Westside Theatre News

THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS, the provocative and wickedly funny theatrical adaptation of the C.S. Lewis novel about spiritual warfare from a demon's point of view, will be presented in a limited engagement at Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive, adjacent to University of California Irvine, from July 21 through July 24.

Penguin Rep Theatre (Joe Brancato, Artistic Director, and Andrew M. Horn, Executive Director) and Edmund Gaynes, in association with Don and Lizanne Mitchell, will present The Devil's Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith, a musical by Angelo Parra, conceived and directed by Joe Brancato.

Penguin Rep Theatre (Joe Brancato, Artistic Director, and Andrew M. Horn, Executive Director) and Edmund Gaynes, in association with Don and Lizanne Mitchell, will present The Devil's Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith, a musical by Angelo Parra, conceived and directed by Joe Brancato.

LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS & MC COY RIGBY ENTERTAINMENT present the fifth and final production of their 2010-2011 season of shows, the critically-acclaimed, smash-hit musical comedy THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES, written, created and directed by Roger Bean, musical direction by Brian Baker, choreography by Janet Miller and starring former and original Wonderettes, Misty Cotton, Beth Malone, Leslie Spencer and Lowe Taylor.

One Circle Productions (Mira Tzur, Founder/Artistic Director) is proud to present the NY premiere of Naomi Ragen's Women's Minyan, with a staged reading directed by Tovah Feldshuh.

Producer Daryl Roth has announced the winners of the Love, Loss and What I Wore Mother's Day story contest, which invited fans to write in stories about moms, daughters, grandmothers, and anyone else who is celebrated on Mother's Day, written in the style of Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron's show.

Presented by the South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) and Midtown Direct Rep, RATED P makes its long-awaited premiere from Friday, May 5th to Sunday, May 8th at SOPAC.

THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS, the provocative and wickedly funny theatrical adaptation of the C.S. Lewis novel about spiritual warfare from a demon's point of view, will be presented in a limited engagement at Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive, adjacent to University of California Irvine, from July 21 through July 24. The production returns to Southern California after selling out in Los Angeles and San Diego earlier this year.

Producer Daryl Roth has announced the winners of the Love, Loss and What I Wore Mother's Day story contest, which invited fans to write in stories about moms, daughters, grandmothers, and anyone else who is celebrated on Mother's Day, written in the style of Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron's show.

Presented by the South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) and Midtown Direct Rep, RATED P makes its long-awaited premiere from Friday, May 5th to Sunday, May 8th at SOPAC.

Presented by the South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) and Midtown Direct Rep, RATED P makes its long-awaited premiere from Friday, May 5th to Sunday, May 8th at SOPAC.

Presented by the South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) and Midtown Direct Rep, RATED P makes its long-awaited premiere from Friday, May 5th to Sunday, May 8th at SOPAC.

Stop…Look…Listen… The VOCA PEOPLE are coming from a galaxy far, far away.

Last night, April 18, the company of LOVE, LOSS AND WHAT I WORE celebrated the newest cast members Minka Kelly and Susan Sullivan. Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron's Off Broadway hit Love, Loss, and What I Wore, is now in its second smash year at the Westside Theatre and also features Conchata Ferrell ('Two and a Half Men'), AnnaLynne McCord ('90210'), Anne Meara ('Sex and the City') and B. Smith (lifestyle expert and restaurateur).

Off-Broadway's CACTUS FLOWER will take its final bow on April 24. The revival opened on March 10. The cast includes: Jenni Barber (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee), Emily Walton (August: Osage County), Maxwell Caulfield (Grease 2), Lois Robbins ('Ryan's Hope'), Anthony Reimer ('Rescue Me'), John Herrera (The Times, They are a Changin'), Robin Skye (Parade) and Jeremy Bobb (Is He Dead?).

PHANTOM PROJECTS THEATRE GROUP, celebrating their 15th Anniversary Season and Toni Morrison's 80th Birthday, brings THE BLUEST EYE to Los Angeles.

Producer Daryl Roth announced today that TV regulars Minka Kelly, most recently seen on NBC's "Parenthood," and Susan Sullivan, who stars on ABC's "Castle," will join upcoming casts of Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron's Off Broadway hit Love, Loss, and What I Wore, now in its second smash year at the Westside Theatre (407 W 43 Street).

Walking along Ninth Avenue on an early Saturday evening after enjoying a light meal at one of the neighborhood sandwich shops, Maxwell Caulfield looks up at the Minskoff Building in the distance and sighs. He remarks, 'What a lovely view you have from the rehearsal space up there! There's a beautiful view of the setting sun as it goes down over the Hudson River! It's gorgeous. That rehearsal space will always be one of my favorite spots in New York.' There's good reason for that because it was in that rehearsal studio that he met his wife, actress Juliet Mills. They were preparing for the touring company of Bernard Pomerance's play THE ELEPHANT MAN in which Caulfield played the title role and Ms. Mills was Mrs. Kendall. The electricity between the two actors was evident to everyone in the room and it blossomed into a full romance and a marriage that has lasted 31 years. In these times of throw-away marriages and quickie divorces, it's refreshing to observe that Maxwell Caulfield is still very much in love with his wife. In fact, the two of them recently toured England together in a production of Alan Ayckbourn's BEDROOM FARCE.

One Circle Productions (Mira Tzur, Founder/Artistic Director) is proud to present the NY premiere of Naomi Ragen's Women's Minyan, with a staged reading directed by Tovah Feldshuh.

THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS, the provocative and wickedly funny theatrical adaptation of the C.S. Lewis novel about spiritual warfare from a demon's point of view, will be presented in a limited engagement in Cincinnati and Columbus this spring. The production will be at the Procter and Gamble Hall at the Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut Street, in Cincinnati on Saturday, April 9th at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. and Columbus' Palace Theatre, 34 W. Broad Street, on Saturday, May 21st at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.