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"You may think I'm crazy... loco!" Blue Fox Entertainment has debuted a trailer for an indie dramedy titled Papi Chulo, set in Los Angeles. The story in this follows a local weatherman, played by Matt Bomer, who has a breakdown and decides to focus his efforts on home improvement. He hires a middle-aged Latino day laborer named Ernesto, and strikes up a friendship with the migrant worker. The title translates directly to "Pimp Daddy" but is kinda just slang to mean an attractive guy, a bit like "handsome daddy" - which most likely refers to Bomer (known best as one of the hotties from Magic Mike). Alejandro Patiño co-stars as Ernesto, with a small cast including Elena Campbell-Martinez, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Michael Shepperd, Tommie Earl Jenkins, and Shaughn Buchholz. This is a bit cheesy, but it actually looks pretty good - offering good life lessons and awkward charm amidst the friendship.

Celebration Theatre announced a leadership shuffle Monday, bringing in two former executives to tag-team the role of artistic director. Michael Matthews and Michael A. Shepperd have been brought in by the West Hollywood-based Lgbt playhouse to share the role of artistic director as it heads into its 31st season. Matthews and Shepperd, both Ovation Award winners, have each held the role individually since the theater was founded in 1982. John Michael Beck, who had been serving as artistic director, will shift over to a new role. Beck, who held the job from July 2011 to last December, will continue to serve as a board member and will remain responsible for the theater’s workshop program Ct Tuesdays, which he created. Through that program Celebration has mounted full productions of “The Next Fairy Tale,” which premiered in 2011, and “Revolver,” which is set to premiere in late spring, according to a release. Moreover, Michael O’Hara,...

Celebration Theatre announces that its critically-acclaimed, smash-hit World Premiere production of Missionary Position, written and performed by Steven Fales, the creator of the smash-hit Confessions of a Mormon Boy, and directed by Celebration Theatre's Artistic Director Michael A. Shepperd, is Extending through Sunday, February 22 at Celebration Theatre, 7051B Santa Monica Blvd in Hollywood. Steven Fales's new solo play is based on his journals and adventures as a Mormon missionary in Portugal. Anyone who has ever felt the agony, ecstasy, and insanity of turning their will and their life over to a socio-economic-political-tax-exempt-multinational corporation posing as the kingdom of god on earth (and over-run by hot young men in white shirts and ties) will appreciate this smart, sexy, and funny look at extreme religious devotion. "A mission is the best kept secret in the Mormon Church!"...