Elizabeth Swain could fall prey to a whimsical journalistic labeling or libeling about how disaffected, displeased and distrustful she currently is, and nothing could be more distanced from the truth. As director of the little-known John Marston’s even less recognized play The Malcontent at the Antaeus Company opening on May 5, she’s wallowing in the delight of a dream dutifully delivered. READ MORE
Lynn Manning’s Unrequited Joins Cornerstone with Watts
by Tom Provenzano | May 3, 2011
The premiere of Lynn Manning’s The Unrequited (Between Two Worlds) marks the 15th anniversary of the extraordinary Watts Village Theater Company, and Cornerstone Theater, which was the parent company of Watts Village in 1995, is co-producing the event. Playwright and Watts Village board chair Manning discusses the production, the company’s partnership with Cornerstone, and his life as a blind playwright. READ MORE
The Mad Women of John Fleck
by A.R. Cassell | May 3, 2011
Mother’s Day is fast-approaching and the timing could not be more appropriate for the world premiere of performing artist John Fleck’s latest solo piece Mad Women which he has created, written and performs under Ric Montejano’s direction. READ MORE
LA and Stratford Connect Through The Bard
by LA Stage Alliance | May 3, 2011
On April 16 The Global Theatre Project produced its 2nd annual participation in Stratford-Upon-Avon’s Shakespeare Birthday celebration with the creation of this year’s The “Double Double” Sonnet Project in downtown LA. Approximately 75 residents and theatre artists from teens to senior citizens came together at 9 am and worked for three hours developing a piece which combined the witches scene from Macbeth with Sonnet 116. READ MORE
Nominations for the 2011 American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards®
by LA Stage Alliance | May 3, 2011
The nominees for the American Theatre Wing’s 65th Annual Antoinette Perry “Tony” Awards, set to air live from the Beacon Theatre in New York on CBS on Sunday, June 12, 2011 at 8 p.m. ET, were announced this morning. Topping the list was the musical The Book of Mormon, from “South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, with 14 nominations, followed by The Scottsboro Boys with 12. READ MORE
The Not-So-Secret Love Lives of Scientists
by Don Shirley | May 2, 2011
The mating habits of scientists are under intense scrutiny by playwrights these days, judging from the premieres of Pursued by Happiness at the Road Theatre, House of the Rising Son at Atwater Village, and Completeness and Silent Sky, the two full-fledged productions of the Pacific Playwrights Festival at South Coast Repertory. I wrote about House of the Rising Son last week, but I’m overdue in writing about the wonderful Pursued by Happiness and the Southcoast plays. READ MORE
Why Twelve Angry (Men) Is Appropriate for Today
by Eric Bilitch | May 2, 2011
Twelve Angry (Men) has been a show we have been discussing as a group since our inception in 2003. Eight years later, we are happy to finally bring it to life on our beautiful Pico Playhouse stage. Some classic plays, we feel, are meant to be rediscovered and reinvented with the changing times. The issues in this play by Reginald Rose still ring true in today’s world just as they did in 1957. READ MORE
