Off in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains—not yet in the hills, but you know you’ve been gaining altitude as you approach—sits the Mountainview Cemetery and Mausoleum.�…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 11:18PMThere is a question that is seldom addressed – what does success look like if your passion is theatre and that is where you want to live? Well, let’s take a little tour. Just off of …
SOURCE: footlights.click at 03:24PMThere is a question that is seldom addressed – what does success look like if your passion is theatre and that is where you want to live? Well, let’s take a little tour. Just off of…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 12:47PM“Did you enjoy the play?” These should not be jarring words. But catching my breath after experiencing Native Son at the Antaeus became neigh on impossible when that question was posed. …
SOURCE: footlights.click at 12:24AMThe curtain was down, this performance of The Madres was over. It had been a small house, maybe 30 people. Yet, the impact of the show had been so profound that the audience failed to co…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 07:36PMIn 1997, I was performing in a production of Cyrano De Bergerac at the Knightsbridge Theatre in Pasadena. One of my cast mates at the time, Stan Freitag, was very excited because he had ju…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 01:12AMThere is no short supply of great theatre in Los Angeles. Better than great, brilliant! Earth shaking, soul transforming, awe inspiring theatre! I’m not just talking about Hamilton. Nor is…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 06:42PMAn Abundance of Art There is no short supply of great theatre in Los Angeles. Better than great, brilliant! Earth shaking, soul transforming, awe inspiring theatre! I’m not just talking ab…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 01:45PMWhat are the points of information that influence you to see a show? Let’s find out! We’ve created a survey, yes, there is something you are being asked to do, in which we hope to qu…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 03:51PMWhat are the points of information that influence you to see a show? How do we expand word of mouth? Let’s find out! How do we Choose What motivates you to see a show? This is not a r…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 03:51PMWhen my grandfather Norman T. Finlayson was born, his hometown of Dundas, Ontario, did not yet have electric lighting. In fact, the notion of electrifying a city, let alone homes, was brand …
SOURCE: footlights.click at 02:33PMWant to know what’s opening? What to see? Here’s what’s happening now! For details, visit Opening Soon The post This week: LA Theatre appeared first on Footlights.
SOURCE: footlights.click at 03:38PMOn the evening of January 29th, the Los Angeles theatre community gathered to honor their own. The United Artists Theatre in the Ace Hotel, was the scene of the 28th Annual Ovation Awards. …
SOURCE: footlights.click at 10:19PMWant to know what’s opening? What to see? Here’s what’s happening now! For details, visit Opening Soon The post Opening This Week appeared first on Footlights.
SOURCE: footlights.click at 03:38PMThis information is supplied courtesy of LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards BEST SEASON CENTER THEATRE GROUP Amélie, A New Musical Archduke Citizen: An American Lyric (The Fountain Theatre) D…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 08:52PMHave you spent time looking at the cute videos on Facebook? Not just the kittens and puppies at play, but the ones that show empathetic behavior amongst animals? The ones that really get…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 01:32PMHow often have we heard some say, “Why do actors have to give us their political opinions? They’re paid to act, not tell me what to think!” That’s a paraphrase, but I’m sure we�…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 11:40AMAt FootLights, we often struggle with the dilemma of addressing political issues. Here’s a great read from the Clyde Fitch Report. The post What is the responsibility of the artist in …
SOURCE: footlights.click at 03:06PMThe 28th Annual LA STAGE Alliance Ovation Awards will take place on January 29, 2018, with a 7:30pm curtain at The Theatre at Ace Hotel. The list of nominees can be found on @ This Stage. …
SOURCE: footlights.click at 02:42AMThe carcass of a wild pig is roasting on a spit over an open fire. Surrounding the fire are the men, women, and children who hope to soon partake of the feast promised by the scents wafting …
SOURCE: footlights.click at 08:33PM“Harlem to Central Avenue” The Robey Theatre Company in association with the Los Angeles Theatre Center, is presenting a three day festival Starting August 25th. Danny Glove and …
SOURCE: footlights.click at 08:12AMWhile visiting the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, Randy Johnson, the creator of such seminal works as Always Patsy Cline and A Night Janis Joplin, came upon a book titled S…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 03:42AMJust recently, I went to Rogue Machine’s production of Loraine Hansberrys’ Les Blancs. An evening of exemplary theatre. Profound, evocative, well-conceived and beautifully presented.…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 03:42AMWhile visiting the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, Randy Johnson, the creator of such seminal works as Always Patsy Cline and A Night with Janis Joplin, came upon a book entit…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 04:24PMA twenty-year musical theatre tradition will be streamed live for the first time this year. New Musicals Inc. will host the 20th STAGES FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSICALS from July 28th through July…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 03:36PMWhat’s the difference between the Internal Revenue Service and Actors Equity Association? One is a callous, far-flung bureaucracy that wants more of your money – and the other collects t…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 02:04AMThe 2017 Hollywood Fringe Festival did it again, With a significant rise in participation, attendance and revenue, it would seem that there is a hunger for new edgy works for Los Angeles aud…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 02:04AMIn January, the federal government called out the institute (Harvards A.R.T. Institute) for burdening its students with loan debt averaging about $78,000 each… will take the next thre…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 12:04AMThe Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has a significant milestone birthday this year. It is seventy years old and this means that “fringe” is seventy too. Where there was one fringe fest…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 03:05AMLast night, I got a chance to see a new documentary, Love 99. Yes, it was about the conflict we have endured with AEA, and it was a great reminder that the fight is still in front of us. W…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 01:24AMAs the intimate theatre scene in Los Angeles is looking to stabilize itself, when in December Actors Equity Association, the national union for stage actors and stage managers, implemented a…
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