Stage Raw announces the nominations for its third annual awards show 'A Wake and Sing!,' coming Monday, May 15 to Los Angeles Theatre Center, 514 S. Spring Street, Downtown.
The Echo Theater Company is all grown up. The multiple award-winning company, responsible for introducing L.A. audiences to many of the hottest emerging playwrights in the country, turns 20 in 2017.
East West Players (EWP), the nation's longest-running professional theatre of color in the country and the largest producing organization of Asian American artistic work, is proud to present Politics in Play, a series of staged play readings tackling the nation's current state of affairs, as part of a new initiative to showcase diverse, political voices in the theater. Politics in Play will commence with After Orlando: an international theatre action, in response to the Pulse Nightclub shooting, on October 17, 2016; Mike Daisey's The Trump Card (Diana Wyenn, Director) on October 23, 2016; and Christopher Chen's Mutt: Let's All Talk About Race! (Rodney To, Director) on November 1, 2016.
The Echo Theatre Company's world premiere of playwright Erik Patterson's ONE OF THE NICE ONES showcases Patterson's brilliantly witty and detailed script with very capable actors directed in a swift and smooth clip. How unfortunate that ONE OF THE NICE ONES spends so much time focused on the most abrasive, unsympathetic, duplicitous, conniving bitch ever to walk, no, roll in, in her wheelchair. Whoa!
True to its LA Weekly-given moniker as 'Best Bet for Ballsy Original Plays,' Echo Theater Company's next offering is a cringe-worthy black comedy about sexual politics in the workplace that will leave audiences howling with laughter in spite of their better selves. Echo artistic director Chris Fields directs the world premiere of ONE OF THE NICE ONES by Erik Patterson for a July 16 opening at Atwater Village Theatre. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast onstage below!
True to its LA Weekly-given moniker as 'Best Bet for Ballsy Original Plays,' Echo Theater Company's next offering is a cringe-worthy black comedy about sexual politics in the workplace that will leave audiences howling with laughter in spite of their better selves. Echo artistic director Chris Fields directs the world premiere of ONE OF THE NICE ONES by Erik Patterson for a July 16 opening at Atwater Village Theatre. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast onstage below!
True to its LA Weekly-given moniker as "Best Bet for Ballsy Original Plays," Echo Theater Company's next offering is a cringe-worthy black comedy about sexual politics in the workplace that will leave audiences howling with laughter in spite of their better selves. Echo artistic director Chris Fields directs the world premiere of One of the Nice Ones by Erik Patterson for a July 16 opening at Atwater Village Theatre.
What happens when you combine Avenue Q-like puppet humor with the wild world of theatre casting? Maybe something like Penelope, PCSA, a character created by Rodney To and Jordan Kai Burnett. Below, watch as Jessica-Snow Wilson and Scott Barnhardt take their turns to impress Penelope.
LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS & MC COY RIGBY ENTERTAINMENT present the World Premiere musical and the fourth show of their 2014-2015 season, the runaway hit of the New York Musical Theatre Festival, JANE AUSTEN'S PRIDE AND PREJUDICE A Musical, music, lyrics and book by Lindsay Warren Baker & Amanda Jacobs, based on the novel "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen, with music direction by Timothy Splain, choreography by Jeffry Denman, and directed by Igor Goldin. JANE AUSTEN'S PRIDE AND PREJUDICE A Musical will run through Sunday, May 10, 2015 at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts, 14900 La Mirada Blvd in La Mirada.
The Kate Goldman Children's Theatre at the Des Moines Community Playhouse presents 'The Best Christmas Pageant Ever,' Nov. 14-29. Tickets may be purchased online at dmplayhouse.com, by phone at 515-277-6261, or at the Playhouse ticket office, 831 42nd St. 'The Best Christmas Pageant Ever' is sponsored by Iowa Realty.
Playwrights' Arena, in association with Greenway Arts Alliance at Greenway Court Theatre, presents the World Premiere of PAINTING IN RED by Luis Alfaro, opening tonight, October 18, 2014. Directed by Jon Lawrence Rivera, the production will star Elisa Bocanegra, Cristina Frias, Joe Hernandez-Kolski, Justin Huen, Jayme Lake, West Liang and Rodney To.
Playwrights' Arena, in association with Greenway Arts Alliance at Greenway Court Theatre, presents the World Premiere of PAINTING IN RED by Luis Alfaro, opening Saturday, October 18, 2014. Directed by Jon Lawrence Rivera, the production will star Elisa Bocanegra, Cristina Frias, Joe Hernandez-Kolski, Justin Huen, Jayme Lake, West Liang and Rodney To.
The Des Moines Community Playhouse Kate Goldman Children's Theatre presents 'Little House Christmas at Plum Creek,' tonight, Nov. 9-Dec. 2. Get a first look at the cast onstage below!
The Des Moines Community Playhouse Kate Goldman Children's Theatre presents 'Little House Christmas at Plum Creek,' Nov. 9-Dec. 2. Get a first look at the cast onstage below!
On this week's episode of ABC's MODERN FAMILY titled 'Open House of Horrors' - Claire has overdone it in Halloweens past and the neighbors definitely don't share her enthusiasm, so this year she's being forced to tone it down and keep it 'kid-friendly.' Get a sneak peek below!
Artists at Play presents the Los Angeles premiere of Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them, a heartfelt and witty drama about a makeshift family, written by A. Rey Pamatmat and directed by Jennifer Chang.
Artists at Play has taken on a risky venture by producing A. Rey Pamatmat's award-winning and gay-themed Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them. The play tackles profound issues, including parental abandonment, coming out as a teen and the redefining of family.