The Brass Teapot marks the feature-film directorial debut of Ramaa Mosley. Dealing with Mosley’s love and fascination of magical objects, the film stars Juno Temple and Michael Angarano as Alice and John, a married couple very much in love with each other and also very broke.
As they try to stay one step ahead of their dire financial situation, Alice suddenly comes into contact with a mysterious brass teapot and soon discovers that it spits out money anytime she hurts herself intentionally or otherwise. But while it looks like she and John have suddenly found the answers to all their troubles, they eventually wonder just how far they are willing to get the money they think they need.
Mosley got her filmmaking start at the age of sixteen with her documentary We Can Make a Difference, which was about global pollution’s effect on children, and it received the...
As they try to stay one step ahead of their dire financial situation, Alice suddenly comes into contact with a mysterious brass teapot and soon discovers that it spits out money anytime she hurts herself intentionally or otherwise. But while it looks like she and John have suddenly found the answers to all their troubles, they eventually wonder just how far they are willing to get the money they think they need.
Mosley got her filmmaking start at the age of sixteen with her documentary We Can Make a Difference, which was about global pollution’s effect on children, and it received the...
- 4/4/2013
- by Ben Kenber
- We Got This Covered
The 2010 L.A. Stage Alliance Ovation Award nominees were announced last night at The Autry National Center for the American West in Griffith Park. Several winners of last year's Ovation Awards, including Jake Broder and Vanessa Claire Smith, presented the 2010 nominations. The Theatre at Boston Court was the most highly nominated theater company, garnering 17 nods. Among the company's nominated productions are "Oedipus el Rey" and "The Twentieth Century Way."Center Theatre Group followed closely behind with 16 nominations, while the Geffen Playhouse took 12. The brand-new "Ovation Honors," a series of awards recognizing theater excellence outside of the standard categories, have been given out for the first time this year. Ovations Honors awardees include "The Who's Tommy" for video design and "The Gogol Project" for music composition for a play. The complete list of nominees is as follows:Best SeasonCabrillo Music Theatre"The Andrews Brothers""Cinderella""Guys and Dolls""Little Shop of Horrors...
- 10/19/2010
- backstage.com
Acting students, if they're lucky, find classes that are satisfying, challenging, and fully worth the time and money. But once in a while, they wind up in a class that rises above and beyond mere satisfaction. Something about the rapport between instructor and students—and among students themselves—clicks perfectly. Everyone ends up making sweet, surprising artistic leaps forward.When you find a class like that, it's only natural to want to keep the magic going. Actors sometimes decide to take the play they've been exploring in their scene study class, secure a theater, and put the whole thing up for an audience. Usually those plans fall apart pretty quickly. A week after the last class meeting, everyone has moved on to the next endeavor. But Back Stage found actors who didn't lose the momentum—who managed to collaborate with fellow students to create fully realized productions. These performers generously...
- 3/25/2010
- backstage.com
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