tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96194602024-03-07T06:00:31.258-08:00Pasadena PlayhousePlayhouse Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03867545434157330296noreply@blogger.comBlogger256125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619460.post-42066072636653145412010-04-26T12:40:00.000-07:002010-04-26T13:15:16.185-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">PASADENA PLAYHOUSE</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">TO HOST EVENTS FOR PASADENA JAZZ INSTITUTE, </span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">LYRIC OPERA AND BLAIR IB SCHOOL</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">BEGINNING IN MAY 2010</span></span></b></div><p></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Pasadena Playhouse today announced that the State Theater of California will host events beginning in May 2010 for Pasadena Jazz Institute, Lyric Opera and Blair IB School, as the organization continues its process of financial reorganization.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"As the Playhouse continues to go through its reorganization process, I am very happy that we have been able to find ways to keep the energy of the performing arts alive in our beautiful theatre. These three events will bring the rewards of great music of many kinds to audiences, and offer young people the thrill of performing in this great venue,” said Pasadena Playhouse Artistic Director Sheldon Epps. “This also represents a step in our exploration of the possibilities of greater use of our theatre as a performing arts complex that could well serve a number of disciplines in addition to the theatre company. This is a valuable concept that we have contemplated for many years, and very much in our thinking as we explore ways to move forward with greater success in the future."</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">SCHEDULE OF EVENTS</span></span></u></span></b></p><p><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">JAZZ AT THE PLAYHOUSE</span><br /></span></span></b></i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">May 28-30, 2010<br />Produced by Pasadena Jazz Institute</span></span></b></p><p><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">BOND and other SPY CLASSICS</span></span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">on Friday, May 28 at 8:00 p.m.</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> – Over 21 classic spy themes performed by the 17-member Pasadena Jazz Orchestra including themes from the Pink Panther, Peter Gunn, Austin Powers and Bond....James Bond. Fun for the entire family.</span></p><p><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">BIRD with STRINGS</span></span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">on Saturday, May 29 at 8:00 p.m.</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> – Alto saxophonist Charlie Parker's seminal recording "Charlie Parker with Strings" is performed Live with members of the Pasadena Symphony and will feature saxophone great Lanny Morgan. </span></p><p><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">An Evening of GERSHWIN</span></span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">on Sunday, May 30 at 8:00 p.m.</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> – Grammy Award-winner Bill Cunliffe brings in his trio to back four of Los Angeles’ finest vocalists in an evening celebrating the timeless music of George Gershwin including "I Got Rhythm," "Someone to Watch Over Me," "Embraceable You," among others.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">For tickets to <i>JAZZ AT THE PLAYHOUSE</i> call 626-356-7529 or visit <a href="http://www.pasadenaplayhouse.org/Pasadena_Playhouse/Welcome.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">www.PasadenaPlayhouse.org</span></a>.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">FREE pre-show jazz will be performed in The Engemann Family Courtyard at 7:00 p.m. each night by students from the Pasadena Jazz Institute.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Pasadena Jazz Insitute (PJI) was established almost ten years ago and has become one of the most active arts organizations in the region. From small ensemble concerts to big band shows featuring the Pasadena Jazz Orchestra, in-school concerts and clinics, jazz camp and more, PJI has made a deep impact on the Pasadena music scene, keeping jazz alive for all generations.</span></p><p><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">OVATIONS</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br />June 4-6, 2010<br />Produced by Kelley Oxley with the support of Blair Learns<br />Choreographed by Kevin Lee<br />Directed by Benita Scheckel</span></b></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">OVATIONS is a musical revue featuring song, dance and dialogue by the students of Blair IB School. This year’s show will include songs from the Tony Award-winning musicals Chicago and Little Shop of Horrors. It will also highlight numbers like Michael Jackson’s “Beat It,” Slumdog Millionaire’s “O Saya” and a Latin dance number choreographed by “Dancing with the Stars” choreographer Christian Perry.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b>Friday, June 4 at 8:00 p.m.<br />Saturday, June 5 at 8:00 p.m.<br />Sunday, June 6 at 3:00 p.m.</b></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">For tickets call Dianne Moore at 626-396-5820 ext. 80026, email dmoore@pusd.us or visit <a href="http://www.blair.pasadenausd.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">www.blair.pasadenausd.org</span></a>.</span></p><p><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">Wagner’s </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">Die Feen</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br />June 11-19, 2010<br />Produced by Lyric Opera of Los Angeles</span></b></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Lyric Opera of Los Angeles will perform a US premiere of Wagner's opera Die Feen (The Fairies). Die Feen is an opera in three acts. The German libretto was written by the composer after Carlo Gozzi's La donna serpente. Die Feen was Wagner's first completed opera, but remained unperformed in his lifetime. It has never established itself firmly in the operatic repertory although it receives occasional performances, on stage or in concert, most often in Germany. LOLA will present Die Feen as part of the Ring Festival LA, for which it has partnered with L.A. Opera.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b>Friday, June 11 at 7:30 p.m<br />Saturday, June 12 at 7:30 p.m.<br />Thursday, June 17 at 7:30 p.m.<br />Saturday, June 19 at 7:30 p.m.</b></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">For tickets call 877-LOLA-OPERA or visit<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"> </span><a href="http://www.lyricoperala.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">www.lyricoperala.org</span></a>.</span><br /></p>GPHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02790105679221432508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619460.post-23016877223250902742010-02-08T15:26:00.000-08:002010-04-26T12:19:40.335-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Media Coverage from Closing Night of </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"></span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">CAMELOT</span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">February 7, 2010</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-et-pasadena-playhouse8-2010jfeb09-sl,0,2223690.storylink"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Los Angeles Times</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Pasadena" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a87508f5970b " src="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a87508f5970b-550wi" style="width: 300px;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/money/pasadena-playhouse-closes-20100207"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">FOX NEWS</span></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" id="video" width="300" height="265" data="http://www.myfoxla.com/video/videoplayer.swf?dppversion=5732"><param value="http://www.myfoxla.com/video/videoplayer.swf?dppversion=5732" name="movie"><param value="&skin=MP1ExternalAll-MFL.swf&embed=true&adSrc=http%3A%2F%2Fad%2Edoubleclick%2Enet%2Fadx%2Ftsg%2Ekttv%2Fmoney%2Fdetail%3Bdcmt%3Dtext%2Fxml%3Bpos%3D%3Btile%3D2%3Bfname%3Dpasadena%2Dplayhouse%2Dcloses%2D20100207%3Bloc%3Dsite%3Bsz%3D320x240%3Bord%3D648516754852607900%3Frand%3D0%2E12999084615811003&flv=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Emyfoxla%2Ecom%2Ffeeds%2FoutboundFeed%3FobfType%3DVIDEO%5FPLAYER%5FSMIL%5FFEED%26componentId%3D131632010&img=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia2%2Emyfoxla%2Ecom%2F%2Fphoto%2F2010%2F02%2F07%2FPlayhouse%2DCloses%5F20100207%5F233910%5Ftmb0000%5F20100207234353%5F640%5F480%2EJPG&story=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Emyfoxla%2Ecom%2Fdpp%2Fmoney%2Fpasadena%2Dplayhouse%2Dcloses%2D20100207" name="FlashVars"><param value="all" name="allowNetworking"><param value="always" name="allowScriptAccess"></object></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://pasadenaindependent.com/featured/final-curtain-call-for-pasadena-playhouse-after-90-years/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Pasadena Independent</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><img src="http://pasadenaindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Final-Curtain-feature.jpg" alt="" title="Final Curtain feature" width="300" height="199" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8242" /></span></div>GPHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02790105679221432508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619460.post-69361837918072149042010-02-03T07:56:00.000-08:002010-02-03T07:59:02.345-08:00A MESSAGE FROM PASADENA PLAYHOUSE<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><div><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial; ">Pasadena Playhouse has been inundated with generous messages of support and many have offered to pledge money to help keep this venerable institution operational. We appreciate these efforts enormously. We will keep you posted about what is happening, and if there are any fundraising events or pledge drives created officially by Pasadena Playhouse or one of our generous partners. </span></div><div><span style="border-collapse: collapse; "><br /></span></div><div><span style="border-collapse: collapse; ">Thank you.</span></div></span>GPHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02790105679221432508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619460.post-90622287545233851402010-01-25T12:28:00.000-08:002010-01-25T12:56:32.932-08:00Upcoming Hothouse Reading: THE COMMONS<div align="left"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br>Hey Hothouse Fans!</span><br /></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">The Hothouse reading this week, PASTORAL, is currently sold out. But don't fear! We have another star-studded reading scheduled for performances just two weeks from now! Don't miss...</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#33ff33;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"><br />THE COMMONS</span></strong><br /></span>Written by Stephen Metcalfe<br />Directed by Art Manke</span></div><div align="center"><br /><em>A man battles his neighbor to protect his ocean view.<br></em></div><div align="center"><em></em></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br>Starring Beau Bridges and Jordan Bridges<br />and<br />Linda Gehringer, Kenneth Marshall, Susan Dalian, and Kevin Rahm<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">February 9-10, 2010</span>, 8:00 p.m. </div><div align="center">in the Carrie Hamilton Theatre.</div><div align="center">A complimentary talkback and reception to follow.