Geffen Playhouse announces Ari Brand (Broadway The Neil Simon Plays; Off-Broadway My Name is Asher Lev), Molly Ephraim (ABC's Last Man Standing, Broadway Into the Woods, Fiddler on the Roof; film Paranormal Activity), Lili Fuller (Hulu's Complete Works) and Raviv Ullman (Off-Broadway Sticks and Bones, title character in Disney's Phil of the Future) as the cast for its West Coast premiere production of Bad Jews by Joshua Harmon, directed by Matt Shakman, who is the artistic director of the Black Dahlia Theatre, a Geffen playhouse alumni (Good People, Wait Until Dark) and a noted television director (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Mad Men).
Complete Works, an independently-produced five part comedy series, has been released on Hulu and Hulu Plus. The complete series is now available, and the link to the first episode is here: hulu.com/watch/623704.
A Noise Within (ANW), the acclaimed classical repertory theatre company, presents FRANK GALATI'S adaptation of JOHN STEINBECK'S iconic THE GRAPES OF WRATH, opening Saturday, February 23 and closing Saturday, May 11, 2013 (previews begin Saturday, February 16), which brilliantly distills the quintessential American novel to its core while preserving its essence as perhaps the greatest American travel tale ever written. Directed by Michael Michetti, this timely work, filled with heartbreak and strength, features Steinbeck's words almost exclusively as well as deeply evocative music that includes period hymns, Dust Bowl songs and original music by Michael Smith written for the play's original 1988 Steppenwolf Theatre Company production, hailed by the London Daily Mail as "shatteringly perfect." The Chicago Sun-Times praised Frank Galati's adaptation as "utterly faithful to its source - that it is not only uncompromising, but devoid of sentimentality, and that it is flawless in the way it sweeps us into the lives of the characters, and their time, without a wasted word or motion." The run includes a 'Pay What You Can" date on Thursday, February 21.
Nominees for the 2012 LA STAGE Alliance Ovation Awards were announced Tuesday evening at the Renberg Theatre inside the Gay and Lesbian Center in Los Angeles. The 2012 Ovation Awards ceremony will take place on Monday, November 12, at the historic Los Angeles Theatre, 615 South Broadway, in downtown Los Angeles at 7:30 pm. For more information, visit www.LASTAGEOvations.com.
Rehearsals are underway for Ensemble Theatre Company's new production of the 1989 Tony Award-nominated musical Starmites. With music and lyrics by Barry Keating and book by Stuart Ross and Keating, Starmites will be directed and choreographed by Steve Edlund (with co-choreographer Lili Fuller).
Rehearsals are underway for Ensemble Theatre Company's new production of the 1989 Tony Award-nominated musical Starmites. With music and lyrics by Barry Keating and book by Stuart Ross and Keating, Starmites will be directed and choreographed by Steve Edlund (with co-choreographer Lili Fuller).
Rehearsals are underway for Ensemble Theatre Company's new production of the 1989 Tony Award-nominated musical Starmites. With music and lyrics by Barry Keating and book by Stuart Ross and Keating, Starmites will be directed and choreographed by Steve Edlund (with co-choreographer Lili Fuller).
Boom Kat Dance Theatre presents a World Premiere Theatrical Event - perfect for the whole family.... NeverWonderLand! NeverWonderLand asks what if Peter Pan and Wonderland's Alice left their normal, boring life in London and found each other in the same fantastical world, would they ever want to come back to reality?
Boom Kat Dance Theatre presents a World Premiere Theatrical Event - perfect for the whole family.... NeverWonderLand! NeverWonderLand asks what if Peter Pan and Wonderland's Alice left their normal, boring life in London and found each other in the same fantastical world, would they ever want to come back to reality?
