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Kentwood Players presents a staged reading of A COMPLICATED HOPE, an original play by John Mabey on Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 7:00pm at the Westchester Playhouse, located at 8301 Hindry Avenue in Westchester, CA 90045. This is a non-equity, non-paid production directed by Ryan Holihan, produced for Kentwood Players by Susan Goldman Weisbarth and Marty Feldman, and features Mari King (Marie), Nadia Sine (Rose Marie), and Shawn Plunkett (Arnie). Marie and daughter Rose Marie are left adrift after...
‘Can't Pay? Don't Pay!’ written by Nobel Laureate Dario Fo and Franca Rame is returning to The Actors' Gang Theater in the old Ivy Substation on March 19, 2022, with previews beginning March 12, exactly two years from the day the theater was shuttered and had to suspend this hilarious production. Fo’s high-energy, satirical farce is directed by Bob Turton, who won a Stage Raw Award for his role, The Madman, in The Actors’ Gang’s 2019 production of Dario Fo's 'Accidental Death of an Anarchist'. Hungry and fed up by rising prices and stagnant...
Kentwood Players will hold open auditions for the musical FUN HOME with book and lyrics by Lisa Kron, music by Jeanine Tesori, based on the graphic novel by Alison Bechdel, on Saturday, March 5, 2022 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and Sunday, March 6 from 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Call backs will be held on Monday, March 7 by appointment only. This is a non-equity, non-paid production directed by Kathy Dershimer with musical direction by Cheryl Gaul, and produced by Jenny Boone and Harold Dershimer...
Kentwood Players will hold open auditions for CLUE, a murder mystery comedy adapted from the screenplay by Jonathan Lynn, written by Sandy Rustin with additional material by Hunter Foster and Eric Price based on the Paramount Pictures Motion Picture, based on the Hasbro board game Clue. Auditions will take place on Saturday, January 22 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM and Sunday, January 23 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Callbacks will be held on Monday, January 24 at 7:00 PM by appointment only. This is a...
Culver City Public Theatre has brought back plays in the park. The Public Theatre is now presenting "Zombie Thoughts," a live outdoor performance featuring goblins and video games, at Dr. Paul Carlson Park, located at 10400 Braddock. The outdoor play will be presented at noon on Saturdays and Sundays from now until November 21. Admission is free but pre-registration is required at https://www.ccpt.org/ This family-friendly show is the west coast premiere of "Zombie Thoughts," a...
By Marni Ayers, SamoHi Theatre Producer (and mom). For almost 2 years they have been doing online theater, one mom explained. "Which was challenging, but kept them connected to each other." "The drama students literally did not know for sure if they could even perform without masks ... until this week. We literally had to wait to make sure there were no outbreaks" They rehearsed for 2 months masked. Not a single Covid case in the cast - phewwww! And now..... wait for it... Samohi Theatre is...
Created by Musical Theatre International as a fundraiser for theatres across the country, MTI's ALL TOGETHER NOW! is a musical revue featuring 15 songs from great Broadway shows including Rent, Beauty and the Beast, Once on this Island, Come From Away, Little Women, Newsies, Guys and Dolls, Godspell, Annie, Sister Act, Ragtime, Company and more. A total of 5600 theaters across the country will be performing this revue at the same time! Kentwood Players is proudly presenting MTI's ALL TOGETHER...
Kentwood Players has announced the re-opening of the newly-refurbished Westchester Playhouse with the presentation of "VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE," a comedy by Christopher Durang. The play, which opened last weekend, will run through Sunday, October 10. Shows will take place on Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. Originally slated to open in March 2020 but delayed due to the pandemic, Durang's hilarious comedy "VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND...
The 17th Season at the Kirk Douglas Theatre Includes "Alma," "Tambo & Bones" and Block Party: Celebrating Los Angeles Theatre Featuring "To T or Not To T" and "The Art Couple" in a Season Which Begins March 6, 2022. Center Theatre Group Artistic Director Michael Ritchie and Managing Director / CEO Meghan Pressman are announcing the upcoming seasons for the Mark Taper Forum and Kirk Douglas Theatre. Presenting a rich variety of work on all three of CTG's physical venues plus an offering on the...
Three-time Emmy winner Bradley Whitford ("The Handmaid's Tale," "The West Wing," "Get Out," "The Post") will play the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in the magical new interpretation of Charles Dickens' timeless story, "A Christmas Carol." Adapted by Tony Award winner Jack Thorne ("Harry Potter and the Cursed Child") and originally directed and conceived by Tony Award winner Matthew Warchus ("Matilda"), "A Christmas Carol" comes to the Ahmanson Theatre November 30, 2021 through January 1, 2022....
There are eight legendary bands coming to Canyon Club's venue's at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills and The Starlight Bowl in Burbank. Air Supply will make an appearance at the Saban Theatre on September 4 and then George Benson on September 23. Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock met on May 12, 1975 at rehearsals for "Jesus Christ Superstar" in Sydney, Australia. They became instant friends with their common love for The Beatles and, of course, singing. In 1980 "Lost in Love" became the...
The Actors’ Gang, a theater group based in Culver City, is now showcasing a new virtual play about life during the Great Depression and lessons for COVID recovery. Called “We Live On,” it runs through September 6. It is based on Studs Terkel’s book “Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression.” The play explores 30 different accounts — those documented by Terkel and original stories from cast members. The play is directed by the great actor Tim Robbins, who has spent the last 40 years as co-founder and artistic director of The Actors...
