by Stephen Sachs Lois Tandy may have been in her nineties, but she could be shrewd and mischievous. In the many years I knew her, and Lois was a Fountain friend and supporter for over a deca…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 10:00AMby Stephen Sachs When I was eighteen, I saw Anthony Hopkins onstage as Dr. Martin Dysart in Equus at the Huntington Hartford Theatre on Vine Street in Hollywood. A section of the audience wa…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 02:14PMPerformance on Nov. 3 will be live-streamed Following last summer’s triumphant readings of Lisa Loomer’s Roe and with the midterm elections upon us, The Fountain Theatre once again jumps…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 03:50PMThe Fountain Theatre is pleased to add Sherrick O’Quinn to its staff as Theatre Education Manager. In the newly-created position, Mr. O’Quinn is responsible for cultivating and strengthe…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 06:49PMThe Fountain Theatre’s hit production of If I Forget, written by Tony Award-winning playwright Steven Levenson (Dear Evan Hanson) and directed by Tony Award-winning actor Jason Alexander (…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 06:25PMThe Fountain Theatre will live stream the final performance of Roe by Lisa Loomer on Sunday, July 10 beginning at 8 p.m. PT/11 p.m. ET. The event will be made available free of charge as a p…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 06:39PMThe Fountain Theatre earned nine award nominations from the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle for excellence in 2020/21, it was announced yesterday. The Fountain’s Los Angeles premiere of A…
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SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 01:07PMThe Fountain Theatre is seeking a skilled young actress for the role of Emily in the fast-moving staged reading of ROE by Lisa Loomer. Vanessa Stalling directes the large cast in ten public …
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 06:34PMAfter a long list of rave reviews and a successful run of nearly three months, the Fountain Theatre’s world premiere production of the gripping docudrama, Detained, comes to an end on Sund…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 02:59PMThe Fountain Theatre is now casting the Los Angeles Premiere of Steven Levenson’s funny and poignant play, IF I FORGET, directed by Jason Alexander (TV’s Seinfeld). Steven Levenson is th…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 07:59PMThirty-two years of enriching and changing lives, seventy-eight seats at a time.
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 07:58PMBeing Valentine’s Day, treat yourself to being swept away by the love and healing powers of music and the written word in Numbered Days, the true-life love story of two passionate artists …
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 11:03AMHow do families stay together, even when they are kept apart? The Fountain Theatre presents a gripping new docudrama, a compilation of true stories that explores the rippling impact of mass …
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 12:29PMby Terri Roberts Happy New Year! After a long and tumultuous 2021, the hope and promise of the first calendar page of 2022 has arrived. At the Fountain, we have much to look forward to in th…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 06:22PMPhotographer Ed Krieger captured hundreds of L.A. theater productions over the course of 40 years before his death on December 16, 2020. Now, the Fountain Theatre has arranged for his large …
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 01:04PMBy Terri Roberts I have a ritual I perform every night, no matter what. I write out a list of the things I am grateful for that day and text it to a dear friend. He, in turn, sends me … Co…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 05:00PMPhoto by Jenny Graham by Terri Roberts Twenty months ago, the Fountain Theatre was forced to close in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Downstairs our stage was dark. Upstairs the café was…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 03:47PMby Stephen Sachs “When you look at a fellow, if you taught yourself to look for it, you can see his song written on him. Tell you what kind of man he is in the world.” – Bynum, JOE TUR…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 10:21AMIn a first-time-ever collaboration, the Fountain Theatre and LA Opera present “Smashing Barriers in Opera and Beyond,” an in-person conversation with author, lecturer, and Metropolitan O…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 01:58PMWhat is our responsibility to the future? What legacy do we want to leave? The Los Angeles premiere of The Children, written by Lucy Kirkwood and directed by Simon Levy, asks those questions…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 10:03AMThe Fountain Theatre returns to indoor performances in October with the Los Angeles Premiere of the acclaimed Tony Award-nominated drama The Children by Lucy Kirkwood. With case numbers of t…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 10:34AMby France-Luce Benson Among the many lessons learned in 2020, the most crucial may be our urgent need to have open and honest conversations about race in America. As the grisly video of Geor…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 07:03PMOn Monday, August 16th, from 9:30-10 a.m., performing arts leaders and Hollywood celebrities will join State Senator Susan Rubio (D – Baldwin Hills) and Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell (13…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 02:52PMThe Fountain Theatre has been awarded a WarnerMedia Arts and Culture grant funded by the AT&T Foundation to support Walking the Beat Los Angeles, a pioneering arts education progr…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 04:43PMForever Flamenco, the Fountain Theatre’s sizzling hot signature flamenco series, moves to the Fountain’s new outdoor stage for three, 3-night weekend events at the end of July, August an…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 08:15PMWriter/creator Larry Powell’s digital series The Gaze…No Homo has received two Daytime Emmy Award nominations, including Outstanding Lead Actress in a Daytime Fiction Program for Shar…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 09:33PMby Barbara Goodhill Philanthropists who dedicate their giving to arts organizations like the Fountain Theatre are a special breed. They are people who understand the value of the arts, lov…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 03:03PMThe Fountain Theatre commemorates the emancipation of enslaved women and men in Texas on June 19, 1865 — the last state to abolish slavery in the U.S. following the Emancipation Proclamat…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 01:53PMby Logan Myles Stacer For 31 years, the Fountain Theatre has proudly maintained its identity as Intimate and Excellent. With the opening this month of An Octoroon, we are doubling down on ou…
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