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Thursday, June 30, 2011

LA STAGE INSIDER by Julio Martinez

Controversial Jerry Springer:  The Opera not entirely welcome in OC, while theater travels the rails  inMeet Me@Metro II.   Long-running New Eyes moves to the Odyssey asÂ�…

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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

D is For Dog: Katie Polebaum by Julio Martinez

Rogue Artists Ensemble differs from most theater companies in that it's run by a collective of multi-disciplinary artists and designers rather than by actors, writers or directors. By combin…

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Thursday, June 23, 2011

LA STAGE INSIDER by Julio Martinez

Odyssey Theatre hosts the preem of Revisiting Wildfire while Hollywood Fringe adds films to its schedule; LA Theatre Works moves to UCLA and the classics abound through the summer, including…

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Thursday, June 16, 2011

LA STAGE INSIDER by Julio Martinez

American Night: The Ballad of Juan José, by Richard Montoya and Culture Clash, will play the Kirk Douglas Theatre next March. David Crosby comes through for the Blank and Brings a friend; R…

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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Jennifer Leigh Warren Sings the Shirley Bassey Songbook by Julio Martinez

Having just returned from a series of custom gown fittings for her upcoming concert, Diamonds Are Forever: The Songs of Dame Shirley Bassey, singer/actress Jennifer Leigh Warren is actua…

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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

What If…TCG Comes to LA For the Big 5-0? by Julio Martinez

Theatre Communications Group is in town. The nonprofit theater movement's  network and advocacy organization is celebrating its 50th anniversary by holding its 21st national conference …

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Thursday, June 9, 2011

LA STAGE INSIDER by Julio Martinez

INSIDER spotlights  Hollywood Fringe one-handers and offers some alternative Festival fare.  CTG goes on a cyberspace search for new Fanny Brice;  helmer Amelia Mulkey offers her ta…

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Thursday, June 2, 2011

LA STAGE Insider by Julio Martinez

Hal Linden joins "On Golden Pond" at Colony while Hollywood Fringe spills over with legit fare.  La Jolla premieres "Sleeping Beauty Wakes," and a look back at venerable Theatre 40.   …

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Thursday, May 26, 2011

LA STAGE INSIDER by Julio Martinez

The Westwood-based two-theater Geffen Playhouse's full seven-play 2011-12 schedule will feature three intriguing world premieres. Within intimate Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater, Beth Henle…

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Thursday, May 19, 2011

LA STAGE INSIDER by Julio Martinez

Hard Hat Sunday continues, a new Managing Director of CTG, Cinderella at Sierra Madre, live theater and the 1920's Great Depression, the news is all here in this week's LA Stage Insider! Â�…

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Thursday, May 12, 2011

LA STAGE INSIDER by Julio Martinez

Theatre West's Moose on the Loose, to Odalys' Nanin's Lavendar Love,  The Los Angeles Master Chorale's 47th season, the Gumm Sister, and so much more is in this week's edition of LA Stage…

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Thursday, May 5, 2011

LA INSIDER by Julio Martinez

INSIDER kudos to Pasadena Playhouse and CTG productions nominated for Tony Awards nominations.  The Troubies fly with Aristophanes' The Birds at Getty Villa; and a  look back at the…

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Friday, April 29, 2011

Pavel Cerny Revisits an Updated Three Sisters or Perestroika by Julio Martinez

By 1972, Czechoslovakia-born writer/director Pavel Cerny, who held a Master's degree from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, had established himself as a noted director of film and …

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Thursday, April 28, 2011

LA STAGE INSIDER by Julio Martinez

Check out Steve Yockey's Heavier Than, Huhgh Leonard's  The Au Pair Man, some Spring Dickens, and much more in this week's LA Stage Insider!  READ MORE

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Thursday, April 21, 2011

LA STAGE INSIDER by Julio Martinez

From the star studded cast of The Merry Wives of Windsor to Ovation winner Anna Khaja's newest work, 24th Street Theatre's La Razon Blindada, it's all here in this week's LA Stage Insider!! …

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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Gina Hecht is Jason Alexander's Prisoner Mate by Julio Martinez

Chatting and sipping her cup of tea at NoHo's Pit Fire Café south of El Portal Theatre, Gina Hecht exudes the proper edgy East Coast aura to portray Edna Edison, the distaff half opposite…

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Saturday, April 2, 2011

Mednick and Padua Return With DaddyO by Julio Martinez

Acclaimed playwright Murray Mednick, founder of the historic Padua Hills Playwrights Festival, doesn't always get around to producing his plays right away. Altogether, he has scripted eight …

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Friday, March 18, 2011

Murray and Chaffey Are a Single Voice by Julio Martinez

Speaking to Jeff Murray and his wife Nicolette Chaffey, co-founders of Theatre/Theater, is like conversing with a single voice that flows from baritone to alto and back again.  READ MORE

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Thursday, March 17, 2011

LA STAGE INSIDER by Julio Martinez

Check out this week's theatre news in March 17th's LA Stage Insider!  READ MORE

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Wednesday, March 9, 2011

LA STAGE INSIDER by Julio Martinez

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

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Thursday, March 3, 2011

LA STAGE INSIDER by Julio Martinez

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

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Thursday, February 24, 2011

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. READ MORE

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Thursday, February 17, 2011

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 ac…

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

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 i…

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Thursday, February 10, 2011

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.  READ MORE

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Thursday, February 3, 2011

LA STAGE INSIDER by Julio Martinez

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

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Monday, January 31, 2011

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,"…

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Thursday, January 27, 2011

LA STAGE Insider: January 27, 2011 by Julio Martinez

Newsworthy notes, February premieres, Group ethics, and a little of This and That in this week's LA STAGE Insider. READ MORE

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Friday, January 21, 2011

LA STAGE Insider: January 20, 2011 by Julio Martinez

From cultural icon Maya Angelou's visit to UCLA Live's Spoken Word Series, to L.A. new INKubator, Julio Martinez covers it all in this week's LA STAGE Insider.  READ MORE

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Friday, January 14, 2011

LA STAGE Insider: January 14, 2011 by Julio Martinez

From world premieres to an opening back in 1927, Julio Martinez covers it all in this week's LA STAGE Insider. READ MORE

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Group: A Musical by Julio Martinez

Richard Tatum relates a happy series of circumstances that brought him into the Los Angeles Theatre Ensemble fold as director of Group: A Musical, written by Adam Emperor Southard with m…

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