<?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>TodayTix Archives - Cultural Attaché</title> <atom:link href="https://culturalattache.co/tag/todaytix/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://culturalattache.co/tag/todaytix/</link> <description>The Guide to Arts and Culture events in and around Los Angeles</description> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2020 15:12:57 +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>Spotlight on Plays: Boston Marriage</title> <link>https://culturalattache.co/2020/11/11/spotlight-on-plays-boston-marriage/</link> <comments>https://culturalattache.co/2020/11/11/spotlight-on-plays-boston-marriage/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Craig Byrd]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2020 08:01:42 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Streaming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Play's The Thing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[American Repertory Theater]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Boston Marriage]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Broadway's Best Shows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[David Mamet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Patti LuPone]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rebecca Pidgeon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sophia Macy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Spotlight on Plays]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Actors Fund]]></category> <category><![CDATA[TodayTix]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://culturalattache.co/?p=11717</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Broadway's Best Shows via TodayTix<br /> <br /> November 12th - November 15th</p> <p>The post <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2020/11/11/spotlight-on-plays-boston-marriage/">Spotlight on Plays: Boston Marriage</a> appeared first on <a href="https://culturalattache.co">Cultural Attaché</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Broadway’s Best Shows resumes their <em>Spotlight on Plays</em> series with a reading of David Mamet’s <em><a href="https://www.todaytix.com/x/nyc/shows/22426-Boston-Marriage" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Boston Marriage</a></em>. The reading debuts on November 12th at 8:00 PM EST/5:00 PM PST and will remain available for viewing for 72 hours. Starring in the reading are Patti LuPone, Rebecca Pidgeon and Sophia Macy. The reading is directed by Mamet.</p> <p><em>Boston Marriage</em> tells the story of two women, Anna and Claire. Anna has a wealthy lover who has recently gifted her with a one-of-a-kind emerald necklace. Claire is infatuated with a young woman. When the object of her affection shows up at Anna’s house for a planned rendezvous, she recognizes the emerald necklace as her mother’s. How can Anna and Claire keep the necklace, the girl, the rich lover and not have their worlds fall apart?</p> <p>Mamet directed the world premiere of the play in 1999 at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge. (Appropriate for a play with “Boston” in the title.) <em>Boston Marriage</em> made its off-Broadway debut at The Public Theatre in a production directed by Karen Kohlhaas.</p> <p>Patti LuPone, beyond her vast Broadway musical credits, appeared in the double bill of Mamet’s <em>The Water Engine</em> and <em>Mr. Happiness</em> on Broadway in 1978. Nearly twenty years later she appeared in his play <em>The Old Neighborhood</em> and earned a Drama Desk Award nomination for her performance.</p> <p>In addition to being Mamet’s wife, Rebecca Pidgeon appeared in the ART production of <em>Boston Marriage</em>. She also appeared in <em>The Old Neighborhood</em> on Broadway. Her other appearances in Mamet’s plays include <em>Oleanna </em>with Bill Macy at the Orpheum Theatre in 1992, <em>The Penitent</em> in 2017 and <em>The Anarchist</em> in 2015 in Los Angeles. She’s also a recording artist in addition to be an actor.</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/21/theater/theater-review-a-boy-s-idea-of-girl-talk-from-mamet.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ben Brantley</a>, in his <span style="text-decoration: underline;">New York Times</span> review, said of the play, “<em>Boston Marriage</em>, as you may have heard already, is Mr. Mamet’s response to critics who say he does not create meaty roles for women. For this arch story of guiltless lesbian lovers in the age of gilt might be seen as the flip side of <em>American Buffalo,</em> the 1975 drama that clinched Mr. Mamet’s reputation as a theatrical voice to reckon with.”</p> <p>Tickets for <em>Spotlight on Plays</em> readings are only $5. Proceeds benefit The Actor’s Fund. <em>Boston Marriage</em> will remain available for view for 72 hours. </p> <p>Photo: Rebecca Pidgeon in the 1999 A.R.T. production of <em>Boston Marriage</em> (Photo by Richard Feldman/Courtesy ART)</p> <p>The post <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2020/11/11/spotlight-on-plays-boston-marriage/">Spotlight on Plays: Boston Marriage</a> appeared first on <a href="https://culturalattache.co">Cultural Attaché</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://culturalattache.co/2020/11/11/spotlight-on-plays-boston-marriage/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>David Mamet’s “Race”</title> <link>https://culturalattache.co/2020/10/29/david-mamets-race/</link> <comments>https://culturalattache.co/2020/10/29/david-mamets-race/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Craig Byrd]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2020 16:32:48 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Streaming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Play's The Thing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alicia Stith]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Broadway's Best Shows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[David Alan Grier]]></category> <category><![CDATA[David Mamet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ed O'Neill]]></category> <category><![CDATA[James Spader]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kerry Washington]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Phylicia Rashad]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Race]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Richard Thomas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Spotlight on Plays]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Actors Fund]]></category> <category><![CDATA[TodayTix]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://culturalattache.co/?p=11476</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Broadway's Best Shows<br /> <br /> October 29th - November 2nd</p> <p>The post <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2020/10/29/david-mamets-race/">David Mamet’s “Race”</a> appeared first on <a href="https://culturalattache.co">Cultural Attaché</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>This week’s reading in Broadway’s Best Shows <em>Spotlight on Plays</em> series is <a href="https://www.todaytix.com/x/nyc/shows/22425-Race" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">David Mamet’s <em>Race</em></a>. David Alan Grier, Ed O’Neill, Richard Thomas and Alicia Stith are the performers. Both Grier and Thomas are recreating the roles they played during <em>Race</em>‘s Broadway run in 2009.