Thursday, March 17, 2016
Actors’ Equity Association, the labor union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States, is getting ready for its annual elections. Out of fifty thousand members, the ho…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 01:43PMTuesday, February 16, 2016
February is Black History Month, an organized effort to recognize, accept and validate the African American Experience in Western Culture. It’s complicated. It’s about pride, it’s abou…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 10:28PMMonday, February 15, 2016
The hope of building theatre centers seems one step closer today, as the West Hollywood City Council has earmarked funds to take buy the Coast Playhouse on Santa Monica Blvd. For the full st…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 08:43PMWednesday, February 10, 2016
Do you want to start an impassioned discussion? Get a range of opinions you didn’t even know existed? Mention the word, “Diversity.” Boom, there it is. The word that is fraught…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 10:19PMFriday, January 8, 2016
The City of Angeles is the land of the motored commute. And so it’s not surprising that many in Los Angeles are accustomed to the radio sound of the Steve Julian, the Morning Edition…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 02:44AMMonday, January 4, 2016
Sheldon Epps has been the Artistic Director of the Pasadena Playhouse since 1997. He came to that position with a great many credits, including being the Assistant AD at the Old Globe, the f…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 05:43PMWednesday, December 30, 2015
We are days away from the end of 2015 and “What a ride it’s been!” This year the greater Los Angeles Theatre Community discovered it was more than just the sum of its parts. We came to…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 11:51PMTuesday, December 15, 2015
When a new baby is born, everybody gushes and compliments and speaks of the promise of youth. In most cases for the next 25-30 years, the only people that usually continue with that optimist…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 06:29PMWednesday, November 18, 2015
FootLights is now ten years old. It started as a dream. The dream was to create a publication that would serve Los Angeles the way Playbill serves New York. A simple idea, hell, how hard cou…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 06:58PMTuesday, November 10, 2015
The 2015 Ovation Awards was an impressive event. More than 1100 from the LA Theatre Community showed up to celebrate the accomplishments of our artists over the past year. Just as important …
SOURCE: footlights.click at 10:49PMWednesday, November 4, 2015
A page has turned in the volumes referring to the LA stage community. The Los Angeles Stage Alliance (LASA) has announced Steven Leigh Morris as its new Executive Director. Well known both l…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 01:55AMTuesday, November 3, 2015
I’ve been enjoying all the great things in the media about the show “Hamilton” on Broadway (and love the soundtrack). It seems to be a pretty special show. But I’d also like to tell …
SOURCE: footlights.click at 07:52PMSunday, October 18, 2015
by William Salyers If Britain had defeated its colonies in the war for American Independence, we’d all be speaking English today. More soberly, the word “patriot” would have a very…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 06:06PMTuesday, October 13, 2015
Often in this space we talk about theatre as a community, and as a part of a community. But actually, theatre is more. In a very real and substantive way it is a part of the foundation of co…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 08:58AMTuesday, September 22, 2015
The standoff between Actors’ Equity Association (AEA) and its members moves on without any sign of shifting positions. The word from AEA is that they will not consider any changes to the p…
SOURCE: Footlights at 06:28AMTuesday, August 4, 2015
One of the warriors of the Pro99 movement recently posted a statement on Facebook that is not only worthy of repeating, but important to understand. William Saylers said, “Those who believ…
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:31PMTuesday, July 21, 2015
An LA Actor There are thousands upon thousands of people coming out of high schools and colleges all over America every year that are determined to pursue a life as an ACTOR! Parents …
SOURCE: Footlights at 03:54PMThursday, June 25, 2015
While Los Angeles is world renowned as the Entertainment Capital of the World, most consider that “Entertainment” as film, television and music. But live theatre is a part of that “Ent…
SOURCE: Footlights at 09:38PMThursday, June 4, 2015
As you may be well aware, there is a battle raging as to what the landscape of LA theatre will look like in coming days. At stake is the ability of seasoned actors that are members of Actors…
SOURCE: Footlights at 07:04PMLos Angeles intimate theatre is now under siege. Even if you’re tired of hearing about it, it continues. Actor’s Equity Association, (AEA) besides unilaterally changing the basic plan fo…
SOURCE: Footlights at 07:04PMby Graham Sibley A stint of much needed rain was falling outside The Whitefire Theatre when a petite woman ducked inside the lobby. She was wearing a bright pink shirt under her coat that …
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