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by LISA DRING
should be prepared for anything when going to see a show at The Ghost Road Company. There could be an intricate set, with walls of movable glass wheeled about and drawn on …
by JULIO MARTINEZ
the years 1848 to 1870, the city of Los Angeles made a slow, violent transition from its previous Spanish colonial rule to the often brutal rule-of-law imposed by the n…
by PAUL LINKE
enormity of life is often forgotten, until we fall face down into the abyss of questioning its meaning. When I eulogized my late wife in 1986, I never imagined that those w…
IN THE NEWS
The 27th Annual LA STAGE Alliance Ovation Awards nominees have been announced. Leading the pack this year with the most nominations is La Mirada Theatre for the Performi…
We're thrilled to announce this year's LA STAGE Alliance Ovation Awards nominees.
For the unacquainted, the Ovation Awards are the only peer-judged theatre awards in Los Angeles, created …
finalists have been selected for Center Theatre Group's 2017 Richard E. Sherwood Award: Jenny Foldenauer, Pablo Santiago and Keith Skretch. Center Theatre Group recognizes and celebrates thi…
IN MEMORIUM
Pearl Bordy Frazier, the sister of Drama-Logue founder Bill Bordy, passed away on October 9 at age 88, at her home in Port Charlotte, Florida. Her brother Bill was in …
by STEVEN LEIGH MORRIS
so easy to draw comparisons between our 21st century incarnation of the L.A. theater Equity Waiver Wars and this dumpster fire of a national election that I'll try…
by CHRISTINA CAMPODONICO
Heidi Duckler first encountered the King Hing Theater in Chinatown, the dormant cinema was filled with not entirely unexpected flotsam.
"It was full of movie …
by LAWRENCEÂ PRESSMAN
am a proud Equity (AEA) member. I got my card in 1961, my first Union. I am not a producer. I am also a plaintiff in the current suit against Equity.
The Pro99…
by TOM BUDERWITZ
August 22, I was asked to participate at LA STAGE Alliance's Town Hall panel discussion regarding Actors' Equity's new plan for Los Angeles intimate theater, and an anno…
We're thrilled to share that LA STAGE Alliance has just announced the date and location of the 27th Annual Ovation Awards ceremony.
This year, the Ovations will be held at Center Theatre…
IN THE NEWS
The Theatre @ Boston Court announces the annual New Play Festival, to be held Saturdays, Nov 5 and Nov 12, at Boston Court Performing Arts Center in Pasadena. This yea…
by STEVEN LEIGH MORRIS
This is Part II of two previously unpublished 2011 interviews with Gordon Davidson (the founding artistic director of the Mark Taper Forum, who died two weeks ago at …
A podcast where playwrights talk to playwrights about the things usually left unsaid. In a conversation that dives into life's muck, we learn what irks, agitates, motivates, inspires and " u…
The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle (LADCC) has issued the following statement on behalf of the current situation regarding the current proposed changes by Actors Equity Association (AEA) t…
A recording of Val Kilmer's one-man show, Citizen Twain " which has played throughout Los Angeles at various venues (Pasadena Playhouse, Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre in …
IN THE NEWS
On Oct 6, Plácido Domingo renewed his contract as LA Opera's Eli and Edythe Broad General Director, through the end of the 2021/22 season. Domingo made�…
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13
Photography
American photographer Lloyd Ziff introduces "New York/Los Angeles, Photographs: 1967-2015," a collection of images of America's two most in…
at The Wallis through October 16, Scorsese: American Crime Requiem is the latest in the For The Record show series to hit Los Angeles stages. For The Record " described by its producer…
It looks like The Wallis in Beverly Hills is expanding its menu of live performance options this winter. The organization has just announced that they'll be converting the Lovelace Studio Th…
IN MEMORIAM
Center Theatre Group (CTG) mourns the loss of its Founding Artistic Director, Gordon Davidson, who passed away Sunday, October 2, 2016. Davidson began his career in 19…
interview by MICHAEL VAN DUZER
and provocateur Robert O'Hara is known for his fearlessly subversive plays like Insurrection: Holding History and Bootycandy. His latest piece, Barbecue, i…
Planet Grande Pictures, a 7-time Emmy Award-winning documentary production company, and Hybrid Collective have released a trailer to their upcoming full-length documentary film, Love 99. The…
by STEVEN LEIGH MORRIS
2011, Gordon Davidson, who died last week at the age of 83, was six years into his retirement from his role as Founding Artisitic Director of the Mark Taper Forum,…
