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By Julio Martinez
IN THE NEWS
The Board of Trustees of South Coast Repertory (SCR) and Artistic Director Marc Masterson have determined that, after seven years of service, Master…
by Julio Martinez
Playwright Oliver Mayer first came onto the L.A. theater scene in 1996 with the Mark Taper Forum's production of Mayer's Blade to the Heat, a highly expressionistic look a…
By Katie Johnson
All her life, Diana Varco hasn't really hit it off with the fellas. In third grade, she kicked her crush in the crotch, and her dating life didn't really improve from there…
By Julio Martinez
IN THE NEWS
East West Players (EWP) and the Robey Theatre Company (RTC) are reuniting to produce Philip Kan Gotanda's Yohen, about the struggles of an interraci…
The Fountain Theatre will donate a portion of all ticket sales from its upcoming production of Runaway Home to the Houston Food Bank. Runaway Home is set during the aftermath of Hurricane Ka…
By Julio Martinez
IN THE NEWS
Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks will host the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles' 27th Annual Simply Shakespeare benefit performance on Sep 18 at the…
By Ed Rampell
Of Femmes, Physics and Philosophes
There is some encouraging chatter about the steady closing of the gender gap in the sciences, despite a 2012 Yale University study which …
By Julio Martinez
IN THE NEWS
Los Angeles Theatre Works is kicking off its 2017-18 season with a special one-night only event honoring E. Randol Schoenberg, the attorney who succ…
by Michael Van Duzer
On the heels of its 25th Anniversary celebration, Playwrights' Arena has welcomed Adrian Centeno as the company's new Literary Manager. Centeno is a familiar face, havi…
[PRESS RELEASE] The Leimert Park Vision Theatre Consortium (LPVTC) and the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) announce the 4th Annual Vision Theatre Festival of Staged …
By Julio Martinez
From July 1943 until August 1949, I grew up in downtown Los Angeles, where my father managed the twelve restaurants in Downtown LA's Whelan's Drug Stores. He was headquart…
By Julio Martinez
IN THE NEWS
Theater, film, and television director Matt Shakman has been named Artistic Director of the Geffen Playhouse by the theater's Board of Directors and…
by Darlene Donloe
The Robey Theatre Company, in association with the Los Angeles Theatre Center, will mount the 2017 Paul Robeson Theatre Festival, with the theme: Harlem To Central Avenue,…
By Julio Martinez
IN THE NEWS
Magician/actor Albie Selznick has amalgamated twenty-five acts"drawn from The Magic Castle, America's Got Talent, Penn and Teller's Fool Us and more"int…
By Julio Martinez
IN THE NEWS
East West Players announces its 52nd anniversary season kick-off fundraising event, One Night Only: EWP Night Market, to be held Sep 9 at East West …
by Steven Leigh Morris
A Modest Proposal
In May of this year, The Ahmanson Foundation approached LA STAGE Alliance and NPO Solutions with an idea to help address and redress the sundry f…
By Christina Campodonico
When former Soul Train dancer Sylvia Taylor lost her sight as the result of a botched eye surgery about nine-and-a-half-years ago, it put her life on pause.
"I …
By Steven Leigh Morris
The No-Nonsense Arts Administrator
A colleague had cautioned me that punctuality is a standard Laura Zucker holds in high regard, and that tardiness aggravates her…
By Ed Rampell
Gender Bender Bard on the Boards?
Some may regard Shakespeare's comedy, As You Like It, as a mere merry, frothy confection. And to be sure, it is highly entertaining wi…
By Julio Martinez
IN THE NEWS
Celebration Theatre, under the artistic direction of Michael Matthews and Michael A. Shepperd, has announced its 2017-18 season of shows, beginning …
By Ed Rampell
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Tackling Totalitarianism with Absurdity
Eugène Ionesco's 1959 parable about pachyderms belongs to the Theatre of the Absurd. Yet, the production of Rhinoceros, now at…
By Julio Martinez
IN THE NEWS
24th Street Theatre kicks off its 20th year with the 2017-18 season opener, La Razón Blindada, ArÃstides Vargas' Spanish language political…
By Vanessa Cate
When you hear the name "Yozmit," it's not clear whether it might refer to an ancient god or perhaps a popstar ala Madonna. Yozmit is a transgender performance artist who com…
By Ed Rampell
Canto I: From Page to Stage
The Actors' Gang has teamed up with the Los Angeles-based nonprofit group Get Lit - Words Ignite to present Dante, a spoken word musical a…
By Julio Martinez
IN THE NEWS
Dr. Dianne F. Harrison, president of California State University, Northridge, announced the renaming of CSUN's Valley Performing Arts Center as the …
