It’s a dangerous thing to ask someone to write about the process of his directorial debut—in my case, Stephen Dietz’s Fiction running at the Underground Theatre until July 31—the wee…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 12:36PMThe March 18 world premiere of Pearly Gates, the Musical at the famous El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood was a surprise. There was no advance notice, beyond a casting call last December. …
SOURCE: www.fineartsla.com at 01:36PMA few weeks back, I wrote an article about “An Evening with Neil Labute,” where I attempted to analyze the appeal and occasional controversy of Labute’s work. His play Merc…
SOURCE: www.fineartsla.com at 04:05PMThe first of many impressive technical and performance stunts in the Los Angeles premiere of Wish I Had a Sylvia Plath by Edward Anthony comes at the very beginning. I don’t want to give i…
SOURCE: www.fineartsla.com at 07:37PMYefim “Fima” Bronfman does not look like a pianist. He looks like a Russian. Like a Russian bear. And in fact, he did ascend in the classical music world amidst the last stages of the Co…
SOURCE: www.fineartsla.com at 11:40AMHow old do you have to be to conquer the world? Well, by the time he was he was 16, Alexander the Great had successfully demolished a rebellion and founded his first city—which he cleverly…
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