literary (for Pearce), and David Levithan, VP, Publisher and Editorial Director at Scholastic.
With 'Unplugged,' the youthful Flying V company helps us to commune with our long-lost idols, and offers us an often-amusing and touching version of their possible afterlives. Jason Schlafstein has assembled yet another multi-talented talented cast, who provide us with the music as well as the dramatic action. Consisting of two one-acts, 'All Apologies' by Hunter Styles, and 'Me and the Devil Blues' by Seamus Sullivan, the production will be a treat for anyone who loves the music-with the bonus that we get to hear selections from some of Rock's most memorable songs. In one amusing case, we get to hear a dead star cook up another tune or two.
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company is pleased to announce the East Coast premiere of Appropriate, an audacious comic drama written by native Washingtonian Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and directed by Liesl Tommy (Eclipsed). Jacobs-Jenkins' brazen reimagining of the classic Southern family drama will continue Woolly's season-long excavation of the secrets that lie beneath America's sunny exterior.
Funny Girl is a musical with a book by Isobel Lennart, music by Jule Styne, and lyrics by Bob Merrill. The semi-biographical plot is based on the life and career of Broadway, film star and comedienne Fanny Brice and her stormy relationship with entrepreneur and gambler Nick Arnstein. Its original title was My Man. Check out the photos from opening night below!
This is a difficult piece, but one which has undeniable promise. With some tweaks here and there, I think it could be ready for primetime at an area theatre. Washington DC Artistic Directors? Hope you all took a look at this one.
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, the Denver Comic Con announced that Doctor Who celebrities Colin Baker and Daphne Ashbrook will be coming across the pond to attend the second annual pop-culture event. Joining the list of the comic elite, Denver Comic Con will play host to a star-studded cast of sci-fi, comic and animation guests including Stan Lee, George Takei, Wil Wheaton and Felicia Day. Scheduled to take place this summer at the Colorado Convention Center from May 31st - June 2nd, 2013, tickets are moving near double the pace of last year with an expected sell-out looming.
