Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Geffen Playhouse Brings Students in to see NEXT FALL
We salute our friends over at Geffen Playhouse for something amazing they did today providing a student matinee of Next Fall for nearly 500 students from 10 Title I public high schools. These students were able to see the production thanks to the Geffen Playhouse Education Department who provided FREE tickets and transportation. Attending schools included: Santee Education Complex, Roosevelt Academy of Medical & Health Sciences, Roosevelt Humanitas Art School, Roosevelt Math, Science & Technology Magnet, Annimo Inglewood Charter, Westchester High School, Hemet High School, James Monroe, Miguel Contreras, San Pedro High & Gabrielino High.
Next Fall, written by Geoffrey Nauffts is playing its final performances at the Geffen and will close on December 4 so you have only one more weekend to see it. This is the critically acclaimed play’s west coast debut directed by Sheryl Kaller. It was nominated for the 2010 Tony Award for Best Play, and received a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play, and an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Play). It stars Ken Barnett, Betsy Brandt, Jeff Fahey, Geoffrey Nauffts, Lesley Ann Warren, and James Wolk.
Adam and Luke seem like a case of opposites attract – Adam is older, neurotic and an atheist; Luke is impulsive, a struggling actor and a devout Christian. After Luke is involved in a critical accident, family and friends descend upon the couple and these longtime differences collide, forcing opposing views on faith and family into a stand-off. As timely as it is touching, this must-see play exposes the fundamental truth that we love people both because of – and in spite of – who they are.
Way to go Geffen. Doing good with theatre. It makes a difference. http://www.geffenplayhouse.com/
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LA’S Next Great Stage Star™ Competition Returns
Sterling's Upstairs at Vitello's has set Saturday and Sunday, Dec 10 - 11 as audition dates for the 6th annual LA's Next Great Stage Star™ competition, announced today by producers Michael Sterling and Tony Monsour of Michael Sterling & Associates (http://www.msapr.net/).
Auditions are by appointment only and will be held between the hours of 9:00 am and 12:00 pm both days. To schedule an appointment, potential contestants may call Michael Sterling & Associates at 818 623-7300 x 2 beginning Monday, December 5th. The annual competition, which began in 2007, will be presented at Sterling’s Upstairs at Vitello’s located in Studio City, California’s trendy Tujunga Village as a series of six consecutive, early afternoon, Sunday matinees January 8 through February 12, 2012.
LA’s Next Great Stage Star™ is geared to discovering fresh, young talent for the theatre stage. Twenty (20) contestants between the ages of 18 – 32 will compete for the 2012 title. This year’s competition will once again be judged by an elite panel of LA theatre industry professionals.
2012 Stage Star Judges include:
Michael Donovan, Michael Donovan Casting
Daniel Solis, Disney Entertainment Casting
Dan Mojica, Producer/Director/Choreographer, Disney’s Beauty and The Beast Tours
Stephanie Coltrin, Artistic Director, CLOSBC
Robert Marra, Co-Artistic Director, Musical Theatre of Los Angeles
Calvin Remsberg, Vocal Coach and Director
David Elzer, Producer, The Marvelous Wonderettes, Life Could be a Dream
Steven Glaudini,Artistic Producer/Director, Musical Theatre West
John LeLonde, Artistic Director, Candlelight Pavilion
TJ Dawson, Artistic Director, 3D Theatricals
Richard Israel, Co-Artistic Director, West Coast Ensemble
Tim Dietlein, Artistic Director/Producer, Glendale Centre
Jodie Bowman, Kazarian, Spencer, Ruskin & Associates
Steven Dry, Schiowitz/Connor/Ankrum/Wolf
Dave Secor, Daniel Hoff Agency
Contestants will compete at each competition with no eliminations until the Finale on February 12. The Finale will determine the selection of 1 winner and 4 finalists. An entry fee of $350 will apply to all contestants.
LA’s Next Great Stage Star™ 2012 will receive a $1000 cash prize, a lucrative, paid headlining engagement at Sterling’s Upstairs at Vitello’s during 2012 and other prizes. The remaining four finalists will also receive cash prizes and paid headlining debuts at the famed supper club.
