Kirk Douglas News

Have you ever wondered what it was like to swim in a giant martini? The SpyAnts Theatre Company presents the long-awaited Los Angeles premiere of Charles L. Mee's delightful, kaleidoscopic play, 'bobrauschenbergamerica'.  Director Bart DeLorenzo teams up with choreographer Ken Roht to dish up Mee's rollicking collage-montage tribute to Robert Rauschenberg that captures the happy, improvisational quality of the artist's singular vision. 'bobrauschenbergamerica' opens at [Inside] the Ford on January 23, with Pay-What-You-Can previews on January 21 and 22.

The USC School of Theatre, considered one of the premiere theatre schools in the country, launches a new tradition by honoring celebrated actor/director Robert Redford with the newly established 'Robert Redford Award for Engaged Artists' at an inaugural gala fundraiser on Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 6:30 p.m., at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills.

Following the extraordinary success of its world premiere of A Christmas Story, The Musical! and Moises Kaufman's direction of Into the Woods, Kansas City Rep continues its season of high-voltage productions with Lookingglass Theatre's presentation of Around the World in 80 Days, Jules Verne's classic novel of adventure and intrigue, written and directed by Laura Eason and staged by Heidi Stillman. The show comes to life at the Rep's Spencer Theatre January 22-February 14.

DouglasPlus continues in 2010 with the return of 'Darwin,' a family-friendly theatre piece, January 23-30; and staged workshops of the new musical 'Post Office' by Melissa James Gibson and Michael Friedman, February 17-21.

Following the extraordinary success of its world premiere of A Christmas Story, The Musical! and Moises Kaufman's direction of Into the Woods, Kansas City Rep continues its season of high-voltage productions with Lookingglass Theatre's presentation of Around the World in 80 Days, Jules Verne's classic novel of adventure and intrigue, written and directed by Laura Eason and staged by Heidi Stillman. The show comes to life at the Rep's Spencer Theatre January 22-February 14.

East West Players (EWP), the nation's premier Asian American theatre company, will be partnering with The Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST) this month as part of its first annual 'From Slavery to Freedom' campaign to raise awareness of slavery and human trafficking in the Greater Los Angeles area, the U.S. and around the world.

Goblins, ghouls and ghosts of the 1980s haunt SCR's latest world premiere, Doctor Cerberus, which makes its debut April 11 - May 2 on the Julianne Argyros Stage.

'Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo' by Rajiv Joseph and Directed by Moisés Kaufman

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Dale Wasserman and directed by Ryan White opens January 8th and runs through February 20th at the Maverick Theater in Fullerton, CA. Performs Friday and Saturday nights at 8:00 p.m., Saturday Matinees at 3:00 p.m., starting January 16th.

Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for not for profit professional theatre, is pleased to announce that in 2009, twenty-seven Edgerton Foundation New American Play Awards were granted to theatres around the country.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Dale Wasserman and directed by Ryan White opens January 8th and runs through February 20th at the Maverick Theater in Fullerton, CA. Performs Friday and Saturday nights at 8:00 p.m., Saturday Matinees at 3:00 p.m., starting January 16th.

La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment are t-h-r-i-l-l-e-d to present the third production of La Mirada Theatre's 2009-2010 season of shows, the Tony Award-winning musical THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE, music and lyrics by William Finn, book by Rachel Sheinkin, conceived by Rebecca Feldman, additional material by Jay Reiss, choreography by DJ Gray, musical direction by David O and directed by Jeff Maynard.

The SF Playhouse (Bill English, Artistic Director; Susi Damilano, Producing Director) is thrilled to announce the West Coast Premiere of Rajiv Joseph's Animals Out of Paper will fill their previously unannounced Winter slot.

Grammy nominated song writer Barbara Hart and Cheryl Gimbel have joined forces to create a world premiere musical debuting in Los Angeles, with the incomparable Kay Cole at the helm. In the musical, a low-life building inspector tries to bring down the decades old Rose Bowl bowling alley. As justice is being sought, Cupid's arrow is launched...but the Rose Bowl Queens may not survive. Ain't likely ta git much funner en this.

The SF Playhouse (Bill English, Artistic Director; Susi Damilano, Producing Director) is thrilled to announce the West Coast Premiere of Rajiv Joseph's Animals Out of Paper will fill their previously unannounced Winter slot.

Martin Sheen will return to the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play that brought him a Tony Award nomination in 1964, and join with Frances Conroy and Brian Geraghty in 'The Subject Was Roses' by Frank D. Gilroy, it was announced today by Center Theatre Group Artistic Director Michael Ritchie. 'The Subject Was Roses' replaces the previously announced 'Speed-the-Plow' by David Mamet as the first production in the Taper's 2010 season at the Los Angeles Music Center, February 10 through March 21, 2010. Opening is set for February 21.

La Jolla Playhouse is pleased to announce the complete cast of its world-premiere musical Bonnie & Clyde, music by Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll & Hyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel), lyrics by Tony Award-winner Don Black (Sunset Boulevard, Song and Dance), book by Ivan Menchell (The Cemetery Club, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), with direction and musical staging by Jeff Calhoun (Deaf West's Big River and Pippin, Grease!), playing November 10 - December 20, 2009 in the Playhouse's Mandell Weiss Theatre.

Have you ever wondered what it was like to swim in a giant martini? The SpyAnts Theatre Company presents the long-awaited Los Angeles premiere of Charles L. Mee's delightful, kaleidoscopic play, 'bobrauschenbergamerica'.  Director Bart DeLorenzo teams up with choreographer Ken Roht to dish up Mee's rollicking collage-montage tribute to Robert Rauschenberg that captures the happy, improvisational quality of the artist's singular vision. 'bobrauschenbergamerica' opens at [Inside] the Ford on January 23, with Pay-What-You-Can previews on January 21 and 22.

Kirk Douglas Theatre presents the world premiere of Lisa Kron's The Wake co-produced with Berkeley Repertory Theatre and directed by Leigh Silverman. Previews begin March 21. The Wake opens March 28 and is set to run through April 18, 2010.

Following the success of the inaugural round, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has renewed its New Play Development Program (NPDP) for a second round and the application period is now open.