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CTG’S 2011 SEASON AT THE MARK TAPER FORUM IS ANNOUNCED

Taper’s 44^th Season at the Los Angeles Music Center Features

John Lithgow’s “Stories by Heart”

Jane Fonda in Moisés Kaufman’s “33 Variations” 

Lanford Wilson’s “Burn This,” Theresa Rebeck’s “The Novelist”

And Marco Barricelli and Olympia Dukakis in Morris Panych’s “Vigil”

The New Season Begins January 4 and Runs Through December 18, 2011

 John Lithgow in “Stories by Heart”

Featuring the works of P.G. Wodehouse and Ring Lardner

January 4 – February 13, 2011

(Opens January 5.)   

Photo: John Lithgow; Photo credit: Nigel Perry

“Vigil”

Written and Directed by Morris Panych

Featuring Marco Barricelli and Olympia Dukakis

November 2 – December 18, 2011

(Opens November 6.) 

Photo: Marco Barricelli and Academy Award-winner Olympia Dukakis;

Photo credit: Kevin Berne

Read more about New Season at The Mark Taper Forum.

Walking with Dinosaurs – September 9^th- 12^th, 2010 at STAPLES Center in downtown Los Angeles on South Figueroa Street between 11th Street/Chick Hearn Court and Pico Boulevard.

September 11 - November 5, 2010

Artist Reception: Saturday, September 11, from 6 - 8pm

Artist Talks at 5pm with both artists

David Trautrimas

The Spyfrost Project

David Trautrimas, Storm Crown Mechanism,

30 x 40 inches, archival digital print

Gallery II: Dylan Vitone

The Miami Project

Dylan Vitone, Surf Couple, 15 x 82 inches, archival inkjet print

"The Spyfrost Project" features photographs by David Trautrimas and "The Miami Project" presents the work of Dylan Vitone in gallery II.

David Trautrimas dismantles and photographs conventional household objects (from irons and refrigerators to vacuum cleaners and lawn mowers) and then digitally reassembles them to create fantastic, modernist architectural structures. "I became interested in the idea of creating fanciful dwellings unfettered by zoning ordinances or the laws of physics," he told Penelope Green of the New York Times, "after noting the blandness of most residential development." His new project is a series of photographs of imaginary Cold War military installations. Imposingly set in the landscapes of abandoned bases in remote mountain and desert locations, Trautrimas uses his functional building blocks to create quasi-futuristic, fortified structures - as if Mies van der Rohe had designed a thermos-shaped ICBM launch site in Montana. Both nostalgic and space age at the same time, Trautrimas has discovered the magnificent and modern in the empty and everyday.

David Trautrimas has exhibited in galleries throughout the United States and Canada, and was recently featured in a group exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art in Toronto. His work is included in the collections of the New Mexico Museum of Contemporary Art, Art Bank Canada, The Bank of Montreal, Foreign Affairs Canada and many other private collections.

In his second solo show with DNJ Gallery, Dylan Vitone again displays narrative panoramas documenting a unique location: the spectacle and highly stylized glitz of Miami Beach. The "Miami Project" is a continuation of Vitone's use of the multi-exposure, panoramic process to create layered documentary-style images that dissect his subjects from varying angles and perspectives. These photographs focus on the ego-driven characters that thrive both in the public eye and just below the surface of 'acceptable' in Miami's hyper-visual and narcissistic subcultures: bodybuilders, porn stars, drug dealers, graffiti writers, and bikini models. "Working in the tradition of street photographers and social anthropologists such as Milton Rogovin and Bruce Davidson, Vitone makes extended portraits of communities through intimate observations of their everyday rituals." (Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times)

Dylan Vitone has shown his photography in galleries nationally and is included in many esteemed collections such as The Smithsonian Institute, The Museum of Contemporary Photography, The George Eastman House and The Portland Art Museum. He was named Emerging Artist of the Year in 2009 by The Pittsburgh Center for the Arts with a review of this project appearing in the "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette."

dnj gallery; 154-1/2 north la brea avenue; los angeles, california 90036; 323.931.1311; Website: www.dnjgallery.net

FULL CAST ANNOUNCED FOR “LEAP OF FAITH”

World Premiere of New Musical Begins at the CTG/Ahmanson Theatre in September
 

The full cast is set for the world premiere of the new musical “Leap of Faith,” which will begin performances at the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre on September 11, 2010 and continue through October 24. The opening is scheduled for October 3. [Please note that these dates have changed from those originally announced.]
Starring four-time Tony Award-nominee Raúl Esparza and Golden Globe Award-nominee Brooke Shields (both of whom were previously announced), the cast features Nicholas Barasch, Jarrod Emick, Kendra Kassebaum, Kecia Lewis-Evans and Leslie Odom, Jr. as well as Brad Anderson, Bradley Benjamin, Tom Berklund, Christopher Bones, Krystal Joy Brown, Ta'Rea Campbell, Eric L. Christian, Michelle Duffy, Harvey Evans, Ashley Blair Fitzgerald, Jennie Ford, Bob Gaynor, Angela Grovey, Shannon Lewis, Michael X. Martin, Maurice Murphy, Anise E. Ritchie, Darcie Roberts, Bryce Ryness, Ariel Shepley, C.E. Smith, Alex Michael Stoll, Dennis Stowe, Katherine Tokarz, Brandon Wardell, Karl Warden, Natalie Willes and Charlie Williams.

Read more on Theater in Los Angeles page.

Photo: Tony Award-nominee Raúl Esparza and Golden Globe Award-nominee Brooke Shields in rehearsal for the world premiere of "Leap of Faith". Photo credit: Craig Schwartz

PaleyFest: Fall 2010 TV Preview Parties

Public Previews of New 2010 Television Shows in Los Angeles September 9 – 15, 2010 Will Offer Fans a First Look at New Network Fall Series and Stars

For the sixth consecutive year, The Paley Center for Media, along with its media partner TV Guide Magazine, will host the PaleyFest: Fall TV Preview Parties, a week-long series of free public screenings, parties, and panels in Los Angeles at its Beverly Hills location. Offering premiere screenings of the hottest new shows of the fall season prior to their broadcast premieres, this year’s roster includes No Ordinary Family (ABC), The Defenders (CBS), Nikita (The CW), Running Wilde (Fox), and The Event (NBC). Each preview party event will be devoted to a single broadcast network. The evening will begin with an introductory Q&A session with several members of cast and creative team of participating shows followed by multiple premiere screenings in their entirety. Screenings and parties are free including food and drinks with seats available on a first-come, first-served basis. 

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