Review Roundup: THE ALLY Opens at the Public Theater
The Ally, starring Josh Radnor, officially opened last night Tuesday, February 27, at the Public Theater. The reviews are now in for this new play, which continues through March 17. Read the reviews for The Ally here!
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Cynthia Erivo & More Among Audie Awards Finalists
The Audio Publishers Association (APA) have announced finalists for the 2022 Audie Awards. Finalists include Cynthia Erivo for Best Female Narrator and Lin-Manuel Miranda for Best Male Narrator. Leslie Odom Jr., Annie Golden, Telly Leung, and Jason Tam are also featured on audiobooks that made the list. Check out the full list of nominations now!
Project Y Theatre's ZOOM PLAYS Opens November 30
Project Y Theatre presents the final part of The Women in Theatre Festival (Live and Online!) 2020 with the Digital Premieres of Zoom Plays. In March at the beginning of the COVID shutdown Project Y put out an open call for plays and scenes written to be performed on the Zoom platform.
DUNCANVILLE To Conduct Online Table Read for Charity
Amy Poehler, Ty Burrell, Rashida Jones and their 'Duncanville' castmates will conduct virtual table read to benefit Feeding America. The table read will take place on Friday, April 17 @ 3:00pm PT/6:00pm ET on the Animation Domination Youtube Channel!
FOX Renews DUNCANVILLE for a Second Season
FOX Entertainment has ordered a second season of the new animated series DUNCANVILLE, to air during the 2021-2022 season. From Emmy Award and Golden Globe winner Amy Poehler and Emmy Award winners Mike and Julie Scully, DUNCANVILLE follows a spectacularly average 15-year-old boy with a rich fantasy life, and the people in his world.
Review: VALLEY OF THE HEART Recounts a Cross-Cultural Love Surviving World War II
For playwright, director and El Teatro Campesino founder Luis Valdez, who was born in Delano, CA as the second of ten children born to migrant farm worker parents who made a living picking whatever crop was in season, Cupertino will always be known for the rich land that once grew an abundance of crops and fruits trees during the time he lived in the area shortly after World War II. His latest play, the phenomenal VALLEY OF THE HEART at the Mark Taper Forum through December 9, 2018, uses California history as a jumping-off point to tell an important story about the fight to maintain dignity, identity, family and faith in the once-fertile farmland that is now known as the Silicon Valley.
Center Theatre Group Offers Spanish Language Open Captioning For VALLEY OF THE HEART
Center Theatre Group will offer Spanish-language translations of the 8 p.m. performance of Luis Valdez's "Valley of the Heart" on Friday, December 7 at the Mark Taper Forum. Each show will be performed in English with Spanish translations running simultaneously on open caption screens. Audience members wishing to view the open captions should request to be seated in the captioning area when purchasing tickets.