<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" > <channel> <title>George Bernard Shaw Archives - Cultural Attaché</title> <atom:link href="https://culturalattache.co/tag/george-bernard-shaw/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://culturalattache.co/tag/george-bernard-shaw/</link> <description>The Guide to Arts and Culture events in and around Los Angeles</description> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2022 13:32:34 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2</generator> <item> <title>On the Stage Where Sam Simahk Lives</title> <link>https://culturalattache.co/2022/01/11/on-the-stage-where-sam-simahk-lives/</link> <comments>https://culturalattache.co/2022/01/11/on-the-stage-where-sam-simahk-lives/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Craig Byrd]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2022 22:30:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Performers: Close-Up]]></category> <category><![CDATA[What's Hot]]></category> <category><![CDATA[George Bernard Shaw]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Guys and Dolls]]></category> <category><![CDATA[My Fair Lady]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Oklahoma!]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pygmalion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sam Simahk]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Segerstrom Center for the Arts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sweeney Todd]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://culturalattache.co/?p=15702</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>"Yes, you can be an actor and you don't have to play a guy that works at a Chinese laundry. You can be a prince, you can be a cowboy, you can be a rich boy from Upper Class England."</p> <p>The post <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2022/01/11/on-the-stage-where-sam-simahk-lives/">On the Stage Where Sam Simahk Lives</a> appeared first on <a href="https://culturalattache.co">Cultural Attaché</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Sam-Simahk-Photo-by-Billy-Bustamante-Courtesy-SamSimahk.com_-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-15710" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Sam-Simahk-Photo-by-Billy-Bustamante-Courtesy-SamSimahk.com_-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Sam-Simahk-Photo-by-Billy-Bustamante-Courtesy-SamSimahk.com_-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Sam-Simahk-Photo-by-Billy-Bustamante-Courtesy-SamSimahk.com_-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Sam-Simahk-Photo-by-Billy-Bustamante-Courtesy-SamSimahk.com_-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Sam-Simahk-Photo-by-Billy-Bustamante-Courtesy-SamSimahk.com_-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Sam-Simahk-Photo-by-Billy-Bustamante-Courtesy-SamSimahk.com_-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Sam-Simahk-Photo-by-Billy-Bustamante-Courtesy-SamSimahk.com_-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Sam-Simahk-Photo-by-Billy-Bustamante-Courtesy-SamSimahk.com_.jpg 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Sam Simahk (Photo by Billy Bustamante/Courtesy Samsimahk.com)</figcaption></figure></div> <p>There’s an old saying that there are no small roles, only small actors. But sometimes the right combination of actor and role, regardless of size, can have ripple effects that extend beyond the stage itself and into the real world. Enter Sam Simahk. </p> <p>He’s currently playing the role of Freddy Eynsford-Hill in the touring production of <em>My Fair Lady</em>. The show, which is currently playing at the <a href="https://www.scfta.org/events/2022/my-fair-lady" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Segerstrom Center for the Arts</a> in Costa Mesa, continues across the United States through August.</p> <p>Hill is a character who is immediately smitten with Eliza Doolittle in the musical. Though he’s upper-class and Eliza is a cockney flower girl being groomed by Professor Henry Higgins to present as well above her status, Hill can’t help but want to spend every possible moment on the street where she lives. </p> <p>As with all the actors who have played this role in the 2018 Broadway revival, Simahk represents a departure from traditional casting of the role. He told me just before the holidays his mother is “a New Englander with lineage on the Mayflower. And my dad is an immigrant from Thailand.” </p> <p>The last thing he thought he’d do is play roles traditionally portrayed by white actors.</p> <p>“I came out of college thinking I’m going to be cast in <em>The King and I</em> and <em>Miss Saigon</em>. And here are the other ethnicities that I can pretend to be on stage: I can probably play Latino. I can maybe play Italian. Maybe Middle Eastern – this is the frame of mind that I had coming into the industry and now things are flipped on their head. People are actively trying to cast nontraditionally and trying to to cast with diversity in mind. Granted, we’re making baby steps.”