Interview: Casey Adler of MIX-MIX: THE FILIPINO ADVENTURES OF A GERMAN JEWISH BOY at L. A. Theatre Center
A co-production between Latino Theater Conpany and Playwrights’ Arena, the world premiere of Boni B.
Los Angeles Interviews — Page 7
The latest interviews about live + streaming theatre in Los Angeles.
Latest Interviews
Interview: Erika Soto Once Again on the A Noise Within Stage in Misalliance
Next up at A Noise Within, George Bernard Shaw’s Misalliance which opened May 12, 2024.
INTERVIEW: Marcus M. Martin on Letting the Genie Out of the Lamp for ALADDIN's Final Stop in Costa Mesa
BroadwayWorld talks with Marcus M.
Interview: Laurie Grant on Broadway Bound: Songs & Scenes from Tony Award-Winning Musicals
ArtsUP! LA is presenting Broadway Bound: Songs & Scenes from Tony Award-Winning Musicals, a new jukebox musical created and directed by Laurie Grant, featuring Rex & Friends, all extraordinary musicians with different disabilities and perfect pitch.
Interview: Jessica Kubzansky's Multi-Tasking Discovering THE BODY'S MIDNIGHT
In a co-production with IAMA Theatre Company, Boston Court’s current production - Tira Palmquist’s The Body’s Midnight opened April 18, 2024.
Interview: Norm Lewis Battles Wits with Seth Rudetsky During One-Highter at The Wallis
Broadway @ The Wallis concert series, this time featuring Seth Rudetsky and Norm Lewis, returns for its final curtain of the 2023/2024 Season May 2, 2024, at The Wallis.
Interview: Varla Jean Merman STANDs BY Her DRAG For One-Nighter @ Catalina Jazz Club
Drag icon Varla Jean Merman brings her latest one-woman show Stand By Your Drag to the Catalina Jazz Club for one night only April 23, 2024.
Interview: Megan McGinnis of BEETLEJUICE National Tour
BroadwayWorld spoke with Broadway alumn Megan McGinnis about coming back to SoCal, doing an exorcism in front of her 7-year-old son, and keeping a straight face while acting alongside Justin Collette’s Beetlejuice.
Interview: Director/Set Designer Jeff G. Rack Deliciously Sparking POWER AND LIGHT at Theatre 40
The world premiere of John Strysik’s Power and Light is currently running in rep at Theatre 40.
Interview: Ron Sossi of STALIN'S MASTER CLASS at Odyssey Theatre Ensemble
When director Ron Sossi elected to present Stalin’s Master Class at Odyssey Theatre Ensemble for the second time, he was aware that audiences might respond differently to the production than they did to the previous staging 37 years ago.
Interview: Sideeq Heard's Ever Excited to Direct FAT HAM Again
The west coast premiere of James Ijames’ 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama-winning Fat Ham opened April 4, 2024, at the Geffen Playhouse.
Interview: John Perrin Flynn on Directing the MONSTERS OF THE AMERICAN CINEMA & the Artists of L.A. Theatre
Currently at Rogue Machine, the Los Angeles Premiere of Christian St.
Interview: Groundlings Alumni Katierose Donohue Enriquez Is The QUEEN OF FISHTOWN
Katierose Donohue Enriquez's multi-award-winning Queen of Fishtown returns to Los Angeles for three nights at The Groundlings beginning April 12, 2024.
Interview: Carlos Gomez Is Definitely ONE OF THE GOOD ONES
Gloria Calderón Kellett’s One of the Good Ones is nearing the end of its world premiere run at the Pasadena Playhouse, closing April 7, 2024.
Interview: Alex Lyras, Writer & Director of Aristotle/Alexander at the Getty Villa Theater Lab
For over a decade, The Getty has hosted its Villa Theater Lab series, an exciting forum for reinterpreting classical theater.
Interview: Musical Director Joseph Thalken Playing A LIFE IN NOTES with Patti LuPone
Broadway legend Patti LuPone performs her first solo show A Life in Notes with the LA Opera April 20, 2024, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.
Interview: Leith Burke Excited to Have DINNER WITH New FRIENDS
Donald Margulies’ 2000 Pulitzer Prize-winning play Dinner With Friends opens April 5, 2024 at the Zephyr for a limited engagement (with a preview April 4th).
Interview: Jessica Lynn Johnson on Directing the 31st Annual LOS ANGELES WOMEN'S THEATRE FESTIVAL
Founded in 1993 by Adilah Barnes and Miriam Reed, the Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival holds the distinction of being the oldest Annual Solo Festival in Los Angeles celebrating powerful women performers.
Interview: Sylvia Kwan Returns to East West Players With KAIROS
Next up for East West Players, Lisa Sanaye Dring’s Kairos opening April 7, 2024 (with previews beginning April 4th).
Interview: FUNNY GIRL's Stephen Mark Lukas's the Go-To Nick Arnstein for Six Fanny Brices
The North American tour of Funny Girl lands in Los Angeles at the Ahmanson April 2, 2024, and later at Segerstrom May 28.
Interview: Howard Skora Returns For More FREUD ON COCAINE
Howard Skora’s Freud On Cocaine returns to the Whitefire Theater March 29, 2024, after a repeatedly extended run just last year.
