Coward on the Coast: eNewsletter                                                     September 23, 2014
In This Issue
Fallen Angels at North Coast Rep
Blithe Spirit at Antaeus Nov 9-10
Blithe Spirit Opens in Portland Nov 25
Love, Noël Returns to the Wallis Dec 5th
Angela Lansbury in N. American Tour of Blithe Spirit Dec 9th
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2014-2015
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Blithe Spirit

November 9-10, 2014
ClassicsFest
The Antaeus Company
5112 Lankershim Blvd.
N. Hollywood, CA 91601
818-506-5436
Directed by Nike Doukas
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North American Tour
Starring

Angela Lansbury
Directed by
Michael Blakemore

Dec 9 2014 - Jan 18 2015
Center Theatre Group Ahmanson Theatre
135 N. Grand Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
213-628-2772
 
January 20 - Feb 1, 2015
SHN Golden Gate Theatre

1 Taylor St.

San Francisco, CA 94102 888-746-1799  
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Fallen Angels

Sept 3- Oct 5, 2014
North Coast Repertory Theatre
987-D Lomas Santa Fe Dr.
Solana Beach, CA 92075
858-481-1055
Directed by
Rosina Reynolds
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June 3-28, 2015
TheatreWorks
Mountain View Center
500 Castro St
Mountain View, CA 94041
650-463-1960
Directed by Robert Kelley
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Love, Noël

December 5-21, 2014
Wallis Annenberg Center
Lovelace Studio Theater

9390 N. Santa Monica Blvd
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
310-746-4000
Directed by Jeanie Hackett

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Fall brings a bountiful harvest of shows and artists to Southern California and Oregon:  
  • Fallen Angels now at the North Coast Repertory Theatre in Solana Beach (near San Diego).
  • Blithe Spirit in November: two nights of ClassicsFest at the Antaeus Theatre in North Hollywood and a 4-week run at Artists Repertory Theatre in Portland, OR.
  • December 5th: Love, Noël returns to the Wallis Annenberg in Beverly Hills -- an enchanting cabaret, starring Harry Groener and Emily Bergl. 
  • December 9th: Blithe Spirit begins its North American tour of the Tony Award® winning production, starring Angela Lansbury as Madame Arcati, directed by Michael Blakemore, at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles.
For SF Bay Area Coward fans: season announcements for 2015 include the next venue for the North American tour of Blithe Spirit starring Angela Lansbury, in January - February at the SHN Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco; plus, Fallen Angels opens in June at TheatreWorks in Mountain View, CA.
 
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Fallen Angels
North Coast Repertory Theatre, Solana Beach, CA
September 3 - October 5, 2014
North Coast Rep Sept 2014
Fallen Angels 
Directed by Rosina Reynolds

North Coast Repertory Theatre
987 Lomas Santa Fe Dr., Suite D
Solana Beach, CA 92075
858-481-1055


Performance Schedule:
Weds               7:00 pm 

Thurs - Sat       8:00 pm

Sat - Sun         2:00 pm 

 

Cast
Joanna Strapp (Julia) and Summer Spiro (Jane).
Photo by Aaron Rumley

Joanna Strapp (Julia)

Summer Spiro (Jane)

Jacquelyn Ritz (Saunders)   

Thomas Stephen Miller (Fred) 

Jason Maddy (Willie)

Richard Baird (Maurice) 

 

Tickets:  $37 - $54    

 

 

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Blithe Spirit
The Antaeus Company, North Hollywood, CA
November 9-10, 2014
Blithe Spirit
Directed by Nike Doukas 

ClassicsFest 2014
The Antaeus Company
5112 Lankershim Blvd.
N. Hollywood, CA 91601
818-506-5436

antaeus classicsfest

Cast
   Watch for announcement in October. 

 

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Blithe Spirit
Artists Repertory Theatre, Morrison Stage, Portland, OR
November 25 - December 21, 2014
Blithe Spirit
Directed by Christopher Liam Moore

Artists Repertory Theatre
Morrison Stage 

1515 SW Morrison St.

Portland, Oregon 97205

503-241-1278

artists rep box office 

Performance Schedule  

    Previews: November 25, 26, 28

                   (No show on Thanksgiving, Nov 27) 

    Opening:  November 29 

 

    Weds - Sun    7:30 pm

    Sun               2:00 pm
    Sat, Dec 20    2:00 pm

Tickets
    $25 - 55

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Love, Noël
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
Lovelace Studio Theater, Beverly Hills, CA
December 5-21, 2014
Love, Noël:
The Letters and Songs of
  Noël Coward

Directed by Jeanie Hackett

Lovelace Studio Theater
Wallis Annenberg Center

9390 N. Santa Monica Blvd
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
310-746-4000

  

Wallis Annenberg box office 

      

Performance Schedule   

    Previews: December 4 and 5

    Opening:  December 6

 

    Thurs - Sat    8:30 pm

    Sat               3:30 pm
    Sun              2:30 pm

 

Tickets 

     $54-70 

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Following a sold-out engagement last season, Love, Noël - a cabaret performance, based on Barry Day's book The Letters of Noël Coward and featuring songs by Coward - returns to the Lovelace Studio Theatre at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills.    

 

Starring Harry Groener (Broadway's Crazy for You, Cats, and Oklahoma!) as Noël Coward and Emily Bergl ("Shameless," "Desperate Housewives," and "Southland") as many of the women who influenced Coward's work - his dearest friends, co-stars, and muses, including Violet Coward (his mother), Gertrude Lawrence, Garbo, and Marlene Dietrich. 

   

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Angela Lansbury as Madame Arcati
Blithe Spirit

North American Tour Opens in Los Angeles at the Ahmanson Theatre
December 9, 2014 - January 18, 2015
Blithe Spirit
Directed by Michael Blakemore

Ahmanson Theatre
Center Theatre Group (CTG)

135 N. Grand Ave.

Los Angeles, CA 90012

213-628-2772  

 

CTG box office 

 

Following the internationally acclaimed sold-out engagements on Broadway and London's West End, theatre legend, Oscar-recipient, and five-time Tony Award® winner Angela Lansbury returns to the stage in December in her Tony Award® winning role as Madame Arcati. 

In 2015, this North American Tour of Blithe Spirit will continue on to San Francisco, Toronto, and Washington, DC.



For more information, see:   blithespirittheplay 

 

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Cheers,

Kathy Williams
U.S. West Coast Liaison
The Noël Coward Society