Bionic Buzz® got to cover the red carpet of the opening Night Of The Musical “Calvin Berger” at the Colony Theatre in Burbank, CA. The Colony Theatre Company began its distinguished history of continuous production in 1975, when it was incorporated as a non-profit organization by a group of young Los Angeles television actors eager to return to their theatre roots. It was to remain in residence at the 99-seat Studio Theatre Playhouse in the Silver Lake district of Los Angeles for the next 25 years.
In January of 1996, the Council awarded the building to The Colony, and allocated city funds to convert it to a state-of-the-art performance space. After four years devoted to design and construction, the company moved into its new Burbank home in 2000, becoming officially The Colony Theatre Company in Residence at Burbank Center Stage, a fully operating Equity theatre.
Calvin Berger has book, music, and lyrics by Barry Wyner and will be directed by Ovation Award-winner Richard Israel. Musical director is Anthony Lucca.
Loosely based on the story of Cyrano de Bergerac, the musical Calvin Berger is the contemporary and hilarious story of unrequited feelings, love notes, and physical insecurity among high school seniors. Smitten with the beautiful Rosanna, Calvin is paralyzed by self-doubt due to the size of his nose. No words of encouragement coming from his quirky best girlfriend Bret seem to help. Rosanna finds her head turned by the good-looking new student, Matt, who is painfully shy and unable to voice his mutual attraction to her. Hoping to forge a closer relationship to his love, Calvin offers to pen Matt’s eloquent love notes to Rosanna. As deceptions unravel and truths are revealed, Calvin is about to learn that sometimes what you’re looking for is right under your nose.
On the red carpet, Bionic Buzz own Jackie Lewis got to interview Richard Israel (Director of Calvin Berger & Actor from Big Little Lies), Heather Provost (Producer of Calvin Berger), Anthony Lucca (Musical Director of Calvin Berger), Frankie A. Rodriguez ( ‘Calvin Berger’ in Calvin Berger), Corinne Miller (‘Bret’ in Calvin Berger), Patrika Darbo (Actress from Days of Our Lives), Zizette Mullins (Burbank Council Member), Barry Wyner with Emily Wyner ( Book, Lyrics, and Music Written of Calvin Berger), Nick Schultz (Vice Mayor – City of Burbank), Konstantine Anthony (Mayor – City of Burbank), Kate Linder (Actress from The Young and the Restless), Anthony Portantino (California State Senator), Kira Reed Lorsch ( Actress from Love on the Rock), Kash Hovey (Actor from Plastic Daydream), Carolyn Hennessy (Actress from General Hospital), Casey Leach (Actor from Pam & Tommy), Saylor Bell (Actress from High School Musical: The Musical: The Series), Frank Buckley (Anchor from KTLA 5 Morning News), Matt Cornett (Actor from High School Musical: The Musical: The Series), Adwin Brown (Actor from Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story) and Jolene Purdy (Actress from WandaVision).
Connect: https://www.colonytheatre.org/