The latest LA theatre news and a bit of history in this week’s LA Stage Insider by Julio Martinez. READ MORE
LA STAGE INSIDER: Broadway, Cradle
and Shakespeare Society Return
by Julio Martinez | September 2, 2010
Waiting for Lefty:
The choice between the dollar bill and a human life
by Cynthia Citron | September 1, 2010
If you’ve always wanted to be in a play, you’ll get your big chance when you see Director Charlie Mount’s production of Clifford Odets’ stirring Waiting for Lefty at Theatre West. As an engaged member of the audience you’ll be expected to whoop and holler appropriately as the leaders of the taxi drivers’ union call for a strike for higher wages. READ MORE
Phantom’s Finale, Normal’s Next and
Mike Farrell Goes Blank
by Connie Danese | August 31, 2010
Connie Danese has the latest news on Phantom of the Opera lifers, new reading material by Brooke Berman, and Blank Theatre Company’s production of Terre Haute featuring cast members of True Blood and M*A*S*H. READ MORE
Week of August 30, 2010
by LA Stage Alliance | August 30, 2010
A foursome of shows closing (including Foursome) and three new shows (more if you count all the one-acts). READ MORE
Jack Stehlin & John Farmanesh-Bocca:
A Friendship Renewed for Titus Redux
by Tom Provenzano | August 27, 2010
It is a post-rehearsal tete-a-tete between Circus Theatricals’ impresario Jack Stehlin, who has become a noted purveyor of LA theatre, and world-wide theatrical artist John Farmanesh-Bocca, who has decided to lay down roots again in California. READ MORE
Ovation Recommended Productions
August 27, 2010
by LA Stage Alliance | August 27, 2010
Are you trying to decide what to see this weekend? Consider an Ovation Recommended production. These productions have been ranked in the top 20% of all registered shows in the ‘Overall Production’ voting category by the LA Stage Alliance Ovation Voters. READ MORE
LA Stage Insider
by Julio Martinez | August 26, 2010
New Seasons, New Musicals, Other Premieres and a bit of Hollywood History. READ MORE
Nataki Garrett:
“to either be watermelon or not”
by Deborah Behrens | August 25, 2010
Director Nataki Garrett doesn’t refrain from eating watermelon because she wants to avoid perpetuating a bigoted African American stereotype. She stays away because it makes her mouth itch. READ MORE
Summer’s Shakespearean Tales, Topdogs/Underdogs
by Don Shirley | August 25, 2010
L.A.’s summer Shakespeare specializes in sexual jealousy but offers plenty of strong directorial gestures along the way, particularly those of Matt Walker in A Wither’s Tale. And why is South Pasadena’s Topdog/Underdog more moving than Hollywood’s? READ MORE.
Week of August 23, 2010
by LA Stage Alliance | August 24, 2010
It’s your last chance to get Stripped by Roadkill Productions. After that, go home to The Clean House. READ MORE
