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Monday, January 29, 2018

Ovations Profile: Alex Alpharaoh by Darlene Donloe

By Darlene Donloe Alex Alpharaoh is a successful playwright, actor, spoken word artist, social worker, and producer. All of those are impressive monikers, but the one designation he cove…

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Friday, January 26, 2018

Ovations Profile: Center Theatre Group’s Douglas C. Baker by Darlene Donloe

by Darlene Donloe Douglas C. Baker’s 40 years of working in the theater haven’t diminished his enthusiasm for the art form. If anything, his zeal has increased, he says, because he “l…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 05:15PM
Sunday, December 10, 2017

Gloria Gifford Brings The Sound of Music To Shakespeare’s Antony & Cleopatra by Darlene Donloe

By Darlene Donloe Gloria Gifford doesn’t consider herself a control freak, she just likes to have her “heavy hand” in every aspect of a production. “I’m a perfectionist,” she…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 04:41AM
Friday, November 3, 2017

For Director Michael Michetti – Three’s Not a Crowd by Darlene Donloe

By Darlene Donloe Michael Michetti didn’t plan it, but as fate would have it he is currently in the midst of a whirlwind directorial convoy that has him helming three consecutive theatric…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 10:36PM
Friday, October 13, 2017

Artist Profile: Actress Judith Scott Talks Process and ‘Profession’ by Darlene Donloe

By Darlene Donloe When it comes to Judith Scott’s latest role as Mrs. Kitty Warren, the title character in George Bernard Shaw’s Mrs. Warren’s Profession, the actress will tell you i…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 11:11PM
Friday, October 6, 2017

To Get Into Her Latest Role Tonya Pinkins Needed ‘Time Alone’ by Darlene Donloe

By Darlene Donloe Tonya Pinkins’ latest role is painful to watch. It has nothing to do with her acting ability, the dialogue, or the direction. Rather, it has everything to do with the…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 08:54PM
Friday, September 29, 2017

Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm’s Heart Sinks in “Br’er Cotton” by Darlene Donloe

by Darlene Donloe Playwright Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm’s latest play, Br’er Cotton, is an uncomfortable reminder of the state of race in America today. The show, now playing at the …

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 09:08PM
Friday, September 22, 2017

Robert Hooks Waxes Lyrical About the 50-Year Anniversary of the Negro Ensemble Company by Darlene Donloe

By Darlene Donloe It was 1967 when Robert Hooks, Douglas Turner Ward, and Gerald Krone sat down at the Orchidia restaurant in Manhattan’s East Village and mapped out, on a tablecloth, wha…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 08:24PM
Friday, August 18, 2017

Black Lives Matter: Ben Guillory talks Paul Robeson, Danny Glover, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Importance of Black Theater by Darlene Donloe

by Darlene Donloe The Robey Theatre Company, in association with the Los Angeles Theatre Center, will mount the 2017 Paul Robeson Theatre Festival, with the theme: Harlem To Central Avenue,…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 08:18PM
Friday, March 10, 2017

Good Grief, It’s Ngozi Anyanwu by Darlene Donloe

by DARLENE DONLOE gozi Anyanwu has a strong constitution, and attributes a lot of her grit to her upbringing. “In Nigerian culture you’re expected to be successful,” she tells me…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 04:36PM
Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Jamelle Dolphin Creates His Legacy by Preserving His Grandfather’s (Part II) by Darlene Donloe

This is the second part of an interview feature by Darlene Donloe. Read Part I.   This is the second time the show has been in Los Angeles. It was at the Lillian Theater. Is this th…

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Tuesday, July 19, 2016

The True Story of John Dolphin Is Recorded in Hollywood (Part I) by Darlene Donloe

by DARLENE DONLOE Dolphin is sitting inside the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City, watching intently as workmen put the finishing touches on the lights and set for the musical, Recorde…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 05:32PM
Thursday, November 12, 2015

Gilbert Glenn Brown Paints a Picture With Latest Role by Darlene Donloe

by DARLENE DONLOE The name Gilbert Glenn Brown has become synonymous with "good works" around the L.A. theater world. A handsome gent with a bright, poetic smile, Brown enjoys a career …

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 04:34PM
Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Director Gregg T. Daniel Breaks Through Fences by Darlene Donloe

by DARLENE DONLOE "There's just something about the theater," says Gregg T. Daniel. he’s acting or directing, both of which have garnered him praise, Daniel is committed to his craft,…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 03:38PM
Monday, June 22, 2015

From Passion Project to International Player: Ben Hill & The Hollywood Fringe Festival by Darlene Donloe

A closer look at what it takes to make #hff15 happen, along with its creator — Ben Hill.

