The Group Rep presents

MOON OVER BUFFALO

Ken Ludwig’s funny Tony nominated play MOON OVER BUFFALO is the latest offering at The Lonny Chapman Theatre in North Hollywood. Fun and farce ensue when a traveling group of actors arrive at a Buffalo theater and learn that the great director Frank Capra is coming to see them perform. George and Charlotte Hay (Chris Winfield and Suzy London respectively) cannot believe their luck that finally they are going to achieve the “stardom” they so crave and feel they deserve.

Simon Productions Presents
The West Coast premiere Production

THE BRIDGE CLUB

THE BRIDGE CLUB, a new play by veteran writer Richard Raskind and directed by Mike Sabatino has opened at Deaf West Theatre in the NoHo Arts District. Set in San Francisco on the Golden Gate Bridge, Jack, well-played by Christopher Franciosa, has just learned he has only a year to live. His body is filled with cancerous tumors, and despair has set in leaving him with the decision that life is too much to bear.

THE STORM

An Original Pop-Rock Musical

THE STORM, a new teen musical, is the latest production at the NoHo Arts Center in North Hollywood. With lyrics and writing by Kate Nelson, musical direction by Steve Bauman, and direction by Phyllis Larrymore-Kelly, we have a great venue for new talent, and more than impressive musical numbers.

The Group Rep presents

COBB

Written by Lee Blessing
Directed by Gregg T. Daniel
Producer for the Group Rep: Richard Alan Woody

Lee Blessing’s powerful play COBB is a commanding look into the life of Ty Cobb, baseball’s first inductee into the Hall of Fame, and the man described as “the meanest and most hated man in baseball.” The Group Rep has a hit on its hands and has “hit a home run”, directed by the superb Gregg T. Daniel and produced for the Group Rep by Richard Alan Woody.

The Colony Theatre Company presents

OLD WICKED SONGS

Written by Jon Marans
Directed by Stephanie Vlahos

The Colony Theatre Company once again gives us a winner with the remarkable play OLD WICKED SONGS written by Jon Marans and directed by Stephanie Vlahos. This is a play you MUST SEE. Not just for the beautifully written two character play, but also for the amazing and superb performances by John Towey and Tavis Danz.

The Group Rep presents

IF WE ARE WOMEN

Beginning its 38th Season, the Group Rep brings to us IF WE ARE WOMEN written by Joanna McClelland Glass and directed by Sherry Netherland. The Connecticut shore is the setting for three generations of women (two very different grandmothers, a daughter and a granddaughter) who come together over the death of the daughter’s lover, and in the process which follows, realize the union between the choices they have made and the challenges they encountered.

Geffen Playhouse presents The West Coast Premiere of

RED HOT PATRIOT:

The Kick Ass Wit of Molly Ivins

Directed by David Esbjornson
Written by Margaret and Allison Engel

Fabulous, fabulous, fabulous. Run, don’t walk to the Geffen Playhouse production of Red Hot Patriot: The Kick Ass Wit of Molly Ivins who has been brought to life by the two-time Tony and Oscar nominee, talented and extraordinary Kathleen Turner and directed by David Esbjornson.

The Colony Theatre Company presents The Los Angeles Premiere of

TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT

Crown City Theatre Presents

DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA

Written by John Patrick Shanley
Directed by John McNaughton

This is not your ordinary love story. Bringing together two troubled souls in DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA, author John Patrick Shanley (Doubt, Moonstruck, Joe vs. The Volcano) shows us how an unlikely relationship that we don’t think has a chance in hell of working out …seems to. This latest play from the Crown City Theatre Company is full of raw anger, desperation, and performances by two superb actors.

Roberta (Juliet Landau) and Danny (Matthew J. Williamson) meet in a sleazy bar in the Bronx, where, over a pitcher of beer, we witness these stranger’s emotional and sometimes physical stories. Each of them is haunted by their pasts. Danny, bloody and bruised from almost beating a man to death, is incredibly out of control and full of rage. Roberta is struggling with family issues. Not threatened by Danny’s wildness and intensity, she reaches out to him for companionship. She draws him back to her room in her parent’s house where they end up spending the night, coming together in their loneliness.

Juliet Landau (BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, ANGEL, ED WOOD) is spectacular as Roberta. Matthew J. Williamson (SEDONA, HELTER SKELTER) is fantastic as Danny. Each of these excellent actors transports us into the emotional lives of two incredibly damaged people, and how love and hate collide between two strangers.

Director John McNaughton has engulfed us in the lives of Danny and Roberta, and the set and lighting design only intensifies our relationship with the characters.

This was a very hard show for me to watch. Yet, I couldn’t take my eyes off the stage. I didn’t even realize there was a stage because I was so caught up in the lives of these two struggling, painfully disturbed people. As I said at the top of this review, this is not your ordinary love story. But it is a love story nonetheless. It is full of offensive language and intense anger. It is also full of redemption and release. It is also a play you must see!

Enjoy!!!!!

Cast: Juliet Landau and Matthew J. Williamson
Director: John McNaughton
Produced by: Crown City Theatre Company – William A. Reilly, Kimberly Bullock, Ben Rovner, Gary Lamb, Joanne McGee
Set Design: Keiko Moreno
Costume Design: Tanya Apuya
Lighting Design: Gary Lamb
Lighting Consultant: Tony Potter
Production Stage Manager: Kimberly Bullock
Production Photos: Deverill Weekes
Publicity: Deverill Weekes and Gary Lamb

Crown City Theater (located on the campus of St. Matthew’s Church)
11031 Camarillo Street
North Hollywood, CA 91602

Previews: October 18th & 19th
Performances: October 21st – December 18th, 2011
Plays: Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 7pm
Tickets: $20 for previews, $25 general admission
For more information: www.crowncitytheatre.com or 818.605.5685

The Group Rep presents Agatha Christie’s Classic Murder Mystery

AND THEN THERE WERE NONE

Directed by Shira Dubrovner

Produced by Linda Alznauer for the Group Rep

It’s Fall, and the evenings are cooler.  Halloween is upon us.  What could be more perfect but a classic “whodunit”!  The Group Rep at the Lonny Chapman Theatre brings us AGATHA CHRISTIE’S Classic Murder Mystery, AND THEN THERE WERE NONE, wonderfully directed by Shira Dubrovner and produced by Linda Alznauer for the Group Rep.