STAGE BEAT : PLAYHOUSE LINEUP.Byline: Janet Weeks The drama ``Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting,'' an examination of racial issues in the 1940s, will open the 80th season of the Pasadena Playhouse The Pasadena Playhouse is a historic theatre located in Pasadena, California. History The Playhouse's history began in 1917 when actor/director Gilmor Brown began producing a season of plays at an old burlesque house, which he renamed the Savoy. in January. Written by Ed Schmidt, the play sets up a fictional meeting between legendary Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey Jack Roosevelt Robinson, Robinson , boxing great Joe Louis, dancer Bill ``Bojangles'' Robinson and singer-actor Paul Robeson. Two other productions will round out the season: Peter Shaffer's classic ``Equus'' and ``The Emotions Starring in `Bigger Than Bubble Gum,' '' a new musical. It's the story of the r&b sister act the Emotions (Wanda, Sheila and Jeanette Hutchinson), which scored hits in the '70s and '80s with ``Best of My Love,'' ``Boogie Wonderland'' and ``Don't Want to Lose Your Love.'' For season subscriptions to the Pasadena Playhouse and other information, call (818) 356-7529. Tarantino gets `Ha!' ``Pulp Fiction'' director and Hollywood hipster Quentin Tarantino has acquired the film rights to comic Julia Sweeney's one-woman show ``God Said, `Ha!' '' which closes at the Coronet Theatre in West Hollywood on Aug. 25. In the show, Sweeney comically deals with her brother's fatal lymphoma and her own bout with cervical cancer Cervical Cancer Definition Cervical cancer is a disease in which the cells of the cervix become abnormal and start to grow uncontrollably, forming tumors. . Sweeney is best-known for her creation of the fumbling, androgynous an·drog·y·nous adj. 1. Biology Having both female and male characteristics; hermaphroditic. 2. Being neither distinguishably masculine nor feminine, as in dress, appearance, or behavior. Pat on ``Saturday Night Live This article is about the American television series. For the show related to Big Brother (UK), see Saturday Night Live (UK). Saturday Night Live (SNL .'' She also appeared as a junkyard owner in ``Pulp Fiction'' as a favor to Tarantino, her friend. After the show closes in West Hollywood, it will likely move on to New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Tarantino will be filming Sweeney over three performances in August. For tickets and information on the stage show, call (310) 657-7377. Can you do Webber? Harboring theatrical aspirations? The Cabrillo Music Theatre in Simi Valley will hold auditions for its production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's biblical musical ``Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' the weekend of Aug. 3-4. On Saturday, producers will look at those trying out for the roles of the narrator NARRATOR. A pleader who draws narrs serviens narrator, a sergeant at law. Fleta, 1. 2, c. 37. Obsolete. , Jacob, Joseph and Pharoah. Auditions, by appointment only, will be held at Screenland Studios, 10501 Burbank Blvd., North Hollywood. On Sunday, the call is for chorus and singers. Also held by appointment only, those auditions will be held at Cabrillo's rehearsal hall, 213-D Newbury Road, Newbury Park. Bring sheet music and be prepared to sing 16 bars. To schedule an appointment, call (805) 497-8613. |
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