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We sat down with Carol Burnett to look back on all the laughs she has given us throughout the years, starting with her Broadway debut in Once Upon a Mattress in 1959. Burnett discusses her 'big break,' reveals why she likes doing television more than Broadway, and how Bernadette Peters was the first person she asked to be on The Carol Burnett Show.
Love stories from the comic to the edgy with music ranging from rockabilly to show tunes are in the lineup of TheatreZone's musicals for 2023-2024.
Academy of Acting for Film and Theatre is offering Watt’s Master Class Acting & Scene Study online live for 7-weekly sessions, 7-9PM, starting Tuesday, May 9, 2023. This class is highly participatory and space is very limited to give personalized attention to each actor. The curriculum includes relaxation, sense memory, “what if,” voice projection, on-camera cold reading technique, in-depth scene study, and “the business of acting.”
The soon-to-open production of the Neil Simon musical Little Me at Manhattan Beach Community Church Theater (MBCC), the longest running theater in the South Bay since 1956, is directed by Paula Kelley with choreography by Angela Asch. Originally scheduled to open in the Spring of 2020, I decided to speak with the director about the production’s three-year delay and how she envisions presenting a musical full of comic vignettes featuring such a large cast, especially since it was written specifically for Sid Caesar to play multiple roles as all the heroine’s husbands and lovers.
The New York premiere of Rock & Roll Man, a new musical celebrating the life of the legendary Alan Freed, starring Constantine Maroulis as Freed, will open this June at New World Stages, Stage 3. See how to purchase tickets!
Barry Pearl and Michelle Elkin, two powerhouse talents in Los Angeles Theatre, gear up to co-direct the energetic musical FOOTLOOSE. Produced by Panic! Productions & BarCinBoo Productions.
The Arkansas Repertory Theatre has announced its one-night-only gala, “Ovation!” driven by Lexus, will include a concert performance featuring Broadway star Nathaniel Stampley. The event, which also includes a drawing for a 2023 Lexus NX, will be Saturday, March 4, 2023.
Peninsula Players Theatre has announced the cast for its second play reading of The Play's the Thing, a winter play reading series presented to Door County audiences.
he Arkansas Repertory Theatre is excited to announce that it is adding additional performances of Laughter on the 23rd Floor starring Emmy-nominated actor Judge Reinhold, extending its run now through February 25 only.
Try Not to Hold It Against Me: A Producer’s Life, the new memoir from legendary stage and screen producer Julian Schlossberg is now available on Amazon and where books are sold. Within days of its January 31 release, the book entered its 2nd printing.
The Queen City's Charlotte Acting (CharlotteActing.com) classes were diverted in 2020 because of Spirit Square's closure and Covid. Charlotte Acting's owner Linda Ann Watt took that time to write a book and she offered Zoom classes to her students in the interim.
DPAC has announced that one of the most anticipated community events of the year, Next Stop BROADWAY, will return July 17 – 21, 2023.
See photos from the book release of Julian Schlossberg's Try Not to Hold It Against Me: A Producer’s Life!
Arizona Theatre Company has announced that the world premiere of Pru Payne, winner of the Edgerton Foundation New Play Award, is coming to Tucson and Phoenix this spring.
Try Not to Hold It Against Me: A Producer's Life is the new memoir from legendary stage and screen producer Julian Schlossberg. Published by Beaufort Books, Try Not to Hold It Against Me will be released January 31, 2023.
The Arkansas Repertory Theatre has announced its production of Neil Simon's comedy about comedy, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, to star Emmy-nominated actor Judge Reinhold.
The Arkansas Repertory Theatre will present Neil Simon’s comedy about comedy, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, to star Emmy-nominated actor Judge Reinhold.
Mimi Kennedy, best known for her roles on the television series Mom and Dharma & Greg, will be returning to the stage for the first time in over a decade as the title character in Arizona Theatre Company's world premiere of Pru Payne by Steven Drukman this spring.
New Theatre Restaurant’s new production of Neil Simon’s COME BLOW YOUR HORN is a holiday gift to its audiences. It is a charming, gentle entertainment that rekindles a time when you were too busy laughing to worry about anything else.
With holiday shopping just around the corner, John Robert Wiltgen's riveting memoir 'The Candy in My Pocket,' is now available for the gift giving season.
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