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Playhouse to launch pre-show interviews

NEWHALL - Actress and comedienne Julie Brown

For other people named Julie Brown, see Julie Brown (disambiguation).
Julie Ann Brown (born August 31, 1954) is an American actor, stand-up comic, comedic singer-songwriter and screenwriter.
 will be interviewed Saturday as the first guest in a new speaker series at the Repertory East Playhouse.

Brown will talk about her career and comedy in general while being interviewed in the format used for the TV series ``Inside the Actors Studio Inside the Actors Studio is the Emmy-nominated, longest-running original series on the Bravo cable television channel, hosted by James Lipton. It is produced and directed by Jeff Wurtz. .''

Brown will be interviewed from 7:30 to 8 p.m. - before a performance of the Repertory East Playhouse's current production, ``The Nerd.'' After the show, Brown will return for a question-answer session.

Tickets - $16 for general admission and $14 for students and senior citizens - include both the speaker program and the show. For information or to make a reservation, call the playhouse at (661) 288-0000.

The playhouse is located at 24266 San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the , Newhall.

Musical instruments given to youth group

SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country,  - The Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672.  Youth Orchestra has received a grant from a national nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization

An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well.

Notes:
Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools.
 inspired by ``Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation,'' a 1995 motion picture.

Devoted to supporting music education, the Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation donates musical instruments to schools in kindergarten through 12th grade that are threatened by budget cuts, to community schools for the arts, to after-school programs and to individual students unable to afford an instrument.

``Music programs in schools across the country are increasingly being cut or scaled back due to budget cuts,'' said Felice Mancini, the foundation's executive director. ``Music education has proven, positive effects on a child's emotional and intellectual growth. We want to keep music alive in schools and communities to support the schools that recognize the value of music programs.''

The foundation was started by Michael Kamen This article or section has multiple issues:
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, who composed the music for ``Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation'' and many other movies. In the last seven years, new and refurbished instruments with a value of about $5 million have been donated to more than 600 school and community music programs across the country.

More information can be found at www.mhopus.org.

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