Coward on the Coast: eNewsletter                                                     March 8, 2014
In This Issue
A Song at Twilight debuts March 18 at Pasadena Playhouse
Cast announced for The Vortex - Malibu Playhouse in April
Last 2 weeks for Brief Encounter at The Wallis Annenberg
Kudos for Love, Noël
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2014 

Brief Encounter
Feb 15 - March 23, 2014
Directed by Emma Rice

Love, No�l
February 14 - 23, 2014
Directed by Jeanie Hackett

The Wallis Annenberg Center for Perf. Arts
9390 N Santa Monica Blvd
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
310-746-4000

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A Song at Twilight
March 18 - April 13, 2014
Pasadena Playhouse
39 S. El Molino Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91101
626-356-7529
Directed by Art Manke

The Vortex
April 11 - May 18, 2014
Malibu Playhouse

29243 Pacific Coast Hwy
Malibu, CA 90265
(310) 589-1998

Directed by Gene Franklin Smith 



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Maybe It's Something to Do With Spring
Are you ready to see the more serious side of Coward?  Of course, there is witty dialogue in each play, but two upcoming March/April productions in Los Angeles take a dramatic turn.

Opening at Pasadena Playhouse on March 23rd,
A Song at Twilight, directed by Art Manke.  Malibu Playhouse announces the cast for The Vortex, coming April 11th.

Praise for the Kneehigh/Emma Rice adaptation of Brief Encounter, which plays for two more weeks in Beverly Hills -- through March 23rd at The Wallis -- and for Barry Day's charming Valentine cabaret, Love, No�l, directed by Jeanie Hackett.
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A Song at Twilight
Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena, CA
March 18 - April 13, 2014
A Song at Twilight   
Directed by Art Manke 

Pasadena Playhouse
39 South El Molino Avenue 
Pasadena, CA 91101
626-356-7529
Performance Schedule:

Tuesdays thru Fridays  8:00 pm

Saturdays                   4:00 pm and 8:00 pm

Sundays                     2:00 pm and 7:00 pm

 


Tickets:  

Debut week: March 18 - March 22      $26 to $100

Performances after March 23              $34 to $100

 

* Press opening, Sunday, March 23

 

Cast

Bruce Davison (Sir Hugo Latymer)

Sharon Lawrence (Carlotta)

Roxanne Hart (Hilde)

 

With A Song at Twilight as the seventh of Noel Coward's plays on his resume - including the American premiere of Star Quality - director Art Manke has earned the nickname, "L.A.'s Coward specialist" from the Los Angeles Times. His recent hit revival of Coward's Fallen Angels broke box office records at the Pasadena Playhouse, and transferred for an extended run at Laguna Playhouse.

 

Manke commented, "Despite several decades of audiences roaring with laughter at his plays, No�l Coward was often the target of critics who found his work to be thin, at best. With his final play, A Song at Twilight, he had the last laugh and proved that in addition to the usual sparklingly witty dialogue, he could craft characters of great depth and pathos."

 

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The Vortex
Malibu Playhouse, Malibu, CA
April 11 - May 18, 2014

Malibu Playhouse

29243 Pacific Coast Hwy
Malibu, CA 90265
310-589-1998

malibuplayhouse.org 

 

 

Special Theatre Info
Near Zuma Beach, between Kanan-Dume Road and Morning View Drive, near Heathercliff Road.  

Gated parking for 50 vehicles.

Reservations
323-960-7711   

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Cast

Shannon Holt
Craig Robert Young

 

Craig Robert Young (Nicky Lancaster)

Shannon Holt    (Florence Lancaster)

 

Will Carney  (David Lancaster)

Victoria Hoffman  (Helen)

Daniel Jimenez  (Tom Veryan)

Skye LaFontaine (Bunty Mainwaring)

Cameron Mitchell, Jr.  (Pawnie)

 

 

 

For bios and photos for all cast members, see the Malibu Playhouse website .

   

 

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No�l Coward's Brief Encounter
Bram Goldsmith Theater - Wallis Annenberg Center - Beverly Hills
February 15 - March 23, 2014

Brief Encounter1

Brief Encounter
Adapted & Directed by Emma Rice

Bram Goldsmith Theater

Wallis Annenberg Center for the 

   Performing Arts

9390 N. Santa Monica Blvd.

Beverly Hills, CA 90210

310-746-4000

thewallis.org 

 

Performance Schedule: 

February 15 - March 23, 2014

  

Tues - Fri     8:00 pm

Saturdays  3:00 pm and 8:00 pm 

Sundays     2:00 pm and 7:00 pm 

 

* Press Opening Weds, 

   February 19    8:00 pm

 

Tickets

Previews: Feb 15-18                    $49.00 - $89.00 

Performances: Feb 20 - Mar 23     $59.00 - $129.00  

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Direct from England, the celebrated Kneehigh Theatre production of
Brief Encounter -- a smash hit in San Francisco in 2009 and world-wide -- made its LA premiere at the Bram Goldsmith Theater in The Wallis Annenberg Center in Beverly Hills.  Just two weeks left for you to see this acclaimed show in Los Angeles. 

 

From Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, Feb. 20, 2014:   

 

If you love the movie (and what emotionally sentient human being doesn't?), you'll surely get a kick out of Kneehigh's ingenious homage.      

 

Adapter/Director Emma Rice takes you back to an era of romance and the silver screen.  The production, which The New York Times hailed as "The most enchanting work of stagecraft ever inspired by a movie", blends theater and film, using a combination of No�l Coward's original stage play Still Life and Coward's own screenplay for the classic 1945 British film Brief Encounter, directed by David Lean.

 

Led by Hannah Elland and Jim Sturgeon, the Broadway Cast of Brief Encounter will appear at The Wallis, including New York cast members Joe Alessi, Dorothy Atkinson, Damon Daunno, and Annette Laughlin.  Musician David Brown appeared in the show in the UK, and musician James Gow joins the company for The Wallis engagement.

 

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Kudos for Love, No�l: The Letters and Songs of No�l Coward
Lovelace Studio Theatre - Wallis Annenberg Center - Beverly Hills
February 14 - 23, 2014
Judy Kuhn
John Glover

 

            

Love, No�l:

The Letters and Songs of

No�l Coward

 

Devised & written by Barry Day 

Directed by Jeanie Hackett

Starring Judy Kuhn & John Glover

 

 

 

 

Lovelace Studio Theatre 

Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

9390 N. Santa Monica Blvd 

Beverly Hills, CA 90210

310-746-4000  

thewallis.org 

 

From the blog of Jay Weston, on Feb 19th in the Huff Post Los Angeles:

 

Who would have dreamed that the best nightclub performance I have ever seen in Beverly Hills would happen at the new Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts? Yes, someone had the brilliant idea to take the smaller Lovelace Studio theater at The Wallis and turn it into a cabaret for two brilliant performers to act and sing in. (The venue actually offers to sell drinks and snacks before the show and during the intermission. So civilized, to sip a cocktail while enjoying the show.)  

 

Love Noel: The Letters and Songs of No�l Coward, has opened for several performances, mostly sold out. May I suggest to Ms. Lou Moore, the dynamic Executive Director of The Wallis, that they reschedule this show for a return engagement, 'cause it is utterly delightful, full of juicy gossip, snappy banter and Coward's candid humor.

 

Let's hope Ms. Moore takes Mr. Weston's suggestion to heart, and we see more Coward cabaret in Beverly Hills.

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Cheers,

Kathy Williams
U.S. West Coast Liaison
The No�l Coward Society