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Allison JanneyAllison Janney (Photo: Kate Romero)

Talking with Coco!

By Ken Werther
Photo By Kate Romero

Looking for a really cool way to spend a Saturday night? For the ninth installment of the L.A. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Center’s Conversations with Coco — Miss Coco Peru’s series of live, unscripted interviews with celebrated performing artists — the L.A. drag legend welcomes the much loved Allison Janney to the Renberg Theatre. Like previous visits with stars like Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Charles Busch, Bea Arthur, and Liza Minnelli among others, the evening will feature film highlights of Janney’s career along with casual yet in-depth conversation.

Allison Janney is perhaps best known for her seven seasons as C.J. Cregg on The West Wing (six Emmy Award nominations, four wins), but her work on television dates all the way back to 1991! She currently stars on the CBS sitcom Mom (another Emmy), and for a recurring role on Showtime’s Masters of Sex she garnered a sixth Emmy. Janney has appeared in countless feature films, and her work on Broadway has earned her two Tony Award nominations, an Outer Critics Circle Award, and a Drama Desk Award.

Says Miss Coco, “Conversations with Coco is sort of like Inside the Actors Studio only a lot more fun!” Proceeds support the LALGBT Center’s array of free and low-cost services. Is there any question about where you need to be on March 7 at 8pm?

Conversations with Coco, with special guest Allison Janney, takes place Saturday, March 7 at The Village of Ed Gould Plaza at 1125 N. McCadden Place.