Photos: Netflix Sets Premiere Date for VIRGIN RIVER Season Six
Netflix has announced the premiere date and released first-look photos for the much-anticipated sixth season of Virgin River. All 10 episodes are set to release globally on Thursday, December 19th. Take a look at first-look photos from the new season!
The 11th Annual DTLA Film Festival Announces Award Winners
The 11th annual DTLA Film Festival, running October 23rd -27th at Regal L.A. LIVE, announced today its lineup of award recipients for 2019. Select winners include PUSHOUT: THE CRIMINALIZATION OF BLACK GIRLS IN SCHOOLS, directed by Jacoba Atlas for the Audience Favorite Award; AMERICAN WOMAN for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress; QT8: THE FIRST EIGHT for Best Director and Best Documentary and a Special Remembrance Award for Robert Forster; JOSIE & JACK picked up Best Screenplay and Best Actor in a Supporting Role for William Fichtner; and Hong Chau has won Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in AMERICAN WOMAN.
DTLA Film Festival Announces 2019 Awards
The 11th annual DTLA Film Festival, running October 23rd -27th at Regal L.A. LIVE, announced today its lineup of award recipients for 2019. Select winners include PUSHOUT: THE CRIMINALIZATION OF BLACK GIRLS IN SCHOOLS, directed by Jacoba Atlas for the Audience Favorite Award; AMERICAN WOMAN for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress; QT8: THE FIRST EIGHT for Best Director and Best Documentary and a Special Remembrance Award for Robert Forster; JOSIE & JACK picked up Best Screenplay and Best Actor in a Supporting Role for William Fichtner; and Hong Chau has won Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in AMERICAN WOMAN.
Casting Announced For Center Theatre Group's Second Annual L.A. Writers' Workshop Festival
Center Theatre Group has announced casting for the second annual L.A. Writers' Workshop Festival: New Plays Forged in L.A., a one-day event at the Kirk Douglas Theatre celebrating some of the freshest and most thrilling voices in modern American theatre. The festival will take place on June 29 from 1 to 9 p.m. with readings of three new plays by three L.A. Writers' Workshop participants from throughout the program's 14-year history. The readings include "Campaign" by Laura Jacqmin, directed by Monty Cole; "Sleeping Giant" by Steve Yockey, directed by Michael Matthews; and "Confederates" by Dominique Morisseau, directed by Goldie Patrick.
NY Indie Theatre Film Festival Opens Tonight At New Ohio Theatre
The 2019 NY Indie Theatre Film Festival opens tonight, February 8 at 7pm, with the NY festival premiere of Poor Behavior (2016), written by Theresa Rebeck. Based on her play of the same name, Ms. Rebeck (upcoming spy thriller 355, Broadway's Bernhardt/Hamlet, NBC's 'Smash') makes her film directorial debut with this dark, dysfunctional comedy. Rebeck will participate in a talkback after the screening, moderated by Marc Stuart Weitz, New Ohio Theatre's Producing Director.
Elephant Theatre Co.'s World Premiere of New Dark Comedy REVELATION Begins Tonight
The critically acclaimed, award-winning Elephant Theatre Company continues its 17th season with the world premiere of Revelation by Samuel Brett Williams, directed by Elephant Co-Artistic Director Lindsay Allbaugh. Preview performances begin tonight, July 16, and opening is set for Friday, July 19 at 8pm. Revelation will run through August 25.
Elephant Theatre Co Presents LOVE BITES, Ends 3/20
The Elephant Theatre Company, David Fofi and Lindsay Allbaugh, Co-Artistic Directors, has announced it will present this year's annual short play festival as a 'best of' encore anthology. THE BEST OF LOVE BITES: 10 Years Together ... and Still No Ring will be split into two separate evenings of short one-acts that will run in repertory through Sunday, March 20.
NY Fringe Festival Special: CATCHING THE FISH with Kristin Hanggi and John Davisi
Ovation Award winning director Kristin Hanggi (bare, Rock of Ages) is back in New York, directing CATCH THE FISH, a clever new play written as a response to the popular Vanity Fair Article 'Rich, Jaded and Lost in L.A.' The show plays at the New York Fringe Festival August 18-26 and I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Kristin and producer John Davisi to catch up, learn about the show and more…