Talking with Coco! (LAArtsOnline.com)

Allison 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.

NEWS RELEASE — LALGBT CENTER PRESENTS ‘CONVERSATIONS WITH COCO’ WITH SPECIAL GUEST ALLISON JANNEY — SAT 3/7 AT 8PM

The Los Angeles LGBT Center’s
Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center
Presents

CONVERSATIONS WITH COCO
WITH SPECIAL GUEST
ALLISON JANNEY

A BENEFIT EVENT
AT THE LGBT CENTER’S RENBERG THEATRE
Saturday, March 7 at 8pm

For the ninth installment of the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s ongoing series Conversations With Coco — Miss Coco Peru’s series of live, unscripted interviews with celebrated performing artists — the LA drag legend welcomes the multiple award-winning actress Allison Janney to the Center’s Renberg Theatre on Saturday, March 7, at 8pm. Miss Coco’s previous conversations have included those with Liza Minnelli, Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Lainie Kazan, Charles Busch, Lesley Ann Warren, Karen Black, and Bea Arthur. Miss Coco has prepared a multimedia presentation featuring highlights of Ms. Janney’s brilliant career, as well as ample opportunity for the kind of casual yet in-depth conversation audiences have come to relish.

Allison Janney is a six-time Primetime Emmy Award-winner for her television work (The West Wing, Masters of Sex, Mom). She won the Outer Critics Circle and Clarence Derwent Awards for her performance in Present Laughter on Broadway and also received Tony Award nominations for her work in A View from the Bridge and 9 to 5. She is a multiple SAG Award-winner and has received countless other nominations and awards across all disciplines of entertainment.

Blending fascinating discussion, revealing stories, and a multimedia survey of her guests’ careers, Conversations With Coco has proven to be among the Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center’s most popular offerings. “In case you are unaware,” says Miss Coco, “Conversations With Coco is similar to Inside The Actors Studio only it’s much more fun and I’m prettier than James Lipton — sort of.” For more information about Miss Coco Peru, visit www.misscoco.com.

General admission tickets for Conversations With Coco with Special Guest Allison Janney are $50. VIP tickets are available for $250 which include reserved orchestra seating, a pre-event cocktail hour, and a post-event reception with Miss Coco and Ms. Janney. Tickets may be purchased online at http://coco-allison-janney.eventbrite.com or by phone at (323) 860-7300. Net proceeds from 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 the Village at Ed Gould Plaza, 1125 N. McCadden Place (one block east of Highland, just north of Santa Monica Boulevard), in Hollywood. Free onsite parking is available.

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