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="left"><br /><strong><em>About the Play:</em></strong> THE COMMONS is the story of an older couple in crisis. Dakin Adams, a retired school teacher, spends his days writing and sending his thoughts - his blogs - out into the void that is the internet. His wife, Macy, walks the dogs and gardens. It would seem the only thing they have in common anymore is their home and their memories and their love of "the view"- the Pacific Ocean as seen from the back deck of the house. But now their neighbor is selling and the new owner is coming in to tear down and rebuild - build "up" - and the view - and the fragile relationship of two people - is in ever increasing jeopardy.</div><div align="left"><br /><strong><em>About the Playwright:</em></strong> Stephen Metcalfe’s stage plays include LOVES & HOURS, VIKINGS, STRANGE SNOW, SORROWS AND SONS, PILGRIMS, HALF A LIFETIME, EMILY, WHITE LINEN, THE INCREDIBLY FAMOUS WILLY RIVERS, WHITE MAN DANCING, A WORLD OF THEIR OWN and THE GIFT TELLER. He has been produced in New York and at regional theaters through the United States as well as in Europe and Japan. Screen credits include HALF A LIFETIME(with Keith Carradine and Gary Busey), COUSINS (with Ted Danson and Isabella Rossellini), JACKNIFE (with Robert De Niro and Ed Harris), ROOMMATES (with Peter Falk and Julianne Moore) and BEAUTIFUL JOE (with Sharon Stone and Billy Connelly). He was a contributing writer on PRETTY WOMAN, ARACHNOPHOBIA, IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU and MR. HOLLAND’S OPUS. Other original screenplays include TIME FLIES, VEIL ON THE WATER, TENNESSEE VALLEY, THE OLD BOY, JONAH, THE INFIELD, SIGNIFICANT OTHERS, GRIM REAPER, SCYLLA, THE TRAGIC AGE, PASSING FANCY and AN INNOCENT ABROAD as well as numerous rewrites. He is an Associate Artist at The Old Globe Theatre in San Diego and has been a guest lecturer in dramatic writing at University of California at San Diego, University of San Diego and San Diego State University.</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br />*A complimentary reception will be held immediately after each reading. Hothouse readings are <strong><span style="color:#33ff33;">FREE</span></strong>, but reservations are required.<br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Call the Box Office at </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>(626) 356-7529</strong>.</span></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#33cc00;"><strong>Hothouse: Watch Plays Grow!</strong></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619460.post-73756695618824693832009-12-14T13:59:00.000-08:002009-12-14T14:08:18.416-08:00Photos From The Last Hothouse Reading - Lee Blessing's Brand New Play, MODERATION<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXqY_HI8bhA5yKRA8D3knlPDnh2x2OsMRai5yz9zO4zmzSP58FXCswnymtbLGby7420e9w5dQk0KFG6ZtJvCsGHAroTD9CO9clIONSiaJFp8dcNcAkj_maYxbAsGCJcUcxFLfO6A/s1600-h/IMG_1481.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415215672768829538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXqY_HI8bhA5yKRA8D3knlPDnh2x2OsMRai5yz9zO4zmzSP58FXCswnymtbLGby7420e9w5dQk0KFG6ZtJvCsGHAroTD9CO9clIONSiaJFp8dcNcAkj_maYxbAsGCJcUcxFLfO6A/s320/IMG_1481.JPG" /></a> Clockwise from top left: Daniel Kaemon, Marilyn McIntyre, Oz Scott (Director), LEE BLESSING (Playwright), Nick Cernoch, Jennifer Seifert, Granville Van Dusen as Warren Burger, Lawrence Pressman as Harry Blackmun<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRtZVsRmfpBJilzGRjSSsRppu0dA0ZozIqAElIFu4g9YvK_32M8W__SbdpJe4dEmrFOu5BKe0A_CWqKNa943YBxYLL5EUZclxyjejrKUVpBgR7j1e61IRaOeB0AJfEykDenpt_pw/s1600-h/IMG_1479.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415215565032981858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRtZVsRmfpBJilzGRjSSsRppu0dA0ZozIqAElIFu4g9YvK_32M8W__SbdpJe4dEmrFOu5BKe0A_CWqKNa943YBxYLL5EUZclxyjejrKUVpBgR7j1e61IRaOeB0AJfEykDenpt_pw/s320/IMG_1479.JPG" /></a> From left: Daniel Kaemon, Marilyn McIntyre, Lawrence Pressman as Harry Blackmun, Granville Van Dusen as Warren Burger, Jennifer Seifert, Nick Cernoch</div><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxCfTvYlTPLpBwldUmlDEC_0vPXkZBsQ0aldn9K1ok3Cix2Uf2fEEvp8YLck8ekcHyLml7SsRTLn5d2EQ2Prt69AhIydoMFRmsrBSxlS5DPVAazHdMELWzTHCglVv0CV6oPxweqQ/s1600-h/IMG_1478.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415215438739354098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxCfTvYlTPLpBwldUmlDEC_0vPXkZBsQ0aldn9K1ok3Cix2Uf2fEEvp8YLck8ekcHyLml7SsRTLn5d2EQ2Prt69AhIydoMFRmsrBSxlS5DPVAazHdMELWzTHCglVv0CV6oPxweqQ/s320/IMG_1478.JPG" /></a> Clockwise from top left: Daniel Kaemon, Marilyn McIntyre, Nick Cernoch, Jennifer Seifert, Granville Van Dusen as Warren Burger, Lawrence Pressman as Harry Blackmun<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWq-B_0IS_dVUhLyxaghTRLNyoN0NIz4N79HXo_3um62wZgyMPvWd2vLeDRBFexkAzZSD4RW_fHwbBRzLnu_PpsdZBZOjkAG5f46cU5XSYcyTUN6TfTr4Aud1zwhlld7xEox6HeA/s1600-h/IMG_1477.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415215318927597330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWq-B_0IS_dVUhLyxaghTRLNyoN0NIz4N79HXo_3um62wZgyMPvWd2vLeDRBFexkAzZSD4RW_fHwbBRzLnu_PpsdZBZOjkAG5f46cU5XSYcyTUN6TfTr4Aud1zwhlld7xEox6HeA/s320/IMG_1477.JPG" /></a> Clockwise from top left: Daniel Kaemon, Marilyn McIntyre, Nick Cernoch, Jennifer Seifert, Granville Van Dusen as Warren Burger, Lawrence Pressman as Harry Blackmun<br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619460.post-36168730166528621462009-12-10T13:44:00.000-08:002009-12-10T14:12:49.379-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style:italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">Baby It's You!</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;"> Cast Member Crystal Starr Knighton Announces New CD!</span></span></span></div><div><p align="center"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/CRYSTALSTARRKNIGHTON" target="_blank"><img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc269/jblaire14/Picture14-1.png" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></p><p align="center" style="text-align: left;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Crystal Starr's debut album contains hits like "Coldhearted", "Cake," and "I deserve to lose you," featuring gospel artist Jesse Stevenson. "I wanted to release an album that describes everything I am as a person and what influences me as a singer" Crystal states. The album is a great combination of rock pop and soul greatly interpreted by her strong vocal capabilities. Some people who have contributed to this album are Jennifer Hudson who wrote the song "what love would do" on her record, and Jolyon Skinner who wrote major hits for r&b artist Joe. Not only is Crystal's vocal range amazing but the production is also something to talk about as well. Produced by multi-platinum record producer Veit Renn, who has made hits for Jennifer Hudson, N Sync and</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Backstreet boys, he knew exactly what to do with Crystal. "Crystal</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Starr" the Debut album, definitely a record to have in your Collection!</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/CRYSTALSTARRKNIGHTON"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">LISTEN TO CRYSTAL'S MUSIC HERE</span></span></a></div></span></span></span><p></p></div>GPHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02790105679221432508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619460.post-77563415008638356392009-12-01T12:53:00.000-08:002009-12-01T15:53:56.778-08:00<div align="center"><span style="color:#33ff33;">Next Hothouse Reading:</span> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;">MODERATION</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Written by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Blessing">Lee Blessing</a></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Directed by <a href="http://ozscott.com/">Oz Scott</a></span></div><div align="center"><br /><em>Justice Harry Blackmun redefines women’s rights with Roe v. Wade.</em> </div><div align="center"><br />Starring <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0696303/">Lawrence Pressman </a>(<em>American Pie, Doogie Howser M.D.) </em>as Harry Blackmun</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0886686/">Granville Van Dusen</a> as Warren Burger</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Also starring...</div><div align="center">Daniel Kaemon</div><div align="center">Nick Cernoch</div><div align="center">Marilyn McIntyre</div><div align="center">Jennifer Seifert</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">December 8-9, 2009, 8:00 p.m.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="color:#000000;">Carrie Hamilton Theatre</span><br /></span>A complimentary reception to follow. </div><div align="center"><br /></div>Based on Linda Greenhouse’s Becoming Justice Blackmun, Moderation examines the life and career of Harry Blackmun, a Nixon nominee to the Supreme Court who over nearly a quarter-century became that body’s most liberal member. Blackmun wrote the majority decision in Roe v. Wade and spent years working to fight off challenges to it. In doing so, he became one of the country’s most influential advocates for women’s rights. Moderation provides a peek into Blackmun’s past, tracking the ups and downs of his more than eighty-year friendship with Chief Justice Warren Burger. Blackmun’s Midwestern upbringing is also examined, providing clues to the values which guided his decisions throughout a long and controversial career on the Federal bench.<br /><br />LEE BLESSING (Playwright): Lee is the author of A Walk in the Woods, nominated for Tony and Olivier Awards as well as the Pulitzer Prize. His work has twice won the Steinberg/American Theatre Critics’ Association Award, among many other honors. Recent plays include When We Go Upon the Sea, Great Falls, A Body of Water and an adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s Heaven’s My Destination, among others. He heads the graduate playwriting program at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. He is married to fellow playwright and TV writer Melanie Marnich.<br /><br />OZ SCOTT (Director): Oz has been one of the most sought after directors for theatre, film and television for over two decades. He has worked at nearly every major regional theatre in the country including recent work at The Goodman, Arena Stage, Hartford Stage and Philadelphia Theatre Company. Oz Scott earned a Drama Desk award for his pivotal 1976 Broadway production of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf. Television writing credits include Archie Bunker's Place, Alice and The Jeffersons. He has directed episodes of The Cosby Show, Northern Exposure, LA Law, Hill Street Blues, Fame, CSI:NY, Boston Legal and many others. Feature film credits include Bustin Loose starring Richard Pryor. Scott has participated in the Eugene O’Neill Playwrights Conference for the past dozen years. He is also the recipient of an NAACP Image Award.<br /><br /><em>Over the past several years, many new plays and musicals first seen in Hothouse at the Playhouse – our new play development program – have gone on to full productions here at the Playhouse and other prestigious theatres around the country! Don’t miss the next readings in this HOT series!</em><br /><div align="center"><br />Hothouse readings are <span style="color:#33ff33;">FREE</span>, but reservations are recommended.</div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff00;">Call the Box Office at (626) 356-7529</span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#33ff33;">Hothouse: Watch Plays Grow!</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619460.post-37313812989633358292009-11-25T10:23:00.000-08:002009-11-25T10:39:50.921-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Photos from the latest Hothouse reading!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dIwGvGYS9uY/Sw12UivW7II/AAAAAAAAAFA/DCwOGxavgVo/s1600/IMG_1431.JPG" style="text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dIwGvGYS9uY/Sw12UivW7II/AAAAAAAAAFA/DCwOGxavgVo/s400/IMG_1431.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408108822836735106" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Loretta Swit and Robert Forster</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dIwGvGYS9uY/Sw12zvqAmfI/AAAAAAAAAFY/gjdXuX21ArQ/s1600/IMG_1435.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dIwGvGYS9uY/Sw12zvqAmfI/AAAAAAAAAFY/gjdXuX21ArQ/s400/IMG_1435.