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Thursday, September 3, 2015

This Week in L.A. Theatre by Julio Martinez

IN THE NEWS To celebrate its 25th year as a major live theater presence in LA, Fountain Theatre’s 25th Anniversary Gala and Auction will honor Co-Artistic Director and award-winn…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 12:37PM
Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Inside LA STAGE History: The Majestic/Mayfair Music Hall by Julio Martinez

by JULIO MARTINEZ 1902, fledgling entrepreneur Charles A. Tegner opens a small real estate and insurance office in downtown Santa Monica. As he and the community around him begin to pros…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 12:40PM
Thursday, August 27, 2015

This Week in L.A. Theatre by Julio Martinez

IN THE NEWS This year’s LA STAGE Alliance Ovation Awards will be held Monday, Nov 9 at Center Theatre Group’s Ahmanson Theatre in Downtown LA. Entertainment trade magazine Var…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 05:10PM
Thursday, August 20, 2015

This Week in L.A. Theatre by Julio Martinez

IN THE NEWS REDCAT at Disney Concert Hall in downtown LA has revealed a program of contemporary performing arts events for 2015-16 that includes a generous sampling of Internationa…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 02:57PM
Thursday, August 13, 2015

This Week in L.A. Theatre by Julio Martinez

IN THE NEWS The Latino Theater Company has announced its upcoming 2015 Fall season at the Los Angeles Theatre Center in downtown LA, beginning with the West Coast premiere of In Lo…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 01:32PM
Thursday, August 6, 2015

This Week in L.A. Theatre by Julio Martinez

IN THE NEWS Playwright Lynn Manning, co-founder and artistic director of Watts Village Theater Company, passed away on Monday, August 3, at age 60 after battling liver cancer for o…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 01:40PM
Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Inside LA STAGE History: Paul Kent & The Melrose Theater by Julio Martinez

by JULIO MARTINEZ the early 1960s, enthusiastic young thesp David Galligan is primed to make his mark in tinseltown, but his agent suggests he get more formal training. Galligan recalls,…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 04:06PM
Tuesday, July 28, 2015

18th Annual Playwrights Festival & Conference Provides Platform for Development of New Works in Ojai by Julio Martinez

by JULIO MARTINEZ 12 miles inland from Ventura and 26 miles east of Santa Barbara, the village of Ojai is set to host its 18th annual Ojai Playwrights New Works Festival, beginning Sunda…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 03:48PM
Thursday, July 16, 2015

This Week in L.A. Theatre by Julio Martinez

IN THE NEWS Latino Theater Company and Robey Theatre Company, both residing at Los Angeles Theatre Center, have been granted $100,000 and $60,000, respectively, from the California…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 03:51PM

This Week in L.A. Theatre by Julio Martinez

IN THE NEWS Deaf West Theatre’s staging of 2007 Tony-winner Spring Awakening—which made its debut in fall 2014 at Downtown LA’s Rosenthal Theatre—will be enjoying an 18-we…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 01:37PM
Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Inside LA STAGE History: The Circle Players by Julio Martinez

In June 1945, seven UCLA advanced drama students set out to form a theater company of their own.

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 11:06AM
Thursday, June 18, 2015

This Week in L.A. Theatre by Julio Martinez

IN THE NEWS Playwright Tim Cummings—in his capacity as the new Literary Manager at Rogue Machine—is launching RogueLit, a blog that will spotlight all four playwrights for RMT’s curren…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 12:58PM
Thursday, June 11, 2015

Antaeus Breaks Ground in Glendale by Julio Martinez

Antaeus Theatre Company announces new home in Glendale.

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 02:30PM

This Week in L.A. Theatre by Julio Martinez

LA STAGE Insider. A weekly news column on all things L.A. theatre, from Julio Martinez.

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 12:15PM
Monday, June 1, 2015

Inside LA STAGE History: The Drama-Logue Legacy by Julio Martinez

In early 1972, Bill Bordy publishes the first Hollywood Drama-Logue Casting Sheet...

