BOSS: THE UNTOLD TONY DANZA STORY DEBUTS AS PART OF THE 2014 HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL LINE-UP THE COMEDY LOOSELY BASED ON THE EARLY LIFE AND CAREER OF TONY DANZA, OPENS JUNE 14TH AT COMPLEX THEATERS IN HOLLYWOOD.

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Boss: The Untold Tony Danza Story debuts as part of the 2014 Hollywood Fringe Festival Line-up
The comedy loosely based on the early life and career of Tony Danza, opens June 14th at Complex Theaters in Hollywood.
Los Angeles, CA (June, 2014): Boss: The Untold Tony Danza Story makes its debut during the 2014 Hollywood Fringe Theatre Festival exclusively at the Complex Theaters in Hollywood. The fictional biography is based on the early life and career of America’s favorite son and national treasure, Tony Danza. Written and performed by actors Damien Luvara and Jennifer Monce, and directed by Michelle Thorn, Boss opens June 14th at 9:30 p.m.
“A producer once pitched Damien to the Lifetime network as the star in a Tony Danza biopic but was told Tony Danza’s life wasn’t dramatic enough, which gave Damien the “what if” needed to spawn the idea for an “untold” Tony Danza story,” said director Michelle Thorn.
Tony, played by Damien Luvara, having been a huge star on Taxi suddenly finds himself out of a job and looking for work in this off-the-cuff comedy about Danza’s early career life. After finding fame on the small screen as Tony Banta, the sweet-natured and somewhat dimwitted cab driver, on Taxi, Tony finds himself out of a job and looking for work. A strange man makes him an offer he can’t refuse, but how much is Tony willing to sacrifice in order to regain his fame?
The cast shines in this fictional comedic biography, which explores the nature of the entertainment industry and how far some people will go to achieve success in it. Starring Damien Luvara, Jennifer Monce, Meghan Parks, Christopher Schram, Jordan Rennick, Christopher Mowod, Hannah Kanengieter, and Gabriel Rissa.
Damien Luvara is an LA based actor, writer and producer. He’s starred staged productions of A Normal Heart, Savage In Limbo, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Woyzeck among others. Luvara’s writing credits include the web series Guy Friends starring Kelli Giddish as well as multiple performance-based pieces in collaboration with Seattle art collective SuttonBereSculler. Additionally, Luvara has appeared in films such as Holes and Dia De Los Muertos starring Danny Trejo.
Jennifer Monce is an actress, writer and producer. She hails from Ohio, but spent several years studying in Chicago at iO and The Second City before making her way to LA. Boss: The Untold Tony Danza Story is her first stab at playwriting, but her work can most recently be seen as Kara on the web series Gossip Boy and as Jen in the soon-to-be-released short The Big O.
Michelle Thorn is a writer, director and actress based in Los Angeles. Thorn graduated from the acclaimed Los Angeles High School for the Arts and then went on to earn a Theatre degree from Loyola Marymount University. A regular performer and writer for the Upright Citizens Brigade, Thorn starred in shows such as Girls Gone Blue, Perezprov, Quick and Funny Musicals, Dirtiest Sketch in LA, Sketch Cram, VideogameProv and many more. She wrote and performed for the UCB house sketch team Wall of Sound. In her early writer days, Thorn wrote original comedy videos for UCB Comedy online and now writes, directs and stars in her own comedic videos, which can all be found on Youtube or Funny or Die. (www.funnyordie.com/michellethorn and www.youtube.com/michelleathorn)
Tickets for Boss: The Untold Tony Danza Story are available for purchase online at www.hff14.org/1614
Performance Dates:
Preview June 13th at 7:00 p.m.
June 14th at 9:30 p.m.
June 20th at 7:30 p.m.
June 28th at 8:15 p.m.

Where:
Complex Theaters
6476 Santa Monica Blvd
Hollywood, CA 90038
http://www.complexhollywood.com/

For more information visit www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/1614