PlayGround-LA Announces November 8 Monday Night PlayGround
Following the successful opening of Season 10 earlier this month, Los Angeles playwright incubator PlayGround-LA has recently announced the prompt for the next Monday Night PlayGround short play staged reading event. Thirty-six Los Angeles writers had just four-and-a-half days to generate their original scripts inspired by the prompt 'WHODUNNIT' as they vie for one of six slots in the second round of this year's Monday Night PlayGround staged reading series, presented live at The Broadwater Second Stage and simulcast online on November 8th at 7pm PT.
PlayGround-LA Announces Monday Night PlayGround
On the eve of the return to in-person theatre and PlayGround's expansion to New York, Los Angeles playwright incubator PlayGround-LA has chosen the prompt of 'rebirth' as inspiration for the opening Monday Night PlayGround of Season 10.
THANKSGIVING Will Play Four Encore! Producer's Award Performances
Samovar Subway Ensemble's Hollywood Fringe Festival production of Thanksgiving, a world premiere comedy by Tiffany Cascio, is the winner of three Fringe Awards (out of five nominations) and also received Pick of the Fringe designation from Combined Artform and Fringe Management. The acclaimed comedy will play four Encore! Producers' Award performances on Friday, July 14 at 8pm; Sunday, July 16 at 2pm; Saturday, July 22 at 2pm; and Sunday, July 23 at 2pm. Running time is 90 minutes.
Photo Flash: Robert Forster, Mira Sorvino and More Take Part in River Street's 110 STORIES Commemoration
Christopher Backus (Roadies, Underground), Samantha Esteban (Training Day, From Dust Till Dawn), Academy Award nominee Robert Forster (The Confirmation, The Descendants, Jackie Brown), Elizabeth Greer (Bates Motel, Ray Donovan, Corbin Nash), Sal Masekela (The Daily 10, E! Live From The Red Carpet), Image Award nominee Nicki Micheaux (Animal Kingdom, Lincoln Heights, The Shield), SAG nominee Mark Pellegrino (Quantico, The Big Lebowski, The Number 23), Gary Poux (Assasians Tale), SAG nominee & American Movie Award winner Stelio Savante (Where The Road Runs Out, The Making Of The Mob: New York, Eisenstein In Guanajuato), Academy Award winner Mira Sorvino (Falling Skies, Do You Believe, Mighty Aphrodite), Golden Globe nominee Diane Venora (The Insider, Heat, Bird) and Michael Welch (Twilight, Z Nation, Grace Unplugged) took part in 110 Stories earlier this month. BroadwayWorld has photos below!
Theatre Asylum Presents PULP SHAKESPEARE (OR BARD FICTION)
Combined Artform/Theatre Asylum are thrilled to announce the comeback of PULP SHAKESPEARE (or Bard Fiction), adapted by Ben Tallen, Aaron Greer & Brian Watson-Jones directed by Ovation Award winning director Amanda McRaven. PULP SHAKESPEARE will be opening Friday, January 23, 2015 at Theatre Asylum in Hollywood, running Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 3pm through March 8. Preview January 16.
BWW Reviews: Tarantino Meets Elizabethan England in PULP SHAKESPEARE
The stylistic marriage of Shakespeare's language and Tarantino's Pulp Fiction reaps heady rewards for linguists and lovers of indie crime drama in PULP SHAKESPEARE at Theatre Asylum in Hollywood. The runaway hit of the 2010 Hollywood Fringe Festival is reinventing itself in a new production produced by Matthew Quinn and Aaron Lyons. Originally helmed by Jordan Monsell, this iteration is directed by Amanda McRaven and features three returning major cast members surrounded by a new ensemble of players.
PULP SHAKESPEARE Returns to the Theatre Asylum Tonight
Combined Artform/Theatre Asylum are thrilled to announce the comeback of PULP SHAKESPEARE (or Bard Fiction), adapted by Ben Tallen, Aaron Greer and Brian Watson-Jones, and directed by Ovation Award winning director Amanda McRaven. PULP SHAKESPEARE will be opening tonight, January 15, 2015 at Theatre Asylum in Hollywood, running Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 3pm through March 8.
PULP SHAKESPEARE Opens Next Week at Theatre Asylum
Combined Artform/Theatre Asylum are thrilled to announce the comeback of PULP SHAKESPEARE (or Bard Fiction), adapted by Ben Tallen, Aaron Greer & Brian Watson-Jones directed by Ovation Award winning director Amanda McRaven. PULP SHAKESPEARE will be opening Thursday January 15, 2015 at Theatre Asylum in Hollywood, running Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 3pm through March 8.