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408109358879906290" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Playwright </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Joshua Ravetch, Loretta Swit, Nick Cernoch, Robert Forster</span></span></span></div><!--StartFragment--> <!--EndFragment--> <!--StartFragment--> <!--EndFragment--> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dIwGvGYS9uY/Sw12zXRIjoI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/u593G-2FbLU/s1600/IMG_1433.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dIwGvGYS9uY/Sw12zXRIjoI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/u593G-2FbLU/s1600/IMG_1433.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dIwGvGYS9uY/Sw12zXRIjoI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/u593G-2FbLU/s400/IMG_1433.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408109352333119106" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Loretta Swit and Robert Forster</span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dIwGvGYS9uY/Sw12yyCc1vI/AAAAAAAAAFI/Fqmv3b1ULKw/s1600/IMG_1434.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dIwGvGYS9uY/Sw12yyCc1vI/AAAAAAAAAFI/Fqmv3b1ULKw/s400/IMG_1434.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408109342339421938" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><div style="text-align: center;"><!--StartFragment--><span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Joshua Ravetch, Loretta Swit, Robert Forster</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, serif;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">Hothouse</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">readings are</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">FREE</span>! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Just call the box office at (626) 356-7529</span></span></div></span></div></div>GPHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02790105679221432508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619460.post-2586941001253399912009-11-12T15:52:00.000-08:002009-12-09T15:56:27.338-08:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">HotHouse Reading</span>: </b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;"><b>ONE NOVEMBER YANKEE</b></span></span></span><div></div><div>Written and Directed by</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Joshua Ravetch</span></div><div><br /></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">An ill-fated flight ignites a series of unlikely consequences.</span></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Starring Academy Award nominee,<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001233/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">Robert Forster</span></a></span> (</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">J</span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">ackie Brown</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">) and two-time Emmy winner, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842794/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">Loretta Swit</span></a></span> (TV's M*A*S*H*)</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">November 17-18, 2009</span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">8:00 p.m.</span></span></b></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">A complimentary reception to follow.</span></span></span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> </span></span><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">En route to Florida, in perfect weather, a single-engine airplane disappears. A brother and sister were flying to their father's second wedding , but without the ping of an emergency-locator-beacon, an extensive search of the Eastern Seaboard produces no trace of the wreckage. That tragic event ignites a series of unlikely consequences that span five years, nine states, and three families. But all may not be exactly what it would seem, as this play travels from the White Mountains of New Hampshire to the White Way of New York City, and it all begins with a serious martini, a Hirschfeld Cartoon, a dose of humor, and the ill-fated flight of, "ONE NOVEMBER YANKEE".</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <!--StartFragment--><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b>ROBERT FORSTER:<br /></b>In 1997, he received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor as Max Cherry in Quentin Tarantino's "Jackie Brown". It has turned around a career that started 40 years ago and put him suddenly in great demand. Most recently, Robert starred alongside Ed Harris in the indie, “Touching Home,” and finished filming “The Code,” with Morgan Freeman and Antonio Banderas, and “The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past” with Jennifer Garner and Matthew McConaughey. Other recent projects include “Dragon Wars,” the Harrison Ford film, "Firewall," "Lucky Number Slevin," "Wild Seven," Wes Craven's "Cursed," "Grand Theft Parsons," starring Johnny Knoxville, as well as "Confidence," "Like Mike," "Charlie's Angels 2: Full Throttle," David Mamet's "Lakeboat," directed by Joe Mantegna, and "Diamond Men," with Donnie Wahlberg.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> Forster has been busy on the small screen as well -- in addition to his recent stint as Arthur Petrelli on NBC's "Heroes," he starred in the CBS TV film, "The Hunt for the BTK Killer," guest starred as Hank Azaria's father on Showtime's "Huff," Michael Madson's father on ESPN's "Tilt," and Peter Facinelli's father in McG's "Fastlane," and starred alongside Carla Gugino in the ABC series "Karen Sisco." Forster co-starred in the HBO Films production "Undefeated," directed by and starring John Leguizamo, the USA film "Murder in Greenwich," and the CBS TV film, "Like Mother, Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes," with Mary Tyler Moore.<br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Independent films include "Outside Ozona," "Family Tree," "The Magic of Marciano," co-starring Nastassja Kinski and "It’s the Rage," with Joan Allen, Gary Sinise and Andre Braugher, as well as the MGM sci-fi film "Supernova," co-starring Angela Basset and James Spader, and the updated versions of Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho," directed by Gus Van Sant and a television version of "Rear Window," with Christopher Reeve. Forster went on to star in “Roads to Riches” with Rose McGowan, a modern-day film noir, and the present-day western, "Lone Hero."<br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Forster blazed on the scene in his debut film, in l966, in "Reflections in a Golden Eye," co-starring with Marlon Brando and Elizabeth Taylor, directed by John Huston. He followed this in l968, with the seminal film, "Medium Cool," by Haskell Wexler. TV series include "Banyon." A native of Rochester, NY, Forster made his professional debut on Broadway in "Mrs. Dally Has A Lover." Other stage credits include "A Streetcar Named Desire," "The Glass Menagerie," and productions of "Twelve Angry Men," "The Sea Horse," and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--EndFragment--></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"> </span></span><!--StartFragment--><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">LORETTA SWIT<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">(Maggie/Margo/Mia)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">:</span> </span></span></span></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">As Major</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Margaret Houlihan of</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">TV’s </span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">M*A*S*H*</span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">, Loretta</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">became an American</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">icon. She has received</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">ten Emmy nominations</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">and six Golden Globe</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">nominations, and is a</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">recipient of the People’s</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Choice Award, The</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Genie Award, The Silver</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Satellite Award, The Jean</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Golden Halo Award, the</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Pacific Broadcasters</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Award, and two Emmy</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Awards. She made her</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Broadway debut in </span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Same</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Time, Next Year</span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">. After</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">M*A*S*H* </span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">wrapped,</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">she replaced Cleo</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Laine in </span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">The Mystery</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Of Edwin Drood</span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">. She</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">has toured with national</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">companies of </span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Any</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Wednesday</span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">, and with</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">two companies of </span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Mame</span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">,</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">having played both Agnes</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Gooch and the title role.</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">She has appeared in</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">over 1,000 performances</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">of </span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Shirley Valentine</span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">,</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">a role for which she</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">won the Sarah Siddons</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Award. Swit appeared</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">in touring companies</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">of the musical spoof,</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Song of Singapore</span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">,</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">while performing select</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">dates of </span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Love Letters</span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">.</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">She appeared in </span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">The</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Vagina Monologues </span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">in</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">New York, Chicago and</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">the West End in London.