| June 19, 2008 |
DONALD MARGULIES’ SHIPWRECKED! SETS SAIL AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE WITH SPECIAL CHILDREN’S TICKET PRICES
Melody Butiu, Michael Daniel Cassady and Gregory Itzin Reunite with Director Bart DeLorenzo in Swashbuckling Family-Friendly Adventure Tale
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| June 13, 2008 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PRODUCES WEST COAST PREMIERE OF TONY NOMINATED THE SEAFARER
Artistic Director Randall Arney Helms Irish Playwright Conor McPherson’s Acclaimed New Work Both at
Geffen Playhouse and Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theater
Previews Begin April 14, 2009
Runs April 22, 2009 – March 24, 2009
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| June 1, 2008 |
LA THEATER VET SUSAN BARTON ASSUMES ROLE OF MANAGING DIRECTOR WHILE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PREPARES FOR SEARCH
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| May 29, 2008 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE MANAGING DIRECTOR STEPHEN EICH TENDERS HIS RESIGNATION
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| May 21, 2008 |
WORLD FAMOUS ARTIST RICKY JAY REAPPEARS AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
Legendary Sleight-of-Hand Artist Brings His 52 Assistants to a
Special Limited Engagement in the Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater
Seven Weeks Only: July 9 – August 26, 2008
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| May 9, 2008 |
EMERGENCY AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE EXTENDS UNTIL JUNE 1 DUE TO COMMUNITY DEMAND
Donations from Arts Lovers and Organizations Help Extend Daniel Beaty’s One-Man Show to Accommodate Free Performances for Public Schools
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| April 15, 2008 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE ANNOUNCES 2008/09 SEASON
Two World Premiere Productions: "Time Stands Still" and "Nightmare Alley", Two Pulitzer Prize Winning Playwrights: Donald Margulies and Robert Schenkkan, The Completion of Hershey Felder's Composer Sonata: "Beethoven, As I Knew Him". 2008/09 Season Opens on August 27 and Closes on July 26
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| April 2, 2008 |
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE POSTPONES MARGULIES COMMISSION UNTIL 08/09 AND ANNOUNCES DANIEL SULLIVAN AS DIRECTOR
Margulies’ Family Adventure Shipwrecked! An Entertainment Takes Place of The Elephant in the Room as Final Play in 07/08 Season
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| April 1, 2008 |
DANIEL BEATY BRINGS THE WEST COAST PREMIERE OF OBIE AWARD WINNING PRODUCTION TO THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
40 Characters Throughout Emotionally Charged One-Man Show Emergency
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| March 26, 2008 |
THE GEFFEN COMMISSIONED PRODUCTION GETS A SECOND LIFE IN SAN FRANCISCO
Jane Anderson’s The Quality of Life Moves to A.C.T. After Winning Ten Regional Theater Awards
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| February 14, 2008 |
THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE WELCOMES BACK CELEBRATED ARTIST HERSHEY FELDER IN THE FINAL MOVEMENT OF HIS COMPOSER SONATA: BEETHOVEN, AS I KNEW HIM
Geffen Playhouse Announces First Production Confirmed for 08/09 Season
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| February 4, 2008 |
THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS
THE WORLD PREMIERE OF JOAN RIVERS: A WORK IN PROGRESS BY A LIFE IN PROGRESS
Tara Joyce, Emily Kosloski and Adam Kulbersh Take the Stage Alongside the Icon Comedienne, Award-Winning SoCal Theater Vet Bart DeLorenzo Directs
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| January 31, 2008 |
EMILY KOSLOSKI REPLACES YOSEFA FORMA IN
JOAN RIVERS: A WORK IN PROGRESS BY A LIFE IN PROGRESS
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| January 22, 2008 |
THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE HONORS
ROBERT A. IGER, PRESIDENT AND CEO,
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY AND
AWARD-WINNING ACTRESS ANNETTE BENING
AT ANNUAL "BACKSTAGE AT THE GEFFEN" GALA
Star-Studded Evening Recognizes Leadership in the Theater Community
and Raises Funds for Geffen Playhouse Education Programs -
March 17, 2008
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| January 15, 2008 |
Leading Man Mark Feuerstein Heads a Cast of Small-Screen Starlets
in Neil LaBute’s Some Girl(s) in The Audrey at The Geffen Playhouse
Rosalind Chao, Paula Cale Lisbe, Justina Machado and Jaime Ray Newman
Star as Some of the Girls in this West-Coast Premiere Directed by LaBute
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| December 21, 2007 |
The Geffen Playhouse Brings Together Seven Award-Winning Playwrights in One Exclusive Evening
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| December 20, 2007 |
AWARD-WINNING SoCAL THEATER VET BART DeLORENZO SIGNS ON TO DIRECT JOAN RIVERS.
