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CAST AND DESIGNERS SET FOR
“THE WAKE” AT KIRK DOUGLAS THEATRE
The Kirk Douglas Theatre is located at 9820 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232.
Photo: (L to R) Lisa Kron and Heidi Schreck. Photo credit: Craig Schwartz |
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MARTIN SHEEN, FRANCES CONROY AND BRIAN GERAGHTY OPEN IN
“THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES”
AT CTG/MARK TAPER FORUM
Martin Sheen, Frances Conroy and
Brian Geraghty open in Frank D. Gilroy’s Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning
play “The Subject Was Roses” this Sunday, February 21 at 7 p.m. at the
Center Theatre Group / Mark Taper Forum at the Los Angeles Music Center. Photo: L to R: Brian Geraghty and Martin Sheen in “The Subject Was Roses”. Photo credit Craig Schwartz |
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Artworks Theatre announces the
OPENING of A theatrical Incident with Curious Music, Unfamiliar Singing
and Improbable Dancing devised by ARTEL, incubated at [via]Corpora
Performance R&D House: Kharmful Charms of Daniil Kharms
What:
Kharmful Charms of Daniil Kharms by
ARTEL.
Where: ArtWorks Theatre 6567 Santa Monica Blvd. Hollywood, CA 90038 When: through March 20, 2010. Fridays and Saturdays, 8:30pm. Sundays at 3:00 PM. Arrive early for Amuse-Um installations, instant happenings, surprise disappearances, musical ambushes, and eruptions of sound poetry, OBERIU-style!
Fresh off the heels of the critically acclaimed Grand Guignolers'
Absinthe, Opium & Magic: 1920s Shanghai, [via]Corpora International
Performance Research and Development House is proud to present its
resident laboratory's world premiere production, Kharmful
Charms of Daniil Kharms.
After a riotous oversold presentation of the workshop production last
spring, ARTEL - a mad-gang of artisanal scientists comprising the
underground American Russian Theatre Ensemble Laboratory - brings
Daniil Kharms back with a vengeance! And he is more charming,
macabre, and scintillating than ever! Kharmful Charms of Daniil Kharms
is an original decadent comedy, illogically formulated from Russian
Surrealist and Absurdist motifs, constructed as an evening of
not-so-innocent commotions and antics, vignettes and dreamlike
incidents, all set to a rousing live musical score.
Declaring 2010 as the Year of the Absurd, ARTEL is making explosive (re)solutions to the New Year, beginning with detonating notions of theatre as a dramatic servant of literature. While English speaking academics are just now wrestling with Hans-Thies Lehmann's ten year old articulation of a 'post-dramatic theatre', ARTEL ransacks a storehouse constructed eighty years ago by Daniil Kharms when he divined a creative practice of sluchai*, to propose its own poetics of perplexing alogical perspectives formulated for a new decade of twenty-first century theatre. Daniil Kharms, an early Soviet-era surrealist and absurdist poet, writer and dramatist. By the late 1920s, his anti-rational verse, nonlinear theatrical performances, and public displays of iniquitous and irrational behavior earned Kharms - who always dressed like an English dandy with a calabash pipe - the reputation of being a talented but highly eccentric "fool" or "crazy-man" in Leningrad cultural circles. Exiled briefly during the "relatively vegetarian" days of the early 1930s, ten years later he was imprisoned in the psychiatric ward of Leningrad Prison No. 1. Kharms died in his cell - most likely from starvation - in February, 1942 as the Nazi blockade of Leningrad was well underway. His writings (a vast assortment of stories, miniatures, plays, poems, and pseudo-scientific/philosophical investigations) were virtually unknown until the 1970s, and not published officially in Russia until the late-1980s period of "glasnost". |
