Connie Danese has the latest news on Phantom of the Opera lifers, new reading material by Brooke Berman, and Blank Theatre Company’s production of Terre Haute featuring cast members of True Blood and M*A*S*H. READ MORE
Week of August 30, 2010
by LA Stage Alliance | August 30, 2010
A foursome of shows closing (including Foursome) and three new shows (more if you count all the one-acts). READ MORE
Ovation Recommended Productions
August 27, 2010
by LA Stage Alliance | August 27, 2010
Are you trying to decide what to see this weekend? Consider an Ovation Recommended production. These productions have been ranked in the top 20% of all registered shows in the ‘Overall Production’ voting category by the LA Stage Alliance Ovation Voters. READ MORE
LA Stage Insider
by Julio Martinez | August 26, 2010
New Seasons, New Musicals, Other Premieres and a bit of Hollywood History. READ MORE
Nataki Garrett:
“to either be watermelon or not”
by Deborah Behrens | August 25, 2010
Director Nataki Garrett doesn’t refrain from eating watermelon because she wants to avoid perpetuating a bigoted African American stereotype. She stays away because it makes her mouth itch. READ MORE
Summer’s Shakespearean Tales, Topdogs/Underdogs
by Don Shirley | August 25, 2010
L.A.’s summer Shakespeare specializes in sexual jealousy but offers plenty of strong directorial gestures along the way, particularly those of Matt Walker in A Wither’s Tale. And why is South Pasadena’s Topdog/Underdog more moving than Hollywood’s? READ MORE.
Week of August 23, 2010
by LA Stage Alliance | August 24, 2010
It’s your last chance to get Stripped by Roadkill Productions. After that, go home to The Clean House. READ MORE
Topdog/Underdog:
An Important Play, Well Done
by Martin Head | August 24, 2010
Topdog Underdog, Suzan-Lori Parks’ Pulitzer Prize winning play, is a powerful and intense two man drama that originated Off Broadway in 2001. I have read the book several times and studied the play and its characters. I have long looked forward to seeing a live production of this show and this production was everything I hoped for and more. READ MORE
A New Musical Created From Page to Stage
by Samantha Mehlinger | August 20, 2010
The opening of the new original musical, The Bedroom Window, The Musical, is the culmination of years of dreaming and hard work for the production’s three young writers. READ MORE
LATE’s War Cycle Shifts Focus
by Don Shirley | August 19, 2010
Wounded is back, Survived has become Nation of Two, and Tom Burmester’s Los Angeles Theatre Ensemble is beginning to examine the troops in Afghanistan. READ MORE.
In the Theatre, Starting on Time is a Joke
by Mark Kinsey Stephenson | August 19, 2010
Okay. I’m going to vent. Well… not exactly a complete 100% rant because there are some instances of excellence to point out. However, sometimes I really wonder what people are thinking. READ MORE
Greater Expectations for L.A. Theater
by Don Shirley | August 18, 2010
We should maintain great expectations for our theaters above the 99-seat level. Witness Free Man of Color and the latest version of Great Expectations, the musical. READ MORE
