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"As long as i can remember I was always into music," says Janet Rich, one of the producers of the musical Rock of Ages, opening Feb. 15 at the Pantages Theatre. "It was always something tha…
"Now this is what's so wonderful about the theater: Carmen Argenziano is playing a math genius instead of a hood or a cop." TV and film vet admits luxuriating in the opportunity to inhabit…
On February 25
Gigi, the movie, swept the Oscars in 1959 including Best Picture. The script was adapted in 1973 for the stage, but what you may see this month by the Reprise Theatre Comapny at UCLA's Freu…
Sab Shimono, a veteran actor with East West Players for more than three decades, is adding a new wrinkle to his repertoire. He stars in East/West's premier of Wrinkles, by Paul Kikuchi, ope…
Betty Garrett, star of stage, screen and television, died Saturday morning of natural causes at UCLA Medical Center following a brief illness. She was surrounded by her family at the time of…
From the Marvelous Wonderettes, to Harold Pinter and Ray Stricklyn, Julio Martinez covers it all in this weeks LASTAGE Insider.
“The story of Alceste is a love story and that's the thing I keep coming back to,” director and actor Darin Dahms says of Alceste, written by B. Walker Sampson and produced by …
"Every day I walk in here I feel so lucky!” Annie Hendy, bubbling over, sits in the lobby of the Falcon Theatre in Burbank to talk about her personal odyssey as she presents it in her …
Which theater company attracts the most young adults? Why can't Clybourne Park coincide with A Raisin in the Sun? Would 33 Variations fit the Taper better than the Ahmanson?
Jessica Kubzansky admits that being one of the founding artistic directors at The Theatre @ Boston Court in Pasadena is the “hardest job” she's ever had in her life.
With countless radio stations dedicated to the music of the '50s, '60s and '70s, the recent release of the entire Beatles catalogue on iTunes, and even covers of oldies like “River D…
The stars came out last night for the opening of Moises Kaufman's 33 Variations starring Jane Fonda at the CTG/Ahmanson Theatre. Like Cher, Colin Ferrell, Anjelica Huston, Peter Fonda and Ro…
From the Marvelous Wonderettes, to Harold Pinter and Ray Stricklyn, Julio Martinez covers it all in this weeks LASTAGE Insider.
Marsha Mason is back at LA Theatre Works' radio theater series at the Skirball Center for Becky Shaw, after last year's turn in ex-husband Neil Simon's California Suite.
Dangerous Beauty Director Sheryl Kaller has a favorite mantra she likes to impart after making adjustments or giving notes: That is a change and change is good. The phrase could easily be a …
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Center Theatre Group (CTG) is now accepting submissions for the 2011 Richard E. Sherwood Award, an annual $10,000 fund to support Los Angeles artists. The award is presented each year at t…
I have long been a fan of playwright Richard Greenberg's work and had heard of and knew of The Violet Hour from its roots at South Coast Repertory. I had yet to read or see the play when app…
You are so long dead; it's hard to believe you're alive in me and now in my plays. If you'd prefer to rest, I apologize. Todd Susman, ma'am: Class of '65; you threw me out of “Honors E…
Marsha Mason is back at LA Theatre Works' radio theater series at the Skirball Center for Becky Shaw, after last year's turn in ex-husband Neil Simon's California Suite.
The Princess Grace Foundation USA announces availability of the 2011 Dance (Scholarships and Fellowships) and Choreography Fellowships in all forms dance, theater and film. One unique aspe…
LA STAGE Times was given permission to witness the process Dangerous Beauty underwent in the final months leading up to its world premiere at the Pasadena Playhouse on February 13.
Legendary costume designer Theoni Aldredge died on Jan. 21. The next day, Soyon An began technical rehearsals for the premiere of the musical Dangerous Beauty at the Pasadena Playhouse, fo…
The new Atwater Village Theatre and Ensemble Studio Theatre-LA offer two views of sex-besotted characters in Mlle. God and Crack Whore Galore--Live. Why can't Sister's audiences ask tougher …
