Zina Bethune killed by hit-run driver…A season of premieres at the Colony, plus details on seasons at LA Opera and Musical Theatre West…KPFK to air LATW radio plays…Richard Chamberlain will appear in the Pasadena Playhouse production of The Heiress…Charles Dillingham steps in as interim executive director at Pasadena Playhouse…Gary Grossman of Katselas Theatre talks…A giant-size Julius Caesar in Beachwood Canyon, almost a century ago…READ MORE

Stephen Eich discusses his experiences at Pasadena Playhouse, where’s he about to exit his job as executive director, and his hopes for the playhouse and his own career…Wililam Shatner and Peter Gallagher will perform solo shows at the Pantages and Geffen, respectively… DOMA launches a full season…Luis Alfaro’s Electricidad returns…A look at LA’s first theaters. READ MORE

The Hollywood Fringe Festival accepts applications and moves Fringe Central to the Open Fist…LA Opera news…Conan O’Brien headlines a Geffen fund-raiser…stage photographer and sometime actor Ed Krieger speaks…A look at Crane Jackson and his Theatre Rapport, a decade after Jackson’s death…READ MORE

Latino Theater Company announces a spring season at LATC despite a City Council vote to evict the company…CTG offers sections of Tweet Seats for Twitter users at two performances tonight…Rachel Noll discusses her role in Ruskin Group’s Lonesome West…A look at the Ash Grove/Improv venue at 8162 Melrose… READ MORE

Latino Theater Company evicted from LATC…LA Opera focuses on outreach…CTG’s Clybourne Park moving to Broadway, Mary Poppins returning to LA…The 1941 musical Let’s Face It! faces a brief revival at Theatre West…Two directors offer Thanks…Pershing Square’s performance history. READ MORE

Victoria Clark will take over Bernadette Peters’ role in the Follies import…Dany Margolies is laid off at Back Stage…Jordan Monsell of the returning Pulp Shakespeare speaks…From Hazard’s Pavilion to Clune’s Auditorium to Philharmonic Hall to parking lot, a site at 5th and Olive in downtown LA has witnessed a lot of theatrical comings and goings… READ MORE

Jane Kaczmarek will star in the Geffen’s Good People, directed by Matt Shakman…Hershey Felder steps behind the scenes of Mona Golabek’s show…January is a big month for free readings series, with fests from Padua Hills, Ensemble Studio and LATC…Lesli Margherita plays Aldonza opposite Davis Gaines’ Man of La Mancha in Long Beach. READ MORE

A Noise Within’s Geoff Elliott and Julia Rodriguez-Elliott receive A.C.T. honors while Bess Rous joins cast of The Jacksonian at the Geffen.  A new foursome of “adults behaving badly” inhabit God of Carnage at ICT, and thesp Cullen Kirkland acts on the radio. INSIDER History recalls John Steven McGroarty, The Mission Play and San Gabriel’s civic theater. READ MORE

George Clooney to hit the boards…for one night. South Bay CLO introduces a new series at El Segundo Playhouse,while still searching for a home for its larger musicals series. Sloane Robinson takes on Josephine Baker. Lionel Barrymore played Scrooge in Hollywood for years. READ MORE

The Ahmanson gets Follies but Book of Mormon goes to Hollywood’s Pantages. Ojai not ready for full Equity theater. Nerve and Expecting to Fly debut in January while Peter Gallagher morphs into George Bailey at the Geffen. INSIDER History recall Rachel Rosenthal‘s Instant Theatre... READ MORE

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

Raymond J. Barry writes, acts and directs at Electric Lodge while Gigi Bermingham displays her chanteuse talents at Boston Court.  Michael Kearns spotlights World AIDS day; Tracy Letts and Amy Madigan co-star in Buried Child for LA Theatre Works; and INSIDER history recalls vaudeville at the Palace… READ MORE