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“DREAMGIRLS” AT THE CTG/AHMANSON THEATRE
A NEW PRODUCTION OF THE GROUNDBREAKING MUSICAL
“We’re Your Dreamgirls”SYESHA MERCADO is DEENA JONES ADRIENNE WARREN is LORRELL ROBINSON MARGARET HOFFMAN is MICHELLE MORRIS AND INTRODUCING MOYA ANGELA as EFFIE WHITE WITH CHAZ LAMAR SHEPHERD as CURTIS TAYLOR, JR. CHESTER GREGORY as JAMES “THUNDER” EARLY TREVON DAVIS as C.C. WHITE MILTON CRAIG NEALY as MARTY MADISON
A new, ground-breaking production of “Dreamgirls,” directed and choreographed by Robert Longbottom, arrives at the CTG/Ahmanson Theatre, opening playing through April 4. With music by Academy Award nominee Henry Krieger, lyrics and book by Tony and Grammy Award winner Tom Eyen, and additional material by Willie Reale, “Dreamgirls” introduces actress Moya Angela as Effie White and features, as The Dreams, Syesha Mercado as Deena Jones, Adrienne Warren as Lorrell Robinson, and Margaret Hoffman as Michelle Morris with Chaz Lamar Shepherd as Curtis Taylor, Jr., Chester Gregory as James “Thunder” Early, Trevon Davis as C.C. White, Milton Craig Nealy as Marty Madison in a cast of 26 that also features Tallia Brinson, Felicia Boswell, Patrice Covington, Ronald Duncan, Talitha Farrow, Brittney Griffin, James Harkness, Robert Hartwell, Eric Jackson, Chauncey Jenkins, Jared Joseph, Nikki Kimbrough, Brittany Lewis, Douglas Lyons, Kimberly Marable, Jarran Muse, Amaker Smith and Marc Spaulding. Co-choreography for “Dreamgirls” is by Shane Sparks, scenic design by Robin Wagner, costume design by William Ivey Long, lighting design by Ken Billington, sound design by Acme Sound Partners, media design by Howard Werner for Lightswitch and is produced by John Breglio for Vienna Waits Productions. For more information, please visit www.dreamgirlsonstage.com. “Dreamgirls” tells the rags-to-riches story of an up-and-coming 1960s singing girl group and the triumphs and tribulations that come with fame and fortune. The original Broadway production of “Dreamgirls” opened December 20, 1981, at the Imperial Theatre and won six 1982 Tony Awards. “Dreamgirls” closed on Broadway August 11, 1985, after 1,522 performances. The original Broadway production was directed by Michael Bennett and choreographed by Bennett and Michael Peters. “Dreamgirls” was adapted into a motion picture by DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures, and opened in December 2006.
Biographies
Moya Angela (Effie White) joins the cast from “The Lion King” Gazelle and Cheetah tours (Disney). Her roles included Rafiki and Shenzi. She is a native of Indianapolis, IN, where she won two Encore Awards in her roles as Sara in “Ragtime” and Adapearle in “The Wiz.”
Syesha Mercado (Deena Jones). As a recording artist, Syesha released a single with two-time Grammy nominated jazz legend Boney James and has begun preparations for her first record, collaborating with a host of prominent writers and producers, including Grammy-winner Diane Warren, Scott Cutler, Anne Preven, Steve Diamond, Chris Rojas, and many more. She came to national attention as the second runner-up in the seventh season of Fox’s “American Idol.” She also participated in the subsequent “American Idol” LIVE Tour 2008, performing 53 concerts in 49 cities both in the United States and Canada. Syesha attended the Manatee School for the Arts, and was a theater major at Florida International University in Miami.
Chaz Lamar Shepherd (Curtis Taylor, Jr). Philadelphia’s Chaz Shepherd has co-starred in many TV shows (“7th Heaven,” “The Parkers,” “The Game...”) and as Harpo on Broadway’s “The Color Purple.” After being on the Billboard charts 3 times in 2009, Chaz’s soul/R&B album will be released during the “Dreamgirls” tour. Chaz’s gospel work was Grammy nominated in 2009.