</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Sam-Simahk-in-22Oklahoma22-Photo-by-Melissa-Taylor-Courtesy-Theatre-Under-the-Stars-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-15708" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Sam-Simahk-in-22Oklahoma22-Photo-by-Melissa-Taylor-Courtesy-Theatre-Under-the-Stars-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Sam-Simahk-in-22Oklahoma22-Photo-by-Melissa-Taylor-Courtesy-Theatre-Under-the-Stars-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Sam-Simahk-in-22Oklahoma22-Photo-by-Melissa-Taylor-Courtesy-Theatre-Under-the-Stars-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Sam-Simahk-in-22Oklahoma22-Photo-by-Melissa-Taylor-Courtesy-Theatre-Under-the-Stars-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Sam-Simahk-in-22Oklahoma22-Photo-by-Melissa-Taylor-Courtesy-Theatre-Under-the-Stars-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Sam-Simahk-in-22Oklahoma22-Photo-by-Melissa-Taylor-Courtesy-Theatre-Under-the-Stars-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Sam-Simahk-in-22Oklahoma22-Photo-by-Melissa-Taylor-Courtesy-Theatre-Under-the-Stars-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Sam-Simahk-in-22Oklahoma22-Photo-by-Melissa-Taylor-Courtesy-Theatre-Under-the-Stars.jpg 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Sam Simahk in “Oklahoma!” (Photo by Melissa Taylor/Courtesy Theatre Under the Stars”)</figcaption></figure></div> <p>Simahk’s timing couldn’t have been better. He’s been cast as Curly in <em>Oklahoma!</em>, Sky Masterson in <em>Guys and Dolls</em> and Anthony Hope in <em>Sweeney Todd</em>. </p> <p>“Even if I’m from the backwoods of Massachusetts personality-wise, I’m more like Curly than the King of Siam. I have more of a cultural understanding of what it’s like to be Curly. I have cattle ropers in the family, for instance. So even though I understand that experience, casting directors 10-15 years ago, were not thinking that I had that experience because of the way that I looked. And audiences don’t expect me to have that experience, you know? But things are changing and I’m just so glad to be able to tackle that.”</p> <p>He’s also tackling what might best be described as his character’s inherent creepiness, at least as judged by contemporary standards.</p> <p>“In the post MeToo era I think it’s very tricky to have a guy waiting outside of a girl’s house for months. In the ’50s that was romantic. In today’s society it is creepy and weird. So how do you approach it? I think if you approach that purely through romantic means, if it comes from a genuine naivete and a sweetness, it softens the stalker-ism a little bit.”</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe title=""On the Street Where You Live" | My Fair Lady National Tour" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z66ASB8mjRk?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p>Simahk believes it is best to approach a work like this from multiple perspectives.</p> <p>“When it comes to the classics I think you have to look at it through three different lenses. The first is the literal. I think when most people see a show, they’re thinking they see it in a literal sense. We’re in 1913 London and there was a cockney flower girl who meets a professor of linguistics. This is the story that comes out and that’s literal. I think you have to view it through the lens from which it was written – 1956 New York. What’s going on at that point? Women have the right to vote, but they’re still not allowed in the workplace. And so that that comes out of that period. Then the third lens to look at it through is the lens through which it’s produced currently. I think it’s important to bring back these works that have a good amount of misogyny baked into them because of the culture that they came from. We view the way that we’ve changed as a society and the ways that we haven’t changed as a society. We need to think about how often are we Henry Higgins? And how often are we Eliza? And when can we be more like Pickering or Freddy?”</p> <p>An additional way Simahk looks at it is how younger audiences might view him in this role and what that might mean to them.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Sam-Simahk-and-company-in-22Guys-and-Dolls22-Sounds22-Photo-by-Samuel-W.-Flint-Courtesy-Virginia-Stage-Company-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-15711" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Sam-Simahk-and-company-in-22Guys-and-Dolls22-Sounds22-Photo-by-Samuel-W.-Flint-Courtesy-Virginia-Stage-Company-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Sam-Simahk-and-company-in-22Guys-and-Dolls22-Sounds22-Photo-by-Samuel-W.-Flint-Courtesy-Virginia-Stage-Company-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Sam-Simahk-and-company-in-22Guys-and-Dolls22-Sounds22-Photo-by-Samuel-W.-Flint-Courtesy-Virginia-Stage-Company-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Sam-Simahk-and-company-in-22Guys-and-Dolls22-Sounds22-Photo-by-Samuel-W.