Ray Porter News

Tonight, the Audio Publishers Association announced the winners of the 2022 Audie Awards, the premier awards program recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment.

The Audio Publishers Association (APA) have announced finalists for the 2022 Audie Awards. Finalists include Cynthia Erivo for Best Female Narrator and Lin-Manuel Miranda for Best Male Narrator. Leslie Odom Jr., Annie Golden, Telly Leung, and Jason Tam are also featured on audiobooks that made the list. Check out the full list of nominations now!

In these times of much ado about something, The Working Actor's Journey podcast presents-in collaboration with the San Diego Shakespeare Society and the City of Coronado Public Library-an all-star cast in a FREE online Shakespeare reading of Much Ado About Nothing.

High Pulp is very pleased to announce that “Broken Little Dolls”, the first single from their forthcoming fall 2019 EP Light Fix, has premiered at Ghettoblaster here. 

Director Daniel Sullivan's adaptation of HENRY IV, Parts 1 & 2 may only be playing in the Japanese Garden on the VA campus for another three weeks but it is bound to rank as one of the summer's most talked-about events. Why? Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles has saved up a secret weapon for the production, one few can resist.

"Henry IV," staged by Tony Award winning director Daniel Sullivan, features Harry Groener as Northumberland, Tom Hanks in his Los Angeles stage debut as Sir John Falstaff, Hamish Linklater as Hal, Joe Morton as Henry IV, and Tony winner Rondi Reed as Mistress Quickly.

This week, the cast and crew of Shakespeare's Henry IV, starring Academy Award-winner Tom Hanks, came together for the first meet and greet of the production. Check out shots from the event below!

This week, the cast and crew of Shakespeare's Henry IV, starring Academy Award-winner Tom Hanks, came together for the first meet and greet of the production. Check out shots from the event below!

Following an overwhelmingly positive response from critics and audiences, Berkeley Rep has announced that the West Coast premiere of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' An Octoroon will extend for an additional week. Originally scheduled to close on July 23, the provocative play will now run through Saturday, July 29.

Berkeley Repertory Theatre today announced the West Coast premiere of An Octoroon written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and directed by Eric Ting will close out its season.

Berkeley Repertory Theatre today announced the West Coast premiere of An Octoroon written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and directed by Eric Ting will close out its season.

Jeff Turner, a former college professor turned novelist, has completed his book 'The Hero of Willow Creek': a gripping and potent tale of a local hero who unintentionally sacrifices his privacy through a magnanimous act.

Two superb jazz singers will share the stage at Segerstrom Center as four-time Grammy winner Dianne Reeves and rising vocalist and Grammy winner Gregory Porter perform tonight, January 16 in the Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall.

Two superb jazz singers will share the stage at Segerstrom Center as four-time Grammy winner Dianne Reeves and rising vocalist and Grammy winner Gregory Porter perform on January 16 in the Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall.

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival invites the public to its 25th annual Daedalus Project, a benefit for AIDS/HIV organizations, on Monday, August 20. Last season's Project raised $90,000 for AIDS/HIV organizations.

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival invites the public to its 22nd annual Daedalus Project, a benefit for AIDS/HIV organizations, on Monday, August 17. Last season OSF distributed $62,000 and hopes to exceed that this year.

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival invites the public to its 22nd annual Daedalus Project, a benefit for AIDS/HIV organizations, on Monday, August 17. Last season OSF distributed $62,000 and hopes to exceed that this year.

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival invites the public to its 22nd annual Daedalus Project, a benefit for AIDS/HIV organizations, on Monday, August 17. Last season OSF distributed $62,000 and hopes to exceed that this year.

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival invites the public to its 22nd annual Daedalus Project, a benefit for AIDS/HIV organizations, on Monday, August 17. Last season OSF distributed $62,000 and hopes to exceed that this year.

Distracted, a world premiere play by Lisa Loomer, opened Sunday afternoon at the Mark Taper Forum in downtown Los Angeles. With Rita Wilson, wife of Tom Hanks, starring in the show, many Hollywood friends and turned out on the sunny afternoon for the play and after party, at the adjacent Dorothy Chandler Pavilion...