Chester Gregory (James “Thunder”Early) an award-winning actor/performer/singer/songwriter, made his N.Y. debut as Jackie Wilson in “The Jackie Wilson Story” (Jeff, AUDELCO, BTAA and Black Excellence Awards). Broadway: “Hairspray” (Seaweed), “Cry-Baby” (Dupree) and “Tarzan” (Terk). Other credits include “Hairspray” (Movie) and performing for Michael Jackson. Chester has a BFA from Columbia Chicago. His music is available at www.ChesterGregory.com.
Adrienne Warren (Lorrell Robinson) is a recent graduate of Marymount Manhattan College. New York Theatre: “The Wiz” (Dorothy understudy for Encores! Summer Stars). Regional: “Little Shop of Horrors,” “Cats,” “Big River,” and the 25th anniversary of “Dreamgirls” starring Jennifer Holliday. Training: Ann Reinking’s Broadway Theatre Project. Trans Siberian Orchestra 2008-2009 Winter Tour (Featured Vocalist).
Trevon Davis (C.C. White). A talented vocalist and songwriter, was one of the seven finalists on BET’s “Sunday Best,” hosted by Kirk Franklin, and he also appeared in MTV’s hit series “Making the Band,” produced by Sean “Diddy” Combs.
Margaret Hoffman (Michelle Morris) recently graduated from Sam Houston State University, obtaining a BFA in Musical Theatre. While attending school, Margaret has performed in several theatrical and entertainment events at the premiere theatres of Houston, TX, such as The Ensemble Theatre and Theatre Under The Stars.
Milton Craig Nealy (Marty Madison) was in the original Broadway and 1987 revival productions of “Dreamgirls.” He also created the roles of Agwe in “Once on This Island” and Four-Eyed Moe in “Five Guys Named Moe” on Broadway. Other Broadway credits include “Caroline, or Change,” John in “Miss Saigon” (as well as the London and Australian productions), “Mail” and the revival of “Ain’t Misbehavin’.” National tours: “The Full Monty” (also in Australia), Judas in “Jesus Christ Superstar” (20th anniversary tour) and “Sing, Mahalia, Sing,” starring Jennifer Holliday. Milton won the Best of Westword Award for his performance as Jacob in “La Cage Aux Folles.” Films include “The Blues Brothers.” In photo: L to R -- Adrienne Warren (Lorrell), Syesha Mercado (Deena) and Moya Angela (Effie) in "Dreamgirls," playing February 25 through April 4, 2010, at the CTG/Ahmanson Theatre. Photo by Joan Marcus. |
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CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM FROM WORLD PREMIERE OF
“BENGAL TIGER…”
Photo: (L to R) Kevin Tighe as the Tiger and Glenn Davis as Tom. Photo credit: Craig Schwartz. |
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The Lincoln Center Theater production of
Opens
Wednesday, June 2 at 8 p.m at Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson
Theatre
One of Broadway’s most
endearing musicals, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “South Pacific,” is presented
in Los Angeles with the Lincoln Center Theater’s luscious, new, Tony
Award-winning (Best Musical, Revival) production. Set on a tropical island
during World War II, “South Pacific” tells the sweeping romantic story of
two couples – U.S. Navy nurse Nellie Forbush and French plantation owner
Emile de Becque, and Navy Airman Joe Cable and a young local native girl,
Liat, and how their happiness is threatened by the realities of the war
and by their own prejudices. Photos courtesy of CTG Press; Photos' credit Peter Coombs |
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WORLD PREMIERE OF RANDY NEWMAN’S “HARPS AND ANGELS” AT MARK TAPER FORUM IN
NOVEMBER 2010
The
infectious music and lyrics of one of America’s most beloved songwriters
will be featured as the grand finale of the Taper’s 2010 season, it was
announced today by Michael Ritchie. The world premiere of Randy Newman’s
“Harps and Angels” will be presented through
December 19, 2010. |
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