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The Curran is proud to present NOTES OF A NATIVE SONG by Tony Award-winning writer/musician Stew and co-composer Heidi Rodewald as part of 'Curran: Under Construction,' the ground-breaking series of intimate and non-traditional programming curated by Carole Shorenstein Hays.
The Curran is proud to present Steve Cuiffo is Lenny Bruce as part of 'Curran: Under Construction,' the ground-breaking series of intimate and non-traditional programming curated by Carole Shorenstein Hays.
The Curran is proud to present Steve Cuiffo is Lenny Bruce as part of 'Curran: Under Construction,' the ground-breaking series of intimate and non-traditional programming curated by Carole Shorenstein Hays.
Carole Shorenstein Hays announced today that for the next subject of Groundbreakers, the Curran's Editor-at-Large Kevin Sessums will sit down with Tony Award-nominated actor Jonathan Groff, who is currently starring in the smash hit musical Hamilton, for a special conversation and performance.
San Francisco, CA - The Curran is proud to present Geoff Sobelle's The Object Lesson as part of 'Curran: Under Construction,' the ground-breaking series of intimate and non-traditional programming curated by Carole Shorenstein Hays. The six-performance limited engagement will begin tonight, October 14 and run through October 18 at the Curran (445 Geary St). As recently announced, 'Curran: Under Construction' kicks-off a new era for the historic theatre, which is undergoing a major renovation and will reopen as a full-sized venue in early 2017. Throughout 'Curran: Under Construction,' audiences will enter through the Curran's stage door alleyway and be seated on stage alongside the action.
Carole Shorenstein Hays announced today that author and publishing world legend Kevin Sessums has been named Editor-at-Large of the Curran theatre. His responsibilities will include managing and overseeing all editorial content for the "Curran: Under Construction" programs, as well as curating and hosting an occasional on-stage series of conversation and performance featuring today's most compelling thought leaders and artists, called Groundbreakers with Kevin Sessums.
Carole Shorenstein Hays announced today that for the inaugural installment of Groundbreakers, the Curran's Editor-at-Large Kevin Sessums will sit down with Broadway's most notorious commentator, the New York Post's Michael Riedel, to discuss the state of the theater and his new book, Razzle Dazzle: The Battle For Broadway. This event, taking place on stage at the Curran (445 Geary Street) at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, October 19, is free.
San Francisco, CA - The Curran is proud to present Geoff Sobelle's The Object Lesson as part of 'Curran: Under Construction,' the ground-breaking series of intimate and non-traditional programming curated by Carole Shorenstein Hays. The six-performance limited engagement will begin Wednesday, October 14 and run through October 18 at the Curran (445 Geary St). As recently announced, 'Curran: Under Construction' kicks-off a new era for the historic theatre, which is undergoing a major renovation and will reopen as a full-sized venue in early 2017. Throughout 'Curran: Under Construction,' audiences will enter through the Curran's stage door alleyway and be seated on stage alongside the action.
Dixon Place's new commission POUND, starring GLAAD Award-winner and Drama Desk nominee, Marga Gomez, will begin performances tonight, July 10th.
The world premiere production of 'How to be a Rock Critic' opens tonight, June 17 at 8 p.m. and continues through June 28 in a limited engagement of 12 performances at the Center Theatre Group/Kirk Douglas Theatre. Based on the writing of Lester Bangs, the rock critic who reached iconic status in the 1970s with his passionate, intellectually honest writing, 'How to be a Rock Critic' will be performed in the theatre's rehearsal space, Upstairs@KDT. Presented as part of DouglasPlus, it is a co-production with South Coast Repertory. Scroll down for a look at the cast in action!
The world premiere production of 'How to be a Rock Critic' opens Wednesday, June 17 at 8 p.m. and continues through June 28 in a limited engagement of 12 performances at the Center Theatre Group/Kirk Douglas Theatre. Based on the writing of Lester Bangs, the rock critic who reached iconic status in the 1970s with his passionate, intellectually honest writing, 'How to be a Rock Critic' will be performed in the theatre's rehearsal space, Upstairs@KDT. Presented as part of DouglasPlus, it is a co-production with South Coast Repertory. Scroll down for a first look at the cast in action!
Dixon Place's new commission POUND, starring GLAAD Award-winner and Drama Desk nominee, Marga Gomez, will begin performances on Friday, July 10th. Once called 'Amazing' and 'A Lesbian Lenny Bruce' by Robin Williams, POUND will headline Dixon Place's 24th Annual HOT! Festival, the celebration of queer culture in NYC.
The GRAMMY Foundation® Grant Program announced today that more than $200,000 in grants will be awarded to 14 recipients in the United States to help facilitate a range of research on a variety of subjects
According to Variety, George Carlin's estate will be relaunching his website on March 27, including previously unreleased or rare audio recordings.
Ben Rimalower just might be heading a revival of downtown theater. Following the wild success of his popular cabaret-theater piece, Patti Issues, which ran forever (and is still going strong), he's back with his latest entry into obsessive-compulsive issues, Bad With Money, running at The Duplex Cabaret Theatre through April. This is a profoundly darker work, laced with campy humor and his trademark spitfire delivery. It is more serious and thought provoking as he expounds on his neurotic spending habits and substance addictions.
Los Feliz is raining shows and show tunes this March at ROCKWELL Table and Stage, L.A.'s premier spot for extraordinary entertainment and sensational dining experiences (for before, during or after the shows!) - where you can have a great lunch or dinner on our outside patio, enjoy specialty cocktails and see some of the best entertainment Los Angeles has to offer!
Whereas contemporary parents struggle to keep their children away from drugs and alcohol, Kelly Carlin spent her girlhood trying to keep her parents clean and sober, Growing up with George Carlin and his wife Brenda was not the easiest task, as young Kelly figuratively spent many useless years on a street corner trying to find herself, who she truly was and what she wanted to do with her life. In a one-woman odyssey of self-discovery Carlin manages to get us to truly like her and still keep alive and in the center spotlight the sheer genius of her dad, comic icon George Carlin. My only qualm is that the show now onstage at the Falcon Theatre in Burbank could be trimmed down a tad, but overall it is engaging entertainment. A Carlin Home Companion will soon be a book published by St. Martin's Press and you can catch Kelly and her family portrait onstage through March 1.
Following the passing of his long-time friend and fellow comedic legend, Billy Crystal has penned a script, imagining the late Robin Williams in heaven. You can read it in full below, via Entertainment Weekly:
According to Page 6, Blue Rider Press has just announced plans to publish a memoir by comedian Eddie Izzard. The book, which is still untitled, is set for an early 2016 release.
Following successful runs at Ovalhouse and Forest Fringe, Christopher Brett Bailey - author of award-winning 'punk-opera' The Inconsiderate Aberrations of Billy the Kid and performer with Made In China - brings his first solo show to Battersea Arts Centre and The Marlborough. A savage, surreal, and apocalyptic blend of spoken word, storytelling, caustic humour and gutter philosophy with echoes of Lenny Bruce, William Burroughs, beat poetry and B-movies.
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