Donna/Madonna: One-Man Comedy About Contrasting Moms
Lounge Theatre, On the corner of Santa Monica and El Centro (6201 Santa Monica Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90038)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $10.00*
* Additional fees apply.
All offers for Donna/Madonna have expired.
The last date listed for Donna/Madonna was Wednesday August 10, 2011 / 8:00pm.
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Goldstar Member Tips
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JonnyG. on What to Wear
Casual.
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JonnyG. on Where to Park
Street parking is easy.
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Goldstar Member on Where to Eat
Soda, water, wine at a concession inside
19 Goldstar Member Reviews
Susan A. Simons
Wonderful performance. It's closing soon so go for it. You will not be disappointed.Written on Aug 02 2011
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Giggling Girls
Absolutely delightful! Not only entertaining but poignant as well. Fantastic!!!Written on Jul 07 2011
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Goldstar Member
Second time at the show. Again I laughed throughout and got teary-eyed several times. John Paul is hysterical, charming, has a great voice and is very talented.Written on Aug 11 2011
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Jim
One allure of live theater is seeing something that exists for only a brief moment and then is gone. Like a shooting star. This show is brilliant shooting star. Go see it.Written on Aug 02 2011
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More Information About Donna/Madonna
Website
http://www.plays411.com/donnamadonna
Quotes & Highlights
- Check out the performer's website.
- "Karliak’s execution is top-drawer. His delivery is brisk but unrushed; his sense of humor is contemplative but unsentimental. Karliak’s range is gleefully apparent." --LA Weekly (Go!)
- "Karliak is a gifted performer with incredible comic timing. Donna/Madonna makes us all want to give our mothers a hug and tell them how much we appreciate them." --Frontiers
- "John Paul Karliak charms and mesmerizes in his autobiographical one-act." --culturespotla.com
- "You’ll find yourself laughing out loud and wiping away tears virtually non-stop." --stagescenela.com
Description
Rizzo 39 Productions has announced a limited engagement of Donna/Madonna at the Lounge Theatre in Hollywood. This new solo show, written and performed by John Paul Karliak, is directed by Tiger Reel and Matthew Craig.
In this autobiographical one-act, writer/performer John Paul Karliak wants desperately to be the perfect son for his adopted mother, a doting Catholic housewife from Scranton, PA. But realizing he will never be the ideal local boy, he seeks answers from a very different source: his fashion-writing, married-to-a-British-pop-star birth mother.
Donna/Madonna is a tale of motherly love and finding acceptance, told through stories, songs and characters like Darth Vader, Carol Channing and John Paul's unforgettable mothers. Hilarious and poignant, this cross-country journey from Scranton to Los Angeles shows that sometimes you have to meet a "Material Girl" to truly appreciate "America's Sweetheart." Donna/Madonna was the winner of the Best One Man Show Award at the 2010 United Solo Theatre Festival in New York.
John Paul Karliak’s recent screen projects include Dante’s Inferno, Little Black Dress for AFI, L.T.D. (web series), and Delusions of Grandeur (TV pilot). L.A. theater credits include The Mistakes Madeline Made, The Girl, the Grouch & the Goat, Into the Woods, Inherit the Wind, Women and Wallace, Whatever, and Sexual Perversity in Chicago. A graduate of the USC School of Theatre, iO West and Second City Training Center, John Paul has written numerous short films and plays produced in locales around the country, including Donna/Madonna, which is his first full-length solo production.