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Thursday, November 10, 2016

This Week in L.A. Theatre by Julio Martinez

IN THE NEWS Continuing the yearlong celebration of the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's extraordinary legacy, the Library Foundation of Los Angeles will explore the impa…

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Monday, November 7, 2016

Inside LA STAGE History: Theatre Merced by Julio Martinez

by JULIO MARTINEZ the years 1848 to 1870, the city of Los Angeles made a slow, violent transition from its previous Spanish colonial rule to the often brutal rule-of-law imposed by the n…

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Thursday, November 3, 2016

This Week in L.A. Theatre by Julio Martinez

IN THE NEWS The 27th Annual LA STAGE Alliance Ovation Awards nominees have been announced. Leading the pack this year with the most nominations is La Mirada Theatre for the Performi…

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Thursday, October 27, 2016

This Week in L.A. Theatre by Julio Martinez

IN MEMORIUM Pearl Bordy Frazier, the sister of Drama-Logue founder Bill Bordy, passed away on October 9 at age 88, at her home in Port Charlotte, Florida. Her brother Bill was in …

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Thursday, October 20, 2016

This Week in L.A. Theatre by Julio Martinez

IN THE NEWS The Theatre @ Boston Court announces the annual New Play Festival, to be held Saturdays, Nov 5 and Nov 12, at Boston Court Performing Arts Center in Pasadena. This yea…

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Thursday, October 13, 2016

This Week in L.A. Theatre by Julio Martinez

IN THE NEWS On Oct 6, Plácido Domingo renewed his contract as LA Opera's Eli and Edythe Broad General Director, through the end of the 2021/22 season. Domingo made�…

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Thursday, October 6, 2016

This Week in L.A. Theatre by Julio Martinez

IN MEMORIAM Center Theatre Group (CTG) mourns the loss of its Founding Artistic Director, Gordon Davidson, who passed away Sunday, October 2, 2016. Davidson began his career in 19…

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Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Inside LA STAGE History: Richard Erdman & LA Stage Society by Julio Martinez

by JULIO MARTINEZ Richard Erdman (born June 1, 1925) made his film debut in Mrs. Skeffington (1944), starring Bette Davis. His seven-decade career encompasses 160 film and TV projects…

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Thursday, September 29, 2016

This Week in L.A. Theatre by Julio Martinez

IN THE NEWS Longtime theatrically inconsistent Ricardo Montalbán Theatre " which originally opened as the Beaux Arts in 1927, billed as "Hollywood's first legitimate theater" "…

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Thursday, September 22, 2016

This Week in L.A. Theatre by Julio Martinez

IN THE NEWS An aging dowager is finally getting a facelift. The five-story, 92-year-old Variety Arts Center (940 S. Figueroa Ave), a long-time contributor to LA theater"as host to…

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Thursday, September 15, 2016

This Week in L.A. Theatre by Julio Martinez

IN THE NEWS East West Players has received a $180,000 grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's Fund for National Projects, which provides support to national performing a…

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Thursday, September 8, 2016

This Week in L.A. Theatre by Julio Martinez

IN MEMORY OF Marvin Kaplan, a fifty-year actor-member and former board member of Theatre West, died August 25 at a hospital near his longtime home in Burbank, CA. He was 89. After…

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Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Inside LA STAGE History: George Boroff by Julio Martinez

by JULIO MARTINEZ met the amazing classical/flamenco guitarist Phil Boroff in 1972, when I was playing guitar at the Bla Bla Café in Studio City. When he learned I was also involved in …

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Thursday, September 1, 2016

This Week in L.A. Theatre by Julio Martinez

IN THE NEWS This October, the Santa Monica Playhouse will host The BFF: BINGE FREE Festival of THEATRE"the first-ever two-week Santa Monica Fringe Festival featuring LA and Santa …

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Thursday, August 25, 2016

This Week in L.A. Theatre by Julio Martinez

IN THE NEWS Antaeus Theatre Company has vacated its NoHo home of nine years and begun the process of transferring to its new site at 110 E. Broadway in Glendale. The company has u…

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Thursday, August 18, 2016

This Week in L.A. Theatre by Julio Martinez

IN THE NEWS Rubicon Theatre in Ventura announced its 2016-2017 season with the theme "Stories that Matter, " beginning with A Christmas Carol (Dec 7"24), an original adaptat…

