NEWS RELEASE — ROGELIO DOUGLAS, JR. WILL JOIN MANDY GONZALEZ AT CATALINA BAR & GRILL — JAN. 27 & 28 AT 8:30PM

ROGELIO DOUGLAS, JR.
SET TO JOIN
MANDY GONZALEZ
IN HER LOS ANGELES SOLO CONCERT DEBUT
”LOVE, ALL WAYS”

AT CATALINA BAR & GRILL IN HOLLYWOOD
TWO SHOWS ONLY
JANUARY 27 & 28 AT 8:30PM

Chris Isaacson Presents and Upright Cabaret have announced that Rogelio Douglas, Jr. will join native Angeleno and Broadway star Mandy Gonzalez for Love, All Ways, her Los Angeles solo concert debut. There will be two shows only on Tuesday, January 27, and Wednesday, January 28, at 8:30pm at the Catalina Bar & Grill in Hollywood.

Rogelio Douglas, Jr. is truly a quadruple threat — he acts, sings, writes songs, and dances. On Broadway, Douglas has been seen in In the Heights, The Little Mermaid, and Riverdance: The Show. His film credits include the much lauded Whiplash as well as Superfast! (to be released later this year), and television work includes appearances on Orange Is The New Black and Parks and Recreation. In August of last year Douglas appeared at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre in Broadway Under the Stars alongside fellow Broadway belters Erich Bergen, Danny Gurwin, Chad Kimball, and the legendary Jennifer Holliday.

A native of the Santa Clarita Valley, Mandy Gonzalez possesses one of the most powerful and versatile contemporary voices on Broadway. She made her Broadway debut in Dance of the Vampires and is perhaps best known for her emotional portrayal of Nina Rosario in the Tony Award-winning musical In the Heights, a role she created Off Broadway at 37 Arts. She starred as Elphaba in Wicked and Princess Amneris in Aida and played multiple roles (including John Lennon) in Lennon. Gonzalez received overwhelming critical praise and an Obie Award for her performance Off Broadway in Eli’s Comin’, a show based on the music and lyrics of Laura Nyro. Film credits include Across the Universe, After, and Man on a Ledge, and on television she has been seen on White Collar, The Good Wife, 666 Park Avenue, Third Watch, and One Life to Live.

Mandy Gonzalez’s Los Angeles solo concert debut, entitled Love, All Ways, was originally conceived as a tribute to her parents, a Mexican migrant worker and a Jewish girl from the Valley who met as pen pals during the Viet Nam War. Gonzalez’s dad, who didn’t learn to speak English until age six, would sign his letters to Gonzalez’s mom, “Love Allways.” He still spells it that way.

Mandy Gonzalez: Love, All Ways (which, along with Rogelio Douglas, Jr., will feature a special appearance by some of the Santa Clarita Valley’s top high school singers) will play two performances only at the Catalina Bar & Grill, 6725 W. Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood on Tuesday, January 27, and Wednesday, January 28, at 8:30pm. Doors open at 7pm for cocktail and dinner service (single entrée or drink minimums apply). Admission is $25, with VIP seating ($40) available, and online purchases receive priority seating. Tickets may be obtained online at www.TicketWeb.com or by phone at (866) 468-3399.

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01-26-15

Announcing: Mandy Gonzalez Joins Cast of “Rockwell” Readings in NYC, January 10 & 11

MANDY GONZALEZ JOINS
JOHN DAVIDSON, ANDRÉ DE SHIELDS, KEVIN EARLEY, SEAN
HANKINSON, NANCY OPEL, AND RYANN REDMOND
IN THE CAST OF

ROCKWELL: LIFE ON A PALETTE

A NEW MUSICAL WITH BOOK & LYRICS BY
ELEANOR ALBANO & ANTHONY BARNAO
AND MUSIC BY RON ABEL
DIRECTED BY GLENN CASALE

STAGED READINGS IN NEW YORK CITY
JANUARY 10 & 11, 2013

Mandy Gonzalez has joined the cast of Rockwell: Life on a Palette, a new musical based on Norman Rockwell’s covers for the Saturday Evening Post, which will receive staged readings in New York City on January 10 and 11, 2013. With book and lyrics by Eleanor Albano and Anthony Barnao, and music by Ron Abel, this reading of Rockwell will be directed by Glenn Casale.

On Broadway, Gonzalez has appeared in Wicked, In the Heights, Lennon, Dance of the Vampires, and Aida. She also won an Obie Award for her performance in Eli’s Coming. Gonzalez joins the previously announced John Davidson, André De Shields, Kevin Earley, Sean Hankinson, Nancy Opel, and Ryann Redmond.

Norman Rockwell’s stories transcend color and time. His work is undeniably successful by any measure … popularity, longevity, commerciality, and mass appeal. Rockwell: Life on a Palette will bring Rockwell’s stories into a brand new arena, musical theatre. From ragtime innocence through the roaring 20s, to the tap dancing 30s, World War II big band and swing, Broadway show tunes, a rousing gospel chorus, and contemporary country, Rockwell has a score that reflects the sounds of the entire 20th century.

Eleanor Albano (book & lyrics) has been a theatre marketing and advertising design consultant for regional and commercial houses in Los Angeles since 1983. Other writing credits include the stage musical It’s A Jungle Out There and the TV series The Music Shoppe, and with Dale Gonyea, the animated musical holiday fable Christmas Is For Everyone. Anthony Barnao (book & lyrics) is the founding artistic director of the highly acclaimed Blue Sphere Alliance, a Los Angeles theatre company known for presenting new work. He has directed numerous original plays, including award-winning productions of The Big Voice (moved off-Broadway), Home Sweet Hell, a hip-hop version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and In the Bargain starring Catherine Keener. Ron Abel (music) is a multi-award-winning composer, producer and musical director who has composed the scores for Bricktop, Re-Introducing Laurette Bishop, the award-winning Twist of Fate, and the upcoming Hazel. Abel has worked with Jessye Norman, Taylor Dayne, Lucie Arnaz, Michele Lee, and Valarie Pettiford, among many others.

On Broadway, Glenn Casale directed Peter Pan starring Cathy Rigby (Tony Award nomination). Off-Broadway, his work includes The Property Known as Garland, and Dragapella at Studio 54 (Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel Award nominations for Best Production). He recently directed Disney’s The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast in the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Russia. Casale is the Artistic Director of California Musical Theater in Sacramento. The January staged reading of Rockwell will also have, as part of the creative team, choreographer Patti Columbo, who has Broadway, national tour, and regional credits including Peter Pan (with Casale), Dr. Doolittle, Seussical, the Musical, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, On the Town, Can-Can, and White Christmas.

These staged readings are presented by Pisces Productions with the permission of Curtis Publishing, Inc., and Norman Rockwell Licensing Company. The stage manager is Bonnie Panson, and general management is by Bespoke Theatricals.

The staged readings of Rockwell: Life on a Palette will be on Thursday, January 10 at 4pm, and Friday, January 11 at 11am and 4pm, in New York City. For more information and reservations, email info@bespoketheatricals.com, or call (212) 221-1122, ext. 110.

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01-02-13