Sophia Loren Opens Season at Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts

From the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts:

The Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts (CCPA) kicks off the 2016-2017 Season with entertainment icon Sophia Loren, whom the American Film Institute calls one of the great legends of the golden age of Hollywood. In her only appearance in the Los Angeles area during this national tour of AN EVENING WITH SOPHIA LOREN, the award-winning actress shares stories of her childhood in war-torn Italy, her family life, and a timeless prolific career.

Loren will be accompanied by an interviewer and she will also answer questions from the audience. The show takes place at 8 p.m. on Friday, September 16. Tickets, starting at $90, are available at the CCPA Ticket Officecerritoscenter.com, or by calling (562) 467-8818. A V.I.P. Meet and Greet is sold out.

From beauty pageant runner-up at age 14 to a modeling career that paved the way for a successful big- screen presence, Sophia Loren has firmly established her legacy. After a series of popular Italian films in the 1950s, the screen siren caught Hollywood’s eye and America’s heart with a string of movies, including Boy on a Dolphin, Houseboat, Arabesque, and Heller in Pink Tights, starring with Hollywood’s top leading men, including Cary Grant, Marlon Brando, Gregory Peck, and Paul Newman.

However, it was Loren’s performance in the riveting Italian mother/daughter drama Two Women (La Ciociara) that made cinematic history. The New York Times called her portrayal of a strong-willed woman who endures an assault to spare her daughter from the horrors of war “profound.” The role scored Loren an Academy Award – the first ever given for a non-English language role.

Loren expertly juggled European movies, garnering an Oscar nod for her performance in Marriage Italian Style – and American films such as El Cid and The Fall of the Roman Empire. The hit Italian comedy Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, which won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, featured a striptease by Loren’s character, which was re-created in Robert Altman’s comedy Ready to Wear.

Loren’s 2015 memoir, Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: My Life, recounts a childhood of poverty and hardship in Italy during the World War II era. Loren writes of her pageant days, her film career, and her high-profile affair with Hollywood’s leading man Grant. The book also sheds light on her marriage to producer Carlo Ponti and motherhood.

For tickets or more information on An Evening With Sophia Loren, call (562) 467-8818 or go to cerritoscenter.com.

Event: An Evening With Sophia Loren

Theater: Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts

12700 Center Court Drive, Cerritos

Date: Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, 8:00 PM

Ticket Prices: $150/$140/$130/$100/$90

Ticket Information: Tickets are available only at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts’ Ticket Office, at Premier Seating and V.I.P. Meet and Greet: $300 (Sold Out) cerritoscenter.com, or by calling (562) 467-8818.

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