</p> <p>In Mamet’s play, Thomas has been accused of raping a Black woman. It is up to his three lawyers to defend their wealthy client.</p> <p>For this reading, Ed O’Neill takes on the role originally played on Broadway by James Spader. Stith takes on the role originally played by Kerry Washington. Both Spader and Washington made their Broadway debuts in <em>Race</em>.</p> <p>The play, which runs 1 hour and 40 minutes, played 297 performances on Broadway after 23 previews. Mamet directed <em>Race</em>. Phylicia Rashad directs this reading.</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/07/theater/reviews/07race.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ben Brantley</a>, writing in the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">New York Times</span>, gave the play a mixed review. Nonetheless, he did say, “Though the first act of <em>Race</em> is similarly propelled by barbed one-liners, its second act offers reassuring evidence of Mr. Mamet’s scalpel-edged intelligence. And the issues it raises, particularly on the ethnic varieties of shame and the universal nature of guilt, should offer ample nutrition for many a post-theater dinner conversation.”</p> <p><em>Race</em> will become available at 8:00 PM EDT/5:00 PM PDT on October 29th and remain available through November 2nd at 8:00 PM EST/5:00 PM EST. Tickets are $5 and available from <a href="https://www.todaytix.com/x/nyc/shows/22425-Race" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">TodayTix</a>. Proceeds from tickets sales will be donated to The Actors Fund.</p> <p>Photo: Playwright David Mamet (Courtesy MasterClass.com)</p> <p>The post <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2020/10/29/david-mamets-race/">David Mamet’s “Race”</a> appeared first on <a href="https://culturalattache.co">Cultural Attaché</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://culturalattache.co/2020/10/29/david-mamets-race/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>This Is Our Youth</title> <link>https://culturalattache.co/2020/10/20/this-is-our-youth/</link> <comments>https://culturalattache.co/2020/10/20/this-is-our-youth/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Craig Byrd]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2020 18:50:15 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Streaming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Play's The Thing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Broadway's Best Shows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Grace Van Patten]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kenneth Lonergan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lila Neugebauer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lucas Hedges]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Paul Mescal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Spotlight on Plays]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Actors Fund]]></category> <category><![CDATA[TodayTix]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://culturalattache.co/?p=11268</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Spotlight on Plays (via TodayTix)<br /> <br /> October 20th - October 24th</p> <p>The post <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2020/10/20/this-is-our-youth/">This Is Our Youth</a> appeared first on <a href="https://culturalattache.co">Cultural Attaché</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Kenneth Lonergan’s play <em>This Is Our Youth</em> had its premiere off-Broadway in 1996 at the Intar Theatre. In 2014, the play opened on Broadway and was nominated for Best Revival of a Play. In the continuing <em><a href="https://www.broadwaysbestshows.com/post/spotlight-on-plays/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Spotlight on Plays</a></em> series from Broadway’s Best Shows, a live reading of Lonergan’s play will take place tonight at 8:00 PM EDT/5:00 PM PDT.</p> <p>Starring in this reading are Lucas Hedges, who received an Oscar nomination for his performance in Lonergan’s <em>Manchester By the Sea</em>; Paul Mescal, who received an Emmy nomination this year for his work on Hulu’s <em>Normal People</em>; and Grace Van Patten (<em>The Meyerowitz Stories</em>, <em>Under the Silver Lake</em>). Lila Neugebauer, who directed Lonergan’s <em>The Waverly People</em> on Broadway, directs.</p> <p><em>This Is Our Youth </em>takes place over forty-eight hours in New York in 1982. The three characters are facing real-world challenges in their young lives. Warren has run off with $15,000 stolen from his father, a famous artist. Dennis is Warren’s friend who, as a drug-dealer, thinks he has good ideas on how to spend that money. Jessica is the object of Warren’s desires and proves to be both a keen observer and very nervous at the same time about what’s going on. How, or if, they can navigate their present situation is explored.</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1996/10/31/theater/heading-for-hopeless-but-not-gone-yet.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Peter Marks</a>, writing for the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">New York Times</span>, said of the play when it opened off-Broadway, “The world Mr. Lonergan explores is the desolate, dead-end universe of young Manhattanites with rich parents and no direction. They are at that peculiar moment of life, their late teens and early 20’s, when dissoluteness has not yet calcified into hopelessness, when a lack of purpose and a predilection for the quick fix might still, from the most optimistic perspective, be interpreted as a phase.”