Titling a play can be a tricky thing. Just ask Lisa Kron whose Center Theatre Group commissioned play The Wake recently world premiered at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, nearly four years to the day since her previous show Well, which she both penned and starred in, made its 2006 Broadway debut…READ MORE
Oedipus, The God
by Christopher Johnson | March 31, 2010
In my opinion, one of the biggest reasons people get disengaged from classical plays is because they lose the application element within the artwork. READ MORE
A Cute Little Theatre With One Big Production
by Jesse Bethune | March 30, 2010
When I first heard the title Liberty Inn: The Musical, I didn’t know what to expect. Would this be some kind of sequel to 1776? Was I going to be bored to tears by a musical regarding American history? Once the show got started, I discovered none of this was true. READ MORE
The Music Center Bravo Awards Honors Top Educators
by Janet Thielke | March 30, 2010
The Music Center of Los Angeles County, a national leader in arts education, announced the winners of the 28th Annual Bravo Awards READ MORE
Good is Not the Same as Quality
by Rick Culbertson | March 29, 2010
I believe that there are two basic ways to judge a show. One scale is “bad to good.” The other is “non-quality to quality.” READ MORE
Awakening at A Noise Within,
Laguna’s Pacific Overtures
by Don Shirley | March 29, 2010
A Noise Within awakens with $10 million. Laguna Playhouse is in the process of getting more Pacific about its priorities. READ MORE.
Theatre Unleashed Set To Launch Season Three
by Janet Thielke | March 29, 2010
After an ambitious and highly successful 2009, the city’s fastest growing theatre company will “Rise to Challenge” itself, theatre and Los Angeles in 2010. READ MORE
24th Street Announces International Spring Tour
by Janet Thielke | March 28, 2010
Los Angeles’s acclaimed 24th Street Theatre announces the International Spring Tour of its Critic’s Choice production of El Ogrito (“The Ogreling”), by Quebec-based playwright Suzanne Lebeau, translated into Spanish by Cecelia Iris Fasola. READ MORE
Shakespeare by the Sea Announces 2010 Season
by Janet Thielke | March 28, 2010
Shakespeare by the Sea is proud to announce the show selections for their 2010 summer season of free outdoor performances. READ MORE
Elina de Santos Directs a Daisy Chain of Blue Encounters
by Ashley Steed | March 27, 2010
What will one do for sex? Lie? Cheat? Pay for it? Tell the truth? There is an innate human need to connect – but at what cost? READ MORE
The Director and the Living American Playwright: A Love Story
by Henry Murray | March 27, 2010
Recently, a busy LA theatre director and dear friend remarked, “Heaven deliver us from playwrights who have casting ideas.” READ MORE
Circle X Premieres Sheila Callaghan’s Lascivious Something
by Ashley Steed | March 26, 2010
It’s the first day of harvest for August, an American ex-pat who has settled on a remote Greek island with his beautiful, young Greek bride Daphne. Then Liza, a woman from his past, shows up and wreaks havoc…READ MORE
