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There's a black and white photograph in my high school yearbook. It's of people in winter gear hanging around a railing at the skating rink where our hockey team played. A banner of the team…
While visiting the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, Randy Johnson, the creator of such seminal works as Always Patsy Cline and A Night with Janis Joplin, came upon a book entit…
A twenty-year musical theatre tradition will be streamed live for the first time this year. New Musicals Inc. will host the 20th STAGES FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSICALS from July 28th through Ju…
What's the difference between the Internal Revenue Service and Actors Equity Association? One is a callous, far-flung bureaucracy that wants more of your money " and the other collects taxes…
The 2017 Hollywood Fringe Festival did it again, With a significant rise in participation, attendance and revenue, it would seem that there is a hunger for new edgy works for Los Angeles aud…
Doomesday Cabaret, The Magic Bullet Theory, Absolutely Filthy, Skullduggery. Â All these Made-in-LA Theater productions that have an extra element unique to them. Â Original music. Berkl…
In January, the federal government called out the institute (Harvards A.R.T. Institute) for burdening its students with loan debt averaging about $78,000 each…Â will take the next th…
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has a significant milestone birthday this year. It is seventy years old and this means that "fringe" is seventy too. Where there was one fringe festival…
Last night, I got a chance to see a new documentary, Love 99. Yes, it was about the conflict we have endured with AEA, and it was a great reminder that the fight is still in front of us.…
As the intimate theatre scene in Los Angeles is looking to stabilize itself, when in December Actors Equity Association, the national union for stage actors and stage managers, implemented a…
Last week New Musicals Inc. filed a charge against Actors Equity Association through the National Labor Relations Board. The charge centers upon unfair business practices, accusing AEA o…
Seldom does a day go by that someone doesn't ask me, "Are there any good plays going on right now? What should I go see?" I guess being the publisher of a theatre magazine supposedly gives m…
Is there life after Hollywood Fringe Festival? Yes! Of course! Last season Hollywood Fringe founder Ben Hill spoke to the excitement and changes with each HFF season, including some of the H…
Three world premieres by Los Angeles-based playwrights Jonathan Ceniceroz, John Pollono and Diane Rodriguez make up the centerpiece of the Latino Theatre Company's 2017 season at The Los Ang…
The Road Theatre just opened a new show at their Lankershim location "Â The Lyons by Nicky Silver. This play Which originally opened off Broadway at The Vinyard Theatre in 2011. Th…
The Nate Holden Performing Arts Center on Washington Blvd in Los Angeles is now presenting a revival of Five Guys Named Moe, by Clarke Peters, and starring Obba Babatundé. The premise of…
Press Release Businessman and philanthropist Michael A. Nemeroff will take the helm as Chairman of the Board of the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts effective September 27, 20…
Rogue Artists Ensemble has just announced their first complete season of performances for 2017. The season includes one world premiere immersive production in association with East West Play…
How to keep a 20 year old Fringe Festival fresh? If the Fringe Festival is in New York City, apparently you skip a year.  According to the Festival’s website, the hiatus wil…
Now celebrating its 25th Anniversary, The Blank Theatre's Nationwide Young Playwrights Festival has chosen 12 plays by playwrights aged 17, 18, and 19 from six different states and the Distr…
The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts (The Wallis) has announced the 2017/18 season, which features 250 performances delivering groundbreaking produced and presented works in d…
Black Theatre Matters: A Dialogue, took place on a Monday February 27th, at the Offices of Actors' Equity Association in North Hollywood. An eminent group of African American artists: Robert…
Collaborators and artistic directors Guy Zimmerman of Padua Playwrights and Martha Demson of Open Fist Theatre Company, will tell you, The Gary Plays are a pure product of Los Angeles.…
The Colony Theatre in Burbank has unveiled its new groundbreaking summer camp, C.R.E.A.T.E. The highly innovative camp is part of a new Colony Kids Programming Initiative. Colony Kids C.R.E.…
Press Release Intimate theater companies in Los Angeles that have been denied membership status by Actors Equity Association, and/or find themselves financially unable to sign AEA's new Los …
