Weekly Round-Up

Weekly Round-Up

News by Janet Thielke  |  April 30, 2010

Take another look at the great stories that went up this week! READ MORE

The Los Angeles Theatre Center Announces Spring Season

The Los Angeles Theatre Center Announces Spring Season

News by Janet Thielke  |  April 30, 2010

The Los Angeles Theatre Center plans full slates of productions for its spring and fall seasons. It’s calling its spring season East Of Broadway, a playful reference to the fact that Los Angeles Theatre Center is located East of Los Angeles’ (not New York’s) Broadway. READ MORE

East West Players Announces 45th Anniversary Season Shake It Up

East West Players Announces 45th Anniversary Season Shake It Up

News by Janet Thielke  |  April 30, 2010

East West Players (EWP), the nation’s premiere Asian American theater, announces its 45th Anniversary Season which include works about two boys who share a dark secret, eccentric sisters navigating through life, an elderly porn star trying to make it big, and a hip-hop dance battle for respect, honor, and love. READ MORE

NEA Announces Research on Informal Arts Participation in Rural and Urban Areas

NEA Announces Research on Informal Arts Participation in Rural and Urban Areas

News by Janet Thielke  |  April 29, 2010

This finding is part of new research from the NEA, announced during a visit by NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman to Chelsea, Michigan, as part of the NEA’s Art Works Tour. The publication provides an analysis of arts participation in rural and urban areas. READ MORE

Center Theatre Group Announces the 2010-2011 Ahmanson Season

Center Theatre Group Announces the 2010-2011 Ahmanson Season

News by Janet Thielke  |  April 29, 2010

The 2010-2011 Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre season will include the world premiere of a new musical, “Leap of Faith,” the 2010 Pulitzer Prize-winning musical “Next to Normal,” the 2009 Tony Award-winning Best Play “God of Carnage,” the 25th Anniversary celebration of an international musical classic, “Les Misérables,” and a brand-new Cirque du Soleil production READ MORE

Villaraigosa’s Assault on the Arts

Villaraigosa’s Assault on the Arts

Editorial by Don Shirley  |  April 29, 2010

For L.A. artists, it’s the war in Antonio-stan. The Mayor attempts to give public arts money to his personal faves and to end arts-friendly rentals of city facilities. READ MORE.

Barbara Beckley’s Colony Is Alive and Well and Living in Burbank

Barbara Beckley’s Colony Is Alive and Well and Living in Burbank

Features by Tom Provenzano  |  April 28, 2010

Beckley recalls, “The word out there was the company would not survive for six months without Terrence. That made me mad. I honestly thought I would keep it going for just a few years.” READ MORE

Week of April 26, 2010

Week of April 26, 2010

by LA Stage Alliance  |  April 28, 2010

It’s your last chance to experience 3rd Degree Burn, but you can look forward to the ever instructional How I Learned to Drive and How the Other Half Loves, both opening this weekend. Check out these and other great shows! READ MORE

Playboy of the Western World

Playboy of the Western World

Photos by Janet Thielke  |  April 27, 2010

A Noise Within concludes its 2009-10 season with celebrated Irish playwright John Millington Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World running Saturday, April 17 through Saturday, May 22, 2010. VIEW GALLERY

Meet Me @ Metro

Meet Me @ Metro

News by Janet Thielke  |  April 27, 2010

On May 2, 2010, Watts Village Theater Company (WVTC) will present the 1st Annual Production of Meet Me @ Metro, featuring original works by: Collage Dance Theatre, East LA Rep, Epic Megalopolis Productions, The Nonsense Company, and Moo Doo Puppets. READ MORE

Fee, Fie, Foe, Feiffer!

Fee, Fie, Foe, Feiffer!

Features by Cynthia Citron  |  April 26, 2010

The iconic cartoonist Jules Feiffer ventured out here again recently to appear in conversation with Carl Reiner for Andrea Grossman’s Writers Bloc. READ MORE

Scripts Wanted!

Scripts Wanted!

News by LA Stage Alliance  |  April 26, 2010

89.3 KCPP (SCPR) embarks on live play reading series READ MORE