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The following "Auditions at a Glance" calendar conveniently organizes projects by the date and day-of-the-week that the projects' auditions are taking place, to help you schedule your plans.
Click on any of the following links to see the casting and job notices related to the dates and project titles highlighted below.
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The following "Auditions at a Glance" calendar conveniently organizes projects by the date and day-of-the-week that the projects' auditions are taking place, to help you schedule your plans.
Click on any of the following links to see the casting and job notices related to the dates and project titles highlighted below.
Continue reading "California Auditions at a Glance – July 1-9" »
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The California Legislature is looking to pass a bill that would require commercials promoting state products or using state funds to be produced in California. Assemblyman Ted W. Lieu prepared the bill after backlash ensued from state production companies over the California Milk Advisory Board’s decision to reduce costs and shoot ten “Happy Cows” TV commercials in Auckland, New Zealand. The legislation was approved by the California Assembly last month. It will be taken up this week by a Senate committee and likely head to the full Senate for a vote in August.
Read the story at the Los Angeles Times.
The just-closed Hollywood Fringe Festival received plenty of accolades from journalists, local theater folks, and observers. The consensus appears to be that the highly ambitious two-week happening, featuring over 160 theatrical presentations, including a surprising number of international offerings, was a roaring success.
Not since L.A.'s fondly remembered EdgeFest, which flourished briefly several years ago, but sadly failed to survive, has there been this much buzz about a community-wide venture such as this. The well attended Hollywood fest featured panel discussions, parties, networking opportunities, and lots of other beneficial elements, offering sheer joy to theatergoers with voracious appetites, who spread jubilant reports about many of the shows they saw. May the festival prosper and grow in years to come.
I must confess that my participation was much less than I would have liked during this kickoff year, due to other on-the-job duties at the office and a full slate of shows to cover in my regular reviewing beat. Weekly local openings did not let up a bit during the Fringe frenzy. I did manage to catch three of the Fringe offerings. I reviewed one none too enthusiastically, so I'll let it go at that. No need to offer further critique. I went nuts over writer-performer Jeff Gardner's ingenious satire of the boob tube culture, "Kill Your Television," featuring the inspired physical and intellectual comedy of Gardner's portrayal, and I expressed my enthusiasm in a review published in Back Stage and LA Weekly.
Lord of the Rings fans will get to see their favorite ring-bearer in his series television acting debut. An exclusive from EW's Ausiello Files yesterday reports that Elijah Wood has signed on to co-star alongside Jason Gann in the new FX comedy Wilfred.
Wilfred is an American remake of the Australian hit sitcom of the same name. Gann co-created and starred in the original Aussie version, and will play the title character in the American series. Wood will play another main character named Ryan.
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Carla Rhodes isn’t your typical ventriloquist. In fact, forget the image of puppet and puppeteer courteously seated and prepared to make you laugh. While Rhodes maintains the basics, she’s more intent on shaking up the norm for better or for worst.
“The Continuing Story of Carla Rhodes” was staged at Joe’s Pub Sunday night in a haze of fuchsia and red lighting, projections, puppets, props and rock ‘n’ roll.
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Happy birthday, Lizzy Caplan! Your show has been canceled!
Not that we can really be surprised, but it's a major bummer that Starz isn't bringing back "Party Down" for a third season. Easily one of the funniest shows on TV, it had a special place in our hearts because of it's unflinching portrayal of the lives of actors. Focusing on a group of caterers, many of whom dream of stardom as actors or writers, I know many people who related all too well to this show. But its appeal wasn't limited to those in the industry--as star Adam Scott said in our April interview, "I think humiliation is universal."
This comes on the heels of last week's awesome episode, which featured the wedding of Season One regular Constance Carmell, played by the sublime Jane Lynch. You can still catch it here, and mourn the loss of this brilliant show.
--Jenelle Riley
As if these two actors didn’t already have enough going on this week! The Hollywood Reporter reported this morning that Twilight’s Ashley Greene and Hung star Thomas Jane are in negotiations to join the cast of LOL: Laugh Out Loud, starring Miley Cryus. The film is an English-language remake of the 2008 French comedy of the same name.
The film “centers on teenager Lola who is dumped by her more sexually experienced boyfriend while her divorcee mother struggles to move on with her life.” Demi Moore and Miley Cyrus star as the mother and daughter.Greene will play a high school bad girl, and Jane will be Cyrus' father. Other additions to the cast include Ashley Hinshaw, George Finn, and Douglas Booth as Lola’s best friend, ex-boyfriend, and new love interest, respectively.
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