by MICHAEL VAN DUZER Interpret: To give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate To translate what is said in a foreign language Although we rarely give it much though…
IN THE NEWS It is surprising that broadcast TV juggernaut CBS is not underwriting this effort, but Deaf West Theatre"whose production of Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik's Spring Awa…
A memorial for longtime KPCC Morning Edition news host and LA STAGE Times contributor, Steve Julian, will be held this Saturday, May 28, at the Ace Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles. Doors will …
by STEVEN LEIGH MORRIS fuel to the long-simmering fire over whether actors working under the 99-Seat Theater Plan are "volunteers," "independent contractors" or "employees," actress Ann …
NEWS Academy Award nominee/Golden Globe winner Bruce Davison, in a pre-recorded cameo, has joined the cast of Grey Ensemble Theatre's premiere of Fuck My Life, focusing on how the…
IN THE NEWS Construction is underway to convert an empty commercial building into Antaeus Theatre's new cultural arts center at 110 East Broadway in Glendale. When complete, this …
WEDNESDAY, MAY 18 30th Anniversary of "Top Gun"Â Flix At Fig: Grab dinner at the Taste eateries, and watch a screening of "Top Gun". Live DJ happy hour from 6 pm. 7pm ' Dow…
[PRESS RELEASE] GLENDALE, Calif. (May 17, 2016) " After more than three years of planning and fundraising, Antaeus Theatre Company has announced that construction is now underway to conve…
by MAUREEN LEE LENKER "Come on along and listen to, the lullaby of Broadway…" man who wrote these words, lyricist Al Dubin, was himself tempted by the lullaby of Broadway " cutting cl…
by STEVEN LEIGH MORRIS months ago, the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board in Northern California supported an administrative law judge and struck down a sweeping decision…
NEWS After seven short years, Hollywood Fringe Festival has managed to garner what venerable Edinburgh Fringe (founded in 1947) has not accomplished in 69 years: financial recogni…
[PRESS RELEASE] LOS ANGELES (May 11, 2016) " The Music Center named 14 outstanding Southern California high school students as Grand Prize Finalists in the 28th annual The Music Center's …
IN MEMORY OFÂ WILLIAM SCHALLERT (July 6, 1922"May 8, 2016) August 2000, I was invited to the home of actor William Schallert, where he graciously allowed me to mine the memories o…
by NADRAÂ NITTLE Elaine Hall discovered 20 years ago that her toddler had autism, she didn't try to get him to conform to the rest of the world. Instead, she tried to understand his wo…
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NOTEWORTHY Making its Hollywood Fringe debut is writer/artist Charlotte Dean's collection of short fiction, Charlotte's Shorts, spotlighting "the most loveable, self-centered, …
by MAUREEN LEE LENKER "What is the identity of an actor? Is an actor a charlatan and a fraud? Is an actor an important member of our cultural society? Is an actor, in fact, a truth-teller a…
IN THE NEWS The Laguna Playhouse Board of Directors has selected Ellen Richard to be its Interim Executive Director. She will assume the position while the Playhouse is underta…
by NILINA MASON-CAMPBELL May 12th, choreographers Carmela Hermann Dietrich and Ally Voye will debut their collaborative production In Plain Sight at the Bootleg Theater, staging three pe…
by JULIO MARTINEZ Â 1984 Summer Olympic Games were awarded to Los Angeles in 1978. And, as stipulated by the Olympic Charter, the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee (LAOOC) was ma…
by STEVEN LEIGH MORRIS isn't bad enough that California currently ranks 46th in the nation for arts funding, now the State's Employment Development Department (EDD) is engaged in random …
On Sunday, May 1st, tickets go on sale for all productions participating in the 2016 Hollywood Fringe Festival. AT THE NEW RESIDENCE Sacred Fools is not only supp…
IN THE NEWS Loft Ensemble has lost its space at 929 E. Second Street (the former home of the City Hearts arts outreach program) in downtown LA's Arts District. Not to be deterred,…