A new play by award-winning playwright Luke Yankee will receive its world premiere at UC-Irvine this November. The Last Lifeboat is the untold story of J. Bruce Ismay, the owner of the White Star Line at the time of the sinking of the Titanic, whose decision to save himself rather than go down with the ship made him the scapegoat for one of the greatest disasters of all time. An ensemble cast playing multiple roles tells this epic tale which explores not only the tragedy itself, but the sensationalized trials and aftermath of the night that changed the world forever. The production will be directed and produced by Don Hill, Vice Chair of the UCI Drama Department.
BWW TV's LA Correspondent/Co-Producer Michael Sterling and Videographer/Co-Producer Jordan Santacana were front and center with the stars attending the Actors Fund 18th Annual Tony® Awards Live Viewing Fundraising Party made possible by Tony® Awards Productions, Inc., the American Theatre Wing, the Broadway League, Direct TV and CBS. Wells Fargo presented the evening Sunday, June 8, 2014 at the Skirball Cultural Center's new Guerin Pavilion/Herscher Hall in Los Angeles which was reported by event producer Luke Yankee to have raised $300,000. Check out the video below!
There may not have been 76 trombones, but Florence Henderson and Constantine Maroulis did excellent impersonations of librarian Marian Paroo and Harold Hill of 'The Music Man' fame, as they lead a 28 piece marching Broadway band into the Skirball Cultural Center in the new Guerin Pavilion/Herscher Hall to begin an evening of co-hosting for the Actors Fund's 18th Annual Tony Awards® Party. Check out the photos below!
Join co-hosts Florence Henderson and Constantine Maroulis as Broadway legend, Barbara Cook, receives The Julie Harris Award for Artistic Achievement at The Actors Fund's 18th Annual Tony Awards Viewing Party on June 8th, 2014. Wells Fargo will sponsor the event, directed, produced and written by Luke Yankee.
Did you ever wonder what it was like to be a part of showbiz history? You know, Ethel Merman teaching you how to make martinis while Paul Newman gave you acting tips. And then, fielding all those annoying telephone calls from reporters the night your Mom won the Oscar? Welcome to the world of Luke Yankee, son of Broadway and Hollywood actress Eileen Heckart. In DIVA DISH, his one-man show playing a one night only benefit performance for the ANAHEIM PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FOUNDATION at Fox Pointe Manor on September 21, 2013, that's exactly what you'll experience.
Broadway Icon and nine time TONY Award winner, Tommy Tune, hosted The Actors Fund's 17th Annual Tony Awards Viewing Party at the Taglyan Cultural Complex on Sunday, June 9th, 2013. Produced and written by David Rambo and directed by Luke Yankee, the event featured the only approved live TONY Award feed direct from New York to California, allowing guests of the Actors Fund to view the awards before the rest of West Coast viewed the delayed broadcast.
This year the "Julie Harris Award for Lifetime Achievement" was presented to Jason Alexander, "A man worthy of the tribute for both his illustrious career and for his support of The Fund over the years," said The Fund's President and CEO, Joe Benincasa. See below for photos from the event!
Elizabeth Wilson, one of America's most successful career actors and a Theatre Hall of Famer, will be saluted with the Jerome Lawrence Award, in a small Kansas town that celebrates a hometown playwright.
Elizabeth Wilson, one of America's most successful career actors and a Theatre Hall of Famer, will be saluted with the Jerome Lawrence Award, in a small Kansas town that celebrates a hometown playwright.
The International City Theatre will present Private Lives - Noël Coward's stylish, savvy comedy about the people we can't live with - or without. Divorcés Amanda and Elyot meet up again quite by accident while on their second honeymoons, with brand-new spouses in tow. Fireworks fly as their reunion reveals just how quickly romance - and rivalry - can be rekindled.
Sparks fly when Amanda and Elyot, formerly married to each other, find themselves in adjoining hotel honeymoon suites - each with a brand-new spouse in tow. Private Lives, Noël Coward's stylish, savvy comedy about the people we can't live with - or without - opens at International City Theatre in the Long Beach Performing Arts Center on August 26.
The International City Theatre will present Private Lives - Noël Coward's stylish, savvy comedy about the people we can't live with - or without. Divorcés Amanda and Elyot meet up again quite by accident while on their second honeymoons, with brand-new spouses in tow. Fireworks fly as their reunion reveals just how quickly romance - and rivalry - can be rekindled.
The International City Theatre will present Private Lives - Noël Coward's stylish, savvy comedy about the people we can't live with - or without. Divorcés Amanda and Elyot meet up again quite by accident while on their second honeymoons, with brand-new spouses in tow. Fireworks fly as their reunion reveals just how quickly romance - and rivalry - can be rekindled.
Sparks fly when Amanda and Elyot, formerly married to each other, find themselves in adjoining hotel honeymoon suites - each with a brand-new spouse in tow. Private Lives, Noël Coward's stylish, savvy comedy about the people we can't live with - or without - opens at International City Theatre in the Long Beach Performing Arts Center on August 26.
London: the birthplace of so many great musicals, and the host of the 2012 Olympics. Now, put those two ideas together, and you get a new musical revue about the Olympics. It's called In the Mind of Olympians, and it's being co-written by writers in London as well as Los Angeles, through Mercury Musical Developments in London and the Academy for New Musical Theatre in Los Angeles.
London: the birthplace of so many great musicals, and the host of the 2012 Olympics. Now, put those two ideas together, and you get a new musical revue about the Olympics. It's called In the Mind of Olympians, and it's being co-written by writers in London as well as Los Angeles, through Mercury Musical Developments in London and the Academy for New Musical Theatre in Los Angeles.
The Katselas Theatre Company continues its 2010 Season with the World Premiere of 'The Jesus Hickey,' a modern day fable about the seduction of celebrity. Written and directed by Luke Yankee, the production stars acclaimed film/television/stage actor Harry Hamlin. Producing is Gary Grossman.
The Katselas Theatre Company continues its 2010 Season with the World Premiere of 'The Jesus Hickey,' a modern day fable about the seduction of celebrity. Written and directed by Luke Yankee, the production stars acclaimed film/television/stage actor Harry Hamlin. Producing is Gary Grossman. The production premieres Saturday, June 12 at the Skylight Theatre in Hollywood.
The Katselas Theatre Company continues its 2010 Season with the World Premiere of 'The Jesus Hickey,' a modern day fable about the seduction of celebrity. Written and directed by Luke Yankee, the production stars acclaimed film/television/stage actor Harry Hamlin. Producing is Gary Grossman.
Katselas Theater Company presents THE WORLD PREMIERE OF THE JESUS HICKEY. The play is written and directed by Luke Yankee and Produced by Gary Grossman. The show is STARRING HARRY HAMLIN and Opens Saturday, June 12
