A stage door opens for OCPA Studios today, April 27 at 2:30pm - Stage Door Repertory Theatre, that is. The Orange County Playwrights Alliance's full-length play reading series makes its first trip to SDRT with the presentation of Bender, a new play with music by Erica Bennett (with original lyrics by Erica Bennett and music by Karen Fix Curry).
Early Tuesday morning in Brooklyn, New York, traces of both The Dave Chappelle Show and The Tracey Ullman Show were found in The Coddett Project, a new comedy web series that offers social commentary in the form of sketches, pranks, cartoons, and pop music parodies--well-suited to the rapid, meme-driven tastes of the millennial set.
Director/producer April James has secured the rights and gathered a high-powered cast for a special presentation of the classic Odets melodrama, Awake and Sing! on April 21, 2013. The play, set in The Bronx during the depression, centers on the conflicts of an impoverished Jewish family. The parents manipulate the children to their own ends while the children fight to gain control of their dreams. The play's message still comes across loud and clear during the current economic upheaval whose ramifications have been called hauntingly similar to those of the Great Depression.
Mark Sam Rosenthal is tickled to present I Light Up My Life: The Mark Sam Celebrity Autobiography, an over-the-top multi-media presentation of his 789-page yet to be published homage to his favorite celebrity: himself. The production will be held at Stage Left Studio, 214 W. 30th St., 6th floor, tonight, April 20th at 7:30pm and Friday April 26th at 7:30pm. Todd Parmley directs a cast of one: Mark Sam Rosenthal, a celebrity.
Fort Point Theatre Channel presents The Land, a new play written by Jessica Litwak, with Amir al-Azraki. Directed by Marc S. Miller, production design by Anne Loyer. Workshop performances: May 16-18, Thurs.-Fri. at 8 pm; Sat. 7 & 9 pm.
Mark Sam Rosenthal is tickled to present I Light Up My Life: The Mark Sam Celebrity Autobiography, an over-the-top multi-media presentation of his 789-page yet to be published homage to his favorite celebrity: himself. The production will be held at Stage Left Studio, 214 W. 30th St., 6th floor, Saturday April 20th at 7:30pm and Friday April 26th at 7:30pm. Todd Parmley directs a cast of one: Mark Sam Rosenthal, a celebrity.
John Montgomery Theatre Company (JMTC) & Dutch Girl Productions presents a new two-actor production of acclaimed New York playwright Suzanne Bachner's award-winning hit Off Broadway play, CIRCLE, in its 7-City, 6-Festival Summer Tour, starring award-winning performers, Christel Bartelse & Bob Brader. Suzanne, Christel & Bob will debut this exciting new production with NYC previews and six fantastic international Festivals, May 15-August 25, 2013.
John Montgomery Theatre Company (JMTC) & Dutch Girl Productions presents a new two-actor production of acclaimed New York playwright Suzanne Bachner's award-winning hit Off Broadway play, CIRCLE, in its 7-City, 6-Festival Summer Tour, starring award-winning performers, Christel Bartelse & Bob Brader. Suzanne, Christel & Bob will debut this exciting new production with NYC previews and six fantastic international Festivals, May 15-August 25, 2013.
The Attic Theater Company will present the New York premiere of Tennessee Williams' THE NOTEBOOK OF TRIGORIN, directed by Laura Braza. Williams' adaptation of Anton Chekov's THE SEAGULL, THE NOTEBOOK OF TRIGORIN will be performed at The Flea (41 White Street -between Broadway & Church Streets) from Friday, May 3rd through Saturday, May 18th, 2013. THE NOTEBOOK OF TRIGORIN's Press Opening will be on Wednesday, May 8th.
Towne Street Theatre, LA's Premiere African American Theatre Company, continues its 20th Anniversary Season with the first 2013 Actor's Showcase - An Evening of Scenes and Monologues. Raf Mauro directs the ensemble of twenty talented actors from the Towne Street Theatre company, performing selections from both the contemporary and classic theatre. In addition, the evening will also include several performances from some of our most popular films.
A stage door opens for OCPA Studios on April 27 at 2:30pm - Stage Door Repertory Theatre, that is. The Orange County Playwrights Alliance's full-length play reading series makes its first trip to SDRT with the presentation of Bender, a new play with music by Erica Bennett (with original lyrics by Erica Bennett and music by Karen Fix Curry).
The Art of Acting Studio's professional company, The Harold Clurman Laboratory Theater Company, presents the West Coast Premiere of Long Way Go Down by Zayd Dorhn. Directed by Don K. Williams (Off-Broadway Lebensraum, Turn of the Screw, Look Back in Anger, Libidoff), Long Way Go Down will play May 17th - June 7, 2013.
A new production of Hikobae, a play about the medical staff who risked their lives following the devastating earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that struck Japan on March 11, 2011 will premiere in Los Angeles tonight, March 30th & the 31st and New York on April 5th & 6th. Hikobae honors the first responders and those who lost their lives in the disaster. The significance of remembering the victims and sacrifices of the first responders is particularly relevant two years following the events of 3/11.
A new production of Hikobae, a play that honors the first responders who risked their lives following the devastating earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that struck Japan on March 11, 2011 will premiere in Los Angeles on March 30th & 31st. An American character was created for the play to echo the first responders of 9/11.
One Life To Live daytime drama actors, and real life husband and wife team, Jim (Max) and Kassie (Blair) DePaiva will star in TheatreZone's season finale, the Broadway musical '110 In The Shade.' The production is based on N. Richard Nash's 1954 play 'The Rainmaker," an all-American love story about a con man who brings sweet relief to the parched life of a small-town virgin.
A Finborough Theatre commission, the European premiere of the hit Off-Broadway musical ROOMS - A Rock Romance, plays at the Finborough Theatre for a limited four-week season from Tuesday 23 April 2013, directed by multi-award-winning director Andrew Keates.
