NEWS RELEASE ▪︎ MICHAEL GRIFFITHS & ANDREA McARDLE SET DATES IN SAN DIEGO & HOLLYWOOD

CHRIS ISAACSON PRESENTS
PRESENTS
MICHAEL GRIFFITHS —
IN VOGUE: SONGS BY MADONNA
AND
ANDREA McARDLE: ‘70s & SUNNY
IN HOLLYWOOD AND SAN DIEGO

Chris Isaacson Presents has announced Australian cabaret sensation Michael Griffiths, making his West Coast debut with his show In Vogue: Songs by Madonna in San Diego and Hollywood in January, and Broadway’s Tony Award-nominated Andrea McArdle performing her show ‘70s & Sunny in February. Griffiths will perform at Martinis Above Fourth in San Diego on Thursday, January 26 at 8pm and at Catalina Bar & Grill in Hollywood on Sunday, January 29 at 7:30pm. McArdle, along with special guest opener Anthony Federov, is on Monday, February 13 at 8:30pm at Catalina Bar & Grill.

Michael Griffiths is a singer, pianist, actor, composer, and musical arranger. He was nominated for a Green Room Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Bob Crewe in Jersey Boys. Griffiths has also appeared in Priscilla Queen of the Desert, We Will Rock You!, Shout! and he was in the original workshop of the Australian musical Prodigal. His acclaimed solo cabaret shows In Vogue: Songs By Madonna, Sweet Dreams: Songs By Annie Lennox, and Adolescent and Cole have received critical and audiences acclaim in every cabaret festival from Australia to New York, Auckland, Edinburgh, Hong Kong, and London. Griffiths won the Best Cabaret Adelaide Fringe Award in 2014 and the Best Cabaret Weekly Award in 2015.

Andrea McArdle first captured the hearts of theatergoers everywhere in 1977 when she originated the title role in the Broadway musical Annie. She became the youngest performer ever to be nominated for a Tony Award as Best Lead Actress in a Musical. She also received the Theatre World and Outer Critics Circle Awards for her performance. Since then, McArdle has starred in several Broadway musicals and appeared in theatres in New York, nationally, and internationally, in productions including Jerry’s Girls, Starlight Express, State Fair, Les Misérables, and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Other stage credits include Anything Goes, They’re Playing Our Song, Mame, Hello Dolly!, Meet Me in St. Louis, Blood Brothers, Urinetown, The Fantasticks, Evita, Oliver, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Annie Get Your Gun, Grease, Cabaret, and Gypsy. McArdle appeared in The Vagina Monologues off Broadway and on tour. She has performed in concert halls from Carnegie Hall to the Hong Kong Philharmonic and hotel showrooms in both Las Vegas and Atlantic City. Her film and television credits include Annie, Rainbow, The Leading Ladies of Broadway, All My Children, and the PBS special Andrea McArdle on Broadway.

Anthony Federov rose to fame as the fourth place finalist on season four of American Idol. As a singer/songwriter/actor he has released two solo CDs and several hit songs on iTunes. As a musical theatre performer, Federov has appeared in productions of The Fantasticks and Rent (both off Broadway), The Sound of Music, Les Misérables, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, among others.

Chris Isaacson Presents (CIP) has created, produced, and promoted over 700 events since the company’s founding in 2004. From small clubs to major theatres, CIP has presented some of the most influential stars of this generation. For information about upcoming CIP events, including Night After the Tonys (June 12) and Broadway Under the Stars (October 7), both at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, and to purchase tickets, visit www.ChrisIsaacsonPresents.com.

Michael Griffiths’ In Vogue: Songs by Madonna is presented in association with Martinis Above Fourth in San Diego. The January 26 performance will begin at 8pm. Doors open at 6pm for cocktail and dinner service (minimums apply) and admission is $25 (www.MartinisAboveFourth.com or www.ChrisIsaacsonPresents.com). Martinis Above Fourth is located at 3940 Fourth Avenue between Washington Street and University Avenue in San Diego, 92103.

At Catalina Bar & Grill, Griffiths’ In Vogue: Songs by Madonna plays Sunday, January 29 at 7:30pm. Doors open at 6pm for cocktail and dinner service. Andrea McArdle’s ‘70s & Sunny plays Monday, February 13 at 8:30pm and doors open at 7pm. Food and drink minimums apply. Admission for the shows at Catalina Bar & Grill is $25—$35, and VIP seating ($50) is available. For the Los Angeles shows, purchases made before January 28 receive a $5 discount, and online purchases will receive priority seating. Tickets may be obtained online at www.ChrisIsaacsonPresents.com or www.TicketWeb.com, or by calling (866) 468-3399. Catalina Bar & Grill is located at 6725 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, 90028.

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01-23-17

_{PHOTO CREDITS:
MICHAEL GRIFFITHS
ANDREA McARDLE: Photo by Grace Rainer Long.}

NEWS RELEASE ▪︎ MISS COCO PERU RETURNS TO LOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER FOR TWO SHOWS ONLY, FEBRUARY 10 & 11

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!

