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Live Performance

Jason Reitman Is Staging an All-Female Live Reading of 'Glengarry Glenn Ross'

by | February 15th, 2013

Filmmaker Jason Reitman (Up in the Air, Juno) is staging a live reading of the movie Glengarry Glenn Ross in LA with an all-female cast. It's the latest in a series of live readings of famous movies Reitman has held at LACMA, and like his all-black reading of Reservoir Dogs last year, this one switches switches up the dynamic by turning the all-male cast female. Here's who's reading what role:

Robin Wright – Ricky Roma (Al Pacino) Catherine O’Hara – Shelley Levene (Jack Lemmon) Maria Bello – Dave Moss (Ed Harris) Allison Janney – George Aaronow (Alan Arkin) Mae Whitman – John Williamson (Kevin Spacey)

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Pilots

Enjoy a Live Reading of Jordan Morris's Sitcom Pilot

by | January 2nd, 2013

Here's a live reading of a comedy/action pilot called Freelance Beatdown that was written by and stars Jordan Morris, one of the hosts of the popular podcast Jordan, Jesse, Go! and a correspondent on IFC's The Grid. Morris is joined by a cast that includes Dave Holmes (Reno 911!), Alison Becker (Parks and Recreation), and Colton Dunn (Key & Peele). In the prospective show, Morris plays Lee Barron, a 30-year-old stoner who was trained as a secret agent as a teen before becoming a burnout. Barron starts taking freelance spy work so he can keep his crappy band going. Jordan Morris took donations via Indiegogo to produce this spiffy [...]

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