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Local Actor Shines at ICT

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

When Artistic Director/Producer, caryn desai announced that International City Theatre would be opening its 2012 season with the multi-Tony Award-winning “God of Carnage,” they received thousands of submissions from actors across the country who wanted a chance to audition for one of four enticing roles. One can imagine the difficulty in casting this play with […]

Private Lives Coming to ICT and Broadway

Friday, August 19th, 2011

Rarely does a play, even one of critical acclaim or commercial success, draw the same type of success when produced many years later. It is a very special moment to see a play transcend time and generation gaps to induce the same level of excitement as the original production. One play that looks certain to […]

The Noel Coward Renaissance

Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

Sometimes things just work out perfectly. When we announced last year that Noel Coward’s Private Lives would be a part of our 2011 season, we had no idea that a Noel Coward renaissance was about to take place. It has been announced recently that Private Lives is about to be revived and will be a […]

Facing East – From the Stage to the Screen

Friday, April 1st, 2011

Back in 2009, we here at International City Theatre brought to the stage the Los Angeles premiere of Facing East, a captivating play about a Mormon couple struggling with their faith after the suicide of their gay son. The response from the audience was tremendous and we are so excited to hear that a film […]

Seeing a Play Tonight? Where? The Pentagon of course!

Thursday, February 10th, 2011

Plays and musicals are not performed in just theaters and other performing arts venues. They are performed in classrooms, VFW halls, restaurants and churches. All you need is an audience to watch. However, The Tricycle Theater will perform at what might be the most unexpected, but also most highly protected venue in the world. With […]

Meet the Cast – Loving Repeating’s Shannon Warne

Wednesday, January 5th, 2011

Shannon Warne is an accomplished actress who will hit the stage in our upcoming West Coast premiere musical, Loving Repeating … A Musical of Gertrude Stein, as Young Gertrude Stein. While busy rehearsing for the show that is set to begin previews on January 18, she was nice enough to take some time to answer […]

Is It Still Live Theatre if Taped for Streaming?

Friday, December 10th, 2010

The internet and its abundance of technologies continues to redefine how we live our lives, especially our consumer behavior. One such technology is video streaming. Companies like Netflix have single-handedly brought video rental giants like Blockbuster and Hollywood Videos to their knees because of this easily affordable and accessible technology. Today, you can play a […]

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