The Los Angeles LGBT Center’s 

Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center

Presents

MISS COCO PERU

A GENTLE REMINDER:
MISS COCO PERU’S GUIDE TO A SOMEWHAT HAPPY LIFE
Written and Performed by Clinton Leupp
Directed by Michael Schiralli

TWO PERFORMANCES ONLY

 Friday, February 10 & Saturday February 11 at8pm

at the Renberg Theatre

In response to overwhelming popular demand, the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center has announced the return of the legendary Miss Coco Peru in her latest solo show, A Gentle Reminder: Miss Coco Peru’s Guide to a Somewhat Happy Life. There will be two performances only at the Renberg Theatre on Friday and Saturday, February 10 & 11 at 8pm.

Few of the Center’s productions have received as many requests for an encore as A Gentle Reminder. With her skyrocketing popularity on YouTube, Miss Coco Peru has been inundated with emails from people of all ages asking her the same question: “Coco, what is the secret to a happy life?”  Being  the  giver  that  she  is, Coco has written a new show in which, through story and song, she shares a step-by-step guide that leaves you prepared to enter the world again ready to create your very own “somewhat” happy life. Why just a “somewhat” happy life? Well, let’s face it, you wouldn’t want to be happy all the time because “happy” people make such a racket!

Storyteller/monologist Miss Coco Peru, aka Clinton Leupp, got his/her start as a downtown favorite in the New York cabaret world after he wrote, produced, directed, and starred in his first show, Miss Coco Peru in My Goddamn Cabaret, 25 years ago. A veteran of numerous feature films (trick and the cult classic Girls Will Be Girls, among numerous others), and television shows (How I Met Your Mother, Arrested Development, Twins, and more). Leupp has received worldwide acclaim for his award-winning solo shows and his remarkable series of tributes to great performers, Conversations with Coco, in which she conducts live career-retrospective interviews with such luminaries as Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Liza Minnelli, and the late Bea Arthur.

Leupp has been honored by many organizations, including the Los Angeles LGBT Center, for his long history of dedicated activism and unflagging support of the LGBT community. The Center is proud to present the return of A Gentle Reminder, the sixth original stage show to be performed at the Renberg by one of our most beloved artists.

General admission tickets are $30 and may be purchased online atwww.lalgbtcenter.org/theatre or by phone at (323) 860-7300. Net proceeds from all 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 1125 N. McCadden Place (one block east of Highland, just north of Santa Monica Boulevard), in Hollywood, 90038. Free onsite parking is available.

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01-17-17

NEWS RELEASE ▪︎ TALK RADIO HOST SHEENA METAL IS RAISING THE VIBRATION OF THE NATION (AND THE WORLD)

TALK RADIO HOST SHEENA METAL

INTRODUCES

I AM RAISING THE VIBRATION

OF THE NATION (AND THE WORLD)

AT LA TALK RADIO AND ONLINE

Sheena Metal, an entertainment icon who has anchored numerous radio shows for over 20 years in Los Angeles and was named one ofTalkers Magazine’s Frontier Fifty (an exclusive selection of outstanding talk media webcasters) has founded I Am Raising the Vibration of the Nation (and the World), a new peace movement in response to the division and distress across the country since last November’s presidential election. Along with a new radio program and blog, Metal will be inaugurating Facebook Live video posts and YouTube segments. There will also be a monthly event at the Filmmakers Gallery in Long Beach, CA. The radio program made its debut on Monday, January 9 and will air every Monday night from 7–9pm PT. The website is now live and the blog will follow later this month.

Metal describes I Am Raising the Vibration of the Nation (and the World): “We are a movement of peace, unity, community, and love. Like a phoenix from the ashes, I believe that raising the vibration of the nation is the first step to finding true peace and unequivocal unity among our country’s citizens.” The weekly LA Talk Radio program will feature guests who are working to better and enrich our country and the world. Along with speakers, the monthly event at the Filmmakers Gallery in Long Beach will feature documentary films on the same theme.

A mainstay at LATalkRadio.com, Metal also serves as host of three of the station’s most popular shows — The Sheena Metal Experience, now celebrating its eighth anniversary (Monday through Friday, 5—7pm PT);Haunted Playground, a mix of celebrity guests and well known figures in the paranormal community, in its seventh year (Tuesdays, 3—5pm PT); andMusic Highway, in its twelfth year (eight years at LATR) and has recentlypartnered with musicxray.com, to bring more international artists to the show (Wednesdays, from 3—5pm PT).

Metal serves on the Boards of Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA, the Artemis: Women in Action Film Festival, SIA Organization, and The Moreno Valley Cultural Arts Foundation, and she also works with the Harvey Milk Foundation. She annually produces, directs, and acts in a production of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues to benefit two anti-violence charities. Metal is a regular on the Child of the 70s web series and has appeared in Film Lab’sAmnesia, Bruno & Earlene Go To Vegas (Outfest premiere), and the short filmPoint Mugu (starring Skeet Ulrich).

For more information, visit www.iamraisingthevibration.com on the web, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/iamraisingthevibrationand on Twitter @SheenaMetal. The blog will be available atwww.vibrationnation.com.

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01-17-17