Catch on-camera talent, James Gilbert in The Gangbusters Theatre Company’s production of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet.  Gangbusters Theatre will be performing Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays at the Little Victory Theatre in Burbank thru August 17th. 

Check out voiceover talent, Dave Hoffman, as he narrates My New Wild Life on Animal Planet.  It airs weekdays at 3 PM/2 PM Central and follows people as they leave their regular life and try to make it on a wildlife reserve.

You can also hear Dave on The History Channel’s Batman Tech, premiering Monday, July 21st at 9 PM/8 PM Central.  Since his debut in DC Comics in 1939, Batman has dazzled readers with an amazing array of bat gadgets.  Viewers will go deep inside the Batcave to examine these incredible tools–many of them inspired by amazing real-life military developments. Discover just how close they come to real-life technology.

Head to Culver City and  The Kirk Douglas Theatre between June 29th and July 27th and see Larry Pressman in the world premiere of Of Equal Measure.  Written by Tanya Barfield and directed by Lee Silverman, Of Equal Measure won an Edgerton Foundation New American Plays award.

Global, domestic, and personal responsibility
Jade Kingston is an ambitious African-American stenographer in the Woodrow Wilson White House with behind the scenes access. This president is the man who enters the US into World War I in order that the world “be made safe for democracy.” He also is the one who begins instituting segregationist policies and trampling civil liberties. In this increasingly complex modern world, Jade finds the need to make a choice between protecting her job, her brother, and her own sense of America’s duty to its citizens and to the world abroad.

Grab your favorite blanket, a picnic basket, and your friends and family and head to Barnsdall Park in Hollywood, where SBV talent, Angel Parker, will be playing Olivia in William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, along with several roles in Dr. Faustus in Independent Shakespeare’s summer season.  Productions run Thursday through Sunday from June 26th thru August 24th in Barnsdall Park in Hollywood.

Diane Pershing will be joining the cast of Interact’s upcoming fundraising performance of Murder, Mayhem and Music, Showstoppers from the Dark Side of Broadway.  It includes numbers from Sweeney Todd, Chicago, Annie, Little Shop of Horrors, Young Frankenstein, Assassins, etc.    The performance takes place on Saturday night, June 28, at the Assistance League Playhouse in Hollywood (1367 North St. Andrews Place Los Angeles, CA 90028).  Tickets are $175 for the preshow dinner and silent auction, as well as the show itself, or $100 for the show alone.

MURDER, MAYHEM, & MUSIC SHOWSTOPPERS FROM BROADWAY’S DARK SIDE is a special benefit production, directed by Todd Nielsen .

Interact’s annual fund-raiser will be a foot-tapping hair-raiser as well, as the company’s members and special celebrity guests explore some of Broadway’s most beguiling musical numbers, all touching upon humanity’s baser instincts. Throughout the decades, the most admired composers and lyricists have frequently applied their talents to presenting the tragic and comic aspects of what drives people to indulge their meanest passions and desires. It all makes for a wild, funny, edgy, surprising, and violently entertaining evening of song.

SBV talent, Mike Burstyn will be honored with the Israel Film Festival’s Artistic Achievement Award at a special screening of his film, Two Kunilemel (The Flying Matchmaker), (English Subtitles) this Wednesday, June 18, 2008 – 7:00pm at the Royal Theatre (11523 Santa Monica Blvd. in West Los Angeles, just west of the 405).  For tickets call: (323)966-4166

A matchmaker goes a bit overboard in this comedy film (1966) starring Mike Burstyn in his Israeli Oscar winning dual role as the Lemel twins. The story centers on a matchmaker who finds the perfect-looking boy for the daughter of a wealthy client, but the suitor isn’t rich, or very bright. As if this weren’t enough, the matchmaker can’t find a match for his own daughter. Finally, both girls take matters into their own hands and end up with the perfect match.

Two of our talented, funny clients give you their takes on Father’s Day.

J. Chris Newberg’s take on Father’s Day:

And Kim Evey on Father’s Day:

Catch SBV talent, Boise Thomas, in his new series Alter Eco, Mondays at 9 PM Eastern/8 PM Central on Planet Green (formerly Discovery home).

Alter Eco is an eco lifestyle and makeover series presented by Adrian Grenier and his entourage of green activists, experts, and friends. As all work and no play makes for a dull show, Adrian always concludes Alter Eco with a meal or a gathering where he and his green team celebrate their accomplishments for the week.

Head to Vibrato to enjoy an evening with Bill & Gregg Marx, accompanied by Pat Senatore on Bass this Sunday, June 8th from 6:30 PM to 10:30 PM.  There is no cover, but there is a $20 food or drink minimum.  Dinner reservations are recommended.

