Danny Hoch Receives 2015 DUTF Playwright Masters Award Tonight
The Downtown Urban Theater Festival announces that acclaimed playwright/director/actor Danny Hoch will receive the 2015 DUTF Playwright Masters Award at this year's Opening Night event, which will take place tonight, May 12th at 8:00 p.m. at 40/40 Club (6 West 25th Street, NYC).
Danny Hoch to Receive 2015 DUTF Playwright Masters Award Next Month
?The Downtown Urban Theater Festival announces that acclaimed playwright/director/actor Danny Hoch will receive the 2015 DUTF Playwright Masters Award at this year's Opening Night event, which will take place on Tuesday, May 12th at 8:00 p.m. at 40/40 Club (6 West 25th Street, NYC).
First Poet Laureate of L.A. & More Set for PROPERTIES OF SILENCE Salon Series at Pasadena Playhouse
Poetry readings, performances, panels and discussions paying tribute to 17th century poet and feminist writer Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz make up the "Post-Silence" Salon Series set to follow each performance of About… Productions' original drama Properties of Silence. Kicking off the series, Red Hen Press presents poets Eloise Klein Healy (first Poet Laureate of Los Angeles, 2012), Jessica Piazza and Terry Wolverton on Feb. 28. All performances and Salon Series events take place at The Carrie Hamilton Theatre at The Pasadena Playhouse.
Latino Theatre Company Opens ¡SER! World Premiere Tonight
Soccer fanaticism, sexual identity and politics. The Latino Theater Company presents the world premiere of ¡Ser!, a comedic solo show written and performed by Karen Anzoategui that features live music byCAVA and Walter Miranda written in collaboration with Louie Perez of Los Lobos. ¡Ser! opens at the Los Angeles Theatre Center tonight, Saturday, Nov. 16.
Photo Flash: First Look at the World Premiere of ¡SER! at LATC
Get ready, get set…get ¡Ser! The world premiere of a comedic solo show written and performed by Karen Anzoategui that features live music by CAVA and Walter Miranda written in collaboration with Louie Perez of Los Lobos. ¡Ser! is a riveting personal narrative that examines a queer Latina's strained relationship with each of her two homes: Los Angeles, and Buenos Aires.
Latino Theatre Company to Open ¡SER! World Premiere, 11/16
Soccer fanaticism, sexual identity and politics. The Latino Theater Company presents the world premiere of ¡Ser!, a comedic solo show written and performed by Karen Anzoategui that features live music byCAVA and Walter Miranda written in collaboration with Louie Perez of Los Lobos. ¡Ser! opens at the Los Angeles Theatre Center on Saturday, Nov. 16 with one low-priced preview on Nov. 15.
STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek - GRACIE & ROSE at Hollywood Fringe
Gracie and Rose are two women who fall in love in Wyoming in the late 1950's. Gracie has been passing as a man, George, for some time, in order to do men's work and live the way she feels most authentic. Anastasia Coon presents the full-length Los Angeles premiere of her solo show Gracie and Rose. Los Angeles Writer's Center Director Che'Rae Adams directs the limited run of the full work in development, now through June 28 at Art of Acting LA during the 2013 Hollywood Fringe Festival. Click below to watch a promo for the show!
Hollywood Fringe Fest Presents Anastasia Coon's Solo Show GRACIE AND ROSE, Now Through 6/28
Gracie and Rose are two women who fall in love in Wyoming in the late 1950's. Gracie has been passing as a man, George, for some time, in order to do men's work and live the way she feels most authentic. Anastasia Coon presents the full-length Los Angeles premiere of her solo show Gracie and Rose. Los Angeles Writer's Center Director Che'Rae Adams directs the limited run of the full work in development, June 13-28 at Art of Acting LA during the 2013 Hollywood Fringe Festival.
Photo Flash: Bootleg Theater Extends EVANGELINE, THE QUEEN OF MAKE-BELIEVE thru 6/2
Evangeline, the Queen of Make-Believe - The songbook of Grammy Award winners David Hidalgo and Louie Perez of Los Lobos drives Evangeline, the Queen of Make-Believe, a multimedia play with music that takes its title from the group's 1985 rocker "Evangeline." Evangeline, a devoted daughter by day, a Hollywood go-go dancer by night. A journey of self discovery by a young Chicana, whose neighborhood roots and make-believe world collide when she experiences the West Side art scene and the music of the Sunset Strip, is set against the 1968 student walkouts in East L.A. and the fight for equal education and civil rights. Two performances have been added to Bootleg and About Productions' show, Friday, June 1 and Saturday, June 2, both at 7 pm.
BWW Reviews: EVANGELINE, THE QUEEN OF MAKE-BELIEVE: A Delightful Coming-Of-Age Story
Few artists are as truly homegrown as Los Lobos, the Grammy Award-winning East L.A. band whose eclectic musical style and distinctive voice are much loved by Angelenos of all ages and cultures. This is the first time their music will appear in a theatrical production and that reason alone is sure to drive audiences to see Evangeline, the Queen of Make-Believe.
About Productions and Bootleg Theater Present EVANGELINE, Now thru 5/27
The songbook of Grammy Award winners David Hidalgo sand Louie Perez of Los Lobos drives Evangeline, the Queen of Make-Believe, a multimedia play with music by Theresa Chavez, Louie Perez and Rose Portillo that takes its title from the group's 1985 rocker "Evangeline." Chavez and Portillo co-direct the world premiere production for About Productions, opening at the Bootleg Theater tonight, May 12 for a limited, three-week engagement through May 27. Low-priced previews take place May 3-11.
