Sunday, June 14, 2015

MUSICAL NEWS for Sunday, June 14, 2015

MUSICAL NEWS: Garry Marshall has announced the Falcon Theatre’s 2015-2016 season, which includes 3 musicals this year. The season begins with Impro Theatre’s Sondheim UnScripted (Aug. 19 – Sept. 27), directed by Dan O’Connor and Michele Spears. The completely improvised musical in the style of Stephen Sondheim starts with audience suggestions as the cast and musicians create a wholly original, thrilling musical based on Sondheim’s intricate rhymes, soaring counter melodies and complex themes.

 Troubadour Theater Company returns to The Falcon for the holidays reviving a fan-favorite, the parody of holiday classic, Santa Claus is Comin’ to Motown (Dec . 2 – Jan 17), directed by Matt Walker. Telling the tale of Kris Kringle’s (aka Santa Claus) origin, the Troubies take the jolly old man himself and send him to the land of Smokey Miracles and Supreme Temptations.

 The Falcon will close its season with The Real Housewives of Toluca Lake: The Musical (March 23 – April 24), book, music & lyrics by Molly Bell, directed by Roger Bean. In this story, you’ll get to meet the wives, Joanne, Babette, Penny, Lulu, and Beezus: The Real Housewives of Toluca Lake. Scandalous surprises and bitter betrayals mix with a healthy dose of Pinot Grigio and pharmaceuticals to create this hilarious romp inspired by America’s not-so-secret guilty pleasure. The Falcon’s season will also include two plays, Scott and Hem (Oct. 14 – Nov. 15), by Mark St. Germain, directed by Dimitri Toscas, and The Complete History of America (abridged) (Feb. 3 – March 6), by Adam Long Reed Martin & Austin Tichenor. falcontheatre.com

 Actors Co-op has announced its 2015-16 season, which will begin with Stephen Schwartz & Joseph Stein’s The Baker’s Wife, directed by Richard Israel, Sept. 18 – Oct. 25, 2015. From the creator of Wicked and Pippin comes the delicious musical about a French baker who stops making his mouth-watering bread when his young wife leaves him. Faced with the loss of the best food they have ever eaten, the town of misfits unites to rekindle the couple’s love. The season will also include Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles, Tennessee Williams masterpiece Summer and Smoke, and Brian Friel’s Dancing at Lughnasa. www.ActorsCo-op.org
The world premiere of Adam & Eve and Steve: The Musical by Chandler Warren will run July 9 – August 30 (Opening night 7/10) at NoHo Arts Center’s Stage 2. The 80-minute musical farce is based on the Biblical Adam and Eve story, with the addition of Steve thanks to the Devil’s interference. As the three of them get tangled, they all try to figure out the many definitions that love has to offer. Music is by Wayne Moore and Ronnie Marmo directs. www.plays411.com/adam
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts presents Disney’s Choo-Choo Soul With Genevieve! Performances are Sunday, June 28 at 1:00 pm and 3:30 pm. Disney’s Choo-Choo Soul With Genevieve! won the Parent’s Choice Award in 2007 for Children’s television and has performed across the country. Choo-Choo Soul is an upbeat, exciting way for kids to learn while having fun, while parents enjoy the current, soulful stylings of the accompanying music. Train conductor Genevieve Goings drives her animated train through fantastical lands while singing contemporary, kid-friendly hip-hop songs about ABCs, 123s and being polite. The diverse and hip duo of Genevieve and DC, the beatboxing, break-dancing engineer, teach children through music in this special live version of the favorite television show. www.lamiradatheatre.com

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