The Colony Theatre presents the Pulitzer Prize nominee, Old Wicked Songs written by Jon Marans and directed by Stephanie Vlahos. The cast features Tavis Danz (Stephen Hoffman) and John Towey (Professor Josef Mashkan)
"Stephen is a young, brilliant American pianist who has come to Vienna with the hope of regaining his shattered confidence. His teacher is a lonely, eccentric, elderly professor with a shadowy past. As the glorious music of Robert Schumann floods the professor's studio, the past collides with the present, deep secrets are revealed, and the men slowly discover they have more in common than just the music they love. Nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Old Wicked Songs travels an emotional journey that weaves together profound sorrow, boundless joy and soaring inspiration."
Marans was a 1996 Pulitzer Prize Finalist for Drama for Old Wicked Songs, which won the New York Drama League Award, the L.A. Drama-Logue Award, and was included in Otis Guernsey's Best Plays of 1996-97. Old Wicked Songs has been produced throughout the United States and translated and produced in a dozen countries around the world. Marans’ other works include the plays The Temperamentals, A Strange and Separate People, Jumping For Joy, Child Child (Preston Jones Award winner), and Opportunity Knocks (Backdoor Theater Award), as well as the musicals Legacy of the Dragonslayers (based on Studs Terkel’s Coming of Age) and Irrationals.
Danz has performed on Los Angeles stages in everything from musical to classical theatre. He played Tom of Warwick in the National Tour of Camelot appearing alongside Michael York and Lou Diamond Phillips, and locally he has been seen in productions at The Geffen Playhouse, The Ahmanson, and The Getty Center with the National Theater of Greece, as well as in productions at The Pacific Resident Theater and Universal Studios Hollywood. A graduate of UCLA’s Department of Theater, Film and Television, he has also appeared in co-starring roles on NCIS, Numb3rs and Greek.
Towey has made his living as a professional actor for the past forty years and has acted and sung on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and in many theatres across the country. He has also performed in two productions at The Pasadena Playhouse, five at The Mark Taper Forum, and five at The John Anson Ford Theatre. Under the direction of Sir Peter Hall, he was seen in three Shakespeare productions and a revival of Amadeus at The Ahmanson Theatre which had a five-month run on Broadway in 2000. He has also guest-starred in over 40 television shows and films including Murphy Brown, Empty Nest, The X-Files and Crossing Jordan.
Old Wicked Songs previews 8 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, February 1-3, 2012, opens on 8 p.m. Saturday, February 4 and performs 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 3 & 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday through Sunday, March 4. Tickets are $20-$42, $50 opening night (student, senior and group discounts are available). Call 818-558-7000 ext. 15 or visit www.ColonyTheatre.org.
The Colony Theatre is located 555 North Third Street (at Cypress) adjacent to the Burbank Town Center.
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