</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Film credits include Chris</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Cagney in the original</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Cagney and Lacey</span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">, </span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Games</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Mother Never Taught</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">You</span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">, </span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Hell Hath No Fury</span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">,</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">The Execution</span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">, </span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Dreams</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">of Gold</span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">, </span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">A Killer Among</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Friends</span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">, </span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Stand Up and</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Be Counted</span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">, </span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Freebie</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">and the Bean</span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">, </span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Race with</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">the Devil</span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">, </span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Beer</span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">, </span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">S.O.B.</span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">,</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Whoops Apocalypse</span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">,</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">The Lords of Tanglewood</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">and </span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Boardheads</span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">. TV</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">musical specials include</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">The Muppet Show </span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">and</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">the Broadway musical</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Superman. </span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Every year</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">she can be seen in the</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">annual specials </span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">The Best</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Christmas Pageant Ever</span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">,</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Miracle At Moreaux</span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">, and</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">A Christmas Calendar</span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">,</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">aired worldwide during</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">the holidays. She has just</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">completed a tour of </span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">42</span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">nd</span></span></span></span></span><span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Street </span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">as Dorothy Brock,</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">and most recently ended</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">the season as Sister</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Aloysius in </span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Doubt</span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">. Swit’s</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">wildlife series, </span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Those</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Incredible Animals</span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">, was</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">shown twice weekly on</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">the Discovery Channel for</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">a five–year run, and was</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">aired in over 30 countries.</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">She is 1st Vice President</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">of Actors and Others For</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Animals, and is actively</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">involved in a number</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">of other animal rights</span></span></span></span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">organizations.</span></span></span></span></span> <!--EndFragment--> </p></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Over the past several years, many new plays and musicals first seen in Hothouse at the Playhouse – our new play development program – have gone on to full productions here at the Playhouse and other prestigious theatres around the country! Don’t miss the next readings in this HOT series!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><b><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><!--StartFragment--></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, serif;font-size:100%;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-family:georgia, serif;">Hothouse readings are <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">FREE</span>, but reservations are required</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> <!--StartFragment--> </span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, serif;"><p class="MsoNormal"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Call the Box Office at </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">(626) 356-7529</span></span></b></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"> <!--StartFragment--> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><!--StartFragment--> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><!--StartFragment--> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><!--StartFragment--><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">HotHouse: Watch Plays Grow!</span></span></span></span></span><!--EndFragment--></p> <!--EndFragment--> <p></p> <!--EndFragment--> <p></p> <!--EndFragment--> <p></p> <!--EndFragment--> </span><p></p> <!--EndFragment--> </span><p></p> <!--EndFragment--> </b></span></div>GPHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02790105679221432508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619460.post-24584928986383171182009-10-30T14:15:00.000-07:002009-11-25T10:59:51.040-08:00Playhouse Friends Invite YOU!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?organ_val=3188&PLY6_val=E063&schedule=list">BUY TICKETS!</a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s215.photobucket.com/albums/cc269/jblaire14/?action=view&current=Xmas_cropped_FINAL.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc269/jblaire14/Xmas_cropped_FINAL.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s215.photobucket.com/albums/cc269/jblaire14/?action=view&current=Xmas2.jpg" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "></span></a><a href="http://s215.photobucket.com/albums/cc269/jblaire14/?action=view&current=Xmas2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc269/jblaire14/Xmas2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div>GPHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02790105679221432508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619460.post-47880869297000673172009-10-30T14:09:00.000-07:002009-10-30T14:14:36.902-07:00Wicked Lit Play Reading Series!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dIwGvGYS9uY/SutV_Jb5VkI/AAAAAAAAAEA/zFLOdoEgVB8/s1600-h/Final+Art+for+Web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 174px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dIwGvGYS9uY/SutV_Jb5VkI/AAAAAAAAAEA/zFLOdoEgVB8/s400/Final+Art+for+Web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398503121686713922" /></a><div style="text-align: right;">Halloween night: 7:00pm</div><div><div style="text-align: right;">Playhouse Courtyard </div><div style="text-align: right;">FREE!</div><div><br /></div><div>Come to a FREE play reading series on Halloween night in the Playhouse courtyard. Bring the whole family, but beware - these are spooky stories. </div><div><br /></div><div>The performances will include:</div><div><ul><li>THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER by Edgar Allan Poe</li><li>PIGEONS FROM HELL by Robert E. Howard</li><li>A GHOST STORY by Mark Twain</li></ul><div>Hope to see you there!</div></div></div>GPHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02790105679221432508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619460.post-74172364470492192362009-09-16T10:31:00.000-07:002009-09-16T11:40:10.568-07:00Pasadena Playhouse "Conversations With..." Speaker Series Hosts SERGIO MIELNICZENKO<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">Saturday, September 19, 2009</span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-weight:bold;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">Carrie Hamilton Theatre</span></span></span></span></div></span><div><br /><a href="http://s215.photobucket.com/albums/cc269/jblaire14/?action=view&current=sergio2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc269/jblaire14/sergio2.jpg" width="170," height="246," align="right" alt="Photobucket" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.brazilianhour.org/aboutsergio.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6600;">Sergio Mielniczenko</span></span></a></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-weight:normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">is the popular writer and producer of the Brazilian Hour Radio Program and host of Global Village Fridays (KPFK, 90.7).</span></span><span class="text"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">In his precise and placid, Portuguese-accented English, Sergio presents the best of samba, bossa nova, música popular Brasileira, Brazilian jazz. He coaxes his listening audience around unexpected corners -- and through regions and rituals and artists who fall off well-trammeled paths of bossa nova or jazz samba. As these things go, he is more than a bit of a ubiquitous dignitary, floating from festivals to tucked-away clubs to living room jam sessions. (</span><a href="http://www.brazilianhour.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">BrazilianHour.org</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">)</span></span></span></span></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><p style="text-align:justify"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The Brazilian Hour takes listeners on a musical tour of its namesake land, with music ranging from jazz to samba, Brazilian pop, choro, and much more. Produced as a public service of The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, the program began in 1978 to promote Brazilian music and culture in the United States. In 1981 the Brazilian Hour started a national distribution via satellite to all public radio stations in the United States. Currently The Brazilian Hour is produced in Portuguese, Spanish, English and French. Streams live at KXLU Saturdays and Sundays 9-10:00am (SPT) on 90.7 KFSR.</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> </b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Tickets</span></span></b></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">FREE</span> with a ticket to </span></span><i><a href="http://www.pasadenaplayhouse.org/2009_the_night_is_a_child.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The </span></span></span></a></i><i><a href="http://www.pasadenaplayhouse.org/2009_the_night_is_a_child.