</p> <p><em>Spotlight on Plays</em> serves as a fundraiser for The Actors Fund. Tickets for <em>This Is Our Youth </em>are only $5 and allow you to view the reading anytime between tonight’s premiere and October 24th at 8:00 PM EDT/5:00 PM PDT. Tickets can be purchased <a href="https://www.todaytix.com/x/nyc/shows/22424-this-is-our-youth" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2020/10/20/this-is-our-youth/">This Is Our Youth</a> appeared first on <a href="https://culturalattache.co">Cultural Attaché</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://culturalattache.co/2020/10/20/this-is-our-youth/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>Spotlight on Plays: The Best Man</title> <link>https://culturalattache.co/2020/10/11/spotlight-on-plays-the-best-man/</link> <comments>https://culturalattache.co/2020/10/11/spotlight-on-plays-the-best-man/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Craig Byrd]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2020 05:59:58 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Streaming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Play's The Thing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Broadway's Best Shows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Elizabeth Ashley]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gore Vidal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[John Malkovich]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Julie Halston]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Katie Finneran]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Matthew Broderick]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Michael Wilson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Morgan Freeman]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Phylicia Rashad]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reed Birney]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Spotlight on Plays]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Stacy Keach]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Actors Fund]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Best Man]]></category> <category><![CDATA[TodayTix]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vanessa Williams]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Zachary Quinto]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://culturalattache.co/?p=11094</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Broadway's Best Shows<br /> <br /> October 14th - October 17th</p> <p>The post <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2020/10/11/spotlight-on-plays-the-best-man/">Spotlight on Plays: The Best Man</a> appeared first on <a href="https://culturalattache.co">Cultural Attaché</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>You might recall that last May The Actors Fund and Broadways Best Shows teamed up for a series of readings of plays under the moniker <em><a href="https://www.broadwaysbestshows.com/post/spotlight-on-plays/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Spotlight on Plays</a></em>. That series returns this week with the first of seven announced plays. Launching the series is Gore Vidal’s <em>The Best Man</em>. This all-star reading will take place on Wednesday, October 14th. The live reading will take place at 8:00 PM EDT/5:00 PM PDT</p> <p>The play, which first appeared on Broadway in 1960, tells the story of two men in the thick of the Presidential primaries in 1960. One candidate is the Secretary of State who is a man of principle, but has recently been facing health issues that might make him less desirable as candidate. His main opponent is a senator whose single-minded pursuit of winning has its own flaws and is hounded by allegations of sexual scandals. The two men will stop at nothing to get their party’s nomination. Which, of course, gets ugly, nasty and becomes very public.</p> <p>For this reading Morgan Freeman plays the outgoing president whose endorsement is vigorously courted by both candidates. Joining him in this reading are Elizabeth Ashley, Reed Birney, Matthew Broderick, Katie Finneran, Julie Halston, Stacy Keach, Robert Krulwich, John Malkovich, Zachary Quinto, Phylicia Rashad, Robert Sella, Lee Wilkof, Vanessa Williams and Whitney Winfield with Sean Close, Travoye Joyner, Jered McLenigan and TJ Wagner. The reading is directed by Michael Wilson, who helmed the 2012 revival.</p> <p>Melvyn Douglas and Frank Lovejoy played the opposing candidates in the original production. Lee Tracy played the outgoing president. The production was nominated for six Tony Awards. Douglas was the only winner for Best Actor in a Play.</p> <p>In 1964 a feature film was made of the play. Henry Fonda and Cliff Robertson were the two candidates with Lee Tracy reprising his stage role. </p> <p>The first Broadway revival of the play took place in 2000. Spalding Gray and Chris Noth faced off as the two candidates in this production. Elizabeth Ashley was part of this cast in the role of Mrs. Sue-Ellen Gamadge, Chairman of the Women’s Division. The outgoing president was played by Charles Durning.</p> <p>Wilson’s 2012 revival starred John Larroquette and Eric McCormack as the two opposing candidates. The outgoing president was played by James Earl Jones.</p> <p>Have you noticed that each year the play was produced (and for that matter the film was released) was a presidential election year? Do you think there’s any coincidence that this is true of the first reading as part of <em>Spotlight on Plays?</em></p> <p><em>The Best Man</em> will be available through October 17th at 10:45 PM EDT/7:45 PM PDT.</p> <p>Tickets require a minimum donation of $5 are available through TodayTix. Of course, as this is a fundraiser for The Actors Fund, if you can afford to pay more, there are options for that when purchasing your tickets. For tickets go <a href="https://www.todaytix.com/x/nyc/shows/22422-Gore-Vidal-s-The-Best-Man" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> <p>Photo of Morgan Freeman courtesy his Facebook page.</p> <p><em>Updated with the final date to stream the reading</em></p> <p>The post <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2020/10/11/spotlight-on-plays-the-best-man/">Spotlight on Plays: The Best Man</a> appeared first on <a href="https://culturalattache.co">Cultural Attaché</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://culturalattache.co/2020/10/11/spotlight-on-plays-the-best-man/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>