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JANE FONDA LAUNCHES “FIRE DRILL FRIDAYS” CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE DEMANDING URGENT ACTION TO BATTLE CLIMATE CHANGE - GETS ARRESTED

Jane Fonda

It's not easy to decide what to wear to participate in a civil disobedience event. Two Academy Award, two BAFTA, seven Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, the AFI Life Achievement Award winner, and long time political activist Jane Fonda selected a stylish, belted red coat and black and white checkered hat. Authorities added the accessories - standard police issued handcuffs.

In all about 20 protestors were arrested. She was the third person bound in the plastic restraints in the planned protest in which Fonda intended to be led off to the hoosegow. Press releases about the planned event were embargoed.

Fonda, demanding urgent action on a Green New Deal - lean, renewable energy, creating new good jobs and protecting communities—and an end to all new fossil fuel exploration and drilling, commited civil disobedience at the U.S. Capitol Building last Friday through andvows to be a repeat offender at least to mid-January.

She will be joined at every “Fire Drill Friday” by s celebrities, scientists, economists and people from impacted communities who will speak and some of whom will invite arrest.

Inspired by the growing movement of young climate strikers, Fonda decided to move to the nation’s capital for four months to take up their baton. The effort aims to spur action to avert what the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) calls irreversible climate disaster if atmospheric CO2 warms the planet by another 1.5 to 2 degrees Centigrade in the next 11 years.

"Change is coming by design or by disaster. A Green New Deal that transitions off fossil fuels provides the design. They say it’s not realistic, that it’s Socialism. That’s what they said about Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal, and we got Social Security and a middle class,” said Fonda.

Speakers at last Friday's event preceding civil disobedience in addition to Fonda included:
Keya Chatterjee, Executive Director, US Climate Action Network
Jerome Foster, high school senior and climate striker, Washington, DC
Naomi Klein, activist, filmmaker, award-winning author and Gloria Steinem Chair in Media, Culture and Feminist Studies at Rutgers University
Annie Leonard, Executive Director, Greenpeace USA
Dr. Sarah Steingraber, biologist and award-winning author
Kerene N. Tayloe, Esq., Director of Federal Legislative Affairs, WE ACT for Environmental Justice.

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ART AND ABOUT

TWO LAST NIGHTS! SHOW BUSINESS IN GEORGIAN BRITAIN

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is a how-to guide to going to a show in eighteenth century Britain.

Displayed throughout the whole Museum, this interactive exhibition delves into the mechanics of theatre and concert going in eighteenth and nineteenth century Britain. With more than 100 objects on display, discover the surprising similarities and astonishing differences between theatre and festival-going then and now, including advertising, ticket sales, audience behavior and dress code.

Interesting bits of information you might discover include that fashionable ladies attending performances at The Covent Garden Theatre would bring along their own bourdaloues since the venue only had three, small, outdoor, gender-neutral privies “with two holes in the seat of each”, serving the nature calls needs of upwards of two thousand people. Keep in mind that after the late comedian Joan Rivers became a superstar she always traveled with her own toilet seat.

Even today, royal boxes in all theatres have a private bathroom.

Bourdaloue is a chamber pot named for a priest Louis Bourdaloue who gave such long winded sermons that a need to relief oneself became urgent. The chamber pot neatly fit under the long skirts worn by ladies of the day. Ladies in the 18th centuries didn't wear underpants. The gravy boat-shaped vessel with a raised lip at one end and a handle at the other, was meant to be used while the woman was standing. The fashionable lady's chamber pot would be carried and emptied by her lady in waiting.

Many swells also brought along smelling salts since the theatres were unbearably hot.

Going to a show flourished as a popular pastime in the eighteenth century and as a result the entertainment industry saw rapid expansion: many theatres were built and music festivals began in both London and the provinces. These growing forms of entertainment contributed to the vast range of audience experiences we know today.

Enjoy a fascinating glimpse of behind-the-scenes roles, from theatre managers, set designers and scenery-painters, to the refreshment sellers and ticket collectors. Learn how leading artists of the day, including Hogarth, Hayman and Lambert, crossed over into the world of show business as set designers and scenery painters.

The exhibition explores key venues in London and the provinces, from the theatres of Drury Lane, Covent Garden and Richmond, to the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens and the Foundling Hospital Chapel, as well as the provincial music festivals of other major cities in Britain.

The exhibition is divided into four sections.

