Dear TWiSters,
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! THIS JUST IN! Two weeks ago in TWiSt we announced that TWiSt friend Josh Greenbaum’s short film, THE MORNING ROUTINE, was a nominee for the 2007 Coca-Cola Refreshing Filmmaker’s Award. The votes have been counted, and the verdict is in...THE MORNING ROUTINE is the GRAND PRIZE WINNER! Congratulations, Josh!
No Valentine’s Day plans yet? Two things to do TONIGHT: WordTheatre one night only Valentine’s Day performance LOVE & EROS and the opening gala of The MET Theatre’s The Marriage of Heaven and Hell – see below for details!
Also, I’m speaking on a Cornell in Hollywood filmmaking panel next Wednesday night... join us if you can.
Next issue of TWiSt due in a week or two. Get those announcements into me ASAP so everyone knows what you’re up to!
All the best,
Drew
Things to do with the one you love...or good friends...or by yourself...
This Week in Stuff
February 14, 2007
- WordTheatre presents LOVE & EROS – Feb. 14
- THE MARRIAGE OF HEAVEN AND HELL – Opens Feb. 14
- GEMMELOOSEN featuring PAISANO – Feb. 15
- I WAS A TEENAGE HOMO – Feb. 18
- Benefit Reading of RUBY’S ARMS – Feb. 21
- THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES – Extended through Mar. 18
- Cornell in Hollywood Event – Feb. 21
- TWiSt Shout-Outs
1. WordTheatre presents LOVE & EROS
An Evening of Fairy Tales, Saucy Stories and Poetry
Shakespeare, Walt Whitman, Anais Nin, D.H. Lawrence, Sappho, Baudelaire, e.e. cummings and much more...
Hillary Rollins will sign copies of her book
The Empress's New Lingerie and Other Erotic Fairy Tales
(Bedtime Stories for Grown-ups).
Doors open at 7 PM
Mbar, 1253 North Vine Street in Hollywood (Southwest corner of Sunset and Fountain in mini-mall next to El Floridita)
Performers:*
Andrew Borba (Nine Lives, The Shield, Grey's Anatomy)
Jessica Collins (The Nine, Law & Order: CI, Ghost Whisperer)
Catherine Dent (The Shield, 21 Grams, Auto Focus)
Marcia Firesten (CSI:NY, Seinfeld)
Edi Gathegi (Lincoln Heights, Gone,Baby,Gone, Crank)
Anson Mount (Conviction, In Her Shoes, Crossroads)
Christina Pickles (Friends, Medium, The Wedding Singer)
Michael E. Rodgers (Auto Focus, The Triangle, The Patriot)
Produced and directed by TWiSt friend Cedering Fox
*Performers and material subject to change without notice.
Tickets are for the WordTheatre performance only.
MBar requires a $10 food minimum. Cash bar.
All tickets are $25.
WordTheatre brings people together to share stories in a unique way. Through this collective experience, we aim to deepen our sense of community and celebrate the oral storytelling tradition. Join world-class writers and actors at literary salons in Los Angeles and London for readings and book signings.
To purchase tickets click on the link below or visit our website.
www.wordtheatre.com
2. THE MARRIAGE OF HEAVEN AND HELL at The MET
Who knows? In LA, this marriage could actually work!
The MET Theatre presents
THE MARRIAGE OF HEAVEN AND HELL
By William Blake
Directed by DARA WEINBERG
Produced by ASH MINNICK and EZRA BUZZINGTON
Assistant Producer : BREE TODISH
...Witness the unholy alliance between immortal enemies!
...Revel with a chorus of living dead dancers and musicians!
...Improvise a different theatrical ceremony every night!
Opening Night: VALENTINE'S DAY, Wednesday, February 14 at 8 PM
Performances thereafter: Fridays & Saturdays at 11:30 PM (through March 24)
Running time is less than an hour.
The MET Theatre
Downstairs Space (the Great Scott Theatre)
1089 N. Oxford Avenue
Hollywood, CA 90029
Free, secure parking 1 block east of the venue on Santa Monica Blvd. in the Earl Scheib lot, available on a first-come, first-served basis.
RESERVATIONS AND INFORMATION: (323) 957-1152
Admission : $10.00
ACTIVE EVIL IS BETTER THAN PASSIVE GOOD.
It's not a play. It's a happening...
www.theMETtheatre.com
www.myspace.com/marriageofheavenandhell
3. GEMMELOOSEN featuring PAISANO
Keep Valentine’s Day Rockin’ and Rollin’!
This Thursday, Feb. 15 at 8:30 PM, at Tangier Night Club in Los Feliz, THE GEMMELOOSEN (featuring TWiSt friend David Agranov) pops off once again, and this time, featuring THE PAISANO on ace bass guitar. So come one, come all and let the love continue to spill over and flow, flow, flow...
www.myspace.com/thegemmeloosen
4. I WAS A TEENAGE HOMO: A SCARY FAIRY TALE
A Benefit Public Reading of a Queer New Musical – ONE NIGHT ONLY
Come see TWiSt friend Toni Lewis in I WAS A TEENAGE HOMO presented by Theatre Neo.
