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NEWS RELEASE — CAM CLARKE’S “STOP ME IF I TOLD YOU THIS” OPENS SAT 2/28 AT 8PM AT ODYSSEY THEATRE

C-Squared Productions
Presents

STOP ME IF I TOLD YOU THIS
WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY CAM CLARKE
DIRECTED BY MARK L. TAYLOR

Performances Begin February 20
OPENS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28 AT 8PM
A Guest Production at The Odyssey Theatre

Stop Me If I Told You SoC-Squared Productions has announced the world premiere of Stop Me If I Told You This, written and performed by Cam Clarke and directed by Mark L. Taylor. Performances begin February 20 with opening set for Saturday, February 28 at 8pm.

Stop Me If I Told You This is the touching, funny, off-beat multimedia musical memoir of prolific voice-over actor Cam Clarke. The show business progeny of glamorous Alyce King of The King Sisters and B-movie icon Robert Clarke, his childhood played out on TV screens across America as one of the youngest members of 60’s singing treasures, The King Family. In Clarke’s autobiographical show, he tells the tale of how a child born into Hollywood royalty struggled to find his own identity. With songs and nostalgia, the show traces Clarke’s uniquely profound journey.

Cam Clarke began his career in short pants and knee socks in 1965 as a member of TV’s The King Family Show. Since the early 80’s, Clarke has been working as a voice-over actor, particularly in animation, voicing such characters as Leonardo in the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Clarke has voiced many other characters, including Snoopy, Simba in The Lion King, Der Fledermaus in The Tick, Mac on Clifford the Big Red Dog, He-Man in He-Man: Masters of the Universe, and Freddy the Ferret in Back at the Barnyard, and more, including several popular video games, most notably the Metal Gear Solid series as Liquid Snake.

Previously at the Odyssey, Mark L. Taylor has directed AfterMath and Heap of Liven, both by Elliot Shoenman. At Rogue Machine, he directed Uploaded and Where the Great Ones Run. Among his other numerous directing credits are productions of Concept of Remainders, Sunset Park, Breaking and Entering, Last Call at Moby Dick’s, and Return to Morality. As an actor, Taylor has appeared in several television shows and films and also enjoyed time behind the camera for Lifetime and The Disney Channel.

Set design is by Joel Daavid, lighting design is by Luke Moyer, sound design is by Cricket Myers, and projection design is by Nick Santiago. The stage manager is Ashley Henley and Kevin Bailey is General Manager for C-Squared Productions.

There will be two preview performances of Stop Me If I Told You This on Friday, February 20 at 8pm and Saturday, February 21 at 8pm. Opening is set for Saturday, February 28 at 8pm. The regular performance schedule will be Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 2pm through March 29 only. Tickets are $30 and may be purchased online at www.odysseytheatre.com or via phone at (310) 477-2055, ext. 2.

The Odyssey Theatre is located at 2055 Sepulveda Boulevard in Los Angeles, 90025.

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01-30-15

NEWS RELEASE — LALGBT CENTER PRESENTS ‘CONVERSATIONS WITH COCO’ WITH SPECIAL GUEST ALLISON JANNEY — SAT 3/7 AT 8PM

The Los Angeles LGBT Center’s
Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center
Presents

CONVERSATIONS WITH COCO
WITH SPECIAL GUEST
ALLISON JANNEY

A BENEFIT EVENT
AT THE LGBT CENTER’S RENBERG THEATRE
Saturday, March 7 at 8pm

Allison Janney, by Kate RomeroFor the ninth installment of the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s ongoing series Conversations With Coco — Miss Coco Peru’s series of live, unscripted interviews with celebrated performing artists — the LA drag legend welcomes the multiple award-winning actress Allison Janney to the Center’s Renberg Theatre on Saturday, March 7, at 8pm. Miss Coco’s previous conversations have included those with Liza Minnelli, Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Lainie Kazan, Charles Busch, Lesley Ann Warren, Karen Black, and Bea Arthur. Miss Coco has prepared a multimedia presentation featuring highlights of Ms. Janney’s brilliant career, as well as ample opportunity for the kind of casual yet in-depth conversation audiences have come to relish.

Allison Janney is a six-time Primetime Emmy Award-winner for her television work (The West Wing, Masters of Sex, Mom). She won the Outer Critics Circle and Clarence Derwent Awards for her performance in Present Laughter on Broadway and also received Tony Award nominations for her work in A View from the Bridge and 9 to 5. She is a multiple SAG Award-winner and has received countless other nominations and awards across all disciplines of entertainment.

