NEWS RELEASE ▪︎ “I’D ENJOY BEING A GIRL … ON BROADWAY!” at the COLONY THEATRE ▪︎ FOUR PERFORMANCES ONLY, SEPT. 14–17

I’D ENJOY BEING A GIRL … ON BROADWAY!
STARRING MARK C. REIS
DIRECTED BY MICHELE LYNCH
CHOREOGRAPHY BY LISA MANDEL
MUSICAL DIRECTION BY SCOTT HARLAN
FOUR PERFORMANCES ONLY
AT THE COLONY THEATRE IN BURBANK
SEPTEMBER 14, 15, 16, AND 17

The Colony Theatre in Burbank has announced a four-performance run of I’d Enjoy Being a Girl … On Broadway! from September 14–17. Starring Mark C. Reis, the show is directed by Michele Lynch and features choreography by Lisa Mandel and musical direction by Scott Harlan.

Humorous, uplifting, and inspiring, I’d Enjoy Being a Girl … On Broadway! brings writer, performer, and dancer Mark C. Reis to the Colony with his solo show. Through an abundance of music and dance, the Broadway veteran explores how to continue surviving in his career and ponders how different his success in musical theatre might have been had he been a girl.

Mark C. Reis has worked from summer stock to Broadway with National Tours, European Tours, Radio City Music Hall, and Regional work in between. His many stage credits include productions of Fosse (Broadway), Jesus Christ Superstar, 42nd Street, Funny Girl, Paint Your Wagon (Goodspeed Musicals), Red, Hot and Blue (Paper Mill Playhouse), The Wizard of Oz (Tuacahn Amphitheatre), Elf (TUTS), Cabaret (Reprise), Chicago (several different productions and at the Hollywood Bowl), The Producers and The Wedding Singer (Musical Theatre West). Most recently Reis was seen in Mary Poppins at MTW and Spamalot with 3D Theatricals. He currently appears in the live Frozen show at Disneyland.

Said Reis, “I am thrilled to have my work included in the Colony’s It’s Showtime! series. I’ve always loved the theatre and dreamed of performing there. I never thought it could happen, but here I come!”

The running schedule for I’d Enjoy Being a Girl … On Broadway! is Thursday 9/14 at 8pm, Friday 9/15 at 8pm, Saturday 9/16 at 8pm, and Sunday 9/17 at 3pm. Admission is $35 and tickets may be purchased online at www.colonytheatre.org or by phone at (866) 811-4111. The Colony Theatre is located at 555 N. Third Street (between Cyprus and Magnolia) in Burbank, 91502. Ample free onsite parking is available.

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08-28-17

NEWS RELEASE ▪︎ DAVID HARROWER’S “BLACKBIRD” AT GTC BURBANK ▪︎ AUGUST 19 – SEPTEMBER 17

BLACKBIRD
By David Harrower

Directed by Jeremy Adrianne Lelliott

Featuring

Candace Hammer and Eric Larson

August 19 — September 17

at GTC Burbank

A new production of Blackbird by David Harrower has been announced for a limited run at GTC Burbank. Featuring Candace Hammer and Eric Larson and directed by Jeremy Adrianne Lelliott, the limited run opens August 19 and runs through September 17 only.

Scottish playwright David Harrower’s drama won the 2007 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play and had a critically acclaimed run on Broadway last year. Inspired in part by the crimes of sex offender Toby Studebaker (though in no way a literal dramatization of actual events) the play depicts a young woman meeting a middle-aged man 15 years after being sexually abused by him when she was 12 years old.

Candace Hammer has appeared as Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Wendla in Spring Awakening at Playwrights Horizons, and Gower in Pericles at RADA. Her TV work includes This is Us, Criminal Minds, House of Cards, Masters of Sex, Girlboss, NCIS LA, Aquarius, Lost, and Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life. Hammer’s film credits include Rocket Science (Sundance), From Within (Tribeca), and Eugene.

Eric Larson co-produced and played the lead in Donald Margulies’ play Time Stands Still which was awarded an Encore! Producers’ Award in the 2016 Hollywood Fringe Festival. He was a Drama-Logue Award-winner for the original Los Angeles stage production of Toe to Toe at the Cast Theatre. Larson recently performed the lead role in Little Darling, an American Film Institute thesis project, and he starred in Adagio, a 2016 Arlington International Film Festival Best Short Film Winner.

Jeremy Adrianne Lelliott is the artistic director of Coeurage Theatre Company. His directing highlights include The Two Kids That Blow Shit Up for Artists at Play, and Vieux Carré, The Woodsman, and Andronicus for Coeurage. He has appeared in productions at The Pasadena Playhouse, La Jolla Playhouse, Chance Theatre, Laguna Playhouse, La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts, and MainStreet Theatre Company, as well as with Disney on Broadway. Lelliott serves on the LA STAGE Alliance Ovation Rules Committee.

Andrew Schmedake is the lighting designer, Donna Eschelman is movement coordinator, and Isabella Petrini is producer.

Opening is set for Saturday, August 19 at 8pm. The running schedule is Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 7pm through September 17. General admission seating is $20 and tickets may be purchased online at www.blackbirdplay.com or by calling (571) 232-8894. To obtain a $5 per ticket discount (available online only), use code ‘friendsand family.’

GTC (Grove Theatre Center) is located at 1100 W. Clark Avenue in Burbank, 91506. Street parking is available.

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07-18-17

NEWS RELEASE ▪︎ THELMA HOUSTON’S “MY MOTOWN MEMORIES & MORE!” RE-SCHEDULED FOR SUNDAY 10/15 AT NATE HOLDEN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

THELMA HOUSTON
MY MOTOWN MEMORIES & MORE!
RESCHEDULED FOR
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15, AT 7:30PM
AT NATE HOLDEN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

Chris Isaacson Presents and the City of Los Angeles have announced that Grammy Award-winning recording artist and Motown legend Thelma Houston in her show My Motown Memories & More! has been rescheduled for Sunday, October 15 at 7:30pm at the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center. All previously purchased Ford Amphitheatre tickets will be honored for the new date.

Perhaps best known for her number one international hit “Don’t Leave Me This Way,” Thelma Houston takes her audience on a musical and inspirational journey that chronicles her illustrious career. Sharing intimate stories and behind-the-scenes adventures against a tapestry of more than 20 classic Motown hits, Houston performs songs originally recorded by Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, and more, leading up to her iconic Grammy Award–winning number one pop song “Don’t Leave Me This Way.” After 50 years of performing, 23 studio albums, and winning a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Houston continues to celebrate her long and outstanding career. The concert will be directed by Iona Morris and choreographed by Damita Freeman. The musical director is Darrell Alston. Special guests are Quattrosound and Johnny Britt, and the evening will be hosted by KJLH 102.3FM Radio’s Lon McQ.

All seats for Thelma Houston: My Motown Memories & More! are reserved and ticket prices start at $44. Tickets are available online at www.ChrisIsaacsonPresents.com or by phone at (866) 468-3399. The Nate Holden Performing Arts Center is located at 4708 W. Washington Street in Los Angeles, 90016. For refunds on previously purchased seats at the Ford Amphitheatre, call (323) 461-3673.

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Thelma Houston. Photo courtesy of Chris Isaacson Presents.