NEWS RELEASE ▪︎ DONNA McKECHNIE: SAME PLACE, ANOTHER TIME — SUNDAY 5/28 in HOLLYWOOD and THURSDAY 6/1 in SAN DIEGO

“A mix of high-sheen professionalism and raw vulnerability make an evening with Donna McKechnie quite a singular sensation.”
— The New York Times

CHRIS ISAACSON PRESENTS

LEGENDARY TONY AWARD-WINNING BROADWAY STAR

 DONNA McKECHNIE

Same Place, Another Time

TWO SHOWS ONLY

SUNDAY, MAY 28 at 7:30pm

CATALINA BAR & GRILL IN HOLLYWOOD

 THURSDAY, JUNE 1 at 8pm

MARTINIS ABOVE FOURTH IN SAN DIEGO

Chris Isaacson Presents has announced that legendary Tony Award-winning Broadway star Donna McKechnie will bring her show Same Place, Another Time to Catalina Bar & Grill in Hollywood on Sunday, May 28 at 7:30pm and Martinis Above Fourth in San Diego on Thursday, June 1 at 8pm.

Tony Award-winning star of A Chorus Line Donna McKechnie is regarded internationally as one of Broadway’s foremost dancing and singing leading ladies. Her Broadway shows include How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Sondheim—A Musical Tribute (which she also choreographed), On the Town, Promises, Promises, Company, and State Fair (1996 Fred Astaire Award for Best Female Dancer). McKechnie has starred in numerous productions in London’s West End including Promises, Promises, Company, No Way to Treat a Lady, Can-Can, and Follies. She starred in Bob Fosse’s last production, the 1987 National Tour of Sweet Charity (Helen Hayes Award nomination). Regional credits include Irma La Douce, Cabaret, The Threepenny Opera, The Goodbye Girl, Mack andMabel, Annie Get Your Gun, Gypsy, I Do! I Do!, and her own one-woman musical Inside the Music. Most recently she created the musical staging for Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks starring Leslie Caron at the Laguna Playhouse. McKechnie’s memoir, Time Steps—My Musical Comedy Life, was published by Simon and Schuster.

Special guests will include Greg Safel making his LA cabaret debut in celebration of his new CD Visible (LML Music), and local favorite Jeffrey Scott Parsons, a musical theatre star working on the boards across the United States and internationally. Some of his many credits include West Side Story, White Christmas, Cabaret, Dames at Sea, 42^nd Street, Glory Days, and Forever Plaid. (Safel will not appear in San Diego.)

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. CIP’s summer event in 2016 — Broadway Under the Stars: Celebrating the 35^th Anniversary of “Dreamgirls” — was a complete sellout at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre in Hollywood. The evening starred original Dreamgirls Sheryl Lee Ralph, Loretta Devine, and Jennifer Holliday. Most recently, CIP coordinated and produced an elaborate kick-off event at the Pacific Design Center celebrating the premiere of Ryan Murphy’s FEUD: Bette and Joan (FX Networks). The Drag-Tacular Live Concert Event featured Tony Award-winner Sam Harris as host. Niki Harris and Bianca Del Rio were only two of the many stars in the show, which played to a standing room only crowd. For information about upcoming CIP events, including Heart & Soul: The Music of Whitney Houston, Dionne Warwick, and Diana Ross! starring Sharon Catherine Brown (Martinis Above Fourth in San Diego on April 9 and Catalina Bar & Grill in Hollywood on April 15), Shoshana Bean & Friends (Catalina on April 14), and Broadway Under the Stars (Ford Amphitheatre on October 7), visit www.ChrislsaacsonPresents.com.

Donna McKechnie: Same Place, Another Time at Catalina Bar & Grill on Sunday, May 28 is at 7:30pm (doors open at 6pm for cocktail and dinner service). Minimums apply. Admission is $30—$40, and VIP seating ($55) is available. Purchases made before May 22 receive a $5 discount, and online purchases will receive priority seating. The Martinis Above Fourth performance on Thursday, June 1 is at 8pm (doors open at 6pm for cocktail and dinner service). Minimums apply. Admission is $45. Tickets for both shows may be obtained online at www.ChrisIsaacsonPresents.com, or by calling (866) 468-3399. Catalina Bar & Grill is located at 6725 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, 90028. Martinis Above Fourth is located at 3940 Fourth Avenue (2^nd floor), in San Diego, 92103.

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03-24-17

PHOTO OF DONNA McKECHNIE BY CAROL ROSEGG.

NEWS RELEASE ▪︎ TWO SOLO SHOWS – “THE GAY GUIDE TO TINSELTOWN” and “POWER PLAY” ▪︎ THREE PERFS ONLY, MARCH 17–18–19

THE GAY GUIDE TO TINSELTOWN

WRITTEN & PERFORMED BY JON MANGANELLO

AND

POWER PLAY

WRITTEN & PERFORMED BY MADELINE SHARTON

DIRECTED BY CASEY HANLEY

THREE PERFORMANCES ONLY

MARCH 17 & 18 AT 8PM & MARCH 19 AT 2PM

AT THE ACTORS COMPANY

Critically acclaimed solo comedy The Gay Guide to Tinseltown, written and performed by Jon Manganello will pair with Power Play, a solo show written and performed by Madeline Sharton, for three performances only on Friday, March 17 and Saturday, March 18 at 8pm, and Sunday, March 19 at 2pm at The Actors Company in West Hollywood. Both shows are directed by Casey Hanley. 

