Pasadena Playhouse this week announced that Academy Award-nominated writer and actress Nia Vardalos will reprise the role of Sugar in the Playhouse production of “Tiny Beautiful Things.” Vardalos originated the role of Sugar at The Public Theater under the direction of Thomas Kail. She also created the stage adaptation of “Tiny Beautiful Things” based on…
EDITOR’S PICK Americana Festival at Arcadia Performing Arts Center, July 21 from 5 – 9 p.m. (188 Campus Dr., Arcadia, CA 91007). There will be barbecue, raffles, bubbles, bingo, games and prizes, crafts, and a concert featuring Knott’s Berry Farm’s famous Krazy Kirk and The Hillbillies who play favorite songs from the Beatles, Elvis Presley,…
“Native Gardens” and “The Woman in Black” Tickets are on sale for two plays new to Los Angeles at the Pasadena Playhouse, the State Theater of California. “Native Gardens,” a new comedy by Karen Zacarías and directed by Jason Alexander will be staged from Sept. 5 through 30. The production of the West End’s reining…
By Fran Syverson Whose story is it? When a life-story is written, who can claim it as theirs—the person who lived it?—or the one who wrote it? For Shelita Burns, this becomes a career-shaking question. As a New York editor, she has been featuring a series of autobiographies of African-American women whose stories, she feels,…
