Rita Moreno News

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 2/13 for Los Angeles

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 2/13 for San Francisco

It's been 15 years since she's performed on a Bay Area stage - now Anna Deavere Smith is returning.

Today, Berkeley Repertory Theatre announced that it is rescheduling the run of Rita Moreno: Life Without Makeup so that its star can recuperate from a recent knee replacement.

Furthering TV Land's expansion into the original sitcom landscape, the network announced today that it has signed several popular television and film actors to star in its three upcoming pilots. Fran Drescher ('The Nanny'), Tichina Arnold ('Everybody Hates Chris'), John Michael Higgins ('Best in Show,' 'Kath & Kim'), D.W. Moffett ('Friday Night Lights'), Rita Moreno ('West Side Story'), Valente Rodriguez ('George Lopez') and Robert Walden ('All The President's Men') will star in 'Happily Divorced' based on Drescher's life; Donald Faison ('Scrubs'), Wayne Knight ('Seinfeld,' 'Hot in Cleveland'), David Alan Basche ('The Starter Wife') and Kristen Johnston ('3rd Rock From The Sun') will headline an untitled Mark Reisman sitcom; and Christine Taylor ('Zoolander,' 'Arrested Development'), Barry Watson ('Samantha Who?,' '7th Heaven') and Sherri Shepherd ('The View,' '30 Rock') will star in a comedy pilot by Terri Minsky tentatively titled 'Rip City.' Anne Meara ('The King of Queens') will guest star in Minsky's show. All three pilots, which were previously announced in January, will be multi-camera and will tape in front of live audiences in February.

Bay Street Players will hold auditions for Terrance McNally's The Ritz on Monday, February 7th and Tuesday, February 8th at 7:30PM at 109 N. Bay Street, Eustis. No appointment is necessary. This farce is set in a men's Manhattan bathhouse where an unsuspecting businessman has taken refuge from his homicidal mobster brother-in-law and stumbles across an assortment of oddball characters. Confusion and complications multiply.

Bay Street Players will hold auditions for Terrance McNally's The Ritz on Monday, February 7th and Tuesday, February 8th at 7:30PM at 109 N. Bay Street, Eustis. No appointment is necessary. This farce is set in a men's Manhattan bathhouse where an unsuspecting businessman has taken refuge from his homicidal mobster brother-in-law and stumbles across an assortment of oddball characters. Confusion and complications multiply.

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 2/06 for San Diego

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 2/06 for Santa Barbara

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 2/06 for Sacramento

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 2/06 for Costa Mesa

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 2/06 for Thousand Oaks

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 2/06 for Los Angeles

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 2/06 for San Francisco

Tony winning Broadway legend Carol Channing will be honored at the LIGHT OF HOPE AWARDS on February 5, 2011 at The Rancho Las Palmas Resort in Palm Springs, California for her outstanding work with The Dr. Carol Channing And Harry Kullijian Foundation For The Arts in advocating for arts education in all public schools across the nation. The 'Night At The Movies' Gala will star Tony Nominated stage, film and television actress Jonelle Allen and the nationally renowned young performing group, The Kids Next Door. Proceeds from the event will benefit Christophers Clubhouse, a non profit organization dedicated to educating and empowering children, parents and communities to keep children safe from predatory crimes.

The tour of the current smash hit Broadway production of WEST SIDE STORY will close at the Fox Theatre from January 31, 2011 as part of the Broadway Across America - Atlanta 2010-2011 season. Tony Award-winning librettist Arthur Laurents' Broadway direction will be recreated for the tour by David Saint, the Associate Director on Broadway. The original Jerome Robbins choreography is reproduced by Tony Award-nominee Joey McKneely (The Boy from Oz, The Life).

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 1/30 for San Diego

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 1/30 for Santa Barbara

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 1/30 for Sacramento

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 1/30 for Costa Mesa