Ramona Keller & more Set for Public Theater’s Party People, Directed by Tony Nominee Liesl Tommy

 

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Via Theatermanina.com

Casting is set for the Public Theater premiere of Party People, running November 1-December 4. Written by Mildred Ruiz-Sapp, Steven Sapp, and William Ruiz aka Ninja of the troupe Universes, it is directed and developed by Liesl Tommy and choreographed by Millicent Johnnie.

Along with its writers, the production will feature Oberon K.A. Adjepong, Michael Elich, Gizel Jimenez, Ramona Keller, Christopher Livingston, Jesse J. Perez, Sophia Ramos, Robynn Rodriguez, and Horace V. Rogers.

Party People features scenic and lighting design by Marcus Doshi, costume design by Meg Neville, sound design and vocal direction by Broken Chord, music composition by Universes and Broken Chord, projection design by Sven Ortel, and hair and wig design by Cookie Jordan.

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Jake Gyllenhaal Will Make Musical Debut in Encores! LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

I am super excited that Jake Gyllenhaal and Chuck Cooper will be joining us in the production of ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ at City Center in July!

 

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by BWW News Desk

Jake Gyllenhaal, Chuck Cooper and Taran Killam will join the previously announced Ellen Greene in the Encores! Off-Center concert production ofHoward Ashman and Alan Menken’s Little Shop of Horrors, running July 1-2, 2015. NOTE: A third performance has been added at 2pm on Thursday, July 2 in order to meet ticket demand. The production will be directed by Dick Scanlan, with choreography by Patricia Wilcox. Jeanine Tesori is the Artistic Director of Encores! Off-Center, and Chris Fenwick is Music Director. The show will mark the musical theater debuts of both Gyllenhaal and Killam.

Little Shop of Horrors is a sci-fi musical about Seymour Krelborn (Jake Gyllenhaal), a hapless florist shop worker who pursues a doomed romance with his ditzy, lovable co-worker Audrey (Ellen Greene) by acquiring an R&B-singing plant (Chuck Cooper) that feeds on human blood. The production also stars Taran Killam as Audrey’s sadistic dentist boyfriend Orin Scrivello. An R&B girl group, The Urchins, provides commentary on the action and will feature Tracy Nicole Chapman, Marva Hicks and Ramona Keller. Little Shop is based on Roger Corman’s 1960 black comedyfilm by the same name. With book and lyrics by Howard Ashman and music by Alan Menken, the show premiered Off-Off-Broadway in 1982 before moving Off-Broadway to the Orpheum Theatre, where it played 2,209 performances, winning the Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Drama Critics’ Circle Awards for Best Musical. It was revived on Broadway in 2003, playing 372 performances at the Virginia Theatre.

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‘The Radio’ to join Ellen Greene in Little Shop for 1 Nite Only!

‘The Radio’ to join Ellen Greene

 In Little Shop 

 

for 1 Nite Only!

 

‘The Radio’ to join Ellen Greene in Little Shop for 1 Nite Only!

Ellen Greene to Re-create Her Audreyin Encores! Off-Center'sLittle Shop of Horrors                                                                                                       
By David Gordon • TheaterMania.com

Ellen Greene as Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors.

 

 

Ellen Greene will reprise her legendary performance as Audrey when Little Shop of Horrors (musical) returns for a one-night-only concert as part of the 2015 Encores! Off-Center season at New York City Center.

Directed by Dick Scanlan, the July 1 show will also star Caroline, or Change‘s Tracy Nicole Chapman, Marva Hicks and Ramona Keller as the Urchins. Full casting for the Alan Menken-Howard Ashman musical, which tells the story of a lowly florist who acquires an alien plant that feeds on human blood, will be announced in the coming months.

Guest Appearance at the Metropolitan Room 4/21/14

GUEST APPEARANCE AT METROPOLITAN ROOM 4/21/14

 

 

On this coming Monday, April 21, 2014, I’ll be joining my friend Darryl Jovan Williams for a guest appearance at the Metropolitan Room. He is a very talented singer and always gives a stellar performance. Hope to see you there!

  • Where: Metropolitan Room                                                                                  34 WEST 22ND ST., NEW YORK, NY 10010 PHONE: 212.206.0440
  • When : Monday, Apr 21, 2014 9:30 PM (Doors open at 9:00 PM )
  • Ticket Price : $20.00 – $115.00
  • Door Time: 9:00 PM
  • Restrictions: 2 Beverage Minimum