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Saturday, August 11, 2018

Rogue Machine Theatre trades Hollywood for Venice by Steve Appleford

Rogue Machine, one of Los Angeles' more prominent small-theater companies, is heading west this fall, relocating from Hollywood to Venice. "We've been looking for a permanent home for 11 yea…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Lauren Yee, playwright on the verge by Steve Appleford

A real moment of dread came early in the rehearsals for "Cambodian Rock Band." In Lauren Yee's new play, a musician trapped in a country ripped apart by revolution and genocide announces fro…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:15PM[SHARE]
Thursday, March 1, 2018

Geffen Playhouse unveils 2018-19 lineup with new plays, Jefferson Mays and some Nat King Cole by Steve Appleford

Emphasizing world premieres and re-imagined classics, the Geffen Playhouse has unveiled plans for the 2018-2019 season, the first under new artistic director Matt Shakman. The Geffen will pr…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:05PM[SHARE]
Thursday, August 10, 2017

'Hamilton' original cast and creatives: Where are they now? by Steve Appleford

Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom Jr., Phillipa Soo, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Daveed Diggs and more: Where you will see them next.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00AM[SHARE]
Thursday, March 2, 2017

Sex! Savagery! Singing! It's 'Game of Thrones' as musical parody by Steve Appleford

The beginning of "Thrones! The Musical Parody" comes with a warning, a cheerfully dramatic song promising "lots and lots of spoilers" as cast members reveal not one secret but a litany of pl…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, December 11, 2012

The Colony Theatre's happy-ish ending by Steve Appleford

Tough economic times threatened to close the Burbank theater's play 'The Morini Strad,' but the show will go on.Mariette Hartley has been through drama before, with decades of experience in …

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AM[SHARE]

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