Emmy-nominated actress Naomi Grossman, best known as fan-favorite “Pepper,” the first multi-season crossover character from Ryan Murphy’s hit television series “American Horror Story,” has announced a “raucous, irreverent love letter to AHS fans and the dubious art of self-compromise” in this limited theatrical run of her new solo show, “American Whore Story.”
The four-week engagement at the Skylight Theater in Los Angeles begins June 1, 2023. Tickets are now on sale at www.americanwhorestory.com.
“I still get fans telling me they thought ‘Pepper’ was a real person. Those who think I’m some monosyllabic grunter are in for a surprise!” Grossman laughs. “My comedic sensibility is probably my most obvious, defining characteristic, yet it’s something horror fans don’t necessarily know about me. This story wouldn’t exist without AHS, or its fanbase. They made me, so I made this for them. It’s my love letter to AHS fans,...
The four-week engagement at the Skylight Theater in Los Angeles begins June 1, 2023. Tickets are now on sale at www.americanwhorestory.com.
“I still get fans telling me they thought ‘Pepper’ was a real person. Those who think I’m some monosyllabic grunter are in for a surprise!” Grossman laughs. “My comedic sensibility is probably my most obvious, defining characteristic, yet it’s something horror fans don’t necessarily know about me. This story wouldn’t exist without AHS, or its fanbase. They made me, so I made this for them. It’s my love letter to AHS fans,...
- 2/14/2023
- by Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: Here’s the story of how the Brady Bunch might reclaim the now ubiquitous, Zoom-era Brady Bunch-style screen squares. With the help of the son and daughter of series creator Sherwood Schwartz, original Bradys Barry Williams and Christopher Knight and a cast of Broadway performers, a Maine theater company will present a benefit reading of the all-new A Very Brady Musical, squares and all.
The benefit for the Ogunquit Playhouse, featuring remote performances by Broadway’s Gavin Lee (SpongeBob SquarePants) as Mike and Kerry Butler (Beetlejuice) as Carol, will premiere Oct. 28 on YouTube (a link will be sent to ticket purchasers).
Authorized by CBS, the musical features a book by Lloyd J. Schwartz and Hope Juber, with music and lyrics by Juber and husband Laurence Juber.
Lloyd J. Schwartz and Hope Juber are the son and daughter of The Brady Bunch creator Sherwood Schwartz. Juber also played Greg Brady...
The benefit for the Ogunquit Playhouse, featuring remote performances by Broadway’s Gavin Lee (SpongeBob SquarePants) as Mike and Kerry Butler (Beetlejuice) as Carol, will premiere Oct. 28 on YouTube (a link will be sent to ticket purchasers).
Authorized by CBS, the musical features a book by Lloyd J. Schwartz and Hope Juber, with music and lyrics by Juber and husband Laurence Juber.
Lloyd J. Schwartz and Hope Juber are the son and daughter of The Brady Bunch creator Sherwood Schwartz. Juber also played Greg Brady...
- 10/13/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Casting is announced for two Reprise 2.0 productions with two Tony Award leading actress nominees Laura Bell Bundy Legally Blonde -Tony Nomination,Hairspray, Anger Managementis to play Charity inSweet Charity, directed and choreographed by three time Tony Award-winner Kathleen Marshall fromJune 20 to July 1, and Carmen Cusack Bright Star -Tony Nomination,Wickedis to play Victoria Grant inVictorVictoriadirected by Richard Israel and choreographed by John Todd fromSeptember 5 to 16at UCLA's Freud Playhouse.
- 4/24/2018
- by Alexa Criscitiello
- BroadwayWorld.com
Vpac (Valley Performing Arts Center) and La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts are teaming up again following the success of last year’s “Dreamgirls” to bring a reconceived production of “West Side Story” to Los Angeles. But don’t expect to see a cast of mid-30s actors dancing ballet. When the show came up, director Richard Israel told producers he wanted to take "a really different look at it...” One notable change is the dancing: “it’s period appropriate street dance,” Israel explains. In 1967, Jerome Robbin’s ballet choreography as a way to tell a story was groundbreaking. But for today’s audiences, it requires an elevated suspension of belief which the reconceived production aims to eliminate, using movement that is a little more believable and natural for the characters. While the new movement may be the most obvious difference from the original production, Israel notes that there...
