PRETTY plays the LA Comedy Festival - May 16

PRETTY screens Sunday, May 16 at the LA COMEDY FESTIVAL. For details go here.

THE MIKADO PROJECT World Premiere Announced

Velvet Candy Entertainment's co-production of THE MIKADO PROJECT, a feature film directed by Chil Kong (SCREENING PARTY) will be premiering at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival on May 1st at 9pm at the Directors Guild of America. This marks the world premiere of the film and cast and crew will be in attendance, and will be followed by a Q&A session.

The film  is a musical comedy (based on the stage performance written by Ken Narasaki and Doris Baizley and adapted for film by Chil Kong) of a struggling Asian American theater company that, in a desperate publicity stunt to save their company, decides to produce a modern reconstruction of Gilbert and Sullivan’s, The Mikado, to stir controversy and jolt ticket sales.

The Mikado, one of the most beloved comedy operas by legendary collaborators, Arthur Sullivan and W.S. Gilbert, first opened on stage in 1885 in London . The story was set in Japan (considered an exotic land to the British during that era) which allowed Gilbert & Sullivan to satirize British politics. However, by doing so, Asians around the world and Asian Americans today have found this opera hard to embrace—making the notion of Asian American actors performing The Mikado controversial and palatable only through a comedic reconstruction.

With new hip-hopera versions of the Gilbert & Sullivan’s original compositions and dance numbers choreographed by members of the dance troupes, Kaba Modern and Jabbawockeez, from MTV's AMERICA'S BEST DANCE CREW, this is not your grandma's Mikado.

The talented cast includes Raymond J. Lee (from Broadway's Mamma Mia), Allen Liu (Broadway's Flower Drum Song), Rizwan Manji (Charlie Wilson's War), David Lee McInnis (Never Forever), Gerald McCullouch (CSI, Law and Order, NCIS), Erin Quill (Screening Party, Broadway's Avenue Q), Freda Foh Shen (Primal Doubt, Red Doors), Yui Tag (America’s Best Dance Crew), Tamlyn Tomita (Tekken, The Eye) and Ryun Yu (Kissing Cousins).

For more information on THE MIKADO PROJECT and how to purchase tickets, visit www.themikadoproject.com

SOCKET Still Making News...

SOCKET gets a nice mention over at AfterElton.com.

PRETTY Episode 4

The fourth episode of Velvet Candy Entertainment's outrageous hit web series PRETTY is up and running at
prettytheseries.com. Check it out! And then visit DOUGSPLOITATION to read interviews with the cast!
Sam Pancake as Michael,
Stacy McQueen as Annette,
Dee Freeman as Ribina,
Terri Simmons as Parker,
Michael Taylor Gary as Royce,
More great PRETTY news is on the way!

PRETTY Episode 3

The third episode of PRETTY (from Velvet Candy Entertainment) is up & running. Visit PRETTY to watch and become a fan on Facebook!

RUBDOWN: Now In Production

PRETTY on the KTLA MORNING NEWS

PRETTY stars Sam Pancake, Stacy McQueen and Terri Simmons (along with series creator Steve Silverman) apppeared on the KTLA MORNING NEWS this morning and yours truly was there to dress the set and make sure that someone mentioned "prettytheseries.com"

Reporter Allie Mac Kay was an absolute joy to meet and to spend the early-morning hours with.

To view the three hilarious segments visit Allie's KTLA Page.

PRETTY Episode 2

The second episode of PRETTY (from Velvet Candy Entertainment) is up & running. Visit PRETTY to watch and become a fan on Facebook!

PRETTY Episode 1

The new web series PRETTY (from Velvet Candy Entertainment) premieres today. If you like TV shows like TODDLERS & TIARAS or LITTLE MISS PERFECT, you'll love this new take on the world of child beauty pageants! Visit PRETTY to watch and become a fan on Facebook!