tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64132977794709854802011-07-31T00:23:33.026-07:00The Robey Theatre Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01500736066975285983noreply@blogger.comBlogger131100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413297779470985480.post-5941849644574853782010-04-15T10:50:00.001-07:002010-04-15T10:56:49.431-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e1BeMmNJ-Pc/S8dSIG5NILI/AAAAAAAAAHc/lG1snf44w1U/s1600/ELP_0472.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460423372452995250" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e1BeMmNJ-Pc/S8dSIG5NILI/AAAAAAAAAHc/lG1snf44w1U/s400/ELP_0472.JPG" /></a><br /><div>THE ROBEY THEATRE COMPANY &amp; CAST OF THE EMPEROR'S LAST PERFORMANCE<br /><br />WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR AUDIENCE AND ALL OUR SUPPORTERS FOR MAKING THE EMPEROR'S LAST PERFORMANCE AN IMPORTANT SUCCESS FOR THE ROBEY PLAYWRIGHTS PROGRAM!!! </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6413297779470985480-594184964457485378?l=theemperorslastperformance.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Robey Theatre Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01500736066975285983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413297779470985480.post-31588621039201941812010-04-02T10:48:00.000-07:002010-04-02T10:50:13.986-07:00<a title="Theater review: 'The Emperor’s Last Performance' at Los Angeles Theatre Centre" href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2010/04/theater-review-the-emperors-last-performance-at-los-angeles-theatre-centre.html" rel="bookmark">Theater review: 'The Emperor’s Last Performance' at Los Angeles Theatre Centre</a><br />April 1, 2010 7:30 pm<br /><br /><a style="FLOAT: right" href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef0133ec5cf4a5970b-pi"></a>An unjustly forgotten chapter in American theatrical and racial history is the raison d'être of "The Emperor's Last Performance," which ends its limited <a href="http://www.thelatc.org/">Los Angeles Theatre Center</a> run on Sunday. This respectable Robey Theatre Company staging of Melvin Ishmael Johnson's drama about the first star of Eugene O'Neill's "The Emperor Jones" merges the techniques of stage fantasia and social document.Once the cast files in to sit on either side of designer Victoria Bello's fragmented backstage set, manager Nacirema Naibun (Robert Clements) welcomes us. Charles Gilpin (Dwain A. Perry), an international sensation in O'Neill's drama in 1920, is appearing one last time as the Emperor Jones.With a dressing room shift, we follow Gilpin's 11-year passage from stardom to alcoholic obscurity – replaced by the emerging Paul Robeson (Jah Shams) after clashing with O'Neill (Jonathan Palmer) over his script's use of the N-word. Throughout, the action revisits a key scene from "Jones," which accrues wider relevance by the eulogizing ending.Director Ben Guillory has some bright ideas: a pool hall depicted solely by lighting designer Phil Kong and sound designer Eric Butler; an overhead solo of "Nobody" from Bert Williams (Ted Wynn); various onlooker reactions.The actors, smartly attired in costumer Naila A. Sanders' period wear, are capable, with Perry's commitment self-evident, his colleagues all on the same page. Michael Kass, Kellie Roberts, Ibrahim Saba and Peter Trencher complete their competent ranks.Johnson's writing is technically proficient, albeit a shade over-compressed and academically explicated. The work's brevity almost impedes the larger statement of Gilpin's story. Even so, "The Emperor's Last Performance" is hardly inconsiderable, and not just for its historical significance.– David C. Nichols<br /><br />"The Emperor’s Last Performance," Los Angeles Theatre Centre, Theatre 4, 514 S. Spring St., Los Angeles. 8 p.m. Friday, 3 and 8 pm. Saturday, 3 and 7 p.m. Sunday. Ends Sunday. $30. (213) 489-0994, Ext. 107, or <a href="http://www.thelatc.org/">www.thelatc.org</a>. Running time: 1 hour, 15 minutes.<br />Photo: Jonathan Palmer, left, and Dwain A. Perry. Credit: Ed Krieger.<br /><br /><a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2010/04/theater-review-the-emperors-last-performance-at-los-angeles-theatre-centre.html">(source) </a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6413297779470985480-3158862103920194181?l=theemperorslastperformance.