Monday, February 13, 2017
Skylight Theatre Company, recognized for their unwavering commitment to developing new works, has confirmed a 2017 lineup of four plays, new to Los Angeles. January 28 – February 25, 2…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 05:42PMSouth Coast Repertory’s 20th Pacific Playwrights Festival (PPF), April 21-23, includes works from SCR’s renowned play commissioning program and from CrossRoads, SCR’s commissioning/com…
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Rogue Machine Theatre announces its 2017 season with 5 plays new to Los Angeles: March 4, 2017 – April 23, 2017 West Coast Premiere Still Life Directed by Michael Peretzian Broadway pl…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 01:32PMWednesday, January 25, 2017
Bucket List Theatre has announced their updated 2017 season. All productions will take place at the Let Live Theatre (The Actors Company, 916 N Formosa Ave): April 20-28, 2017 Pageant Play…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 07:04PMMonday, January 23, 2017
PRESS RELEASE LOS ANGELES (January 23, 2017) — The Actors’ Gang Artistic Director Tim Robbins, Executive Director Simon Hannah, and chair of the Board, Collette Brooks proudly an…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 06:24PMSunday, January 22, 2017
Far from dealing with “alternative facts, ” the Bard dealt with eternal truths. Any other quotes come to mind?
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A Saturday afternoon lunch with Jeremy Lelliot, founding artistic director of Coeurage Theatre Company, immediately erupted into a snowball of hilarious storytelling in which Jeremy also rev…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 05:04PMWednesday, January 18, 2017
The 2016 Ovation Awards were held on Tuesday, January 17, 2017 in the Ahmanson Theatre. The winners in each category are italicized and in red. The evening’s host was Alexandra Bil…
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PRESS RELEASE LOS ANGELES (January 14, 2017) — Honoring the wishes of his sister Pearl Bordy Frazier, who passed away on October 9 of last year, Drama-Logue founder Bill Bordy has donated…
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The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation has bestowed a $15,000 grant on Sierra Madre Playhouse in support of its upcoming production, Thomas Gibbons’ Bee-luther-hatchee. The Sierra Ma…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 07:33AMTuesday, January 10, 2017
Walking in at the tail end of rehearsal to interview Academy Award-nominated actor Burt Young (Rocky, Chinatown, The Pope of Greenwich Village), starring this month in The Last Vig, a new co…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 12:54AMMonday, January 9, 2017
The following is a letter to the press from Los Angeles publicist Philip Sokoloff: Actress, Director, and Teacher Barbara Tarbuck passed away at the age of 74 on December 26th, 2016, after s…
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On Tuesday, January 31, 2017, the last day of the National Month of Outrage: Theatre Artists Unite, Artists Rise Up Los Angeles (ARULA) will stage, E Pluribus Unum: Out of Many, One, a colle…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 04:36AMFriday, December 30, 2016
In a year when the Colony Theatre suspended its regular season and the Courts agreed to dismiss the lawsuit brought against Actors’ Equity, it is good news indeed to have Studio/St…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 02:42AMTuesday, December 27, 2016
Although 2016 theater news in Los Angeles was dominated by the battle over the elimination or preservation of the 99-Seat Plan, there were other stories that captured Footlights readers…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 07:33AMLocal writers are reflecting on the best that appeared on Los Angeles stages, both large and small, the previous 365 days. Turns out there was a lot: L.A. Times Theater Critic Charles McNu…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 01:24AMMonday, December 26, 2016
Press Release: LOS ANGELES (December 20, 2016) — Center Theatre Group has selected three local productions for the inaugural Block Party: Celebrating Los Angeles Theatre at the Kirk Dougl…
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Little Fish Theatre presents Pick of the Vine opening on January 13, 2007, as the first production of its 2017 season. Pick of the Vine is a collection of original short-subject plays. Thi…
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Press Release: LOS ANGELES (December 14, 2016) — Members of L.A.’s “Pro99” theater community continue to gather signatures to demand a new referendum on Actors’ Equity’s 99-S…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 07:36PMWith the clock winding down on the Settlement Agreement that was first set up in 1989, L.A. intimate theater is about to face new rules from Actors’ Equity. Needless to say, several L.…
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“I’m an actor and a coach.” Ok. What else? After teaching acting on Hollywood Row for years, Anthony Gilardi of Anthony Gilardi Acting Studio wanted to do more. He did. He cr…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 05:33AMThursday, December 8, 2016
It’s been quite a day in Los Angeles Theater. First, the court ruled to dismiss the lawsuit brought on Actors’ Equity Association by a large group of Los Angeles theater-maker…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 11:12PMBreaking: Judge Hatter has dismissed, without prejudice, the lawsuit brought against Equity by Los Angeles. The official court document of the judgement may be found here. For more of the …
SOURCE: footlights.click at 05:06PMFriday, December 2, 2016
Echo Theater Company turns 20 in 2017. The 2017 season (#EchoAt20) will include three world premieres as well as one West Coast premiere. In addition, the company will present LABFest 20…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 08:36AMTuesday, November 29, 2016
The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle (LADCC) has expanded its circle by 4 for 2017. Both F. Kathleen Foley of the Los Angeles Times and Rob Stevens of Haines His Way are returning and are …
SOURCE: footlights.click at 07:31PMGrowing up in downtown Boston as an inner city kid, the performing arts were more than just a fun place to spend my time after school. Theater was where I could learn and dream and activate …
SOURCE: footlights.click at 07:18AMUnder the leadership of Co-Artistic Directors Larry Eisenberg and Chris Winfield, The Group Rep has announced its 43rd Season containing a collection of original and classic theatrical offer…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 01:12AMThursday, November 17, 2016
Summer 2015 was the genesis of a thought: Write about powerful women in Los Angeles Theater. Focus upon a more cohesive picture of theater culture. Open up a dialog about what the landscape …
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Venue management and live performance production company Theater Asylum/Combined Artform is returning to Hollywood Row and has just announced a new partnership with Studio C Artists the prod…
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“Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t.” – Polonius Los Angeles playwright and composer Michael Shaw Fisher of Orgasmico Theatre Company has designed a new musical…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 10:42PMThursday, October 20, 2016
The 27th Annual Ovation Awards nominations will be announced on Wednesday, November 2 on the LA Stage Alliance’s This Stage website. The awards ceremony will be held on Tuesday, Janua…
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