307 stories by "Tracey Paleo"
Veteran theater critic Myron Meisel applies his Harvard jurisprudence training to the myriad of legal issues facing the Los Angeles theater community including the lawsuit filed against Acto…
The Rubicon Theatre has announced its 2016-2017 season as one with the theme "Stories that Matter": A Christmas Carol December 7 " 24, 2016 Adapted by Producing Artistic Director Karyl Lynn …
California State University Long Beach has announced its 2016"2017 season: A View from the Bridge (September 23 " October 8) By Arthur Miller Directed by Jeff Paul Celebrating the 100th birt…
That’s What She Didn’t Say, a Los Angeles non-profit, will present its first Outdoor Voices Festival, a two-weekend theater festival from September 16"18 and 23"25, featuring …
PRESS RELEASE LOS ANGELES (July 27, 2016) " Members of Los Angeles’ "Pro99" movement, including actors Frances Fisher and Alfred Molina, spoke out today about recent attacks leveled by…
Loft Ensemble announces its 2016-2017 season. According to Production Manager Bree Pavey: “We’ve been producing full seasons since 2012, but never as curated by an artist…
The Road Theatre Company will open its seventh annual Summer Playwrights Festival on Sunday July 31 at 5108 Lankershim Blvd. in North Hollywood, CA. The festival runs through Sunday, Aug…
PRESS RELEASE From Lawsuit Plaintiffs LOS ANGELES (July 25, 2016)Â " As expected, Equity filed a motion to dismiss our lawsuit. We stand behind our claims and are going to file our respons…
The Hollywood Fringe Festival has released final numbers on its 2016 event: The Festival sold over 56,000 individual tickets. Ticket sales have increased more than 300% since the inaugural f…
L.A. Theatre Works has announced its 2016-17 season of live audio recorded plays to be performed at UCLA's James Bridges Theater. Each play in the series will be performed in front of a …
In its 2016-17 season, Sierra Madre Playhouse continues its focus on American playwrights: Mainstage Shows: Sept. 23"Oct. 22, 2016: Bee-luther-hatchee. Written by Thomas Gibbons. Directed by…
BREAKING: LOS ANGELES (July 14, 2016) " Actors and other members of the Los Angeles theatrical community (Ed Asner, Tom Bower, Gregg Daniel, John Flynn, Maria Gobetti, Gary Grossman, Ed Harr…
Dolphin's of Hollywood was not just a record store with a DJ or an iconic music gathering place for rebellious teens during a time of segregation in Los Angeles. For many people who traveled…
The Ojai Playwrights Conference (OPC) announces its 19th season with a program of playwrights, new play workshops, and special performance events from August 7"14, 2016 in Ojai, Californi…
From actor and scholar Dakin Matthews who is currently appearing on Broadway in Waitress: In a recent letter to the membership " I assume I was not the only person who got it" an AEA press r…
The War of Words between Actors’ Equity and Los Angeles Actors has heated up since the breakdown of mediated talks between the two groups. First, on June 28, Equity sent out an uns…
In a letter to its members, Actors’ Equity tells its side of the story to end the 99-Seat Plan in Los Angeles. Significantly, no union official nor any union elected representative was…
Below is the full list of the Hollywood Fringe Festival Award Nominees. Congratulations to everyone and good luck! Updates on winners to follow. Community Award (“The Freaks”) No…
Last month, Hollywood Fringe Festival founder and director, Ben Hill, spoke with FootLights about the 2016 Summer lineup and the general direction of the festival going forward. Fringe has u…
The house lights are up on Profiles Theatre. Way up. In a recent in-depth expose, Chicago Reader informs its audience about the actor abuse that has taken place there for over 20 yea…
Collaboratively exciting on the festival scene this Summer is the alliance between The Blank Theatre, The Hollywood Fringe Festival and Theatre Asylum. For the first time, Founding Ar…
"Crowdfunding is the way we fund art now. For someone who has a dream, that wants to be a storyteller, or wants to invent something, or bring something new to the world, it's is the most acc…
The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts' 2016-17 season will include over 300 performances of more than 50 different programs of theater, dance, and music featuring both local an…
The Telegraph: Critics have a job to perform at the theater: to help the public understand where to spend hard earned dollars and precious time. Of course, it never hurts to have a littl…
The official results, including vote totals, of the 2016 Actors’ Equity election are shown below, winners are in red. A total of 7215 valid ballots were cast of which 4132 were cas…
