Teaching Young Artists Premieres A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER
Drama Learning Center's professional training company for emerging young artists will present A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder later this month. A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder is an uproarious comedic romp filled with witty, scene-stealing musical laughs. The musical hit was the most-nominated show of the 2014 season with ten TONY Award nominations (including four wins), seven Drama Desk Awards, four Outer Critics Circle Awards, and a Drama League Award.
Teaching Young Artists Premieres A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER
Drama Learning Center's professional training company for emerging young artists will present A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder later this month. A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder is an uproarious comedic romp filled with witty, scene-stealing musical laughs. The musical hit was the most-nominated show of the 2014 season with ten TONY Award nominations (including four wins), seven Drama Desk Awards, four Outer Critics Circle Awards, and a Drama League Award.
Heather Olt & Sarah Chaney Announce Launch of New Production Company, 6 With Heels Productions
Award-winning producers Sarah Chaney and Heather Olt are launching their female-driven production company, 6 With Heels Productions, LLC. The new company already has multiple projects in the works including the feature film, Fat Camp Massacre, written by Lindsay Hollister. This female driven, teen horror/comedy explores the concepts of bullying, body image, and friendship and will shoot in Ohio and Los Angeles this fall.
7th Annual One-Man Show World Championships Set for Celebration Theatre Tonight
The RAH Theater Company announces a new staging of their critically acclaimed original comedy, 'The 7th Annual One-Man Show World Championships' opening tonight, September 4, at the new Celebration Theatre at the Lex. A biting yet affectionate satire of the solo show phenomenon set against the backdrop of the World Championships in Omaha, watch as four regional champs clash in this year's 'Tourney of the Journeys.' An audience favorite at this Summer's Hollywood Fringe Festival, the production received 10 Fringe Award nominations (including Top of Fringe and Best Comedy) and won three (Theatre Unleashed Best Actor for Darin Toonder, Spirit of the Fringe Best Male Performance for Jim Hanna and The Encore Producer's Award). The show is directed by Caitlin Rucker.
7th Annual One-Man Show World Championships Set for Celebration Theatre, 9/4
The RAH Theater Company announces a new staging of their critically acclaimed original comedy, 'The 7th Annual One-Man Show World Championships' opening September 4 at the new Celebration Theatre at the Lex. A biting yet affectionate satire of the solo show phenomenon set against the backdrop of the World Championships in Omaha, watch as four regional champs clash in this year's 'Tourney of the Journeys.' An audience favorite at this Summer's Hollywood Fringe Festival, the production received 10 Fringe Award nominations (including Top of Fringe and Best Comedy) and won three (Theatre Unleashed Best Actor for Darin Toonder, Spirit of the Fringe Best Male Performance for Jim Hanna and The Encore Producer's Award). The show is directed by Caitlin Rucker.
Second 'TONYA & NANCY' Concert Date Added at King King Club, 2/5
Due to high ticket demand, a second concert performance of Tonya & Nancy: The Rock Opera has been set for Wednesday, February 5 at 8pm at Hollywood's legendary King King Club. The February 4 & 5 concerts will take place just a few days before the start of the 2014 Olympics, which is also the 20th anniversary of the lead pipe assault heard 'round the world and their subsequent skate-off at the 1994 Winter Olympics. With libretto by Elizabeth Searle and music by Michael Teoli, the concert version of Tonya & Nancy: The Rock Opera will be choreographed and directed by NAACP and Ovation Award-winner Janet Roston. Produced by Los Angeles Rock Opera Company in association with HarborSide Films, proceeds from the two evenings will go to support Celebration Theatre. [For more info about Celebration, see page 2 of this release.]
'TONYA & NANCY' Concert at King King Club to Benefit Celebration Theatre, 2/4
A one-night-only concert performance of Tonya & Nancy: The Rock Opera has been set for Tuesday, February 4 at 8pm at Hollywood's legendary King King Club. The concert will take place just a few days before the start of the 2014 Olympics, which is also the 20th anniversary of the lead pipe assault heard 'round the world and their subsequent skate-off at the 1994 Winter Olympics. The librettist is Elizabeth Searle and music by Michael Teoli, the concert version of Tonya & Nancy: The Rock Opera will be choreographed and directed by NAACP and Ovation Award-winner Janet Roston. Proceeds from the evening will go to support Celebration Theatre.
Rich Rubin's COSTA REHAB Begins Performances at MTWorks 11/3
MAIEUTIC THEATER WORKS (MTWorks) has announced the world premiere production of Rich Rubin's COSTA REHAB, directed by Shelly Feldman. COSTA REHAB will play a three-week limited engagement at the Workshop Theater (312 West 36th Street, 4th Floor). Performances begin Thursday, November 3 and continue through Saturday, November 19. Opening Night is Friday, November 4 (8 p.m.).
Rich Rubin's COSTA REHAB Begins Performances at MTWorks 11/3
MAIEUTIC THEATER WORKS (MTWorks) has announced the world premiere production of Rich Rubin's COSTA REHAB, directed by Shelly Feldman. COSTA REHAB will play a three-week limited engagement at the Workshop Theater (312 West 36th Street, 4th Floor). Performances begin Thursday, November 3 and continue through Saturday, November 19. Opening Night is Friday, November 4 (8 p.m.).
Maieutic Theatre Works Presents The Family Shakespeare
MTWorks continues its acclaimed fifth season with the magical world premiere of THE FAMILY SHAKESPEARE, written by award-winning playwright and Artistic Director David Stallings and directed by founding member Antonio Miniño.
MTW Presents THE FAMILY SHAKESPEARE at the June Havoc Theatre, 4/13 - 30
A magical, dark, and fictional look into the dangers and consequences of caging innocence, The Family Shakespaere, a play inspired by the true story of the Bowdler family (publishers of the Complete Censored Works of William Shakespeare, and whose family name later replaced 'expurgation' and 'castration of text' with 'bowdlerization') delves into the psyche of a family who thinks has the right to cross out and modify words with the supposed aim to protect youth and purity.
Maieutic Theatre Works Presents The Family Shakespeare
MTWorks continues its acclaimed fifth season with the magical world premiere of THE FAMILY SHAKESPEARE, written by award-winning playwright and Artistic Director David Stallings and directed by founding member Antonio Miniño.