307 stories by "Tracey Paleo"
American Theatre:Â "I was less interested in just putting theatre on TV, but I am very interested in not-for-profit, small regional theaters, and I also saw that they were really struggli…
The New York Times:Â “As a closeted teenager and then as an out adult, [Mark] Gerrard had defined himself by his difference. "I sort of come from the generation where my gayness, at…
The 2015 Ovation Awards will be held on Monday, November 9, 2015 in the Ahmanson Theatre. The winners in each category are italicized and in red. The evening’s hosts are Vaness…
Howlround:Â “Camus died in a car accident in January 1960, eleven months before Theatre Arts published his essay Why I Work in the Theater… The essay reads much like his philo…
Playbill: “[Director Phyllida] Lloyd was inspired to direct an all-female production in reaction to the fact that for every job available to a woman in the theatre, there were two avai…
This Week in Shakespeare is the brainchild of bicoastal actors Liza de Weerd and Brian Weiss. Beginning in April of 2014, the 450th anniversary of the Bard’s birth, the pair would …
@ This Stage – Less than 24 hours after the announcement that Steven Leigh Morris, the doyenne of Los Angeles critics, had been named as the new Executive Director of LA STAGE Alliance…
The New York Review of Books:Â A thorough review of The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606 by James Shapiro discusses Shakespeare’s writing of King Lear in the context of the artist&…
The Guardian:Â The Globe Theatre aimed to have its touring production of Hamlet visit every country in the world to commemorate the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth, and the 400th…
Playbill: President Obama returned to Broadway to see Hamilton on Tuesday.  Being on a fund-raiser stage gave the President an opportunity for a little political stand-up: "Have y…
“Theatre isn’t just about us. It’s about serving the community. We are here to serve.” ~John Sloan The room is quiet. Empty. Just myself and Co-Artistic D…
HowlRound: Award winning playwright and electrical engineer, Steve Lyons, thinks he knows what makes a good theater review. Think he has it right?
The post The Grand Unification Theo…
A.R. Gurney, the prolific playwright of such titles as Sylvia, The Dining Room, and, of course, Love Letters, turns 85 today. We celebrate the day with these two insightful clips from 20…
Ali Stroker has been spotlighted in several articles recently. Here are a few video profiles of her, the first actor in a wheelchair to perform on Broadway:
The post Video Profile…
Stage Raw: These are tumultuous days for the theater community in Los Angeles, but one thing is for sure: There has never been a better time for the community to draw together for the purpos…
Los Angeles (October 30, 2015) – Actors’ Equity has agreed to sit down and meet with the plaintiffs of a recent lawsuit concerning the Union’s actions regarding how it repl…
@ThisStage: The rich Los Angeles Theater Scene continues to expand. Here are 10 companies nominated for the prestigious Ovation awards for the first time. And many of the usual s…
Playbill: Â Emerson College’s faculty voted Oct. 27 to oppose plans to turn Boston’s vintage Colonial Theatre, a theatre, which was built in 1900, predating all existing Broadw…
American Theatre: 80 writers protest " in writing, of course " the NY Times decision to cut designer and stage manager credits from play reviews. Perhaps space is at a premium …
HowlRound:Â Cultural critic Eli Keel defends the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s decision to translate Shakespeare into contemporary English: …why would you discourage passing o…
@ThisStage: Vanessa and French Stewart will be hosting the 2015 Ovation Awards on November 9, 2015. They also penned a featured piece this month in Footlights. More information a…
I'm no lawyer, but here's my quick take on the lawsuit in more or less plain English. Who is being sued? AEA and Mary McColl, sometimes together, sometimes separately. Who is suing? Eighteen…
A story about how the Bard moves and inspires those who live outside the mainstream of society.  More information about this program at the Marin Shakespeare Company website.
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Bitter Gertrude: A take on the lawsuit that Actors’ Equity members had to bring on their own Union from the Bay Area. It all comes down to funding. Will this latest from Equity…
The Washington Post: Ari Roth, fired 10 months ago as Theater J's artistic director, is already making his next entrance on the D.C. scene as the founder of the Mosaic Theater Company of DC,…