Additionally, the winner and top 4 finalists will audition for Julia Flores of Julia Flores Casting, Rigby/McCoy Productions at the La Mirada Performing Arts Center in La Mirada; and Glenn Casale, Artistic Director for California Music Theatre’s Sacramento Music Circus in Sacramento.
All 20 contestants will also audition during the competition for Artistic Director Lewis Wilkenfeld of Cabrillo Music Theatre housed at the Fred Kavli Theatre in the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza in Thousand Oaks.
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011
In L.A? Study Monologue and Song Interpretation with Betty Buckley
Ms. Buckley shares her expertise and guides her students through a methodology that facilitates audience connection through songs and monologues. Her emotional connection to songs and audiences is renowned, and that very connection is at the heart of what Ms. Buckley imparts to her students.
After her most recent successful run at Feinstein’s!, The New York Times' Stephen Holden raved, "Betty Buckley [is] at the very top of her game." John Simon of Bloomberg Press wrote, "Equally accomplished as actress and singer, she pours a lifetime into every song."
Collaboration Factory is an award winning Los Angeles based production company specializing in Music based entertainment for film, television and music video projects. The workshop is being presented by Thom Fennessey, in association with Dan Callaway, one of LA’s most sought-after voice teachers (www.MyLAVoiceTeacher.com).
The class welcomes auditors, at a reduced rate, who participate in all aspects of the class – including powerful group exercises and work with partners – except the individual singing and monologue coaching by Ms. Buckley.
The workshop will consist of four sessions Tues - Fri, Dec 6 - 9. Each session will be from 6:30 p.m. to 11:00 pm. A pianist will be provided. For further information and an interview, call 323-650-2500 or email info@collaborationfactory.com.
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Monday, November 28, 2011
The Old Globe's HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS
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| Steve Blanchard and Logan Lipton Photos by Henry DiRocco |
One of the events that never fails to put me in the holiday spirit is the Old Globe’s annual production of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! This is the 14th year in a row for the family classic about everyone’s favorite green man with a heart “two sizes too small,” and this year there’s a new Grinch in town. Steve Blanchard takes on the role for the first time and gives a new interpretation that finds him grumpier and more curmudgeonly than Grinches of late. Oh, the comedic shtick is still there, but this Grinch definitely emphasizes the moody, menacing side of the character as he schemes to ruin the Whos’ Christmas once and for all. He even sings with a growl.
Effective as the performance was, I still missed the slippery eel poutiness and decadent charm I’ve seen in the character before. No matter. However he’s portrayed, the Grinch is still the perfect antagonist for the Whos down in Whoville, who never lose sight of the true meaning of Christmas. And though he starts as the villain, the Grinch proves that given the right influence, everyone has the ability to change, for as creator Theodore Geisel says, “…it’s not how you start out that counts. It’s what you are at the finish.”
His trusty sidekick Max the dog is played once again by Logan Lipton who captures the happy-go-lucky spirit of man’s best friend. Whether he’s chasing his tale, sprawling out on his tummy, or doing a soft-shoe with the Grinch, he’s as adorable as ever.
Cindy Lou Who (Caitlin McAuliffe and Remy Margaret Corbin alternating in the role) is the endearing little girl who cracks open the heart of the Grinch, and an adorable array of sugary sweet Whos keep the lively on-stage energy at a high pitch throughout the 75-minute intermission-less show. Always one to make me chuckle is the lovable – and a little bit dotty – Grandma Who, played by returning San Diego favorite, Amanda Naughton.
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| Amanda Naughton, Kelsey Venter, Geno Carr and Phil Johnson |
Directed by James Vasquez, the Globe’s Grinch is a festive affair with the animated feel of a story book brought to life. Its black and white pages are splashed with generous pinks and reds designed by John Lee Beatty with quirky costumes that match by Robert Morgan.
Always a favorite, this is one holiday musical that will bring a smile to every member of the family. Make sure its on your Christmas list. Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas runs through December 31. Click Here for tickets and more information.
