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MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES' Alan Tudyk Aims To Put On A Show - Not Just Make Content!

MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES' Alan Tudyk Aims To Put On A Show - Not Just Make Content!

by Gil Kaan — June 15, 2019
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...
Theatre Royale's Sarah Cleveland Dance Directing Her NEWSIES Family Troupe

Theatre Royale's Sarah Cleveland Dance Directing Her NEWSIES Family Troupe

by Gil Kaan — June 13, 2019
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...
Joby Earle INDECENT-ly Lighting Up & Rejuvenating The World

Joby Earle INDECENT-ly Lighting Up & Rejuvenating The World

by Gil Kaan — June 12, 2019
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...
The Hard Working Garrett Clayton On Friends, Giving His Heart & Doing What He Loves

The Hard Working Garrett Clayton On Friends, Giving His Heart & Doing What He Loves

by Gil Kaan — June 11, 2019
Television, film and theatre triple-threat Garrett Clayton will debut his headlining cabaret show IT TAKES THREE at the Catalina Jazz Club June 18, 2019. Teaming up with his BFFs - fellow triple threats themselves - Ashley Argota and Desi Dennis-Dylan, Garrett plans to entertain and wow you with the...
Playwright Peter Quilter On His Global Paths To World Premiering His Latest BESTSELLE

Playwright Peter Quilter On His Global Paths To World Premiering His Latest BESTSELLER

by Gil Kaan — June 6, 2019
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 ...
Playwright Grace McLeod's National New Play Network journey with HERLAND

Playwright Grace McLeod's National New Play Network journey with HERLAND

by Gil Kaan — May 31, 2019
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 t...
HARVEY's French Stewart Elaborates On 2 of His Loves - Theatre & Vanessa

HARVEY's French Stewart Elaborates On 2 of His Loves - Theatre & Vanessa

by Gil Kaan — May 31, 2019
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...
Gail Gordon of DER ZWERG at Theatre In The Ace Hotel

Gail Gordon of DER ZWERG at Theatre In The Ace Hotel

by Maria Nockin — May 29, 2019
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....
Actor/Puppeteer Alexander Sheldon's Hands On (& In) THE HITCH-HIKER

Actor/Puppeteer Alexander Sheldon's Hands On (& In) THE HITCH-HIKER

by Gil Kaan — May 28, 2019
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...
Michael Rudko's One Lucky Actor, From Crowning Helen Mirren to Sparring With Dianne W

Michael Rudko's One Lucky Actor, From Crowning Helen Mirren to Sparring With Dianne Wiest

by Gil Kaan — May 18, 2019
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. ...
Director Hunter Bird Talks of Schooling, Being Fellowed & His BRONCO BILLY Connection

Director Hunter Bird Talks of Schooling, Being Fellowed & His BRONCO BILLY Connections

by Gil Kaan — May 16, 2019
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...
Magician Helder Guimarães Storytelling With His Magic Right Before Your Eyes

Magician Helder Guimarães Storytelling With His Magic Right Before Your Eyes

by Gil Kaan — May 15, 2019
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 ...
Master Musician Hershey Felder LOVEs STORYtelling

Master Musician Hershey Felder LOVEs STORYtelling

by Gil Kaan — May 13, 2019
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...
WordTheatre's Cedering Fox Blending Heart-Felt Prose With Beautiful Music

WordTheatre's Cedering Fox Blending Heart-Felt Prose With Beautiful Music

by Gil Kaan — May 8, 2019
The Grammy Museum will be hosting NOTES ON LIVING: ALL-STAR JAZZ WITH TALES BY BRIAN DOYLE May 14, 2019 as a joint benefit for WordTheatre in the Schools (WITS) and the Grammy Museum. WordTheatre's artistic director Cedering Fox will be producing and directing this evening of selected stories by awa...
Charles Busch Always Rejuvenating DIE, MOMMIE, DIE! & His Other Ingenious Projects

Charles Busch Always Rejuvenating DIE, MOMMIE, DIE! & His Other Ingenious Projects

by Gil Kaan — May 7, 2019
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...
Adam Simon Inspires VIOLENCE for The Actors' Gang

Adam Simon Inspires VIOLENCE for The Actors' Gang

by Gil Kaan — May 3, 2019
The Actors' Gang's latest production VIOLENCE: THE MISADVENTURES OF SPIKE SPANGLE FARMER has just opened this week. This revival of their original 1986 piece, co-written by Actors' Gang Artistic Director Tim Robbins and frequent collaborator Adam Simon, seems, unfortunately, timely as ever. Adam sha...
A Conversation with Matt Walker and Beth Kennedy, the King and Queen of Troubie Land

