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Post by ♥~Mel Diffy~♥ on Jul 19, 2005 23:26:26 GMT -5
As he mentioned in the August issue of Popstar!, Ricky will be acting in a play in LA. Here's some info on it if you're in the LA area & would like to check it out:
42 ACTORS CAST FOR “DEAD END” AT THE AHMANSON THEATRE
American Epic Is New Artistic Director Michael Ritchie’s Inaugural Production at CTG
Preview Performances Of This Highly Theatrical Drama Begin August 28
Forty-two actors have been cast for the American epic “Dead End,” the first production of the 2005-2006 season at Center Theatre Group’s Ahmanson Theatre, and the first production to open under the aegis of CTG’s new Artistic Director, Michael Ritchie. The classic play written in 1935 by Sidney Kingsley will begin previews Sunday, August 28, and will run through Sunday, October 16, 2005. Opening is set for Wednesday, September 7 at 8 p.m.
Directed by Nicholas Martin, the cast of “Dead End” includes (in alphabetical order) Carol Androsky, Ian Barford, Walter Beery, Beck Bennett, Scott Burman, Dennis thingyrum, Nick Dazé, Ryan Eggold, Wyatt Fenner, Ben Giroux, Shiloh Goodin, Pamela Gray, Kathryn Hahn, Megan Marie Harvey, Sarah Hudnut, Jeffrey Hutchinson, Charley Lang, Clay Larsen, Geoffrey E. Lind, Jr., Melanie Lora, Leo Marks, Luce Morgan, Cole Morgen, Sam Murphy, Dohn Norwood, Trevor Peterson, Donna Pieroni, Benjamin Platt, Greg Roman, Adam Rose, Tom Everett Scott, Jeremy Sisto, Ed Sorrell, Barry Squitieri, Josh Sussman, Juliana Long Tyson, Ricky Ullman, Danielle Van Beest, Joyce Van Patten, Teddy Vincent, Craig Vogeley and Ryan Wilkins.
The scenic design is by James Noone, costume design by Michael Krass, lighting design by Kenneth Posner and sound design by Kurt B. Kellenberger. The music is composed by Mark Bennett and fight direction is by Rick Sordelet. Grayson Merritt is the production stage manager.
“Dead End” takes place in Depression-era Manhattan, where the classes collide when an East Side neighborhood is invaded by luxury apartment buildings. A gang of young teenagers -- the Dead End Kids -- with Tommy (played by Ricky Ullman) as their leader, uses the streets as a refuge from their harsh home life, but even this is threatened when the wealthy tenants of an abutting building are forced to use the rear entrance. The invasion of the boys’ territory leads to a dramatic confrontation between the “haves” and the “have-nots.”
Intertwined with the lives of the young gang are the stories of two men from the same neighborhood - Baby-Face Martin (Jeremy Sisto), a notorious and dangerous gangster, who returns home to see his mother (Joyce Van Patten) and his former girlfriend (Pamela Gray); and Gimpty (Tom Everett Scott), an intelligent, unemployed man trying to find an honest living for himself, who is in love with Kay (Sarah Hudnut), a beautiful and sympathetic young woman who is being kept by a rich man. Kathryn Hahn plays Drina, Tommy’s sister, who wants a better life for her younger brother.
The production, which originated in 1997 at the Williamstown Theatre Festival when Michael Ritchie was the festival’s Artistic Director, was remounted to great acclaim in 2000 at the Huntington Theatre Company in Boston, where Nicholas Martin is artistic director.
Tickets for “Dead End” are available at this time on subscription only, and are available by calling (213) 628-2772 or online at www.CenterTheatreGroup.org, or at the Center Theatre Group box office at the Music Center. Sale of single tickets will begin on July 31.
For more info, check out
www.taperahmanson.com/show.asp?id=304
www.taperahmanson.com/show.asp?id=304