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La Virgen De Guadulupe, Dios Inantzin
For a decade now, the Latino Theater Company has annually presented a holiday gift to the community, its production of La Virgen De Guadulupe, Dios Inantzin. Adapted for the stage by company member and playwright Evelina Fernandez from the mid- Sixteenth Century text The Nican Mopohua, it relates the story of how the Virgin Mary appeared on four occasions to the lowly peasant Juan Diego in the mountains of Tepeyac near Mexico City in 1531. Miracles attributed to her intercession included the blooming of roses during a time of frost, and the recovery of Juan’s uncle from the deadly plague. Juan’s devotion to the Virgin was a catalyst for a spiritual renewal in the area. Perhaps two decades after the events occurred, they were recorded on paper in an Aztec language by the Indian scholar Antonio Valeriano.
Ms. Fernandez has transformed the story into a work for the stage whose themes of faith, hope and perseverance can speak to people of all backgrounds. The show is presented in Spanish with English supertitles.
Renowned opera singer Suzanna Guzman stars as the Virgin on December 8, and Esperanza America Ibarra portrays the Virgin on December 9. Sal Lopez plays Juan Diego. There is a cast of over 100 actors, singers and dancers that also includes children and seniors from the community. Also featured in major roles are Castulo Guerra, Lucy Rodriguez, Geoffrey Rivas, Luis Aldana, Pepe Serna and Valente Rodriguez.
The production is directed by Latino Theater Company’s artistic director, Jose Luis Valenzuela. Original music is composed by Alfredo Lopez Mondragon and is performed by Mondragon, Los Hermanos Herrera, Martin Espino and Chris Garcia. Choreography is by Urbanie Lucero. Maestro de Danza Azteca: Lazaro Arbizu.
Click Here for tickets or call 866-811-4111. Reserved seating is also available for subscribers to the Face of the World season of Los Angeles Theatre Center and holders of its Season Pass. General admission is free to the public (all are welcome to attend) at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, 555 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA 90012, on Thursday and Friday, December 8 and 9, 2011 at 7:30 pm. A goodwill donation of $5 is suggested. No one is turned away for lack of funds.
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HELLO! MY BABY Set to Open at Rubicon Theatre
From Golden Globe and Emmy-Award winning writer Cheri Steinkellner, award-winning composer Georgia Stitt, and a dream-team of great American songwriters comes Hello! My Baby, a riotous new-fashioned musical comedy that reboots Berlin, Gershwin, Kern and a score of others; smartly weaving their updated hits into a timely romantic farce for all ages. Hello! My Baby runs March 24 - April 15, 2012 at Rubicon Theatre in Ventura.
Set on the sidewalks of New York in the early nineteen-teens, the charming tale weaves an updated Tin Pan Alley score into the story of streetwise song-sellers, sweatshop-workers, debutantes, gangsters, and Whiffenpoofs as they sing and dance through young love, gender-bending and many ukuleles.
Young Mickey McKee, King of the Song-Pluggers, dreams of writing the next million-selling song. The only problem is, Mickey can't write a note - a problem that finds a possible solution in Nelly Gold, a young factory girl with a talent for tunes and moxie to spare. Mickey and Nelly make beautiful music together until she puts on the trousers she once sewed, calls herself Ned, and becomes the new King of the Pluggers, and Mickey's arch-rival. These mismatched young lovers and their unlikely friends sing, dance, bicker, and coo from Debutante Balls to Delancey Street, confronting class struggles, social reform, gender-swapping, and street-thugs, as they sell the songs we're all still humming a hundred years later.
The RTC production will also bow in Santa Barbara at the Lobero Theatre April 25 - 29, 2012. Click Here for more information.
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Kritzerland Presents A Broadway / Hollywood Christmas
Kritzerland at the Gardenia presents A Broadway/Hollywood Christmas on Wednesday, December 7th, 9:00 - 11:00 pm. The show will star Dan Callaway, Zachary Ford, Juliana Hansen, Melody Hollis, Kim Huber, and Alet Taylor, and will feature a HISTORIC reunion. For the first time in 40 years, three of the original pit singers and one replacement pit singer from the Broadway company of Promises, Promises will reunite and sing their show-stopping number, “Turkey Lurkey Time!” You won’t want to miss Kelly Britt, Ilene Graff, Margot Hanson, and Ilona Simon-Muller. Music Director is Richard Berent.