A Conversation with Matt Walker and Beth Kennedy, the King and Queen of Troubie Land

by Ellen Dostal — May 2, 2019
When it comes to developing a loyal fan base, Troubadour Theater Company has found the secret: do outstanding work, stay true to your aesthetic, and give the people what they want - a great time at the theater. Artistic Director Matt Walker started the troupe and, with the help of longtime friend an...
Prolific Director Jon Lawrence Rivera Leads ANNA Into THE TROPICS

Prolific Director Jon Lawrence Rivera Leads ANNA Into THE TROPICS

by Gil Kaan — April 25, 2019
Los Angeles Theatre Community staple, director Jon Lawrence Rivera will be previewing his latest directorial Open Fist project ANNA IN THE TROPICS April 26, 2019 at the Atwater Village Theatre, even before his previous directorial Playwrights Arena's SOUTHERNMOST closes (also at the Atwater Village ...
Michael Trevino - Fresh From Facing Aliens in Roswell, NM to Tackling Dostoyevsky

Michael Trevino - Fresh From Facing Aliens in Roswell, NM to Tackling Dostoyevsky

by Gil Kaan — April 24, 2019
The adaptation of Dostoyevsky's classic novel Crime and Punishment receives a three-actor, ninety-minute theatrical mounting at the Edgemar Center for the Arts beginning April 27, 2019. I managed to fly a few questions pass a very in-demand Michael Trevino, who plays CRIME AND PUNISHMENT's central c...
DR. NYMPHO's Michael Shaw Fisher Beyond the Fringe & Into Celebration

DR. NYMPHO's Michael Shaw Fisher Beyond the Fringe & Into Celebration

by Gil Kaan — April 23, 2019
Theatrical hyphenate Michael Shaw Fisher brings his latest creation DR. NYMPHO VS. THE SEX ZOMBIES - A ROCK MUSICAL to the Celebration Theatre @ the Lex beginning April 26, 2019. I had the very fun opportunity to probe actor/writer/producer Michael's brain for his birthing of Dr. NYMPHO....
It's No TINY BEAUTIFUL THING for Nia Vardalos - Whether Acting Or Writing, Theatre Or

It's No TINY BEAUTIFUL THING for Nia Vardalos - Whether Acting Or Writing, Theatre Or Movies

by Gil Kaan — April 10, 2019
Actress/writer Nia Vardalos will be bringing her latest theatrical creation TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS to the Pasadena Playhouse beginning April 10, 2019. In her stage adaptation of Cheryl Strayed's New York Times best-seller (co-conceived with Thomas Kail & Marshall Hayman), Nia reprises the lead role o...
THE NICETIES playwright Eleanor Burgess Mining History To Facilitate Truthful Plays

THE NICETIES playwright Eleanor Burgess Mining History To Facilitate Truthful Plays

by Gil Kaan — April 9, 2019
Playwright Eleanor Burgess' latest work THE NICETIES receives its west coast premiere at the Geffen Playhouse beginning April 9, 2019. THE NICETIES charts the escalating series of calm-to-volatile discourses between a university college professor and her brilliant student on history, race and reputa...
Jon Chaffin, A NATIVE SON, Urges Creating Empathy For All Humans, Being in Life

Jon Chaffin, A NATIVE SON, Urges Creating Empathy For All Humans, Being in Life

by Gil Kaan — April 8, 2019
Antaeus Theatre Company's 2018 Southern California premiere of NATIVE SON has been chosen as the third and final production of Center Theatre Group's BLOCK PARTY 2019, beginning April 18, 2019 at the Kirk Douglas Theatre. Nambi E. Kelley's adaptation of Richard Wright's classic novel Native Son will...
Gary Lee Reed Directing ALL MY SONS For All His Actors & His Audiences

Gary Lee Reed Directing ALL MY SONS For All His Actors & His Audiences

by Gil Kaan — April 6, 2019
Wasatch Theatrical Ventures brings Arthur Miller's classic ALL MY SONS to the Lounge Theatre beginning April 6, 2019. A staple of the Los Angeles Theatre community, director/actor/designer Gary Lee Reed helms this ironically timely tale of defective aircraft tragedies. Gary spent a few moments to an...
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