Friday, June 10, 2016
IN THE NEWS
The 7th annual Hollywood Fringe Festival officially opened yesterday, following a week of previews. There were over 800 attendees at last night’s 2016 Opening Night …
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 07:08PMThursday, June 9, 2016
IN THE NEWS
Last week’s Center Theatre Group release announcing the upcoming Kirk Douglas Theatre's 2016-2017 season made intriguing mention of the launch of Block Party: Celebr…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 05:44PMWednesday, June 8, 2016
by JULIO MARTINEZ
1986, I interviewed character actor King Donovan, who was in the midst of a bus-and-truck tour of On the Twentieth Century co-starring his wife, Imogene Coca. My perus…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 04:32PMFriday, June 3, 2016
ENSEMBLE SURREAL
Sacred Fools Black Box Space is hosting two large cast revivals during Fringe Fest: Loft Ensemble, still renovating its new home in Sherman Oaks (former home of L…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 06:27PMThursday, June 2, 2016
IN THE NEWS
Center Theatre Group continues its 50-year sojourn in LA, announcing Kirk Douglas Theatre’s 13th season, which includes: four premiere regular season productions, tw…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 01:31PMFriday, May 27, 2016
NEWS
This year’s Hollywood Fringe Fest is underwriting five 2016 Fringe Scholarships, selected from nearly 40 applicants. In this debut grant, the winners are Disrupted, written…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 07:22PMThursday, May 26, 2016
IN THE NEWS
It is surprising that broadcast TV juggernaut CBS is not underwriting this effort, but Deaf West Theatre—whose production of Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik’s Spring…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 02:52PMFriday, May 20, 2016
NEWS
Academy Award nominee/Golden Globe winner Bruce Davison, in a pre-recorded cameo, has joined the cast of Grey Ensemble Theatre’s premiere of Fuck My Life, focusing on how t…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 04:38PMThursday, May 19, 2016
IN THE NEWS
Construction is underway to convert an empty commercial building into Antaeus Theatre’s new cultural arts center at 110 East Broadway in Glendale. When complete, thi…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 04:05PMFriday, May 13, 2016
NEWS
After seven short years, Hollywood Fringe Festival has managed to garner what venerable Edinburgh Fringe (founded in 1947) has not accomplished in 69 years: financial recogni…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 03:28PMThursday, May 12, 2016
IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM SCHALLERT
(July 6, 1922–May 8, 2016)
August 2000, I was invited to the home of actor William Schallert, where he graciously allowed me to mine the memories o…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 06:21PMFriday, May 6, 2016
NOTEWORTHY
Making its Hollywood Fringe debut is writer/artist Charlotte Dean’s collection of short fiction, Charlotte’s Shorts, spotlighting “the most loveable, self-center…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 06:48PMThursday, May 5, 2016
IN THE NEWS
The Laguna Playhouse Board of Directors has selected Ellen Richard to be its Interim Executive Director. She will assume the position while the Playhouse is undertaki…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 03:05PMTuesday, May 3, 2016
by JULIO MARTINEZ
1984 Summer Olympic Games were awarded to Los Angeles in 1978. And, as stipulated by the Olympic Charter, the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee (LAOOC) was mand…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 03:10PMFriday, April 29, 2016
On Sunday, May 1st, tickets go on sale for all productions participating in the 2016 Hollywood Fringe Festival.
AT THE NEW RESIDENCE
Sacred Fools is not only supplyin…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 05:08PMThursday, April 28, 2016
IN THE NEWS
Loft Ensemble has lost its space at 929 E. Second Street (the former home of the City Hearts arts outreach program) in downtown LA’s Arts District. Not to be deterre…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 05:09PMFriday, April 22, 2016
The upcoming Hollywood Fringe Festival 2016 will spotlight a plethora of new theatrical faces gracing our local stages. It is also providing an outlet for local stages to introduce their war…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 08:24PMThursday, April 21, 2016
IN THE NEWS
Following 21 months of renovations and an expenditure of $65.8 million, the historic, LA County Arts Commission-administered, 1,200-seat John Anson Ford Amphitheatre in…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 02:44PMFriday, April 15, 2016
Hollywood Fringe Festival 2016 will descend upon Los Angeles anon (June 9-26). As the pre-Festival activities move forward, @ This Stage will provide newsworthy weekly updates leading up to …
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 03:18PMThursday, April 14, 2016
IN THE NEWS
Seldom utilized for live theater, the Montalban Theatre in Hollywood is dusting off its stage and orchestra pit for the premiere of I Only have Eyes For You, highlighti…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 01:24PMThursday, April 7, 2016
IN THE NEWS
The Broad Stage has revealed a 2016-2017 season with a skimpy, two-production live theatre schedule. Solo performance diva Anna Deavere Smith takes the stage with Notes…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 10:07AMTuesday, April 5, 2016
by JULIO MARTINEZ
famed European dance ensemble, The Berkoff Family, emigrated to the U.S. from Odessa, Russia, in the early 20th century, youngest daughter Frieda (1903-1976) became ena…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 11:33AMThursday, March 31, 2016
IN THE NEWS
AIDS Project Los Angeles’ much-traveled, yearly Southland Theatre Artists Goodwill Event (S.T.A.G.E) is taking up residence at Beverly Hills’ Wallis Annenberg Cente…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 01:38PMWednesday, March 30, 2016
by JULIO MARTINEZ
the historic El Portal Theatre (built in 1926) was taken over by North Hollywood-based theatre ensemble, Actors Alley, in 1997, the space was converted into a 360-seat …
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 01:13PMThursday, March 24, 2016
IN THE NEWS
Cabrillo Music Theatre, which has resided at Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza for the last 22 years, is shutting down. Citing “escalating theatre costs, unmet commitmen…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 05:00PMThursday, March 17, 2016
IN THE NEWS
In April 2007, Athol Fugard’s Exits and Entrances made its New York debut in Cherry Lane Theatre’s Primary Stages season, following its premiere production at Fount…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 05:11PMThursday, March 10, 2016
IN THE NEWS
Chicago’s prestigious Steppenwolf Theatre will inaugurate its new black box performance space, the 1700 Theatre, with Justin Tanner’s Ovation Award-winning, three-c…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 01:40PMThursday, March 3, 2016
by JULIO MARTINEZ
the 1850s, eight newly arrived Jewish merchants spoke the first words of mamaloshen (Yiddish mother tongue) in the City of Angels. Fifty years later, the Jewish populat…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 06:22PMFriday, February 26, 2016
by JULIO MARTINEZ
October, 1985, highly motivated Artistic Director Bill Bushnell marshaled enough city, county, corporate and public support to move Los Angeles Actors Theatre (founded …
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 07:23PMThursday, February 25, 2016
IN THE NEWS
LA’s independent public TV broadcaster KCET, national satellite network Link TV (KCETlink), and visual media outlet explore.org are collaborating with Long Beach Oper…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 04:14PMThursday, February 18, 2016
IN THE NEWS
Center Theatre Group and Cornerstone Theater Company have both been accorded $115,000 grants from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s (DDCF) 2016 Building Demand f…
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