Nancy Davis

Photos: Go Inside the Los Angeles Ballet 2023 GALA
by Blair Ingenthron - May 21, 2023

Los Angeles Ballet’s Gala was held on Thursday, May 18 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles. The evening honored philanthropists Alia Tutor and Jeff Polak. Check out photos from the event here!

Interview: Betsy Kruse Craig Channels Molly Ivins in One-Woman Show at Invisible Theatre
by Robert Encila-Celdran - Oct 15, 2022

RED HOT PATRIOT is a one-woman play based on the life and times of Molly Ivins. Written by twins Margaret and Allison Engel, both journalists, it premiered off-Broadway in 2012, starring Kathleen Turner (why, of course!). Nancy Davis Booth directs.

Tim Realbuto, Vivica A. Fox, and Taryn Manning to Present at Race To Erase MS Benefit
by Michael Major - May 20, 2022

Tim Realbuto (Lost In Yonkers) will be joined by his “Bobcat Moretti” co-stars Vivica A. Fox (Independence Day; Kill Bill; Set It Off), and Taryn Manning (Orange Is The New Black; 8 Mile; Karen) to promote their latest film, which deals with a protagonist suffering from MS, and to present an award at this evening’s Race To Erase MS benefit.

Photo Flash: Go Inside the 28th Annual Race to Erase MS Gala
by Stephi Wild - Jun 5, 2021

The event opened with a Spring/Summer 2021 runway show from Hollywood-favorite fashion brand alice + olivia by Stacey Bendet.  Lance Bass welcomed everyone to the event, and brought Isabella and Mariella Rickel to the stage, who gave a heartfelt introduction to their mother, Nancy Davis.  Nancy thanked everyone for their ongoing commitment to the cause, and expressed her excitement over Earth, Wind & Fire’s upcoming performance. 

VIDEO: Center Theatre Group Gathers Artists to Recite Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' Speech
by Stephi Wild - Jan 16, 2021

In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, twenty one artists and arts leaders recite Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legendary I Have A Dream speech.

Arizona Department Of Health Services Approves Tucson's Invisible Theatre Re-Opening
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 10, 2020

Invisible Theatre's Managing Artistic Director, Susan Claassen, announced the re-opening of Tucson, Arizona's Invisible Theatre with the official approval to reopen granted by The Arizona Department of Health Services!

Towne Street Theatre Presents CORONA AND OTHER MALADIES
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 28, 2020

Towne Street Theatre (TST), Los Angeles' premier African-American theatre company, lifts at-home audiences' spirits during the strangest of times with a presentation of Corona and Other Maladies live on Zoom.

Invisible Theater Opens FILMING O'KEEFFE This Week
by Stephi Wild - Jun 20, 2020

Invisible Theatre is presenting the play 'Filming O'Keeffe' beginning this week.

Winners Announced For 2019 WATCH Awards
by Stephi Wild - Apr 5, 2020

The 2019 WATCH Award winners were announced on April 4th, 2020. The ceremony was canceled due to the current health crisis, but the announcement was published online. 

Jason Davis, Best Known from Disney's RECESS, Dies at 35
by Abigail Charpentier - Feb 17, 2020

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that actor Jason Davis, best known for voicing Mikey Blumberg on Disney's “Recess,” passed away at the age of 35 on Sunday, Feb.16, 2020.

Reston Community Players, Silver Spring Stage, and More Receive WATCH Award Nominations; Full List!
by Stephi Wild - Jan 21, 2020

Nominations were announced for the WATCH Awards on January 19.

BWW Interview: Playwright Lloyd Suh Introducing His CHINESE LADY With Empathy
by Gil Kaan - Sep 7, 2019

The Los Angeles premiere of Lloyd Suh's THE CHINESE LADY launches the Greenway Court Theatre's 2019-2020 season, with opening night September 7, 2019. In a co-production with Artists At Play, THE CHINESE LADY (based on a true story) features Amy Shu (as Afong Moy, the first female Chinese immigrant to come to America) and Trieu Tran (as Atung, Afong's translator/caretaker), under the direction of Rebecca Wear. Playwright Lloyd Suh took a few moments before flying into Los Angeles to answer my questioning queries.

