Sunday, March 24th at 7pm

The Colony Theatre

555 N 3rd Street

Burbank, CA 91502

Tickets range from $35 to $200 – so hopefully price will not exclude anyone from joining this one-of-a-kind celebration.  For tickets, please click on: PURCHASE MY TICKET NOW . We encourage you to spread the word, and share this with your friends. Let’s all toast 30 extraordinary years of Celebration Theatre!

Scheduled to Appear:

 

Jane Lynch (Glee)

Sean Hayes (Smash, Will & Grace)

Wendie Malick (Hot in Cleveland)

Sharon Lawrence

Jane Leeves

Valerie Bertinelli (Hot in Cleveland)

Susan Sullivan

Lainie Kazan

Philip Casnoff

Drew Droege

Sam Pancake

Kevin Chamberlin

Roger Bart

Alec Mapa

 

A musical review of Celebration’s past shows including:

 

Altar Boyz

The Women of Brewster Place the Musical

The Next Fairy Tale

Justin Love

and the Ovation award winning cast of The Color Purple: The Musical.

Don’t miss your chance to see the Winner of the Best Director Award at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. Winner of Best Breakthrough Performance at the Gotham Awards 2012. Four-Time Independent Spirit Award 2012 Nominee, MIDDLE OF NOWHERE on the big screen before it’s too late!

Wilsilu Pictures, Inc presents an exclusive, one night only Q&A Screening on Wednesday, April 10th at the Laemmle Music Hall 3 in Beverly Hills, California. Scheduled to appear is actress Sharon Lawrence along with a few other select cast members from the film. Tickets are $12.00 and can be reserved online at Tugg.com.

On Sunday, March 24, a theater near to Sharon’s heart, Celebration Theatre, is honoring it’s 30th Anniversary.  That’s 30 years existing as the only community-based professional theater in Los Angeles endeavoring to accurately represent the gay and lesbian community to itself and to the community at large. It’s become more than than a theater to so many – it’s a home, it’s a history, it’s an institution.

To celebrate, they are having a huge benefit at The Colony Theatre.  The Colony is a beautiful 268-seat theater in downtown Burbank.  Some  of this theaters most talented friends and allies are coming out to sing and read, including Jane Lynch, Sean Hayes, Wendie Malick, Jane Leeves, Valerie Bertinelli, Susan Sullivan, Lainie Kazan, Philip Casnoff, Drew Droege, Sam Pancake, Kevin Chamberlin, Roger Bart, Alec Mapa and more to be announced.  The evening will also include a musical review of Celebration’s past shows including Altar Boyz, The Women of Brewster Place the Musical, The Next Fairy Tale, Justin Love, and the Ovation award winning cast of The Color Purple: The Musical.

Sharon will be receiving the second annual Celebration Theatre Vibrant Voice Award, which is given to an artist for being an outspoken ally for Celebration Theatre and the LGBT arts community in Los Angeles.

Tickets range from $35 to $200 – so hopefully price will not exclude anyone from joining this one-of-a-kind celebration.  For tickets, please Click Here.

We encourage you to spread the word, and share this with your friends. Let’s all toast 30 extraordinary years of Celebration Theatre!

If you would like to read more information about the wonderful work being done at Celebration Theatre, please visit them on facebook.

Hey everyone, look at Oprah’s tweet to Ava DuVernay (Best Director -Sundance 2012) about  MIDDLE OF NOWHERE

The film maker Ava DuVernay (Twitter@AVAETC ) is not only the first African American woman to win Best Director at Sundance but I dare you not to fall in love with the new star Emayatzy Corinealdi (Twitter @EmayatzyCorinealdi).  This is a grass roots word of mouth campaign so if you post on your Twitter , FB, share with your personal lists and BUY A TICKET this weekend, even if you can’t make it to a theatre, then you can help the film’s box office which will mean the film will open in more locations.

SyFy Digital is launching a digital original series exclusively for the Xbox 360 for the first time called Nuclear Family.

The show will premiere on the SyFy App on the Xbox LIVE entertainment platform on October 1, followed by “simultaneous premieres on SyFy.com, Hulu, VOD, Syfy’s mobile and table apps and SyFy’s new Roku channel” on October 15.

A 20-part series, Nuclear Family stars Corin Nemec (Stargate SG-1), Kinsey Packard (Sleeper Cell), Ray Wise (Mad Men) and Sharon Lawrence (Desperate Housewives). The show is about a family’s struggle to survive in a lawless society that is ruled by The Man and his savage clan. They’ll also be desperately searching for their missing child who is lost in “the apocalyptic chaos fallowing a mysterious mega-explosion.”

Nuclear Family premieres on Xbox Live this Monday October 1st. Visit SyFy.com for more info.

Watch Sharon in Episode 2 of an all new political webseries that follows the reelection campaign of a Democratic representative from California struggling to fend off a primary challenger. Richard Schiff (WEST WING) and Robin Weigert (DEADWOOD) also co-star. Exclusively Available Online, click to Watch Now

Connect with “Chasing the Hill” on Facebook and Twitter

“L.O.V.E – Let One Voice Emerge” is a non-partisan campaign to reach out to the largest group of non-voters in America — nearly 20 million unmarried women — and to support the important work of The Voter Participation Center and their partners. The Voter Participation Center’s mission on behalf of the Rising American Electorate (unmarried women, persons of color and young people) is to register and encourage these groups to the polls, which aligns with the goal of our campaign.

L.O.V.E. is performed by hit artists Fergie, Keke Palmer, Patti Austin, Siedah Garrett, Sheila E, Brenda Russell, Judith Hill, Lalah Hathaway, and Jenna Ushkowitz. The video is directed by David Galvez, Jr.

“Your vote is powerful. Don’t underestimate your vote any more than you underestimate yourself. Don’t do that. Get up, get out, and get counted. We need to be our own supports. I’m asking all of you, as women, please support yourselves.” – Dr. Maya Angelou

(from Screenspy.com)

Diva’s tenth episode of the season, entitled ‘Lady Parts’ sees Jane take a case close to her heart defending Deb’s Mom Bobbi Dobkins (Sharon Lawrence), when she is sued for pushing a student in her dance class too hard and possibly causing a career ending injury.

The case looks grim when famed dance instructor Abbey Lee Miller (as herself), known for her no nonsense teaching, testifies that Bobbi’s regimen is over-zealous.

Catch ‘Lady Parts’ Sunday August 12 at 9 pm on Lifetime.

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In this TV Fanatic interview, guest star Sharon Lawrence talks about the mystery behind Dr. Hope Martin and what drew her to the role on Rizzoli & Isles.

Read the entire Interview and more tv spoilers at: TVFanatic.com