David Ives's VENUS IN FUR To Open at McCadden Theatre in August
by Blair Ingenthron - Jul 8, 2023
Samadahi Entertainment is set to present VENUS IN FUR, by David Ives, directed by Mark Blanchard. The dark comedy with exceedingly complex characters and a fast-paced play within a play, featuring Russian-born multi-award-winning actress KATYUSHA (Ekaterina Melnik) as Vanda, is set to open August 4th through September 3rd, 2023, at McCadden Place Theatre.
Alena Bernardi's 'Legendary' Journey ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
by Jeffrey Ellis - Aug 24, 2017
Currently starring as diva Lily Garland in the Proof Doubt Closer Theater production of On The Twentieth Century at Los Angeles' Pan-Andreas Theatre (5119 Melrose Avenue) through Sunday, Bernardi says her decision to mount her own rendition of the Cy Coleman-Betty Comden-Adolph Green musical should come as no surprise to people who know her - to be certain, those folks probably expected no less from her.
Review: Laugh Your Way Through a Musical Screwball Ride ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
by Shari Barrett - Aug 20, 2017
The glamorous passenger train Twentieth Century Limited, which ran between New York and Chicago between 1902 and 1967, is the main setting for the musical screwball comedy ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY now playing through August 27 at the Pan-Andreas Theatre, 5119 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038. Based partly on the 1930s film and play of the same name, the musical, with book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Cy Coleman, is part operetta, part farce, and part screwball comedy telling the story of the behind-the-scenes relationship between Lily, a temperamental actress and Oscar, a bankrupt theatre producer. The duo, played with great skill and comedic timing by Alena Bernardi and Wade Kelley, recount the tale of their adventure traveling from Chicago to New York in the 1930s as Oscar tries to cajole the glamorous Hollywood star into playing the lead in his new, but not-yet-written drama, and perhaps to rekindle their romance.
SkyPilot Theatre Company Announces New Development Track
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 4, 2017
SkyPilot Theatre Company, a well-established greenhouse for new works by emerging and established playwrights in Los Angeles, has created a new development track called SkyPilot Runway. The program will launch on April 5th, 2017, with a staged reading of The Cave by Daniel Rover Singer (The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)), directed by Michael A. Shepperd (co-Artistic Director, Celebration Theatre, Los Angeles CA and recent Ovation Award winner for direction of The Boy From Oz.) The cast will include Mario Burrell, Thomas Colby, Natalie Nicole Dressel, Brad Griffith, Mat Hayes, Shelby Janes, Sarah Marcum, Ian Nemser, Gabby Sanalitro, Morry Schorr, Shoniqua Shandai, and Duane Taniguchi.
MURDER...MURDER...MURDER... Enters Its Final Weekend
by BWW News Desk - Feb 2, 2017
It's been one day since the murder of Lucius Grainvaile, ruining a perfectly good weekend for a small party of society's somewhat elite at the Grainvaile Estate. Thank goodness among them is Edwin Montrose, the well-known detective!
SkyPilot to Present Clue-Like Whodunit MURDER...MURDER...MURDER
by Julie Musbach - Jan 27, 2017
It's been one day since the murder of Lucius Grainvaile, ruining a perfectly good weekend for a small party of society's somewhat elite at the Grainvaile Estate. Thank goodness among them is Edwin Montrose, the well-known detective! (Well, a moderately well known detective...Surely some have heard of him...Just look at his scrapbook!) Murder...Murder...Murder is a hysterical classic case of "Who done it?", where everyone's a suspect and the subsequent murders provide additional clues.
Gale Harold, Denise Crosby, Claudia Mason Star In ORPHEUS DESCENDING, 1/15-2/21
by BWW News Desk - Jan 15, 2010
Gale Harold (Queer as Folk), Denise Crosby (Star Trek TNG), and cover girl-turned-actress Claudia Mason (Vogue, Elle, W, Cosmopolitan) head the cast of Tennessee Williams' rarely produced classic, Orpheus Descending.
Gale Harold, Denise Crosby, Claudia Mason Star In ORPHEUS DESCENDING, 1/15-2/21
by Gabrielle Sierra - Dec 9, 2009
Gale Harold (Queer as Folk), Denise Crosby (Star Trek TNG), and cover girl-turned-actress Claudia Mason (Vogue, Elle, W, Cosmopolitan) head the cast of Tennessee Williams' rarely produced classic, Orpheus Descending.