Mr. Robinson News

Craig Robinson and Jake Johannsen are coming up this month at Comedy Works!

Veteran and award-winning stage actor, play director and theatre producer Darryl Maximilian Robinson, the Founder of the award-winning, multiracial, professional classical and contemporary chamber theatre, The Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago, and who will be appearing Oct. 14th through the 16th as the great Broadway impresario extraordinaire Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.. in new Conundrum Theatre Company revival production of FUNNY GIRL at The Historic Rialto Theatre, will discuss his life and times in his new home of L A and his 42-year-long non-Equity professional stage career and involvement in the live performing arts at 11:30 am Monday September 19th 2016 as a guest on "THE ACTOR'S CHOICE" an internet informational arts program hosted by noted entertainment and performing arts journalist Ron Brewington.  

Actor Darryl Maximilian Robinson ( Los Angeles-based theatre artist and Founder, Artistic Director And Producer of The Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago ) and Actor John Ruskin ( Founder and Authorized Instructor of The Meisner Technique at The Ruskin School of Acting in Santa Monica ) were the guests Monday Septemper 19th on THE ACTOR'S CHOICE, the informational arts program hosted by noted entertainment and performing arts journalist Ron Brewington and which is currently streaming on Youtube.com.

The School of Night is pleased as punch to announce the impending remount of its 2016 Hollywood Fringe Festival hit Punch and Judy.

Veteran and award-winning stage actor, play director and theatre producer Darryl Maximilian Robinson, the Founder of the award-winning, multiracial, professional classical and contemporary chamber theatre, The Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago, and who will be appearing Oct. 14th through the 16th as the great Broadway impresario extraordinaire Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.. in new Conundrum Theatre Company revival production of FUNNY GIRL at The Historic Rialto Theatre, will discuss his life and times in his new home of L A and his 42-year-long non-Equity professional stage career and involvement in the live performing arts at 11:30 am Monday September 19th 2016 as a guest on "THE ACTOR'S CHOICE" an internet informational arts program hosted by noted entertainment and performing arts journalist Ron Brewington.  

The School of Night is pleased as punch to announce the impending remount of its 2016 Hollywood Fringe Festival hit Punch and Judy.

Grammy Award-Winning singers Smokey Robinson and CeeLo Green, along with NBC's America's Got Talent host Nick Cannon will join the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) at its Annual Fall Gala on Saturday, October 29, 2016 in Old Greenwich, Connecticut.

DARRYL MAXIMILIAN ROBINSON, who is set to appear as the great Broadway impresario extraordinaire FLORENZ ZIEGFELD, JR. Oct. 14 th -16 th of 2016 in the new CONUNDRUM THEATRE COMPANY revival production of FUNNY GIRL at THE HISTORIC RIALTO THEATRE in South Pasadena, is among the nominees for Best Actor for THE 2015 / 2016 ELATE SEASON TICKET HOLDER AWARDS. Mr. Robinson has been nominated for his performance as the debonair, but aging, leading man Ernest in Tad Mosel's classic one-act allegorical comedy- drama of life in The Theatre, IMPROMPTU, which was a part of THE EMMANUEL LUTHERAN ACTORS THEATRE ENSEMBLE - ELATE evening of four one-acts JUST 4 FUN presented at THE LINCOLN STEGMAN THEATRE in North Hollywood. In addition to Mr. Robinson, his fellow IMPROMPTU cast members: CASEY KRUBINER as Winnifred, JOEY TREZISE as Tony and LUCY KRUBINER as Lora, have all received Best Supporting Performance Award nominations for their fine work in Mosel's play. TAD MOSEL is best known as the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama ALL THE WAY HOME. 

Craig Robinson will host CARAOKE SHOWDOWN, heading to Spike TV. The network as officially greenlit a ten-episode order for the series.

