Norman Rock News

La Jolla Playhouse announced today five of six productions in its 2010/11 subscription season, including the world premiere of Annie Weisman's Surf Report, running June/July in the Mandell Weiss Forum; William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Playhouse Artistic Director Christopher Ashley and featuring an on-stage orchestra playing the music of Mendelssohn, running July/Aug in the Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre; the world-premiere musical comedy A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, book by Robert L. Freedman, music by Steven Lutvak, lyrics by Robert L. Freedman and Steven Lutvak, starring Tony Award-winner Jefferson Mays, running Sept/Oct in the Mandell Weiss Theatre; a new adaptation of Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground, adapted by Robert Woodruff and Bill Camp, directed by Robert Woodruff, running late Sept/Oct in the Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre; and Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Ruined, running Nov/Dec in the Mandell Weiss Theatre. The final production of the 2010/11 season - a musical - will be announced shortly.

'The Wizard of Oz,' 'Citizen Kane' and 'Casablanca' will be among the 80 Best Picture nominees represented in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' new exhibition 'The More the Merrier: Posters from the Ten Best Picture Nominees, 1936 - 1943,' opening on Saturday, January 23rd, in the Academy's Grand Lobby Gallery in Beverly Hills. Admission is free.

'The Wizard of Oz,' 'Citizen Kane' and 'Casablanca' will be among the 80 Best Picture nominees represented in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' new exhibition 'The More the Merrier: Posters from the Ten Best Picture Nominees, 1936 - 1943,' opening on Saturday, January 23rd, in the Academy's Grand Lobby Gallery in Beverly Hills. Admission is free.

Comedy Works is pleased to announce that CHRISTOPHER TITUS will perform at the Comedy Works Landmark Village November 19 - 21.

THE ORPHANS' HOME CYCLE, PART 1: THE STORY OF A CHILDHOOD, the first part of the world premiere three part theatrical event by the Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award-winning playwright Horton Foote, opened last night at Signature Theatre Company at the Peter Norton Space, 555 West 42nd Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues - and the critics are cheering!

Comedy Works is pleased to announce that CHRISTOPHER TITUS will perform at the Comedy Works Landmark Village November 19 - 21.

Jim Jefferies January 7 - 10 Thursday 7:30pm $18 Friday 7:30 & 9:30pm $26 Saturday 7:00 & 9:30pm $26 Sunday 7:00pm $18 Australian born Jim Jefferies is a headline performer throughout the world.

SHOW CALENDAR - Landmark, Just Announced Rob Schneider January 22 - 23

NEVER NORMAN ROCKWELL: A Post-Modern Gay Bromance TO PREMIERE IN MANHATTAN REPERTORY THEATRE'S GLBT FESTIVAL IN NOV

NEVER NORMAN ROCKWELL: A Post-Modern Gay Bromance TO PREMIERE IN MANHATTAN REPERTORY THEATRE'S GLBT FESTIVAL IN NOV

SHOW CALENDAR - Landmark Just Added! Rocky LaPorte December 31st & January 2nd Thursday 5:00pm $25, 7:30pm $30, & 10pm $75 - NEW YEAR'S EVE - 10PM show includes midnight buffet, champagne toast, & party favors

NEVER NORMAN ROCKWELL: A Post-Modern Gay Bromance TO PREMIERE IN MANHATTAN REPERTORY THEATRE'S GLBT FESTIVAL IN NOV

SHOW CALENDAR - Landmark This Week Whitney Cummings October 21 - 25 Wednesday 7:30pm $12

Comedy Works is pleased to announce that CHRISTOPHER TITUS will perform at the Comedy Works Landmark Village November 19 - 21.

The following are Comedy Works South at the Landmark's upcoming events.

Comedy Works South at the Landmark announces new comedy performances for the fall of 2009, including Lisa Landry, Christopher Titus, and Norm McDonald.

ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE (William Carden, Artistic Director, Paul Alexander Slee, Executive Director) cordially invites you to MARATHON 2009, E.S.T.'s 31st annual festival of new one-act plays, at E.S.T. (549 West 52nd Street). Performances begin Friday, May 22nd, and continue through Saturday, June 27th. Press dates for each series are indicated below.

Ensemble Studio Theatre (William Carden, Artistic Director, Paul Alexander Slee, Executive Director) will present Marathon 2009, E.S.T.?s 31st annual festival of new one-act plays, at E.S.T. (549 West 52nd Street). Performances begin Friday, May 22nd, and continue through Saturday, June 27th.

ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE (William Carden, Artistic Director, Paul Alexander Slee, Executive Director) cordially invites you to MARATHON 2009, E.S.T.'s 31st annual festival of new one-act plays, at E.S.T. (549 West 52nd Street). Performances begin Friday, May 22nd, and continue through Saturday, June 27th. Press dates for each series are indicated below.

Ensemble Studio Theatre (William Carden, Artistic Director, Paul Alexander Slee, Executive Director) will present Marathon 2009, E.S.T.?s 31st annual festival of new one-act plays, at E.S.T. (549 West 52nd Street). Performances begin Friday, May 22nd, and continue through Saturday, June 27th.