Los Angeles Interviews
Writer/Performer Justin Sayre Horror-ibly Camps in RAVENSWOOD MANOR
by Gil Kaan - October 15, 2019, Los Angeles Justin Sayre's camp-horror-soap-opera, twelve-episode serial RAVENSWOOD MANOR will take the Celebration Theatre stage beginning October 17, 2019 for a six-week run. Novelist/playwright/TV scripter/performer/host Justin took some time to answer a few of my questioning queries on his various functions... (more...) 
Nick Hardcastle On Bringing the Life of Orry-Kelly To The Thea-ta
by Gil Kaan - October 13, 2019, Los Angeles A limited 'sneak peek' run of Gentleman-George Production's ORRY will begin November 1, 2019 at The Lee Strasberg Theatre. Writer/performer Nick Hardcastle has adapted Oscar-winning costume designer Orry-Kelly's memoirs Women I've Dressed for a ninety-minute stage production (directed by Wayne Harri... (more...) 
Michael Leoni Taking FAMOUS To a New Level
by Gil Kaan - October 05, 2019, Los Angeles Just ending its very successful, unprecedented fourteen-month run this past Sunday, Michael Leoni's FAMOUS will be looking to conquer another medium - film. Michael Leoni, a multi-media writer/director, has always envisioned his creations to be presented in both mediums of stage and film. Got to cat... (more...) 
A PLAY IS A POEM's Peter Jacobson - From Seedy Nightclub Owner & Wily Film Exec to Iago & Richard III
by Gil Kaan - September 25, 2019, Los Angeles The world premiere of filmmaker/playwright Ethan Coen's A PLAY IS A POEM currently lives on the Mark Taper Forum stage, produced by Center Theatre Group, in association with Atlantic Theater Company. A collection of five short plays from Ethan Coen's unique take on Americana had been connected toget... (more...) 
A Glee-ful Amber Riley From DREAMGIRL Effie To LITTLE SHOP's Audrey II
by Gil Kaan - September 24, 2019, Los Angeles Next up at Pasadena Playhouse, the sci-fi musical comedy LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, already in previews, will open September 25, 2019. Promising new twists and surprises, this cult hit written by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken over thirty-five years ago, will be directed by Mike Donahue. I had a chance ... (more...) 
SISTERS IN LAW's Tovah Feldshuh - A Supreme Match for RBG
by Gil Kaan - September 20, 2019, Los Angeles When I reached for my phone to call Tovah Feldshuh to interview her on her upcoming role as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the west coast premiere of SISTERS IN LAW at The Wallis, I never expected to be so enthralled for the fifty minutes that followed; not only by the irascible, most delightful Tov... (more...) 
Evie Abat of NEVER IS NOW at Skylight Theatre
by Jeffrey Scott - September 20, 2019, Los Angeles The Skylight Theatre Company continues to provoke and encourage conversation and education. Their latest offering, opening September 21st, is a strong continuation of that tradition.... (more...) 
Playwright Bekah Brunstetter On MISS LILLY & Her Other Writing Loves
by Gil Kaan - September 17, 2019, Los Angeles The much in-demand playwright Bekah Brunstetter will west coast premiere her latest MISS LILLY GETS BONED in a Rogue Machine production opening September 21, 2019 at the Electric Lodge. Robin Larsen directs Brunstetter's story involving a captive elephant and its unexpected effects on a virginal Sun... (more...) 
Playwright E. M. Lewis' Having a Good Year In THE LIGHT
by Gil Kaan - September 16, 2019, Los Angeles Next up at Boston Court Pasadena, the world premiere of E. M. Lewis' HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN, with previews beginning September 19th and opening set for September 28th. Emilie Pascale Beck directs the cast of Amy Sloan, Ryun Yu, Chelsea Kurtz and Dieterich Gray who play four lonely people who find eac... (more...) 
Will Brittain On Travelling Coast-To-Coast To Make It SKINTIGHT
by Gil Kaan - September 07, 2019, Los Angeles Playwright Josh Harmon's SKINTIGHT receives its west coast premiere at the Geffen Playhouse, already in previews. Daniel Aukin directs this neurotic family drama featuring the original stars of the Broadway production (Idina Menzel, Will Brittain and Eli Gelb), with Harry Groener, Kimberly Jürgen an... (more...) 
