Greater Expectations for L.A. Theater

Greater Expectations for L.A. Theater

Editorial by Don Shirley  |  August 18, 2010

We should maintain great expectations for our theaters above the 99-seat level.  Witness Free Man of Color and the latest version of Great Expectations, the musical. READ MORE

The Colony’s Free Man of Color Themes Resonate with Today

The Colony’s Free Man of Color
Themes Resonate with Today

Features by Gary Ballard  |  August 11, 2010

“Only the educated are free,” spoke Epictetus in his famous Discourses sometime in the first century AD after he obtained his freedom from slavery and began to teach philosophy in Rome.  READ MORE

Barbara Beckley’s Colony Is Alive and Well and Living in Burbank

Barbara Beckley’s Colony Is Alive and Well and Living in Burbank

Features by Tom Provenzano  |  April 28, 2010

Beckley recalls, “The word out there was the company would not survive for six months without Terrence. That made me mad. I honestly thought I would keep it going for just a few years.” READ MORE

David Dean Bottrell: One of Colony’s Angels

David Dean Bottrell: One of Colony’s Angels

Features by Tom Provenzano  |  October 23, 2009

The first thing one notices about writer-actor (or is it actor-writer) David Dean Bottrell is the infectious laughter of a man who has landed in the happiest of places on his life and art. READ MORE