HBO Announces Cuban RENT Documentary REVOLUTION RENT
The project is executive produced by Neil Patrick Harris, directed by Andy Señor Jr. and Victor Patrick Alvarez, and follows Señor Jr. to Cuba, where he is tasked with directing a stage production of the Tony® and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, “Rent,” the country’s first Broadway musical produced by an American company in more than 50 years.
Photo Flash: Lee Meriwether Honored By Theatre West
Actress and former Miss America, Lee Meriwether, was honored in Los Angeles on February 10th by Theatre West; the theatre company she helped found 55 years ago. Aside from originating the role of Catwomen on Batman in the 1960s, Meriwether starred in such series as Time Tunnel, Barnaby Jones, All My Children, Star Trek and many more.
Houston Symphony Announces Eight-Concert Tour Through Europe
Music Director Andres Orozco-Estrada will lead the Houston Symphony on a four-country, eight-city European Tour through some of Europe's most prestigious concert halls and festivals, March 9-March 19, 2018. World-renowned violinist and three-time Grammy Award-winner Hilary Hahn joins the Houston Symphony for all performances. The high-profile tour, which features concerts in Belgium, Germany, Poland and Austria, is Orozco-Estrada's first international tour with the orchestra and the Houston Symphony's first major European tour in more than 20 years.
50th Anniversary Celebration of IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD Set for Today
The 50th Anniversary screening and celebration of Stanley Kramer's 'IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD' which opened The Cinerama Dome 50 years ago, will take place today, October 27th, which will be declared 'IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD DAY' in Los Angeles.
Norman Corwin Comedies Fill CART
Playwright, essayist and famous author of radio drama of the 30s and 40s Norman Corwin, now 100 years young, loved to entertain audiences with light entertainment, including fantasy, that often tackled important social issues, not unlike Orson Welles. He has frequently been referred to as the 'Poet Laureate of Radio'. CART (California Artists Radio Theatre), to celebrate Corwins's 100th birthday on May 3, presented two of his short comedies, both directed sublimely by Peggy Webber, on Saturday, May 29 at the Beverly Garland Theatre in NoHo.
BWW Reviews: Theatre West Revives Arthur Miller's THE PRICE
Arthur Miller's talky play The Price does not quite stand up to his masterpieces All My Sons or Death of a Salesman. Focusing in on the disagreement between two brothers who come together for the first time in 16 years to sell off their father's antiques, it has its moments of tenderness and deep feeling, but is overall less moving and certainly less urgent. Theatre West offers a skillful production with some very excellent work.