A staged reading of an Italian play examining the legacy of slain Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya and a panel discussion on the impact of assassinations of reporters are part of the Global Theatre Project’s ESPECIALLY NOW: Create the World Together, at LATC next Sunday. READ MORE
Journalists At Risk Examined by Global Theatre Project
by Pauline Adamek | December 5, 2011
Twelfth Night — If 21st-Century Updates Be the Food of Liberation, Play On
by Finn Wittrock | December 2, 2011
Shakespeare took enough liberties in his writing that he certainly wouldn’t mind if 21st-century directors of his work do the same, maintains Finn Wittrock, who’s co-directing a 21st-century Twelfth Night for the Mechanicals Theatre Company at the Pico Playhouse. READ MORE
LA STAGE INSIDER
by Julio Martinez | December 1, 2011
Jose Fructuoso is convicted of murdering Fountain Theatre’s Ben Bradley. Two recently opened shows suspend performances but plan to return. Rubicon Theatre announces most of its 2012 programming. Reprise cancels The Baker’s Wife. The genesis of Bob’s Holiday Office Party. Harry Frazier, star Santa impersonator. READ MORE
Mason Peels the Hidden Histories of Onion Creek
by Tom Provenzano | December 1, 2011
Roger Q. Mason draws on magical realism and his interracial family’s “hidden histories ” in 1870s Texas in his new play Onion Creek, directed by June Carryl. It’s produced by Padua Playwrights at Son of Semele. READ MORE
