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
Joanna Daniels Drives Becky’s New Car
at Pacific Resident Theatre
by Deborah Behrens | August 5, 2010
Joanna Daniels knows all about life imitating art. The actress/comedienne got a parking ticket while discussing her star turn as a woman who works for an auto dealership in the Steven Dietz comedy Becky’s New Car now making its Southern California premiere to sold out houses at Pacific Resident Theatre. READ MORE
Director David Schweizer Procreates
at the Odyssey
by Deborah Behrens | July 14, 2010
David Schweizer is equally at ease orchestrating operas with dysfunctional divas as he is taming Justin Tanner’s shrewish clan in Procreation at the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble. READ MORE
Dale Franzen: Championing Community at The Broad Stage
by Deborah Behrens | July 2, 2010
If you build it, they will come. At least that’s what Dale Franzen believed when a dinner party exchange with Dustin Hoffman led the two to spearhead a 10-year capital campaign to build a world-class performing arts center west of the 405 Freeway. READ MORE
Bart DeLorenzo Directs Two Casts of
King Lear for Antaeus
by Deborah Behrens | June 23, 2010
If it takes a village to raise a child, how many actors does it take to stage King Lear? If you are director Bart DeLorenzo helming a double-cast production at the Antaeus Company starring Dakin Matthews and Harry Groener as the demented monarch, the answer hovers around 40. READ MORE
Jerry Herman: Enjoying the Latest “La Cage” Ride
by Deborah Behrens | June 8, 2010
Three is Jerry Herman’s lucky number. He the only composer/lyricist to have three shows play concurrently on Broadway… READ MORE
John O’Hurley Channels J. Peterman in How to Succeed at Reprise
by Deborah Behrens | May 12, 2010
John O’Hurley is a man accustomed to life imitating art. This week he channels the iconic catalog entrepreneur again in the guise of J.B. Biggley, pompous president of World Wide Wicket Company, for Reprise Theatre Company’s mounting of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying…READ MORE
Douglas Clayton: A Director Who Serves Artists
by Deborah Behrens | April 22, 2010
Clayton is currently helming two completely opposite plays that meet his criteria - Philip Barry’s classic romantic comedy The Philadelphia Story at Actor’s Co-op opening April 23 and a revival of J.T. Rogers’ racism exploration entitled White People for the Road Theatre Company slated to open May 20. READ MORE
Dakin Matthews: At Liberty to Create
by Deborah Behrens | April 14, 2010
Dakin Matthews is a man whose prodigious creative output instantly invokes Orson Welles comparisons for the sheer audacity of its award-winning range. READ MORE
Lisa Kron Creates a Political Wake
at the Kirk Douglas
by Deborah Behrens | March 31, 2010
Titling a play can be a tricky thing. Just ask Lisa Kron whose Center Theatre Group commissioned play The Wake recently world premiered at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, nearly four years to the day since her previous show Well, which she both penned and starred in, made its 2006 Broadway debut…READ MORE
