Carol Burnett to Receive Sondheim Award at Signature Theatre
On May 16, 2022, Virginia’s Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre will honor Carol Burnett with the company’s eleventh Stephen Sondheim Award. The Stephen Sondheim Award will be presented at a black-tie Gala Benefit and will benefit Signature Theatre’s artistic, education, and community programs.
BWW Interview: Sharon Lawrence Always Zealously Involved In Taking Her SHOT
Skylight Theatre Company begins its 2021 season of Skylight LIVE April 24, 2021; with Robin Gerber’s THE SHOT starring the incomparable Sharon Lawrence. This behind-the-scenes story of The Washington Post publisher Katherine Graham is directed by Michelle Joyner and produced by SPARKS Theatricals.
Sharon managed to squeeze some time for my queries between filming Rebel and her many social justice commitments.
Impro Theatre Presents Line-Up Of Free Online Performances
The award-winning Impro Theatre has announced an innovative line-up of ongoing, live Main Company performances that will be free for anyone to watch online. The improvised shows include Impro Theatre's acclaimed, classic genres along with brand new shows and airings of older celebrated performances that have never been shared online. Like all of Impro Theatre's productions, every show starts with audience suggestions, and every performance is entirely unique.
Carol Burnett Joins MAD ABOUT YOU Revival
Deadline reports that stage and screen legend Carol Burnett will reprise her role in the upcoming Spectrum Original 'Mad About You' revival. Burnett plays Theresa Semple, Jamie (Helen Hunt)'s mom.
Pasadena Playhouse Has Announced Holiday Season Schedule
Festive Holiday celebrations return this season for the entire family at the Pasadena Playhouse - with performances of Bob Baker's Nutcracker from November 30 to December 29 in the Carrie Hamilton Theatre; and the Playhouse District Association Tree Lighting Ceremony - an event that is free to the public on Thursday, December 5 at 7:00pm.
TOKYO STORIES Film Series Announces Schedule, Nov. 8 - Dec. 7
From the bustle of neon-lit Shinjuku and its ultramodern skyscrapers to the traditional scenery of Mt. Fuji, cherry blossoms, and Shinto shrines, Tokyo has served as a source of creative inspiration for generations of international filmmakers. Anticipating the 2020 Summer Games, when the eyes of the world will once again fall upon Japan's dynamic capital, Tokyo Stories: Japan in the Global Imagination considers the ways Japan—and the elusive concept of “Japaneseness” —is rendered and interpreted outside its borders with a revealing selection of Tokyo-set films by foreign directors, including Japanese co-productions, Hollywood blockbusters, and European arthouse favorites.
Moritz Von Stuelpnagel Will Direct West Coast Premiere Of New Musical FOUND For IAMA In 2020
IAMA Theatre Company has revealed the mystery title of the new musical promised in the company's 2019-20 season announcement: Tony-nominated director Moritz von Stuelpnagel (Broadway's Hand to God, Present Laughter, Bernhardt/Hamlet; off-Broadway's Teenage Dick) will direct the West Coast premiere of Found: A New Musical Comedy, with a book by Hunter Bell and Lee Overtree and music and original lyrics by Eli Bolin.
Photo Flash: First Look at A KID LIKE JAKE at the Pasadena Playhouse
IAMA Theatre Company opens its 2019-20 12th anniversary season with an award-winning play about a mother and father trying to do right by their son. Jennifer Chambers directs Sarah Utterback (Grey's Anatomy), Tim Peper (Amazon's Jean Claude Van Johnson), Sharon Lawrence (NYPD Blue, Shameless, The Ranch and much more) and Olivia Liang (One Day at a Time) in the West Coast premiere of A Kid Like Jake by Daniel Pearle. Newly revised by the playwright for this production, A Kid Like Jake opens Oct. 3 in a Pasadena Playhouse guest production at The Carrie Hamilton Theatre, where performances will continue through Nov. 3; low-priced previews began Sept. 28.
BWW Review: Strong Actors Raise A KID LIKE JAKE
The IAMA Theatre Company's west coast premiere of playwright Daniel Pearle's A KID LIKE JAKE is very blessed to have the sturdy acting talents of Sharon Lawrence, Tim Peper and Sarah Utterback. Jennifer Chambers ably directs the naturalistic, every-day dialogues, explosive arguments and confrontations between Peper and Utterback as Jake's liberal and excepting parents Greg and Alex.