With a career that ignited 40 years ago opposite Jack Nicholson in Five Easy Pieces, mushroomed through eight years of All in the Family, smoldered through seven years of The Gilmore Girls and glowed through decades as the spokesperson of international children’s charities, Sally Struthers seems to have it made. READ MORE
Playwright/Director Del Shores Takes Risks with Yellow
by Tom Provenzano | June 9, 2010
Scene: The marquee of the Coast Playhouse in West Hollywood. At rise: The Playwright watches as a sign is mounted saying: “YELLOW written and directed by Del Shores.” READ MORE
Barbara Beckley’s Colony Is Alive and Well and Living in Burbank
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
Crown City Offers Two Plays of Different Views… or Maybe Not
by Tom Provenzano | February 18, 2010
In the world of unintended consequences, the greatest result of the waiver wars waged in the 1980s has been the proliferation of independent theatre companies who strive to create important art - not showcases. READ MORE
Calvin Remsberg’s Signature Sweeney Todd at Musical Theatre West
by Tom Provenzano | February 2, 2010
“It is one of those fabulous pieces when you get an opportunity to do it on a large scale like this one at Musical Theatre West you just have to take it,” says Remsberg. READ MORE
Director Michael Michetti Focuses on Intimate Carousel for Reprise
by Tom Provenzano | January 27, 2010
Michetti jumped at the chance to direct Carousel, which he believes is one of the greatest musicals ever created. He explains, “The craft of the writing is astonishing and almost unmatched.” READ MORE
Jake Broder and Vanessa Claire Smith Present Holiday Show
by Tom Provenzano | December 16, 2009
Jake Broder and Vanessa Claire Smith are opening a pure entertainment piece, A Vegas Holiday! Songs From “Live at the Sahara” for a Christmas run at the El Portal. READ MORE
David Dean Bottrell: One of Colony’s Angels
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
Geoff Elliott Directs Richard III
at Noise Within
by Tom Provenzano | October 2, 2009
Eighteen years into its existence A Noise Within has become one of the foremost theatrical institutions in the county. They open this season by revisiting the origin of the title quote in a production of Richard III under Geoff Elliott’s direction READ MORE
Danai Gurira’s Eclipsed is Given Three Concurrent Productions
by Tom Provenzano | September 18, 2009
Eclipsed tells the story of Liberian women rebels, not just the story of their deeds but the brutality that moved them to rebel. READ MORE
