307 stories by "Tracey Paleo"
After a nearly 3 year residence at the NoHo Arts Center, the 68 Cent Crew Theatre Company/ Theatre 68 has claimed the one time Deaf West, and soon to be former Antaeus Theatre Company venue …
South Coast Repertory has announced its 2016-17 season. The theater’s commitment to new voices in the American theater will be seen through three world premieres and five West Coas…
Grant in support of Fringe Scholarships program The Hollywood Fringe Festival is proud to announce that it has been awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Art Works grant of $10,000 to…
The 2016 Hollywood Fringe Festival has been gearing up for months with a constant stream of excitement and information appearing on Facebook and Twitter, where local participants are already…
“I must learn to love the fool in me " the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often, lacks self-control, loves and hates, hurts an…
In a bit of news that will surprise no one outside of New York City, nearly every single one of the 2016 Tony nominees are in shows that began life in non-profits. As American Theatre wr…
On April 18, 2016, Antaeus Theatre Company announced that after years of planning and fundraising, construction on their new location at 110 E. Broadway in Glendale has finally commenced. At…
Now in its second year, the 2016 Stage Raw Awards, given to honor the excellence found in Los Angeles 99-seat (intimate) theater, were held on Monday, April 25 at the Los Angeles Theatre …
It happened so quickly. Late November 2015, LOFT Ensemble received an unexpected notice to vacate, after the downtown Los Angeles building that houses the company had been sold. The new owne…
Latest from Ben Hill and the 2016 Hollywood Fringe Festival: Auction for Premium Guide Ad Placement Now Open If you’d like some great publicity for your show or business, Ben Hill a…
The Hollywood Reporter takes a look at what is being done with all those dollars that Broadway’s Hamilton is raking in. With weekly grosses of $1.5M in ticket sales, 40% immedi…
This Week in Shakespeare, the weekly video series created by bicoastal actors Liza de Weerd and Brian Weiss, hit a major milestone this week by posting its 100th episode. To mark this sp…
Press Release: The Board of Directors of Cabrillo Music Theatre is very proud to announce that the company has secured donations from members of the community, which will allow it to continu…
Actors’ Equity President Kate Shindle has a guest column in Variety to formally write about diversity and the Hamilton casting notice. Earlier in the week, Equity created tremendou…
Writer Holly Harper asks a very simple question: Theatre is about acceptance, so why can’t women be accepted?
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The summer season lineup at Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum includes four timeless classics that continue to reflect our life and times centuries after Shakespeare's death 400 years ago. It…
The diversity argument in the arts has been brewing hotter for at least a year now.  The backlash discussion of Howlround’s Jubilee, an attempt to get theaters to commit to prod…
Last year, the new Bitter Lemons policy of “pay-for-play,” paying the publication to get them to send a reviewer, created a national debate on the practice " and near universal c…
Los Angeles-based theater critic and essayist, Anthony Byrnes, provides a succinct summary of the present situation between the LA theater community and Actors’ Equity. Â As Byrnes …
Latest from Ben Hill and the 2016 Hollywood Fringe Festival: Registration Deadline for Guide Inclusion is Friday, April 1. No Fooling! Official 2016 Hollywood Fringe Participant Packet T…
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 " October…
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…
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…
The 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 To…
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…