Based on the albums produced by Bruce Kimmel, the show features great Christmas songs written for Broadway and Hollywood musicals and films by Irving Berlin, Jule Styne, Comden and Green, Martin and Blane, Meredith Willson, Schmidt and Jones, Jerry Herman, Joe Raposo and Sheldon Harnick, Leslie Bricusse, Bock and Harnick, Frank Loesser, Cy Coleman, Carol Hall and others. There are Christmas classics such as “White Christmas” and “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas,” as well as great but lesser-known songs.
Dinner begins at 7:00 pm and will guarantee you a table. Cover charge is $15 with a two-drink minimum. No drink minimum with dinner. Please make your reservation by midnight, December 6th. For reservations call 323-467-7444. The Gardenia is located at 7066 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90038.
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Sunday, November 27, 2011
47th Annual A Christmas Carol opens at Glendale Center Theatre
Glendale Center Theatre has opened its annual production of A Christmas Carol directed by GCT artistic director Tim Dietlein, now in its 47th year. Adapted by co-producer Brenda Dietlein, text from the 1843 story is woven into the script and narration in which ghosts remind stingy mercenary Ebenezer Scrooge (portrayed by longtime GCT star Mario DiGregorio) that ‘mankind should be his business’...a haunting reminder to everyone. Dickens’ carol of redemption seeks to reclaim Scrooge’s heart and, in its song, elevates us all.
Dietlein’s version of A Christmas Carol is not a musical but incorporates original songs and carol arrangements and features a cast of twenty-seven. So come one and all and experience the joy of the holiday season with Charles Dickens’A Christmas Carol… replete with a post-show snowfall outside the theatre! A Christmas Carol runs through December 24. Click Here for tickets and more information.
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Benjamin and Judah: A Chanukah Musical comes to Thousand Oaks
Temple Adat Elohim proudly presents Benjamin and Judah: A Chanukah Musical by David Shukiar at the Janet and Ray Scherr Forum Theater Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza. Featuring a cast of almost 100 with 48 children and 3 tap dancing clergy, it also includes one hearing impaired rabbi who learned to tap dance just for the show. Now that’s dedication!
Follow Benjamin on a journey of music, dance and drama that leads to his discovery of the true meaning of Chanukah. David Shukiar, an award winning, nationally recognized composer of Jewish music and musical theatre, creates this unique musical that documents the story of Chanukah through the eyes of Benjamin, a 13 year old boy who is teased at school because he is Jewish. Through a dream that transforms him into Judah Macabee, he relives the dramatic story of the first fight for religious freedom and regains a sense of self-confidence and a renewed faith in Judaism.
Described by the Jewish Journal of San Diego as the “Chanukah event we have been waiting for” this uplifting musical is an unforgettable Chanukah experience for the entire family.
Benjamin and Judah: A Chanukah Musical will run for three performances Saturday, December 10 at 7:00 pm, and Sunday, December 11 at 2:30 and 7:00 pm. Ticket prices are $22 and $36 and are available HERE or at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza box office.
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Dale and Bill Christmas Concert at the Grove
The sixteenth annual Dale and Bill Christmas Concert At the Grove Theatre will be held on December 18th at 3:00 pm. This exciting, fun-filled concert features Dale Kristien who starred as Christine in Phantom of the Opera, and Bill Hutton, who played the original Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat on Broadway. They are accompanied by Mary Ekler at the keyboard and are joined by the Merry Christmas Band and a group of some of the Grove’s favorite performers, including Sherry Kinison. The afternoon is filled with holiday favorites. Santa even pays a visit and invites the children in the audience to join him.
This annual favorite sells out quickly so get your tickets soon. Tickets are $30.00 and $25.00 and you can purchase them Here or by calling 909-920-4343 The Grove Theatre is located at 276 E. Ninth Street, Upland, CA 91786.
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Monday, November 21, 2011
WICKED Announces Lottery for $25 Tickets
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| Mamie Parris as Elphaba Photo by Joan Marcus |
The Los Angeles return of WICKED begins performances on Wednesday November 30 at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood for a limited nine week engagement through Sunday January 29. The producers are announcing that a day-of-performance lottery for a limited number of $25 orchestra seats will be held daily.
