Billy Porter and More Join Season Two of THE TWILIGHT ZONE
CBS All Access has announced casting for season two of The Twilight Zone, according to Variety. Broadway and screen favorite Billy Porter has joined the cast, along with Morena Baccarin, Colman Domingo, Ethan Embry, Jenna Elfman, Tavi Gevinson, Tony Hale, Abbie Hern, Gillian Jacobs, Sophia Macy, Joel McHale, Chris Meloni, Jimmi Simpson and Daniel Sunjata.
Photo Flash: INDECENT Opens At Center Theatre Group
'Indecent,' by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel, opened on June 9 at Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre. Directed by Rebecca Taichman in a co-production with Huntington Theatre Company, the Tony Award-nominated 'Indecent' will run through July 7, 2019.
PARAGON Fest, a Sci-Fi and Fantasy Play Festival, Announces Lineup at Otherworld Theatre of Chicago
Otherworld Theatre announced the lineup of its annual PARAGON Play Fest, the world's largest Science Fiction and Fantasy genre play festival. PARAGON Play Fest, now in its 4th year, is the largest Science Fiction and Fantasy play festival in the world; featuring 40 Science-Fiction and Fantasy plays performed over 2 days. Collaborating with hundreds of Theatre Artists, locally and internationally to increase exposure for an underserved theatre genre, PARAGON Play Fest has become an annual festival and a unique part of Chicago's diverse cultural landscape. Curated by Otherworld Theatre Company's Literary Manager Elliott Sowards and Otherworld's Artistic Director, Tiffany Keane Schaefer for the fourth year running. The 40 plays chosen are a small sample of the hundreds that were submitted from around the world. Weekend and Day Pass Tickets are on sale now at www.otherworldtheatre.org
Otherworld Theatre Announces Playwrights For PARAGON Fest
This year, PARAGON will produce Otherworld Theatre mainstage playwrights D. Matthew Beyer (last season's Down the Rocky Road and All the Way to Bedlam) and Elizabeth A.M. Keel (playwright of the upcoming Mainstage production, Corona). Beyer's time travel farce, Everything is Fine and Keel's play which centers on two messengers at the beginning of the world, Missives will be presented at PARAGON Fest.
Photo Flash: Meet The All-Female Cast Of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Benefit Performance
Meet the cast of the one night only benefit performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream! The company is led by Jessica Gardner (seen on 'Glow,' 'Modern Family,' and now 'NCIS') as Bottom. The cast also features Paige Nelson (Hippolyta/Titania), Kelsey Jean Dougherty (Thesus/Oberon), Sarah Hinchcliff (Puck), Emily Newsome (Hermia), Natalie Masini (Helena), Kelly Baskin (Lysander), Libby Wahlmeier (Demetrius), Amy Hart (Egeus), Anne Marie Montavon (Quince), Sam Sheeks (Flute), Katherine Landreth (Snout/Fairy), and Brianne Campbell (Snug/Fairy). The production will feature live music from guitarist Adam Allison.
HELLO DOLLY! Opens 6/9 at Abbeville Opera House
Hello Dolly is the opening production of the 39th Summer Theatre Season at the Abbeville Opera House with performances on Friday and Saturday at 8pm on June 9, 10, 16, 17 and 23. There will be three Saturday matinees at 3pm on June 10, 17 and 24. Tickets are $20 for adults, $18 for seniors and military and $10 for students.
Laura Cantrell Plays Joe's Pub in NYC Tonight
No Way There From Here, the new album from Nashville-born, New York City-based singer-songwriter Laura Cantrell, was released January 28 on Thrift Shop Recordings and distributed by Redeye.