LA STAGE BLOG

LAStageBlog.com (launched June 2009) is a program of LA Stage Alliance, the leading service organization for the performing arts in the Greater Los Angeles area.

LAStageBlog.com is the new, online incarnation of the long-running LA STAGE Magazine, which suspended printing in March of 2009.  LAStageBlog maintains the same mission, goals, and staff as LA STAGE Magazine, but with a much larger amount of content, presented in a more timely fashion than was possible with the bi-monthly print version.

For past information on LA STAGE Magazine,
and archival articles and covers, click here.

To submit content or stories for LAStageBlog, please contact our editor, Lee Melville.

To advertise on LAStageBlog.com or LAStageAlliance.com, click here.

LA Stage Blog Editorial Staff:
LA Stage Alliance Executive Director, Terence McFarland
Editor/Publisher, Lee Melville
Assistant Editor, Janet Thielke
LA Stage Alliance Programs Manager, Douglas Clayton

For a list of our Staff Writers and regular contributors, click here!

LA STAGE ALLIANCE

Mission
LA Stage Alliance (LASA), founded in 1975, is a 501 (c) (3) non profit organization dedicated to building awareness, appreciation and support for the performing arts in Greater Los Angeles through community building, collaborative marketing/audience development, professional development to strengthen the sector, and advocacy.   LASA serves over 550  arts organizations annually in the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara and Ventura and individual members comprised of local, regional, national and international performing arts patrons.

Programs
LA Stage Alliance currently operates the following programs:
The Ovation Awards - LA’s high-profile peer-judged annual theatre awards
LAStageBlog.com/LA STAGE Magazine - a dedicated source for arts journalism covering performing arts in Greater Los Angeles
LA Stage TIX - Offering half-price tickets to theatre patrons each week
LA Stage Times - A co-op advertising program, offering performing arts organizations highly discounted advertising each week in the LA Times
The Big List - a co-op mailing list exchange service for arts organizations, implemented on a calendar-year opt-in schedule
Free Night of Theater - LA Stage is the regional manager of this national program of Theatre Communications Group
Next_Stage Workshops - Professional Development workshops for arts administrators of all levels
National Arts Marketing Project Workshops - LA Stage is the regional partner for this program of Americans for the Arts, funded byAmerican Express
Connections and Convenings - LA Stage hosts forums for the performing arts community, as well as regular roundtables and meetings on topics important to the development and advancement of the performing arts
and more!

For a list of our staff and board members, click here!

For additional information on any of our programs, please visit our sister site, contact us by email,  or by phone at 213.614.0556.

For information on joining LA Stage Alliance as an producing organization (or producer), as a partner organization, or as an individual artist or supporter, click here!

LA Stage Blog is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.

The programs of LA Stage Alliance are funded, in part, by grants from the following organizations:

American Express, The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation, California Community Foundation, Department of Cultural Affairs of the City of Los Angeles, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the James Irvine foundation, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the LA County Arts Commission, National Endowment for the Arts, Shubert Foundation, Shubert Foundation and Sony Pictures Entertainment