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Robey Theatre Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01500736066975285983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413297779470985480.post-17569095671898510682010-03-31T12:56:00.000-07:002010-03-31T13:00:52.084-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_e1BeMmNJ-Pc/S7OpepxO2ZI/AAAAAAAAAGc/ecrNZBwaeB4/s1600/cast+curtain+call.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454889917749320082" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_e1BeMmNJ-Pc/S7OpepxO2ZI/AAAAAAAAAGc/ecrNZBwaeB4/s400/cast+curtain+call.JPG" /></a><br />The Cast of THE EMPEROR'S LAST PERFORMANCE<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e1BeMmNJ-Pc/S7OpeGhJiXI/AAAAAAAAAGU/A8J_2b6PfbE/s1600/dwain+and+robert+playing+pool.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454889908286622066" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e1BeMmNJ-Pc/S7OpeGhJiXI/AAAAAAAAAGU/A8J_2b6PfbE/s400/dwain+and+robert+playing+pool.JPG" /></a><br />Actors Dwain A. Perry and Robert Clements<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_e1BeMmNJ-Pc/S7Opd3SFo7I/AAAAAAAAAGM/E53Iqv3N3iY/s1600/dwain+and+robert.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454889904196920242" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_e1BeMmNJ-Pc/S7Opd3SFo7I/AAAAAAAAAGM/E53Iqv3N3iY/s400/dwain+and+robert.JPG" /></a><br />Actors Robert Clements and Dwain A. Perry<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e1BeMmNJ-Pc/S7OpdCC3E5I/AAAAAAAAAGE/yiDKljborCk/s1600/the+chair.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454889889905972114" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e1BeMmNJ-Pc/S7OpdCC3E5I/AAAAAAAAAGE/yiDKljborCk/s400/the+chair.JPG" /></a><br />Where the Emperor's Performs!<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e1BeMmNJ-Pc/S7OpcW7E9EI/AAAAAAAAAF8/KkIw2bY_o4k/s1600/sherrie+working+hard.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 357px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454889878330602562" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e1BeMmNJ-Pc/S7OpcW7E9EI/AAAAAAAAAF8/KkIw2bY_o4k/s400/sherrie+working+hard.JPG" /></a><br />Stage Manager Sherrie Lofton<br /><br />Photo Credit: Victoria Bellocq<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6413297779470985480-1756909567189851068?l=theemperorslastperformance.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Robey Theatre Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01500736066975285983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413297779470985480.post-6347221415041583112010-03-26T11:36:00.001-07:002010-03-26T11:40:17.552-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e1BeMmNJ-Pc/S6z--nOHINI/AAAAAAAAAFs/DmIaYt36nI8/s1600/ELP_0296.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453013600472342738" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e1BeMmNJ-Pc/S6z--nOHINI/AAAAAAAAAFs/DmIaYt36nI8/s400/ELP_0296.JPG" /></a><br />Actor Dwain A. Perry and Actress Kellie Roberts!<br />(photo credit Ed Krieger)<br /><br />Make sure to get your tickets!<br /><a href="https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/714515">https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/714515</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6413297779470985480-634722141504158311?l=theemperorslastperformance.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Robey Theatre Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01500736066975285983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413297779470985480.post-33371914033354807252010-03-25T13:43:00.000-07:002010-03-25T13:54:20.829-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e1BeMmNJ-Pc/S6vNYBIro1I/AAAAAAAAAFc/nmJKMLWcttY/s1600/ELP_0220.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452677586367521618" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e1BeMmNJ-Pc/S6vNYBIro1I/AAAAAAAAAFc/nmJKMLWcttY/s400/ELP_0220.JPG" /></a><br /><div><br /><br /><div align="left">****TONIGHT ONLY****</div><br /><div>There will be a preview tonight of The Emperor's Last Performance for half price! $15! Get your tickets now -- limited seating is available! </div><a href="http://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/714515">www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/714515</a> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6413297779470985480-3337191403335480725?l=theemperorslastperformance.