What’s it like to perform upside-down in the astonishing The Lieutenant of Inishmore? And a few impressions of Songs and Dances of Imaginary Lands. READ MORE
Does Equity Still Matter?
by Don Shirley | July 16, 2010
Producers, take credit for using Equity contracts. And here are a few postscripts to last week’s discussion about L.A. Times coverage. READ MORE.
Why Politics and Theatre Matter
by Colin Mitchell | November 26, 2008
As most in the theatre community, especially the California theatre community, may know by now, Scott Eckern the Artistic Director of the California Music Theatre Company has resigned under pressure from advocates of No on Prop 8.
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A Challenge from a “Stranger”
by Colin Mitchell | November 24, 2008
Check out Brenda Kiley writing a manifesto of sorts in Seattle’s “The Stranger”, declaring the ten things American Theatre needs to do now to remain vital for the next generation of artists and theatre-goers.
Here are my capsule reactions to each and…
The Gift of Poverty
by Colin Mitchell | November 14, 2008
We’ve heard the quote before. Roberto Benigni shouted it from the stage with childlike exuberance when he won his best actor Oscar for “Life is Beautiful”. It’s a notion that gets bandied about all over the world and down through…
