Archived entries for Jon Lawrence Rivera

Announcing: Nicholas Downs in “The Girl Most Likely To” at LATC

NICHOLAS DOWNS SET TO BE FEATURED
IN CAST OF THE GIRL MOST LIKELY TO
AT LOS ANGELES THEATRE CENTER
APRIL 20 – MAY 13

Nicholas DownsFilm, television, and stage actor Nicholas Downs has been set to appear in the Playwrights’ Arena world premiere production of The Girl Most Likely To by Michael Premsrirat, at Los Angeles Theatre Center, opening on Friday, April 20, and running through Sunday, May 13.

Nicholas Downs is a film, television and stage actor who fell in love with acting the moment he first discovered a stage, and he has been a working actor ever since. Notable stage productions include Shopping and Fucking, the LA premiere of Corpus Christi, and The Chosen. His feature film roles include Hollywood blockbusters such as Pearl Harbor, The Girl Next Door, Constantine, and The Holiday, as well as the award-winning independent features 16 to Life, Is It Just Me? and The Awakening of Spring. Downs has played guest starring roles on several hit television shows including Castle, Cold Case, Boston Public, The Young and the Restless and Make It or Break It. He is the co-writer and co-producer of the comic web series Steam Room Stories, and he recently served as producer of the independent feature eCupid, which is now available on DVD through TLA Releasing.

Downs joins a cast of eight in The Girl Most Likely To, a new play about a Filipino-American boy who just wants to be accepted for who he is, in spite of the fact that he wears girls’ clothes to school and breaks into impromptu performances of Christina Aguilera songs. It is a funny and touching story about owning oneself. The production will be directed by Playwrights’ Arena artistic director Jon Lawrence Rivera.

Tickets for The Girl Most Likely To are on sale now, and may be purchased by calling (866) 811-4111, or online at www.thelatc.org. For more information on the play and on Playwrights’ Arena, visit www.playwrightsarena.org.

For more on Nicholas Downs, visit www.NicholasDowns.com.

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04-12-12

Announcing: The Last 5 Years

A ONE-NIGHT-ONLY EVENT
BENEFITING BROADWAY CARES/EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS
THE LAST 5 YEARS
STARRING MICHAEL K. LEE AND JENNIFER PAZ
WITH JASON ROBERT BROWN AT THE PIANO
SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 2010
AT THE DAVID HENRY HWANG THEATER IN DOWNTOWN L.A.

Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown (Parade, 13, Songs for a New World) will join 2009 Ovation Award nominees Michael K. Lee and Jennifer Paz in this one-night-only performance of his critically-acclaimed off-Broadway gem The Last 5 Years on Saturday, January 9, 2010 at 8pm at the David Henry Hwang Theater (home of East West Players) in downtown Los Angeles.

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Jason Robert Brown composed the music and wrote the lyrics for this poignant and profound musical, which follows Jamie (Lee) and Cathy (Paz) through the last five years of their relationship, from beginning to end, and from end to beginning. 2009 Ovation Award nominee Jon Lawrence Rivera directs this unconventional telling of the boy meets girl story.

Proceeds from this event will benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is one of the nation’s leading industry-based, nonprofit AIDS fundraising and grant-making organizations. By drawing upon the talents, resources and generosity of the American theatre community, since 1988 BC/EFA has raised over $175 million for essential services for people with AIDS and other critical illnesses across the United States. BC/EFA is the major supporter of seven programs at The Actors’ Fund -including The AIDS Initiative, The Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative, The Al Hirschfeld Free Health Clinic, The Dancers’ Resource and three supportive housing residences. BC/EFA also awards annual grants to over 400 AIDS and family service organizations nationwide.

Tickets for this one-time-only performance of The Last 5 Years are priced at $45, $55 and $65, and may be purchased by calling (818) 358-2730, or by visiting www.eastwestplayers.org/BroadwayCares. The David Henry Hwang Theater is located at 120 Judge John Aiso Street in downtown Los Angeles.

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12-15-09

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