Center Theatre Group is celebrating 50 years of excellence, with a star-studded event, featuring a one-night-only production from writer, director and producer Robert Egan, followed by dinner in downtown Los Angeles' Grand Park. Co-Chairs Robert Greenblatt, Chairman of NBC Entertainment, and Sue Tsao, Center Theatre Group board member will be joined by celebrated alumni such as Annette Bening, Matthew Bourne, Danai Gurira, Alfred Molina, Edward James Olmos, Phylicia…...
- 4/5/2017
- Deadline
Funny or insensitive? A section of a haunted house near Chicago devoted to serial killer John Wayne Gacy is drawing complaints, but the producers see it as something humorous and are calling it "art." The "Gacy room" is part of Rob Zombie's Great American Nightmare in the Chicago suburb of Villa Park. In a replica living room replete with 1970s-era wallpaper and furnishings, "Gacy" is dressed in a clown costume and the actor, complete with clown makeup, sits in a recliner blowing up balloons. Next to him sit two child-sized dolls dressed as Boy Scouts with khaki-colored ties and shorts.
- 10/13/2014
- by Hilary Shenfeld, @HilaryShen
- PEOPLE.com
Funny or insensitive? A section of a haunted house near Chicago devoted to serial killer John Wayne Gacy is drawing complaints, but the producers see it as something humorous and are calling it "art." The "Gacy room" is part of Rob Zombie's Great American Nightmare in the Chicago suburb of Villa Park. In a replica living room replete with 1970s-era wallpaper and furnishings, "Gacy" is dressed in a clown costume and the actor, complete with clown makeup, sits in a recliner blowing up balloons. Next to him sit two child-sized dolls dressed as Boy Scouts with khaki-colored ties and shorts.
- 10/13/2014
- by Hilary Shenfeld, @HilaryShen
- PEOPLE.com
Center Theatre Group's Robert Egan directs Jon Robin Baitz's Other Desert Cities at the Mark Taper Forum. The play that received a 2012 Tony nomination for Best Play will be presented in its West Coast premiere at the Taper and will close out the Taper's 45th season at the Los Angeles Music Center. The presentation of Other Desert Cities now through January 6, 2013. Check out interviews with the cast and creative team on opening night in the video below...
- 12/21/2012
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Rehearsals have begun for Center Theatre Groups production of the Tony-nominated Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin Baitz. The cast features performances by Jeannie Berlin, Robert Foxworth, Robin Weigert, Michael Weston and JoBeth Williams. Robert Egan directs the West Coast premiere which starts previews on November 28, 2012, opens December 9 and runs through January 6, 2013. Check out photos of the cast and creative team in rehearsal below...
- 11/6/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Center Theatre Group's Robert Egan will direct Jon Robin Baitz's Other Desert Cities at the Mark Taper Forum. The play that received a 2012 Tony nomination for Best Play will be presented in its West Coast premiere at the Taper and will close out the Tapers 45th season at the Los Angeles Music Center. The presentation of Other Desert Cities runs November 28, 2012, through January 6, 2013, with the opening set for December 9. In the video below, watch Ctg's Artistic Director Michael Ritchie discuss Other Desert Cities...
- 10/3/2012
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Center Theatre Group has announced that Robert Egan is set to direct Jon Robin Baitzs immensely entertaining Other Desert Cities at the Mark Taper Forum. The play that received a 2012 Tony nomination for Best Play will be presented in its West Coast premiere at the Taper and will close out the Tapers 45th season at the Los Angeles Music Center.
- 7/31/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
What is Page 2? Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 36 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness. If you have any interesting items that we might've missed that you think should go in /Film's Page 2 - email us [1]! [2] A new photo [3] of Temuera Morrison as Abin Sur in Green Lantern has been released in Wednesday's comic book release of the series. Edi Gathegi, who plays Darwin in X-Men: First Class, talks [4] about his character: "My character’s mutant ability is reactive adaptation. For instance if I fall from a building my bones turn to rubber. Or if the lights go out I have perfect vision in the pitch black. Or if I happen...