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Monday, May 25, 2015

Jelks and Chimo Keep It Goin' ‘Til Break of Noon by Darlene Donloe

John Earl Jelks and Tracee Chimo talk about crossing the country to continue the premiere production in L.A. of Neil LaBute's play Break of Noon, at the Geffen.

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:58PM

Jessica Kubzansky: Going in the Right Direction by Darlene Donloe

Jessica Kubzansky admits that being one of the founding artistic directors at The Theatre @ Boston Court in Pasadena is the “hardest job” she's ever had in her life.

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:58PM

Director Lisa Peterson Tells a Story In Mother Words by Darlene Donloe

Director Lisa Peterson describes her latest show, In Mother Words, as a "compilation or quilt play" made up of 15 short pieces by 15 different writers, all describing what it means to be a m…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:58PM
Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Vereen Still Has ‘Magic to Do’ as a Genie in Pasadena Playhouse’s Panto by Darlene Donloe

Ben Vereen still has "magic to do" -- this year as a genie in "Aladdin and His Winter Wish," the holiday-oriented panto at Pasadena Playhouse.

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:53PM
Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Williams Joins the Integrated Jury in Pasadena’s Twelve Angry Men by Darlene Donloe

Ellis Williams, playing one of the jurors in the black and white-cast "Twelve Angry Men" at Pasadena Playhouse, looks back on 35 years of acting, growing up in the South, and being on a jury.

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:42PM
Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Gardley and Finney Travel the road from Wewoka to Merced to LATC by Darlene Donloe

Shirley Jo Finney believes she was destined to direct Marcus Gardley's "the road weeps, the well runs dry". She explains why as the play opens the LA leg of a rolling world premiere, at LATC.

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 07:19PM
Friday, September 6, 2013

Charlie Robinson and SCR’s Masterson Pay Attention to Willy Loman by Darlene Donloe

Charlie Robinson, a friend of South Coast Rep artistic director Marc Masterson for 45 years, plays Willy Loman in Masterson's mostly African-American "Death of a Salesman."

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:45PM
Friday, August 30, 2013

William Stanford Davis Hears the Voices of The Old Settler by Darlene Donloe

William Stanford Davis directed a workshop version of John Henry Redwood's "The Old Settler" in 2009 and now stages a full production of it at Pico Playhouse.

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 01:02PM
Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Vanessa Bell Calloway Depicts Hurston in Letters From Zora by Darlene Donloe

Vanessa Bell Calloway portrays author Zora Neale Hurston, of Harlem Renaissance fame, in five performances of Letters From Zora -- In Her Own Words, at Pasadena Playhouse.

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 03:18PM
Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Brooke Shields Takes Director’s Chair in Hollywood Bowl’s Chicago by Darlene Donloe

Brooke Shields makes her stage directorial debut with Chicago, at the 17,000-seat Hollywood Bowl. She previously performed in the Broadway revival.

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 09:19PM
Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Meet Me @ Metro IV Goes Home to Watts by Darlene Donloe

Watts Village's Meet Me @ Metro series returns to Watts, somewhat scaled back, as Lynn Manning returns as the company's artistic director.

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 07:12PM
Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Glynn Turman’s Comings and Goings by Darlene Donloe

Glynn Turman won an Ovation for a previous August Wilson role, but he thinks he's finally ready to tackle Wilson's work, in the Taper's "Joe Turner's Come and Gone."

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 07:53PM
Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Jennifer Leigh Warren Is Used To Having It All by Darlene Donloe

For Jennifer Leigh Warren, "having it all" doesn't mean the same thing as it did for Helen Gurley Brown, whose book of the same name provided the title for the musical that Warren is in at L…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 07:17PM
Monday, January 28, 2013

Is Ruby Wax Out of Her Mind? by Darlene Donloe

Ruby Wax -- an American who became a well-known TV personality and comic in the UK -- tackles her own mental health problems in Ruby Wax: Out of Her Mind, at the small Edye space at Broad St…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 01:40PM
Friday, January 4, 2013

Vickilyn Reynolds Wants You To Know About Hattie by Darlene Donloe

Preparing to play Hattie McDaniel in Hattie...What I Need You to Know!, Vickilyn Reynolds visited the grave of the Oscar-winning actress in order to ask her some questions. Now, as she's abo…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:14PM
Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Getting Intimate With David St. Louis by Darlene Donloe

Former Ovation winner David St. Louis (for Parade at the Taper) is playing George, the suitor of the seamstress in Lynn Nottage's Intimate Apparel at the Pasadena Playhouse. It's his second …

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:52PM

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