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Night is a Child</span></span></span></a></i></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">General Admission - $5.00 at the door</span></span></span></li></ul><div><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">To reserve a seat to </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">CONVERSATIONS WITH…</span></span></span></i></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> email bnewport@pasadenaplayhouse.org. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?organ_val=3188&event_val=PLY5&schedule=list"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Tickets</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> to </span></span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.pasadenaplayhouse.org/2009_the_night_is_a_child.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The Night Is A Child</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></i></b><span style="font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">can be purchased at the Pasadena Playhouse box office (39 S. El Molino Avenue), by phone 626-356-PLAY, or online </span><a href="http://www.pasadenaplayhouse.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">www.pasadenaplayhouse.org</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">Mention code </span></span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">HHCW</span></span></span></b></span><span style="font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"> to receive a 20% discount on select seats to the show.</span></span></span></span></span></span><!--EndFragment--></b></div><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> </div></span></b></div>GPHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02790105679221432508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619460.post-41932500735870424502009-09-04T16:15:00.000-07:002009-09-09T12:13:36.441-07:00Labor Day Weekend BBQ at the Playhouse<div style="text-align: left;">Pictures from the BBQ Samba party are here! Keep checking the blog and our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pasadena-CA/Pasadena-Playhouse/29253402638"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">Facebook Fan Page</span></a> for info on future "Real-Live Theatre for Less than a Movie" nights!</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dIwGvGYS9uY/Sqf8QLr7VgI/AAAAAAAAAC4/1nM-bo3OZ2Q/s1600-h/DSC_0235.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dIwGvGYS9uY/Sqf8QLr7VgI/AAAAAAAAAC4/1nM-bo3OZ2Q/s400/DSC_0235.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379545634862487042" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dIwGvGYS9uY/Sqf8gzFwNOI/AAAAAAAAADA/uElwXJhSRmw/s400/DSC_0264.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379545920317699298" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dIwGvGYS9uY/Sqf819DKSwI/AAAAAAAAADI/BfCugO3ERoc/s400/DSC_0272.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379546283768433410" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px; " /></span></div><div><div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;font-size:13px;"><b><div>4:00 PM Sunday, Sept 6 </div></b><br />Wear your flip flops, kick back and enjoy Brazilian BBQ before or after a performance of The Night is a Child.<br /><br />2:00 PM Matinee performance<br />4:00 PM BBQ, live music and fun on the patio<br />7:00 PM Evening performance<br /><br />Sponsored by <a href="http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/rds_search/ci_13221747"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Pasadena Star-News</span></a>. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">Brazilian music</span> provided by <a href="http://www.ccmcollege.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;">California College of Music</span></a>. Entertainment provided by <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&safe=off&client=safari&q=Arthur+Murray+Dance+Studio+Pasadena&ie=UTF8&sll=34.157668,-118.138675&sspn=0.028343,0.016446&ei=uKGhSuLqA5iWiAOF8qi2BQ&cd=1&usq=Arthur+Murray+Dance+Studio&geocode=FUIGCQIdCT71-A&cid=4679473561846031461&li=lmd&t=h&z=16"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;">Arthur Murray Dance Studio</span></a>.</span></div></div></div>GPHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02790105679221432508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619460.post-70846267061931215262009-08-07T12:03:00.000-07:002009-08-07T12:53:52.832-07:00Share your hat story and win!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dIwGvGYS9uY/SnyDWQd_AmI/AAAAAAAAACY/svluvZob3Ts/s1600-h/ReginaTaylor200w.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 208px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dIwGvGYS9uY/SnyDWQd_AmI/AAAAAAAAACY/svluvZob3Ts/s400/ReginaTaylor200w.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367309274319880802" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Regina Taylor, author of </span></span><i><a href="http://www.pasadenaplayhouse.org/2009_crowns.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Crowns</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">,</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> just announced an exciting new contest called, "</span></span><a href="http://www.cellshorttakes.com/about.php"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Eyes On LA: Hat Stories</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">" for Los Angeles residents 18 and older: The 1st place winner will get ($1,000.00), 2nd place ($400.00), and 3rd place will receive ($100.00).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.pasadenaplayhouse.org/2009_crowns.htm"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Crowns</span></span></span></i></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, a story a</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">bout </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">African American women and their Sunday hats, </span></span><b><a href="http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?organ_val=3188&event_val=PLY4&schedule=list"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">must close August 16th</span></span></span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, but befo</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">re it's gone, Taylor would like to hear from </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">you</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">! </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Who is your favorite hat queen? What stories did your mother, grandmother, aunt, sister, mentor or neighbor pass on to you through stories about their hats?</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">To tell your story, Taylor is asking for submissions of "</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.cellshorttakes.com/video.php?next=watch">cell phone shorts</a>"</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">These are films shot entirely on cell phones lasting between 5 and 10 minutes in length. Your films will be viewed and voted on by your peers and the Cell Short Takes online community.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">For submission details, click </span></span><a href="http://www.cellshorttakes.com/about.php"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">here</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. Winners will be notified by email on Friday, August 14th.</span></span></span></div>GPHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02790105679221432508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619460.post-37392320313557412512009-07-27T12:36:00.000-07:002009-07-27T15:02:22.653-07:00Real Live Theatre for Less Than a Movie!<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;font-size:medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">$10 Tickets</span></b> to <b><a href="http://www.pasadenaplayhouse.org/2009_crowns.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC00;"><i>Crowns</i></span></a></b> @ <a href="http://www.pasadenaplayhouse.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><b>Pasadena Playhouse</b></span></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;">Wednesday, July 29 @ 8pm </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;">ONLY</span></b></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;font-size:medium;"><b></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; font-family:Georgia, -webkit-fantasy;"><a href="http://www.pasadenaplayhouse.org/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc269/jblaire14/crowns_web_early_art.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></span></div></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.pasadenaplayhouse.org/" target="_blank"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></span>Receive <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">$10 Tickets</span></b> with proof of residency or employment in <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?client=safari&q=Pasadena,+CA&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF8&split=0&gl=us&ei=YgNuSoaGN5DsswPf0IT4BQ&t=h&z=11&iwloc=A"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">Pasadena</span></a>. Available at the Pasadena Playhouse Box Office on 7/29/09.<br /><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=39+South+El+Molino+Ave.,+Pasadena,+CA+91101&sll=34.145892,-118.132351&sspn=0.376765,0.602188&gl=us&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=16&iwloc=A"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">39 South El Molino Ave., Pasadena, CA 91101</span></a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6600;">(626) 356-7529</span></span></div>GPHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02790105679221432508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619460.post-81490459368399613512009-07-23T13:52:00.000-07:002009-07-23T15:29:37.323-07:00Playhouse Patrons on Parade<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.pasadenaplayhouse.org/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc269/jblaire14/DSC_0134_03.jpg" width="400" height="268" border="0" alt="KKLA - 2" /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Who's got the best Crown in town?</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">On July 19th, over a dozen hopeful contestants ventured out to the Pasadena Playhouse dressed in their very best church-going hats in the hopes of winning some great prizes.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Among the awards were a gift basket and a gift certificate good for a hand-made hat from milliner, <a href="http://www.louisegreen.com/">Louise Green</a>. (In the Playhouse Friendship Center)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.pasadenaplayhouse.org/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc269/jblaire14/DSC_0115_03.jpg" width="400" height="268" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.pasadenaplayhouse.org/" target="_blank"></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The event, hosted </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Pandora Carey of KKLA, happened on the Playhouse courtyard before the 2:00 P.M. matinee and was a great success!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">For more information on up-coming events like this one, follow us on <a href="http://twitter.com/PasPlayhouse">Twitter</a> or become a fan of the Playhouse on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pasadena-CA/Pasadena-Playhouse/29253402638">Facebook</a>.</span></div><div><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.pasadenaplayhouse.org/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc269/jblaire14/DSC_0114_03-1.jpg" width="186" height="173" align="left" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><a href="http://www.pasadenaplayhouse.org/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc269/jblaire14/DSC_0116_03-1.jpg" width="199" height="173" align="right" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div>GPHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02790105679221432508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619460.post-62276390951322805312009-07-08T13:21:00.000-07:002009-07-08T13:28:04.215-07:00Pasadena Playhouse Alumni & Associates Annual Brunch ReportWhat a day!!