Interview: Bruce Nozick Slickly Wears His BESPOKE OVERCOAT
Currently at Pacific Resident Theatre, Wolf Mankowitz’ The Bespoke Overcoat which opened March 9, 2024.
Interview: Alaska Thunderfuck Reunites With Joey McIntyre For DRAG: THE MUSICAL
DRAG: The Musical, written by drag superstar Alaska Thunderfuck (with Tomas Costanza and Ashley Gordon), will be returning to The Bourbon Room March 15, 2024 on its way to its New York debut.
Interview: Pedro Antonio Garcia Makes a Strong Case for a Real-Life WITNESS ROOM
The Whitefire Theatre world premieres Pedro Antonio Garcia’s The Witness Room March 23, 2024.
Interview: Aaron Ellis on Portraying Leo Frank in PARADE at Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center
Leo Frank led a comfortable life as a Jewish American in New York City who transferred to Marietta, Georgia to manage his wife’s uncle’s pencil factory.
Interview: Nick Ullett Throws A THEATRICAL CATASTROPHE of THE BIRTHDAY PARTY
Nick Ullett’s The Birthday Party: A Theatrical Catastrophe world premiered March 2, 2024 at the Rogue Machine at the Matrix.
Interview: Michael Orland Enjoys/Loves Being Continuously Booked & Always Giving Back
The consistently busy musical director Michael Orland books gigs on both coasts juggling the multitude of vocalists all vying to have his piano expertise to accompany them.
Interview: Barry Pearl's FOOTLOOSE & Always Fancy-Free
Panic! Productions & BarCinBoo Productions’ Footloose the Musical will open at the Colony Theatre March 2, 2024 (with previews beginning March 1st).
Interview: Kristen Adele Calhoun Excitedly World Premieres Her BLACK CYPRESS BAYOU
The world premiere of Kristen Adele Calhoun’s Black Cypress Bayou has already begun at the Geffen Playhouse.
Interview: Playwright Catya McMullen on the World Premiere of ARROWHEAD produced by IAMA Theatre Company
Catya McMullen (pictured), a native New Yorker, now finds herself at home in Los Angeles.
Interview: Luke Yankee's Being Me in MARILYN, MOM & ME
Luke Yankee’s Marilyn, Mom & Me world premieres February 16, 2024, at the International City Theatre.
Interview: Cassandra Marie Murphy's Sharpening Her Acting Chops in SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET
A Noise Within puts their unique spin on Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street opening February 17, 2024 (with previews starting February 11th).
Interview: Matthew Bourne Gives a Heart-to-Heart On His Latest Re-Imagining of ROMEO + JULIET & Other Creative Projects
Matthew Bourne’s Romeo + Juliet will have its North American Premiere at the Ahmanson January 31, 2024 (with previews starting January 28th).
Interview: Selina Fillinger's Making an Insightful Statement with POTUS
Playwright Selina Fillinger’s POTUS Or, Behind Every Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive will be having its Los Angeles premiere at the Geffen Playhouse January 25, 2024 (with previews already started).
Interview: Chelsea Sutton's No Fool With Creating CAROUSEL OF FOOLS
Rogue Artists Ensemble starts up their 2024 season with a one-night fundraiser Carousel of Fools at the Santa Monica Pier January 25, 2024.
Interview: Guillermo Cienfuegos' Never in the MIDDLE OF THE WORLD - Always in Front
Rogue Machine Theatre starts off their 2024 season with the West Coast premiere of Juan José Alfonso’ Middle of the World opening January 27, 2024, at the Matrix Theatre.
Interview: James Urbaniak Yields a Wide BRUSHSTROKE
John Ross Bowie’s Brushstroke world premieres at the Odyssey January 27, 2024 (with previews beginning January 23rd).
Interview: Renee O'Connor on Directing Roald Dahl's MATILDA the Musical for Encore Productions at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center
Renee O’Connor is perhaps best known as Gabrielle from the popular TV Show Xena Warrior Princess.
Interview: Ruskin Group Theatre's Michael Myers' AN EXTRAORDINARY MAN Putting On More Than ONLY A SHOW!
Next up for the Ruskin Group Theatre, two shows in tandem – John Colella’s An Extraordinary Ordinary Man and Paul Linke’s It’s Only a Show!, both opening January 13, 2024.
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E=MC² Einstein The Musical Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center (7/03-7/26) |
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Fool for Love Santa Monica Playhouse (7/23-7/26) |
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Gershwin and the Golden Age Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts (The Soraya) (10/11-10/11) |
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The Hour of the Star Broadwater (7/25-8/01) |
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KYŌWA: Nikyokan Wadaiko x UnitOne James Armstrong Theatre (9/26-9/27) |
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As You Like It Marin Shakespeare Company (6/19-7/19) |
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Fuerza Regida UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium (7/18-7/18) |
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Christmas Carol Goes Wrong Ahmanson Theatre (12/12-1/10) |
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Babatunde Blends Hip Hop and Opera Sierra Madre Playhouse (8/28-8/28) |
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Magic at the Biltmore with David Minkin The Biltmore Los Angeles (3/28-3/28) PHOTOS |