Interview: Paul Linke Illuminates Why IT'S not ONLY A SHOW!
A long-time collaborator with Charles Nelson Reilly, Paul Linke has co-written It’s Only a Show!, performing as the popular comedian in his one-man tribute to Charles Nelson Reilly.
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The latest interviews about live + streaming theatre in Los Angeles.
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Interview: Award-Winning Mezzo Soprano Audrey Babcock on Portraying Santuzza in Pietro Mascagni's CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA
The Verdi Chorus, the only choral group in Southern California that focuses primarily on the dramatic and diverse music for opera chorus, continues to celebrate its 40th Anniversary season by presenting its first full-length opera, Pietro Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana for one performance only at
Interview: Carolyn Ratteray Honors the Women in Her History with BOTH AND
Black queer playwright/actress Carolyn Ratteray’s one-woman show Both And (a play about laughing while black) returns to Los Angeles opening at The Wallis January 17, 2024 (with previews starting January 13th).
Interview: Alison Arngrim Unapologetically CONFESSes She Owns A PRAIRIE BITCH
Alison Arngrim’s long-running one-woman show Confession of a Prairie Bitch opens the Sierra Madre Playhouse’s 100th anniversary season January 19, 2024.
Interview: Ever Busy Director/Choreographer Camille A. Brown On Creating INK & More
Debbie Allen presents Camille A.
Interview: Natalie Lander's Excitedly Back on the L.A. Boards with SUKKOT
The 6th Act world premieres Matthew Leavitt’s SUKKOT opening January 13, 2024; at the Skylight Theatre.
Interview: Theatre 40 Regular John Combs Finally Joins THE MANOR - MURDER AND MADNESS AT GREYSTONE
Theatre 40’s hit immersive drama The Manor- Murder and Madness at Greystone returns for its nineteenth season at the Greystone Mansion January 18, 2024.
Interview: Lesli Margherita Jumped at the Chance to be Singing in THE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR
A new Pasadena Playhouse holiday tradition begins with the premiere of Tony nominee Sam Pinkleton and Randy Blair’s Pasadena Playhouse Holiday Spectacular running December 14th through December 23rd.
Interview: A Comforting Sabrina Sloan's Making Full Circles With A CHRISTMAS STORY
Next up at the Ahmanson, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul’s A Christmas Story opening December 8, 2023 (with previews beginning December 5th).
Interview: Lea Salonga & Sir David Suchet of SEASON OF LIGHT, CHRISTMAS WITH THE TABERNACLE CHOIR on PBS
The Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir holiday special celebrates its 20th year with PBS premiering December 12, 2023.
Interview: For The Record's Recurring Ruby Lewis Excitedly Returns To LOVE ACTUALLY LIVE
For The Record’s perennial holiday favorite Love Actually Live returned to The Wallis November 29, 2023.
Interview: Sandro Monetti Anxious To Have A VERY DIE HARD CHRISTMAS
Jeff Schell and The Habit’s A Very Die Hard Christmas opens December 10, 2023 at Theatre 40.
Interview: Audra McDonald Lighting Up LA Opera Again
Broadway legend Audra McDonald returns to LA Opera backed by the LA Opera Orchestra and her four-piece ensemble (led by musical director Andy Einhorn) December 2, 2023.
Interview: John Douglas Thompson On Providing a More Thorough Perspective of William Jennings Bryan in INHERIT THE WIND
A re-imagined production of Jerome Lawrence and Robert E.
Interview: THE PAST's Brandon Scott Rather Deal More With the PRESENT YET TO COME
InHouse Theatre’s next site-specific production Matt Schatz’ The Past, A Present Yet To Come will open December 4, 2023 at The Artisan Studios, moving over to The Ebell of Los Angeles December 11th.
Interview: Isaac Gómez of RADICAL or, are you gonna miss me? at IAMA Theatre Company
I chatted with writer Isaac Gómez about the world premiere of their new play Radical or, are you gonna miss me? at IAMA Theatre Company.
Interview: Riley Cole on Directing THE HARVEST Immersive Production for Last Call Theatre
During the Hollywood Fringe Festival this past June, I twice attended the award-winning The Collective, the first Last Call Theatre immersive production directed by Riley Cole who is also directing the group’s upcoming immersive production called The Harvest, opening this December in downtown Los
Interview: Jonathan Rockefeller Has His Hands in All Aspects of THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR HOLIDAY SHOW!
The global tour of The Very Hungry Caterpillar Holiday Show! finally makes its Los Angeles debut at the El Portal Theatre November 25, 2023 (playing through January 21, 2024).
Interview: Actor/Writer/Songwriter Kevin Del Aguila Unleashes His DOG MAN: THE MUSICAL
Next up for the Center Theatre Group, TheaterWorksUSA’s Dog Man: The Musical opening November 21, 2023 at the Kirk Douglas Theatre.
Interview: To Matt Chait, Theatre Is A FAMILY BUSINESS
Matt Chait’s A Family Business world premieres November 17, 2023, at the Hudson Mainstage Theatre (with previews November 15th and 16th).