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Robey Theatre Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01500736066975285983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413297779470985480.post-10414860304029742642010-03-24T11:18:00.000-07:002010-03-24T11:55:24.711-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e1BeMmNJ-Pc/S6pf4dE6gMI/AAAAAAAAAFE/dyBTbrrzvsk/s1600/ELP_0432.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452275722367959234" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e1BeMmNJ-Pc/S6pf4dE6gMI/AAAAAAAAAFE/dyBTbrrzvsk/s400/ELP_0432.JPG" /></a><br /><div><div>Actors Dwain A. Perry &amp; Jonathan Palmer in a scene.<br /><br /></div><br /><div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6413297779470985480-1041486030402974264?l=theemperorslastperformance.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Robey Theatre Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01500736066975285983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413297779470985480.post-32376223389614588662010-03-22T15:58:00.000-07:002010-03-22T16:03:31.873-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e1BeMmNJ-Pc/S6f3CALh7KI/AAAAAAAAAEk/i2GTYL6IMYw/s1600-h/ELP_0107.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451597487735434402" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e1BeMmNJ-Pc/S6f3CALh7KI/AAAAAAAAAEk/i2GTYL6IMYw/s400/ELP_0107.JPG" /></a><br />Actors ( L to R ) Dwain A. Perry and Jonathan Palmer<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e1BeMmNJ-Pc/S6f2wq4cl3I/AAAAAAAAAEc/hybFvGKXwgo/s1600-h/ELP_0191.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451597189960472434" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e1BeMmNJ-Pc/S6f2wq4cl3I/AAAAAAAAAEc/hybFvGKXwgo/s400/ELP_0191.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Actors ( L to R ) Jah Shams, Kellie Roberts, and Dwain A. Perry </div><div> </div><div>Photo Credit: Ed Krieger </div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6413297779470985480-3237622338961458866?l=theemperorslastperformance.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Robey Theatre Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01500736066975285983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413297779470985480.post-56305805948181516882010-03-17T11:40:00.000-07:002010-03-17T11:53:08.801-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_e1BeMmNJ-Pc/S6Eiqzd3NdI/AAAAAAAAADs/ocIesllT69A/s1600-h/photo5.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449675142860322258" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_e1BeMmNJ-Pc/S6Eiqzd3NdI/AAAAAAAAADs/ocIesllT69A/s400/photo5.JPG" /></a><br />Actors (l to r) Ted Wynn, Dwain A. Perry, Ibrahim Saba,<br />Michael Kass, and Peter Trencher take notes from the<br />director during a rehearsal.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_e1BeMmNJ-Pc/S6Eiqsx8_fI/AAAAAAAAADk/PE380ecHSDQ/s1600-h/photo2.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449675141065539058" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_e1BeMmNJ-Pc/S6Eiqsx8_fI/AAAAAAAAADk/PE380ecHSDQ/s400/photo2.JPG" /></a><br />Director Ben Guillory, observe a scene with actors (l to r)<br />Jah Shams and Jonathan Palmer.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e1BeMmNJ-Pc/S6EiqOZgy-I/AAAAAAAAADc/73Mx4SH_yxU/s1600-h/photo8.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449675132909964258" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e1BeMmNJ-Pc/S6EiqOZgy-I/AAAAAAAAADc/73Mx4SH_yxU/s400/photo8.JPG" /></a><br />A scene involving actors (l to r) Dwain A Perry, Michael Kass<br />and Robert Clements.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6413297779470985480-5630580594818151688?l=theemperorslastperformance.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Robey Theatre Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01500736066975285983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413297779470985480.post-13570819869382757852010-03-16T11:02:00.000-07:002010-03-16T11:10:32.826-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e1BeMmNJ-Pc/S5_JYi87_OI/AAAAAAAAADU/CmfCRK7H54E/s1600-h/IMG_2250.