You`ll never go hungry here
... attracts hundreds of thousands each season. From daytime programs especially for young children to family friendly evening performances of classical music, jazz, ethnic music and dance, ballet, Shakespeare, musical theatre, popular concert artists, films and more, this is Houston’s best entertainmen ...
... attracts hundreds of thousands each season. From daytime programs especially for young children to family friendly evening performances of classical music, jazz, ethnic music and dance, ballet, Shakespeare, musical theatre, popular concert artists, films and more, this is Houston’s best entertainmen ...
June 18 performance at 8:30 pm
... attracts hundreds of thousands each season. From daytime programs especially for young children to family friendly evening performances of classical music, jazz, ethnic music and dance, ballet, Shakespeare, musical theatre, popular concert artists, films and more, this is Houston’s best entertainmen ...
... attracts hundreds of thousands each season. From daytime programs especially for young children to family friendly evening performances of classical music, jazz, ethnic music and dance, ballet, Shakespeare, musical theatre, popular concert artists, films and more, this is Houston’s best entertainmen ...
Death of a Salesman - Belvoir St Theatre
... Death of a Salesman is one of the finest plays of the modern canon. Written by Arthur Miller in 1949 it won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play. It is widely seen as Miller’s indictment of capitalism and the American Dream. Yet at its heart, Death of a Salesman is the story ...
... Death of a Salesman is one of the finest plays of the modern canon. Written by Arthur Miller in 1949 it won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play. It is widely seen as Miller’s indictment of capitalism and the American Dream. Yet at its heart, Death of a Salesman is the story ...
for an e-program of this performance with cast bios and an interview
... The initial ‘casting’ decision was entirely subjective, based on which voices I could imitate best and which play I was performing in at the time. Despite countless suggestions since then, I still haven’t found a better fit. I find it somewhat poetic that in Homer’s hands, Macbeth’s vaulting ambitio ...
... The initial ‘casting’ decision was entirely subjective, based on which voices I could imitate best and which play I was performing in at the time. Despite countless suggestions since then, I still haven’t found a better fit. I find it somewhat poetic that in Homer’s hands, Macbeth’s vaulting ambitio ...
- Pittsburgh Playhouse
... Featuring gospel music, McCraney’s stirring drama explores race, gender and other issues among members of a prestigious boys prep school’s beloved a capella choir. “Believe the buzz. Choir Boy, the small but mighty coming-of-age play by Tarell Alvin McCraney deserves its kudos,” wrote The New York D ...
... Featuring gospel music, McCraney’s stirring drama explores race, gender and other issues among members of a prestigious boys prep school’s beloved a capella choir. “Believe the buzz. Choir Boy, the small but mighty coming-of-age play by Tarell Alvin McCraney deserves its kudos,” wrote The New York D ...
August 2014 Performance Calendar at Miller Outdoor Theatre in
... nights at Hollywood's Pantages Theater. The movie, notable for being the first made entirely using digital audio techniques, is as relevant and rockin’ today as it was 30 years ago. Directed by Jonathan Demme. Presented by Miller Outdoor Theatre ...
... nights at Hollywood's Pantages Theater. The movie, notable for being the first made entirely using digital audio techniques, is as relevant and rockin’ today as it was 30 years ago. Directed by Jonathan Demme. Presented by Miller Outdoor Theatre ...
Silver Lake Children's Theatre Group
The Silver Lake Children's Theatre Group (SCTG) - an incorporated 501(c) 3 organization - provides dramatic training and major productions for young people 7–18 years old.Their self-described mission is to harness the power of the theater to develop critical thinking and self-confidence, as well as to engage the imagination. Their plays and programs are designed to encourage and nurture young talent while broadening their awareness of culture, politics, aesthetics and the human condition. The role of parents and the community is a vital element of the SCTG philosophy and program.Described as ""smart theater for children"" by the Los Angeles Times, the SCTG continues to present productions which push the boundaries of traditional children's theater in terms of complex ideas, themes, characters and staging. Nearly all plays are original productions co-written by the students through its Writing Mentorship Program.HISTORYThe Silver Lake Children's Theatre Group is the descendant of a theater company based at the Hollywood-Los Feliz Jewish Community Center (HLFJCC) in Silver Lake, California. The original company began in the mid-90's and produced one spring play a year, usually a well-known Broadway musical. Productions included Guys And Dolls, Fiddler On The Roof and The Music Man. Loanne Hamrin and Trish Boyer helmed the group in the late 90's, directly preceding the birth of the SCTG. Hamrin, a distinguished professional actress, brought her love of musicals and theatrical experience to her direction of the plays. Her good friend, Silver Lake architect Boyer, served as Assistant Director and together they choreographed and produced the plays. In the spring of 2000, their final production, Show Crazy was an original vehicle about ""a-small-theater-company-who-could"", which allowed Hamrin and Boyer to feature some of their favorite Broadway songs. Mark McCracken and