 | Joan Rivers
(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN) |
Yosefa Forma, Tara Joyce, and Adam Kulbersh will join Joan Rivers for the world premiere of Joan Rivers: A Work in Progress by a Life in Progress, to play L.A.'s Geffen Playhouse, February 5-March 30. The show, which will open officially on February 13, is co-written by Douglas Bernstein and Denis Markell and directed by Bart DeLorenzo.
The show, which was workshopped earlier this year at the Magic Theater under the title The Joan Rivers Theater Project, takes place before a big awards show as Rivers takes an introspective look at aging, going through life's ups and downs, and being a woman in Hollywood. Forma will play a make-up artist; Joyce will play a newly minted studio executive; and Kulbersh will play an associate producer.
Rivers received a Tony Award nomination for Sally Marr and Her Escorts and is one of the world's most well-known stand-up comedians. She has been a best-selling author, an Emmy Award-winning talk show host, a screenwriter, and director.
In related news, Rivers will take part on January 11 in a special panel discussion at the Geffen with fellow playwrights Jane Anderson, Daniel Beaty, Marcus Hummon, Neil LaBute, Donald Margulies, and Adrian Pasdar, moderated by the theater's artistic director, Randall Arney.
For more information, visit www.geffenplayhouse.org.
Send this link to your friends!
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
- All Over the Map
It's the Housewives! in Sherman Oaks, Yellowjackets in Berkeley, Romeo and Juliet in Washington D.C., and Poetic License in Long Branch, NJ.
read more »
- Working It Out!
Dolly Parton, Allison Janney, Megan Hilty, and Stephanie J. Block provide a first look at the Los Angeles premiere of the Broadway-bound musical 9 to 5
read more »
- Fall Forward
TheaterMania chooses 10 must-sees for fall, including All My Sons, Equus, Fifty Words, and Road Show.
read more »
- More News »
|
New York
Fela!
Bill T. Jones' exuberant choreography is the main reason to see this bio-musical about Afrobeat founder Fela Anikulapo Kuti.
Reviewed by: Dan Bacalzo »
|
|
|
Theater News 
Insider Comments:
Be the first to post a comment!