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Thursday, August 11, 2016

This Week in L.A. Theatre by Julio Martinez

IN THE NEWS Raising money while having some fun, TreePeople opens its 14th season of Once Upon a Canyon Night this weekend, Aug 12 & 13, featuring a reading of The Best Man…

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Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Inside LA STAGE History: The Philharmonic Auditorium by Julio Martinez

by JULIO MARTINEZ southeast corner of 5th and Olive in Downtown LA was destined to house performing venues, despite an awkward history of venue names and production agendas. In 1885, pio…

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Thursday, August 4, 2016

This Week in L.A. Theatre by Julio Martinez

IN THE NEWS Road Theatre Company in NoHo reveals its 2016-17 season, beginning with Edward Albee's The Play About The Baby, starring Co-Artistic Directors Sam Anderson and Taylor …

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Thursday, July 28, 2016

This Week in L.A. Theatre by Julio Martinez

IN THE NEWS After a relaunch of Cabrillo Music Theatre, the company's Board of Directors announces new staff and board leadership, and a relaunched 2016-2017 season of shows. Taki…

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Thursday, July 21, 2016

This Week in L.A. Theatre by Julio Martinez

IN THE NEWS Center Theatre Group celebrates 50 years at the Mark Taper Forum with a 2017-18 season that Artistic Director Michael Ritchie describes as "five plays that represent t…

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Thursday, July 14, 2016

This Week in L.A. Theatre by Julio Martinez

IN THE NEWS Ojai Playwrights Conference announces its ninth season, Aug 4-14, featuring new works by playwrights Robert Askins, Jon Robin Baitz, Aziza Barnes, Bekah Brunstetter, D…

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Thursday, July 7, 2016

This Week in L.A. Theatre by Julio Martinez

IN THE NEWS Venerable Long Beach Playhouse has not slowed down in its 88th year of production. Its eight-production, 2016-17 Mainstage season (dates TBA), begins with F. Andrew Le…

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Inside LA STAGE History: The Depression & L.A. Theatre by Julio Martinez

by JULIO MARTINEZ Stock Market Crash of 1929 did not affect the Hollywood film industry, which flourished with the advent of talking pictures. But the early years of the Depression did t…

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Thursday, June 30, 2016

This Week in L.A. Theatre by Julio Martinez

IN THE NEWS On Tuesday, June 28, Actors' Equity Association (AEA) published a statement regarding the ongoing Asner v. Actors' Equity litigation. The full text can be found in @ T…

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Friday, June 24, 2016

Fringe's Final Week: The Awkwardly Fabulous Sexy Maus Psychosexual Love Story by Julio Martinez

BEYOND THE FRINGE The end of Hollywood Fringe Fest 2016 is upon us, but it's not the finale for a select number of Fringe shows chosen to extend their runs in conjunction with …

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Thursday, June 23, 2016

L.A. Theatre vs. The EDD: The Conversation Continues by Julio Martinez

by JULIO MARTINEZ evening, a small but focused contingent of Los Angeles theater professionals gathered at Casa 0101 Theater in Boyle Heights to listen to and take part in a panel discus…

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This Week in L.A. Theatre by Julio Martinez

IN THE NEWS For its opening salvo as the first resident theatre company at Greenway Court Theatre, the Not Man Apart Theatre Ensemble"led by new Co-Artistic Directors Jones Welsh,…

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Friday, June 17, 2016

This Week: Virtual Reality, The Longest Poem Ever Written, Mark Twains Has Answers by Julio Martinez

FRINGE PODIUM Actress/author Michelle Jewsbury developed the one-woman show, But I Love Him, based on her own experience with domestic violence. Jewsbury's Domestic Violence Semin…

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Thursday, June 16, 2016

This Week in L.A. Theatre by Julio Martinez

IN THE NEWS Latino Theater Company at Downtown's Los Angeles Theatre Center has garnered a $500,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support capacity building activit…

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Friday, June 10, 2016

This Week: Reclaiming Freedom… In the Garage… with a Feast of Snacks by Julio Martinez

IN THE NEWS The 7th annual Hollywood Fringe Festival officially opened yesterday, following a week of previews. There were over 800 attendees at last night's 2016 Opening Night Pa…

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