The Blank Theatre's 26th Annual Young Playwrights Festival Announces 2018 Winners
by A.A. Cristi - May 02, 2018 Now celebrating its 26th Anniversary, The Blank Theatre's Nationwide Young Playwrights Festival has chosen 12 plays by playwrights aged 15-19 from seven different states. These plays will be presented by professional actors and directors in this year's Festival at The Stella Adler Theatre in Hollywo...
VIDEO: Get a Sneak Peek at TWENTY50 at Denver Center
by A.A. Cristi - February 06, 2020 It's 2050 and Andres Salazar is running for office. In an America where Latinos are now considered part of the racial majority, he has tough decisions to make. Will identifying himself as a Mexican American help or hinder him on Election Day? Will denying part of his identity be worth the potential ...
Ensemble Theatre Company Continues Anniversary Season with THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA McBRIDE
by Julie Musbach - November 12, 2018 Elvis has indeed left the building! ENSEMBLE THEATRE COMPANY (ETC) is thrilled to announce the second show of its 40th Anniversary Season, THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA McBRIDE, written by Matthew Lopez, directed by Jenny Sullivan with choreography by Jamie Torcellini. THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA McBRIDE begins p...
Cornelius Smith Jr. to Play Frederick Douglass in AMERICAN PROPHET: FREDERICK DOUGLASS IN HIS OWN WORDS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 22, 2020 Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater has announced Cornelius Smith Jr. (ABC's Scandal and All My Children) will perform in Arena Stage's 2020/21 Season....
82 Year Old Writer to Publish 'BLIP,' a NYC Hate Crime Novel Idrian Resnicks Book Features Race, Hate Crimes, Cops, and Even Love
by Robert Diamond - January 27, 2019 ...
Casting Announced for THE WORLD GOES ROUND at Reprise 2.0
by A.A. Cristi - August 08, 2018 REPRISE 2.0, led by Producing Artistic Director Marcia Seligson, in association with the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television Department of Theater (UCLA TFT) chaired by Brian Kite, announces Dawnn Lewis (This Is Us, Major Crimes and IZombie), Valerie Perri (LA Shubert Theatre Evita, Jerome R...
Hampton Fluker To Receive Dorothy Loudon Award at Theater World Awards
by Julie Musbach - May 13, 2019 It was announced today by The Theatre World Awards Board of Directors and The Dorothy Loudon Foundation, Hampton Fluker (All My Sons) will be honored with the 11th Annual Dorothy Loudon Award at the 75th Annual Theatre World Awards Ceremony...
Photo Flash: Eugene Pack's New Play NIGHT WITH OSCAR Presented at Mark Taper Forum
by A.A. Cristi - March 21, 2018 Drama Desk Award-winning and Emmy® nominated playwright Eugene Pack (Sharpies, The Poets of Amityville) directs a staged reading of his hilarious new comedy Night with Oscar. The all-star cast includes Joely Fisher (Ellen, Wild Card), Jon Tenney (Major Crimes, The Closer), Rob Morrow (Northern Expos...
DOUBTS Enters LA Femme International Film Fest
by Julie Musbach - October 09, 2019 DOUBTS, an animated short film, with voice and text by Julie Flanders and animation by Phoebe Cavise, is entered into competition at the 15th Annual LaFemme International Film Festival, October 17-20, 2019....
VIDEO: Watch the New Trailer for THE CURSE OF LA LLORNA
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 11, 2019 La Llorona. The Weeping Woman. A horrifying apparition, caught between Heaven and Hell, trapped in a terrible fate sealed by her own hand. The mere mention of her name has struck terror around the world for generations. ...
Rom Com GODFREY Adds Iliza Shlesinger; STUDENT BODY Rounds Out Cast
by Sarah Jae Leiber - August 15, 2019 Deadline reports that Iliza Shlesinger has joined the cast of 'Godfrey,' a new romantic comedy also starring Cleopatra Coleman and Nick Thune....
Cory Tucker Joins Cast Of James Patterson's THE CHEF
by A.A. Cristi - November 28, 2018 Actor Cory Tucker has joined the cast of best-selling author James Patterson's interactive new thriller “The Chef” which was released exclusively on Facebook Messenger as part digital novel and part movie on October 30, 2018. Cory stars as the lead character in the role of Caleb J. Rooney a New Orl...
Casting Announced For GRAND HOTEL at Reprise 2.0
by A.A. Cristi - August 27, 2018 REPRISE 2.0, led by Producing Artistic Director Marcia Seligson, presented in association with the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television Department of Theater (UCLA TFT) chaired by Brian Kite, performing at UCLA Freud Playhouse, announces casting for Grand Hotel performing October 24 to Novemb...
