BWW Review: Center Theatre Group Presents ELLIOT, A SOLDIER'S FUGUE and WATER BY THE SPOONFUL, the First Two Plays in Quiara Alegría Hudes' Trilogy
Quiara Alegria Hudes is a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who wrote the book for the Broadway musical "In the Heights," which received the 2008 Tony Award for Best Musical, a Tony nomination for Best Book of a Musical and was a 2009 Pulitzer Prize finalist. Her Pulitzer-nominated and winning trilogy of plays known as the "Elliot Trilogy" are now being presented concurrently, giving Los Angeles theatre audiences a rare opportunity to immerse themselves in this exciting playwright's work. ELLIOT, A SOLDIER'S FUGUE, the first in her trilogy of Elliot plays, is being produced by Center Theatre Group at the Kirk Douglas Theatre at the same time they are presenting the second play in the trilogy, Hudes' Pulitzer-winning WATER BY THE SPOONFUL at the Mark Taper Forum. The Latino Theater Company will present the final installment of the trilogy with their production of THE HAPPIEST SONG PLAYS LAST at the Los Angeles Theatre Center (LATC) opening later this month.
AwesomenessTV's Musical Drama SIDE EFFECTS Launches on YouTube
Bringing television narrative, music and production values to YouTube, Side Effects, a musical drama co-produced by AwesomenessTV and Universal Cable Productions (UCP) and inspired by the phenomenon of millions of people covering songs on YouTube, will launch on the AwesomenessTV channel today as part of YouTube's Music Week. The soundtrack, which is being distributed by Universal Music Group, will also be available digitally. UCP will distribute the drama through various windows and platforms, including international territories, digital download and VOD.