David Dean Bottrell has bounced from actor to playwright to screenwriter to actor and now, to director,  as he makes his staging debut with the Colony Theatre’s Travels With My Aunt. Meanwhile, he’s also preparing a revival of his solo show David Dean Bottrell Makes Love at Rogue Machine. READ MORE

Norbert Weisser and Bruce Katzman, respectively, play the Commandant of a Nazi prison camp and the Jewish “mayor” of the camp, who collaborate on an elaborate charade in order to deceive a Red Cross inspector, in Juan Mayorga’s Way to Heaven. Weisser, who was born in Germany the year after the war ended, and Katzman talk about their roles and the audience responses. READ MORE

While growing up, Michael Matthews was the target of gay-bashing bullies. Later, in Chicago, he directed a play about that subject. Now he has brought that play, What’s Wrong With Angry?, to the Celebration Theatre, where he’s a former artistic director. READ MORE

Celebration Theatre’s new artistic director John Michael Beck and executive director Micheal Kricfalusi discuss their creative “marriage,” plans for the upcoming 29th season including What’s Wrong With Angry? opener and why they need to embrace all audiences. READ MORE

Michael Shepperd didn’t pull any punches when he picked his last show as artistic director of Celebration Theatre. Bash’d! — a Gay Rap Opera is a hard-hitting musical production, and Celebration director Ameenah Kaplan has expanded it with the addition of turntablist DJ Jedi. READ MORE

On a gorgeous winter day in California, flames from a gas fireplace provide warmth and a relaxing ambience inside the renovated Craftsman-style bungalow of playwright/actor Nick Salamone, in the neighborhood of the Melrose Hill Historic Preservation Overlay Zone. The charming and quick-witted Salamone shares the beautifully designed home with his partner of 13 years, Clay Storseth, an actor also known for his design work as The Christmas Decorator.  READ MORE