Stormy Weather opens tonight!

The sometimes stormy, always extraordinary journey of an American icon...

Leslie Uggams as Lena Horne
STORMY WEATHER

On stage now through March 1st!

We're breaking all Pasadena Playhouse box office records with Stormy Weather - get your tickets today before they're all gone!

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Left photo credit: Pictured are (standing) Leslie Uggams, (seated L-R) Jordan Barbour and Nikki Crawford. Right photo credit: Leslie Uggams as Lena Horne. Bottom photo credit: Pictured are (L-R) Robert Torti, Kevyn Morrow, Leslie Uggams, Jordan Barbour and Cleavant Derricks. All photos by kevinberne.com.

Stormy Weather opens tonight!

Bonus Feature of the Week: Leslie Uggams Trivia Question

Leslie Uggams won a Tony Award for Best Actress for her work in which Broadway production?

A. On Golden Pond

B. Stormy Weather

C. Hallelujah, Baby!

D. Thoroughly Modern Millie

Click here to let us know! Check back next week for a new and for the answer to this trivia question!

Leslie Uggams portrays the legendary Lena Horne in our current production of Stormy Weather. Tickets are selling fast ~ click here to purchase yours today!

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Save the Theater Critics! Los Angeles Theatre Artistic Directors Join Together

From the LA Times Culture Monster Blog:

"The recent reports of the elimination of theater critic, writer and editor positions at the Los Angeles Daily News, LA Weekly and the Daily Breeze came as a blow to Los Angeles' stage community.

Late Thursday, Culture Monster received a letter signed by the artistic directors of three major Los Angeles theaters -- Gilbert Cates of the Geffen Playhouse, Sheldon Epps of the Pasadena Playhouse and Michael Ritchie of Center Theatre Group -- decrying the decline in voices and calling on the arts community to keep the conversation going..."

To read the whole story click here!

Travel with us to London and New York!

London
April 13-20, 2009

Tour includes:
- Round-trip Air from Los Angeles
- 7 days/6 Nights First-Class Hotel
- 3 Theatre Productions including:
- Zorro: The Musical
- Priscilla Queen of the Desert
- Royal National Theatre Production
- Walking tours, daily excursions, and much more

Early-Bird Special ~
Be one of the first 15 to register and get $300 off your London tour!

NYC
May 6-12, 2009

Tour includes:
- Round-trip Air from Los Angeles
- 7 days/6 Nights First-Class Hotel
- 3 Theatre Productions including:
- South Pacific
- Billy Elliot: The Musical
- A 3rd Broadway Production
- Walking tours, daily excursions, and much more

Contact Jessica Smith at (626) 737-2842 or jsmith@pasadenaplayhouse.org for more information.

Bonus Feature of the Week: Lena Horne Poll

What's your favorite Lena Horne song of all time?

a. "Stormy Weather"

b. "The Lady is a Tramp"

c. "I'm Through With Love"

d. "After All is Said and Done"

e. Other (explain)


Let us know and feel free to elaborate! Check back next week for a new and the results to this poll.


Answer to last week's Lena Horne Trivia question:

Which one of the following facts about Lena Horne is FALSE?

d. She retired from show business completely in 1980.

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Listen to the music of Lena Horne and Leslie Uggams online!

Get in the mood for our upcoming production of Stormy Weather by listening to the music of Lena and Leslie for free online at Rhapsody.com.



Click here for Lena Horne music.

Click here for Leslie Uggams music.

Get your tickets to Stormy Weather NOW, before they're gone!

Leslie Uggams stars as Lena Horne in Stormy Weather beginning January 21st.

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Bonus Feature of the Week: Lena Horne Trivia

Which one of the following facts about Lena Horne is FALSE?

A. Lena was the youngest member of the NAACP.

B. She worked at The Cotton Club as a dancer.

C. Lena was put on the Hollywood Blacklist in 1947.

D. She retired completely from show business in 1980.

E. Lena was the highest paid black actor of 1942.

Click here and let us know which fact you think is false!


Check back next week for a new and to find out the answer to this trivia question!

Stormy Weather, the musical story of Lena Horne, opens on our main stage January 21st.

www.pasadenaplayhouse.org