Kikey at the Golden Globes HBO After Party!!

What a complete thrill it was for me to attend the Golden Globes HBO After Party.  And the icing on the cake...I got to go with cool friends who are involved with the HBO show, Boardwalk Empire.   

*Photo Blog*

Styled by: Steve Galindo, Make up by: Gisset Renteria, and Photo by: Chris Caldovino :)

Look Ma! I'm at the HBO After Party for the Golden Globes! 

Photo by Vince Gonzales
Kikey Castillo and Boardwalk Empire's Chris Caldovino

Chris, thanks for throwing me under the bus with your peeps at Boardwalk Empire...it was all good fun though :)

Honored to be at this table meeting all the cool folks from the show.  Yes, got to talk to Steve Buscemi (super cool and nice) but no pic...bummer!

Photo by Vince Gonzales 
LtoR: Boardwalk Empire producer/writer Terry Winter, actress Karina Noelle, actress Kikey Castillo and Boardwalk Empire actor Chris Caldovino

What a class act Terry is, so engaging to talk to and down to earth, glad for his shows success and so fun getting to hang out with my amiga/sister Karina!

Photo by Vince Gonzales
LtoR: actress' Karina Noelle, Kikey Castillo, actor Chris Caldovino and Boardwalk Empire director/producer Tim Van Patten

Tim was another fun, amazing and down to earth guy - what a great time they must all have on the show.

Look who I ran into!! My friend and photographer extraordinaire, Vince Gonzales (hired to work the event taking photos of the HBO party).  He snapped a quick photo with his phone then he dashed off to work the room taking pics of the celebrities

Photo by Vince Gonzales 

In fact, here's one of Karina Noelle and I...yes, I just equated ourselves to celebrities :p

Photo by Vince Gonzales

One for the scrapbook, awe thank you Vince! 

Finally done with his photog duties, Vince joined us for a bit.   I'm so proud of him, the shot below is one of his from the night.  It was chosen for the cover of Vogue Online!  Awesome Vince :)

Photo by Vince Gonzales
here are his amazing shots of the night http://vinphoto.blogspot.com/2013/01/golden-globes-hbo-after-party.html

What an amazing night!  I got to gaze at and at times "literally" rub elbows with actors, producers and directors that I admire.  Seeing them up close and personal made my heart shine with delight knowing that I'm living the life I set out to live.  Still more to achieve but it was a great acknowledgement by the divine that I'm on the right track.  

Special heartfelt thanks to Karina Noelle, Peter Nieves and Chris Caldovino, thanks so much for including me in this special night...so much fun!!! ~ Kikey xoxo

 

Kikey Performs in "8 Ways To Say I Love My Life"

Dates: November 3 - November 18, 2012

Times: Fri & Sat at 8pm, Sun two shows at 2pm &  7pm

Tickets: $20 General, $17 Seniors/Students, $15 Groups of 10+

The 2009 Imagen Award-winning show returns to CASA 0101 in celebration of the publication of the book by the same name. Featuring a collection of 8 life-affirming monologues written by 8 women.

The Book

The amazing book that launched the play.
A must read and a great gift for men and women alike.
To buy a copy click here:  Amazon

I am thrilled to be working on this phenomenal all women (acted, written, directed) monologue show at new Casa 0101.  And we are just rocking the house each and every performance.   


We were reviewed by Abel Salas from Brooklyn & Boyle, here's what he said about my performance.

"Kikey Castillo appears first as the embodiment of Margo De Leon, a former Toastmaster’s club officer, in De Leon’s “Pillar of Strength” and then as a hopeful optimist in a piece entitled “Believing in Happiness” by Joanna Ilizaliturri Diaz. A petite performance dynamo, Castillo has collaborated with López for years in numerous and wide-ranging productions at Casa 0101. Of the three performers, she is thus the most at home here. That familiarity gives her characterizations a subtle authenticity that underscores the sadness and tragedy in both monologues and fuels the triumphant resolutions in both."

*Check out the Photo Blog*

Pre-show ritual, review lines and listen to IZ's 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow'.  Really gets me in the right mood for my two beautiful monologues

Getting ready to go on! 

