Brett Ryback News

On October 5, multi-award winning composer and lyricist Ryan Scott Oliver brings sexy schoolteachers, provocative rent-boys, obsessive homicidal teenagers, and fairy dust to rock out at NYMF. Shows at 7:00pm and 9:30pm.

On Sunday, Aug 9 at 5pm - The City of Santa Monica Cultural Affairs Division kicks off the 4th annual free 'Jazz on the Lawn' series at City Hall with a free concert from L.A.'s renowned Upright Cabaret featuring Tony Award-nominee Valarie Pettiford, Jennifer Leigh Warren, Leslie Odom, Jr, and Brenna Whitaker, and Music Director Brett Ryback.

On Sunday, Aug 9 at 5pm - The City of Santa Monica Cultural Affairs Division kicks off the 4th annual free 'Jazz on the Lawn' series at City Hall with a free concert from L.A.'s renowned Upright Cabaret featuring Tony Award-nominee Valarie Pettiford, Jennifer Leigh Warren, Leslie Odom, Jr, and Brenna Whitaker, and Music Director Brett Ryback.

In the suburbs of Washington, D.C., in the mid-1980s, 13-year-old Franklin Robertson is trying to survive. His parents don't understand him. His older brother torments him non-stop. He'd rather write stories than go on dates.

?Venice? by Matt Sax and Eric Rosen will be presented at the Center Theatre Group/Kirk Douglas Theatre in three staged workshops for the public beginning this Wednesday, April 15 at 8 p.m. and continuing on Thursday, April 16 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, April 18 at 8 p.m.

The final presentation of DouglasPlus, Center Theatre Group's new programming at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, is 'Venice' by Matt Sax and Eric Rosen, the team who brought the West Coast premiere of 'Clay' to the Douglas in the 2007-2008 season.

The final presentation of DouglasPlus, Center Theatre Group's new programming at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, is 'Venice' by Matt Sax and Eric Rosen, the team who brought the West Coast premiere of 'Clay' to the Douglas in the 2007-2008 season.

On Friday, March 27, multi award-winning composer and lyricist Ryan Scott Oliver will bring sexy schoolteachers, provocative rent-boys, obsessive homicidal teenagers, and fairy dust to The Theatre at Boston Court.

On Friday, March 27, multi award-winning composer and lyricist Ryan Scott Oliver will bring sexy schoolteachers, provocative rent-boys, obsessive homicidal teenagers, and fairy dust to The Theatre at Boston Court.

The Colony Theatre Company presents the third production of its 2008 - 2009 season, the Los Angeles premiere of MARY'S WEDDING, written by Stephen Massicotte and directed by David Rose. MARY'S WEDDING will preview on Wednesday, October 22; Thursday, October 23 and Friday, October 24 at 8:00pm and will open on Saturday, October 25 at 8:00pm and continue through Sunday, November 23 at The Colony Theatre, 555 North Third Street (at Cypress) adjacent to the Burbank Town Center.

South Coast Repertory's Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA) presents the World Premiere of Imagine. The SCR-commissioned new musical features a book and lyrics by renowned children's author Doug Cooney and music by award-winning composer David O.

The SPOTLIGHT Cabaret series, which benefits the Society of Singers Chapter East, is produced by Ryan Scott Oliver and has been presented monthly at the Beechman since January. Past guests have included I Love You Because writers Ryan Cunningham and Josh Salzman, Kleban winner Joe Iconis, Katrina Rose Dideriksen, Sally Wilfert, Michael Winther, and more.

A slew of outrageously talented performers will gather together along with the cast of The Battery's Down to support the Society of Singers Chapter East on Saturday, April 26 at the Laurie Beechman Theatre at 7pm.

That roar of applause heard from UCLA's Freud Playhouse is a two-fold result of the top-notch production of On Your Toes as part of Reprise! Broadway's Best as well as a note of approval for the smash up job from the company's newest artistic director, actor Jason Alexander...

Sterling's Upstairs at Vitello's restaurant in Studio City celebrated their 8th anniversary with a cool sense of chic cabaret as Maura M. Knowles (Bare) flew through stage classics to a crowded house...

Maura M. Knowles will open the new Stering's Upstairs at Vitello's season on February 10th with her show 'Life's Little Ironies,' which will play for one night only