Director Gregg T. Daniel’s New Three Sisters at the Lower Depth

Director Gregg T. Daniel’s New Three Sisters at the Lower Depth

Features by Don Grigware  |  July 10, 2010

Gregg T. Daniel has a diversified career as director and actor of stage, television and film.  READ MORE

Week Two – Starting to Scratch the Surface

Week Two – Starting to Scratch the Surface

Editorial by Jane McEneaney  |  July 9, 2010

Here we are in Week Two and we’re finally starting to get somewhere. The girls have started telling secrets in their journals for me to read later.  READ MORE

Orange County’s 3D Theatricals Welcomes Dolly

Orange County’s 3D Theatricals
Welcomes Dolly

Features by Lee Melville  |  July 9, 2010

“This show changed my life!” says Calvin Remsberg, recalling the first time he saw the Jerry Herman-Michael Stewart musical Hello Dolly! in its pre-Broadway tryout at the National Theatre in Washington DC in December 1963.  READ MORE

Theatre Asylum Encores Best of the Fringe

Theatre Asylum Encores Best of the Fringe

Features by Lee Melville  |  July 9, 2010

The 11-day first annual Hollywood Fringe Festival ended June 27 but the presenters at Theatre Asylum, where many of the shows played, are not willing to let it go.  READ MORE

Sacramento Rounds up Spamalot

Sacramento Rounds up Spamalot

Features by Steve Julian  |  July 8, 2010

The problem with staging Monty Python’s Spamalot in the round is, “Where do you throw the cow? Do you take out Section E?”  READ MORE

Incredible Shrinking Coverage, Summer Shakespeare Shifts

Incredible Shrinking Coverage, Summer Shakespeare Shifts

Editorial by Don Shirley  |  July 8, 2010

The Los Angeles Times isn’t reviewing productions at some of LA County’s bigger theaters. Meanwhile, one summer Shakespeare tradition is suspended, while another is enlarged. READ MORE

Israel Hicks Dies at Age 66 After Battle With Cancer

Israel Hicks Dies at Age 66 After Battle With Cancer

News by LA Stage Alliance  |  July 8, 2010

Israel Hicks, Founding Artistic Director of Ebony Repertory Theatre (ERT), died Saturday, July 3 after a valiant battle with prostate cancer. He was 66.  READ MORE

Pasadena Playhouse Emerges From Bankruptcy

Pasadena Playhouse Emerges From Bankruptcy

News by LA Stage Alliance  |  July 8, 2010

Pasadena Playhouse, the State Theater of California, announced that its Plan of Reorganization was approved yesterday by the United States Bankruptcy Court in Los Angeles and emerged from Chapter 11 after nearly two months.  READ MORE

Davis Gaines Portrays Historical Richard Henry Lee in 1776

Davis Gaines Portrays Historical Richard Henry Lee in 1776

Features by Steve Julian  |  July 7, 2010

In the journey toward the Declaration of Independence, Davis Gaines (Phantom of the Opera, Broadway, Ahmanson; Parade, Mark Taper Forum) has a small but personal role… READ MORE

Connie Chats

Connie Chats

Features by Connie Danese  |  July 6, 2010

Rent at the Bowl, South Pacifc at the Ahmanson, New Home for Noise Within and Show at the Celebration  READ MORE

Director Bruce Gray Serves Black Coffee at Theatre 40

Director Bruce Gray Serves Black Coffee at Theatre 40

Features by Gary Ballard  |  July 6, 2010

Bruce Gray is abuzz. As director of Theatre 40′s opener of its 45th season, Agatha Christie’s first play, Black Coffee, he’s juggling the spheres and chapeaus of another opening, another show with a chipper enthusiasm born of 35 years experience in solving dramaturgical difficulties.  READ MORE

You Never Forget Your First

You Never Forget Your First

Editorial by Ashley Steed  |  July 6, 2010

It’s been a week since the end of the inaugural Hollywood Fringe Festival. Not only was this a first for Hollywood, it was also my first fringe experience ever.  READ MORE