Playwright Lloyd Suh Introducing His CHINESE LADY With Empathy
by Gil Kaan - September 07, 2019, Los Angeles The Los Angeles premiere of Lloyd Suh's THE CHINESE LADY launches the Greenway Court Theatre's 2019-2020 season, with opening night September 7, 2019. In a co-production with Artists At Play, THE CHINESE LADY (based on a true story) features Amy Shu (as Afong Moy, the first female Chinese immigrant ... (more...) 
FORMULAE & FAIRY TALES' Laura Karlin's Taking A Bite Out Of The Proverbial Apple
by Gil Kaan - September 04, 2019, Los Angeles Invertigo Dance Theatre's FORMULAE & FAIRY TALES will world premiere at The Broad Stage September 13th and 14th, before going on tour beginning of next year. FORMULAE & FAIRY TALES re-imagines the life of mathematical genius and WWII codebreaker Alan Turing in a mash-up with the Disney classic Snow ... (more...) 
Pam Trotter On Going From PURPLE to BLONDE
by Gil Kaan - September 03, 2019, Los Angeles Fresh from the combined creative minds of Jake O'Flaherty and Tom Misuraca, their SUICIDAL BLONDE will world premiere September 19, 2019 at the Whitefire Theatre. Their dark comedy take on suicide will be directed by Candi Milo. I had the opportunity to field a few questions to Pam Trotter, who play... (more...) 
Actress Beau Garrett Pass the Catwalk & Through buildOn to SAUGERTIES
by Gil Kaan - August 26, 2019, Los Angeles Playwright Susan Eve Haar's new play SAUGERTIES has just opened at the Hudson Guild Theatre. Directed by Abigail Zealey Bess, SAUGERTIES stars Chad L. Coleman as Rog and Beau Garrett as Jen, a pair of couples in relationship crisis. I had the opportunity to ask a few quick questions of Beau Garrett ... (more...) 
Playwright Jen Silverman Spells Out Conjuring Up Her WITCH
by Gil Kaan - August 24, 2019, Los Angeles The west coast premiere of Jen Silverman's WITCH will launch the Geffen Playhouse's 2019/2020 season, having begun previews August 20, 2019. Originally commissioned by and premiering at Writers Theatre, WITCH centers on a charming outsider arriving to the quiet village of Edmonton bargaining for sou... (more...) 
Erik Patterson of HANDJOB at Echo Theatre Company
by Jonas Schwartz-Owen - August 23, 2019, Los Angeles Erik Patterson has made a name for himself in the LA Theater community. A mentor to burgeoning playwrights and a stinging satirist who has racked up nominations and awards, such as the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Writing award for 2017's ONE OF THE NICE ONES, Patterson writes confrontational pl... (more...) 
Expert Class Clown Kasey Mahaffy Transforms Seriously in FRANKENSTEIN
by Gil Kaan - July 26, 2019, Los Angeles The California premiere of Nick Dear's adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic novel, FRANKENSTEIN, launches A Noise Within's 2019-2020 season August 11, 2019. Much in-demand director Michael Michetti helms Michael Manuel as The Creature and Kasey Mahaffy as Dr. Victor Frankenstein, presenting Shelley'... (more...) 
Patina Miller On Her Path From SISTER ACT To PIPPIN, INTO THE WOODS
by Gil Kaan - July 25, 2019, Los Angeles Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Tony Award-winning INTO THE WOODS opens this weekend Friday July 26, 2019, as this year's Hollywood Bowl's annual fully-staged Broadway musical. I had the enviable opportunity to interview the Tony Award-winning, über-talented Patina Miller who'll be portraying th... (more...) 
Chita Parol's Enjoying Letting Her Freak Flag FLY with CHICO'S ANGELS
by Gil Kaan - July 16, 2019, Los Angeles CHICO'S ANGELS latest episode FLY CHICA FLY will premiere at the Colony Theatre August 1 - 4, 2019. Birthed from the creative minds of Kurt Koehler and Oscar Quintero, CHICO'S ANGELS: FLY CHICA FLY's the eighth episode in their series of hilarious drag parodies of Charlie's Angels, the now classic t... (more...) 
Playwright Mark Saltzman's A Runyonesque Accomplice In ANOTHER ROLL OF THE DICE
by Gil Kaan - July 03, 2019, Los Angeles Emmy-winning writer Mark Saltzman will be back on the theatrical boards with the world premiere of his ANOTHER ROLL OF THE DICE, beginning July 10, 2019 at the North Coast Rep Theatre. Mark has based ANOTHER ROLL OF THE DICE, his companion piece to GUYS AND DOLLS, on the short stories of Damon Runyo... (more...) 