Georgian Theatre
Highlights in this section include caricatures and drawings of Georgian audience members, who came to see and be seen. Original advertising, programs and tickets are displayed alongside information about how Georgian audiences purchased tickets and detail the development of the modern-day ‘box office’.

Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens
An important highlight of the exhibition is an original eighteenth-century supper box painting, Devil to Pay, by Francis Hayman (1708-1776) which depicts the famous actress Kitty Clive.

Foundling Museum Chapel
Two Last Nights! reveals the importance of the Foundling Hospital Chapel as a music venue in Georgian Britain. George Frideric Handel was a fervent supporter of the Foundling Hospital and from 1749 he gave an annual benefit concert, raising thousands of pounds for the Hospital.

Music Festivals
Visitors can discover how performers capitalized on the summer season and logistical complexities of staging a music festival, including the transport of staging, singers and instruments between venues, traveling only by horse and cart.

On display through January 5, 2020 at the Foundling Museum in London.

DRIVING FORCES from the Pizzuti Collection is uniquely positioned to provide commentary on the role artists play in society. Showcasing work by more than 75 artists from more than 20 different countries, Driving Forces features artists who have influenced the direction of 20th-century art, such as Frank Stella and Susan Rothenberg, along with others who are helping to define what art means in the 21st century, including Nick Cave, Deana Lawson, Zanele Muholi and Zhang Huan, among many others. With an array of intergenerational and international artists, the exhibition opens up a range of conversations around contemporary artistic and cultural issues.

“Driving Forces is a celebration of the Pizzuti Collection building and programming joining the Columbus Museum of Art family,” said Nannette V. Maciejunes, executive director of CMA. “It is the first exhibition to span both our locations, and with more than 100 works, it is the largest exhibition of work ever shown from the private collection of Ann and Ron Pizzuti. This stunning exhibition features work by artists that have, and will continue to, shape contemporary culture.”

The exhibition is organized by Guest Curator Rebecca Ibel with Tyler Cann, CMA Pizzuti Family curator of contemporary art.

the largest exhibition of work from the private collection of Ann and Ron Pizzuti is the first exhibition to span the Museum’s downtown and Short North locations, Driving Forces: Contemporary Art from the Collection of Ann and Ron Pizzuti will be on view at the Pizzuti Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art October 26, 2019-March 8, 2020, and at the Columbus Museum of Art (CMA) November. 1, 2019-February 2, 2020.

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SWEET CHARITY

THIRD ANNUAL DOTTIE WEST BIRTHDAY BASH sponsored by Springer Mountain Farms and hosted by Country music royalty and fifty-two year member of the Grand Ole Opry, Jeannie Seely recently took place in Nashville. The star studded event raised over $28,300 in funds for the Nashville Musicians Association with 100% of all money going to the Musician's Emergency Relief Fund.

The evening included a special welcome and introduction by Charlie Monk with a stellar line-up of performances by Bill Anderson and his Po Folks Band, Tim Atwood, John Berry, Buddy Cannon, Melonie Cannon, Michele Capps, Peter Cooper, Danny Davis, Steve Dorff, Erin Enderlin, Tess Frizzell, Jamey Johnson, Jon Randall, John Schneider, Jeannie Seely, Bobby Tomberlin, Dallas Wayne and Kenna West along with special guests and surprises.

In addition to celebrating Dottie’s birthday and honoring her, the event also honors a musician or artist who (like her) has made an indelible impact on country music. This year the event honored Grand Ole Opry, Country Music Hall of Fame, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Songwriters Hall of Fame member, Bill Anderson.

The first year the Dottie West Birthday Bash honored Musicians Hall of Fame member and North Carolina Hall of Fame member, Jimmy Capps. Last year the event honored the three Country Music Hall of Fame inductees – Dottie, Ricky Skaggs, and Johnny Gimble.

BETRAYAL - BOLD, BRAVE AND BRILLIANT

Zawe Ashton as Emma, Charlie Cox as Jerry and Tom Hiddleston as Robert in Betrayal. © Marc Brenner.

Harold Pinter based his Betrayal upon his own life. It's compelling and timeless. The classic dramatic scenario of the 7-year-long love triangle explores themes of marital infidelity, duplicity, and self-deception are portrayed in reverse chronological order.

This latest revival at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre is memorable and riveting.

Pinter wrote 140 pauses into Betrayal and Tom Hiddleston, making his Broadway debut, knows how to capture and control breathless longing inter-twisted with saber tooth anger.

Director Jamie Lloyd’s exceptional production is sensual.