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 07:51AM
Monday, May 25, 2015

Valley Performing Arts Center Has Arrived by Julio Martinez

Through much of 2010, ongoing announcements heralded the imminent debut of the Valley Performing Arts Center (VPAC), billed as a “world-class, state-of-the-art performance facility,&…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:58PM

LA STAGE INSIDER by Julio Martinez

Westside news, more premieres, and a new play about Obama's mother in this edition of LASTAGEInsider.

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:58PM

LA STAGE Insider: February 10, 2011 by Julio Martinez

From the Marvelous Wonderettes, to Harold Pinter and Ray Stricklyn, Julio Martinez covers it all in this weeks LASTAGE Insider.

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:58PM

LA STAGE Insider: February 10, 2011 by Julio Martinez

From the Marvelous Wonderettes, to Harold Pinter and Ray Stricklyn, Julio Martinez covers it all in this weeks LASTAGE Insider.

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:58PM

Carmen Argenziano: Proof is in the Performance by Julio Martinez

"Now this is what's so wonderful about the theater: Carmen Argenziano is playing a math genius instead of a hood or a cop." TV and film vet admits luxuriating in the opportunity to inhabit…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:58PM

LA STAGE Insider: February 17, 2011 by Julio Martinez

LA Stage INSIDER highlights upcoming S.T.A.G.E. benefit, the stage premiere of Midnight Express, the debut of new Third Street Theatre and the history of movie star Sal Mineo as stage actor…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:58PM

LA STAGE Insider: February 24, 2011 by Julio Martinez

From Rent to Jamaica Farewell and Gigi Perreau's A Night With the President, it's all here in this week's LA STAGE Insider.

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:58PM

LA STAGE Insider: February 24, 2011 by Julio Martinez

From Rent to Jamaica Farewell and Gigi Perreau's A Night With the President, it's all here in this week's LA STAGE Insider.

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:58PM

LA STAGE INSIDER by Julio Martinez

Cirque du Soleil, Skirball does Death of A Salesman, Dangerous Beauty, and much more in this week's LA Stage Insider.

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:58PM

LA STAGE INSIDER by Julio Martinez

Picasso, Audrey Hepburn, The Troubies, Madeline, and so much more in this week's LA Stage Insider!

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:58PM
Thursday, January 30, 2014

Remembering Joseph Ruskin and Billie Burke by Julio Martinez

Remembering actor Joseph Ruskin and Billie Burke's LA stage work...A $250,000 gift to Chance Theater and grants to A Noise Within

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:58PM
Thursday, January 23, 2014

Cat, Ugly Steady, Women’s Festival, Sarah Bernhardt in LA by Julio Martinez

"A Cat Named Mercy," "The Ugly One, "A Steady Rain" and more openings...LA Women's Theatre Festival scheduled...Sarah Bernhardt explores LA.

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 07:20PM
Thursday, January 16, 2014

Homeless Angels, Kinky Boots, LA Opera and Dance News by Julio Martinez

Company of Angels asked to leave Alexandria Hotel...Kinky Boots is part of the Pantages season...LA Opera season...LA Dance Project's new home...

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:22PM
Thursday, January 9, 2014

LA STAGE INSIDER by Julio Martinez

In memory of Carmen Zapata of the Bilingual Foundation of the Arts...SITI's Wanlass joins Cornerstone...Echo commits to a year in Atwater...Skylight season...Remembering the Itchey Foot

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:21PM
Thursday, December 19, 2013

LA STAGE INSIDER by Julio Martinez

LA’s Diane Rodriguez — associate producer/director of new play production at Center Theatre Group — has been appointed ...Continue Reading

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 07:34PM
Thursday, December 12, 2013

LA STAGE INSIDER by Julio Martinez

Nearly $300,000 of NEA grants go to LA-area stage companies....Miki Shelton is Antaeus Company's new executive director...Valery Ortiz plays a new role in Casa 0101's "In the Heights"...

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 08:23PM

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