Jack Stehlin & John Farmanesh-Bocca: A Friendship Renewed for Titus Redux

Jack Stehlin & John Farmanesh-Bocca:
A Friendship Renewed for Titus Redux

Features 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

LATE’s War Cycle Shifts Focus

LATE’s War Cycle Shifts Focus

Features by Don Shirley  |  August 19, 2010

Wounded is back, Survived has become Nation of Two, and Tom Burmester’s Los Angeles Theatre Ensemble is beginning to examine the troops in Afghanistan. READ MORE.

What’ll the Times Think Of Next?

What’ll the Times Think Of Next?

Editorial by Don Shirley  |  August 9, 2010

In separate Sunday articles, the Times has now summed up the current condition of six larger theaters and the sub-100-seat theater scene.  When will we read a similar article about the rest of the L.A. theater scene? READ MORE

There’s No Limits for Children With a Hearing Loss

There’s No Limits for Children With a Hearing Loss

Editorial by Kathy Buckley  |  May 27, 2010

I’m Kathy Buckley, known as America’s “First Hearing Impaired Comedienne.” I’m hanging out at No Limits, an after school program for children with a hearing loss… READ MORE

Bengal Tiger, How the Other Half Loves, Marriage of Figaro

Bengal Tiger, How the Other Half Loves, Marriage of Figaro

Editorial by Don Shirley  |  May 8, 2010

Center Theatre Group deserves credit for its shepherding of Rajiv Joseph’s Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. And consider these two comedies about class — one is hilarious, the other isn’t. READ MORE.

How to Win a Pulitzer Prize for Drama

How to Win a Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Editorial by Don Shirley  |  April 13, 2010

Step One: Make sure your play is running in New York during the first week in April. READ MORE.

Left-Lane Blind Spots

Left-Lane Blind Spots

Editorial by Don Shirley  |  April 8, 2010

Lascivious Something and The Wake examine lefties on the verge of political breakdowns, while Julia Cho’s The Language Archive looks at the breakdowns of languages — and a marriage. READ MORE.

The Wake Opening Night

The Wake Opening Night

Photos by Janet Thielke  |  April 1, 2010

Photos from the Kirk Douglas Theatre’s opening of The Wake, by playwright Lisa Kron and directed by Leigh Silverman, with attendees Betty White, Laura Allen, Robert Lasardo, Chad Faust and more. VIEW GALLERY

Lisa Kron Creates a Political Wake at the Kirk Douglas

Lisa Kron Creates a Political Wake
at the Kirk Douglas

Features 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

Ovation Nominee Profile:  Lewis Flinn

Ovation Nominee Profile:
Lewis Flinn

Photos by Douglas Clayton  |  January 8, 2010

Lewis Flinn is a 2008/2009 Ovation Award Nominee in the Sound Design - Large Theatre category - LA Stage asks him some questions about his work in Los Angeles theatre… READ MORE