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! Letters to Zoey, a play with music, written and performed by Garrett Buhl Robinson, uses lyrical letters and foot stomping songs, as Garrett Buhl Robinson portrays a young man on a desperate search for liberation and love. This one-man musical was a highlight in last season's MITF and returns for another engagement. Mr. Robinson has been the subject of numerous articles, interviews and an indie video-documentary. After moving to New York City from San Francisco in 2011, he has been marketing his novels and poetry in the streets of Manhattan. Practically every day, in all types of weather, he can be found singing in the streets. After adapting his second novel for the stage in 2014, he has performed the show for audiences in the city parks, at homes and in art galleries. In 2015, he made his Off-Broadway debut performing the musical at Theatre Row. Now the producers are knocking at his door. The public loves his play with music - Letters to Zoey!

Broadway's John Adams and TV's Mr Feeny's new book will be released in 2017.

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! Letters to Zoey, a play with music, written and performed by Garrett Buhl Robinson, uses lyrical letters and foot stomping songs, as Garrett Buhl Robinson portrays a young man on a desperate search for liberation and love. This one-man musical was a highlight in last season's MITF and returns for another engagement. Mr. Robinson has been the subject of numerous articles, interviews and an indie video-documentary. After moving to New York City from San Francisco in 2011, he has been marketing his novels and poetry in the streets of Manhattan. Practically every day, in all types of weather, he can be found singing in the streets. After adapting his second novel for the stage in 2014, he has performed the show for audiences in the city parks, at homes and in art galleries. In 2015, he made his Off-Broadway debut performing the musical at Theatre Row. Now the producers are knocking at his door. The public loves his play with music - Letters to Zoey!

Marin Theatre Company continues its 49th Season with Howard Brenton's ANNE BOLEYN.

Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati ascends an emotional mountain with the regional premiere of the gripping comedy-drama Annapurna by Sharr White. This powerful story unpacks the tangled history between two ferociously damaged people who battle an avalanche of love, loss, and unanswerable questions. Sharr White's sharp and poetic writing returns to the ETC stage in this darkly-funny production, playing March 22-April 10, 2016. Directed by D. Lynn Meyers.

Marin Theatre Company continues its 49th Season with Howard Brenton's, Anne Boleyn. The play was originally commissioned by Shakespeare's Globe Theatre and World Premiered in 2010. It later toured across the UK and Scotland with the Globe before receiving its US Premiere at the GAMM Theatre in Pawtucket, Rhode Island in 2013, and MTC is thrilled to have its West Coast Premiere opening on its mainstage April 19.

Craig Robinson (“The Office”) has been cast as a recurring guest star in the highly-anticipated second season of USA Network's award-winning drama series MR. ROBOT. Robinson will star as “Ray,” a neighborhood local who reaches out to Elliot in his time of need. He joins the previously announced Joey Bada$$ and Chris Conroy (“Members Only”) for the 10-episode second season.

The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra and Conductor John Morris Russell are pleased to announce the Pops' 2016-2017 season, to be performed at Downtown Cincinnati's historic Taft Theatre, the Orchestra's 'home away from home' while Cincinnati Music Hall undergoes a major renovation during the 2016-17 season. (The Pops will return to the renovated Music Hall for the 2017-18 season.) The star-studded season is a testament to the Orchestra's steadfast commitment to innovation and extraordinary artistry. Entering his sixth season as Conductor of the world-famous Cincinnati Pops, Mr. Russell introduces guest artists and concert programs that continue to develop the wide variety of orchestral programming. The Orchestra also announces its summer 2016 concerts, to take place both at the Taft Theatre and Riverbend Music Center.

On Friday, February 5, 2016, the 17th Annual NFL Sanctioned Super Bowl Gospel Celebration (SBGC) will kick-off Super Bowl 50 at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland, CA.

What do you do after winning $528 million dollars and become one of the winners of the biggest lottery jackpot in U.S. history?  Go to Graceland! 

Dulcé Sloan took home top honors at NBCUniversal's 12th annual “StandUp NBC” comedy showcase held at the famed Hollywood Improv comedy club in Los Angeles. For her first-place prize, Sloan will be signed to a talent holding deal with the network.