Kikey performing Margo's monologue 
Photo by: Patricia De La Rosa

Yvonne performing Susan's monologue
Photo by: Patricia De La Rosa

Getting silly and having fun.  Check this out, we have an Ivonne a Yvonne a Karina and a Kikey, must have been fate!

Karina performing Bel's monologue...this is the one I did in 2009
Photo by: Patricia De La Rosa

Ivonne performing Nancy's monologue
Photo by: Patricia De La Rosa

Kikey performing Joanna's monologue
Photo by: Patricia De La Rosa

The four wonderful actresses bringing the audience to its feet
Photo by: Patricia De La Rosa

Opening night post show introductions - The writers with their actresses.  LtoR: Laura, Bel, Karina, Nancy, Ivonne, Joanna, Kikey, Margo, Josefina, Yvonne and Susan (not pictured Rita)

My family coming out to support me :) awww.  My cousin Daniel and his wife Elba

Industry guest coming out to support - Casting Director and friend, Blanca Valdez

Industry guest coming out to support - James E. Blancarte Entertainment Lawyer and his client

Industry guests coming out to support - look who was in the audience, that's Gregory Nava in the back!!  Also in the back Ernie T. Gritzewsky front row Dyana Ortelli, Naibe Reynoso, Yvonne DeLaRosa, Kikey Castillo, Lorena Alvarado, Barbara Martinez, and Ivonne Coll

Industry guests coming out to support - the lovely 'Hola! LA' hosts Naibe and Dyana came out to show Bel and I some LOVE

Industry guests keep coming out to support our show - actor Nick Gonzales also was there to get the patrons to sign up for the Bone Marrow Registry to help out his friend Alexandrea Vizcarra read their story here 

Industry guests keep coming out to support our show - Jimmy Smits shook my hand and said "Amazing job, you were terrific"  WOW :) 

In honor of the show '8 Ways to Say I Love My Life' we have a whiteboard where we encourage anyone to write why they love their life, here is what I wrote
Photo by: Gustavo Stebner

John Leguizamo’s one-man show “Ghetto Klown”

Am I funny to you? Am I your clown?!  How many times have you heard that?  Either as a jest or in a quarrel?  Or better yet, how many times have you said it to someone else…for dramatic effect of course.

Well, John takes that phrase to another level and say’s “Yes.  I am a clown, I am a Ghetto Klown” and his funny comes from pain.  There is a saying that the most funny comedians are the most wrought with pain.  And John is FUNNY!

John Leguizamo performing at the Ricardo Montalban Theatre

On Sunday, I went to see John’s 5^th one-man show, “Ghetto Klown” at The Ricardo Montalban Theatre with some friends and myyyyy was I laughing as his tragedies!  It was laugh out loud HA’s and giggling and head nodding yes and definitely some knee slappings going on too.  

LtoR: Kikey Castillo, Naibe Reynoso, Karina Noelle, Lorena Alvarado

We relate to John in this show as he recounts his journey from ghetto boy in Queens to becoming a Hollywood movie star.  I mean, haven’t we all had a dream that we had to fight hard for, aren’t we all looking for love, we certainly have all lost love, who hasn’t had a difficult relationship with a parent, or at some point simply believed that we “just aren’t good enough”.  

John Leguizamo displays his life, the raw truth of it, on stage for the world to laugh AT him and WITH him...a “Ghetto Klown” for sure!  

Direct from Broadway

 John Leguizamo in

“Ghetto Klown”

15 performances only! Sept 30 to Oct 16

Tickets On Sale through tix.com

Performances at The Ricardo Montalban Theatre

Leguizamo explains, “Ghetto Klown” is all the things I say to my therapist and my manager, but would never want the general public to know.  It’s cheaper than a lawsuit and I get to take a bow at the end.  It’s like Wikileaks but with no international manhunt. Yet.”

Click play to see video of John's Show or go to livinlavidala.blogspot.com

I’m more of a fan of John’s now! 

Funny guys are sexy...Muah!

My favorite John Leguizamo movies:

To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything Julie Newmar

Ice Age as the voice of Sid

Moulin Rouge

Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet