March 3, 2015
Conversations With Coco Welcomes Allison Janney
Winnie McCroy READ TIME: 2 MIN.
On Saturday, March 7, the Los Angeles LGBT Center will host the ninth installment of their ongoing series Conversations With Coco, Miss Coco Peru's series of live, unscripted interviews with celebrated performing artists. This week, the LA drag legend welcomes the multiple award-winning actress Allison Janney to the Center's Renberg Theatre.
"In case you are unaware," says Miss Coco, "Conversations With Coco is similar to Inside The Actors Studio only it's much more fun and I'm prettier than James Lipton -- sort of."
Miss Coco's previous conversations have included those with Liza Minnelli, Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Lainie Kazan, Charles Busch, Lesley Ann Warren, Karen Black and Bea Arthur. Miss Coco has prepared a multimedia presentation featuring highlights of Janney's brilliant career, as well as ample opportunity for the kind of casual yet in-depth conversation audiences have come to relish.
Janney is a six-time Primetime Emmy Award-winner for her television work ("The West Wing," "Masters of Sex," "Mom"). She won the Outer Critics Circle and Clarence Derwent Awards for her performance in Present Laughter on Broadway and also received Tony Award nominations for her work in "A View from the Bridge" and "9 to 5." She is a multiple SAG Award-winner and has received countless other nominations and awards across all disciplines of entertainment.
Blending fascinating discussion, revealing stories, and a multimedia survey of her guests' careers, Conversations With Coco has proven to be among the Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center's most popular offerings.
General admission tickets for Conversations With Coco with Special Guest Allison Janney are $50. VIP tickets are available for $250, which include reserved orchestra seating, a pre-event cocktail hour, and a post-event reception with Miss Coco and Janney.
Conversations With Coco: Allison Janney will be held at 8 p.m. on Saturday, March 7 at the Los Angeles LGBT Center's Renberg Theatre, the Village at Ed Gould Plaza, 1125 N. McCadden Place in Los Angeles. For tickets, call 323-860-7300 or visit http://coco-allison-janney.eventbrite.com
For information about Miss Coco Peru, visit www.misscoco.com
Winnie McCroy is the Women on the EDGE Editor, HIV/Health Editor, and Assistant Entertainment Editor for EDGE Media Network, handling all women's news, HIV health stories and theater reviews throughout the U.S. She has contributed to other publications, including The Village Voice, Gay City News, Chelsea Now and The Advocate, and lives in Brooklyn, New York.
