Announcing: Show at Barre Adds Second Date for Erich Bergen, Wed 5/25 at 8pm

SHOW AT BARRE CONCERT SERIES IN LOS FELIZ
ADDS SECOND DATE FOR ERICH BERGEN
WEDNESDAY, MAY 25 AT 8PM

Due to popular demand, the Show at Barre Concert Series has announced a second date for Erich Bergen, on Wednesday, May 25 at 8pm. Continuing the celebration of his first solo CD release, The Vegas Sessions, the former Jersey Boys star will also appear in concert at BARRE vt on the previously announced date of Wednesday, May 18 at 8pm.

Erich Bergen recently completed a three-year run starring as Bob Gaudio in the Tony and Grammy Award-winning Jersey Boys, as part of the Los Angeles, San Francisco, First National Tour and Las Vegas companies. Other recent credits include appearances on Desperate Housewives and Gossip Girl, and Bergen is currently starring in The Temperamentals for The Blank Theatre Company through June 5. He recently released his first music video for the single Is Everything Alright, featuring the star of NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice and Playboy Playmate of the Year, Hope Dworaczyk.

Bergen’s CD features new studio recordings of original compositions in the pop genre, along with live tracks recorded during three sold out concerts in Las Vegas in April, 2009. The disc will be available for purchase at the upcoming Show at Barre dates, and is currently available at iTunes, Amazon.com, CD Baby, and other digital music outlets.

Tickets are on sale now for May 18 and May 25, and are priced at $20 for general admission, and $35 for VIP admission, which includes preferred seating, a complimentary glass of champagne, and a copy of Bergen’s CD. Tickets can be purchased online at www.showatbarre.com, or by calling (323) 661-6163, ext. 20. Barre vt is located at 1714 N. Vermont in Los Feliz. Valet parking is available behind the restaurant.

Visit Erich Bergen at www.erichbergen.com, on Facebook at facebook.com/erichbergenfans, and follow Erich on twitter @erichbergen.

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05-12-11

Announcing: Blank Theatre Company’s ‘The Temperamentals’ Extended Through June 5

THE BLANK THEATRE COMPANY’S WEST COAST PREMIERE OF
THE TEMPERAMENTALS
EXTENDED DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND THROUGH JUNE 5
AT THE 2ND STAGE THEATRE

In 1950s Los Angeles, tired of police harassment, back alley bars and living in fear, a few brave souls set out to change their world and claim their civil rights. In a time when nothing could be spoken in the open, notorious communist Harry Hay and cultural icon Rudi Gernreich fell in love while building a movement. This is their story. “Temperamental” was code for “homosexual,” part of a secret survival language created by gay men in the pre-Stonewall United States.

The cast, in alphabetical order, is Erich Bergen (Jersey Boys, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum for Reprise, Venice at the Kirk Douglas Theatre), BAFTA Award-winner Dennis Christopher (Deadwood, Profiler, and returning to The Blank where his performance as Alan Turing in Breaking The Code won him LA Weekly and LADCC Awards), Patrick Scott Lewis (American Dreams, Zodiac), Mark Shunock (Timon in The Lion King), and John Tartaglia (Tony Award nominee for Avenue Q; the original cast of Shrek The Musical). Director Michael Matthews has worked extensively on Broadway, internationally, and in Los Angeles and Chicago. Recent highlights in Los Angeles include the critically acclaimed productions of Haram Iran!, The Women of Brewster Place, and Take Me Out at Celebration Theatre; Dead End at the Ahmanson Theatre, and The Cherry Orchard (starring Annette Bening) at the Mark Taper Forum. He has also directed The Jazz Age and The Santaland Diaries for The Blank.