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<br />Once again the Brunch Committee hit the ground running to transform the Pasadena Hilton’s California Room into a bright, festive space to receive the Playhouse alumni for a day of fun. Red, orange, and yellow balloons rose from the luncheon tables and heralded the way to the Membership/Sign-in table in the hotel hallway. There were also “Playhouse” Fortune Cookies on the tables, each containing a fun fact about the Playhouse. The remainder of the fortune cookies were taken to the Playhouse for distribution among the Green Room, Library, and the Telephone Room.
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<br />Special exhibits of Peggy Ebright’s wonderful artwork and photographs of “Brunches Past” by Will Diaz brought smiles and sparked recollections. Neva Wallace performed a poem about actors to hearty applause.
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<br />The 2009 winners of the Sumid Scholarship were announced, among them, three Interns who will work at the Playhouse for the next year now that their education is complete. Just another way the Pasadena Playhouse Alumni & Associates supports the theatre.
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<br />Alumni First Vice President, Anne La Rose, presented the Playhouse with a framed collection of the R.E.P. – Repertory Exists in Pasadena – materials from the summer of 1967, consisting of the poster and reviews of two of the three shows performed that summer by Playhouse students and recent graduates. Everyone got a big kick out of the Student Theatre ticket prices back then, $2. general and $1.50 for students. The presentation was made in memory of four company members who have taken their final bow: Claude La Rose, Austin Kelly, Ken Globus, and Coy Arnold. These materials represent the last time Playhouse founder Gilmor Brown’s theatrical ideals were put into action.
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<br />Anne also presented the Playhouse with a certificate noting that the name, PASADENA PLAYHOUSE STATE THEATRE of CALIFORNIA, will be on a microchip onboard the NASA Mars Science Lab Rover, scheduled for launch in the Fall of 2011. Now, the Playhouse will truly be out of this world!
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<br />What wonderful a group of Award winners we had this year. The ball got rolling with Penn Genthner’s introduction of Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard as Man of the Year. The Mayor told of his trials and tribulations, while sitting on the City Council, in keeping the wrecking ball from the Playhouse in the early 1970’s. Anne La Rose brought Playhouse Board member Peggy Ebright to the podium as Woman of the Year to thunderous applause. Peggy recalled Maudie Prickett, her right-hand, in the struggles to save the Playhouse and noted the names of others who fought the good fight. She also mentioned an unsung hero of those days, Coy Wills, the last Stage Doorman before the close in 1969, who checked on the Playhouse daily and reported his findings to Peggy.
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<br />Alumnus Robert J Farley returned from his theatre in metro-Atlanta to pass the Gilmor Brown Award to Sheldon Epps. Sheldon spoke of his love of the Playhouse and mentioned the support of the Playhouse Board, several of whom joined us for the day. He also touched on the heart of the theatre, the actors who trod our boards and noted, in particular, perhaps his favorite actress, his lovely wife, Monette McGrath, who was also with us. RJ Muehlhausen took the microphone to give background about a most deserving Keeper of the Flame honoree, Will Diaz, Class of 1954. Will has always been there for the Playhouse for so many years, in so many ways. Will took the podium to a standing ovation.
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<br /> There was a phenomenal array of Raffle Prizes, this year totaling more than $4200 in value. Among the offerings were a one-of-a-kind handmade porcelain ginger jar with lid, three exceptional ‘art’ photographs of the Playhouse, and a John Wayne collection of DVDs and books housed in a hand-made ammo box that looked for all-the-world like the real thing! There were two signed first editions of the latest installment in a murder mystery series, Oneida stainless service for 12, a four handset phone system, digital picture frame, and an incredible “Lord of the Rings” chess set, to name a few more items. The money raised will help the Alumni’s continued support of the Playhouse.
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<br />After we exhausted ourselves at the Hilton, several alumni went to the Playhouse to relax in the Library and reminisce before the 7PM curtain of “The Little Foxes” with Kelly McGillis and Julia Duffy. Anne La Rose led a tour for those who have been away much too long, while others retreated to their hotel rooms or homes to rest before curtain. The show was excellent and enjoyed by all.
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<br />If you didn’t join us, I hope you will make plans now for next year. It’s such fun to share the day with old chums and make new friends. See you next year???
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<br />Anne La Rose, Class of 1969
<br />Brunch ChairUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619460.post-68800819097968023202009-07-02T10:13:00.000-07:002009-07-02T17:59:55.458-07:00CROWNS : Coming July 10<a href="http://www.pasadenaplayhouse.org/current_shows_and_events.htm" target="_blank"><img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc269/jblaire14/crowns_web_early_art.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;font-size:13px;"><b><br /></b></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;font-size:13px;"><b>CROWNS</b><br />By Regina Taylor<br />Directed by Israel Hicks<br />Adapted from the book by Michael Cunningham and Craig Marberry<br />A co-production with Ebony Repertory Theatre<br />In Association with Regina Taylor<br /><br />July 10 - August 16, 2009<br /><br />Winner of four Washington D.C. Helen Hayes awards including Best Regional Musical, Crowns explores the lives of the "hat queens," six women in the South whose stories of love, loss, identity and sisterhood are woven into the hats that crown their heads and the songs that speak their truth. Based on the acclaimed coffee table book, Crowns captures the thrill of self expression with a series of intimate musical portraits.<br /><br />Approximate Running Time: 1 hour and 40 minutes with no intermission.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><a href="http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?organ_val=3188&event_val=PLY4&schedule=list">Tickets</a></span></span></div>GPHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02790105679221432508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619460.post-72477442345566737762009-06-22T15:05:00.000-07:002009-06-22T20:19:44.860-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dIwGvGYS9uY/SkAAdi46ZyI/AAAAAAAAABo/YJc3IFY5Aps/s1600-h/Picture+3.png" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 83px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dIwGvGYS9uY/SkAAdi46ZyI/AAAAAAAAABo/YJc3IFY5Aps/s400/Picture+3.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350276864897869602" /></a><div><div>Pre-show reception starting at 7:00p.m. in the Playhouse Library includes complimentary wine and snacks. </div><div><br /></div><div>Reception will be followed by the production of <a href="http://www.pasadenaplayhouse.org/2009_the_little_foxes.htm">THE LITTLE FOXES</a> by Lillian Hellman. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>2-for-1 TICKETS</b> call (626) 356-7529 and mention code GLBT. <a href="http://www.pasadenaplayhouse.org/2009_the_little_foxes.htm">LITTLE FOXES</a> closes June 28 so you'd better hurry!</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dIwGvGYS9uY/SkAJHN5g8GI/AAAAAAAAACA/DVGJXas5QWE/s1600-h/Picture+5.png"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dIwGvGYS9uY/SkAJHN5g8GI/AAAAAAAAACA/DVGJXas5QWE/s400/Picture+5.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350286376910778466" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 174px; " /></a></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial, -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">(L-R) Julia Duffy, Marc Singer, Kelly McGillis and Steve Vinovich. Photo by Craig Schwartz. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, -webkit-fantasy;">Critics say,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, -webkit-fantasy;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">"</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">The Pasadena Playhouse is to be lauded for its riveting revival of one of the iconic works of the American stage!" "Lillian Hellman's exquisitely crafted "The Little Foxes" gives historical perspective to the jaundiced machinations of such contemporary financial villains as Bernard Madoff and Michael Milken</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">."</span></span></div><div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>- Julio Martinez, Variety</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">"</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">The play's social skewering remains satisfyingly fresh</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">."</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>- Charles McNulty, The Los Angeles Times</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">"</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">Bottom Line: If you're up for venom and fun, "Little Foxes" in Pasadena is for you!" </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>- Laurence Vittes, The Hollywood Reporter</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">"</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">GO!