Kentwood Players is getting ready to re-open our refurbished Westchester Playhouse to the public for live, indoor productions during a Grand Re-Opening weekend on August 28-29. A Fundraising Gala is planned for Saturday night with an Open House planned on Sunday afternoon at which time we will welcome our patrons, friends and neighbors inside for a tour of the Playhouse and open the box office for ticket purchase of our upcoming season, which we plan to launch this September. As such, we are...
After shutting our doors more than a year ago, The Decurion Corporation, owners of Pacific and Arclight Theaters announced we news that Pacific will not be reopening its Arclight Cinemas and Pacific Theatres locations. This was not the outcome anyone wanted, but despite a huge effort that exhausted all potential options, the company does not have a viable way forward. To all the Pacific and Arclight employees who have devoted their professional lives to making our theaters the very best places in the world to see movies: we are grateful for...
January 11 – January 17, 2021 "Love's Labour's Lost" premieres Thursday, January 14 at 2 p.m. Pacific and is available on demand through April 14, 2021. The lavish Stratford Festival film will be free to Center Theatre Group subscribers and supporters and $10 for all others at www.centertheatregroup.org/digitalstage/videos/the-stratford-festival-loves-labours-lost/. Four young men swear off women to devote themselves to learning-only to fall for four attractive newcomers. Shakespeare's l...
Burbank Covedy Festival Promotes Laughter During the #covid19 #Coronavirus Pandemic By Rachel Danielle Ganz "The 7th Annual Burbank CoVedy Festival " is the first exclusively virtual global comedy festival produced and showcased by the Flappers Comedy Club & Restaurant. It was staged on August 9-22, 2020. No doubt you can still find it online. In a time of pandemic, the world needs laughter. The name of the festival is a play on Covid-19, another name for Coronavirus This entertaining hoopla...
Given the uncertainty about public gatherings and when such activities will be safe to resume, due to circumstances beyond our control we must postpone our upcoming productions of "1776" at the Ahmanson Theatre, "King James" at the Mark Taper Forum and "Sakina’s Restaurant" at the Kirk Douglas Theatre. We remain committed to re-opening our theatres in the fall, including with our full Ahmanson 2020/21 Season and our soon-to-be-announced Taper and Douglas seasons. For patrons with tickets to "Once on This Island," which has already been p...
After careful consideration, and to ensure the health and safety of everyone who engages with the Blue Door Theater, they have decided to postpone their Spring 2020 Season, including the Annual Gala/Fundraiser on May 7. As of today, the Gala will take place on August 20th. But while many of our in-person shows and events are postponed, CRE Outreach is still alive and well. In the coming days and weeks, stay tuned for uplifting content on thei Instagram and Facebook pages. They are preparing for live streams via their Facebook page, video...
Kentwood Players, continues to celebrate its 70th Anniversary Year by presenting VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE, a comedy by Christopher Durang, opening Friday, March 13 and continuing through Saturday, April 18, 2020 on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm and Sundays at 2:00pm. Performances take place at the Westchester Playhouse, located at 8301 Hindry Avenue in Los Angeles, CA 90045, home of the Kentwood Players. This is a non-equity/non-paid production directed by Susan Stangl, produced by...
Kentwood Players, , welcomes the New Year and its 70th Anniversary with the futuristic, multimedia play THE GIVER, adapted for the stage by Eric Coble, based on the Newberry Award-winning book by Lois Lowry, opening on Friday, January 17, 2020 and continuing through Saturday, February 22 on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm, Sundays at 2:00pm at located at 8301 Hindry Avenue in Los Angeles, CA 90045, home of the Kentwood Players. Additional weekday performances may be added to accommodate school g...
Kentwood Players proudly celebrates the launch of its 70th Anniversary year by presenting LITTLE WOMEN, The Broadway Musical by Jason Howland, Mindi Dickstein and Allan Knee based upon Louisa May Alcott's classic story, opening Nov. 15 through Dec. 21 on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. at the Westchester Playhouse, located at 8301 Hindry Avenue in Westchester, CA 90045. The production is directed by Jennifer Richardson, music directed by Mike Walker, choreographed by...
Twenty-five years since the record-breaking Los Angeles run of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, Davis Gaines and Dale Kristen - L.A.'s longest-running Phantom and Christine and arguably the best at those two roles - reunite for their first concert together. The stage veterans will perform solos and duets from their favorite Broadway shows, share stories, and reminisce about their long careers on Broadway and beyond. You do not want to miss their performance at Cerritos Center for...
Readers, you are in for an exceptional afternoon thanks to CRE Outreach's presentation of Point of Extinction, a science fiction political thriller that is sure to enthrall and inspire its audience on Sunday, October 6 at 3 PM at Culver City High School's Robert Frost Auditorium, 4401 Elenda Street, Culver City. This revelatory, entertaining and most unusual production is made possible in part by the City of Culver City in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Performing Arts Grant...
Kentwood Players welcomes the Halloween Season by presenting DIAL M FOR MURDER, a suspenseful thriller by Frederick Knott, opening Friday, September 13 through Saturday, October 19, 2019 on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm and Sundays at 2:00pm at the Westchester Playhouse, located at 8301 Hindry Avenue in Westchester, CA 90045. The production is directed by George Kondreck and produced by Kathy Dershimer for Kentwood Players with rights secured from Dramatists Play Service, Inc. Featured in the...