Blending fascinating discussion, revealing stories, and a multimedia survey of her guests’ careers, Conversations With Coco has proven to be among the Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center’s most popular offerings. “In case you are unaware,” says Miss Coco, “Conversations With Coco is similar to Inside The Actors Studio only it’s much more fun and I’m prettier than James Lipton — sort of.” For more information about Miss Coco Peru, visit www.misscoco.com.

General admission tickets for Conversations With Coco with Special Guest Allison Janney are $50. VIP tickets are available for $250 which include reserved orchestra seating, a pre-event cocktail hour, and a post-event reception with Miss Coco and Ms. Janney. Tickets may be purchased online at http://coco-allison-janney.eventbrite.com or by phone at (323) 860-7300. Net proceeds from ticket sales will support the full range of free and low-cost programs and services offered by the Los Angeles LGBT Center.

The Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Renberg Theatre is located at the Village at Ed Gould Plaza, 1125 N. McCadden Place (one block east of Highland, just north of Santa Monica Boulevard), in Hollywood. Free onsite parking is available.

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01-27-15

NEWS RELEASE — ROGELIO DOUGLAS, JR. WILL JOIN MANDY GONZALEZ AT CATALINA BAR & GRILL — JAN. 27 & 28 AT 8:30PM

ROGELIO DOUGLAS, JR.
SET TO JOIN
MANDY GONZALEZ
IN HER LOS ANGELES SOLO CONCERT DEBUT
LOVE, ALL WAYS

AT CATALINA BAR & GRILL IN HOLLYWOOD
TWO SHOWS ONLY
JANUARY 27 & 28 AT 8:30PM

Rogelio Douglas JrChris Isaacson Presents and Upright Cabaret have announced that Rogelio Douglas, Jr. will join native Angeleno and Broadway star Mandy Gonzalez for Love, All Ways, her Los Angeles solo concert debut. There will be two shows only on Tuesday, January 27, and Wednesday, January 28, at 8:30pm at the Catalina Bar & Grill in Hollywood.

Rogelio Douglas, Jr. is truly a quadruple threat — he acts, sings, writes songs, and dances. On Broadway, Douglas has been seen in In the Heights, The Little Mermaid, and Riverdance: The Show. His film credits include the much lauded Whiplash as well as Superfast! (to be released later this year), and television work includes appearances on Orange Is The New Black and Parks and Recreation. In August of last year Douglas appeared at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre in Broadway Under the Stars alongside fellow Broadway belters Erich Bergen, Danny Gurwin, Chad Kimball, and the legendary Jennifer Holliday.

A native of the Santa Clarita Valley, Mandy Gonzalez possesses one of the most powerful and versatile contemporary voices on Broadway. She made her Broadway debut in Dance of the Vampires and is perhaps best known for her emotional portrayal of Nina Rosario in the Tony Award-winning musical In the Heights, a role she created Off Broadway at 37 Arts. She starred as Elphaba in Wicked and Princess Amneris in Aida and played multiple roles (including John Lennon) in Lennon. Gonzalez received overwhelming critical praise and an Obie Award for her performance Off Broadway in Eli’s Comin’, a show based on the music and lyrics of Laura Nyro. Film credits include Across the Universe, After, and Man on a Ledge, and on television she has been seen on White Collar, The Good Wife, 666 Park Avenue, Third Watch, and One Life to Live.

Mandy Gonzalez’s Los Angeles solo concert debut, entitled Love, All Ways, was originally conceived as a tribute to her parents, a Mexican migrant worker and a Jewish girl from the Valley who met as pen pals during the Viet Nam War. Gonzalez’s dad, who didn’t learn to speak English until age six, would sign his letters to Gonzalez’s mom, “Love Allways.” He still spells it that way.

Mandy Gonzalez: Love, All Ways (which, along with Rogelio Douglas, Jr., will feature a special appearance by some of the Santa Clarita Valley’s top high school singers) will play two performances only at the Catalina Bar & Grill, 6725 W. Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood on Tuesday, January 27, and Wednesday, January 28, at 8:30pm. Doors open at 7pm for cocktail and dinner service (single entrée or drink minimums apply). Admission is $25, with VIP seating ($40) available, and online purchases receive priority seating. Tickets may be obtained online at www.TicketWeb.com or by phone at (866) 468-3399.

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01-26-15