Each day, 2½ hours prior to show time, people who present themselves at the Pantages box office will have their names placed in a lottery drum and then thirty minutes later, names will be drawn for a limited number of orchestra seats at $25 each, cash only. This lottery is available only in-person at the box office, with a limit of two tickets per person. One entry per person per show. An ID is required to purchase the tickets.
Based on the best-selling 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire, WICKED is the untold story of the witches of Oz. It is produced by Marc Platt, Universal Pictures, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt and David Stone.
Full priced tickets for WICKED may be purchased online at http://www.broadwayla.org/ or by phone at 1-800-982-ARTS(2787). The Pantages Theatre is located at 6233 Hollywood Boulevard, just east of Vine Street.
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Friday, November 18, 2011
LA City College Presents LOST AND UNSUNG
Richard M. Sherman, one of the Sherman Brotheres, will also make an appearance as a special guest on opening night. The Sherman Brothers, wrote the songs for Walt Disney’s Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Happiest Millionaire, and Charlotte’s Web.
Based on the series of albums, Lost In Boston and Unsung Musicals, produced by Bruce Kimmel, the show features the songs you never heard from such classic musicals as Chicago, Sweet Charity, Company, Annie Get Your Gun, Gypsy and many others, along with unsung gems from such legendary flops as Smile, We Take The Town, Drat! The Cat!, Sherry!, and more.
Show dates and times:
November 30 – Special Opening Night performance 7:15 pm
December 1 – Two shows: 3:00 pm and 7:15 pm
December 2 – 8:00 pm
December 3 – Two shows: 2:00 pm and 8:00 pm
Performances will take place in The Caminito Theatre at Los Angeles City College, 855 N. Vermont Ave. Los Angeles, 90029. The closest entrance to the Caminito Theatre is from the 800 block of Heliotrope, which is two blocks west, and runs parallel to, Vermont. Free parking is available in the Faculty Parking Lot on that block of Heliotrope. Click Here for reservations or call 323-953-4000 x 2990.
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Thursday, November 17, 2011
The Angel of Painted Post Concert Reading
A concert reading of The Angel of Painted Post, a new musical by Adrian Bewley (book), Matthew Levine (music), and Richard Castle (lyrics), will take place on Monday, December 12 at 7:30 pm at the Lonny Chapman Theatre in North Hollywood.
What would you pay for a miracle? The people of the small town of Painted Post, Massachusetts have got plenty of reasons to believe. It’s 1945, and not only has the town lost many of its young men in the war, but now a vision of the Virgin Mary has appeared in the window above the sickbed of a comatose young girl. So what if the girl's mother charges admission to pray at her bedside and witness the vision? And when the girl suddenly awakens after five years, she is pregnant. Could it be yet another miracle - or just one more of her mother's hoaxes?
The musical features members of tANMT's Academy Repertory Company Company, including Noel Britton, Elise Dewsberry, Evelyn Halus, Christopher Maikish, Sari Rose Poll, Andrea Press, Tedd Szeto, Peter Welkin, and guest Sean Hankinson, with Ross Kalling at the piano and Scott Guy directing. Seating is general admission and all tickets will be held for pick-up at Will Call.
The Lonny Chapman Theatre is located at 10900 Burbank Blvd., just east of Vineland. The theatre has a small parking lot and there is also street parking in the area. Click Here for tickets.
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011
3-D Theatricals Announces a Monster of a 2012 Season
3-D Theatricals has announced its most ambitious season ever during its second season at Plummer Auditorium in Fullerton. 3-D’s subscribers and audiences will be transported to one of the most hilarious Avenues of them all with the Southern California Regional Premiere of the Tony Award-winning Avenue Q; will travel back to 1960s Baltimore with the Tony Award-winning pop hit, Hairspray; take a trip backstage with one of the longest running shows in Broadway history, A Chorus Line; fall in “love” all over again with the music of Irving Berlin with I Love a Piano; and finally find more love and laughter in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music.