Of the recent smash off-Broadway production, The New York Times called The Temperamentals “Intellectual, emotional, and sexual.” “Combines savvy context and ascending flights of bittersweet fabulousness,” said New York Newsday. And the Associated Press called it, “Fascinating, entertaining, and emotionally affecting.” Playwright Jon Marans is well known for his play Old Wicked Songs, which was a 1996 Pulitzer Prize finalist for Drama, and has been produced throughout the United States and translated and produced in a dozen countries around the world. Other plays by Marans include A Strange and Separate People, Child Child, and Jumping for Joy.

The design team for The Temperamentals includes set by Kurt Boetcher, lighting by Cameron Zetty, costumes by Lauren Tyler, and sound by Warren Davis. Matt Wolpe serves as music director, and producers are Daniel Henning, Noah Wyle, Matthew Graber and Angel Parker. The production stage manager is Marcedes Clanton.

Admission ranges from $26-$30 for regular performances. Tickets are on sale now and may be purchased by visiting www.TheBlank.com, or by calling (323) 661-9827. A speakeasy-style bar will be open to ticket holders at the Dragonfly Club (adjacent to the 2nd Stage) before evening performances, as well as at intermission.

The Blank’s 2nd Stage Theatre is located at 6500 Santa Monica Boulevard (at Wilcox), in Hollywood. Secured valet parking is available.

Photograph by Greg Gorman: (L to R) Mark Shunock, John Tartaglia, Erich Bergen, Dennis Christopher, Patrick Scott Lewis.  For more photographs, click here.

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05-10-11

Announcing: Erich Bergen Will Appear at Show at Barre, Wednesday 5/18 at 8pm

ERICH BERGEN SET TO APPEAR
IN SHOW AT BARRE CONCERT SERIES IN LOS FELIZ
WEDNESDAY, MAY 18 AT 8PM

Continuing the celebration of his first solo CD release, former Jersey Boys star Erich Bergen will appear live in concert in Los Angeles at BARRE vt as part of the Show At Barre concert series, on Wednesday, May 18 at 8pm.

Erich Bergen recently completed a three-year run starring as Bob Gaudio in the Tony and Grammy Award-winning Jersey Boys, as part of the Los Angeles, San Francisco, First National Tour and Las Vegas companies. Other recent credits include appearances on Desperate Housewives and Gossip Girl, and Erich is currently starring in The Temperamentals for The Blank Theatre Company in Hollywood. He recently released his first music video for the single Is Everything Alright, featuring the star of NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice and Playboy Playmate of the Year, Hope Dworaczyk.

“Erich Bergen, as Bob Gaudio, is the show’s breakout star. With his lanky good looks and vibrant intensity, his charisma feeds off the spotlight,” said Charles McNulty in his Los Angeles Times review of Jersey Boys. Said Steve Freiss in Las Vegas Weekly, “Bergen has a youthful and affable presence, an ability to play with audience expectations, a willingness to take risks, and a confidence that does not come across as arrogance.” And, of Bergen’s concert appearance at L.A.‘s Magic Castle in September, 2010, Don Grigware at BroadwayWorld.com said, “Taking the stage with the gusto akin to a tornado or blazing brushfire, this young dynamo captivated the packed house from the moment he opened his mouth.”

Bergen’s CD, titled The Vegas Sessions, features new studio recordings of original compositions in the pop genre, along with live tracks recorded during three sold out concerts in Las Vegas in April, 2009. The disc will be available for purchase at the upcoming Show at Barre date, and is currently available at iTunes, Amazon.com, CD Baby, and other digital music outlets.

Erich Bergen’s Show at Barre concert will feature fan favorites along with some exciting new material. Tickets are on sale now, and are priced at $20 for general admission, and $35 for VIP admission, which includes preferred seating, a complimentary glass of champagne, and a copy of Bergen’s CD. Tickets can be purchased online at www.showatbarre.com, or by calling (323) 661-6163, ext. 20. Barre vt is located at 1714 N. Vermont in Los Feliz. Valet parking is available behind the restaurant.
Visit Erich Bergen at www.erichbergen.com, on Facebook at facebook.com/erichbergenfans, and follow Erich on twitter @erichbergen.

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05-01-11