Julio Martinez-hosted Arts in Review-celebrating the best in theater and cabaret in the Greater Los Angeles area-airs Fridays (2-2:30pm) on KPFK (90.7FM), streamed live worldwide over kpfk.org. Today, May 27, Arts in Review welcomes Jared Gertner and Nikke Bohne, stars of the premiere musical, I Only Have Eyes for You: The Life and Lyrics of Al Dubin, continuing at the Montalban Theatre in Hollywood through June 12.
Jared Gertner (Al Dubin) is best known for playing Elder Cunningham in The Book of Mormon on Broadway, 1st National tour (including The Pantages) and in London (Olivier Nomination). Jared recently created the role of Sidowsky in the world premiere of the play, The Dodgers, at The Hudson Theatre in Los Angeles. Television credits include Supernatural, How I Met Your Mother, Marvel's Agent Carter, Ugly Betty, The Good Wife, and the web series, Submissions Only. His voice can be heard as an adorable pug in the upcoming movie, Pupstars, and as a bunch of folks on American Dad.
Born in California and raised in Utah, Nikki Bohne (pronounced "Bonnie") graduated with a BFA in Music/Dance/Theater from Brigham Young University. While at school she performed as a member of the BYU Young Ambassadors, touring throughout the United States, A few weeks after graduation Nikki landed the role of "Elle Woods" in the Broadway national tour of Legally Blonde: The Musical and headlined the tour from 2010-2011. After Blonde, Nikki was cast in national tour and Broadway productions of the Tony-nominated musical, "Bring it On" based on the popular film franchise. Nikki was most recently seen on the national tour of "Wicked" as the Glinda u/s.
Arts in Review is broadcast live from the studios of KPFK, Pacifica Radio for Southern California, heard on 90.7FM (Los Angeles), 98.7FM (Santa Barbara), 99.5FM (Ridgecreat/China Lake) and worldwide in real time, podcast over kpfk.org.
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