Written by Bill Fagan - Directed by Mary McGuire - Produced by Karla Karanza
Sunday, February 18 @ 7 PM
The Comedy Store
8433 Sunset Blvd. (Between Kings and La Cienega)
$10 Admission
21+ Only
2 Drink Minimum
Special Guest: Comic Shawn Pelofsky
Reservations: (323) 769-5858 or www.theatreneo.com
5. Benefit Reading of RUBY’S ARMS
Come Support The Marlin Foundation
Come support TWiSt friend Barry Papick’s student, the talented Shyla Marlin, who recently had a terrible run-in with a couple of pit bulls. Although Shyla came out victorious (and saved her precious dog May May) there are hospital bills which remain. A Staged Reading of the play RUBY’S ARMS, written by Barry Papick, will be performed Wednesday, Feb. 21 @ 8 PM to help raise funds.
Studio/ Stage
520 N. Western
Los Angeles, CA 90004
$15 donation suggested (but anything is appreciated!)
All proceeds will go directly to The Marlin Foundation.
Reservations: (818) 752-9249 or bpapick@aol.com
6. THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES
Attend the 1958 Springfield High School Senior Prom and then experience the Class Reunion an hour later!
TWiSt friends Matthew Hannon & David Elzer invite you to come see the musical that has everyone laughing and singing the hits of the ‘50s and ‘60s. THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES has been playing at The El Portal’s Forum Theater in NoHo since the end of September and has just been extended through March 18 due to an overwhelming positive response! Get your tickets soon as shows SELL OUT well in advance.
Thu. - Sat. 8 PM
Sat. 3 PM
Sun. 2 PM
For Reservations call: (888) 505-SHOW(7469)
The El Portal Theatre
5269 Lankershirm Blvd.
North Hollywood, CA
www.marvelouswonderettes.com
www.myspace.com/marvelouswonderettes
7. Cornell in Hollywood Event
Come hear how some very tenacious Cornellians managed to make their mark in Hollywood!
8. TWiSt Shout-Outs
HOW TO FINANCE, FILM AND FINISH AN INDEPENDENT FEATURE IN LESS THAN A YEAR
Getting an independent movie off the ground is the hardest job in Hollywood. These Cornellians managed to make their movies.
Drew Brody ’94 – just produced “Desert of Blood,” a horror film, which was the opening film in the Beverly Hills Hi-Def Film Fest in December 2006, and he is currently co-producing “Shakespeare’s Henry IV,” starring Martin Sheen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Angela Bassett
Drew Filus ’95 – wrote and directed “Raw Footage,” a comedy which won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature Film at the DC Independent Film Festival
Braxton Pope ’95 – produced “The Take” and is now co-producing “Life Is Hot in Cracktown,” with Michael Rapaport, Kerry Washington and Rosie Perez
Mark Zakarin ’71 – wrote and produced “Keeping Up With the Steins,” with Jeremy Piven, Daryl Hannah and Jamie Gertz
Moderator: Howard A. Rodman ’71 – screenwriter (“Joe Gould’s Secrets,” upcoming “Savage Grace”); chair of the writing division at the USC Cinema school; a member of the board of directors of the Writers Guild of America, west; and an advisor to the Sundance Institute Screenwriting Labs
Date: Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Time: 7 PM wine and cheese reception; 7:30 PM program
Location: Writers Guild of America, 7000 W. Third Street, Los Angeles 90048 – southwest corner of Third & Fairfax
Parking: Free underground – garage entrance on Blackburn (1 block south of Third Street)
Cost: $20 per CCLA member; $30 for non-members
RSVP: You must RSVP by February 19\.
More Info: Nancy Mills at NLM5@cornell.edu or 310 545-3321
TWiSt and Shout!
Congratulations to TWiSt friend Matt Lopez whose feature film script BEDTIME STORIES has been greenlit by Disney! Click here to read the full article: www.variety.com/article/VR1117958928.html
TWiSt friend Scott Tharler (boo!) is moving to Boston and everything must go (yay!) He’s listed numerous items on craigslist at very reasonable prices. Follow these links to see what pieces of Scott Tharler memorabilia can be yours!
Furniture - http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/gms/276157951.html
Car - http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/car/273852422.html
See TWiSt friend Eddie Diaz on TV in upcoming episodes of THE NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE and STANDOFF!
http://www.eddiediaz.net
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1484716
http://resumes.actorsaccess.com/eddiediaz
TWiSt friend Jamie Salkind served as the Post Supervisor on BASTARDS OF THE PARTY, a documentary, which premiered on HBO Feb. 6. The film was produced by director Antoine Fuqua (“Training Day”, “King Arthur”). It chronicles the history and evolution of the notorious LA street gangs the Bloods and the Crips, from their origins as means of self-protection against white gangs in the 40s and 50s, through the rise and dissolution of the Black Panther Party and the US Organization in the 60s and 70s, to the aftermath of the LA riots in 1992. This is getting huge press – check it out when you can!
Also, if you’re not watching TWiSt friend David Simkins’ new show THE DRESDEN FILES on SciFi, set your TiVos – it’s a very cool show along the lines of BUFFY and ANGEL... but with elements of HARRY POTTER and COLUMBO.
That’s all for this week!