- 3/7/2017
- backstage.com
Home Street Home, a new musical, will play an 11-performance run between February 20 - March 7, 2015 at Z Space, located in the Mission District in San Francisco, the producers announced today. Home Street Home features music by punk legend Fat Mike Nofx, lyrics by Fat Mike, Jeff Marx Tony Award winner, Avenue Q amp Goddess Soma Avn Award winning writerdirector, and book by Goddess Soma amp Fat Mike. Richard Israel La Drama Critics Circle Career Achievement Award winner will direct. www.HomeStreetHomeOnStage.com. BroadwayWorld previously brought readers an exclusive first look at a song from the show, 'Let's Get Hurt,' and now we bring you the first production photos below...
- 2/28/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Home Street Home, a new musical, will play an 11-performance run between today, February 20 - March 7, 2015 at Z Space, located in the Mission District in San Francisco. Home Street Home features music by punk legend Fat Mike Nofx, lyrics by Fat Mike, Jeff Marx Tony Award winner, Avenue Q amp Goddess Soma Avn Award winning writerdirector, and book by Goddess Soma amp Fat Mike. Richard Israel La Drama Critics Circle Career Achievement Award winner will direct.
- 2/20/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Home Street Home, a new musical, will play an 11-performance run between February 20 - March 7, 2015 at Z Space, located in the Mission District in San Francisco, the producers announced today. Home Street Home features music by punk legend Fat Mike Nofx, lyrics by Fat Mike, Jeff Marx Tony Award winner, Avenue Q amp Goddess Soma Avn Award winning writerdirector, and book by Goddess Soma amp Fat Mike. Richard Israel La Drama Critics Circle Career Achievement Award winner will direct. www.HomeStreetHomeOnStage.com.Below, BroadwayWorld is excited to bring you an exclusive premiere of 'Let's Get Hurt' from the new musical...
- 2/5/2015
- by BroadwayWorld TV
- BroadwayWorld.com
Home Street Home, a new musical, will play an 11-performance run between February 20 - March 7, 2015 at Z Space, located in the Mission District in San Francisco, the producers announced today. Home Street Home features music by punk legend Fat Mike Nofx, lyrics by Fat Mike, Jeff Marx Tony Award winner, Avenue Q amp Goddess Soma Avn Award winning writerdirector, and book by Goddess Soma amp Fat Mike. Richard Israel La Drama Critics Circle Career Achievement Award winner will direct. www.HomeStreetHomeOnStage.com.
- 2/3/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The 41st annual Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards, honoring distinguished achievements in theatre during 2009 in L.A. and vicinity, were handed out in a warm and entertaining ceremony at the Colony Theatre in Burbank, Calif., March 22, co-hosted by two very funny men: critic Wenzel Jones and actor-singer Jason Graae.Actors and other theater artists from many local companies—large and small—took home the coveted plaques. Rogue Artists Ensemble's offbeat "Gogol Project"—encompassing three works by Nikolai Gogol, using puppetry, masks, music, and digital projection—led the field with four awards. Earning three awards apiece were Roger Bean's hit jukebox musical "Life Could Be a Dream," the Matrix Theatre's premiere drama "Stick Fly," Pacific Resident Theatre's revival of "The Browning Version," and the Ahmanson Theatre's Broadway-bound musical "Minsky's."The Production award was shared by "Life Could Be a Dream," "Stick Fly," and the Mark Taper Forum/Donmar Warehouse staging...
- 3/23/2010
- backstage.com
The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle, which consists of L.A.-area theater journalists in various media, has announced nominees and special awards for its 41st annual awards ceremony, to be held March 22 at Burbank’s Colony Theatre.Awards will be given in 20 categories, honoring excellence in theater over the past year. Eight special awards will include a special citation to actor Kirk Douglas for his lifetime contribution to Los Angeles theatre, as well as the new Milton Katselas Award for career or special achievement in direction, sponsored by Camelot Artists.The 2009 Special Awards include:– The Ted Schmitt Award for the world premiere of an outstanding new play: Julie Marie Myatt for the bittersweet domestic drama "The Happy Ones," which premiered at South Coast Repertory. The award is accompanied by an offer to publish and a $1,000 check funded by Samuel French, Inc.– The Polly Warfield Award for an excellent season...
- 1/25/2010
- backstage.com
Long Beach, CA—Musical Theatre West opens its 57th season with Meet Me In St. Louis, the stage adaptation of the beloved Judy Garland classic. Previews of this production begin on October 30th and opens October 31, 2009 and runs through November 15, 2009 at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach.
