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Fine Lines - A musical tale of yearning, discerning … and love
A staged reading/singing presentation of a new musical show by actor/singer/songwriter Melanie Chartoff, costarring actor/singer James Morrison, with music by Joseph Clonick and Doug Katsorus, directed by Harry Mastrogeorge. In "Fine Lines" - a musical tale of learning, yearning, discerning and loving - a therapist experiments with a new way to heal artists, while treading the precarious precipice between professional and personal intimacy.
"Fine Lines" bring together a very accomplished group of performers. Playwright, Lyricist. Performer Melanie Chartoff was most recently been seen in the premiere of No Ordinary Family; last season's finale of "Desperate Housewives;" in her one woman musical Taught 2 Dance, at Santa Monica Playhouse, and in Sunset Park at the Zephyr Theater in Hollywood. She won a Dramalogue Award for March of the Falsettoes at the Huntington Hartford; acclaim for her performances as Dot in ACT's Sunday in the Park with George, in San Francisco; for her roles in the West Coast Premiere of Big River at La Jolla Playhouse; The Vagina Monologues at the Apollo in Chicago; and as Prudence in Beyond Therapy at L.A.'s Coronet Theater. She can be heard daily in the long running animated hits "Rugrats" or its spinoff "All Grown Up" somewhere in the world, or on its films, games or CD Roms. Perhaps best known for the diverse roles she's created on series such as ABC's late night comedy, "Friday's," "Parker Lewis Can't Lose," "The Newhart Show," "Ally McBeal," and 'Touched by an Angel." On Broadway she played opposite Jim Dale in the Young Vic's Scapino at Circle in the Square, and opposite the late Raoul Julia in Via Galactica, Galt MacDermott's sci fi rock opera, directed by Peter Hall.
Co-star James Morrison has appeared at the La Jolla Playhouse, the Mark Taper Forum, Princeton's McCarter Theatre, the Salt Lake Acting Company, The Old Globe in San Diego and on London's West End at the Donmar Warehouse. He has received the Los Angeles Drama Critics' Circle Award and three Drama-Logue Awards for performance. His film credits include "Catch Me If You Can," "The One," "American Gun," "Wilderness Survival for Girls" and "Raspberry Magic." On TV, in addition to 4 seasons on "24" as Bill Buchanan, James had recurring roles on ABC's "Private Practice" and "Hawthorne" for TNT, for two seasons. He starred as McQueen on FOX's cult sci-fi classic series "Space: Above and Beyond" and has guest-starred on "Law and Order, Los Angeles," "The Mentalist," "Six Feet Under," "The West Wing," "Frasier," "Cold Case," "The X-Files," and the PBS American Playhouse production of Ibsen's An Enemy of the People among many, many others. Also a singer/songwriter, his first album, Crisis of Faith, is due to be released this month.
Director Harry Mastrogeorge has directed more than 200 productions in New York, Los Angeles, and throughout the country. He has been a member of the faculty of the Department of Theater Arts Graduate School at Brandeis University, and also a member of the faculty and administration at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York for many years. For television, he wrote for the "The New Land," produced and directed 34 episodes of the "The Daily Fables," and directed such hit series as "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "Scarecrow and Mrs. King," "Hart to Hart," "Miami Vice," and others. In film, he wrote and directed Richard Burton in "The Mystery of the Sacred Shroud," and wrote and directed "Desolate Silence," "Cabbages and Kings" starring Danny Devito, and "Contact." He also directed "Venus and Mars" starring Lynn Redgrave. From 1959 to the present, Mastrogeorge has conducted his own private professional acting workshop in both New York and Los Angeles and is considered to be one of the finest teachers in the industry today.
Two performances only!
If tickets are sold out online call the box office at 310-394-9779 x1
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LocationSanta Monica Playhouse
1211 4th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401
United States
Categories
| Minimum Age: 13 |
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: No |
| Wheelchair Accessible: No |
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