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 Primary…
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…
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…
ArtsHub:Â 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 prod…
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…
Nominees 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 (i…
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:…
Press Release from Steven J. Kaplan (attorney for plaintiffs):Â Actors’ Equity Association and the plaintiffs in the Asner vs. Actors’ Equity litigation announced today that t…
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 desi…
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 …
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, cr…
Buzzfeed 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” …
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, Latin…
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 E…
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 …
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 th…
Vox:Â 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,…
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 Holly…
Dakin 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 re…
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…
Radical? 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…
Can 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 …
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,�…
“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…
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 (The G…