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Casting has been announced for The Second City's "A Christmas Carol: Twist Your Dickens!" which begins previews December 8 at the Center Theatre Group/Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. Opening night is December 12 and performances run through December 29, 2013. "A Christmas Carol: Twist Your Dickens!" is written by Second City alumni Peter Gwinn and Bobby Mort (both formerly of "The Colbert Report"), and is directed by fellow Second City alum Marc Warzecha. The cast is made up of a talented...
Culver City High and AVPA's Blurred Vision Theatre Company will present its second weekend of Reginald Rose's Twelve Angry Jurors. A "co-ed" adaptation of the well-known drama 12 Angry Men, the play follows the deliberations of a jury at a murder trial. A seemingly open and shut case slowly comes unraveled as the jury's lone dissenter - played by Henry Fonda in the well-known film adaptation - holds steady in the face of opposition and works to gradually win others to his side. Reason and...
The world premiere of "The Black Suits" opens Sunday, November 3 at the Center Theatre Group/ Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. With music and lyrics by Joe Iconis, book by Iconis and Robert Emmett Maddock, direction by John Simpkins, choreography by Jennifer Werner and music direction and orchestrations by Charlie Rosen, "The Black Suits" continues performances through November 24. Set in a garage in suburban Long Island, "The Black Suits" tells the tale of four boys (lead singer, guitar,...
Casting has been announced for the world premiere of “The Black Suits,” which begins previews October 27 at the Center Theatre Group/Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. Opening night is November 3 and performances run through November 24. “The Black Suits” has music and lyrics by Joe Iconis, book by Iconis and Robert Emmett Maddock and is directed by John Simpkins, with choreography by Jennifer Werner and music direction and orchestrations by Charlie Rosen. The cast features Jimmy Brewer,...
Kentwood Players presents the beloved American holiday classic “It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play” by Joe Landry from Friday, November 8 through Saturday, December 14 for a six-week run. The play will be performed on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm with Sunday matinees at 2 at the Westchester Playhouse, 8301 Hindry Avenue, Westchester. The production is directed by Gypsy Foster and produced by Vada Foster and Alison Mattiza by special arrangement with Playscripts Inc. This American hol...
Three finalists have been selected for Center Theatre Group’s 2014 Richard E. Sherwood Award. All three finalists will receive a cash prize, with $10,000 going to the top honoree. The Center Theatre Group includes the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. Created in memory of Richard E. Sherwood, the award provides financial support for innovative and adventurous emerging theatre artists living and working in Los Angeles. Each year, Center Theatre Group learns about the recipient’s artistic vis...
Eric Sims, Operations Manager of the Kirk Douglas Theatre and President of the Culver City Downtown Business Association, will be the featured speaker at the Culver City Historical Society’s general meeting on Wednesday, October 16 at 7 p.m. in the Veterans Memorial Building’s Multi-Purpose Room, 4117 Overland Avenue. Sims, who is closely involved with the development and programs of the Kirk Douglas Theatre, will describe its metamorphosis from the former Culver Theater, a motion picture hou...
Center Theatre Group is now accepting applications for the 2013-2014 August Wilson programs – the August Wilson Monologue Competition (AWMC) and the CTG August Wilson In-School Residency Program. Student applications for the AWMC and applications from educators to participate in the in-school residency program are due on October 1. Applications for both programs are available at www.CenterTheatreGroup.org/AugustWilson. Center Theatre Group will be the Southern California host of the AWMC for t...
Observer Editor Having reviewed several Douglas Theatre thought-provoking plays over the years, I went to Elephant Room on opening night realizing this would be different. Three semi-pro magicians. Magic tricks. Nothing very serious. Two days later, when I began writing this piece I struggled to locate a serious theme. Then I gave up and came to the obvious conclusion. This was a fun night out. Nothing more. But there’s nothing wrong with that. The theatre in Culver City has 317 seats and e...
LACMA Public Programs August Through the mic series: freestyle fellowship and breakestra Jazz at lacma: reinhold schwarzhald & Patrice rushen Animation august: bolt Talks & Courses Gallery Discussion: The Art of Looking Thursday, August 9 | 12:30 pm BP Grand Entrance | Free with museum admission, no reservations Join museum educator Elizabeth Gerber for a one-hour facilitated gallery discussion exploring the figure in contemporary photography. Meet the Artist: Ohie Toshio Tuesday, August 14 & Thursday, August 26 | 2:00 pm Pavilion for Japanese...
Tickets have gone on sale this week for “Elephant Room” at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. Bringing pure, unadulterated fun and transforming the space into a mystical place of wonder and amusement, “Elephant Room” runs August 22 through September 16, 2012. The opening is set for August 26. The West Coast premiere will star magicians Louie Magic, Daryl Hannah and Dennis Diamond, and is directed by Paul Lazar. “Elephant Room,” which was called “delightfully daft” by Eric Grode of The New York Times, was commissioned by Center Theatre...
Kentwood Players will hold auditions for the musical “SCREAM QUEENS - The Musical” with book, music and lyrics by Scott Martin on Saturday, July 14 from 11 am to 4 pm and Sunday, July 15 from 6 pm to 9. at the Westchester Playhouse, 8301 Hindry Avenue, Westchester, CA 90045. Callbacks, if necessary, will be held on Monday, July 16 at 6 pm. The production is directed by its author Scott Martin with Susan Goldman Weisbarth producing by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. Choreographer will be Victoria Miller. Production dates are Sep...
Kentwood Players presents “DOUBT, A Parable” by John Patrick Shanley from July 13 to August 18 on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 2 pm at the Westchester Playhouse, 8301 Hindry Avenue in Westchester. The production is directed by Gail Bernardi and produced by Calia Mintzer-Wolf and Linda Reinhardt by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York. “DOUBT, A Parable” won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play. It tells the story of a nun in a Bronx Catholic School in 1964 who suspect...