Hiddleston plays Robert, whose wife Emma (Zawe Ashton) is having a long-term affair with Jerry (Charlie Cox), who just happens to be Robert’s best friend from college. Robert learns of the affair two years after it ended. A wound is opened which enflurances not essential oils from the most delicate of emotions but from the festering underbellies.

Why affairs happen have no easy, one dimensional answer.

The adroit bass-heavy sound design by Ben Ringham and Max Ringham during the scene in which Emma and Jerry first kiss is enough to cause as orgasm.

In a less-is-more approach, damaged emotions, not scenery, fill the stage. Tattered lives are camouflaged in muted shades for color blended jeans and tops. They cover a universe which has spun out of control as they intersect in intertwining orbits - yet unable to feel the other's pain or comprehend the consequences.

Associate Director: Jonathan Glew; Scenic Design by Soutra Gilmour; Costume Design by Soutra Gilmour; Lighting Design by Jon Clark; Sound Design by Ben Ringham and Max Ringham; Associate Scenic Design: Mike Carnahan.

Zawe Ashton as Emma - Charlie Cox as Jerry - Tom Hiddleston as Robert and Eddie Arnold (who is also the understudy for Jerry and Robert) as the Waiter are making their Broadway debut. All are exceptional and transferring from the British production.

A don't miss production brilliantly constructed, directed and acted. Performances through December 8, 2019.

SPREADING THE WORD

HALF MOON BAY'S WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP OF GOLIATH GOURDS takes place s Monday, October 14. In a clever press release it is challenged to: "Bring it on beefy, brawny, burly behemoths! Will the heavyweight pumpkin world record go down in Half Moon Bay this year? No weigh? Weigh! The excitement is building in Pumpkintown as the World’s Greatest Gourd Growers and their humongous, mind-blowing, Volkswagen-sized orange orbs hope to crush the world record on the morning of Monday, October 14 at the 46th Annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off - in the World Pumpkin Capital of Half Moon Bay, California - the kick-off to Half Moon Bay’s world-famous Art & Pumpkin Festival which takes place October 19-20.

"Weigh-off organizers and title sponsor Safeway are offering a world’s biggest top prize of $7 per pound. Also at stake are thousands of dollars in beefed up prize money doled out to the top 20 plus the big carrot: a $30,000 total mega-prize for a new world record pumpkin entered at Half Moon Bay - considered the “Super Bowl of Weigh-Offs”. A host of accomplished veteran growers will be contending for the coveted title. The winner and champion mega-pumpkin also play a starring role in the world-famous Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival, October 19-20 (including a free weekend at the posh, pumpkin-centric Ritz-Carlton on the stunningly beautiful Half Moon Bay coast). To receive the $30,000 world record prize, the grower must break and hold the world record at the conclusion of the Half Moon Bay weigh-off. If two or more growers happen to break the world record at Half Moon Bay, the prize money would go to the grower of the heaviest pumpkin. The current world record is 2,624-pounds set in 2016 at a weigh-off in Germany.

Defending Half Moon Bay champion Steve Daletas’ gorgeous and gargantuan 2,170-pound weigh-off champion mega-gourd obliterated a formidable field of heavyweight contenders in winning the 2018 Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off. Beauty will share center stage with beefy brawn - a special $1,000 prize will be awarded to the “most beautiful pumpkin” as judged by the audience based on color, shape and size.

JOEL GRAY AND THE CAST OF FIDDLER ON THE ROOF IN YIDDISH will celebrate the success of their original cast recording during a wristband event at Barnes & Noble in New York City on Tuesday, October 15, 2019. Released on August 23 via Time Life, Fiddler on the Roof In Yiddish: The 2018 Cast Recording debuted at #10 on Billboard magazine’s Cast Albums chart and rose to #5 shortly after. The album is the first musically-complete cast recording of Fiddler on the Roof in the production’s 55-year history and includes 11 songs in English that were cut from the original Broadway production in 1964.

Joel Grey (Director), Steven Skybell (Tevye), Jennifer Babiak (Golde), Stephanie Lynn Mason (Hodl), Rosie Jo Neddy (Khave), Rachel Zatcoff (Tsaytl), Raquel Nobile (Shprintze) and Samantha Hahn (Beylke) are all confirmed to appear at the event, accompanied by Andrew Wheeler (Associate Music Director/Conductor) on piano. The actors will perform three songs from the musical and sign CDs of the cast recording.

