Playwright Murray Mednick continues in the tradition of his Padua Playwrights with The Fool and the Red Queen, opening tomorrow night. He’s ably interpreted by director Guy Zimmerman. READ MORE
The Straight-Ahead Route to Sideways The Play
by Larry Pontius | May 18, 2012
Rex Pickett has taken a creative journey through golf and wine, novelizations and filmmaking, to bring Sideways The Play to the stage. It finally premieres tonight at Ruskin Group Theatre. READ MORE
Getting Close With The Closeness of the Horizon
by Alison M. Hills | May 17, 2012
The Closeness of the Horizon, premiering tomorrow night at the Odyssey, brought out a spirit of collaboration—and perfectionism—between its playwright, Richard Martin Hirsch, and director, Darin Anthony. READ MORE
Tim Dang Makes Much Out of A Little Night Music
by Steve Julian | May 16, 2012
Tim Dang infuses East West Players’ production of A Little Night Music, opening tonight, with a bit of Chinese culture and a lot of heart. READ MORE
Connie Chats on Opening Night: Follies
by Connie Danese | May 14, 2012
On opening night of Follies at the Ahmanson, Connie chatted with Annie Potts, Robert Wuhl, JoAnne Worley, Kevin Chamberlin, Michael Ritchie, the production’s director Eric Schaeffer, the daughter of original Follies star Dorothy Collins, and one of the current revival’s Tony nominees, Ron Raines. READ MORE
Let’s Talk About Talkbacks
by Larry Pontius | May 11, 2012
Several of LA theater’s talkback organizers offer tips on how to keep the audience engaged in conversations after the play is over (or even before it has begun). READ MORE
A Chorus Line in 3-D
by A.R. Cassell | May 11, 2012
3-D Theatricals, which is about to enlarge its turf to include Redondo Beach, opens the last of its Fullerton-only shows, A Chorus Line, this weekend. Director TJ Dawson and others discuss the evolution of A Chorus Line through the years and the importance of cooperation among musical theater companies. READ MORE
Playwright Michael Elyanow Shepherds The Children
by Amy Tofte | May 10, 2012
Playwright Michael Elyanow has reworked Medea for modern times — and Maine. Find out whether he thinks we treat our kids any better these days when the play opens this weekend. READ MORE
Follies Femmes Maxwell and Houdyshell
by Les Spindle | May 9, 2012
Stage veterans and Tony nominees Jan Maxwell and Jayne Houdyshell resume their roles in Sondheim’s musical Follies when the remount opens tonight at Ahmanson Theatre. READ MORE
East LA Hears From Evangeline Once More
by Steve Julian | May 9, 2012
Theresa Chavez and Rose Portillo collaborate yet again to bring East LA history to the stage, this time with Louie Perez of Los Lobos. Their play Evangeline, the Queen of Make-Believe, focusing on the 1960s, opens this weekend. READ MORE
Evelina Fernández and Her Contributions to Charity
by Ed Rampell | May 8, 2012
In the wake of Hope comes Charity, more of Evelina Fernández’s semi-autobiographical trilogy about a multi-generational Mexican American family. Fernandez is also on stage in Charity, which is set in 2005. She and her husband Jose Luis Valenzuela discuss their work at LATC, which their Latino Theater Company manages. READ MORE
Dressing (Actors) for Success
by Pauline Adamek | May 4, 2012
When actors step confidently and calmly onto the stage in the right costume that has been mended and pressed, it’s often thanks to the wise, quick work of their dressers. Five dressers recall some career highs and lows. READ MORE
