BEYOND ENCORES presents the shows and performers from the last seven years of Hollywood Fringe Festival (HFF) and ENCORES that excelled during and after their run and who continue to push their work to the next level. Launching this October at Studio C in Hollywood, BEYOND ENCORES is an opportunity for audiences to catch these artists as they move beyond the HFF and ENCORES.
Finding Neverland, the enchanting Broadway musical set to soar on tour this fall, began rehearsals under the visionary direction of Tony Award-winner Diane Paulus. The cast is led by Kevin Kern (Bridges of Madison County, Wicked) and Christine Dwyer (Wicked, Rent), with Tom Hewitt (Jesus Christ Superstar, Chicago), Joanna Glushak (A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder, After the Night and the Music), Jordan Cole, Finn Faulconer, Ben Krieger, Jacob Morrell, Gregory Trechel, and Mitchell Wray.
BEYOND ENCORES presents the shows and performers from the last seven years of Hollywood Fringe and ENCORES that excelled during and after their run and who continue to push their work to the next level. Launching this October at Studio C in Hollywood BEYOND ENCORES is an opportunity for artists and audience to revisit these outstanding pieces, some not seen for several years. Performers (shows) already announced include Craig Shaynak (I Am Google), Abby Schachner (Schachner vs. Schachner), Heather Dowling (Unemployed Finally), Jon Armstrong (I Do Card Tricks and I'm Funny) and Antonio Sacre (The Storyteller). Additional shows will be added including productions from the San Diego and San Francisco fringes.
BUDDY - THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY tells the enduring tale of the musical icon's meteoric rise to fame and his final legendary performance at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, before his tragic and untimely death at the age of 22. In 18 short months the Texas-born boy revolutionized the face of contemporary music influencing everyone from The Beatles to Bruce Springsteen.
Due to phenomenal demand for tickets and with more dates still to be added Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story has announced it will play at least an additional 23 theatres in 2017, extending the autumn 2016 tour which opens at Harlow Playhouse on Wednesday 31 August and arrives at the King's in Glasgow from Tuesday-Saturday 8 April.
The Encore! Producers' Awards returns for the seventh year with extended runs of the best of the Hollywood Fringe Festival, running July 8 through August 20, 2016 at ten Hollywood venues. Produced by Combined Artform, this year's extensions feature an exciting selection of exceptional ensemble and solo work at Actors Company, Asylum @ Studio C, Asylum @ McCadden Place Theatre, Asylum @ 6470, Lounge Theatre, Los Angeles LGBT Center, The MET Theatre, Sacred Fools Theatre, The Complex and Three Clubs. With multiple shows per venue each weekend and the special deals and gatherings at Three Clubs bar, the action-packed atmosphere of the Hollywood Fringe Festival vibe will continue through August.
Due to phenomenal demand for tickets and with more dates still to be added Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story has announced it will play at least an additional 23 theatres in 2017, extending the autumn 2016 tour which opens at Harlow Playhouse on Wednesday 31 August.
Gary Naylor sees the kind of show that will never will never appear in the nominations for prestigious awards, but was an ideal way to spend a Friday night up West.
Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment and Guy James present FOREVER PLAID, directed and staged by Grant Murphy, at St. James Studio, London from 5 - 24 April 2016. Press Performance: Friday, 8 April at 8pm. The full cast for three-week run of Forever Plaid at St. James Theatre Studio will feature Jon Lee alongside Keith Jack, Matthew Quinn and Luke Striffler. Meet the cast below!
Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment and Guy James present FOREVER PLAID, directed and staged by Grant Murphy, at St. James Studio, London from 5 - 24 April 2016. Press Performance: Friday, 8 April at 8pm. The full cast for three-week run of Forever Plaid at St. James Theatre Studio will feature Jon Lee alongside Keith Jack, Matthew Quinn and Luke Striffler.
After nearly two decades, Sacred Fools Theater Company announces a departure from their East Hollywood birthplace of 660 N. Heliotrope Drive, and immediate relocation to Theater Row in Hollywood as the resident theater company for the space formerly known as the Elephant / Asylum Complex at 1076 North Lillian Way at Santa Monica Boulevard. Sacred Fools will be occupying and managing the entire establishment, including all five theater stages, beginning January 1, 2016.
This year we celebrate the 14th anniversary of everyone's favorite mall elf, Crumpet, in THE SANTALAND DIARIES by David Sedaris and adapted to the stage by Joe Mantello. See the show that has become an 'anti-holiday tradition' for San Francisco's audiences and escape the craziness of the holidays with Combined Artform at the Eureka Theatre.
This year we celebrate the 14th anniversary of everyone's favorite mall elf, Crumpet, in THE SANTALAND DIARIES by David Sedaris and adapted to the stage by Joe Mantello. See the show that has become an 'anti-holiday tradition' for San Francisco's audiences and escape the craziness of the holidays with Combined Artform at the Eureka Theatre.
This year we celebrate the 14th anniversary of everyone's favorite mall elf, Crumpet, in The Santaland Diaries by David Sedaris and adapted to the stage by Joe Mantello. See the show that has become an 'anti-holiday tradition' for San Francisco's audiences and escape the craziness of the holidays with Combined Artform at the Eureka Theatre.
ALIEN VS. MUSICAL the runaway Hollywood Fringe hit, is being extended by Combined Artform's Matthew Quinn at Theatre Asylum for a 6 week run, starting Friday August 7 at 8pm.
The Encore! Producers' Awards return for the sixth year with extended runs of the best productions of the Hollywood Fringe Festival, running July 5-31, 2015 at six Los Angeles venues. Produced by Combined Artform, this year's extensions feature an exciting selection of exceptional ensemble and solo work performances at Theatre Asylum, The Complex, The Hudson Theatre, The Lounge, Actors Company, The Three Clubs and Bootleg Theater. Catch over 50 of the top productions from this years explosive Hollywood Fringe.
SUICIDE NOTES: In Their Own Words is a gripping one hour play that uses real suicide notes and performed by four actors in the vein of The Vagina Monologues and Love Letters. Stan Zimmerman, a TV and film veteran and award winning theatre writer/director, returns to Hollywood Fringe Festival for his three straight year. But this time, he departs from his usual comedy ventures to create this unique theatrical piece after loosing a close friend to suicide three years ago.
SUICIDE NOTES: In Their Own Words is a gripping one hour play that uses real suicide notes and performed by four actors in the vein of The Vagina Monologues and Love Letters. Stan Zimmerman, a TV and film veteran and award winning theatre writer/director, returns to Hollywood Fringe Festival for his three straight year. But this time, he departs from his usual comedy ventures to create this unique theatrical piece after loosing a close friend to suicide three years ago.
Directly from Italy, The Fabulous Dreams Production comes back at Hollywood Fringe Festival in Los Angeles for the second time, with a world premiere of "The Snail", a dark comedy show.
Black Box Theatre presents a limited Los Angeles engagement of San Francisco Bay Area theater luminary Trevor Allen's critically acclaimed solo show WORKING FOR THE MOUSE. Coming to Hollywood on this leg of the "Cease and Desist" tour, he is bringing the show for the first time to Southern California, where the magic all began.
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