Interview: Director Paula Kelley On Neil Simon's LITTLE ME Musical At Manhattan Beach Community Church Theater
by Shari Barrett - Mar 14, 2023
The soon-to-open production of the Neil Simon musical Little Me at Manhattan Beach Community Church Theater (MBCC), the longest running theater in the South Bay since 1956, is directed by Paula Kelley with choreography by Angela Asch. Originally scheduled to open in the Spring of 2020, I decided to speak with the director about the production’s three-year delay and how she envisions presenting a musical full of comic vignettes featuring such a large cast, especially since it was written specifically for Sid Caesar to play multiple roles as all the heroine’s husbands and lovers.
The LIVINGroom Presents NEW BEGINNINGS At Colvin House in March
by Stephi Wild - Feb 24, 2018
The LIVINGroom announces the lineup and details for the first installment of its 2018 solo performance season, The LIVINGroom: New Beginnings. On Sundays, March 4, 11, 18, and 25, The LIVINGroom stages an evening of solo performance centered on new beginnings at Colvin House, a landmark mansion turned creative space in Edgewater, Chicago. Eight solo artists will perform autobiographical stories, using music, words, silence, and more, directed by Mary Rose O'Connor, who also directed The LIVINGroom's 2016 performance RIP VIP.
WHISKEY PANTS: THE MAYOR OF WILLIAMSBURG to Play DROM
by Tyler Peterson - Dec 3, 2015
The award-winning team behind FATTY FATTY NO FRIENDS (Time Out New York Critic's Pick) and BEWARE THE CHUPACABRA (FringeFAVE 2015), - is proud to announce the return of the award winning contemporary operetta, WHISKEY PANTS: THE MAYOR OF WILLIAMSBURG (FRIGID New York Audience Favorite 2015) to DROM @ 85 Avenue A, NYC, NY.
Photo Flash: WWII Veterans Enjoy SOUTH PACIFIC as Guests of Times Square Nurse
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jul 6, 2010
WWII Veterans Enjoy 'South Pacific' as Guests of 'Times Square Nurse' More than 50 World War II veterans and their wives began their July 4th weekend with a special reception in their honor held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles last Saturday (July 3) and the matinee performance of 'South Pacific' as guests of the late Edith Shain, the 'Times Square Nurse' who passed away on June 20 at age 91.
Cornelia Street Cafe Announces DU YUN & More
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jun 28, 2010
In May 1977 three artists--Robin Hirsch, a writer and director; Charles McKenna, an actor; and Raphaela Pivetta, a visual artist--stumbled across a tiny storefront on Cornelia Street in the heart of Greenwich Village and thought it the perfect place to open a café.