Catch Sal Lopez in The New Latino Theater Company’s workshop production of Solitude.  Head to Theater #3 on Saturday, June 7th at 9 PM or Sunday, June 8th at 3 PM to catch this new work, inspired by the writings of Octavio Paz and written by upcoming playwright, Evelina Fernandez.

Catch SBV funnyman, Billy Gardell on E!’s quick-witted, late-night talk show Chelsea Lately, Friday, May 30th, check your local listings for details.  Billy will also be hitting the screen on tonight’s episode of My Name is Earl and opposite Eva Longoria Parker on Sunday, May 18th’s episode of Desperate Housewives.

Billy will be touring all summer long, check out his website at billygardell.com .

Head out to your favorite cineplex and watch SBV Talent, Willie Garson, reprise his role as Stanford Blatch in Sex and the City: The Movie, opening May 30th.

Congratulations to SBV talent, Jessica DiCicco, on her Emmy nomation for Outstanding Performance in an Animated Program for her work as Malina in the Disney Channel hit animated series The Emperor’s New School.

SBV talent, Katie Von Till, will join Tony Nominees Manoel Felciano and Megan Lawrence in Reprise’s production of Flora the Red Menace running May 6th through May 18th at the Freud Playhouse. 

Katie will be playing “Elsa,” the best friend of “Flora,” played by Eden Espinosa of Wicked  fame. 

The creators of Cabaret and Chicago bring us the story of an optimistic and headstrong young woman determined to make her way in New York City during the throes of the Depression.  This charming and passionate musical features the well-loved showstoppers “All I Need (Is One Good Break),” “Sing Happy,” and the beautiful “A Quiet Thing.”

Catch SBV talent, Edoardo Ballerini in The Caller, starring Frank Langella and Elliott Gould, premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 25th.

The past catches up with the present in Richard Ledes’ riveting neo-noir. A quiet cat-and-mouse thriller, The Caller is led by the captivating Frank Langella and stellar Elliott Gould. Langella plays Jimmy Stevens, an executive at an international energy firm. When he decides to blow the whistle on his company’s corrupt practices in Latin America, he knows his fate-he will be killed for treason, so he anonymously hires private detective Frank Turlotte (Gould) to stay on his tail. Turlotte reluctantly accepts the job, but unbeknownst to him, the man he was hired to investigate and the man who hired him are one and the same. As Stevens’ and Turlotte’s lives continue to intertwine, puzzle pieces fall together, and the secrets of the past start to explain the future.

Head out to Molly Malone’s on Saturday, May 17th at 8 PM to hear the lovely vocal stylings of Kay Bess.

Molly Malone’s is at 575 South Fairfax in Los Angeles, CA.

 

Catch SBV talent Billy Gardell being his funny self in Comedy Central Presents Billy Gardell at 10:30 PM / 9:30 PM Central.

Billy Gardell explains what his float in the “straight pride” parade would look like, why his dad loved him but wasn’t in love with him, and the important “C” word in every relationship in this half hour of stand up.

See John Balma in the independent feature Just Add Water, playing in limited release around the country.  If you’re in the Los Angeles area, you can find it at the Laemmle’s Sunset 5.

Ray Tuckby has stayed in the once idyllic, now decrepit and barren town of Trona in order to remain near the unrequited love of his youth. The town is run by a teenage drug and real estate kingpin, and when a stranger comes to Trona with dreams of turning the town around, Ray and his friends team up to defeat the young thugs and return Trona to its original splendor.

SBV talent, Bill Lloyd and his co-author Scott Finch present The Dudes’ Guide to Pregnancy on sale May 2nd at a bookstore near you.

When a couple gets pregnant, typically, the first thing the mother-to-be does is rush out to the bookstore to buy the various pregnancy bibles.But how is the expectant father supposed to know what to expect? He could wait in the dark and take his cues from his partner, or he could prepare himself for anything and everything by seeking the counsel of two regular dudes, who have climbed the steep learning curve (and lived to tell) that comes when having a baby. THE DUDES’ GUIDE TO PREGNANCY dispenses irreverent, honest, practical advice for the expectant father in an easy-to-understand–and often hilarious–man-to-man format.Taking you through the entire nine month process, the Dudes offer advice on what to expect from your newly pregnant wife (paranoia, morning sickness, enlarged breasts, no sex); the dos and don’ts of dealing with your wife’s body and mood changes, your mother-in-law and other family members; and the nitty-gritty details of what is expected of you and how your life will be changing during the next 40 weeks.THE DUDES’ GUIDE TO PREGNANCYgives twenty-something to forty-something men the indespensible tools and advice they need to maneuver the many ups and downs associated with impending fatherhood.