</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>- Steven Leigh Morris, LA Weekly</span></p> <!--EndFragment--> </div></div>GPHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02790105679221432508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619460.post-10325929825862292562009-06-18T15:14:00.000-07:002009-06-19T00:45:27.451-07:00An Amazing Internship Experience: Stars Bowl to Support Pasadena Playhouse<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dIwGvGYS9uY/SjrokMQg-AI/AAAAAAAAABA/EQbwBlQd4i4/s1600-h/4849_508425210772_113100337_30339243_6542282_n.jpg" style="text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dIwGvGYS9uY/SjrokMQg-AI/AAAAAAAAABA/EQbwBlQd4i4/s400/4849_508425210772_113100337_30339243_6542282_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348843215919314946" style="text-align: left; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span></span></span></div><div><div>Last night was the grand opening of <a href="http://www.3hundred.com/home.asp?loc=300pasadena">Pasadena 300</a>, an upscale<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> bowling</span> alley located <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">at 3454 Foothill Blvd. The company pledged to donate $5,000 dollars to <a href="http://www.pasadenaplayhouse.org/">Pasadena Playhouse</a> if the guests in attendance collectively bowled 300 strikes.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.3hundred.com/home.asp?loc=300pasadena"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dIwGvGYS9uY/SjtAuHyhdVI/AAAAAAAAABg/Oi_XjOlH4tM/s400/n113100337_30339491_1121136.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348940143541712210" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div>I went to volunteer for the event with a few co-workers from the Playhouse and had a blast getting to meet all the impressive corporate sponsors and celebrities who were in attendance. </div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/video?id=6871269"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dIwGvGYS9uY/SjrqXud01PI/AAAAAAAAABY/qjwPqYXWMQk/s400/4849_508425435322_113100337_30339244_5331309_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348845200786904306" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div><a href="http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/video?id=6871269">ABC7 News</a> also showed up to get the <a href="http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/video?id=6871269">inside scoop</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div>These shots were taken with my phone, but we'll have the professional stills on here shortly, so check back soon!</div><div><br /></div><div>~Greg The Intern</div></div>GPHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02790105679221432508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619460.post-49227172797552009542009-06-16T21:33:00.000-07:002009-06-18T14:57:51.760-07:00Saturday @ 6pm in The Carrie Hamilton Theatre:<a href="http://www.pasadenaplayhouse.org/2009_crowns.htm" target="_blank"><img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc269/jblaire14/Picture2.png" width="400" height="73" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.pasadenaplayhouse.org/2009_crowns.htm" target="_blank"><img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc269/jblaire14/Picture1-2.png" width="400" height="271" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.pasadenaplayhouse.org/2009_crowns.htm" target="_blank"><img src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc269/jblaire14/Picture4.png" width="400" height="46" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br /><h3><p style="text-align: center;">To RSVP, please email: mktgintern@pasadenaplayhouse.org</p><p></p></h3>GPHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02790105679221432508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619460.post-43461461485270796462009-06-11T14:15:00.000-07:002009-06-18T14:58:36.895-07:00Come see Deborah Martinson, a Lillian Hellman historian, June 15th at The Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dIwGvGYS9uY/SjF9suLerAI/AAAAAAAAAAw/58XShvquXPg/s1600-h/Martinson.Jpg"></a><a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Lillian-Hellman/Deborah-Martinson/e/9781582433158" target="_blank"><br /><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="100" src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc269/jblaire14/9584048.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" align="right" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Lillian Hellman’s plays sizzle in edgy familial dysfunction, and swelter in Southern heat.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">In </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The Little Foxes</span></i><span style="font-style:normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">, the carnivorous, sly, comic-evil Hubbards came from her Alabama family.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">When Hellman was asked if she purposely put family history into the play, Hellman replied: “oh yes.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Part of my family threatened to sue when they saw the play.”</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">But she indicts us all.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Hellman wrote:</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">“I had meant the audience to recognize some part of themselves in the money-dominated Hubbards; I had not meant people to think of them as villains to whom they had no connection.” The Dámaso Rodriguez production lets the audience know that we are implicated.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Hellman’s theme is clear in the action and the precise dialogue:</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">“a dark devilish piece about a Dixie Hedda Gabler, grabbing its audiences by the scruffs of their necks and giving them a look at the predatory human animal” (NYT, 1939).</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Hellman made no apologies for </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Foxes</span></i><span style="font-style:normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">’ melodramatic character.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">As Billy Wilder said, “oh melodrama—that’s what you call it when you care what happens next.” And watching a Hellman play, the audience cares.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I’ve seen six or seven productions of </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Foxes,</span></i><span style="font-style:normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> counting the excellent Wyler film.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The play’s script is nearly full proof. Hellman wrote at least ten drafts, and Dashiell Hammett excised any fluff with what Hellman called his editorial “paring knife.”</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">She loved </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The Little Foxes</span></i><span style="font-style:normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> the best of all her plays; it signified her success as a powerful story teller and the most “relentless” of women playwrights.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Early critics complained that Hellman was an “inquisitor” with characters and themes “too relentless for real life.” I say, The</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> Little Foxes’</span></i><span style="font-style:normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> characters live in the headlines of the twenty-first century. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">-Deborah Martinson, PhD. Author of<i> <a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Lillian-Hellman/Deborah-Martinson/e/9781582433158">Lillian Hellman: A Life with Foxes and Scoundrels</a>.</i></p><a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Lillian-Hellman/Deborah-Martinson/e/9781582433158" target=" target="><img width="200" height="373" src="http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc269/jblaire14/Picture1-1.png" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">DON'T MISS OUT! Deborah will be at the talk-back discussion following the screening of the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">1941 film, </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Little Foxes </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. </span></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Monday, June 15th @ 7:30p.m.</span></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px; font-family:Georgia, fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.fandango.com/thelittlefoxes_33643/movieoverview?date=6/15/2009">Tickets</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> $10 - Playhouse patrons receive an extra $2.00 off!</span></span></span></span></span></span></i></p><p align="right"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Lillian-Hellman/Deborah-Martinson/e/9781582433158" target="_blank"></a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Call (323) 461-2020 x 112 to redeem discount. Ask about special group rates. </span></span><a href="http://www.americancinematheque.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">www.americancinematheque.com </span></span></a></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->GPHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02790105679221432508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619460.post-30571761452043857092009-06-10T14:23:00.000-07:002009-06-10T14:40:04.775-07:00Meet Synthia SAINT JAMES on Sunday, June 14 - Free event and tour!