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Friday, December 7, 2018

A Noise Within Adds New Board Members by Brian Marks

By Brian Marks A Noise Within, Pasadena’s source for quality repertory theatre, has voted to add two new members to its board of directors, Gail Samuel and Bill Bogaard. Samuel is curr…

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Friday, November 16, 2018

Christian Levatino’s “Big Event” Brings Mid-20th Century History to the Stage by Brian Marks

By Brian Marks Christian Levatino began his career as an actor, then director, but it’s his shift into playwriting that has revealed his greatest artistic ambitions. In fact, “ambitious…

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Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Immigration Crises, Through a Polish Lens: Martyna Majok’s “Cost of Living” at the Fountain by Brian Marks

By Brian Marks Martyna Majok is originally from Poland, but she and her mother immigrated to the United States when she was five years old. Though Majok (pronounced MY-oak) has spent the ma…

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Monday, October 8, 2018

Michael Michetti Paints a New Picture of Dorian Gray by Brian Marks

How does a stage director handle a classic in a swiftly changing culture?  By Brian Marks The Picture of Dorian Gray is the major dividing line in the life of Oscar Wilde, the work that s…

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Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Daniel Talbott and Chris Fields Put “What Happened When” on Repeat by Brian Marks

By Brian Marks I meet Daniel Talbott and Chris Fields for coffee at an Atwater Village shop they’re familiar with. It’s a breezy day, with a piercing light barely obscured by the table�…

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Tuesday, August 7, 2018

Hershey Felder Brings the Maestro to Life in ‘Beethoven’ by Brian Marks

By Brian Marks Hershey Felder is the bearer of a particularly extravagant multi-hyphenate: playwright-composer-actor-pianist. (He’s also the scenic designer on his latest show, Beethoven,…

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Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Chappaquidick Redux: Peter Lefcourt and Terry Hanauer tell Mary Joe Kopechne’s Story by Brian Marks

by Brian Marks Late on the night of July 18, 1969, Ted Kennedy was driving through Chappaquiddick Island on the eastern end of Martha’s Vineyard. In the car with the 37-year-old senator w…

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Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Slurring Towards Bethlehem: Ronnie Marmo Brings Lenny Bruce’s Foul-Mouthed Fury to Life by Brian Marks

By Brian Marks If there’s one thing that Ronnie Marmo doesn’t do in his one-man show, I’m Not a Comedian … I’m Lenny Bruce, it’s hold back. Early in the performance he launches …

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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