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Malcolm on 03 13, 2010 | No Comments
SWEET SUE
Opens March 19 at 8:00 PM
March 19 – April 25
The Group Rep's production of SWEET SUE, A.R. Gurney’s comic tour de force about the relationship between a woman of a certain age and her son’s roommate will open March 19 at the Lonny Chapman Theatre. The Group Rep's artistic director, Ernest A. Figueroa, directs.
Will this May-December relationship cause havoc with their lives?
Mature audiences/brief nudity
Buy Now: https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/716915
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Hamburger Mary’s Bingo Fundraiser for the Group Rep March 21 7:00 PM
‘Cush a Tush’ Campaign
The Group Rep will hold a Bingo Fundraiser on Sunday, March 21, 7:00 pm, at Hamburger Mary's in West Hollywood to raise money to refurbish the Lonny Chapman Theatre’s ninety vintage theatre seats.
Bingo festivities and fun begins at 7:00 p.m. The evening includes Bingo Games with fabulous prize packages for winners and auction items including tickets to The Broad Stage, The Colony Theatre, Crown City Theatre, the Group Rep, & the Laugh Factory; Dinners at Morton’s Steakhouse, Eclectic, Cheesecake Factory, and Maggione’s; Gift certificates/giftcards to: Beverly Hills Cheese Store, Bodies in Motion Studio City, Golfsmith, Dr. Jay Silverman (Eye Dr./Beverly Hills), Hypnot Read More
News
Malcolm on 01 20, 2010 | 1 Comment
By Malcolm Devine, a member of The Group Rep.
Family, heritage, duty, scorn.
The pull between City and Country. Would you rather be a big fish in a small pond or small fish in a big pond? Why assume you’d be a small fish in the big pond?
Fathers, sons, mothers, daughters. Exceeding your parents, worrying about your children exceeding you…
Doors, secrets.
Society, money, position, ambition…
What will you give up to get what you want? You’re never prepared for how deep the feelers will go to suss out what’s wrong with your family, then turn those stories around to make them about you and your character. What will your ambition tell you to do? Should you follow it? Will you lose everything if you don’t?
Politics, murder, scandal, intrigue.
When the scandal couldn’t get any worse, it DOES.
These are just a few of the ideas that THE CITY (written by Clyde Fitch) tosses around and uses as a backdrop for its action. For a play that was originally written in 1909, it is surprisingly fresh. In fact, Clyde Fitch was indeed very modern when he was alive. People took notice of him; his voice, his walk, his demeanor, his interests – were simply not like theirs and he was demeaned for it. But Fitch, ever the modern man, said “I would rather be misunderstood than lose my independence… I d
The Company
Malcolm on 11 21, 2009 | 1 Comment
Bumping your head. Falling on your face. Tripping over chairs. Running into walls. Making entrances too early. Tripping over people. Making entrances too late. Stumbling around in the dark and somehow ending up outside the theater. This is what it’s learn your way around a set that’s just been built.
All the while, you’re trying to remember your lines and blocking.
Finally being able to use the set is an exciting time in rehearsal. For one, it means that you’ve moved out of the rehearsal hall and into the theater. That in and of itself has it’s own difficulties. The rehearsal hall is a closed space where we can hear each other easily, especially when we’re singing. The theater is designed so that the sound flows out into the audience. Onstage it can often feel like you’re out there all alone. In a great way. Feeling that exposed requires you to listen with your entire being and that makes everything you do onstage much more alive. As does the throbbing pain that results from running into a wall. But hey – anything that makes the show a more visceral experience for the audience is a good thing, right?
In all seriousness, our set is beautiful and fun and is a testament to the talent of our scenic designer, Trefoni Rizzi. The kids are having a blast playing on it, as are (ahem) the adu
The Plays
Malcolm on 01 20, 2010 | 1 Comment
By Malcolm Devine, a member of The Group Rep.
Family, heritage, duty, scorn.
The pull between City and Country. Would you rather be a big fish in a small pond or small fish in a big pond? Why assume you’d be a small fish in the big pond?
Fathers, sons, mothers, daughters. Exceeding your parents, worrying about your children exceeding you…
Doors, secrets.
Society, money, position, ambition…
What will you give up to get what you want? You’re never prepared for how deep the feelers will go to suss out what’s wrong with your family, then turn those stories around to make them about you and your character. What will your ambition tell you to do? Should you follow it? Will you lose everything if you don’t?
Politics, murder, scandal, intrigue.
When the scandal couldn’t get any worse, it DOES.
These are just a few of the ideas that THE CITY (written by Clyde Fitch) tosses around and uses as a backdrop for its action. For a play that was originally written in 1909, it is surprisingly fresh. In fact, Clyde Fitch was indeed very modern when he was alive. People took notice of him; his voice, his walk, his demeanor, his interests – were simply not like theirs and he was demeaned for it. But Fitch, ever the modern man, said “I would rather be misunderstood than lose my independence… I d