The NOLA Project theatre company is opening its 2013-2014 season with a bold new play about the sudden upheaval at the city's most established newspaper. Set in the busiest newsroom on the unexpected eve of the most massive change to hit New Orleans newspapers, 'A Truckload of Ink' vividly brings to life the human relationships, history, politics, back-room deals, and righteous fight to save a cultural institution from an out-of-state corporate dismantlement. New Orleans' most gifted playwright, Jim Fitzmorris, pens the timely tale inspired by real events. 'A Truckload of Ink' is ready to spill September 5th. Scroll down for a first look at the cast in action!
Series Producers, Reko Moreno and Kat Castaneda have announced that Benito Martinez will be joining the cast of actors in the new and upcoming crowdfunding film comedy series, 'Newlywed and Broke'. Martinez is well-known for his role as David Aceveda in FX Networks' acclaimed crime drama The Shield and currently appearing as 'Luis Torres', a member of a Mexican drug cartel, in FX Networks hit show 'Sons of Anarchy'.
THE CONNECTOR, a world-premiere of a new play by Tim Murray, will be presented as part of the Dream Up Festival at Theater for the New City, August 18th-26th, 2013.
The NOLA Project theatre company is opening its 2013-2014 season with a bold new play about the sudden upheaval at the city's most established newspaper. Set in the busiest newsroom on the unexpected eve of the most massive change to hit New Orleans newspapers, 'A Truckload of Ink' vividly brings to life the human relationships, history, politics, back-room deals, and righteous fight to save a cultural institution from an out-of-state corporate dismantlement. New Orleans' most gifted playwright, Jim Fitzmorris, pens the timely tale inspired by real events.
JULIAN & ROMERO, a world-premiere play by Alex Perez, will be presented as part of the Dream Up Festival at Theater for the New City, September 3rd -September 8th , 2013. The show's website is: www.dreamupfestival.org/julianromero.html
From August 18 to September 8, 2013 Theater for the New City (TNC), under the direction of Crystal Field, Artistic Director, will present its fourth 'Dream Up Festival,' a festival of adventurous theater featuring new works from across the country and abroad. Curated by the theater's Literary Manager, Michael Scott-Price, the festival offers 24 plays, of which 23 are world premieres and one is an American premiere.
The Los Angeles Crowdfunding Film Society will have its first meeting this Wednesday night. The 'meetup' is open to the public and is sponsored by The International Crowdfunding Film Festival(ICFFF.org). The event will begin at 7:00 pm and is being held at The Cat & Fiddle, in Hollywood.
I still remember seeing my first Broadway show as a child. It had everything possible: drama, comedy, and, most importantly, depth and a broad spectrum of emotion. Shows weren't pigeon-holed into one genre or another; they were expansive and beautiful works that could elicit every possible feeling from the audience and leave you feeling elated, as if you had been a part of the magical journey of the characters on stage. Nowadays, it seems as though many of the plays and musicals lack the dimension of the great shows of yesterdays and leave the audiences craving more. Whatever happened to the gripping stories that could make you laugh, cry, loathe and love all in the same two hours? While they may have gone astray in the last few years, there is finally a shining light on Broadway's horizon that can restore the lackluster Great White Way to its former glory, and 'One for My Baby' will be that beacon.
The Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) joins in the festival season this September with the return of the FREE after-dark hot spot, WunderBar, home to some of the hottest bands, dancers and DJs from 7 to 28 September in the Cascade Court, QPAC.
Amy Waters Yarsinske, author of the new book 'An American In The Basement', is one of the most highly respected researchers and 'Pow Hunters' in the world. She is now putting the pressure on the government and US military to be truthful in their commitment to finding prisoners of war and soldiers missing in action during a time where America's trust in government is getting increasingly shaky.
Surflight Theatre, under the leadership of Executive Director Ken Myers presents the 1920s musical comedy The Boy Friend, from May 25 through June 16. Check out a first look at the cast in action, below!
Michael Scott Lowery's new book, "God's Weigh to Your Ideal Body Weight: Your Body Should Glorify God" (published by WestBow Press), addresses the subject of dietary holiness. Lowery says, "What we eat matters to God." Readers will learn that living at their ideal body weight is God's will for their lives. Lowery says, "This is the birthright of every believer, achievable through dietary holiness."
The ordeal of U.S. Navy Captain Michael Scott 'Spike' Speicher, left to die after he was shot down over Iraq on January 17, 1991, is the latest in a chain of betrayals and cover-ups that have cost many an American serviceman his life.
On Saturday, May 18 and Sunday, May 19, GMC TV, America's favorite channel for uplifting entertainment, will present the funny, lighthearted and poignant original GMC World Premiere Movie Finding Normal (#FindingNormal), a 'fish-out-of-water' romantic comedy starring Candace Cameron Bure ('Full House,' The Heart of Christmas), Lou Beatty Jr. ('Grey's Anatomy,' 'NCIS,' 'Betty White's Off Their Rockers'), Andrew Bongiorno ('Satisfaction,' 'Rush'), Mark Irvingsen ('True Justice') and Trevor St. John ('One Life to Live,' 'The Client List'). Brian Herzlinger (Christmas Angel, My Date with Drew) directs from a screenplay written by Cary Solomon and Chuck Konzelman. Finding Normal was filmed in Columbia, Louisiana. The movie will premiere exclusively on GMC TV on Saturday, May 18 and Sunday, May 19 at 7:00, 9:00 and 11:00 p.m. ET/PT.
The Los Angeles based Festival of New American Musicals was formed specifically to cultivate new American musicals and nurture America's musical youth. SHOWSEARCH, the Festival's nation-wide search for the best ten minute musical written by 16-to-25-year-olds crowned its winners March 23rd in Los Angeles at the Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts, in cooperation with the LAUSD. Check out the photos below!
Berkeley Playhouse continues its fifth season with the Tony Award-winning GUYS AND DOLLS. Jon Tracy (Berkeley Playhouse, Aurora Theatre Company, Shotgun Players, San Francisco Playhouse, Magic Theatre) helms this musical from the Golden Age of Broadway, featuring a cast of 22, and choreography by Chris Black (Berkeley Playhouse, Aurora Theatre Company). GUYS AND DOLLS plays tonight, March 21 through April 28 (Press opening: March 23) at the Julia Morgan Theatre in Berkeley.
As a poignant example of the significant surge in popularity and demand for family-friendly media, MeThinx Entertainment presents a new action-packed film, THE LOST MEDALLION: THE ADVENTURES OF BILLY STONE.