- 3/23/2011
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
HBO Films has optioned the rights to Robert Egan and Kurt Pitzer’s book “Eating With the Enemy” with James Gandolfini attached to star says The Hollywood Reporter.
The former "The Sopranos" actor would play a Hackensack restaurant owner who forged a relationship with the North Korean Mission in Upper Manhattan and went on to play an important role as a liaison in U.S. and North Korean relations.
Gandolfini will also executive produce alongside Mark Armstrong, Nancy Sanders, Jane Rosenthal, Brandon Brito and Megan Lyvers.
The former "The Sopranos" actor would play a Hackensack restaurant owner who forged a relationship with the North Korean Mission in Upper Manhattan and went on to play an important role as a liaison in U.S. and North Korean relations.
Gandolfini will also executive produce alongside Mark Armstrong, Nancy Sanders, Jane Rosenthal, Brandon Brito and Megan Lyvers.
- 3/22/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
According to HBO, actor James Gandolfini ("The Sopranos"), will star in a television adaptation of author Robert Egan and Kurt Pitzer's non-fiction book "Eating With the Enemy: How I Waged Peace With North Korea From My BBQ Shack in Hackensack."
"...'Eating With The Enemy' follows Egan's life as an unofficial liaison between the Us government and the government of North Korea during periods of tension between the two countries. Egan hosted meetings with North Korean officials at his New Jersey restaurant and then passed along the information they provided to the FBI..."
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"...'Eating With The Enemy' follows Egan's life as an unofficial liaison between the Us government and the government of North Korea during periods of tension between the two countries. Egan hosted meetings with North Korean officials at his New Jersey restaurant and then passed along the information they provided to the FBI..."
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- 3/22/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
HBO Films is developing a project centered around former "Sopranos" star James Gandolfini, TheWrap has confirmed. HBO Films has optioned the rights to the Robert Egan/Kurt Pitzer book "Eating With the Enemy: How I Waged Pace With North Korea From My BBQ Shack in Hackensack." The book details the experiences of a New Jersey restaurant owner who becomes an unlikely, unofficial diplomat to North Korea, after getting involved Pow/Mia issues. Gandolfini's other upcoming projects include the the crime thriller "Cogan's Trade," which co-stars Brad Pitt and is currently in prodution; and the drama...
- 3/21/2011
- The Wrap
When "Other Desert Cities" opens in December at Lincoln Center's Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater in New York, it will signal the return of Jon Robin Baitz, who left the theater world for a few years for the small screen and his creation, ABC's "Brothers & Sisters." But before that happens, Baitz is fine-tuning his latest play with a workshop performance this week at the Ojai Playwrights Conference—a path Baitz took twice before, with "The Paris Letter" and "Chinese Friends." A public reading of "Other Desert Cities" is featuring Mary McCormack ("In Plain Sight," "The West Wing"), Holland Taylor ("Two and A Half Men"), Concetta Tomei, and Thomas Higgens.Baitz considers the workshop process a valuable tool leading up to a full-scale production, and he likes the fit of Ojai, thanks in large part to its producer and artistic director, Robert Egan. "Robert and I started working together 22 years ago," Baitz says.
- 8/12/2010
- backstage.com
If all her tear-jerking moments on Brothers and Sisters aren't enough for you, veteran actress Sally Field has another project in store. It may not bring the Walkers to the stage, but it will certain tug on those heartstrings.
Broadway World reports that Field will be joining a number of acclaimed stage actors in the upcoming production called Hearts on Fire, created and directed by Robert Egan with Michael Morris. It's a benefit event, paying tribute to four-time Tony Award-winner Terrence McNally. He'll also be around to receive the 2010 Opc (Ojai Playwrights Conference) Award during the dinner following the show.
Broadway World reports that Field will be joining a number of acclaimed stage actors in the upcoming production called Hearts on Fire, created and directed by Robert Egan with Michael Morris. It's a benefit event, paying tribute to four-time Tony Award-winner Terrence McNally. He'll also be around to receive the 2010 Opc (Ojai Playwrights Conference) Award during the dinner following the show.
- 1/17/2010
- by editor@buddytv.com
- buddytv.com
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