EAST LYNNE THEATER COMPANY and award winning Equity professional company, presents two events in time for Halloween: Poe by Candlelight on Saturday, October 19 and the classic silent thriller, The Cat and the Canary, accompanied by Wayne Zimmerman on the organ, on Sunday, October 20, both at The First Presbyterian Church, in Cape May, New Jersey where the theater is in residence.

Poe by Candlelight is the final Tales of the Victorians performance for 2019. Like other Tales that take place at different venues throughout the summer, this features light refreshments and stories read by ELTC actors. This year, stories by the master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe, include The Mask of the Red Death; The Cask of Amontillado and Hop-Frog, and the performers are Sydia Cedeño, Lee O'Connor, and Gayle Stahlhuth.

92Y REEL PIECES PRESENTS Julie Andrews and Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years with Co-Author Emma Walton Hamilton on Saturday, October 19 at the 92 Y in New York City.

Moderator and Columbia University professor Annette Insdorf will interview Andrews and show clips from her career.

Andrews' daughter Emma Walton Hamilton will join part of the discussion. Andrews’ bestselling biography, Home: A Memoir of My Early Years, was the first installment of a trilogy. The second part, Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years, will be published this October. It explores Andrews’ arrival in Hollywood, tracing her rise to celebrity as well as her eventual marriage to the director Blake Edwards.

92Y REEL PIECES - PART 2 presents an October 20 event at 92Y in New York City with actor Michael Shannon, director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon and their new film, The Current War: Director's Cut. Following a preview screening, moderator Annette Insdorf will conduct an onstage interview.

In The Current War: Director's Cut, which Insdorf calls "one of the best films of the year—a beautifully made historical epic that conveys the excitement of scientific ideas tested and realized in life-changing ways," inventor Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch), and immigrant genius Nikolai Tesla (Nicholas Hoult) compete to bring electricity to the world, sparking one of the first great American corporate feuds. Co-starring Tom Holland as Edison's secretary, The Current War: Director's Cut is a new and enhanced version of a film that had brief festival exposure in 2017; it will be released theatrically on October 25.

CIRCUS CENTER CABARET

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the intimate, elegant, cheeky and mischievous San Francisco venue celebrated its 5th anniversary last weekend with Cabaret Chanteuse Madame Leanne Borghesi and the Roger Glenn Trio.

As befits its over 21 audience,roars back to the stage with the 5th anniversary season of its critically acclaimed distillation of top-drawer circus and variety artists, an atmosphere of delightful indulgence, and live music performed by Under the visionary direction of legendary circus teacher and clown Steve Smith, the Circus Center Cabaret is presented in an intimate venue with a full bar at Circus Center’s iconic home near Golden Gate Park.

“Hyperbole aside, there’s nothing quite like it in the Bay Area landscape,” says Barry Kendall, Circus Center Executive Director and Executive Producer for the Cabaret, calling the experience “the perfect date night. We have table service and a bar staff who are young, gender-bending, and very sexy. The variety of talent on our stage is enormous – aerialists, acrobats, contortionists, clowns, jugglers, quick change artists, and so much more. We bring in headliner artists from around the world, coming to us straight from Cirque du Soleil, Big Apple Circus, Vegas shows, and more – you can’t see them anywhere else in San Francisco. And in our cozy, intimate theatre, you’re never more than 50 feet from the stars on our stage – sometimes much closer!”

PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN'S wedding chef Nikolaos Koulousias, one of the24 hand picked chefs selected to prepare the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's wedding menu, will host an Omani resort event at Anantara Al Jabal Al Akhdar Resort in the UAE which will pay homage to Harry's mother, Princess Diana.

Anantara Al Jabal Al Akhdar Resort is promising an exclusive dining experience at Oman’s luxury mountaintop escape in November. The event will take place on Diana’s Point, the dedicated spot in memory of Harry's mother. Named after the late Princess Diana’s visit to the site in 1986, Anantara Al Jabal Al Akhdar Resort together with Koulousias will pay homage to the late princess.

Dagmar Symes, general manager of Anantara Al Jabal Al Akhdar Resort, said: “When I heard that Niko played a major role in the royal wedding of Harry and Meghan, it was an obvious thought to link this event to Diana’s Point. We’re looking forward to a truly memorable, to share a glimpse of the wedding that captivated millions, re imagined with an Omani twist, said Dagmar Symes, General Manager of Anantara Al Jabal Al Akhdar Resort. For the royal wedding Koulousias added Greek olive oil and Greek saffron.

Prior to the wedding he told Neos Kosmos that wedding guest David Beckham had requested that all of his food be steamed.

