Can theater survive in the Hollywood neighborhood? That was the topic at Stayin' Live, a gathering last Saturday at the Montalban Theatre.
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:32PMThe "Intergalactic Nemesis" live-action graphic novel is passing through UCLA (Book 1) and Costa Mesa (Book 2). Touring Foley artist Cami Alys discusses the show's sound effects.
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 03:34PMAs they re-set Frederick Knott's "Wait Until Dark" in 1944, director Matt Shakman and his designers at Geffen Playhouse discuss how to stage parts of the thriller in the dark.
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 03:28PMA Jun'ichiro Tanizaki novella from 1933 is the source of "Shun-kin," staged by Simon McBurney for CAP UCLA and Radar L.A. Veteran Peter Brook actor Yoshi Oida is in the cast.
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:28PMDaniel Beaty's "Breath and Imagination" explores the story of Roland Hayes,a pioneering African-American lyric tenor. Elijah Rock stars at the Colony Theatre.
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:44PMFrench clown master Philippe Gaulier teeaches in LA for the first time, sponsored by the Clown School and Fixt Point at Inner-City Arts. His students will put on a show.
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:28PMRon House and Alan Shearman return to their madcap roots with a revival of their first hit comedy, "El Grande de Coca-Cola," at Ruskin Group Theatre in LA.
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 03:29PMDiane Samuels' Kinderstransport returns in a radio theater production by LA Theatre Works, marking the 75th anniversary of the pre-World War II rescue of Jewish children from Europe.
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 08:46PMDavid Thompson, who wrote the book for the Kander/Ebb musical The Scottsboro Boys, discusses the show as it's about to open at the Ahmanson Theatre.
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:03PMZayd Dohrn, the son of Weathermen radicals, writes plays, including Long Way Go Down, which is about immigrants without papers, at Art of Acting Studio.
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:58PMChromolume Theatre revives its production of James de Jongh's Do Lord Remember Me, drawn from accounts of ex-slaves who were interviewed in the '30s. Director Wilson Bell discusses the lates…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:11PMHe speaks, he signs, he reads lips, and he had a key role in There Will Be Blood in his professional acting gig. Now Gallaudet grad Russell Harvard plays the pivotal role of Billy in Nina Ra…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 12:00PMMary Lou Rosato and Willie C. Carpenter play Miss Daisy and her chauffeur Hoke Coleman, who are "eyeball to eyeball and heart to heart" in Sierra Madre Playhouse's revival of Alfred Uhry's…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 09:58PMLA County's annual holiday celebration at the Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion features a wide variety of musical and dance groups, from Immaculate Heart of Mary Children's Choir to …
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:10PMNative Voices' short play festival offers readings of six short plays on Saturday at the Autry. Among the playwrights are veteran Muscogee Creek playwright Bret Jones, Inupiak artist and the…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:00PMMichael Golamco depicts video game creators in Silicon Valley in his Build, opening tonight at the Geffen Playhouse. The LA-based Year Zero playwright uses a story similar to that of Pygmali…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:30PMPlaywright John Morogiello's resume lends credibility to Blame It on Beckett, a comedy set behind the scenes of a resident theater company. The director -- former Laguna Playhouse artistic d…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:20PMThe Dramatists Guild, ASCAP, producers who make and lose money, the decreasing importance of print media in marketing and how to craft a great pitch were among the subjects covered at the Su…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 07:04PMMusical theater writers gathered over the weekend for the Biz of the Musical Theatre Biz Conference for musical theater writers, at the NoHo Arts Center. The first couple days saw participat…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 07:00PMREDCAT associate director George Lugg, who oversees the organization's New Works Festival (NOW), discusses some of the coming attractions of the 2012 edition of the annual event, July 26-Aug…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:46PMIn the wake of Hope comes Charity, more of Evelina Fernández's semi-autobiographical trilogy about a multi-generational Mexican American family. Fernandez is also on stage in Charity, w…
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