Kim Huber was a kid who grew up in the Southern California musical theater scene, ran off to New York and Broadway for a decade, then returned here to raise a family and perform in the same venues where she started. On the eve of playing Maria in The Sound of Music for 3-D Theatricals in Fullerton, she talks about balancing career and family. READ MORE
B.H. Barry Is Back to Making Moon Over Buffalo Move
by A.R. Cassell | January 20, 2012
B.H. Barry, the fight choreographer for the Broadway production of Moon Over Buffalo in 1995, returned to the play in order to stage the fights and physical gags for Open Fist Theatre’s 99-seat revival of Ken Ludwig’s backstage comedy. Bjorn Johnson, who’s directing the Hollywood production, once was one of Barry’s assistants. READ MORE
Troubie Talk — Walker and Kennedy on Christmas Eve
by A.R. Cassell | December 7, 2011
There’s no resting on their Ovation laurels for the Troubies’ Matt Walker and Beth Kennedy. The artistic (Walker) and producing (Kennedy) directors of Troubadour Theater Company discuss their process during preparations for their latest musical mash-up A Christmas Westside Story — which takes one part A Christmas Story, one part West Side Story, and simmers with generous portions of Troubie style. READ MORE
The Elephant Goes Retro with Tennessee Williams’
Baby Doll
by A.R. Cassell | November 11, 2011
Joel Daavid, best known as a designer, is directing as well as designing his stage adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ Baby Doll screenplay at the Lillian. He’s incorporating many storytelling styles in this rare venture into older material for Elephant Theatre Company. READ MORE
The Long Hello for Ovation Nominee Stefan Marks
by A.R. Cassell | November 2, 2011
As a young man, Stefan Marks was struck speechless by a young woman he encountered, but he did nothing about it — until he wrote Hello, which tells his imaginary story of what might have been between the two of them. It impressed Ovation voters enough last fall to earn six nominations for the upcoming awards, including a Best Play nod and individual honors for Marks as writer, director and actor. READ MORE
The Sinatrafication of Ovation Nominee Luca Ellis
by A.R. Cassell | October 21, 2011
Luca Ellis didn’t move to LA with a plan to make it big as a crooner. But as he listened to more and more Sinatra recordings, he realized that he’s got Sinatra under his skin and in his voice. He converted his passion into a long run of Hoboken to Hollywood, which has yielded him an Ovation nomination. But don’t look for him at the Ovations ceremony next month — he has been recruited to perform at a Sinatra-related charity function that night. READ MORE
The Rude Mechs Return to LA and They’ve
Never Been So Happy
by A.R. Cassell | October 5, 2011
The Rude Mechs, that Texas-based group of collaborating theater artists, go West to the Kirk Douglas Theatre once again, following in the wake of their Method Gun. This time, they’re opening their first musical, AKA “a transmedia hootenanny” called I’ve Never Been So Happy. Dachshunds are expected to participate, and so will the audience during the intermission “shindig.” READ MORE
Poe and Fofi Are Love Sick at the Elephant
by A.R. Cassell | September 23, 2011
Kristina Poe’s Love Sick emphasizes the “sick” as much as the “love.” The playwright and director David Fofi discuss the latest production from Elephant Theatre. READ MORE
Reprise Celebrates a “Wunderbar” Season — 17 Ovation Nominations, Including 14 for Kiss Me, Kate
by A.R. Cassell | September 22, 2011
Reprise’s revival of Kiss Me Kate was amply kissed by Ovation voters. They gave it 14 nominations — the most for any single show in this year’s contest. The Reprise team of Jason Alexander and Gilles Chiasson, plus director Michael Michetti and the show’s leading actors Tom Hewitt and Lesli Margherita, discuss the making of the production — and the challenges that Reprise and other companies face. READ MORE
Marcia Milgrom Dodge Explains Why Life is a Cabaret,
Old Chum
by A.R. Cassell | September 13, 2011
Cabaret may not be as “under-produced” as many of Reprise’s productions. But director Marcia Milgrom Dodge believes she has come up with some new ways of interpreting this dark and disturbing musical classic. READ MORE
Gilles Marini has This certain something…
by A.R. Cassell | August 2, 2011
Gilles Marini, a French-born actor with modeling, movie and TV credits, will appear in his first play, Melissa James Gibson’s This, at the Kirk Douglas Theatre. But he’s accustomed to tackling new experiences. READ MORE
Tiger Reel’s Modern-day Adaptation of Othello Set in Florida
by A.R. Cassell | July 14, 2011
In Tiger Reel’s adaptation of Othello at the Lex, Special Forces soldiers return from the war zone to a base in Florida for interrogation by an Iago-like character. The director explains why. READ MORE.
