VIDEO: STARS IN THE HOUSE Celebrates Free Speech with Karen Olivo, Andrea Burns, Ann Harada and More- Live at 2pm
Stars in the House continues today (2pm) with Plays In The House: Free Speech: Performing Artists and the Power of the Spoken Word with Gilbert Bailey, Gabriel Brown, Andréa Burns, Michelle Liu Coughlin, Darian Dauchan, Samy Figerado, Ann Harada, Orville Mendoza, Ines Nassara, Karen Olivo, Nova Peyton, Christopher Richardson, Awa Sal Secka, Pearl Sun, and Jason Veasey.
Karen Olivo, André De Shields, Andréa Burns and More Join Broadway Inspirational Voices Gala Concert & Live Auction
Michael McElroy and Broadway Inspirational Voices have announced additional star talent added to the 'Silver Anniversary Gala Concert & Live Auction', honoring Disney Theatrical Productions for their commitment to diversity and inclusion. Special appearances by Tony Award winner Karen Olivo (Moulin Rouge!, West Side Story) , Andréa Burns (On Your Feet, In the Heights), Multi Tony Award winner Pricilla Lopez ( Grand Horizon, In The Heights), Drama Desk award nominee and Grammy Award winner Nathan Lee Graham (Hulu's 'WOKE', Wig Out), Tony-Grammy-Emmy Award winner André De Shields (Hadestown, Full Monty) and Mauricio Martinez (On Your Feet) are programmed. Also set to perform in this concert of wall to wall talent are Tony-Grammy-Emmy-Golden Globe award winner Billy Porter (Fx's 'POSE', Kinky Boots), Tony and Drama Desk Award winner Kelli O'Hara (Kiss Me Kate, The King and I), Daniel Watts (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Hamilton) and recording artist Crystal Monee Hall (For The Girls, RENT).
BWW Review: Theatre Artists Studio Presents RESISTING IRRELEVANCY: A QUIRKY COLLECTION OF QUICK COMEDIES
Debra Rich Gettleman has an incisive perspective on the human condition. In her latest work, she has translated her observations about the discordance and dilemmas of contemporary social behavior into a series of clever vignettes, all compiled into an evening of chuckle-filled entertainment entitled alliteratively, RESISTING IRRELEVANCY: A QUIRKY COLLECTION OF QUICK COMEDIES. The show runs through September 1st at The Studio in Scottsdale, AZ.
BWW Review: Theatre Artists Studio Present Its Annual Festival Of NEW SUMMER SHORTS
At the end of every Season, the members of the creative collective known as Theatre Artists Studio put their muses to work and author, produce, direct, and act in a series of playlets. This year's installment of NEW SUMMER SHORTS, the company's 11th, includes a mix of eight 10-15 minute plays, each of which has something to satisfy one's theatrical palate. Some amusing, some inspiring, some provocative, some whimsical ~ all together, a satisfying potpourri.
BWW Reviews: …AND THE CHIHUAHUA II Sates the Palate at Lunch Time Theater
Karen Burns and Debra Rich deliver a pumped up and punchy portrayal of a dynamic duo of complementary if not competing spirits in a short play (of which they are as well the authors) that wonders out loud if the path to self-improvement and self-realization ever ends. They are a delightful team of actresses who ply their stagecraft with finesse and breathe life and relevance into their characters, Carly Stanley (Burns) and Dina Klein (Rich), who, after meeting in Limbo in …and the chihuahua I, manage the Living Legacy Detective Agency.
Common Wealth Presents the US Premiere of THE INNOCENTS, 3/14
Stanley, 25-year-old wunderkind lawyer, has a bewildering new client: a bright young man from the suburbs who's confessed to a senseless murder. As Stanley is drawn deeper into his troubled client's life, everything he believes about his place in the world is thrown into doubt. And his own life - enviable, seemingly perfect - starts to fracture.