L.A. THEATRE WORKS
NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 29, 2009
Contact (for media only): Lucy Pollak
(818) 887-1499 lucy@lucypr.com
L.A Theatre Works goes Wilde with
"THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST"
starring James Marsters and Charles Busch
June 17-21.
WHAT:
James Marsters will star in the L.A. Theatre Works production of "The Importance of Being Earnest." Five performances will be recorded in front of a live audience for future radio broadcast June 17-21 at the Skirball Cultural Center in L.A. For tickets, call the L.A. Theatre Works Box Office at (310) 827-0889 or go to www.latw.org.
This final play from the pen of Oscar Wilde is a stylish send-up of Victorian courtship and manners, complete with assumed names, mistaken lovers and a lost handbag. Jack (James Marsters) and Algernon are best friends, both wooing ladies who think their names are Ernest, "that name which inspires absolute confidence." Wilde's effervescent wit, scathing social satire and high farce make this one of the most cherished plays in the English language. Actor, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, director and drag legend Charles Busch takes on the role of the irrepressible Lady Bracknell. All performances are recorded for broadcast on LATW's nationally syndicated radio theater series, which broadcasts locally on 89.3 KPCC and can be streamed on demand at www.latw.org.
WHO:
Written by Oscar Wilde
Directed by Michael Hackett
Starring James Marsters, Emily Bergl, Jill Gascoine, and Charles Busch as Lady Bracknell
Produced by Susan Albert Loewenberg
WHEN:
Wednesday, June 17 at 8 pm
Thursday, June 18 at 8 pm
Friday, June 19 at 8 pm
Saturday, June 20 at 2:30 pm
Sunday, June 21 at 4 pm
WHERE:
L.A. Theatre Works
at the Skirball Cultural Center*
2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90049
HOW:
L.A. Theatre Works Box Office (310) 827-0889 or www.latw.org
TICKETS:
$20.00 to $48.00
OTHER:
LATW's radio theater series airs locally in Southern California every Saturday from 10pm to midnight on KPCC 89.3 FM, and can also be streamed on demand at www.latw.org. The series can also be heard on the following stations (check local listings for broadcast times): 89.7 WGBH in Boston; 91.5 FM WBEZ in Chicago; 94.9 KUOW in Seattle; 93.5 FM KRTS "Marfa Public Radio" in Texas; 90.5 FM KUT in Austin; 88.9 FM KUNM in Albuquerque; 91.5 FM, Interlochen Public Radio in Northern Michigan; 90.1 FM KKFI in Kansas City, MO; 90.7 FM KVNO in Omaha; 94.1 KPFA in Northern California; 91.1 FM KRCB in Sonoma County; and 89.1 KUOR in Redlands.