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Wednesday, November 27, 2013

The Ecstasy and the Occasional Agony of Creating God’s Gypsy by Steven Sabel

Coco Blignaut produces "God's Gypsy," about St. Teresa of Ávila, and also plays Teresa. She recruited Lili Haydn to do the music. The play opens Saturday at the Lillian Theatre.

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 01:57PM
Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Gordon Goodman and Other Good People Bring Back Barrymore by Steven Sabel

Gordon Goodman is tackling the role of John Barrymore in the almost-solo "Barrymore," by William Luce, for Good People Theater Company's second production.

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:00PM
Tuesday, September 10, 2013

A Noise Within Prepares an Action-Packed Pericles in Pasadena by Steven Sabel

Director Julia Rodriguez-Elliott and actor Thomas Tofel discuss A Noise Within's action-packed season opener, Shakespeare's "Pericles." Tofel plays both hero and villain.

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:08PM
Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Blinn’s Short Stay at Carranor Made Lee Meriwether Cry by Steven Sabel

Lee Meriwether returns to her stage home, Theatre West, in William Blinn's play about twilight-years lovers, "A Short Stay at Carranor."

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 03:11PM
Friday, July 19, 2013

Family-style wizardry in Merlin at Theatricum Botanicum by Steven Sabel

A family affair: Ellen Geer's Merlin melds Arthurian wizardry and 40 years of theater-making at Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum.

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:12PM
Thursday, July 11, 2013

Reworking Faustus : A Date With the Devil by Steven Sabel

Dr. Faustus, I presume? Steven Sabel has deleted some of Marlowe's scenes and added some of his own to make Faustus more contemporary, at Archway Theatre.

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 01:57PM
Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Theatricum’s Royal Family Comes Together on Stage by Steven Sabel

The Geers play the Cavendishes, who were representing the Barrymores, in the Kaufman/Ferber comedy, The Royal Family, at Theatricum Botanicum.

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 07:54PM
Friday, May 31, 2013

Dream Interpretations: Gypsies in Greece and Bee Gees in Burbank by Steven Sabel

Shakespeare's popular comedy morphs into Troubadour Theater's A Midsummer Saturday Night's Fever Dream, while New American's Theatre's version features Greek Gypsy fairies.

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:42PM
Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Ramirez Reaches For a Rhythmic Rush in Royale by Steven Sabel

Marco Ramirez's The Royale, based on the story of Jack Johnson, is an example of what he calls "naked theater." It's at the Kirk Douglas.

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 07:53PM
Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Saltzman’s Make Believe Tries to Give Larry Hart His Life Back by Steven Sabel

Mark Saltzman dramatizes the closeted side as well as the professional side of legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart in the new musical Falling for Make Believe, at the Colony. He discusses the pro…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 03:18PM
Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Underground Dance in Red Line Time by Steven Sabel

In Red Line Time, dancers will perform for underground audiences on Frioday and Saturday, as the Red Line makes its rounds from downtown's Union Station to North Hollywood and back. Goethe I…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 01:40PM
Friday, March 22, 2013

Milam Pulls Rank Together, at the Odyssey by Steven Sabel

Wilson Milam staged the premiere of The Lieutenant of Inishmore in England and later brought it to Broadway and Los Angeles. Now he's staging another Irish play, Robert Massey's Rank, at the…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:00PM
Thursday, March 14, 2013

Finding Love On The Spectrum at Fountain Theatre by Steven Sabel

Is autism a disability or just a difference? It's one of the questions raised in Ken LaZebnik's play about two young people who fall in love. Both of them are on the autism spectrum. Jacquel…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 01:58PM
Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Willcox Rises, Eurydice Descends Into the Underworld by Steven Sabel

Growing up in Missouri, the death of a friend inspired Jules Willcox to follow her heart into theater. Now Willcox is playing Sarah Ruhl's Eurydice, who dies and must then choose between an …

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:41PM
Friday, February 22, 2013

Will Sexsting ‘Entrap’ Its Audiences? by Steven Sabel

An FBI agent played by Greg0ry Itzin, posing as a teenage girl, lures another middle-aged man played by JD Cullum, into an online sting. So goes Sexsting, at the Skylight. Playwright Doris B…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:01PM
Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Phone Rings, Door Chimes, at Crown City’s Company by Steven Sabel

Albert Alarr, a Juilliard-trained director of TV soaps, is staging his first musical, the Sondheim/Furth Company, which he compares to Shakespeare's Tempest.  It's at Crown City Theatre  i…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:33PM
Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Baring it All to Play Sex Scandal Stars by Steven Sabel

The Deep Throat Sex Scandal, a drama about the making of the landmark porn film, arrives in LA, near the epicenter of the adult film industry. Directed by Jerry Douglas, the actors who play …

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:09PM
Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Phaedra’s Lust Lives On by Steven Sabel

Phaedra’s Lust reworks the classic tale of forbidden love through the lens of modern stage conventions and subplot constructions, including an intense seduction scene. But it's still set …

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 07:20PM

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May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
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Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
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Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
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Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
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Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
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