Mark Brown News

Theatre Now New York proudly announces the ten musical finalists that will be featured in the Third Annual Sound Bites 10-Minute Musical Theatre Festival. This year's benefit festival will be performing on January 18, 2016 (Martin Luther King Holiday), at 7:00 pm at the 47th Street Theatre, 304 West 47th Street, in Manhattan. Tickets go on sale to the public on December 1st at www.tnny.org or by calling 855-254-SHOW [7469]. Sound Bites Musical Theatre Festival benefits the development of new musicals.

Gregory Boyd, Artistic Director of the Tony Award-winning Alley Theatre, announced the addition of two plays to its 2015-2016 Inaugural Season in the newly renovated Hubbard Theatre. Mark Brown's AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS will run March 4 through April 3, 2016 followed by Lucas Hnath's THE CHRISTIANS April 22 - May 15, 2016.

Ocean State Theatre Company (OSTC), currently celebrating its fourth season in its state-of-the-art theatre in Warwick is proud to present the "original amazing race," Around the World in 80 Days. This madcap, magical adaptation of the Jules Verne classic, with additional support provided by Healthtrax Fitness & Wellness, will enjoy a limited run at Ocean State Theatre from November 4 - 22.

Stampeding elephants! Raging typhoons! Runaway trains! Unabashedly slapstick! Audiences will need to buckle their seatbelts for the original amazing race as Maurer Productions OnStage presents AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS at Mercer County Community College's ( MCCC's) Kelsey Theatre.

Stampeding elephants! Raging typhoons! Runaway trains! Unabashedly slapstick! Audiences will need to buckle their seatbelts for the original amazing race as Maurer Productions OnStage presents AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS at Mercer County Community College's ( MCCC's) Kelsey Theatre.

Authentic Pop Collectibles (http://www.authenticpopcollectibles.com) announced today a partnership with artist, director and producer Rob Prior and Dragon Con to host a special celebrity memorabilia event during Dragon Con on September 4-7, 2015 to raise awareness and money for the Lymphoma Research Foundation and its fight against cancer.

Authentic Pop Collectibles (http://www.authenticpopcollectibles.com) announced today a partnership with artist, director and producer Rob Prior and Dragon Con to host a special celebrity memorabilia event during Dragon Con on September 4-7, 2015 to raise awareness and money for the Lymphoma Research Foundation and its fight against cancer.

On September 26, the Long Beach Playhouse opens its 87th Mainstage Season with lower ticket prices for Friday night shows. Instead of paying $24, the Friday night single ticket price will be $20.

Do not miss a summer surprise of this poignant and provocative new musical.

On September 26, the Long Beach Playhouse opens its 87th Mainstage Season. This year's season is a celebration of authors and their finest works with classics including Pygmalion, The Mousetrap, A Raisin in the Sun and Around the World in 80 Days. The season opens with Lanford Wilson's comedy classic, Hot L Baltimore on September 26, 2015. The season curtain falls on August 6, 2016 with the musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. In between are six plays, including a two-weekend run of A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens.

TheatreSquared (T2) Artistic Director Robert Ford and Executive Director Martin Miller today revealed the lineup for the 2015 Arkansas New Play Festival, Arkansas's premier celebration of new works for the American stage. Five plays will be developed over three intensive weeks with playwrights in residence at TheatreSquared, and performed for the public June 18-28, 2015.

Kevin Coubal, Eva Abramian, Andrew Carter, Philip Kreyche and Bruce Ladd star in the ACTORS CO-OP production of 'AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS,' adapted by Mark Brown and directed by Rhonda Kohl and now playing at the Actors Co-op David Schall Theatre in Hollywood. Check out photos of the production below!

FST is proud to announce the winning plays of this year's Young Playwright's Festival. Playwrights have been hard at work creating their own original scenes, characters, and dialogue. However, these playwrights are not what you might expect - that is, they are all students ranging from Kindergarten to 12th grade. FST is proud to announce that this year's winning plays have now been selected and are being presented in UNDER SIX which runs through May 22.

Actors Co-op is thrilled to announce its fifth and final show in its 2014-2015 season (and 23rd year of producing theatrical excellence in Los Angeles!) with AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS, by Mark Brown (based on the novel by Jules Verne), produced by Thomas Chavira and directed by Rhonda Kohl. AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS will preview tonight, May 6 and Thursday, May 7 at 8pm and will open on Friday, May 8 at 8pm and run through Sunday, June 14 at the Actors Co-op David Schall Theatre, 1760 N. Gower St. (on the campus of the First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood) in Hollywood.

Curtain Call Podcast, an audio podcast featuring hour-long interviews with diverse theater professionals, announces the release of Episode Nine (9) with special guest Bart DeLorenzo available for free download starting May 1, 2015.

FST is proud to announce the winning plays of this year's Young Playwright's Festival. Playwrights have been hard at work creating their own original scenes, characters, and dialogue. However, these playwrights are not what you might expect - that is, they are all students ranging from Kindergarten to 12th grade. FST is proud to announce that this year's winning plays have now been selected and are being presented in UNDER SIX which runs through May 22.

Actors Co-op is thrilled to announce its fifth and final show in its 2014-2015 season (and 23rd year of producing theatrical excellence in Los Angeles!) with AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS, by Mark Brown (based on the novel by Jules Verne), produced by Thomas Chavira and directed by Rhonda Kohl. AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS will preview on Wednesday, May 6 and Thursday, May 7 at 8pm and will open on Friday, May 8 at 8pm and run through Sunday, June 14 at the Actors Co-op David Schall Theatre, 1760 N. Gower St. (on the campus of the First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood) in Hollywood.

Theaters will be packed across Des Moines this month with shows for every kind of audience.

The first phase of production of the action-comedy film titled 'My Good Friend Manny,' starring world-boxing champion and international superstar Manny Pacquiao, has been launched by veteran filmmaker, Mark Brown and Filipino-American entrepreneur, Danny Cruz. The film is budgeted and produced to go through the studio production, marketing and distribution system in mainstream Hollywood fashion. With Manny Pacquiao's busy fight training schedule, for the upcoming 'Fight of the Century' with Floyd Mayweather this May 2nd, the production timing will work around him. Preproduction work will take place during the next several months, with camera shoots for Manny's role to take place during the hiatus between fights, his next one most likely in November. 'Win or lose, the show will go on,' said Mr. Cruz, when asked about Manny's chances in the fight, and whether it would affect the film production. He continued, 'Manny is a great boxer, athlete, and personality who will continue to fight and act, with millions of adoring fans for years to come, and the movie will be in great demand.' Mark Brown, an executive producer of this film, has many years of Hollywood experience, ranging from acting, to writing, directing and producing. Some of his credits include the successful MGM's 'Barbershop' and 'Barbershop 2', BET's 'Baldwin Hills', as well as 'The Salon' starring Vivaca A. Fox. Mark and Danny have worked together on a number of technology and media projects throughout the world, and have come together again to work with Filipino superstar, Manny Pacquiao, in what is sure to be a Hollywood blockbuster film. About the Film Production: The film just made its debut on Kickstarter, the largest and most successful crowdfunding site in the world. Currently active, the film Kickstarter is at: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1145329802/a-manny-pacquiao-hollywood-film.

Ocean State Theatre Company (OSTC) has announced that its fourth season in their state-of-the-art theatre located at 1245 Jefferson Boulevard in Warwick, will open with the magnificently macabre musical comedy, The Addams Family.