"Omani's use of pomegranates and rosewater in the royal wedding will be the special features of the event," she added. "With this very special viewpoint as the icing on the cake, there is surely no enhanced method to enjoy the spirit of the occasion.

"Omani's flavorings of pomegranates and rosewater blended into the spirit of the royal wedding will be the highlight of the event. With this very special viewpoint as the icing on the cake, there is surely no better way to enjoy the spirit of the occasion,” declared Symes.

Born in Germany from immigrant parents from Kozani, northern Greece, Koulousias has been honored for his success in spreading Greek food worldwide. He will present an array of meals based on selected dishes from the royal wedding menu with a blend of local produce. Guests will also be invited to an evening cocktail reception hosted by Symes. For those spending the night, a selection of in-room signature delicacies made by Chef Niko will finish off the experience.

OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY

THEATRES END OIL FUNDING in response to climate change. The National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company in London announced that they will end sponsorship from oil firms Shell and BP.

Shell had been a “corporate gold” member of the National Theatre. That membership status gave the oil company access to exclusive perks and facilities at the theatre in return for £15,000 per year. Their sponship ends in 2020 and will not be renewed.

The National Theatre has announced it plans to make itself carbon neutral by 2050, in line with the Paris agreement.

The Royal Shakespeare Company publicly announced the end of its 8-year sponsorship with BP.

In a joint statement, Gregory Doran, the RSC’s artistic director, and Catherine Mallyon, its executive director, said the decision had been reached after a “careful and often difficult debate” internally.

They added: “Amidst the climate emergency, which we recognize, young people are now saying clearly to us that the BP sponsorship is putting a barrier between them and their wish to engage with the RSC. We cannot ignore that message.” The RSC statement said: “Central to our organizational values, is that we listen to and respond to the views of young people. Each year we actively engage 500,000 children and young people with Shakespeare’s plays … It is with all of this in mind that we have taken the difficult decision to conclude our partnership with BP at the end of this year. There are many fine balances and complex issues involved and the decision has not been taken lightly or swiftly.”

“It’s time the British Museum, Royal Opera House, Science Museum, National Portrait Gallery and Southbank Centre followed the ethical leadership of the National Theatre and the RSC — otherwise they seriously risk losing their legitimacy in the eyes of a public that is only becoming more concerned about the climate emergency," charged Danny Chivers, from the activist theatre group BP or not BP."

He said: “It is simply no longer acceptable for any cultural organization to be promoting and supporting the fossil fuel industry in the middle of a climate crisis.

THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS (TCA) has approved funding of 868 grants in its first funding round for fiscal year 2020. The grants total over $8.9 million and will go to nonprofits and units of government in 111 Texas cities. These grants include all of the Arts Create program grants, the revived Cultural District Project grants, the first of two funding rounds for the Arts Respond Project program, the quarterly Arts Respond Performance Support program, and the quarterly Commission Initiatives and Designated Funding category.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO . . .

TONY ROBERTS a two tine Tony nominee who celebrates his 80th birthday on October 22, 2019.

Roberts has appeared in twenty-three Broadway shows, twenty-five films, three television series, and recorded over fifty audio books and numerous voice-over commercials.

He was nominated for two Tony Awards in consecutive years: in 1968, as Best Actor (Musical) for How Now Dow Jones and in 1969 as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Dramatic) for Play It Again, Sam, a part he recreated in the film version of the same name, Play It Again, Sam (1972).

Since making his 1962 Broadway debut as a replacement in the boulevard comedy Take Her, She's Mine produced by Harold Prince and directed by George Abbott, his Broadway credits also boast The Royal Family; Cabaret; Barefoot in the Park replacing Robert Redford in the original Broadway production and co-starred in a revival with Jill Clayburgh, Amanda Peet, and Patrick Wilson and Promises, Promises which played in Chicago. His New York credits also include productions of South Pacific and Brigadoon at Lincoln Center, and Carousel at the Lyric in Chicago.



EVERYBODY by Obie Award winner and MacArthur “Genius” Grant recipient Branden Jacobs-Jenkins.

Directed by Will Davis.

A new light shines t on the 15th-century play Everyman with startling results. Everybody - a role assigned each night from a small cast of actors by lottery live on stage - is a happy person, a free person, a person who believes nothing but the best lies ahead. Then Death comes calling and Everybody must go on the journey of a lifetime. "An irreverent, rollicking ride that asks deep questions of all who see it. Remixing the archetypal medieval morality play into an explosive experiment of wit and emotion."

