Nick Hardcastle News

Live at The Lee!, an exciting new variety show, will showcase some of LA's most exciting established and emerging artists across the entertainment spectrum featuring music, comedy, dance, cabaret, magic, drag, burlesque, and more.

Live at The Lee! is an exciting new live variety show featuring LA's most exciting artists across music, comedy, dance, cabaret, and more! Join us for the Holiday SpecTACKular at the Lee Strasberg Theatre.

The Short+Sweet Hollywood 2022 festival of short works is concluded. Check out the list of the winners in its awards competition!

Known as 'The biggest little festival in the World,' Short+Sweet is the world's largest-reaching performing arts festival dedicated to original short form Theatre, Music and Dance.

Short+Sweet - the biggest little festival in the world, will return to the Marylin Monroe Theatre at the Lee Strasberg Institute in West Hollywood, from September 26 - October 30, 2022!

The Green Room 42 has announced their April line-up for in-person performances. Located inside YOTEL Times Square (570 Tenth Avenue, Fourth Floor), The Green Room 42 is Broadway's newest and most spacious cabaret club.

He's definitely not the Tinder Swindler, but Stage & Screen Entertainer Nick Hardcastle, returns to New York for a one man show that asks you to be open to two things - swiping right and George Michael music.

The Green Room 42 has announced their March line-up for in-person performances. Located inside YOTEL Times Square (570 Tenth Avenue, Fourth Floor), The Green Room 42 is Broadway's newest and most spacious cabaret club.

After almost a year away in his native Australia, Nick Hardcastle is back and looking for love... he's hitting up Hollywood for one night only, because that's the town to find, develop and nurture true meaningful relationships right? And he's doing it online of course - because as we all know, Grindr is the gateway to true love!

Short+Sweet is the 'biggest little festival in the world'. Showcasing short form theatre, film, dance and more, versions of the festival are presented in 35 cities in 10 countries around the world.

Short+Sweet is the world's largest performing arts festival and is dedicated to original short form Theatre, Film and Dance.

The organizers behind Australia's largest disability-specific film festival, the Focus on Ability Short Film Festival, held their official U.S. launch of Focus on Ability USA March 7th at the Garry Marshall Theatre in Los Angeles this weekend. The evening celebrated inclusion through the art of storytelling in their continued effort to raise awareness of the abilities of people with disabilities around the world. 

Paul Rush is the artistic director of Sixty-six Theater Co. located inside the Strasberg Institute in Hollywood. In our second conversation Rush talks about his excitement for the company getting the rights to produce Lee Blessing's new play For the Loyal. The West Coast premiere opens November 21 at Sixty-Six. Tell our readers about your next production. Why are you so excited about getting the rights to this play?

The Short+Sweet Hollywood Festival is one of the biggest events in Los Angeles for over 4 years now. The Short+Sweet Festival takes place in 30 cities in 19 countries around the world, and it originated in Sydney in 2002 by Founding Executive Director Mark Cleary. This year the Hollywood Festival Director was Nick Hardcastle. The festival is divided into sections for film, dance, theatre, Latino theatre, and LGBTQ+ Live! After running for the whole month of October at the Marilyn Monroe Theatre the festival ended last weekend with a full celebration ending with the Best of the Fest presentations. The festival featured artists from all over the world, including a lot of artists from Venezuela.

The Short+Sweet Hollywood Festival of short plays, films and dance concluded this year's Festival competition at the Marilyn Monroe Theatre in West Hollywood.

Short+Sweet is the world's largest festival of short works for stage, film and dance. Founded in 2002, it takes place in 30 cities in nine countries. The Short+Sweet Hollywood Dance Festival will take place on Saturday, October 26, 2019 at 2:00 p.m.

A limited 'sneak peek' run of Gentleman-George Production's ORRY will begin November 1, 2019 at The Lee Strasberg Theatre. Writer/performer Nick Hardcastle has adapted Oscar-winning costume designer Orry-Kelly's memoirs Women I've Dressed for a ninety-minute stage production (directed by Wayne Harrison) incorporating music, dance, vaudeville, puppetry, special effects and some of Orry-Kelly's award--winning creations. I had the chance to ask a few questions of Nick, in between his many, many responsibilities - theatrical and otherwise.

Short+Sweet Hollywood Festival presents a special event: The World Premieres of two short plays by John Patrick Shanley: Our Fantasia, directed by John Hindman and starring Nora Garrett and Graham Sibley; and On the Terrace, directed by Jackie Diamond and starring Dustyn Gulledge and Scottie Thompson. The pair of plays are being billed as Shorts by Shanley. Short+Sweet Hollywood Festival Director is Nick Hardcastle.

Orry a?" You're invited to the funeral of three-time Oscar winner and Hollywood legend, costume designer Orry-Kelly. Don't expect a little thing like death to stop the whip tongue and quick wit of the unapologetically gay Australian rascal who dressed and heard the secrets of stars like Marilyn Monroe, Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Merle Oberon, Ingrid Bergman and Mae West a?" just to name a few. Fearless, funny and outspoken, Orry-Kelly lived life to the fullest, from his childhood in Kiama, to reveling in Sydney's underworld nightlife, to chasing his dreams of acting in New York, to Hollywood. Based on his memoir a?oeWomen I've Undresseda?? a?" found in a pillowcase in suburban Sydney nearly 51 years after his death a?" Orry incorporates music, dance, vaudeville routines, puppetry, digital art, special effects and a taste of those incredible gowns to share his irresistible story. Anyone who loves classic movies, fashion, gossip and Cary Grant will love Orry.

Short+Sweet Hollywood is just around the corner! In the weeks leading up to the event, the 10minute play and film festival announces partnerships with some of the entertainment industry's leading organisations and brands including NBC Universal, LA Casting/Casting Networks and Final Draft, who are offering great prizes and professional development opportunities for the winners.