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Sept. 18-Oct. 21: La Jolla, CA - Manu Narayan, Johnny Wu, Peter Maloney, Jeff Marlow, Matt MacNelly, Kevin Skousen & Ray Anthony Thomas Set for La Jolla Playhouse’s Glengarry Glen Ross
La Jolla, California
La Jolla Playhouse is presenting David Mamet’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Glengarry Glen Ross, directed by Playhouse Artistic Director Christopher Ashley in the Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre, with performances from September 18 – October 21, 2012. Click here for the complete performance schedule and to purchase tickets online, or call The Playhouse Box Office at (858) 550-1010. La Jolla Playhouse is located on the UCSD Campus via the Revelle Entrance, 2910 La Jolla Village Drive in La Jolla, CA.
The
cast
features
Peter
Maloney
(Broadway’s West
Side
Story, Six
Degrees
of
Separation)
as
“Shelly
Levene,”
Jeff
Marlow
(Colony
Theatre’s Around
the
World
in
80
Days)
as
“James
Lingk,”
Matt
MacNelly
(NY
Fringe
Festival’sFourteen
Flights)
as
“Baylen,”
Manu
Narayan
(Broadway’s Bombay
Dreams)
as
“Richard
Roma,”
Kevin
Skousen
(Public
Theatre’s Talk
Radio)
as
“Dave
Moss,”
Ray
Anthony
Thomas
(Broadway’s Race)
as
“George
Aaronow”
and
Johnny
Wu
(Playhouse’s Peter
and
the
Starcatchers,
Broadway’s Chinglish)
as
“John
Williamson.”
The
creative
team
includes:
Christopher
Ashley,
director;
Todd
Rosenthal,
set
design;
Toni
Leslie
James
(Playhouse’s Milk
Like
Sugar),
costume
design;
David
Lander
(Playhouse’s 33
Variations
Berkeley, CA - Extended run through October 21! David Henry Hwang’s Chinglish, Starring Michelle Krusiec and Alex Moggridge
Michelle Krusiec and Alex Moggridge star in the critically acclaimed West Coast premiere of David Henry Hwang’s recent Broadway comedy Chinglish, in the Roda Theatre of the Tony Award-winning Berkeley Repertory Theatre, directed by Leigh Silverman, which opened to stellar reviews, and has been extended through October 21, 2012. The cast of Chinglish also features Vivian Chiu, Celeste Den, Austin Ku, Brian Nishii and Larry Lei Zhang.
(l to r) Michelle Krusiec and Alex Moggridge star in Berkeley Rep’s production of Chinglish, a new comedy from David Henry Hwang. Photo courtesy of kevinberne.com
Chinglish received its Broadway premiere in Fall 2011, was named “Best American Play of 2011” by TIME magazine, and as one of the Top 10 Broadway shows of the year by Bloomberg Radio, NY1 and WNYC.
Larry Lei Zhang and Michelle Krusiec star in Berkeley Rep’s production of Chinglish, a new comedy from David Henry Hwang. Photo courtesy of kevinberne.com
David
Henry
Hwang
won
three
Obies
and
the
Tony
Award
for
Best
Play
with M.
Butterfly and FOB.
Now
he’s
back
with
a
canny
comedy
of
cross-cultural
errors.
Leigh
Silverman
returns
to
the
Roda
Theatre
to
stage
the
twists
in
a
terrific
play
she
took
to
Broadway.
Love
is
on
the
line,
and
laughter
fills
the
ledger
in Chinglish.
Love
is
on
the
line,
and
laughter
fills
the
ledger
in Chinglish
San Diego area (Balboa Park, CA) - Sept 7 - Oct 21 - Check here for more dates & events - George Takei, Lea Salonga, Telly Leung and Paolo Montalban in World Premiere of Allegiance – A New American Musical
The cast of the World Premiere of Allegiance – A New American Musical at The Old Globe. Photo by Henry DiRocco.
George Takei stars in an all-star cast in Allegiance - A New American Music. Yes that's George in the uniform below! San Diego's (Balboa Park) The Old Globe is presenting the World Premiere of Allegiance – A New American Musical, an epic story of family, love and patriotism set during the Japanese American internment of World War II. Opening night is Wednesday, Sept. 19 at 7:00 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, by phone at (619) 23-GLOBE or by visiting the Box. More dates and related events below.Michael K. Lee as Frankie Suzuki (center) with (from left) Kay Trinidad, MaryAnn Hu, Ann Sanders and Katie Boren in the World Premiere of Allegiance – A New American Musical at The Old Globe. Photo by Henry DiRocco.
Video: Academy Award Winner Chris Tashima Talks with Lia Chang About His Roles in Lily Mariye’s Model Minority and Lil Tokyo Reporter
By Lia Chang
Academy award winning director and actor Chris Tashima can currently be seen in three very different films.
He is in Jeffrey Gee Chin’s narrative short Lil Tokyo Reporter as Sei Fujii, an immigrant pioneer, leader and publisher.
In Lily Mariye’s impressive directorial debut feature Model Minority, Chris gives a rich multi-layered performance as the Sansei alcoholic father.
And in Eric Byler’s Americanese he plays the romantic lead opposite Joan Chen, which won a Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Ensemble Cast at the South by Southwest Film Festival.
He
has
appeared
in
several
noted
independent
features
including
Rea
Tajiri’s Strawberry
Fields,
starring
Suzy
Nakamura,
and
Sherwood
X.
Hu’s Lani
Loa
-The
Passage (from
executive
producers
Francis
Ford
Coppola
and
Wayne
Wang),
as
well
as
Hu’s
ensemble
drama, On
the
Roof.
Tashima received an Academy Award® for the dramatic short film, Visas and Virtue, which he directed, co-wrote and starred as Holocaust rescuer Chiune Sugihara. For television, he directed, co-wrote and acted in the PBS Special, Day of Independence, receiving an EMMY® nomination. Visas and Virtue and Day of Independence is available on DVD and can be found here.
4 Wedding Planners’ Director Michael Kang at Screen Actors Guild panel in New York
4
Wedding
Planners (formerly Knots),
written
by
and
starring
Kimberly-Rose
Wolter,
and
directed
by
Michael
Kang,
has
been
a
fan
favorite
at
film
festivals
across
the
country,
and
is
now
available
on
Video
on
Demand,
Digital
Download, amazon.com and Itunes.
(See
below
for
a
full
list
of
providers.)
Island Film Group's 4 Wedding Planners, a charming “UN-romantic comedy”, is a witty take on the lives and loves of a family of Honolulu wedding planners.
The
film
also
features
Illeana
Douglas
(Cape
Fear,
“Entourage”),
Sung
Kang
(The
Fast
&
The
Furious, Better
Luck
Tomorrow),
Mia
Riverton
(Red
Doors),
Janel
Parrish
(Bratz:
The
Movie,
“Pretty
Little
Liars”),
Christopher
Taloa,
Henry
Dittman
and
Cathy
Foy
(Battleship,
“Lost”,
“Hawaii
5-0”).
In 4
Wedding
Planners,
Kimberly-Rose
Wolter
tells
the
story
of
thrice
divorced
matriarch
Miriam
(Illeana
Douglas),
with
one
daughter
born
from
each
husband.
What
ensues
is
a
recipe
for
comical
family
strife
as
the
daughters
finally
reach
the
breaking
point
of
addressing
feelings
repressed
thanks
to
mom’s
poor
choices
in
men.
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