Meet Me In St. Louis is a rare treasure in musical theatre and is based on the heartwarming 1944 MGM film starring Judy Garland. This show harkens back to a simpler, sepia-tinted time as the story follows the Smith family at the 1904 World's Fair. We see how their love and respect for each other is tempered with the genuine humor that can only be generated by such a close family. According to Mtw producers, Meet Me In St. Louis is "perfect for the entire family!" This production with lavish costumes and Victorian sets also includes classic musical numbers, "The Boy Next Door,...
Meet Me In St. Louis is a rare treasure in musical theatre and is based on the heartwarming 1944 MGM film starring Judy Garland. This show harkens back to a simpler, sepia-tinted time as the story follows the Smith family at the 1904 World's Fair. We see how their love and respect for each other is tempered with the genuine humor that can only be generated by such a close family. According to Mtw producers, Meet Me In St. Louis is "perfect for the entire family!" This production with lavish costumes and Victorian sets also includes classic musical numbers, "The Boy Next Door,...
- 10/31/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
La Mirada Theatre For The Performing Arts is thrilled to announce two very special new programs that will begin with their 2009 - 2010 season of shows. In July 2010, La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts & McCoy Rigby Entertainment will take you onstage with their brand new “Onstage” series which brings a new intimate theatre experience which has been created by placing 199 audience seats on the stage of the theatre. For the first show of this new series, the stage will be filled with an incredible award-winning musical production and the audience. La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts is excited to present Floyd Collins, with music and lyrics by Adam Guettel (The Light in the Piazza) and book by Tina Landau and which will be directed by Richard Israel who directed its Los Angeles premiere. Feel the adventure of Floyd Collins’s dream of fame and fortune as he is trapped...
- 10/12/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
West Coast Ensemble presents the third show of their 2009 season, the West Coast Premiere of Anita Bryant Died For Your Sins, written by Brian Christopher Williams and directed by Richard Israel (Big, Floyd Collins). Anita Bryant Died For Your Sins will preview on Wednesday, August 19 and Thursday, August 20 at 8:00pm and will open on Friday, August 21 at 8:00pm and continue through Sunday, October 4 at West Coast Ensemble - The El Centro Theatre, 800 N. El Centro Ave. in Hollywood.
- 8/19/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
West Coast Ensemble presents the third show of their 2009 season, the West Coast Premiere of Anita Bryant Died For Your Sins, written by Brian Christopher Williams and directed by Richard Israel (Big, Floyd Collins). Anita Bryant Died For Your Sins will preview on Wednesday, August 19 and Thursday, August 20 at 8:00pm and will open on Friday, August 21 at 8:00pm and continue through Sunday, October 4 at West Coast Ensemble - The El Centro Theatre, 800 N. El Centro Ave. in Hollywood.
- 8/17/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
West Coast Ensemble presents the third show of their 2009 season, the West Coast Premiere of Anita Bryant Died For Your Sins, written by Brian Christopher Williams and directed by Richard Israel (Big, Floyd Collins). Anita Bryant Died For Your Sins will preview on Wednesday, August 19 and Thursday, August 20 at 8:00pm and will open on Friday, August 21 at 8:00pm and continue through Sunday, October 4 at West Coast Ensemble - The El Centro Theatre, 800 N. El Centro Ave. in Hollywood.
- 8/1/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
West Coast Ensemble is thrilled to announce that their critically-acclaimed, smash-hit production of Big, The Musical, with book by John Weidman, music by David Shire, lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr., based on the motion picture "Big" written by Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg and directed by Richard Israel (Floyd Collins, Assassins) is Extending Through Sunday, July 26 at West Coast Ensemble's new home - The El Centro Theatre, 800 N. El Centro Ave. in Hollywood.
- 6/8/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
Jeff Favreproduction: A Beautiful View, Son of Semele Theatre; Robots vs. Fake Robots, Powerhouse Theatre; Shipwrecked! An Entertainment, Geffen Playhouse.Playwriting: David Largman Murray, Robots vs. Fake Robots.Direction: Don Boughton, A Beautiful View; John Doyle, Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre; Tiger Reel, Cartoon, Art/Works Theatre; Elise Robertson, The Women, Circus Theatricals.Music Direction: Sarah Travis, Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Scenic Design: Simon Higlett, The School of Night, Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum; Christine Jones, Spring Awakening, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre; Anthony Ward, My Fair Lady, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre.Lighting Design: Russell H. Champa, The School of Night; Richard Jones, Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street.Costume Design: Anthony Ward, My Fair Lady.Sound Design: Dan Moses Schreier, Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street.Perfomance In A (Primarily) Straight Play:Gregory Itzin,...
- 3/11/2009
- backstage.com
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