Jon Manganello is an actor, writer at the Huffington Post, and Hollywood studio tour guide. Other theatre credits include Almost, Maine (Best of Fest, Toronto Fringe Festival), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Circle Mirror Transformation. He holds a BFA in drama from the University of Michigan. Twitter and Instagram: @jonnymangs.

Hop aboard a tour of Hollywood’s messy queer history. Tour guide Manganello will shift through time and space to give you part history and part autobiography. From Rock Hudson’s hushed battle with AIDS to the real heroes at the Stonewall riots to the sinister Reaganite 80s, The Gay Guide to Tinseltown explores revisionist gay history and how far the LGBTQ movement has actually come. Performance running time is 50 minutes.

Madeline Sharton is an actor, writer, and singer/songwriter. Other theatre credits include Almost, Maine (Best of Fest, Toronto Fringe Festival), The Little Dog Laughed, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. She holds a BFA in acting from the University of Michigan. Twitter: @madsharts.

Through poems, songs, and stories, Sharton explores the universal common denominator of power. Why do we give in to perceived power and allow others to take it from us? What role do the “powerless” people play in the structures that we create? What invisible systems must we identify and subsequently fight against? Whether we’re at the mercy of the large-scale power of government and the wealthy or the small-scale power of the individual, the truth remains that power is always at play. Performance running time is 55 minutes.

Tickets for The Gay Guide to Tinseltown and Power Play are $15 and may be obtained online at www.thegayguidetotinseltown.com or by calling(323) 463-4639. Tickets will also be available at the door. The Actors Company is located at 916 N. Formosa Avenue in West Hollywood.

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03–10–17

NEWS RELEASE ▪︎ NEW VERSION OF MATT MORILLO’S SEX COMEDY “THE INVENTOR AND THE ESCORT” OPENS FRIDAY 3/31 at 8pm at THE LOUNGE THEATRE

KADM PRODUCTIONS ANNOUNCES

A NEW PRODUCTION OF

THE INVENTOR AND THE ESCORT

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY MATT MORILLO

FEATURING JESSICA MORENO AND JARET SACREY

NEW VERSION OF ACCLAIMED SEX COMEDY

BY THE AUTHOR OF THE SMASH HITS

ANGRY YOUNG WOMEN IN LOW–RISE JEANS

WITH HIGH–CLASS ISSUES

AND

ALL ABOARD THE MARRIAGE HEARSE

OPENS MARCH 31 AT THE LOUNGE THEATRE

FOR FOUR WEEKS ONLY

KADM Productions has announced a strictly limited four-week engagement of The Inventor and The Escort, written and directed by Matt Morillo, at the Lounge Theatre in Hollywood. Winner of the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe Teapot Award for Outstanding Theatre, this revised version of the acclaimed sex comedy (presented in Los Angeles in 2012 as The Inventor, the Escort, the Photographer, Her Boyfriend and His Girlfriend) will feature Jessica Moreno and Jaret Sacrey, and opening is set for Friday, March 31 at 8pm. The limited engagement will run through April 23 only.

Actors Jessica Moreno and Jaret Sacrey will reunite for this engagement following the acclaimed sold out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The set and lighting design are by Rene Parras, Jr. The Inventor and The Escort is produced for KADM Productions by Joanne Hartstone.

During the worst blizzard in New York City history, Julia (a call girl) arrives for an appointment with Jeffrey, a reclusive man who has become rich by inventing best-selling sex toys. What starts as a routine ‘trick’ with trimmings (fake palm trees, suntan lotion, and lots of margaritas) ends up with Jeffrey and Julia helping each other uncover what led them to be who they are, getting considerably more than they bargained for on this ‘first date.’ Morillo’s sexy comedy is a cheeky but ultimately touching story of two lost souls in a big city searching for love and happiness in all the wrong places and then surprisingly finding each other.

Matt Morillo’s first play, Angry Young Women in Low-Rise Jeans with High-Class Issues, was a runaway hit on two continents, packing houses and receiving rave reviews through three separate runs in New York City, and two separate runs in Sydney, Australia.  Of the 2008 Los Angeles production, Variety wrote, “Angry Young Women is a cheerfully raunchy show that boasts … hilarious writing and a sharp, fearless and funny cast.” Morillo’s other playwriting credits include All Aboard the Marriage Hearse, Allen Wilder 2.0, and American Soldiers. A screenwriter also, he made his debut at age 23 with the award-winning film The Pretenders (2000), and he has written several highly lauded and award-winning short films, including Maid of Honor (2003).

The Inventor and The Escort is set to open on Friday, March 31 at 8pm. The running schedule is Friday and Saturday at 8pm, and Sunday at 5pm, through April 23 only. General seating admission is $25. The performance running time is 65 minutes and there is no late seating. Tickets are on sale now, and may be purchased online at www.kadm.com or by calling (323) 960-4443.

The Lounge Theatre is located at 6201 Santa Monica Boulevard (just east of Vine, at El Centro), in Hollywood. Street parking is available.

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03-08-17