He may have four Tonys, four Drama Desks, two Obies and an Emmy, but Terrence McNally’s greatest award was the ability to marry his partner Tom Kirdahy. READ MORE
Actor Harry Hamlin: A Full Frontal Adventure
by Geo Hartley | June 16, 2010
Los Angeles notable director/playwright Luke Yankee has written again…and again a provocative title: The Jesus Hickey. READ MORE
Actors Orson Bean, Alley Mills and Laurie O’Brien: Coward’s BitterSuite Goodbye
by Geo Hartley | February 23, 2010
God love Ron Sossi and those Odyssey Theatre Ensemble folks for having the manners to keep Noel Coward from becoming obsolete to Los Angeles audiences. READ MORE
Actors Denise Crosby, Gale Harold & Claudia Mason: Tennessee Ascending
by Geo Hartley | January 15, 2010
Denise Crosby, Gale Harold and Claudia Mason, under the direction of filmmaker Lou Pepe, are firing up a six-week run of Orpheus Descending for Los Angeles audiences, opening this Friday, January 15 at Theatre/Theater. READ MORE
Jane Carr Rejoins ‘Mary Poppins’ at the Ahmanson
by Geo Hartley | December 23, 2009
Consider Mary’s Mrs. Brill, the harried housekeeper of the Banks family. Consider Jane Carr, a woman with a past, playing Brill on Broadway, now in LA. And our story begins… READ MORE
Joe Spano and Harry Groener Equivocate at the Geffen
by Geo Hartley | November 18, 2009
“It’s an extraordinary play,” Joe Spano says, “about Shakespeare and his troupe as he reluctantly tries to write a propaganda play to please King James about the Guy Fawkes Gunpowder Plot.” READ MORE
Writer/Director John Caird: Crossing the Rubicon with Long Legs
by Geo Hartley | October 17, 2009
Over at the Rubicon Theatre Company in Ventura, a world premiere musical called Daddy Long Legs is being launched and it has John Caird’s name written all over it. And, write he does. And, direct as well. Very well. READ MORE
Michael Learned & Cathy Rigby:
La Mirada’s Women of Steel
by Geo Hartley | October 1, 2009
LAStageBlog.com writer Geo Hartley talks to the two ladies of La Mirada’s Steel Magnolias about the upcoming show and their extensive careers READ MORE
Charlotte d’Amboise: Royalty on Parade
by Geo Hartley | September 24, 2009
Enter Ms. Charlotte d’Amboise, a crown princess of New York theatre. She is soon to open in the Tony Award winning musical Parade at the Mark Taper Forum. READ MORE
Playwright Brian Christopher Williams: Family Man
by Geo Hartley | August 22, 2009
The writer says his new work Anita Bryant Died for Your Sins is “definitely a comedy that plays best with dramatic undertones” READ MORE