<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAf0Bj_5PNfJKuTWJ4dzWEttx9EGCFZDLBQIINzZliKpeCOJ2dzYyYTQuRQgWJYbk6qN6uhN6MBtiOFGkTpiOpkNsSZgLvxXj1In0acE1XWGhbekE9zFiWJzSoJCfr9-QxMmXUnA/s1600-h/C178_thumb.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 142px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345816461875444114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAf0Bj_5PNfJKuTWJ4dzWEttx9EGCFZDLBQIINzZliKpeCOJ2dzYyYTQuRQgWJYbk6qN6uhN6MBtiOFGkTpiOpkNsSZgLvxXj1In0acE1XWGhbekE9zFiWJzSoJCfr9-QxMmXUnA/s400/C178_thumb.jpg" /></a> <strong>Please join us for a special FREE event on Sunday, June 14 at 2:00pm.</strong><br /><br />In celebration of Pasadena Playhouse upcoming production of CROWNS, which opens on July 12, the Community Outreach Program invites the community to enjoy two candid and lively CONVERSATION WITH...events with acclaimed artist/author Synthia SAINT JAMES.<br /><br />The CONVERSATION WITH... series offers an intimate glimpse into the women's creative process of the musical CROWNS. The events will be held upstairs in Pasadena Playhouse's Carrie Hamilton Theatre (39 S. El Molino Avenue in Pasadena).<br /><br />Playwright Regina Taylor commissioned SAINT JAMES to create a painting for merchandising for her incredible play CROWNS. Join SAINT JAMES as she illuminates on her love affair with art. Immediately following the presentation, the artist will give a private tour of her exhibition in the Friendship Center.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP_vZ7LTJGAuz8Zde2g2VhYQeJIl1phpQHyuSvPvkedVB20I4GrxMS2rGBVKv1tbhhFbsgbS399ZgSd9U1Qe8hAM7mKB0miK1_uiEKnisLTVeLr-alRlasAkdJpKjGjbY8BTpS7w/s1600-h/C514_thumb.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 250px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345816609207767650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP_vZ7LTJGAuz8Zde2g2VhYQeJIl1phpQHyuSvPvkedVB20I4GrxMS2rGBVKv1tbhhFbsgbS399ZgSd9U1Qe8hAM7mKB0miK1_uiEKnisLTVeLr-alRlasAkdJpKjGjbY8BTpS7w/s400/C514_thumb.jpg" /></a><br />The Synthia SAINT JAMES Solo Exhibition "In Celebration of CROWNS" opens Saturday, June 6 - August 16, 2009 showcasing high-end and affordable artwork. Partial proceeds of the artwork will go to support Pasadena Playhouse.<br /><br /><strong>RSVP to </strong><a href="mailto:gparker@pasadenaplayhouse.org"><strong>gparker@pasadenaplayhouse.org</strong></a><strong>.</strong><br /><br />See you there!<br /><br />Photos: Suzanne Douglas and the cast of <em>Crowns, </em>The Cast of <em>Crowns. </em>Photos by Craig Schwartz.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619460.post-88097484819874851362009-06-10T10:00:00.000-07:002009-06-10T10:53:56.750-07:00From PlayBill.com: A Greedy Brood in Pasadena Little FoxesFrom Playbill.com:<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">"McGillis, Duffy, Lee, Pierson Are Greedy Brood in Pasadena <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Little Foxes</span></span> <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">By Kenneth Jones</span> <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">29 May 2009</span><br /><br />Kelly McGillis is scheming Regina Giddens, and Julia Duffy is sister-in-law Birdie Hubbard in Pasadena Playhouse's new production of Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes opening May 29 after previews from May 22 in California.<br /><br />McGillis is known for the film <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Top Gun </span>and Broadway's <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Hedda Gabler, </span>as well as classical roles around the country. Duffy starred in TV's <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Newhart.</span> Dámaso Rodriguez, Pasadena Playhouse associate artistic director, directs the 1939 play about a Southern family's greedy ways.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDSYQe_f6vmMWhiFzp78jrEKwvmrFQLiOHZQAQM4MKygyAEwYEdBt1hJZ2opvwzLSpGrhMLHSDiY7mvZF0ZIiBGaq5MOKbdSzS4f9m52Ja1nzesAID5s6Mn80eHanlP_NTpBkWfg/s1600-h/Kelly+image.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; WIDTH: 151px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341365554092596962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDSYQe_f6vmMWhiFzp78jrEKwvmrFQLiOHZQAQM4MKygyAEwYEdBt1hJZ2opvwzLSpGrhMLHSDiY7mvZF0ZIiBGaq5MOKbdSzS4f9m52Ja1nzesAID5s6Mn80eHanlP_NTpBkWfg/s400/Kelly+image.jpg" /></a><br />The cast also includes Yvette Cason (original Broadway company of <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Dreamgirls</span>) as Addie; Tony Award winner Cleavant Derricks (original Broadway company of <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Dreamgirls</span> – Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical) as Cal; Shawn Lee (Furious Theatre Company's <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">US Drag</span>) as Leo Hubbard; Geoff Pierson as Horace Giddens (Broadway's <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Trick of the Trade</span> opposite George C. Scott); Tom Schmid (Pasadena Playhouse's I Do! I Do! and Broadway's <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Annie Get Your Gun</span>) as William Marshall; Marc Singer (<span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Taming of the Shrew</span> – LADCC Award) as Oscar Hubbard; Rachel Sondag as Alexandra Giddens (Serendipity Theatre Company's<span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"> girl, 20</span>); and Steve Vinovich (original Broadway company of <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Lost in Yonkers</span>) as Benjamin Hubbard."<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To read the full article at Playbill.com, click </span><a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/129667-McGillis_Duffy_Lee_Pierson_Are_Greedy_Brood_in_Pasadena_Little_Foxes_Opening_May_29">here</a><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">The Little Foxes' Kelly McGillis. Photo by Craig Schwartz</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619460.post-33004649055712745962009-06-08T12:40:00.000-07:002009-06-08T12:43:12.476-07:00See the photos from CROWNS! Tickets are on sale now!Single tickets are available now for the Playhouse's hit prodcution of <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Crowns</span>! The prodcution that was named "Critic's Choice" by <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Los Angeles Times</span> and labled "Don't miss it!" by <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Our Weekly</span> comes to Pasadena on July 10.<br /><br />Here is a little peek at the roof-raisin' gospel musical as seen through the lens of our wonderful prodcution photographer Craig Schwartz:<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCDxzbR4ptKh8kLfZF7BOpFVbbpodxmVopOWsP4OIFpgcAbyDkSgeoBvLkSRB6reZWptMxOXn3v4FMNYHD51p0s06Ik0lOZvAm0ixXFZH-Ggn_GnzeRVsx6O1aTnurau3UJYiCgA/s1600-h/C125_thumb.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 144px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341042791481487602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCDxzbR4ptKh8kLfZF7BOpFVbbpodxmVopOWsP4OIFpgcAbyDkSgeoBvLkSRB6reZWptMxOXn3v4FMNYHD51p0s06Ik0lOZvAm0ixXFZH-Ggn_GnzeRVsx6O1aTnurau3UJYiCgA/s400/C125_thumb.jpg" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKrlY1Z-cYciIlv0s5jTDdQp-2N3EO5tKf8wGNB8idwTchrZWojw-pLAnETfTjQ4p_RRl5UYrs0CxhHEPyIRv0l-eIdesDJ9ZIz3mH-9LRfzrozRY8lhRyyUyuJaBEAj_QHaey8A/s1600-h/C178_thumb.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 142px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341042889875466066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKrlY1Z-cYciIlv0s5jTDdQp-2N3EO5tKf8wGNB8idwTchrZWojw-pLAnETfTjQ4p_RRl5UYrs0CxhHEPyIRv0l-eIdesDJ9ZIz3mH-9LRfzrozRY8lhRyyUyuJaBEAj_QHaey8A/s400/C178_thumb.jpg" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK28-sx4KEQCr63QVexIts9wbc41Wx5V_9LbAA2tADTkCy2Qc2xrapv9U3zQa0DDB-O0Lv9-Em_rgkz1aTa1uhn4eEfhnwu5sUDH6X4QarcrCNTNU1woawkblz_MthyIRRrr2FJw/s1600-h/C514_thumb.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 250px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341042963547217618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK28-sx4KEQCr63QVexIts9wbc41Wx5V_9LbAA2tADTkCy2Qc2xrapv9U3zQa0DDB-O0Lv9-Em_rgkz1aTa1uhn4eEfhnwu5sUDH6X4QarcrCNTNU1woawkblz_MthyIRRrr2FJw/s400/C514_thumb.jpg" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM-eRwZDc-yaHq5J7_9gxr_kRv4K4zcM_TEPMKact-_K4urJnqbhghBx_UTKMz_bmhkHwFeTG-5rogOqRNzc9pg2SyiKdt57sbtdJhd1-75zfACHM2rWg3JO5YG-qHVd_UPhAeyg/s1600-h/C566_thumb.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 160px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341043059495757666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM-eRwZDc-yaHq5J7_9gxr_kRv4K4zcM_TEPMKact-_K4urJnqbhghBx_UTKMz_bmhkHwFeTG-5rogOqRNzc9pg2SyiKdt57sbtdJhd1-75zfACHM2rWg3JO5YG-qHVd_UPhAeyg/s400/C566_thumb.jpg" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDwFb5DegcrheL-FIGhX-y49UyClYC9xtPX7xVMLRcyOMGg-tENsE0kVzNewNwi-tx3CUTgEK8vrzg5YSEg-YQovt4TB-haqdwKVYtOVgBZSQlNRyeRI157HjAkxnH94_CHYUd7Q/s1600-h/C580_thumb.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 160px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341043172188204546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDwFb5DegcrheL-FIGhX-y49UyClYC9xtPX7xVMLRcyOMGg-tENsE0kVzNewNwi-tx3CUTgEK8vrzg5YSEg-YQovt4TB-haqdwKVYtOVgBZSQlNRyeRI157HjAkxnH94_CHYUd7Q/s400/C580_thumb.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Photos from top to bottom: Paula Kelly; Angela Wildflower-Polk and Paula Kelly; The cast of Crowns; Suzzanne Douglas, Paula Kelly, and Clinton Derricks-Carroll; Suzzanne Douglas; Paula Kelly, Sharon Catherine Blanks and Ann Weldon in Crowns. All photo by Craig Schwartz.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0