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449295497678028002" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e1BeMmNJ-Pc/S5_JYi87_OI/AAAAAAAAADU/CmfCRK7H54E/s400/IMG_2250.JPG" /></a><br /> Actors Dwain A. Perry and Jonathan Palmer.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e1BeMmNJ-Pc/S5_Il8qnpJI/AAAAAAAAADM/SVML7ZrvDmk/s1600-h/IMG_2248.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449294628407190674" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e1BeMmNJ-Pc/S5_Il8qnpJI/AAAAAAAAADM/SVML7ZrvDmk/s400/IMG_2248.JPG" /></a><br />Director Ben Guillory position Actors Dwain A. Perry and<br />Jonathan Palmer.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6413297779470985480-1357081986938275785?l=theemperorslastperformance.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Robey Theatre Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01500736066975285983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413297779470985480.post-34780728253689105112010-03-16T10:41:00.000-07:002010-03-16T11:32:59.208-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e1BeMmNJ-Pc/S5_FRU3OgGI/AAAAAAAAAC0/IBNBRONbJpU/s1600-h/IMG_2235.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449290975590383714" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e1BeMmNJ-Pc/S5_FRU3OgGI/AAAAAAAAAC0/IBNBRONbJpU/s400/IMG_2235.JPG" /></a><br />Playwright Melvin Ishamel Johnson. Actors Jonathan Palmer<br />and Ibrahim Saba<br /><br />photocredit: John Freeland Jr.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6413297779470985480-3478072825368910511?l=theemperorslastperformance.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Robey Theatre Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01500736066975285983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413297779470985480.post-40012216437836348692010-03-12T14:21:00.000-08:002010-03-12T14:22:27.240-08:00<object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10121971&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10121971&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/10121971">The Emperor's Last Performance VIDEO PROMO</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user2657510">Robey Theatre Company</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br />Multimedia promotion by Roy Hurst<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6413297779470985480-4001221643783634869?l=theemperorslastperformance.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Robey Theatre Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01500736066975285983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413297779470985480.post-7681326808612957232010-03-03T11:02:00.000-08:002010-03-03T11:03:47.381-08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e1BeMmNJ-Pc/S46yhvK9P2I/AAAAAAAAABc/6H1RWPEFqyw/s1600-h/1307_Jones220940.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 312px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444485292205358946" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e1BeMmNJ-Pc/S46yhvK9P2I/AAAAAAAAABc/6H1RWPEFqyw/s400/1307_Jones220940.jpg" /></a><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6413297779470985480-768132680861295723?l=theemperorslastperformance.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Robey Theatre Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01500736066975285983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413297779470985480.post-85971025660158558382010-03-02T12:22:00.000-08:002010-03-02T12:29:20.047-08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_e1BeMmNJ-Pc/S410qAx-fVI/AAAAAAAAABM/7FMOS2WrfSo/s1600-h/Film_370w_EmperorJones.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444135789673741650" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_e1BeMmNJ-Pc/S410qAx-fVI/AAAAAAAAABM/7FMOS2WrfSo/s400/Film_370w_EmperorJones.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Tune back in soon to find out all information about THE EMPERORS LAST PERFORMANCE!</div><div> </div><div>Developed through the Robey Theatre Company's Playwrights Program</div><div> </div><div>Written by Melvin Ishmael Johnson and Directed by Ben Guillory<br /></div><div></div><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6413297779470985480-8597102566015855838?l=theemperorslastperformance.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Robey Theatre Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01500736066975285983noreply@blogger.com0