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Monday, May 25, 2015

Nick Salamone's Sonneteer Sings of Soul by Mark Kinsey Stephenson

On a gorgeous winter day in California, flames from a gas fireplace provide warmth and a relaxing ambience inside the renovated Craftsman-style bungalow of playwright/actor Nick Salamone, in…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:58PM
Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Todd Robbins’ Invitation to Play Dead by Mark Kinsey Stephenson

Todd Robbins, once a young magic fan from Long Beach, brings his "Play Dead" to the Geffen Playhouse. It's inspired by old-fashioned spook shows and seances.

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:37PM
Friday, September 13, 2013

Steve Julian Asks, What Kind of God? by Mark Kinsey Stephenson

Steve Julian's "What Kind of God?," about an episode of priestly sex abuse, arose from the Hollywood Fringe's "Altarcations," which arose from an episode of censorship in Julian's youth.

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:41PM
Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Going the Distance with Ron Eldard by Mark Kinsey Stephenson

Ron Eldard has been a fighter most of his life -- even literally, as a playground fistfighter and as a Golden Gloves boxer. Now the actor is tackling Teach in David Mamet's American Buffalo …

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:50PM
Thursday, September 13, 2012

Married Couple Tackles Two Wars in Year of the Rabbit by Mark Kinsey Stephenson

Married for three decades, Keliher Walsh and James Eckhouse apparently still can't get enough of each other's company. Eckhouse is directing Walsh's first play Year of the Rabbit in its prem…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 03:38PM
Friday, July 6, 2012

Pielmeier — Possessed by The Exorcist à la 2012 by Mark Kinsey Stephenson

John Pielmeier of Agnes of God fame tackles another story about a young woman's interactions with Catholicism and the supernatural -- The Exorcist, based on the famous novel and film from 40…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:24PM
Friday, June 1, 2012

Not Clowning Around With The Road’sThat Good Night by Mark Kinsey Stephenson

That Good Night may include clowning, but playwright Andrew Dolan and director Scott Alan Smith are focusing on the serious artistry of tonight’s premiere, presented by The Road Theatre Co…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 07:00PM
Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Rose’s Bedfellows Rises, Stehlin Staging by Mark Kinsey Stephenson

Playwright Chuck Rose and producer/director Jack Stehlin discuss their current collaboration -- Rose's Bedfellows -- and their pasts. Rose's play is about a would-be California governor with…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:02PM
Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Dolan and EST/LA’s Many Mistresses Tackle Race by Mark Kinsey Stephenson

Andrew Dolan's The Many Mistresses of Martin Luther King isn't about King, but is a story that attempts to speak candidly about race. It's one of two Dolan plays soon to hit LA, and part of …

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:58PM
Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Tracy Middendorf Looks Back on her LA Fountain Years by Mark Kinsey Stephenson

In the first of a series of occasional articles revisiting subjects from the LA STAGE magazine archives, we catch up with actress Tracy Middendorf who graced the March 2002 cover (see photo …

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 08:10PM
Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Cromer’s Corners: Our Town Director Brings the Wilder West by Mark Kinsey Stephenson

Director David Cromer -- the talk of Chicago and Off-Broadway -- brings the longest-running staging ever of Thornton Wilder's classic Our Town to Broad Stage, opening tonight. Helen Hunt as …

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 07:31PM
Monday, October 31, 2011

Dancing With the Devil in Odyssey’s Way to Heaven by Mark Kinsey Stephenson

Norbert Weisser and Bruce Katzman, respectively, play the Commandant of a Nazi prison camp and the Jewish "mayor" of the camp, who collaborate on an elaborate charade in order to deceive a R…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:26PM
Tuesday, September 20, 2011

What’s Right With Michael Matthews by Mark Kinsey Stephenson

While growing up, Michael Matthews was the target of gay-bashing bullies. Later, in Chicago, he directed a play about that subject. Now he has brought that play, What's Wrong With Angry?, to…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:54PM
Friday, August 26, 2011

New Leadership at the Celebration Theatre by Mark Kinsey Stephenson

Celebration Theatre's new Artistic Director John Micheal Beck and Executive Director Micheal Kricfalusi discuss their creative "marriage," plans for the upcoming 29th season including What's…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:53PM
Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Gay? Rap? Opera? Shepperd Bows Out With Bash’d! by Mark Kinsey Stephenson

Michael Shepperd didn't pull any punches when he picked his last show as artistic director Celebration Theatre. Bash'd! -- a Gay Rap Opera is a hard-hitting musical production, and Celebrati…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:25PM
Friday, February 18, 2011

Nick Salamone’s Sonneteer Sings of Soul by Mark Kinsey Stephenson

On a gorgeous winter day in California, flames from a gas fireplace provide warmth and a relaxing ambience inside the renovated Craftsman-style bungalow of playwright/actor Nick Salamone, i…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:40PM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards