Inappropriate contact between a parent and a child is the taking-off point for two very different but exceptional plays, by Luis Alfaro and David Schulner. READ MORE.
Rant and Rave at Rogue Machine
by John Pollono | March 12, 2010
Rogue Machine Artistic Director John Flynn once said to me: “Good Los Angeles theatre can take the place of church.” He didn’t mean we are all Godless heathens. He meant that, in a city without a unifying tradition, we can create a place people will come to over and over again to experience a community. READ MORE
Building Better Producers
by Rick Culbertson | March 10, 2010
There are many reasons why we need a producer’s organization. They range from collective bargaining, a trade organization, someone to brand us, management of a better business bureau of theater, etc. But there’s another important need here: the need for us to take care of our new producers. READ MORE
Better Business Bureau of Theater
by Rick Culbertson | March 9, 2010
It is no secret that there are plenty of people who make money in this town on the backs of producers. And while I have no issue with people making money, I do have issue with people who behave unethically in their pursuit of profit. READ MORE
Lyric Director Thomas Colby on Cloud 9
by Thomas Colby | March 8, 2010
When I first heard we were considering doing Caryl Churchill’s Cloud 9, my heart jumped as I remember being fascinated with it from way back in my college years at Ohio University when, as a sophomore, we mounted a production of it. READ MORE
A Sad Song of Lost Intimacies
by Alessandra Brown | March 7, 2010
The Odyssey Theatre’s production of Noel Coward’s A Song at Twilight is superbly constructed. All aspects of the production tied in very well with the characters’ separate identities. READ MORE
Finding Family at the Theatre
by Aubrey Canfield | March 6, 2010
People are always saying and sometimes it’s easy to forget: the theatre is a close-knit community. READ MORE
Moment of Proof Spoiled by Audience Member
by TylerMcClain | March 5, 2010
I’ve restarted this post a handful of times. I keep finding myself discouraged. Re-reading my words, it strikes me how much I’m starting to sound like Andy Rooney, beginning sentences with “People these days…” and then spouting some insane-person’s argument against wearing sweatpants in public. READ MORE
