People Like Us

I can't believe it's been almost a year since I posted on this blog! The other day I lost my wallet and the person who was kind and diligent enough to hunt me down told me that he found this blog whilst doing his detective work! I was all like, "oh yeah, I have a blog!"

Well, a lot has happened in the last ten months or so. I finished up another wonderful summer in Sacramento and then went back to LA where I was lucky enough to do a fabulous cabaret with my friend Julia Goretsky and then conduct and accompany a lovely production of Merrily We Roll Along. Then, I moved to New York in November and have been loving life in the city ever since. Of course, there is much more that's happened than that, but I'm not going to go into it now.

At the end of this month, Julia and I are joining in cabaret again. We'll be tweaking and remounting our show People Like Us on the 27th of this month at the Duplex Theatre.

Take a look at their website where you can make a reservation!

Let the Summer Begin!

It's been an eventful week! Carousel at the Downey Civic Light Opera closed this past Sunday.

The show was a lovely experience and I met so many talented people including the illustrious Marsha Moode. This truly is Richard Rodgers' most beautiful score! It was a joy to sing it. a

Reviews of the show appeared in The Los Angeles Wave, Stage Scene LA.com, Backstage, & more!



This Sunday I will be leaving Los Angeles for two months to assistant Musically Direct at Sacramento Music Circus! This is my third season with them and it's definitely going to be a good one!

Fostering Imagination

On May 23, 2010 From Foster Care to Fabulous will be the main feature of a Foster Care Awareness Event hosted by Fostering Imagination!

Fostering Imagination was created in 2005 by family law attorney Ilia Lopez in response to the growing number of foster youth who become destitute when they emancipate from the foster care system. Working with experience youth advocates, she set out to develop innovative programs that would empower youth and help them make a successful and healthy transition to adulthood.

More information on this event is available here!

From Foster Care to Fabulous Trailer!

My one man show, From Foster Care to Fabulous, was a big success at The Improv Space in Westwood. The show is going to happen again once the right opportunity arises. Please check out the trailer that is now on YouTube and show your friends!

March Updates!!!

It has been a while since I've blogged and so much is going on!

Last night I went to the premiere of a documentary called See What I'm Saying. The film is directed by Hilari Scarl and it tells the plights and joys of being a Deaf entertainer in America. Not only is this film incredibly funny, inspiring and emotional but it is also the very first open captioned commercial film. This means that if you go to see this movie at a theatre, you will be part of the first time that Deaf, Hard-of-hearing, hearing and anybody else can all sit in the same movie theatre and understand the entire film. For more information on the film visit the website.

As for me, I'm musically directing a musical revue for the Pasadena Musical Theatre Program! This program is a chance for middle and high school students to participate in musical theatre performance. The show is a musical revue featuring songs from musicals based on classic plays. With songs from Kiss Me, Kate; West Side Story; My Fair Lady and Hello Dolly the night should be a lot of fun. Especially if you love kids.


I'm also still playing in the pit for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels in North Hollywood! The show is through the Interact Theatre Company and is a lot of fun! There's two weekends left for this show, so if you want to come, check out the website.

A Good Run!

From Foster Care to Fabulous ended its run at The Improv Space this past Saturday night!

We had an incredible run! Every night had a sensational audience and ending with a standing ovation. The Ahimsa Collective has made some wonderful connections because of this show with some incredible programs who are looking out for California Foster Youth. Representatives from Children's Law Center, CASA and Fostering Imagination came to see the show and participate in talk backs in which the audience was able to ask questions about foster care and the show.

If you missed the show, don't worry! There will be another chance to see it. And if you'd like to have the show performed in your theatre or home, contact me and we'll talk.

A big thank you to all those who helped in making the run of this show so successful!





Patrick Burns with Ahimsa Collective Artistic Director Negin Singh

photo credit: Raymond Liu

Opening Weekend

Opening weekend of From Foster Care to Fabulous rocked. We had AMAZING audiences at both performances and the show is being very well received. Standing ovations both nights!!!

Also, at tonight's show (Sunday) we had two very special guests from the Children's Law Center of Los Angeles. Two attorneys from this organization came out to see the show and then participated in a talk back with the audience and myself after the show. This is a wonderful organization that advocates for Foster Youth. Check out their website at www.clcla.org

Another member of our audience works with an organization called CASA which stands for Court Appointed Special Advocates. This organization provides advocates for foster kids. These people are volunteers and are people from the community. You could be one of them!!! Check out their website at www.casaforchildren.org

This past week the show was featured as a cover story article for the UCLA newspaper, The Daily Bruin. The article is available online here!

And if you haven't seen the show and don't plan to, please change your plans! We have a Saturday night show next week and the week after at midnight and we have Sunday night show next week at 8pm which will include another talk back with representatives from the Children's Law Center.

Thanks to everyone who came to see the show!!!