April 9, 2012

LaToya London (former American Idol top finalist) is interviewed about her role as “Shug Avery” in the current revival of The Color Purple at the Celebration Theatre in Hollywood. Actor Don Swayze discusses his longtime film and television career and how his late brother Patrick’s health crisis affected the characterization of his starring role in the world premiere of Elizabeth Sarnoff’s Slow Dance in Midtown at the Whitefire Theatre in Sherman Oaks, CA. The Live Arts Calendar spotlights William Shakespeare’s breathless tragedy Antony and Cleopatra at LA’s distinguished A Noise Within classical theatre company; and The New American Theatre’s world premiere presentation of Bedfellows by Chuck Rose at Hollywood’s McCadden Place Theatre. Swayze recalls embarrassing performance mishaps. Sponsored by Breakdown Services (http://www.breakdownexpress.com/)