51 stories by "Ed Rampell"
by ED RAMPELL
the curtain lifts on live stage productions in Los Angeles, thesps sometimes deliver a garden variety of announcements: Locations of fire exits; pleas for donations; reques…
The significance of a native character (and actor) in August: Osage County.
Eric Rudnick's "Day Trader," opening at the Bootleg, features another role for recent Ovation winner Brighid Fleming. She plays opposite Danton Stone in his LA stage debut.
A panel discussion on diversity at Pasadena Playhouse attracted a group of top Southern California artistic directors but grew livelier when audience members asked questions.
The annual December 24 Holiday Celebration, presented by LA County Arts Commission at the Music Center,
features music, dance -- and diversity.
Can theater survive in the Hollywood neighborhood? That was the topic at Stayin' Live, a gathering last Saturday at the Montalban Theatre.
The "Intergalactic Nemesis" live-action graphic novel is passing through UCLA (Book 1) and Costa Mesa (Book 2). Touring Foley artist Cami Alys discusses the show's sound effects.
As they re-set Frederick Knott's "Wait Until Dark" in 1944, director Matt Shakman and his designers at Geffen Playhouse discuss how to stage parts of the thriller in the dark.
A Jun'ichiro Tanizaki novella from 1933 is the source of "Shun-kin," staged by Simon McBurney for CAP UCLA and Radar L.A. Veteran Peter Brook actor Yoshi Oida is in the cast.
Daniel Beaty's "Breath and Imagination" explores the story of Roland Hayes,a pioneering African-American lyric tenor. Elijah Rock stars at the Colony Theatre.
French clown master Philippe Gaulier teeaches in LA for the first time, sponsored by the Clown School and Fixt Point at Inner-City Arts. His students will put on a show.
Ron House and Alan Shearman return to their madcap roots with a revival of their first hit comedy, "El Grande de Coca-Cola," at Ruskin Group Theatre in LA.
Diane Samuels' Kinderstransport returns in a radio theater production by LA Theatre Works, marking the 75th anniversary of the pre-World War II rescue of Jewish children from Europe.
David Thompson, who wrote the book for the Kander/Ebb musical The Scottsboro Boys, discusses the show as it's about to open at the Ahmanson Theatre.
Zayd Dohrn, the son of Weathermen radicals, writes plays, including Long Way Go Down, which is about immigrants without papers, at Art of Acting Studio.
Chromolume Theatre revives its production of James de Jongh's Do Lord Remember Me, drawn from accounts of ex-slaves who were interviewed in the '30s. Director Wilson Bell discusses the lates…
He speaks, he signs, he reads lips, and he had a key role in There Will Be Blood in his professional acting gig. Now Gallaudet grad Russell Harvard plays the pivotal role of Billy in Nina Ra…
Mary Lou Rosato and Willie C. Carpenter play Miss Daisy and her chauffeur Hoke Coleman, who are "eyeball to eyeball and heart to heart"Â in Sierra Madre Playhouse's revival of Alfred Uhry…
LA County's annual holiday celebration at the Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion features a wide variety of musical and dance groups, from Immaculate Heart of Mary Children's Choir to …
Native Voices' short play festival offers readings of six short plays on Saturday at the Autry. Among the playwrights are veteran Muscogee Creek playwright Bret Jones, Inupiak artist and the…
Michael Golamco depicts video game creators in Silicon Valley in his Build, opening tonight at the Geffen Playhouse. The LA-based Year Zero playwright uses a story similar to that of Pygmali…
Playwright John Morogiello's resume lends credibility to Blame It on Beckett, a comedy set behind the scenes of a resident theater company. The director -- former Laguna Playhouse artistic d…
The Dramatists Guild, ASCAP, producers who make and lose money, the decreasing importance of print media in marketing and how to craft a great pitch were among the subjects covered at the Su…
Musical theater writers gathered over the weekend for the Biz of the Musical Theatre Biz Conference for musical theater writers, at the NoHo Arts Center. The first couple days saw participat…
REDCAT associate director George Lugg, who oversees the organization's New Works Festival (NOW), discusses some of the coming attractions of the 2012 edition of the annual event, July 26-Aug…
