Ken Narasaki

Ojai Playwrights Conference Announces Actors, Directors, And Dramaturgs For 2024 New Works Festival

Ojai Playwrights Conference has announced the full roster of artists for its 27th Annual New Works Festival to be held August 1 - 4 in Ojai, CA.

Interview: Andrea Gordon of READING SERIES EXTRAVAGANZA at Magic Theatre

BroadwayWorld talks to Bay Area theater great Andrea Gordon about Magic Theatre's new 'Reading Series Extravaganza.' Gordon is presenting a different new play each month through December, featuring a bevy of well-known local actors. Tickets are available free of charge.

Rainbow Zebra Productions LLC And The Magic Theatre to Present Reading Series Extravaganza

Rainbow Zebra Productions LLC and the Magic Theatre will present a new Reading Series Extravaganza featuring emerging playwrights. Learn more about the series and see how to purchase tickets.

UNRIVALED Comes to the Seattle Public Theater in May

Combining 11th Century Japanese intrigue with 21st Century sass, SIS Productions and Seattle Public Theater will team up to present the Pacific Northwest premiere of Unrivaled, a tale of two best frenemies, written by Rosie Narasaki, directed by Mimi Katano.

Interview: Rosie Narasaki Is UNRIVALED In Continuing Her Family Tradition

Boston Court world premieres Rosie Narasaki’s Unrivaled beginning March 16, 2023. Boston Court Associate Artistic Director Margaret Shigeko Starbuck directs this co-production with Playwrights’ Arena featuring: David Huynh, Katie Kitani, Cindy Nguyen and Chelsea Yakura-Kurtz. Rosie was most gracious in answering a few of my queries.

Interview: Prince Gomolvilas Brings His BROTHERS PARANORMAL Back To His Artistic Home

East West Players conclude their 56th season with Prince Gomolvilas’ The Brothers Paranormal opening November 20, 2022 (with previews beginning November 17th).  Jeff Lui directs the cast of David Huynh, Roy Vongtama, Tamika Simpkins, Jasper Louis, Emily Kuroda and Pearrie Hammie. Prince found some time before his lunch to answer a few of my queries.

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!

L.A Theatre Works To Release Two Audio Theater Recordings About The Japanese-American Experience

L.A. Theatre Works has announced two new state-of-the-art audio theater recordings about the Japanese-American experience.

Liza Weil, Sarah Drew and More Featured in L.A. Theatre Works' 9-Play Digital Season

L.A. Theatre Works has announced a 2020-21 Digital Season of nine plays. All plays in the 2020-21 season are being recorded in-studio, using state-of-the-art technology. L.A. Theatre Works is the world's leading producer of audio theater. Each of the recordings will include bonus features, such as interviews with the playwrights and more.

The Winners Are In for the 2020 Lucille Lortel Awards- The Full List!

Mario Cantone will host this year's Lucille Lortel Awards, which are being presented as a virtual broadcast and benefit for The Actors Fund on Sunday, May 3, at 7pm. The online event will bring together theatre performers, industry veterans, and fans worldwide in a celebration of Off-Broadway.

Breaking: THE WRONG MAN, A STRANGE LOOP & More Nominated for Lucille Lortel Awards- Updating Live!

Nominations for the 35th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway were announced today by theatre veterans Jeremy Jordan and Ashley Spencer. The Awards will be presented during a special online event on Sunday, May 3, broadcast on the official website - www.LortelAwards.org - beginning at 7:00pm ET. A virtual 'host' and presenters will be announced at a later date. As always, the Lortel Awards will be a benefit for The Actors Fund and fans are encouraged to make donations at actorsfund.org/Lortel. The Lucille Lortel Awards are produced by the Off-Broadway League and the Lucille Lortel Theatre Foundation. Additional support is provided by TDF.

Photo Coverage: Inside Opening Night of GREATER CLEMENTS at LCT

Lincoln Center Theater presents Greater Clements a New Play by Samuel D. Hunter at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater.

Review Roundup: GREATER CLEMENTS at Lincoln Center Theater - Read the Reviews!

Lincoln Center Theater presents GREATER CLEMENTS a New Play by Samuel D. Hunter at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater.

BWW Review: Judith Ivey and Edmund Donovan Extraordinary in Samuel D. Hunter's GREATER CLEMENTS

As played by Judith Ivey and Ken Narasaki in Samuel D. Hunter's touching and emotion-twisting drama Greater Clements, Maggie and Billy seem like the kind of couple who would have spent many happy decades together after being high school sweethearts, had Maggie's father, a World War II veteran who fought in the Pacific, not forbidden her from getting further involved with the Japanese-American young man.

TV: Lincoln Center Theater's GREATER CLEMENTS Video Montage

Get a sneak peek of Lincoln Center Theater's production of Samuel D. Hunter's new play, Greater Clements, directed by Davis McCallum. Check out video below! The play features Edmund Donovan, Andrew Garman, Nina Hellman, Judith Ivey, Kate MacCluggage, Ken Narasaki, and Haley Sakamoto. It began previews Thursday, November 14 and opens on Monday, December 9 at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater.

Photo Flash: Lincoln Center Theater Presents GREATER CLEMENTS

incoln Center Theater Will presents GREATER CLEMENTS a New Play by Samuel D. Hunter at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater.

Lincoln Center Theater to Present GREATER CLEMENTS a New Play by Samuel D. Hunter

Lincoln Center Theater Will present GREATER CLEMENTS a New Play by Samuel D. Hunter at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater. In Samuel D. Hunter's GREATER CLEMENTS, the once-proud mining town of Clements, Idaho is rapidly disintegrating. As Maggie (to be played by Judith Ivey) prepares to close one of the town's last remaining businesses, a visitor (Ken Narasaki) arrives on her doorstep, resurrecting long-buried hope and shame rooted in her family's past and the town's history. Now, for the first time in nearly fifty years, Maggie is forced to consider if the life she envisioned for herself at seventeen might still be possible today.

Photo Flash: In Rehearsal with GREATER CLEMENTS

Get a sneak peek inside rehearsals for Lincoln Center Theater's production of Samuel D. Hunter's new play, Greater Clements, directed by Davis McCallum

Pan Asian Repertory Theatre's World Premiere Production Of DAYBREAK Begins Peformances Tomorrow

Pan Asian Repertory Theatre (Tisa Chang, Founding Artistic Producing Director), continuing its 41st milestone season on themes of social justice and historic amnesia, presents the world premiere of the new play Daybreak by Joyce van Dyke (A Girl's War).  Performances BEGIN TOMORROW, April 21, 2018 for a limited engagement through Sunday, May 13, 2018 at The Beckett Theatre at Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street).  Opening Night is Thursday, April 26, 2018 at 7:30 p.m.

Pan Asian Rep Announces Cast of DAYBREAK

Pan Asian Repertory Theatre (Tisa Chang, Founding Artistic Producing Director), continuing its 41st milestone season on themes of social justice and historic amnesia, presents the world premiere of the new play Daybreak by Joyce van Dyke (A Girl's War).