Thursday, March 24, 2016
Beginning its third decade of producing world-class theater, the not-for-profit Geffen Playhouse announces its upcoming season: Barbecue (written by Robert O’Hara), September 6 – Octob…
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ThisStage: LA STAGE Alliance Director, Steven Leigh Morris, continues to espouse his theme of “we’re all in this together” concerning the recent, near back-to-back producti…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 10:06PMMonday, March 21, 2016
Press Release: It is with great sorrow that the Board of Directors of Cabrillo Music Theatre announces that it will suspend its productions at the conclusion of the 2015-2016 season, followi…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 09:06PMThe Pasadena Playhouse has announced its 2016-2017. This will be the final season under the guidance of Artistic Director, Sheldon Epps. The Fantasticks (written by Harvey Schmidt and Tom …
SOURCE: footlights.click at 02:43AMFriday, March 18, 2016
KCRW’s Anthony Byrnes asks the simple question: What if theaters came to you rather than you went to theaters? After all, if theaters in Los Angeles are looking to cost-share and broad…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 01:44AMWednesday, March 16, 2016
Citizen: An American Lyric, adapted for the stage from Claudia Rankine’s award-winning book of poetry by Rankine andFountain Theatre co-artistic director Stephen Sachs, will headline Prima…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 07:20PMTuesday, March 15, 2016
The 2015 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards took place on March 14, 2016 at The Ann & Jerry Moss Theater at New Roads School, in the Capshaw-Spielberg Center for Arts and Educationa…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 06:58AMSunday, March 13, 2016
Well-known actor and scholar, Dakin Matthews, responds to the remarks made by Equity President Kate Shindle in a recent podcast: First of all, I am responding to what was printed online on t…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 06:33PMArtsHub: As an argument for why there is a place and a necessity for 99-Seat theater, take a look at these numbers offered in an independent study, which focuses the frustrations of produc…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 12:34PMThursday, March 10, 2016
Latest from Ben Hill and the 2016 Hollywood Fringe Festival: Free Fringe Workshop A workshop on Money and Promotion is scheduled for Saturday, March 19, 2016 at Hudson Theatres, 6539 Santa M…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 05:45PMNominees for the Stage Raw Awards for 2015 productions have been announced. Now in its second year, the Stage Raw Awards are given to honor the excellence found in Los Angeles 99-seat (int…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 05:45PMTuesday, March 8, 2016
AEA President, Kate Shindle, was recently interviewed by Ken Davenport for The Producer’s Perspective. The podcast covered a number of pressing issues facing Equity and, at the 37:55…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 04:58AMMonday, March 7, 2016
Press Release from Steven J. Kaplan (attorney for plaintiffs): Actors’ Equity Association and the plaintiffs in the Asner vs. Actors’ Equity litigation announced today that the…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 04:52PMThursday, March 3, 2016
Only part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival takes place on stage. There are still many ways to be an active part of this huge event: Hollywood Fringe Brand Design Contest Submit your design…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 09:37PMFriday, February 26, 2016
Just ask yourself every morning when you wake up, ‘Are you or are you not the luckiest son of a bitch you know?’ It’s funny. Here I was scheduled to meet with cultural ic…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 05:07PMThursday, February 25, 2016
On the heels of the recent diversity report from cross-town football rival, USC, today UCLA has released its study on the lack of diversity in Hollywood. The 60-page scholarly report, crea…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 10:43PMBuzzfeed gives us 14 ways in which making theater prepares you for the world. While we might debate some of their points (like #4, “You become a master of stress management” �…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 10:08AMWednesday, February 24, 2016
The New York Times: The #OscarsSoWhite awareness continues with these stories from the field. If there are more diverse roles, there would be more diverse Oscars. Asian, Black, Latino, F…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 03:54PMMonday, February 22, 2016
As the Oscars approach, we again are reminded that #OscarsSoWhite. A scholarly report from USC entitled “Inclusion or Invisibility: Comprehensive Annenberg Report on Diversity in Ent…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 08:54PMSaturday, February 20, 2016
Deadline Hollywood: The true rules of a system are often hidden. Just as the election of Barack Obama did not signal a “post-racial” society, more actors of color at the Osca…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 07:00PMFriday, February 19, 2016
In support of the ongoing argument as to whether or not performing arts have economic value, take look at these numbers recently released by the National Endowment for the Arts. Among the …
SOURCE: footlights.click at 11:43AMMonday, February 15, 2016
Vox: A powerful piece by a Chicago-based black actor who relates what it’s like to be a black actor in both film and theater. So when we yell #OscarsSoWhite, I stand here thinking, &…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 02:07PMTuesday, February 9, 2016
Registration for the seventh annual Hollywood Fringe Festival is now open. The first Town Hall of the Fringe season is Wednesday February 10. Details follow from the official Hollywood F…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 09:47PMDakin Matthews is a well-known LA actor, scholar, and the founder of the Antaeus Theatre Company. Most recently seen in the film Spies Like Us – playing scenes opposite Tom Hanks – he …
SOURCE: footlights.click at 09:47PMMonday, February 8, 2016
The Colony has seen tough times in the recent past and these tough times are apparently continuing as explained in this recent letter to subscribers from Artistic Director Barbara Beckley: F…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 09:20PMRadical? Maybe. Pursuing a modern concept of producing Shakespeare’s plays, artistic director and actor Scott Ellis founded Merely Theatre, which stage gender-blind productions in repe…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 03:12PMCan Science really create Art? Musical fans on London’s West End are about to find out whether machines have caught up to man in the elaborate theatrical production department. Beyond …
SOURCE: footlights.click at 03:12PMSaturday, February 6, 2016
Diversity is making headlines in both theatre and film. During an interview with Variety, “Mr. Pig” star Diego Luna offers a different take on the issues of diversity and responsibility…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 07:58PMThursday, February 4, 2016
“Across the Pond” diversity is taking a front and center role as The Stage recently reported that National Theatre, South Bank London director, Rufus Norris, has just committed t…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 11:57AMMonday, February 1, 2016
During a ’shoot from the hip’ L.A. theatre chat, TV writers (also producer & director respectively), David Castro (Married with Children, Bobby’s World, HBO) and Stan Zimmerman (T…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 10:31PMFriday, January 29, 2016
The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle (LADCC) has announced its nominations and special awards for excellence in Los Angeles and Orange County theatre for the year 2015 (Dec. 1, 2014 – Nov.…
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