MTG offers up Irma la Douce Monday evening, April 19, at the Alex Theatre in Glendale and Sunday, April 25 at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza. READ MORE
Daniel Henning & His Cast See What They Wanna See at the Blank
by Steve Julian | April 17, 2010
Michael John LaChiusa’s See What I Wanna See is, according to the five actors in The Blank’s West Coast premiere of the upcoming musical, a complex piece. It can confuse. It can entice. It examines murder, faith, redemption and more, and is based on three short stories. READ MORE
Buddy Holly Returns and Rocks at La Mirada
by Steve Julian | April 15, 2010
Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story is written by Alan Janes and Rob Bettinson. Director Glenn Casale says just a few scripts are approved by Holly’s wife and licensor, Maria Elena, now 75. “I chose the one with the fewest scenes which retains all the songs,” Casale says, “so we get to the music faster. That’s what people want.” READ MORE
The Ballad of Emmet Till At the Fountain Theatre
by Martin Head | April 15, 2010
The energy in the café of the Fountain Theatre was alive and stirring after last Friday night’s production of The Ballad of Emmet Till…READ MORE
Dakin Matthews: At Liberty to Create
by Deborah Behrens | April 14, 2010
Dakin Matthews is a man whose prodigious creative output instantly invokes Orson Welles comparisons for the sheer audacity of its award-winning range. READ MORE
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE ANNOUNCES 2010/11 SEASON
by Janet Thielke | April 14, 2010
World Premieres by Jane Anderson and Neil LaBute Join Lauded West Coast Premieres by Pulitzer Prize Winners Tracy Letts and Lynn Nottage New Season Begins September 15, 2010 READ MORE
How to Win a Pulitzer Prize for Drama
by Don Shirley | April 13, 2010
Step One: Make sure your play is running in New York during the first week in April. READ MORE.
The Drawer Boy
by Janet Thielke | April 13, 2010
The Drawer Boy, Michael Healey’s award-winning new Canadian classic, opened at Theatre 40 in their Reuben Cordova Theatre on the Beverly Hills High School Campus on March 31st. VIEW GALLERY
Week of April 12, 2010
by LA Stage Alliance | April 13, 2010
Can you Save Sheldon before the Ark Theatre Company’s show closes? Or will you be there to Welcome Home, Jenny Stutter at The Chance Theatre this weekend? Learn about these shows and more to make your weekend plans! READ MORE
Kres Mersky’s Life of Einstein Returns to Theatre West
by Don Grigware | April 11, 2010
Actress/playwright Kres Mersky stars in her solo one-act play The Life and Times of A. Einstein, directed by Paul Gersten, at Theatre West beginning April 10. READ MORE
A View From The Bridges
by Cynthia Citron | April 9, 2010
Before the lights come up onstage, an off-stage voice intones in the dark: “All the shadows are strange and solid. The quiet is trembling and alive. I respond to that quiet. My nerves begin to vibrate and throw threads of sympathy and expectation toward the great promising black riddle, the empty stage…” READ MORE
Who Was Lenny Bruce?
by Ronnie Marmo | April 9, 2010
A few years ago, a man named Charlie Brill asked me if I knew who Lenny Bruce was. I said that I did, and Charlie handed me the script Lenny Bruce Is Back (and Boy Is He Pissed). Now, I realize, I didn’t really know Lenny Bruce at all. READ MORE
