Tickets for the next three productions of the Pasadena Playhouse 2022 season are now on sale.
The productions include the West Coast premiere of Ann – written by and starring Holland Taylor, from March 22 through April 24; the Los Angeles premiere of the Richard Nelson, Richard Pevear, and Larissa Volokhonsky translation of Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, June 1 through June 26; and freestyle love supreme, conceived by Anthony Veneziale and created by Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Anthony Veneziale, from July 12 through August 7.
Emmy-winning actress and playwright Holland Taylor (The Practice, Legally Blonde and Two and a Half Men) brings former Texas Governor Ann Richards to the stage in Ann. Always ready with a laugh-out-loud zinger or a telling observation, this superstar in Texas politics ultimately became a national figure.
In June 2020, PBS’s Great Performances presented a filmed version of Ann. Holland wrote and starred in the production across the country and on Broadway, receiving a 2013 Tony® Award nomination for “Leading Actress in a Play”. Ann was filmed on its Broadway set at Austin’s Zach Theatre in Ann’s home state of Texas.
Holland most recently appeared on Broadway in 2016 opposite Nathan Lane and John Slattery in the Tony®-nominated revival of The Front Page; she made her Broadway debut in 1965 in the play The Devils. She also holds the distinction of having appeared in the historic Broadway flop, Moose Murders, having taken over for Eve Arden during previews a mere week before opening and closing.
Uncle Vanya which opens in June, pairs one of the greatest plays ever written with the world’s most celebrated translators of Russian literature.
Widely considered one of the world’s greatest writers, Anton Chekhov was born on January 29, 1860, in Taganrog, Russia. In 1879 he entered the University of Moscow to study medicine and graduated in 1884. In addition to his numerous short stories, many considered masterpieces of the form, Chekhov wrote over a dozen plays, among them the classics of Western dramatic literature Uncle Vanya, The Cherry Orchard, The Three Sisters, and The Seagull.
The hip-hop musical freestyle love supreme, a 2020 Special Tony Award Recipient is due at the Pasadena Playhouse this summer. Working on cues from the audience, the cast takes the audience on a hip-hop comedy ride where literally, no two performances are the same.
freestyle love supreme is conceived by Anthony Veneziale, created by Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Anthony Veneziale, directed by Thomas Kail and produced by Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jenny and Jon Steingart, and Jill Furman.
Lin-Manuel Miranda (Co-Founder/Producer) Pulitzer Prize-, Grammy-, Emmy-, and Tony Award®-winning songwriter, actor, and director. Creator and original star of Broadway’s Tony-winning Hamilton and In the Heights. n Globe nomination, Best Actor).
Anthony Veneziale (Conceiver/Co-founder/Two Touch) Conceiver and co-creator of the Grammy-nominated freestyle love supreme and FLS Academy. Founding member of American Immigrants (San Francisco). He has used improv techniques to create endeavors with Thomas Kail & Lin-Manuel Miranda (In the Heights, Bartlett, The Electric Company), Daveed Diggs (The Freeze), and numerous networks & companies, including HBO, Cartoon Network, Sesame Workshop, Boardwalk Pictures, and Google.
The Pasadena Playhouse is one of the most prolific theaters in American history with a legacy of theatrical impact and new works. In 1937, the Playhouse was officially recognized as the State Theater of California for its contribution and commitment to the dramatic arts.
Tickets for all three shows are available at pasadenaplayhouse.org, by phone at 626-356-7529, and at the box office at 39 South El Molino Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91101.
