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Tuesday, November 5, 2013

How Do You Translate Menopause The Musical Into Spanish? by Kevin O'Keeffe

When playwright Jeanie Linders interviewed translator Vivis Colombetti for the job of translating her 2001 show Menopause The Musical into Spanish, Colombetti couldn't get the scribe to laug…

SOURCE: LA Weekly at 06:09PM
Friday, October 25, 2013

Crimes of the Heart Writer Beth Henley Revisits Play With Loyola Marymount Production by Kevin O'Keeffe

Over three decades ago, playwright Beth Henley completed her play Crimes of the Heart. Two years later, it debuted in New York City. A year later, Henley won the Pulitzer Prize. Six years af…

SOURCE: LA Weekly at 11:00AM
Wednesday, July 24, 2013

The Most Bizarre Chicago Cast Ever? by Kevin O'Keeffe

It's the fifth day of rehearsals for Chicago, and the director is presenting two numbers to the press, "All That Jazz" and "We Both Reached for the Gun." She's noticeably nervous as she gets…

SOURCE: LA Weekly at 06:18PM
Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including an Ionesco Vaudeville Musical by Kevin O'Keeffe

This week in L.A. theater, Ionescopade, the vaudeville musical based on Eugene Ionesco's plays, was our pick of the week, while Alcestis at the Boston Court also got a "Go." All new theater …

SOURCE: LA Weekly at 11:00AM
Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Tupac Shakur Stage Play Makes L.A. Debut by Kevin O'Keeffe

See also: *Our Latest Theater Reviews *Why Tupac's Legacy Endures Odell Ruffin is not the first playwright to tell the story of Tupac Shakur on stage. Ruffin's play A Tupac Tale, set to bow…

SOURCE: LA Weekly at 11:00AM

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