The 3-D Theatricals 2012 Season is:
The Sound of Music
February 10 - 26, 2012
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse
The final collaboration between Rogers and Hammerstein was destined to become the world’s most beloved musical, so it is no surprise that our patrons voted it the #1 show they want to see. You won’t want to miss this true story of the Von Trapp Family, whether it is your first time or your 50th!
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A Chorus Line
May 11 – 27, 2012
Music by Marvin Hamlisch, Lyrics by Edward Kleban
Book by James Kirkwood, Jr. and Nicholas Dante
Based on the true stories of real Broadway dancers taped in two all night sessions, this powerful metaphor for human inspiration features the songs “At the Ballet,” “Dance: Ten, Looks: Three,” “What I Did for Love,” and “One!”
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Avenue Q
July 13 – 29, 2012
Music and Lyrics by Robert Lopez & Jeff Marx
Book By Jeff Whitty
This winner of three Tony Awards is the hilarious tale of a recent college grad who moves into a shabby NY apartment looking for his purpose in life. Told with equal parts wit, catchy songs, and puppets, this side splitting show is a California Regional premiere! For mature audiences only!
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I Love a Piano
September 7 – 23, 2012
Songs by Irving Berlin
A celebration of the man Jerome Kern famously said, “Has no place in American music - he is American music.” Follow a piano as it moves in and out of American lives with songs like “Blue Skies,” “Cheek to Cheek,” “Anything You Can Do,” “God Bless America,” and of course , “I Love a Piano.”
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Hairspray
October 12 - 28, 2012
Music by Marc Shaiman, Lyrics by Scott Wittman
Book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan
(based on the John Waters film)
A Cult Classic movie that spawned a Broadway Hit, that spawned a Movie based on the show you will see! Who would have thought Baltimore in the 1960’s would be so cool? You’re sure to love this plus size 2003 Tony Award-winner for Best Musical, Book, Score, Actor and Actress!
Plummer Auditorium is located at 201 E. Chapman Ave. in Fullerton. Parking is free in the structure across the street. Click Here for subscription packages or call 714-589-2770.
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Cabrillo Music Theatre Presents Jason Edwards in RING OF FIRE
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| Photo Credit: Cindy Momchilov |
A multi-talented cast and onstage band bring to life the famous songs of “The Man In Black” when Cabrillo Music Theatre’s production of Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash makes its Thousand Oaks premiere at the Civic Arts Plaza.
Directed by and starring original Broadway star Jason Edwards, Ring of Fire opens on Friday, February 3, 2012, and plays until Sunday, February 12 at the 1,800-seat Kavli Theatre at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza.
Ring of Fire uses the music of the man to bring to life the joys and sorrows of this music legend. Says Jason Edwards, the show’s director and star, “Ring of Fire is the only theatrical show Mr. Cash ever gave his approval for and endorsed. The show’s concept was never to have someone impersonate Mr. Cash, but to get underneath his image and present what he was trying to say in his lyrics. And to select performers who in some way might convey the essence of his southern style and roots.”
Joining Edwards onstage is Kelli Provart, longtime Southern California theatre mainstay and recent Ovation Award nominee; Broadway veteran Troy Burgess; and recording artist Trenna Barnes. Together they weave a musical portrait of Johnny Cash, culminating in a concert that will both move and exhilarate. Jeff Lisenby is the production's musical director and choreography is by Jane Lanier.
Cabrillo Music Theatre is also pleased to announce that Louis B. Robin, Cash’s longtime friend and estate manager, is playing a role in the project, providing invaluable insight and anecdotes about the Man in Black. Although the highs and lows of Cash’s life are explored through song, Ring of Fire is suitable for all audiences, and promises to be a foot-stompin’, crowd-pleasin’ good time.
A post-show discussion with cast, staff and audience will follow the Saturday, February 4th, 2:00pm performance. A signed performance for the deaf and hard-of-hearing will take place on the Friday, February 10th performance. The Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza is located at 2100 Thousand Oaks Boulevard in Thousand Oaks. Click Here for tickets and more information or call (805) 449-ARTS (2787).
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Monday, November 14, 2011
Congratulations to the 2010-2011 Ovation Award Winners!