Photo Flash: THE CHINESE LADY Announced At Milwaukee Rep
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 14, 2019

Milwaukee Repertory Theater presents The Chinese Lady, a new play by Lloyd Suh, a leading voice in American drama, in the Stiemke Studio February 13 - March 24.  Directed by Rep Associate Artistic Director May Adrales (In the Heights, Milwaukee Rep), the cast featuring two Rep new comers Lisa Helmi Johanson (Avenue Q tour) as Afong Moy and Jon Norman Schneider (House Rules, Ma-Yi Theater Company) as Atung.

THE CHINESE LADY Begins At Milwaukee Rep, 2/13
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 9, 2019

Milwaukee Repertory Theater presents The Chinese Lady, a new play by Lloyd Suh, a leading voice in American drama, in the Stiemke Studio January 13 - March 24.  Directed by Rep Associate Artistic Director May Adrales (In the Heights, Milwaukee Rep), the cast featuring two Rep new comers Lisa Helmi Johanson (Avenue Q tour) as Afong Moy and Jon Norman Schneider (House Rules, Ma-Yi Theater Company) as Atung.

Photo Flash: IN A BOOTH AT CHASEN'S Celebrates Opening Night
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 14, 2018

Two-time Academy Award winner and Tony Nominee, Al Kasha. Two-Time Tony winner producer Ron Dante, multiple award-winning hit songwriter Phil Swann, acclaimed author and poet, Sam Bennett, and director-choreographer Kay Cole have woven the two-year courtship of Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis into a funny and touching two-character musical that is both poignant, and endearing.  A true Hollywood love story made both human and timeless.

BWW Review: Sweet, Lovely One-Act Musical IN A BOOTH AT CHASEN'S Bows at the El Portal
by Don Grigware - Nov 13, 2018

In a Booth at Chasen's/The Real-Life Hollywood Romance of Ron and Nancy Reagan/book by Sam Bennett/music and lyrics by Al Kasha and Phil Swann/directed by Kay Cole/El Portal Theatre, Debbie Reynolds Mainstage/through December 16 Hollywood romances come and go, but certainly not that of Ron and Nancy Reagan. Those of us who witnessed Reagan's rise from movie actor in the 40s to president of SAG, then on to Governor of California and eventually to President of the United States where he served two terms from 1981 to 1989, know that he was not always the greatest politician...but certainly in comparison to today's standards, a good man...one who honestly loved his country. Nancy Davis had been a B actress in films and, it is often said, ran the White House for her husband during the 80s. We know the politics of those latter years and the rumors; what we do not know is how their relationship began...In a Booth at Chasen's restaurant in 1949. Now in a one-act musical that world premiered Sunday November 11 on the El Portal Mainstage, In a Booth at Chasen's plays on unti

Casting Announced For IN A BOOTH AT CHASEN'S At El Portal
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 14, 2018

On November 15, 1949, in Hollywood, California, an up-and-coming young actress met a handsome movie star for dinner -- a blind date that changed history.

Cast Announced for IN A BOOTH AT CHASEN'S
by Julie Musbach - Sep 13, 2018

On November 15, 1949, in Hollywood, California, an up-and-coming young actress met a handsome movie star for dinner -- a blind date that changed history.

IN A BOOTH AT CHASEN'S Comes to El Portal - Tickets On Sale Sunday
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 13, 2018

On November 15, 1949, in Hollywood, California, an up-and-coming young actress met a handsome movie star for dinner -- a blind date that changed history.

THE RONALD REAGAN PICTURE SHOW Begins 8/25 at Museum of the Moving Image
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 17, 2017

The outstanding new CNN Films documentary The Reagan Show uses archival footage of President Ronald Reagan, much of it documented by U.S. Naval Photographic unit for the White House and maintained by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum. The documentary has inspired a week-long film series at Museum of the Moving Image. The series The Ronald Reagan Picture Show, which runs August 25 through 30, includes a special screening of The Reagan Show (on August 30) followed by a discussion with filmmakers Sierra Pettengill and Pacho Velez, CNN senior media correspondent and host of Reliable Sources Brian Stelter, and presidential historian Tim Naftali. During the weekend prior to this screening, the Museum will present rare screenings of some of Ronald Reagan's most memorable film roles, all presented in 35mm.