Through much of 2010, ongoing announcements heralded the imminent debut of the Valley Performing Arts Center (VPAC), billed as a “world-class, state-of-the-art performance facility,” constructed on the campus of  California  State University, Northridge (CSUN).  READ MORE

Anne McNaughton, associate artistic director and co-founder of Andak Stage Company, is speaking proudly of her husband, actor/teacher/Shakespearean scholar Dakin Matthews, and the new play, The Capulets and the Montagues, that she is directing.  READ MORE

Actress, model and former Miss America Lee Meriwether is accustomed to playing many roles.  So it’s no surprise that she has decided to become the voice of many different women in a world premiere of her own devising, Women of Spoon River at Theatre West.   READ MORE

The term “shy actress” would seem to be an oxymoron—at least for those movie queens who came to stardom during Hollywood’s “Golden Age.” Think Joan Crawford or Bette Davis or Katharine Hepburn. No shrinking violets, they. But Gwen Van Dam, who began her acting career while those other “Grande Dames” were still throwing their weight around the studios, was not cut from the same egocentric template.  READ MORE

In her Late Nite show Donovan takes her audience, or rather her class full of “students,” back to their youth. As “Sister” teaches the class, she rewards them with things like glow-in-the-dark rosaries and other witty prizes. Students not forthcoming could find themselves on stage sitting in a corner reflecting on their actions or receiving a whack from a ruler.  READ MORE