Yosefa Forma, Tara Joyce and Adam Kulbersh Sign on as Rivers’ Supporting Cast
Joan River’s Four-Character New Comedy Officially Titled
Joan Rivers: A Work in Progress by a Life in Progress
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| November 9, 2007 |
The Geffen Playhouse Welcomes the
World-Premiere of The Joan Rivers Theater Project
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| October 31, 2007 |
World Premiere of New Musical Atlanta Unites
Stars of Screen, Stage and Soul at the Geffen Playhouse
Ken Barnett, Merle Dandridge, Moe Daniels, John Fleck, Travis Johns, JoNell Kennedy and Leonard Roberts Join Creators Marcus Hummon and Adrian Pasdar
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| September 12, 2007 |
Neil LaBute and Some Girl(s) Join The Geffen Playhouse's 07/08 Season
Award-Winning Playwright Directs the West Coast Premiere of Some Girl(s) in The Geffen's Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater
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| August 24, 2007 |
QUALITY CAST BRINGS GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE WORLD PREMIERE TO LIFE AS PART OF NEW COMMISION PROGRAM
Scott Bakula, Dennis Boutsikaris, Laurie Metcalf and JoBeth Williams Star in Jane Anderson's Geffen-Commissioned Production The Quality of Life
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| August 21, 2007 |
WASSERSTEIN'S LAST IS A WEST COAST FIRST AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
Multi Award-Winner Christine Lahti Leads Accomplished Cast Featuring Jayne Brook, Matt Czuchry, Sarah Drew and M. Emmet Walsh in Wendy Wasserstein's Third
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| June 4, 2007 |
TWO COMMISSIONED PLAYS BY THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE,
LEAD ROLES BY ANNETTE BENING, CHRISTINE LAHTI AND LAURIE METCALF PLUS A NEW AMERICAN MUSICAL BY NASHVILLE LUMINARY MARCUS HUMMON AND ACTOR ADRIAN PASDAR
HIGHLIGHT THE 2007/2008 SEASON
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| May 29, 2007 |
NEIL LABUTE’S FAT PIG GETS A SECOND HELPING AT THE
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE WITH ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCES THROUGH
SUNDAY, JULY 1st
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| April 19, 2007 |
HERSHEY FELDER PRESENTS THE FIRST TWO MOVEMENTS OF
HIS THEATRICAL TRILOGY, “THE COMPOSER SONATA,” AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
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| March 27, 2007 |
THE “WEIGHT” IS OVER:
ANDREA ANDERS, CHRIS PINE, KIRSTEN VANGSNESS AND SCOTT WOLF LAUNCH THE WEST COAST PREMIERE
OF NEIL LABUTE’S FAT PIG AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
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| March 26, 2007 |
OSCAR-WINNER HELEN MIRREN GETS THE ROYAL TREATMENT AT THE FIFTH ANNUAL BACKSTAGE AT THE GEFFEN GALA WITH THE
DISTINCTION IN THEATER AWARD ON April 30, 2007
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| March 15, 2007 |
THREE STAGE “VETERANS” FIND A COMMON ENEMY: GROWING OLD
RICHARD BENJAMIN, LEN CARIOU, AND GEORGE SEGAL STAR IN THE AMERICAN PREMIERE OF HEROES AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
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| February 20,2007 |
AWARD WINNING ACTRESS CHRISTINE LAHTI SET TO STAR IN WENDY WASSERSTEIN’S FINAL PLAY AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE THIS FALL
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| January 30, 2007 |
THE BEST IS YET TO COME AS THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PLANS ITS THIRD SEASON SINCE THE AWARD-WINNING RENOVATION OF THE THEATER
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| December 21, 2006 |
THESPIANS PETER MICHAEL GOETZ AND ROMA DOWNEY MIX INTRIGUE AND ROMANCE IN A PICASSO AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
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| December 18, 2006 |
GREG GERMANN, ALICIA SILVERSTONE AND JON TENNEY DEBATE THE ART OF MOVIE-MAKING IN DAVID MAMET’S SPEED-THE-PLOW AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
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| November 27, 2006 |
CROWD PLEASER WISHFUL DRINKING ADDS TWO MORE WEEKS OF PERFORMANCES AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
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| November 10, 2006 |
PROGRAMMING UPDATES FINALIZE 2006/2007 SEASON OF THE AUDREY SKIRBALL KENIS THEATER AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
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| November 3, 2006 |
RICKY JAY & HIS 52 ASSISTANTS MAKES ITS FIRST SOUTHLAND
APPEARANCE IN A DECADE
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| October 27, 2006 |
THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE TOASTS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF CARRIE FISHER’S ONE-WOMAN SHOW WISHFUL DRINKING
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