Los Angeles NewsBroadway Alums Rex Smith, Carrie Manolakos, and More to Star in Love Actually Live The immersive theatrical experience is back by popular demand in Los Angeles this holiday season.
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Emily Selleck
November 12, 2019
The Los Angeles production of Love Actually Live has found its cast.
Returning from the 2018 production are Rex Smith (The Pirates of Penzance), Carrie Manolakos (Mamma Mia!, Wicked), Doug Kreeger (Les Misérables), Tomasina Abate (Scorsese: American Crime Requiem, Tarantino), Carson Higgins (American Idiot), and Emily Lopez.
New to the lineup are Rogelio Douglas Jr. (In the Heights,The Little Mermaid), Declan Bennett (American Idiot,Rent), Jon Robert Hall (Fox’s Grease: Live), Chris Mann (The Phantom of the Opera), James Byous (Netflix's "Westside"), Ruby Lewis (Cirque du Soleil’s Paramour) singer-songwriter Aubrie Sellers, Gabriela Francesca Carrillo (Netflix's Homecoming), Levi Smith (A Bronx Tale: The Musical), Nayah Damasen, John Battagliese, and Molly Rogers.
Adapted and directed by Anderson Davis, the show intertwines the original 2003 film with live action on the stage as memorable movie scenes are displayed on a screen.
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Carrie Manolakos, Ryann Redmond, Alex Wyse, Marissa McGowan and More Sing for World Peace
The concert will feature hits from Les Misérables and Miss Saigon as well as rarely heard material from their musicals Martin Guerre,The Pirate Queen, and La Révolution Française.
Heather Headley, Lebo M., and more will also be on hand to celebrate the animated film's 30th anniversary and spotlight its long-running stage musical adaptation.