-Flint-Courtesy-Virginia-Stage-Company-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Sam-Simahk-and-company-in-22Guys-and-Dolls22-Sounds22-Photo-by-Samuel-W.-Flint-Courtesy-Virginia-Stage-Company-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Sam-Simahk-and-company-in-22Guys-and-Dolls22-Sounds22-Photo-by-Samuel-W.-Flint-Courtesy-Virginia-Stage-Company-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Sam-Simahk-and-company-in-22Guys-and-Dolls22-Sounds22-Photo-by-Samuel-W.-Flint-Courtesy-Virginia-Stage-Company-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Sam-Simahk-and-company-in-22Guys-and-Dolls22-Sounds22-Photo-by-Samuel-W.-Flint-Courtesy-Virginia-Stage-Company.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Sam Simahk and company in “Guys and Dolls” (Photo by Samuel W. Flint/Courtesy Virginia Stage Company)</figcaption></figure></div> <p>“Some nights I look out and there’s an Asian family sitting in the front row with little kids and it just makes me really proud to be up there. This is good representation to show a kid – a kid who loved doing theater. Yes, you can be an actor and you don’t have to play a guy that works at a Chinese laundry. You can be a prince, you can be a cowboy, you can be a rich boy from Upper Class England. You don’t have to adhere to these stereotypes that have been set up for us for 100 years and more. </p> <p>“That’s great for the kids, but I also think it’s necessary for the adults and for the country to see us on stage. To see black, brown, yellow, red, see people of all colors on stage and remind people that we are a part of the fabric of this country as well.”</p> <p>George Bernard Shaw, whose play <em>Pygmalion</em> inspired <em>My Fair Lady</em>, said, “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” It’s a concept with which Simahk whole-heartedly agrees as he pursues not just a career, but a better industry.</p> <p>“We all have flaws and I think we all try to be better. I think we all need to work at that. We all need to fight the demons and we all have demons of some sort. We all need to fight those demons because the world changes and the world adapts. And if we don’t adapt with it, then we die. I think that if every individual worked harder at adapting to a changing world then society would work along with those individuals. I don’t think that I’m perfect. I think I’m an incredibly flawed human being, but I try and fight those flaws as much as I can. I try and recognize them and give them space. Then I push past them – I hope to push past them. That’s all any of us can hope for.”</p> <p>For details and tickets for the <em>My Fair Lady</em> national tour, please go <a href="https://www.myfairladyontour.com/#tour-container" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> <p>Photo: Sam Simahk in <em>My Fair Lady</em> (Photo by Joan Marcus/Courtesy Segerstrom Center for the Arts)</p> <p>The post <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2022/01/11/on-the-stage-where-sam-simahk-lives/">On the Stage Where Sam Simahk Lives</a> appeared first on <a href="https://culturalattache.co">Cultural Attaché</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://culturalattache.co/2022/01/11/on-the-stage-where-sam-simahk-lives/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>The Pygmalion Effect</title> <link>https://culturalattache.co/2019/05/20/the-pygmalion-effect/</link> <comments>https://culturalattache.co/2019/05/20/the-pygmalion-effect/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Craig Byrd]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2019 14:30:35 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Dance: At the Barre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Boris Eifman]]></category> <category><![CDATA[George Bernard Shaw]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Greek Mythology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Johann Strauss Jr]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lerner & Loewe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[My Fair Lady]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Segerstrom Hall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Pygmalion Effect]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://culturalattache.co/?p=5574</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Segerstrom Hall<br /> <br /> May 24th - May 26th</p> <p>The post <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2019/05/20/the-pygmalion-effect/">The Pygmalion Effect</a> appeared first on <a href="https://culturalattache.co">Cultural Attaché</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We all know that George Bernard Shaw’s <em>Pygmalion</em> was the inspiration for the Lerner & Loewe musical <em>My Fair Lady</em>. But did you know that Shaw was inspired by Greek mythology? For in that mythology Pygmalion, a sculptor, fell in love with one of his sculptures that then came to life. Russian choreographer Boris Eifman uses the Greek mythology as the inspiration for <em><a href="https://www.scfta.org/events/2019/pygmalion-eifman-ballet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Pygmalion Effect</a></em> which will be performed Friday-Sunday at Segerstrom Hall in Costa Mesa.