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Tuesday, May 17, 2016

I Only Have Eyes For You: On Al Dubin and Bringing the Golden Age Back to Hollywood by Maureen Lee Lenker

by MAUREEN LEE LENKER "Come on along and listen to, the lullaby of Broadway…" man who wrote these words, lyricist Al Dubin, was himself tempted by the lullaby of Broadway — cutting …

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Friday, May 6, 2016

Lunatics & Actors, and a Swan Song for Clowns by Maureen Lee Lenker

by MAUREEN LEE LENKER “What is the identity of an actor? Is an actor a charlatan and a fraud? Is an actor an important member of our cultural society? Is an actor, in fact, a truth-teller…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 06:14PM

Friday, April 15, 2016

Dry Land Finds Authenticity the Voices of Young Women by Maureen Lee Lenker

by MAUREEN LEE LENKER Connor Kelly-Eiding volunteers with an organization called L.A. For Choice, where she serves as an escort at women’s health clinics, acting as a buffer between fe…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 07:21PM

Friday, March 18, 2016

The Tin Can Brothers Premiere Musical Comedy Spy Spoof, Spies are Forever by Maureen Lee Lenker

by MAUREEN LEE LENKER are Forever, now playing at the NoHo Arts Center, takes James Bond and the world of espionage as ingredients for a molotov cocktail of parody and hilarity. The musica…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 09:23PM

Monday, February 1, 2016

Stories of Progress and Racial Equality Allowed to Fly, Soar at Pasadena Playhouse by Maureen Lee Lenker

by MAUREEN LEE LENKER , now making its West Coast premiere at the Pasadena Playhouse, tells the story of the Tuskegee Airmen — the first African-American Army Air Corps fighters — who…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 02:14PM

Friday, December 11, 2015

A Panto at the Playhouse: British Christmas Traditions in Pasadena by Maureen Lee Lenker

by MAUREEN LEE LENKER Second star to the right and straight on 'til morning… holiday season, Peter Pan’s directions to Neverland will lead families to the Pasadena Playhouse. Follow…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 07:02PM

Friday, October 30, 2015

Artists Hope to Inspire Climate Change Action by Maureen Lee Lenker

by MAUREEN LEE LENKER Harry Belafonte to Jennifer Lawrence, artists are frequently agitators for social change. The arts allow audiences to encounter complex problems in a narrative sett…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 06:04PM

Friday, September 18, 2015

Something is Funny in the State of Denmark by Maureen Lee Lenker

by MAUREEN LEE LENKER . Vengeance. Lunacy. Clowns? Hamlet is a hotter property than ever (thank you, Benedict Cumberbatch!), and Los Angeles is privy to a new take on the text as the mela…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 02:26PM

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Deaf West’s Spring Awakening: From 99-Seat to Broadway by Maureen Lee Lenker

by MAUREEN LEE LENKER . Insane. Ridiculous." That’s how Cody Lassen, producer of Deaf West’s Spring Awakening, describes the past year — a journey which has included a production tr…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 12:39PM

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Pulsing Between Past, Present, and the Spaces Between: The Journey of Shiv at Boston Court by Maureen Lee Lenker

by MAUREEN LEE LENKER “Indians invented the concept of non-linear time….” notion sits at the heart of Shiv, by Aditi Brennan Kapil, now at The Theatre @ Boston Court. The play fli…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 01:14PM

Tuesday, June 23, 2015