The 2011 LA STAGE Alliance Ovation Awards were handed out tonight at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, celebrating the best of the best from the 2010-2011 theatre season. Thirty-five awards were bestowed upon twenty different Southern California theater companies. Here is a list of the winners. Congratulations all!BEST SEASON
Troubadour Theater Company
The First Jo-el, Fleetwood Macbeth, A Wither’s Tale
MUSICAL THEATRE:
Best Musical – Intimate Theater
Jerry Springer: The Opera
The Chance Theater
Best Musical - Large Theater
Kiss Me, Kate
Reprise Theatre Company
Acting Ensemble of a Musical
The Cast of A Wither's Tale
Troubadour Theater Company
Choreography
Cate Caplin
Fascinating Rhythms, Rubicon Theatre Company
Music Direction
Paul Litteral
Hoboken To Hollywood, Reasoner Associates LLC
Book for an Original Musical
William Norris, Stuart Gordon, and Dennis Paoli
Re-Animator: The Musical
Red Hen Productions and The Schramm Group LLC
Lyrics/Music for an Original Musical
Gregory Nabours
The Trouble With Words
Coeurage Theatre Company
Director of a Musical
Matt Walker
A Wither's Tale
Troubadour Theatre Company
Lead Actor in a Musical
Raul Esparza as Jonas Nightingale
Leap of Faith
Center Theatre Group: Ahmanson Theatre
Lead Actress in a Musical
Lesli Margherita as Lilli Vanessi/Kate
Kiss Me, Kate
Reprise Theatre Company
Featured Actor in a Musical
Matt Walker as Leontes/Clown
A Wither's Tale
Troubadour Theater Company
Featured Actress in a Musical
Beth Kennedy as Paulina/Shepherd
A Wither's Tale
Troubadour Theater Company
PLAY AWARDS:
Best Play – Intimate Theater
Small Engine Repair, Rogue Machine
Best Play – Large Theater
A Raisin in the Sun, Ebony Repertory Theatre
Acting Ensemble for a Play
The Cast of Small Engine Repair, Rogue Machine
Playwriting for an Original Play
Stefan Marks
Hello, Crooked Arrow Productions
Director of a Play
Andrew Block
Small Engine Repair, Rogue Machine
Lead Actor in a Play
Stefan Marks as Clark
Hello, Crooked Arrow Productions
Lead Actress in a Play
Laurie Metcalf as Virginia
Voice Lessons, Sacred Fools Theatre Company
Featured Actor in a Play
Henry Dittman as James Moriarty
Watson, Sacred Fools Theatre Company
Featured Actress in a Play
Deidrie Henry as Ruth Younger
A Raisin in the Sun, Ebony Repertory Theatre
DESIGN AWARDS:
Lighting Design – Intimate Theater
Christopher Kuhl
How To Disappear Completely and Never Be Found
The Theatre @ Boston Court
Lighting Design - Large Theater
David Weiner
Venice, Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre
Scenic Design - Intimate Theater
Joel Daavid
Skeleton Stories, Theatre of NOTE
Scenic Design – Large Theater
Todd Rosenthal
Twist – An American Musical, Pasadena Playhouse
Sound Design – Intimate Theater
Alyssa Ishii
Awake, Bootleg Theater
Sound Design – Large Theater
Joshua Horvath
Venice, Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre
Costume Design – Intimate Theater
A. Jeffrey Schoenberg
The Malcontent, The Antaeus Company
Costume Design – Large Theater
Emilio Sosa
Twist – An American Musical, Pasadena Playhouse
SPECIAL AWARDS:
The Sherwood Award
Presented to Christopher Kuhl
OVATION HONORS CATEGORIES:
Composition for a Play
Brian Joseph, Lyle Lovett, Fred Sanders, Sara Watkins and Sean Watkins
Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles
Fight Choreography
Brian Danner
The Walworth Farce, Theatre Banshee
Puppet Design
Kristopher Bicknell, Gwyneth ConawayBennison, and Miles Taber
D Is For Dog, Rogue Artists Ensemble
Video Design
Jason Thompson
Venice, Center Theatre Group: Kirk Douglas Theatre
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