</p> <p>In his ballet, a ballroom dancer turns a young girl into a brilliant dancer. The ballet is set to the music of Johann Strauss, Jr.</p> <p><iframe loading="lazy" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/C2bFgd6dEhg" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <p>Eifman, a one-time dissident in the former Soviet Union, found himself warmly embraced as change swept across the country. <em>The Master and the Margarita</em> is the work that marked the change in Eifman’s career.</p> <p>He has tackled such great literary classics as <em>Don Quixote</em>, <em>Anna Karenina</em> and <em>The Seagull</em> in previous ballets. His work is polarizing as people either love it or hate it.</p> <p><figure id="attachment_5576" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5576" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-5576" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/The-Pygmalion-Effect-Michael-Khoury_-1-300x169.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="169" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/The-Pygmalion-Effect-Michael-Khoury_-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/The-Pygmalion-Effect-Michael-Khoury_-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/The-Pygmalion-Effect-Michael-Khoury_-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/The-Pygmalion-Effect-Michael-Khoury_-1-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/The-Pygmalion-Effect-Michael-Khoury_-1-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/The-Pygmalion-Effect-Michael-Khoury_-1-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/The-Pygmalion-Effect-Michael-Khoury_-1.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-5576" class="wp-caption-text">Photo by Michael Khoury</figcaption></figure></p> <p>In 2019 we wonder if a ballet based on a premise that is deemed misogynist can be transformed into a ballet that solves that basic problem: is a woman only made great by the guidance of a man, and a pompous one at that?</p> <p>There are four performances of <em>The Pygmalion Effect</em> over the weekend at Segerstrom Hall.</p> <p>For tickets go <a href="https://www.scfta.org/events/2019/pygmalion-eifman-ballet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> <p>Main photo by Eric Khoury/Courtesy of The Segerstrom Center</p> <p>The post <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2019/05/20/the-pygmalion-effect/">The Pygmalion Effect</a> appeared first on <a href="https://culturalattache.co">Cultural Attaché</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://culturalattache.co/2019/05/20/the-pygmalion-effect/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>The Five Shows to See This Weekend in LA (4/6-4/8)</title> <link>https://culturalattache.co/2018/04/06/five-shows-see-weekend-la-4-6-4-8/</link> <comments>https://culturalattache.co/2018/04/06/five-shows-see-weekend-la-4-6-4-8/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Craig Byrd]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2018 17:01:50 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Come to the Cabaret]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dance: At the Barre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Play's The Thing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[A Pink Chair (In Place of a Fake Antique)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bedlam]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bellina Logan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Confessions of a Mulatto Love Child]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Davidson/Valentini Theatre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Disco]]></category> <category><![CDATA[George Bernard Shaw]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hamlet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[REDCAT]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Saint Joan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shakespeare]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sleepless]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Susan Grace]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tadeusz Kantor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Broad Stage]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Music Center]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Wooster Group]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Twisted Broadway]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Upstairs at Vitello's]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://culturalattache.co/?p=2459</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>This is a good weekend for adults who like their Broadway twisted, though-provoking theatre and who love the nightlife and want to boogie.