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Ever date that person who is awful, but you are so into them, you don't see it? Enjoy Perfect, the latest song by our J. Chris Newberg:
Check out our Raphael Sbarge as the voice of the dolphin, in this animated PSA, Don’t Feed Wild Dolphins.
Check out this great article where our Anna Graves discusses voicing Bounty Hunter Sugi in the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, airing Fridays at 9 PM / 8 PM Central on Cartoon Network
Our John Balma will appear on Thurs. May 6th’s “Telethon” episode of Parks and Recreation as his recurring character, Barney. Parks and Recreation airs at 8:30 PM / 7:30 PM Central on Thursdays on NBC.
Larry Cedar just opened as Pete in Nightmare Alley at The Geffen Playhouse.
Here's what the Hollywood Reporter had to say about Larry’s performance: "I don't think anyone originally intended for the character of Pete to steal the show. Perhaps Larry Cedar's toolkit of inventive, endearing bits of business and his ability to take on three roles, including an ancestor of Lily Tomlin's eccentric women and a gullible sheriff, changed the director's mind. Simply, whatever is happening in the story stops the moment Cedar steps onstage as he effortlessly rustles up laughter and dances the fool as if he were going to float off into space."
Nightmare Alley runs until May 23rd and Discount Tickets ($25) are now available through May 2nd! To purchase, call the Geffen Box Office at 310-208-5454 and give the following discount code: NMAC25
Check out this fun, new show co-created by our Scott McShane, The Purple Wizard Red Cowboy Show. Scott co-created/co-voiced/co-produced and co-wrote it in conjunction with Oddbot Studios.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Actress Ashley EcksteinAnd The Araca Group Debut Her Universe,A New Line of Female-Focused Sci-Fi Merchandise
The voices of female Star Wars™ and science-fiction fans have been heard! Recognizing a need and a desire for merchandise created especially for the female fan, actress Ashley Eckstein - the voice of Ahsoka Tano in the hit animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars™ - has created Her Universe™ a new clothing line featuring fashionable, feminine products for fangirls. Partnering with The Araca Group - a leading production and merchandise company – Eckstein will enter into a multi-year agreement with Lucas Licensing to develop and produce a line of female-focused Star Wars products, to be made available at conventions throughout the country and via the Her Universe website.
“We’re thrilled to be working with Lucas Licensing to address this dramatically expanding market of Star Wars female fans,” says Eckstein. “After four years of working on The Clone Wars, I have become a huge Star Wars fan and have noticed the rapidly increasing number of women who share my love for George Lucas’ amazing universe. Wanting to give these fans a voice and affirm that they play an important role in the world of Star Wars and science-fiction, we created the Her Universe brand especially for them. As a consumer, I believe that quality and creativity are of the utmost importance and those standards were paramount in my joining forces with The Araca Group.”
“We are thrilled to start Her Universe with Ashley and we look forward to helping bring her vision to life,” said Matthew Rego, principal of The Araca Group. “Moreover, the opportunity to work with Lucas Licensing utilizing the Star Wars catalog of images is thrilling. Our goal is to bring fashion-forward, authentic, quality products to the legion of devoted female Star Wars fans.”
“Ashley is such an enthusiastic emissary of the Star Wars brand, and we are so excited that she’s taken the lead on this exciting new initiative,” said Paul Southern, Lucas Licensing’s Sr. Director of Domestic Licensing and Marketing. “She has her finger on the pulse of what our female fans want to wear.”
The Araca Group is known as one of the most innovative theatrical production and merchandise companies in the world. As producers, Araca’s credits include Wicked, The Laramie Project, Urinetown The Musical, Debbie Does Dallas, The Vagina Monologues, Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune, A View From the Bridge and the current Broadway production Lend Me a Tenor. As merchandisers, Araca has launched worldwide operations for entertainment properties including Wicked, The Wedding Singer, Jersey Boys, and Rock of Ages.
Described playfully as “geek chic,” the new Star Wars line from Her Universe will premiere at San Diego Comic-Con’s Star Wars Pavilion in July, and will also be available at Star Wars Celebration V in Orlando, Florida in August. Fans can also learn more about Her Universe and get updates by going to www.heruniverse.com and by following Ashley on Twitter at (https://twitter.com/HerUniverse) and visiting the Her Universe Facebook page at (http://www.facebook.com/HerUniverse).
If you would like more information on Her Universe or to schedule an interview with Ashley Eckstein, please contact Dan Madsen at pr@heruniverse.com
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Check out Sal Lopez as Moe in the cast of The Latino Theater Company’s production of Dementia.
Skeletons aren’t the only things that come out of the closet in this award-winning Latino swansong about the glamorous death of Moises, his friends call him Moe. Mortality never seemed so fabulous as he invites his closest friends over for a “going away for good party.” Demented fantasies abound as his alter ego, a torch singing drag queen, tempts him into his famous final scene. In 2002, Dementia garnered the prestigious GLAAD Award for Outstanding Theater Production in Los Angeles as well as four Ovation Award nominations.
Dementia will be running Thursdays through Sundays at the Los Angeles Theatre Center April 29th through May 30th.
Check out this fun clip of our Joe Cipriano and Rino Romano talking about voiceover after a panel at the ShowBiz Expo LA:
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