NEWS RELEASE — CHRIS ISAACSON PRESENTS & HILTON LOS ANGELES/UNIVERSAL CITY ANNOUNCE ENTERTAINMENT PARTNERSHIP

CHRIS ISAACSON PRESENTS
AND
HILTON LOS ANGELES/UNIVERSAL CITY
ANNOUNCE ENTERTAINMENT PARTNERSHIP

Chris Isaacson Presents and the Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City have announced a partnership to present entertainment events in the hotel’s elegant Sierra Ballroom beginning this fall. A full slate of activities will be announced soon, including an exciting New Year’s Eve event.

The Sierra Ballroom at the Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City is a 16,000-square-foot space that boasts a 24-foot ceiling, a dance floor, and superior sound. Some of the ongoing events in the ballroom include annual gatherings by Actors & Others for Animals, The Movie Guide Awards, The Radio & Television News Association of Southern California, and The National Academy of Television.

The Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City stands at the center of the entertainment capitol of Los Angeles. A landmark built in 1982, the hotel stands tall at the transition from Hollywood to the San Fernando Valley. It is pet friendly and eco-friendly, proudly Gold Green Seal Certified.

Chris Isaacson Presents has created, produced, and promoted over 600 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 including Adam Lambert, Lea Michele, Neil Patrick Harris, Jennifer Holliday, Molly Ringwald, Megan Hilty, Erich Bergen, Andy Grammer, Natasha Bedingfield, Taylor Dayne, and Grammy Award-winners Paula Cole, Richard Marx, Sergio Mendes, and more. CIP’s concerts have been featured on Access Hollywood, Extra, KABC’s On The Red Carpet, KTLA Morning News, and in the Los Angeles Times and New York Post.

For more info, visit www.hiltonuniversal.com or www.chrisisaacsonpresents.com.

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10-01-15

NEWS RELEASE — TRAVIS MICHAEL HOLDER JOINS CAST OF “TELL MR. POULOS” AT DORIE THEATRE IN HOLLYWOOD

TRAVIS MICHAEL HOLDER
HAS JOINED THE CAST OF
THE WORLD PREMIERE COMEDY
TELL MR. POULOS
BY DONALD WOLLNER
DIRECTED BY PAGE BURKHOLDER

DORIE THEATRE AT THE COMPLEX
OPENS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3 AT 8PM

Travis Michael Holder has joined the cast of the world premiere comedy Tell Mr. Poulos, written by Donald Wollner and directed by Page Burkholder at the Dorie Theatre at the Complex in Hollywood. Previews begin on October 1 at 8pm and opening is set for Saturday, October 3 at 8pm. The limited engagement will run through October 25 only.

Holder will play the title role and joins the previously announced cast of (in alphabetical order) Lindsey Andersen, Beresford Bennett, Kina Bermudez, and Yetta Gottesman. The design team will include Rebecca Raines (lighting) and Bill Campbell (sound).

Travis Michael Holder received a LA Drama Critics Circle Award for his performance in Nasty Little Secrets at Theatre/Theater, and a second LADCC Award last season as part of the ensemble cast of Stupid Fucking Bird at The Theatre @ Boston Court, where he has also appeared in Summertime and The Good Book of Pedantry and Wonder. Holder has received a Drama-Logue Award, five Back Stage Garland Awards, NAACP, GLAAD, two Ovation Award nominations, and six LA Weekly Award nominations. Other productions in which Holder has appeared include Fifth of July, Equus, Oscar & Speranza, Bye Bye Birdie, Chicago, Lament for the Moths, The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore, among many others.

When Jimmy Meadows loses his job after 10 years of loyal service, his once stable life spirals into ridiculousness. Job interviews lead only to degradation. Aloof from his wife, he takes up with an admiring, beautiful, but deeply disturbed young woman. Jimmy’s lonely wife, a nurse, enters into a bizarre relationship with a 90-year-old patient under her care. Into this turmoil comes the enigmatic Mr. Poulos, who rents a room in the Meadows’ apartment. Is he a seer? A spy? Or is he just an old guy who reads Greek language newspapers all day?

Playwright Donald Wollner is a two-time recipient of an NYFA grant for playwriting. Some of his other plays include Kid Purple, Badgers, Lone Deer, The Harvard Club, Men in Waiting, and Bavarian Humor. Tell Mr. Poulos was workshopped at Labyrinth Theatre’s 2013 Summer Intensive, and Kid Purple was recently presented by The Never Wonder Players in Sherman Oaks.

There will be two preview performances of Tell Mr. Poulos on Thursday, October 1 and Friday, October 2 at 8pm, and opening is set for Saturday, October 3 at 8pm. The regular running schedule is Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 5pm through October 25 only. General admission tickets are $10 and may be obtained online at http://wildtown.org/ or by calling (866) 811-4111. The Dorie Theatre at the Complex is located at 6476 Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood, 90038.

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09-28-15

NEWS RELEASE — KRISTIN TOWERS-ROWLES: A LOVELY LINEAGE — SUNDAY 10/18 AT 7PM AT EL PORTAL THEATRE

AWARD-WINNING STAGE STAR
KRISTIN TOWERS-ROWLES
STARRING IN
HER CELEBRATED CABARET SHOW
A LOVELY LINEAGE
MUSICAL DIRECTION BY KATIE CLARK
DIRECTED BY CATE CAPLIN

ONE NIGHT ONLY
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18
AT EL PORTAL THEATRE’S MONROE FORUM
IN NORTH HOLLYWOOD

Following sold-out performances in Los Angeles and Palm Springs, stage star Kristin Towers-Rowles will bring her critically acclaimed cabaret show, A Lovely Lineage, to the El Portal Theatre’s Monroe Forum in North Hollywood. With musical direction by Katie Clark and directed by Ovation Award-winner Cate Caplin, there will be one performance only on Sunday, October 18 at 7pm.

A Lovely Lineage captures the historic Broadway and Hollywood lineage of Kristin Towers-Rowles, starting with her grandmother, the legendary Kathryn Grayson. Ms. Grayson was an MGM darling and a Hollywood pioneer having starred in some of the most beloved movie musicals of the 1950s including Kiss Me, Kate and Show Boat. The lineage does not stop there — Kristin’s grandfather was the dashing and talented Broadway leading man Johnnie Johnston; her mother, Patricia Towers, was a Las Vegas headliner; and her father is the prolific character actor Robert Towers. In A Lovely Lineage, Kristin celebrates her incredible family legacy by performing musical numbers from such beloved Broadway musicals as Follies, Wicked, She Loves Me, and Kiss Me, Kate, to name only a few. Opera and musical theatre singer Jahmal Bakare joins Kristin on stage for several numbers.

Kristin Towers-Rowles: A Lovely Lineage will play one performance only on Sunday, October 18 at 7pm. General admission seating is $30 and tickets may be purchased online at www.elportaltheatre.com or via phone at (818) 508-4200.

The Monroe Forum inside the historic El Portal Theatre is located at 5269 Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood, 91601.

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09-25-15

_{Photo by Cate Caplin.}