Broderick Miller a local actor/comedian and a screenwriter respectively, co-authored the play.Hamrin announced her retirement from the theatre group following Show Crazy and with no one to direct the plays, the program was in danger of shutting down. Miller, a member of the HLFJCC board, volunteered to helm the theatre group for no fee because his six-year-old daughter, Izzy, had such a great experience performing in Show Crazy.The timing was serendipitous. Just a few weeks earlier, Miller had taken his young daughters to a performance of Babes In Toyland at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, California and he was appalled at how pandering the show was to its young audience. The thought crossed his mind, “if I ever ran a children’s theatre group, we would do smart shows.” So when the children’s theatre opportunity presented itself a few weeks later, he felt the call.Although Miller was the godson of Academy Award-winning actor Broderick Crawford, he found a mentor and second father in British stage and film director Lindsay Anderson. As a result, Miller was schooled in Anderson’s primary influences, Anton Chekhov, Bertolt Brecht, Jean Vigo, Humphrey Jennings and U.S. filmmaker John Ford. “Sentiment without sentimentality” was Anderson’s creative mantra which Miller brought to the SCTG along with his own love for the works of John Irving, David Mamet, Tennessee Williams, Tom Stoppard and Edward Albee. Miller’s plays were unusual for a children’s theatre company because they featured sophisticated adult-like dialogue while tackling humanist and provocative themes.Miller wrote and directed the first play under his stewardship, a comedy-musical titled Stay Awake! in the spring of 2001. The whimsical story centered on Paula, a 12-year-old girl too busy watching TV and playing video games to read books. Events sweep her into a world where each land is represented by a different classic book. Tracy wanders through 14 book “lands” (Little Women, Moby Dick, Harry Potter, The Grapes of Wrath, Dracula, Eloise, etc.), encountering the colorful characters from each story. While searching for a way home, she also discovers the joys of literature. Each scene also featured a contemporary song which commented on the action. These ranged from Heidi singing “River Deep, Mountain High” to Mary Poppins losing in love and singing “Nothing Compares 2U.”The show was popular and the success emboldened Miller and his creative partners Brian Davis, Sandi Silbert and Mark Feldman, to create the Silver Lake Children’s Theatre Group as an official 501(c) 3 non-profit theatre company. Within two years the SCTG expanded to two productions a year (fall and spring) and continue to this day offering complex and challenging productions for kids. The SCTG believes that children respond to smart material and sees its productions as a means for its young actors and writers to explore the human condition while building community.THEATER PRODUCTIONSEach year the SCTG presents spring and fall productions generated from original material created within the company. The shows widely vary in their genres and staging, ranging from dramas and comedies to musicals and cabaret. Themes are equally divergent and typically explore how a teenager relates to the world and how the world relates to them. “The quintessential SCTG play,” says Miller, “is a search for wisdom with bittersweet results.”In addition to exploring provocative themes, the SCTG pursues unique methods of staging. In their comedy Dumb White Crackers, for example, the cast was required to learn every role in the show. Just before the show went on, the audience randomly selected which actors would play which roles. Not only was this a powerful exercise in trust and commitment, but the experience tightly bonded the cast. Similar experimental shows include Havana (“living theatre” - where the audience follows the actors from room to room throughout the play.); Love and Hate (the play was first presented as a comedy; then at intermission the audience took seats on stage while the cast performed exactly the same play as a comedy in the seats); Teatro Della Morte (a cabaret-like show performed in a circus tent inspired by the professional Seattle-based troupe Teatro Zinzanni – whose performers actually conducted a workshop with SCTG students); and several others.All plays written and directed by Broderick Miller except where indicated.2001 Stay Awake!2001 O Lucky Girl!2002 Cheyenne (original play written by Liz Tucillo, adapted for children's theatre by Broderick Miller)2003 The Puzzle People2003 Spamelot (written by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones & Michael Palin; adapted by Broderick Miller)2004 Attack of the Killer Kids2005 The Community Producers 2005 Buy America (written by Phoebe Minette & Broderick Miller)2005 The Rocke (written by Ivy Hammond and Broderick Miller)2005 The Window2006 Killing Time at the Rothrottens (written and directed by Mark McCracken)2006 Free Will (written by Phoebe Minette & Broderick Miller)2006 Thunderboard (written by Robert Goldberg & Broderick Miller/directed by Montana Mills)2006 Love And Hate (written by Lindsey Horowitz & Broderick Miller)2007 Evil Schmeevil (written and directed by Mark McCracken)2007 Havana (written by Robert Goldberg, Lindsey Horowitz, Phoebe Minette, Tess Whittlesey & Broderick Miller)2007 Turbulence (written by Olivia Russin & Broderick Miller/directed by Ellie Bensinger)2007 Dumb White Crackers2008 Teatro Della Morte (written by Ellie Bensinger & Broderick Miller)2008 Hellth Care (written by Riley Smith & Broderick Miller/directed by Olivia Russin)2008 The Color and the Noise2009 The Rogues2009 Significant Others (written and directed by Mark McCracken)200