Happy Thanksgiving from @ This Stage by @ This Stage Staff

LA STAGE Alliance and @ This Stage offices will be closed on Thursday and Friday for Thanksgiving. We'll be back, bright-eyed and full-bellied, on Monday. (We leave you with our favorite…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 7:07pm on November 25, 2015☆⚑

This Week in L.A. Theatre by Julio Martinez

IN THE NEWS Rubicon Theatre's 2016 mainstage season, Fair Ladies, Fine Gentlemen (and Others), begins with See Rock City, Arlene Hutton's 2007 second installment of the Nibro…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 4:54pm on November 25, 2015☆⚑

What Outside Mullingar is All About (Trust Me, I Know) by Hayley Huntley

by HAYLEY HUNTLEY the same day I saw John Patrick Shanley's Outside Mullingar at the Geffen Playhouse, Adele released her new album, 25. By then, though, a couple of Adele's singles h…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 3:26pm on November 25, 2015☆⚑

Finalists Selected for the Humanitas/CTG Playwriting Prize by @ This Stage Staff

Congratulations to the Humanitas Prize finalists from @ This Stage! [FULL PRESS RELEASE] After reviewing over 230 play submissions, Center Theatre Group announced today that 10 fin…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 5:43pm on November 24, 2015☆⚑

Oregon Shakes' Guys and Dolls Heads to the Wallis by Michael Van Duzer

by MICHAEL VAN DUZER classic musical Guys and Dolls is making its way to the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts for the holidays. The production is directed by Mary Zi…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 2:44pm on November 24, 2015☆⚑

The Kilroys Kill Us With Cake, Creativity, Coolness by Mandi Moss

This happened yesterday, and we couldn't help but to cheer from a distance. From the Kilroys' website: On November 19, 2015, thirteen theaters around the country were surprised with cake…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 9:37pm on November 20, 2015☆⚑

This Week in L.A. Theatre by Julio Martinez

IN THE NEWS Orange County's Chapman University will officially inaugurate its new $78-million, 88,000 square-foot performing arts complex, the Musco Center for the Arts"named for O…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 12:38pm on November 19, 2015☆⚑

On Immigration, Identity, and Collaborative Creativity: Gábor Tompa's Production of TOYS: A Dark Fairytale by Tom Provenzano

"The immigrant tries to take a new identity and get rid of the old one. That doesn't really work. In order to be able to go further, I think we have to face and confront our past. Sometimes,…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 4:00pm on November 18, 2015☆⚑

Breaking Through a World Premiere at Pasadena Playhouse by Michael Van Duzer

by MICHAEL VAN DUZER about pop music and the recording industry are proven crowd-pleasers. Within the past decade, Broadway has happily hosted Jersey Boys, Memphis, Baby, It's You (which…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 3:22pm on November 17, 2015☆⚑

Betty, Please #1: Talkers by Kiff Scholl

Betty, Please. LA theatre, drawn and quartered. #1: TALKERS Please email compliments, complaints and ideas for new cartoons to [email protected].

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 3:41pm on November 16, 2015☆⚑

The Top 2015 #OvationAwards Social Media Photos by Mandi Moss

One of our favorite things about the LA STAGE Alliance Ovation Awards is watching all the digital participation happen throughout the night. Browsing the #OvationAwards hashtag is an awes…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 8:30pm on November 13, 2015☆⚑

Gilbert Glenn Brown Paints a Picture With Latest Role by Darlene Donloe

by DARLENE DONLOE The name Gilbert Glenn Brown has become synonymous with "good works" around the L.A. theater world. A handsome gent with a bright, poetic smile, Brown enjoys a caree…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 4:34pm on November 12, 2015☆⚑

This Week in L.A. Theatre by Julio Martinez

IN THE NEWS Renowned architect Frank Gehry, thinking a bit smaller than his Downtown LA Disney Concert Hall, is making his 99-seat debut as set designer for the West Coast premiere…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 4:28pm on November 12, 2015☆⚑

The 2015 LA STAGE Alliance Ovation Awards Recipients by @ This Stage Staff

Best Season WALLIS ANNENBERG CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ENTER LAUGHING - THE MUSICAL LOVE, NOËL: THE LETTERS AND SONGS OF NOËL COWARD SPRING AWAKENING Best Pr…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 1:46am on November 10, 2015☆⚑

The Subtext. Episode 6: Jonathan Caren by Brian James Polak

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 -- …

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 1:07pm on November 9, 2015☆⚑

Mirto & Hill on Fleas and Farce by Mandi Moss

interview by MANDI MOSS   ++ You're an Antaeus company member, Jill. Elyse, you're newer, so what brought you here? Elyse Mirto: Well, the reputation of A Noise Within. I'd…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 6:49pm on November 6, 2015☆⚑

This Week in L.A. Theatre by Julio Martinez

IN THE NEWS In response to the lawsuit filed against Actors Equity Association by 18 members of the LA theater community, including Ed Asner, AEA issued this brief statement on Nov…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 6:44pm on November 5, 2015☆⚑

An Interview with Steven Leigh Morris, Newly Appointed Executive Director of LA STAGE Alliance by Michael Van Duzer

interview by MICHAEL VAN DUZER 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…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 6:29pm on November 5, 2015☆⚑

Your Quick & Easy Guide to the 2015 Ovation Awards by Mandi Moss

We're only five days away from the 2015 LA STAGE Alliance Ovation Awards! We're excited. Are you excited? We're really, really excited. But five days away means it's crunch time. Do you have…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 8:26pm on November 4, 2015☆⚑

Clear Cutting. How to Make it Through Climate Change by Steven Leigh Morris

by STEVEN LEIGH MORRIS last week's Stage Raw symposium on the economics of arts coverage, KCRW commentator Anthony Byrnes made a painfully sharp point that we, as a theater community, ha…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 6:39pm on November 3, 2015☆⚑

Artists Hope to Inspire Climate Change Action by Maureen Lee Lenker

by MAUREEN LEE LENKER Harry Belafonte to Jennifer Lawrence, artists are frequently agitators for social change. The arts allow audiences to encounter complex problems in a narrative sett…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 6:04pm on October 30, 2015☆⚑

This Week in L.A. Theatre by Julio Martinez

IN THE NEWS A plethora of stage and screen notables"Jason Alexander, Barbara Bain, Shelley Fabares, Mike Farrell, Ed Harris, Gregory Harrison, Sharon Lawrence, Amy Madigan, Alan Ro…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 4:31pm on October 29, 2015☆⚑

Inside LA STAGE History: The Macabre Tale of The Majestic & Lon Chaney by Julio Martinez

by JULIO MARTINEZ ever a theater could be cursed by a single event, it just might be the luxurious Majestic Theatre at 845 S. Broadway, built in 1908 by the firm of Edelman & Barnett…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 6:32pm on October 27, 2015☆⚑

Introducing the Hosts of the 2015 Ovation Awards by @ This Stage Staff

We're thrilled to announce that the hosts of the 2015 LA STAGE Alliance Ovation Awards will be none other than LA's own French and Vanessa Claire Stewart. Read their bios below, and reserve …

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 8:08pm on October 26, 2015☆⚑

The Brecht Effect and The Exit Interview by Ed Rampell

by ED RAMPELL the curtain lifts on live stage productions in Los Angeles, thesps sometimes deliver a garden variety of announcements: Locations of fire exits; pleas for donations; reques…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 8:39pm on October 23, 2015☆⚑