THE SPITFIRE GRILL's Ashley Argota's Always Killing It With Her Beyoncé-esque Vocals
by Gil Kaan - June 28, 2019, Los Angeles THE SPITFIRE GRILL begins its previews July 10, 2019 at the Garry Marshall Theatre under the direction of its artistic director Dimitri Toscas. This musical (by James Valcq and Fred Alley) takes place in the rural town of Gilead, Wisconsin during a simpler era. I had the opportunity to interview a ... (more...) 
GOOD BOYS' Betsy Brandt: Being Maternal's A Mother Of A Role
by Gil Kaan - June 27, 2019, Los Angeles The Los Angeles premiere of multi-genre writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's GOOD BOYS has just begun previews at the Pasadena Playhouse. As the adult in this situation, Brandon's mother Elizabeth must face the myriad of new choices that her family must now select. Betsy Brandt (known to television viewe... (more...) 
Rob Morrow Debuts On The L. A. Boards As SALESMAN's Willy Loman
by Gil Kaan - June 17, 2019, Los Angeles Known to many television viewers as Numb3rs' Don Eppes or Northern Exposure's Dr. Joel Fleischman, Rob Morrow will be making his Los Angeles Theatre debut as Willy Loman in Ruskin Group Theatre's DEATH OF A SALESMAN opening June 21, 2019. Rob found some time to answer a few of my curious inquiries.... (more...) 
MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES' Alan Tudyk Aims To Put On A Show - Not Just Make Content!
by Gil Kaan - June 15, 2019, Los Angeles A man of many voices and talents (you may not readily recognize by voice - he has so many), Alan Tudyk will be mounting the Geffen stage, undertaking dual roles in Michael Mitnick's MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES. Under the direction of Geffen Playhouse artistic director Matt Shakman, previews for MYSTERI... (more...) 
MARK MORRIS' PEPPERLAND SPICES UP THE BEATLES SGT. PEPPER'S GROOVE say Mica Bernas & Noah Vinson at The Segerstrom Center For The Arts
by Valerie-Jean Miller - June 13, 2019, Los Angeles “Pepperland” Premiered two years ago in Liverpool, the Beatles birthplace, when the famous 'Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band' album turned 50 and the UK celebrated it spectacularly. It is coming to the Segerstrom Center Of the Arts this weekend, June 14th and 15th, 2019. Choreographed and Dir... (more...) 
Theatre Royale's Sarah Cleveland Dance Directing Her NEWSIES Family Troupe
by Gil Kaan - June 13, 2019, Los Angeles Theatre Royale will be bringing their production of NEWSIES to The Soraya for two performances June 29 and 30. Winner of two Tony Awards in 2012 (Best Score and Best Choreography), NEWSIES follows a band of orphan and runaway newspaper boys striking against the powerful corporate newspaper publisher... (more...) 
Joby Earle INDECENT-ly Lighting Up & Rejuvenating The World
by Gil Kaan - June 12, 2019, Los Angeles Paula Vogel's INDECENT has already begun its previews at the Ahmanson Theatre. Vogel and director Rebecca Taichman continue their collaboration, from the workshops and the Broadway run (for which Rebecca won her Tony Award directing INDECENT), to this co-production between the Center Theatre Group a... (more...) 
Playwright Peter Quilter On His Global Paths To World Premiering His Latest BESTSELLER
by Gil Kaan - June 06, 2019, Los Angeles Internationally renowned playwright Peter Quilter will have his latest theatrical accomplishment BESTSELLER world premiering at the International City Theatre (ICT) in Long Beach beginning June 12, 2019. Writer of such successful shows as END OF THE RAINBOW on Judy Garland and GLORIOUS! on Florence ... (more...) 
Eric B. Anthony Tackles the World of the Wild West in Skylight Theatre's BRONCO BILLY
by Maeve Riley - June 01, 2019, Los Angeles ... (more...) 
Playwright Grace McLeod's National New Play Network journey with HERLAND
by Gil Kaan - May 31, 2019, Los Angeles Playwright Grace McLeod's first professionally produced play HERLAND will have its last third of its three-part Rolling World Premiere at the Greenway Court (beginning yesterday May 30, 2019). We had the chance to ask Grace about the incredible year-long ride she's taken with HERLAND to arrive at th... (more...) 
