I will be participating Theatre Building Chicago’s Monday Night Musical series for a presentation of The Spark – Hannah Senesh on Monday, October 26, 2009 at 7pm.  This is a musical in development by Noelle Donfeld and Sandy Shanin.  I will be reading multiple roles and playing violin.

For ticket information, call the Theatre Building Chicago box office at (773) 327-5252
or go to ticketmaster online.

From Theatre Building Chicago’s website:

How does a woman with a poet’s heart develop a warrior’s courage as she faces her brutal Nazi interrogator?

Stark reality surrounds Hannah Senesh, a 23-year old Jewish Hungarian who has been captured by the Nazis after parachuting behind enemy lines in an attempt to save Hungary’s Jews. To withstand the harsh interrogations of the Warden, who wants Hannah to reveal the code to her military radio, she mentally escapes by reliving joyous times from her youth in Budapest and her years “working the land” in Palestine. [more]

As of August 27th, I am once again calling Chicagoland home.

For the past four years, I have been a resident actor at Wayside Theatre in beautiful Middletown, VA.  I had the good fortune of appearing in 25 productions on their stage.

It was time for a move, though, and after spending the summer at the historic Totem Pole Playhouse in Fayetteville, PA, it was time for a return to Chicago.

So the auditioning begins in earnest!  In the meantime, I’m working on an adaptation of a children’s book that I plan to begin workshopping in October.  That should keep me off the streets.

The curtain has just come down on I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, the final show of the 2009 season at Totem Pole Playhouse.

It was a true honor to work there this summer.  The theater has a long and unique history and it feels good to have been a part of that.

In a few days, I’ll talk about what’s coming up.

Larry will complete his 3-show run at Totem Pole Playhouse with the romantic comedy review I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change.

This review takes you through the history of relationships from Adam & Eve forward!

Larry is half of the orchestra for this show!  He is playing violin along with the marvelous Darren Server on keyboard.

ILYYPNC (hmm, not the best acronym) runs through August 23.  For tickets call the Totem Pole Box Office at 888.805.7056 or click here.

Larry continues his three-show run at Totem Pole Playhouse with the wonderful comedy I Hate Hamlet by Paul Rudnick.

Andrew Rally, a television star whose series has just ended, has the chance to play Hamlet for Shakespeare in the Park.  He rents an apartment in New York that used to belong to the late, great Shakespearean actor John Barrymore.  He hopes to get a little inspiration from the apartment, but gets more than he bargains for when he is visited by John Barrymore’s ghost.

Larry plays Gary Peter Lefkowitz, a Writer-Producer-Director who gave Andrew his big break.  He is very LA, and can’t understand why Andrew would stoop to do…ugh…THEATER!

I Hate Hamlet runs through July 12.  Tickets are available online or by calling the box office at 1(888)805-7056.

SCHEDULE

Tue. 6/30 – 8:00
Wed. 7/1 – 2:30 & 8:00
Th. 7/2 – 8:00
Fr. 7/3 – 8:00
Sat. 7/4 – 2:30 & 8:00
Sun. 7/5 – 3:00

Tue. 7/7 – 2:30
Wed. 7/8 – 2:30 & 8:00
Th. 7/9 – 8:00
Fr. 7/10 – 8:00
Sat. 7/11 – 2:30 & 8:00
Sun. 7/12 – 3:00

[graphic from Totem Pole Website]