Center Theatre Group Artistic Director Michael Ritchie has set the 2012-2013 season at the CTG/Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. In a season of contrasts – of surprising comedy and startling drama, the 2012-2013 season at the Kirk Douglas Theatre will include the magical and mystical hi-jinks of the CTG-commissioned “Elephant Room” by Trey Lyford, Geoff Sobelle and Steve Cuiffo;the acclaimed Gate Theatre Dublin production of the Beckett classic “Krapp’s Last Tape” withone of Britain’s greatest actors, John Hurt; the comic genius of The...
As part of its 30th year celebration the Actors’ Gang will present George Orwell’s ‘1984’ on Friday and Saturdays at 8 pm beginning May 18. In addition, The Actor’s Gang this week began six workshop performances of Joseph Conrad’s ‘Heart of Darkness’. The performances will continue on May 10, 16 and 17 at 8 pm....
In a world set apart from holy matrimony based on true love, where complex old-world traditions are nurtured by some, but collide with new dynamics of social order, and with inevitable questions about optional free-will for a young teenage girl living in the small southern African Zimbabwe town of Salisbury, under British jurisdiction, the late 19th century story is told from a black point of view. Discover what defines the risks and challenges as a young woman from the Shona people named...
Kentwood To Present ‘The Miracle Worker’ Kentwood Players presents THE MIRACLE WORKER by William Gibson from May 11 to June 16 on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 2 at the Westchester Playhouse, 8301 Hindry Avenue in Westchester. Adapted from William Gibson’s 1957 Playhouse 90 teleplay of the same name, THE MIRACLE WORKER is based on Helen Keller’s autobiography “The Story of My Life” and won several Tony Awards including Best Play. The production is directed by Shawn K. Summerer and produced by Alison Mattiza and Elizabeth S...
The Kentwood Players will present “Oliver!”now through April 21, with performances on Friday and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm at the Westchester Playhouse , 8301 Hindry Avenue in Los Angeles. With music and lyrics by Lionel Bart, and based upon the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, this much-loved British musical won several Tony Awards on Broadway and vividly brings to life Dickens' timeless characters with its ever-popular story of the boy who asked for more. The production is directed by Harold Dershimer, with musical dir...
“American Night: The Ballad of Juan José,” written by Richard Montoya, developed by Culture Clash and Jo Bonney, and directed by Bonney, opens Sunday at 6:30 p.m. at Center Theatre Group’s Kirk Douglas Theatre. Performances continue through April. The cast includes (in alphabetical order) Stephanie Beatriz, Rodney Gardiner, David Kelly, Terri McMahon, René Millán, Richard Montoya, Kimberly Scott, Herbert Siguenza and Daisuke Tsuji. The choreography is by Ken Roht, scenic design by Neil Patel, costume design by ESosa, lighting design by David...
Into The Torrent Sea, A Staged Reading Of The Lost Journal Of Grace O'Malley, The Pirate Queen Of Connaught will be performed on March 4, 11, 18 and 25 at 2 pm at the FanaticSalon Theater, 3815 Sawtelle Blvd., Culver City by Sandra Caruso. Parking: (SW corner of Sawtelle and Venice, park behind theater or on street) This is the true story of Grace O'Malley, a female Irish pirate from the 1500's on her journey to meet with her enemy, Queen Elizabeth. The two women work out a deal which allows Grace to remain a pirate. This journey takes place...
Kentwood To Present Oliver The Kentwood Players will have “Oliver” from March 16 to April 21, with performances on Friday and Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 2 at the Westchester Playhouse, 8301 Hindry Avenue in Los Angeles. With music and lyrics by Lionel Bart, and based upon the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, this much-loved British musical won several Tony Awards on Broadway. The production is directed by Harold Dershimer, with musical direction by Catherine Rahm, choreography by Anna Rubin, and produced by Rocky and Victoria Miller...
Ebony Repertory Theatre’s highly successful production A Raisin in the Sunopened Sunday at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. The classic Lorraine Hansberry play debuted in 1959, and was the first play produced by an African American woman on Broadway. The playwright was inspired by her own family experiences moving into an all-white neighborhood when she was a child -- the Washington Park Subdivision of Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood during the early 1950s. The play later became a fil...
Previews begin tonight (January 19) for the critically-acclaimed Ebony Repertory Theatre production of Lorraine Hansberry’s American classic “A Raisin in the Sun,” playing at Center Theatre Group’s Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. Opening night is January 22 and performances continue through February 19. Cast members include (in alphabetical order) Kenya Alexander, Keith Arthur Bolden, Brandon David Brown, Kevin T. Carroll, Jason Dirden, Deidrie Henry, Amad Jackson, Scott Mosenson, Kem Saunders, Kim Staunton and Ellis E. Williams. Phylici...
Observer Editor In my less enlightened days I thought one-person plays wouldn’t be very interesting. Thankfully I no longer think that way, and Sunday night at the Kirk Douglas Theatre I thoroughly enjoyed Charlayne Woodard’s presentation of “The Night Watcher.” On opening night all of the theatre’s 317 seats were filled. As I drove in the rain I wondered if that would be the case, but the theatre was sold out and there was also a line of folks without tickets hoping for cancellat...
Entertainment Editor “Red Noses”, written by British playwright Peter Barnes has been chosen as the premiere play of the Actors’ Gang’s 30th season. Barnes was known for his dark comedy using shocking and biting, social satire. His Holocaust play is titled “Laughter”. “Red Noses” was written in 1978 but not performed until 1985 due to the newness of the AIDS epidemic and lack of information concerning it. The Royal Shakespeare Company’s production in London that year won the prestigious Olivi...