Featuring STC Affiliated Artist Nancy Robinette as Death. With: Somebody: Alina Collins Maldonado - Usher/God/Understanding: Yonatan Gebeyehu - Love: Ahmad Kamal - Girl/Time: Clare Carys O'Connell - Somebody: Avi Roque - Somebody: Kelly Simpkins - Somebody: Ayana Workman - Somebody: Elan Zafir.

The Artistic Team: Arnulfo Maldonado Scenic Designer. Melissa Ng Costume Designer. Barbara Samuels Lighting Designer. Brendan Aanes Sound Designer/Composer. Cliff Williams III Fight/Intimacy Choreographer Carter C. Wooddell. Casting Director Dr. Drew Lichtenberg. Dramaturg. Lisa Beley. Voice and Text Coach. Christopher Michael Borg Stage Manager. Christi Spann Assistant Stage Manager. October 15-November 17 Lansburgh Theatre in Washington, DC.

BOTTICELLI IN THE FIRE a European premier by Jordan Tannahill.

Directed by Blanche McIntyre.

Award-winning actor and performance artist Dickie Beau stars in this hot-blooded, fun and seductive reimagining of Renaissance Italy which questions how much of ourselves we are willing to sacrifice when society comes off the rails. Joining him will be Hiran Abeysekera, Howard Ward, Sirine Saba, Stefan Adegbola, Adetomiwa Edun and Louise Gold.

Botticelli in the Fire makes its UK premiere at Hampstead Theatre opening on the Main Stage on October 18, 2019.

MARK TWAIN'S RIVER OF SONG by Randal Myler and Dan Wheetman.

Directed by Randal Myler.

Book passage on a riverboat down the mighty Mississippi, teeming with rousing traditional songs and the poignant stories of the Big Muddy’s favorite son, Mark Twain. Told with wry humor and surprising emotion, played on a parade of guitars, banjos, and harmonicas, this music-filled journey will have you tapping your feet as it warms your heart.

Presented by Theatre Works this West Coast Premiere runs through October 27 at Mountain View Center for Performing Arts in Mountain View, CA.

THE GREAT SOCIETY written by Robert Schenkkan.

Directed by Bill Rauch.

Leading the 19-member ensemble cast are Brian Cox as Lyndon B. Johnson, Grantham Coleman as Martin Luther King Jr., Marc Kudisch as Richard J. Daley, Bryce Pinkham as Senator Robert F. Kennedy, Frank Wood as Senator Everett Dirksen, Gordon Clapp as J. Edgar Hoover, and Richard Thomas as Hubert Humphrey. They are joined by Marchánt Davis as Stokely Carmichael, Brian Dykstra as Adam Walinsky, Barbara Garrick as Ladybird Johnson, David Garrison as Richard Nixon; Ty Jones as Reverend Ralph Abernathy, Christopher Livingston as James Bevel, Angela Pierce as Pat Nixon, Matthew Rauch as Robert McNamara, Nikkole Salter as Coretta Scott King, Tramell Tillman as Bob Moses, and Ted Deasy & Robyn Kerr as Ensemble.

The creative team includes David Korins (sets), Linda Cho (costumes), David Weiner (lights), Paul James Prendergast (composer/sound), Victoria Sagady (projections) and Daniel Swee (casting).

Officially opened on Tuesday, October 1 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater in New York City.

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WHO'S WHERE

ALICE SMITH Grammy-nominated chanteuse Alice Smith has built a nationwide following with her unrivaled vocal prowess spanning four octaves, enhanced b y her arresting performance style. With an eclectic repertoire spanning pop, R&B and jazz, Smith has performed at numerous leading venues, including selling out the Kennedy Center and headlining at Lincoln Center. October 18, 2019 - October 19, 2019 at The Smith Center in Las Vegas.

JOURNEY currently in residency at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

LANG LANG performs Monday, October 21, 2019 with the San Francisco Symphony. Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA.

TRISHA YEARWOOD for the first time in five years, Trisha Yearwood has hit the road on a solo headlining tour: The Every Girl on Tour run which begins tonight, Sunday, October 13, in Atlanta, GA at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center.

GARTH BROOKS husband of above mentioned Trisha Yearwood is on his own tour. The guy with "Friends in Low Places" goes uptown with a show Tuesday, October 22 with the Nashville Symphony in Nashville, TN.

JIMMY BUFFETT on stage Wednesday, October 16, at the Santa Barbara Bowl in Santa Barbara, CA. On Saturday he ll be singin his hits at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas.

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