Pasadena Playhouse Fall Productions On Sale Today!
by A.A. Cristi - July 19, 2018 Tickets on sale today for two plays new to Los Angeles at the Pasadena Playhouse, the State Theater of California. Native Gardens, a new comedy by Karen Zacarias and directed by Jason Alexander performing September 5 to 30 (press opening September 9), and the West End production of its reigning hit...
Photo Flash: Dawnn Lewis Stars in SMTC's THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE
by Julie Musbach - April 26, 2019 Scottsdale Musical Theater Company - one of the biggest producers of musicals in the Valley - is pleased to share some photos from their current production of Thoroughly Modern Millie!...
VIDEO: Watch the Trailer for THE CURSE OF LA LLORONA
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 18, 2018 La Llorona. The Weeping Woman. A horrifying apparition, caught between Heaven and Hell, trapped in a terrible fate sealed by her own hand. The mere mention of her name has struck terror around the world for generations. In life, she drowned her children in a jealous rage, throwing herself in the...
Chester Theatre Company Presents MARY'S WEDDING
by Stephi Wild - July 20, 2018 Chester Theatre Company (CTC) presents Stephen Massicotte's two-actor, three-character play, Mary's Wedding, in the historic Chester Town Hall, 15 Middlefield Road in Chester, MA, from July 26 through August 5, 2018....
Cast And Creative Announced For STILL AT RISK By Tim Pinckney
by Julie Musbach - February 12, 2019 Theater for the New City, in association with MBL Productions, has announced, today, the cast and creative team for the New York premiere of the new play, Still at Risk by Tim Pinckney (Message to Michael). Performances begin Thursday, March 7, 2019 for a limited engagement through Sunday, March 31,...
I DIED TODAY Comes to the Hollywood Fringe Festival 2018
by A.A. Cristi - May 24, 2018 I DIED TODAY written and directed by two-time Emmy Nominee GREG LaVOI premiers at 2018 Hollywood Fringe Festival. On a rainy suburban street, Jake realizes he died today as he looks at his lifeless body and his loyal dog keeping watch. He wonders if his life mattered, how he feels now that he's dead...
Sir Patrick Stewart, Thomas Burman & Martin Samuel to Be Honored at the 2020 MUAHS Awards Gala
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 08, 2020 The Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild (MUAHS, IATSE, Local 706) presents the 7th ANNUAL MAKE-UP ARTISTS & HAIR STYLISTS GUILD AWARDS, honoring excellence in make-up and hair styling in motion pictures, television, commercials and live theater. ...
GOTHAM Star David Mazouz, Urges People to Join National Animal Welfare Organization's Drive to Save Shelter Animals
by Macon Prickett - February 27, 2018 The actor who plays young Bruce Wayne before he becomes Batman has a real-life crusade, joining forces with Best Friends Animal Society to save the lives of dogs and cats in America's shelters....
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD Adds Damon Herriman; Catherine Haena Kim Joins BALLERS
by Sarah Jae Leiber - August 16, 2019 Deadline reports that Damon Herriman has joined Barry Jenkins' (Moonlight) adaptation of Colson Whitehead's novel 'Underground Railroad.' The story centers on young Cora, a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. Life is hell for all the slaves, but especially bad for Cora; an outcast even among he...
Stage Star Daniel David Stewart To Join George Clooney, Kyle Chandler & Hugh Laurie In Hulu's CATCH 22
by Tori Hartshorn - May 04, 2018 According to Deadline, eight new cast members have been announced to join the forthcoming Hulu original series CATCH-22. The new cast includes Daniel David Stewart (Spring Awakening Revival, The Band's Visit), Austin Stowell (Battle of the Sexes), Rafi Gavron (Counterpart ), Graham Patrick Martin (M...
Greg LaVoi Premieres I DIED TODAY at the Hollywood Fringe Festival
by Julie Musbach - April 20, 2018 I DIED TODAY written and directed by two-time Emmy Nominee GREG LaVOI premiers at 2018 Hollywood Fringe Festival. On a rainy suburban street, Jake realizes he died today as he looks at his lifeless body and his loyal dog keeping watch. He wonders if his life mattered, how he feels now that he's dead...
Emmy Winner Cady McClain's Documentary 'Seeing is Believing: Women Direct' Launches Today on TuggEDU
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 02, 2018 Emmy® winning actress-turned-director Cady McClain's Seeing is Believing: Women Direct, a documentary film about women who direct film and television, is partnering with TuggEDU to bring the film to all North American schools, organizations, community centers, libraries, churches, groups, boardrooms... |