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2018/04/06/five-shows-see-weekend-la-4-6-4-8/">The Five Shows to See This Weekend in LA (4/6-4/8)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://culturalattache.co">Cultural Attaché</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here are the five shows you must see This Weekend in LA (4/6-4/8)</p> <p><figure id="attachment_2460" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2460" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-2460" src="http://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Sleepless-NIghts-B-16x9-300x169.jpg" alt="Do you miss the 70s and Disco?" width="300" height="169" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Sleepless-NIghts-B-16x9-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Sleepless-NIghts-B-16x9-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Sleepless-NIghts-B-16x9-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Sleepless-NIghts-B-16x9-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Sleepless-NIghts-B-16x9-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Sleepless-NIghts-B-16x9-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Sleepless-NIghts-B-16x9.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2460" class="wp-caption-text">Sleepless: The Music Center After Hours (Photo courtesy of The Music Center)</figcaption></figure></p> <p><a href="https://www.musiccenter.org/tickets/events-by-the-music-center/sleepless/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sleepless: The Music Center After Hours</a> – Dorothy Chandler Pavilion</p> <p>April 6 – April 7</p> <p>If you ever wondered what the 70s Disco era was like, but are either too young to have lived through it, or you did live through it and frankly can’t remember (and you know who you are), then this two-night Disco extravaganza at the venerable Dorothy Chandler Pavilion is for you. From 11 PM both nights to 3 AM the next morning, relive the glory days of disco with multiple dj’s spinning classics and rare tracks, art installations, watch roller skaters (hopefully wearing satin), get your face made-up, see live disco in a Studio-54 inspired setting and more. So if you have night fever, you don’t stop ’til you get enough and you just want more, more more, then hustle your way over to this hot stuff.</p> <p><figure id="attachment_2463" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2463" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-2463" src="http://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Mulatto-Love-Child-16x9-300x169.jpg" alt="Bellina Logan wrote and stars in this solo show" width="300" height="169" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Mulatto-Love-Child-16x9-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Mulatto-Love-Child-16x9-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Mulatto-Love-Child-16x9-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Mulatto-Love-Child-16x9-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Mulatto-Love-Child-16x9-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Mulatto-Love-Child-16x9-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Mulatto-Love-Child-16x9.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2463" class="wp-caption-text">Bellina Logan in “Confessions of a Mulatto Love Child”</figcaption></figure></p> <p><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/confessions-of-a-mulatto-love-child-tickets-43628319478" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bellina Logan’s Confessions of a Mulatto Love Child</a> – Davidson/Valentini Theatre</p> <p>April 6 & April 8 with additional performances April 13, 14, May 4, 5, 6)</p> <p>When Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner revisited their show <em>The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe</em>, they called on Bellina Logan to tackle the role Tomlin created. Now Logan has her own solo show and it opens Friday at the LGBT Center’s Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center in the Davidson/Valentini Theatre. <em>Confessions of a Mulatto Love Child</em> depicts the relationship between an idiosyncratic mother and her daughter while on a cross-country trip. Logan, who also wrote the show, is familiar to television audiences for roles on <em>Sons of Anarchy</em> and <em>Enlightened. </em>The show is directed by Maggie Soboil.</p> <p><figure id="attachment_2464" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2464" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-2464" src="http://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Bedlam-Hamlet-300x200.jpg" alt="A four-person ensemble performs Shakespeare and Shaw" width="300" height="200" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2464" class="wp-caption-text">Bedlam performing “Hamlet”</figcaption></figure></p> <p>Bedlam: Hamlet and Saint Joan – The Broad Stage</p> <p>Now – April 15th</p> <p>Two of the most highly regarded plays in the history of theatre are Shakespeare’s <em>Hamlet</em> and George Bernard Shaw’s <em>Saint Joan</em>. Both of these two masterworks are now in repertory at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica courtesy of the theatre group Bedlam. The unique component of these performances is that these two dense and large plays are being performed by just four people. With <em>Hamlet</em>, four actors play all 25 roles in the play. For <em>Saint Joan</em> the four actors perform 24 parts. The company’s productions are considered wildly inventive and utterly compelling.