BWW Interview: Terry Ray And Mel England Share Their ELECTRICITY And More Prior To Palm Springs Engagement
by David Green
- Mar 14, 2018
With ELECTRICITY, the hit LGBT comedy/drama starring stars Terry Ray ('My Sister is So Gay') & Mel England ('Best Day Ever'), sparks fly again in Palm Springs April 9-11. This immersive theater experience plays inside an actual motel room at INNdulge Resort, 601 S. Grenfall Rd., Palm Springs, CA. I had the opportunity to catch up with the actors as they prepare for this upcoming engagement to talk about their own careers and coming together for this very unique production. Here are a few experts from that conversation:
Rasaka And Vitalist's MERCHANT ON VENICE Opens 3/20
by A.A. Cristi
- Mar 2, 2018
MERCHANT ON VENICE explores empathy and grace, as well as blame and internalized and externalized religious bigotry, while mixing it up with the clash/mash of South Asian culture in Los Angeles.
Rasaka And Vitalist's MERCHANT ON VENICE Opens 3/22
by A.A. Cristi
- Feb 20, 2018
MERCHANT ON VENICE explores empathy and grace, as well as blame and internalized and externalized religious bigotry, while mixing it up with the clash/mash of South Asian culture in Los Angeles.
Cast Announced For Rasaka and Vitalist's MERCHANT ON VENICE
by A.A. Cristi
- Feb 2, 2018
Casting has been completed for Rasaka and Vitalist's remounting of MERCHANT ON VENICE, Shishir Kurup's raucous South Asian re-imagining of Shakespeare's THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, to be directed by Liz Carlin Metz.
Eclipse Theatre Company Announces 2018 Season
by Robert Diamond
- Jan 21, 2018
Chicago's Eclipse Theatre Company, the only theatre company in the Midwest to focus on a single playwright each season, has announced that they will feature the works of legendary American playwright William Inge for the 26th Anniversary, 2018 Season. Eclipse plans to explore the range of Inge's canon with three full productions, readings, and public events focused on the playwright and his works.
BREATH, BOOM Concludes Eclipse's 25th Anniversary Season This November
by Julie Musbach
- Oct 28, 2017
Eclipse Theatre Company, the only Midwest theatre company to feature one playwright in one season, will conclude its 25th Anniversary 2017 Kia Corthron Season this fall with a production of her 2000 play Breath, Boom, with Mignon McPherson Stewart directing.
Eclipse's World Premiere of Kia Corthron's MEGASTASIS Opens Next Month
by BWW News Desk
- Jun 12, 2017
Eclipse Theatre Company, the only Midwest ensemble to feature one playwright in one season, continues its 25th anniversary, 2017 Kia Corthron season with the world premiere of Megastasis, directed by Aaron Todd Douglas, which was workshopped by New Works Brooklyn at Brooklyn College and New York Theatre Workshop.
Ira Lee Collings Debuts New Show for Gay Pride Month 6/2 at Don't Tell Mama
by A.A. Cristi
- May 30, 2017
Hanson Award winner IRA LEE COLLINGS returns to Don't Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street, NYC to celebrate Gay Pride Month with his new show LIFE IS A SONG - SO WHY NOT SING IT! on June 2nd, 12th and 26th at 7 PM. The evening includes songs heard on the popular TV show 'Your Hit Parade.' Ira Lee adds: 'and some weed songs too.' He will be joined by Musical Director John M. Cook on piano. Sally Darling will direct.
JIMMY HERRING Comes to Fox Theatre This September
by A.A. Cristi
- May 1, 2017
JIMMY HERRING, one of the most sought-after contemporary American guitarists, will be embarking on the next chapter of his career as he announces tours with his new band, The Invisible Whip. As the founding member of The Aquarium Rescue Unit, Project Z and Jazz is Dead, in addition to playing with everyone from The Allman Brothers Band to The Dead to Phil Lesh and Friends, HERRING has made his indelible impact on the music world. He currently serves as the lead guitarist for the very popular American band Widespread Panic.
Joan Jaffe's FOOD to Play Project 142 This June
by BWW News Desk
- Apr 6, 2017
Joan Jaffe - MAC Award Winner, Best Musical Comedy Performer 2012, and named one of the Top 15 in New York Cabaret 2010 by Kevin Scott Hall - EdgeNewYork.com - is excited to present an encore of her highly acclaimed show Joan Jaffe's FOOD - a smorgasbord of comedy and music guaranteed to make you laugh.
The Fox Theatre And Good Times Productions Present HAMPTON 70
by BWW News Desk
- Mar 14, 2017
Atlanta's legendary surrealist musician and icon Col. Bruce Hampton will celebrate his 70th birthday with Hampton 70: A Celebration of Col. Bruce Hampton, on Monday, May 1, 7:30 p.m. at the Fox Theatre, with proceeds benefiting the Fox Theatre Institute and other musician-focused charities.
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