HARVEY's French Stewart Elaborates On 2 of His Loves - Theatre & Vanessa
by Gil Kaan - May 31, 2019, Los Angeles The always working French Stewart, a most recognizable face from television, will next be seen on the theatrical boards of the Laguna Playhouse, co-starring with his wife Vanessa Claire Stewart in Mary Chase's Pulitzer Prize-winning HARVEY, opening June 2, 2019. French plays the pivotal role of Elwo... (more...) 
Gail Gordon of DER ZWERG at Theatre In The Ace Hotel
by Maria Nockin - May 29, 2019, Los Angeles Numi Opera will present Zemlinsky's Der Zwerg at the Theatre in the Ace Hotel this weekend. It's a rare but outstandingly beautiful gem.... (more...) 
Actor/Puppeteer Alexander Sheldon's Hands On (& In) THE HITCH-HIKER
by Gil Kaan - May 28, 2019, Los Angeles The Wallis Studio Ensemble's latest production THE HITCH-HIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY will open at The Wallis June 6, 2019. Established in 2016 by theatre director and choreographer Madeleine Dahm, WSE (in partnership with GRoW @ The Wallis) strives to share the arts with audiences of all ages. One o... (more...) 
Michael Rudko's One Lucky Actor, From Crowning Helen Mirren to Sparring With Dianne Wiest
by Gil Kaan - May 18, 2019, Los Angeles Samuel Beckett's masterpiece HAPPY DAYS has already begun previews May 15, 2019 at the Mark Taper Forum, with Dianne Wiest taking center stage as Winnie, partially buried in the sand. Providing a foil for her non-stop, almost-soliloquy, Michael Rudko portrays Willie, Winnie's mostly unseen husband. ... (more...) 
Director Hunter Bird Talks of Schooling, Being Fellowed & His BRONCO BILLY Connections
by Gil Kaan - May 16, 2019, Los Angeles Skylight Theatre Company's first world premiere musical, BRONCO BILLY - THE MUSICAL, will be helmed by director Hunter Bird. Based on the 1980 Warner Bros. film Bronco Billy starring Clint Eastwood, this rousing MUSICAL centering on a travelling Wild West show, circa 1979, has already begun previews... (more...) 
Magician Helder Guimarães Storytelling With His Magic Right Before Your Eyes
by Gil Kaan - May 15, 2019, Los Angeles The world premiere of world-renown magician Helder Guimarães' INVISIBLE TANGO has already begun previews at the Geffen Playhouse. A World Champion of Magic (among other titles), Helder has enlisted the directing talents of Frank Marshall and the musicality of Moby for his TANGO of storytelling and s... (more...) 
Master Musician Hershey Felder LOVEs STORYtelling
by Gil Kaan - May 13, 2019, Los Angeles Musician extraordinaire Hershey Felder will be presenting HERSHEY FELDER: A PARIS LOVE STORY at the Wallis Annenberg beginning May 24, 2019. A PARIS LOVE STORY will focus on Impressionist composer Claude Debussy, known for his masterpieces La Mer, Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune, of course, Claire... (more...) 
BWW Feature: THE FIRST GRADUATING CLASS AT USC KAUFMAN HAS THE WORLD AT ITS POINTED/FLEXED FEET
by Valerie-Jean Miller - May 10, 2019, Los Angeles Glorya Kaufman, in 2012, instituted the first new school at the University of Southern California in 40 years; the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance, to broaden the curriculum for obtaining a professional dance degree, or BFA. Up until that time, most colleges and universities offered classes in mo... (more...) 
Interview: FAMOUS Returns to The 11:11 as a Tighter, More Visually Stunning Play Addressing the Cost of Fame
by Shari Barrett - May 10, 2019, Los Angeles FAMOUS re-opened in April after a successful run in 2018. I decided to speak with the show's Creator/Director Michael Leoni (ML) and producers Michelle Kaufer (MK) and Cassidy Pepper (CP), about how the new production uses stylized movements by the characters, enhanced lighting and sound designs, to... (more...) 
Charles Busch Always Rejuvenating DIE, MOMMIE, DIE! & His Other Ingenious Projects
by Gil Kaan - May 07, 2019, Los Angeles Multi-faceted, creative hyphenate Charles Busch will be appearing in his latest reincarnation of his 1999 classic cult-fav DIE, MOMMIE, DIE! for four performances May 17 through May 19, 2019 for L.A. Theatre Works. Dazzlingly filling out the crazy cast of characters of DIE, MOMMIE, DIE! - Mark Capri... (more...) |
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