</p> <p><figure id="attachment_2456" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2456" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-2456 size-medium" src="http://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/A-Pink-Chair-3-16x9-300x169.jpg" alt="The Wooster Group's show about Polish director/artist/writer Tadeusz Kantor" width="300" height="169" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/A-Pink-Chair-3-16x9-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/A-Pink-Chair-3-16x9-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/A-Pink-Chair-3-16x9-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/A-Pink-Chair-3-16x9-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/A-Pink-Chair-3-16x9-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/A-Pink-Chair-3-16x9-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/A-Pink-Chair-3-16x9.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2456" class="wp-caption-text">Danusia Trevino, Enver Chakartash, Gareth Hobbs, Erin Mullin and Jim Fletcher in “A Pink Chair” (Photo Credit: Maria Baranova)</figcaption></figure></p> <p><a href="https://www.redcat.org/event/wooster-group-pink-chair-place-fake-antique" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A Pink Chair (In Place of a Fake Antique)</a> – REDCAT</p> <p>Now – April 15th</p> <p>The Wooster Group is one of the most highly-acclaimed ensemble/theatre groups in America. With this new project they explore the work and legacy of Polish artist/writer/director Tadeusz Kantor through the eyes of his daughter Dorota who wants one more chance to see her father. This work had its premiere at Bard College in 2017. Actress Kate Valk talked to us about the revisions the play has undergone since that first performance and she also discusses the significance of Kantor. You can see her interview <a href="http://culturalattache.co/2018/04/05/wooster-group-kate-valk-seek-spirit-tadeusz-kantor/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> <p><figure id="attachment_2432" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2432" style="width: 232px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-2432" src="http://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/TB-PC-with-pics-3-18-18-232x300.png" alt="A fundraiser for the Time's Up Legal Defense Fund" width="232" height="300" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/TB-PC-with-pics-3-18-18-232x300.png 232w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/TB-PC-with-pics-3-18-18-768x995.png 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/TB-PC-with-pics-3-18-18-791x1024.png 791w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/TB-PC-with-pics-3-18-18-696x901.png 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/TB-PC-with-pics-3-18-18-1068x1383.png 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/TB-PC-with-pics-3-18-18-324x420.png 324w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/TB-PC-with-pics-3-18-18.png 1362w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2432" class="wp-caption-text">The full cast of “Twisted Broadway”</figcaption></figure></p> <p><a href="https://www.ticketfly.com/event/1659987-twisted-broadway-benefit-for-studio-city/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twisted Broadway</a> – Upstairs at Vitello’s</p> <p>April 8th</p> <p>Susan Grace, who has appeared on stages around the country, has long had the idea of doing a twisted version of Broadway songs where performers take songs out of context and put them in a new context by making them songs a character would sing in a different musical. This Sunday afternoon she realizes her 15-year dream of putting a new kind of show together with <em>Twisted Broadway</em>. The show features Ilene Graff, Barrett Foa, Fay DeWitt, Kevin Spirtas, Cynthia Ferrer, Josh Finkel, Ashley Fox Linton, Rena Strober and more. The event is also a fundraiser for the Times Up Legal Defense Fund. For more details, see our interview with Susan Grace <a href="http://culturalattache.co/2018/04/04/susan-grace-introduces-twisted-broadway/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2018/04/06/five-shows-see-weekend-la-4-6-4-8/">The Five Shows to See This Weekend in LA (4/6-4/8)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://culturalattache.co">Cultural Attaché</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://culturalattache.co/2018/04/06/five-shows-see-weekend-la-4-6-4-8/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>