Part of the radio theater series "The Play’s The Thing," the live performances will be recorded for future radio broadcast. The rotating cast also features Carl Capotorto ("The Sopranos"), Paul Feig (creator of "Freaks and Geeks"), Dana Gould (producer of "The Simpsons"), Jason Kravits ("The Practice"), Taylor Negron ("The Last Boy Scout"), Sandra Tsing Loh (Sugar Plum Fairy), Ann Magnuson ("Wanda at Large"), Jim Turner (HBO's "Arli$$"), Matt Walsh ("Old School") and other surprise guests.
Television personality Annabelle Gurwitch ("Dinner and a Movie," "Not Necessarily the News"), whose stage credits Joe and Betty, Uncommon Women and Others, talks of being fired by her idol Woody Allen during rehearsals of the Off-Broadway staging of Writer's Block. "After writing and performing a piece about the experience, many others were inspired to tell their tales," promotional materials explain.
The original one-night presentation of the work at Second Stage Theatre featured Craig Bierko (The Music Man), Tonya Pinkins (Caroline, or Change), Eric Simonson (The Capeman), Ron Orbach (The Producers) and Fisher Stevens (The Exonerated) all spinning their tales of woe and sudden unemployment. So popular was the event, that it returned two months later for a week of additional performances.
Upcoming performances in "The Play’s the Thing" series include Christopher Nixon's new translation of Antigone (April 6-10), Arthur Miller's The Ride Down Mt. Morgan with Marsha Mason (May 11-15), Nilo Cruz's Anna in the Tropics (June 15-19) and a play to be announced (July 13-17).
L.A.T.W.'s nationally syndicated radio show "The Play's The Thing" series is performed live at the Skirball Cultural Center. All performances are recorded for future broadcast to cities including Boston, Seattle, Santa Fe as well as on XM Satellite radio. The two-hour radio broadcasts include special backstage features and interviews with actors, playwrights, and directors. The L.A. Theatre Works Audio Theatre Collection is available in the Playbill On-Line store at www.playbillstore.com. For tickets to any of "The Play's The Thing" series productions at the Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Boulevard, in L.A., CA, call the L.A. Theatre Works' Box Office at (310) 827-0889. For more information, visit www.latw.org.
