The ensemble cast is now complete for this week's recording of Lorrraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun by L.A. Theatre Works at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. LATW will bring John Houseman Award-winning actor Corey Antonio Hawkins to L.A.. to reprise the role of Walter Younger that he just played at Julliard.
OBIE Award-winning director Lou Bellamy will take the helm when L.A. Theatre Works records A Raisin in the Sun for radio broadcast. The Pulitzer Prize-winning classic by Lorraine Hansberry will star Judyann Elder, James Gleason, Noah Gray-Cabey (Heroes), Deidrie Henry, Terrell Tilford, Rutina Wesley (HBO's True Blood) and Mirron Willis in five performances, November 17-21, at the Skirball Cultural Center. L.A. Theatre Works' nationally syndicated radio theater series airs locally in Southern California on KPCC 89.3 every Saturday from 10 pm - midnight and can be streamed on demand at www.latw.org.
The ensemble cast is now complete for this week's recording of Lorrraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun by L.A. Theatre Works at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. LATW will bring John Houseman Award-winning actor Corey Antonio Hawkins to L.A.. to reprise the role of Walter Younger that he just played at Julliard.
OBIE Award-winning director Lou Bellamy will take the helm when L.A. Theatre Works records A Raisin in the Sun for radio broadcast.
OBIE Award-winning director Lou Bellamy will take the helm when L.A. Theatre Works records A Raisin in the Sun for radio broadcast.
OBIE Award-winning director Lou Bellamy will take the helm when L.A. Theatre Works records A Raisin in the Sun for radio broadcast. The Pulitzer Prize-winning classic by Lorraine Hansberry will star Judyann Elder, James Gleason, Noah Gray-Cabey (Heroes), Deidrie Henry, Terrell Tilford, Rutina Wesley (HBO's True Blood) and Mirron Willis in five performances, November 17-21, at the Skirball Cultural Center. L.A. Theatre Works' nationally syndicated radio theater series airs locally in Southern California on KPCC 89.3 every Saturday from 10 pm - midnight and can be streamed on demand at www.latw.org.
New Perspectives Theatre Company's (Melody Brooks, Artistic Director) production of Hamlet places one of William Shakespeare's 'problem plays' at the nexus of the Book of Revelation and Sarah Palin's 'real' America.
New Perspectives Theatre Company (Melody Brooks, Artistic Director) will end its run of Hamlet, its first main stage Shakespeare play since losing its Pelican Studio Theatre four years ago, on May 23rd. The production is directed by Melody Brooks at Shetler Studios' Theatre 54 (244 West 54th St., 12th Floor).
New Perspectives Theatre Company (Melody Brooks, Artistic Director) announced today that the company will produce Hamlet, its first main stage Shakespeare play since losing its Pelican Studio Theatre four years ago. Directed by Melody Brooks, performances of Hamlet run May 13 through 23, 2010 at Shetler Studios' Theatre 54 (244 West 54th St., 12th Floor).
New Perspectives Theatre Company's (Melody Brooks, Artistic Director) production of Hamlet places one of William Shakespeare's 'problem plays' at the nexus of the Book of Revelation and Sarah Palin's 'real' America.
New Perspectives Theatre Company (Melody Brooks, Artistic Director) announced today that the company will produce Hamlet, its first main stage Shakespeare play since losing its Pelican Studio Theatre four years ago. Directed by Melody Brooks, performances of Hamlet run May 13 through 23, 2010 at Shetler Studios' Theatre 54 (244 West 54th St., 12th Floor).
This weekend, beginning Saturday, February 6, L.A. Theatre Works will air Relativity by Cassandra Medley, starring Deidrie Henry, Judyann Elder, James Pickens Jr. , Jason Ritter, Terrell Tilford, and Lorraine Toussaint. The broadcast can be heard locally in Southern California on Saturday from 10 pm to midnight on KPCC 89.3 FM, and can also be streamed on demand at http://www.latw.org/
This weekend, beginning Saturday, February 6, L.A. Theatre Works will air Relativity by Cassandra Medley, starring Deidrie Henry, Judyann Elder, James Pickens Jr. , Jason Ritter, Terrell Tilford, and Lorraine Toussaint. The broadcast can be heard locally in Southern California on Saturday from 10 pm to midnight on KPCC 89.3 FM, and can also be streamed on demand at http://www.latw.org/
The 41st NAACP Image Awards nominees were announced today during a press conference at The SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills. Taye Diggs ('Private Practice' - ABC), Michael Strahan ('Brothers' - FOX) and 'FOX NFL Sunday'), Wanda Sykes ('The Wanda Sykes Show' - FOX), Kyle Massey ('That's SRaven,' 'Cory in the House' - Disney Channel), Chris Massey ('Zoey 101' - Nickelodeon) and Tatyana Ali (Young and the Restless - CBS) joined NAACP Image Awards Committee Chair, Clayola Brown, and Vicangelo Bulluck, Executive Producer of the telecast, to announce the categories and nominees. The 41st NAACP Image Awards will air live on Friday, February 26 (8:00 - 10:00 PM ET/PT Tape-Delayed) on FOX.
Stick Fly - The West Coast premiere of Lydia R. Diamond's provocative and witty drama about an upper class African American family extends through June 28 at The Matrix Theatre. In this new play from one of America's freshest and most dynamic voices, a wealthy African American family vacationing on Martha's Vineyard wrestles with parental expectations, sibling rivalry, and issues of class and race. Sensitive Kent LeVay and his slick brother Flip see their weekend at the family home as the perfect opportunity to introduce their girlfriends to their parents. Instead, they stumble onto a domestic powder keg of prejudice, hypocrisy and family secrets.
An upper class African American family wrestles with parental expectations, sibling rivalry, and issues of class and race. Following a two-year hiatus, Joseph Stern's multiple award-winning Matrix Theatre Company returns with the West Coast premiere of Stick Fly by Lydia R. Diamond, an important new play from one of America's freshest and most dynamic voices. Shirley Jo Finney directs Chris Butler, Avery Clyde, Tinashe Kajese, Terrell Tilford, John Wesley and Michole Briana White at The Matrix Theatre, April 4 through May 31, with previews beginning March 26.
An upper class African American family wrestles with parental expectations, sibling rivalry, and issues of class and race. Following a two-year hiatus, Joseph Stern's multiple award-winning Matrix Theatre Company returns with the West Coast premiere of Stick Fly by Lydia R. Diamond, an important new play from one of America's freshest and most dynamic voices. Shirley Jo Finney directs Chris Butler, Avery Clyde, Tinashe Kajese, Terrell Tilford, John Wesley and Michole Briana White at The Matrix Theatre, April 4 through May 31, with previews beginning March 26.
Dule Hill, Carl Lumbly, Kimberly Elise, Justine Bateman, Tessa Thompson and Terrell Tilford star in Stick Fly, the West Coast premiere of a play from one of America's most provocative new playwrights, Lydia R. Diamond. Shirley Jo Finney directs five performances for LA Theatre Works, November 14-18 at the Skirball Cultural Center.
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