Interview: Playwright/Director Chay Yew Leads the Charge for Filipino Inclusion with THE HOUSE OF BALUYOT: A FILIPINO ORESTEIA
Next up at the Getty Villa Theater Lab, Guelan Varela-Luarca and Chay Yew’s The House of Baluyot: A Filipino Oresteia for two performances only November 18th and 19th.
Interview: Zachary Reeve Davidson of Coin & Ghost On Directing MAMA MAMA CAN'T YOU SEE
Zachary Reeve Davidson is the Founding Artistic Director of Coin & Ghost, the group presenting Mama Mama Can’t You See, an explosive new play about human connection and the mythology of war written by ex-Marine Stan Mayer and Cecilia Fairchild.
Interview: MAMMA MIA! Christine Sherrill's Happy To Be Donna Again!
The 25th Anniversary North American Tour of MAMMA MIA! makes its Los Angeles stop at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre beginning November 14, 2023.
Interview: THE MANAGER's Kevin Bailey Effortlessly Managing His Multiple Roles
The musical workshop of The Manager world premieres at The Bourbon Room November 13th and 14th.
Interview: Jordan Kai Burnett Slashing Their Way Through Life & SCISSORHANDS - A MUSICAL TRIBUTE
The smash jukebox tribute Scissorhands - A Musical Tribute returns with an all-new, immersive staging opening December 1, 2023, at The Bourbon Room (with previews starting November 24th).
Interview: Kelly Jenrette Doesn't Draw LINES IN THE DUST
Collaborative Artists Bloc & Support Black Theatre will West Coast premiere Nikkole Salter’s Lines in the Dust November 4, 2023 at the Matrix Theatre.
Interview: FREIGHT: THE FIVE INCARNATIONS OF ABEL GREEN's Not A Heavy Load for J. Alphonse Nicholson
The West Coast premiere of Howard L.
Interview: Barbara Minkus' 18 MINUTES OF FAME Doesn't End With 70, GIRLS, 70
The Group Rep inaugurates their 51st anniversary season with Kander & Ebb’s 70, Girls, 70 opening November 10, 2023, at their Lonny Chapman Theatre.
Interview: Tamlyn Tomita Springs Into Action With SPRING AWAKENING & All Her Projects
The final production of East West Players’ 57th Season, the Tony Award winning musical Spring Awakening opens October 29, 2023 (with previews already begun).
Interview: Writer/Director/Musician David P. Johnson on Creating Sally Spectre: The Musical at Theatre West
Each Halloween Season, many horror and science fiction offerings hit our stages.
Interview: Jan Mikaela Villanueva Living the JUNGLE BOOK REIMAGINED
Akram Khan Dance Company world premieres its Jungle Book reimagined at The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage October 26, 2023.
Interview: Kelly Ruggirello on Long Beach Symphony's A BEATLES CELEBRATION with Classical Mystery Tour
Their 2023/2024 season opens on October 28, 2023, with A Beatles Celebration featuring the Classical Mystery Tour band who will celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the first Beatles U.
Interview: Playwright Samuel Baum Wholeheartedly invites You to His ENGAGEMENT PARTY
Up next at The Geffen Playhouse, Samuel Baum’s The Engagement Party West Coast premieres October 12, 2023 (with previews already in progress).
Interview: Vicki Iskandar Bestows Her CHINESE FIVE ELEMENTS ORACLE To All
Oracle reader and Feng Shui consultant Vicki Iskandar will be presenting her just released The Chinese Five Elements Oracle at Vitello’s Velvet Martini Lounge as part of their Tarot Week, October 22, 2023.
Interview: Anne Marie Ketchum on THIS, AND MY HEART: A PORTRAIT OF EMILY DICKINSON AND HER WORLDS THROUGH TEXT AND SONG
To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Verdi Chorus, the group’s Music Director and Founding Artistic Director Anne Marie Ketchum, pianist/vocal coach Victoria Kirsch, and actor Linda Kelsey created This, and My Heart, A Portrait of Emily Dickinson and Her Worlds Through Text and Song, to be p
Interview: Christine Lakin's Ever Revolving Around CINDY's THE DISCO BALL
Last year’s Garry Marshall Theatre production of Cindy & The Disco Ball returns reincarnated as Cindy & The Disco Ball: The Musical opening October 7, 2023.
Interview: Lana Gordon's Happy to be Returning to HADESTOWN
The North American tour of Hadestown returns to the Ahmanson Theatre for a limited 16 performances starting October 3, 2023.
Interview: Tommi Rose on LA CAGE Reigniting His Career & Passion
La Cage, an immersive variety show inspired by the La Cage Aux Folles nightclub (which opened in 1981 on La Cienega Blvd) will launch the Hollywood Roosevelt’s iconic Cinegrill Theatre October 5, 2023, and then run every Friday through January 19, 2024.
Interview: Eli Bauman Discusses Return of 44 – THE unOFFICIAL, unSANCTIONED OBAMA MUSICAL
Eli Bauman’s 44 - THE unOFFICIAL, unSANCTIONED OBAMA MUSICAL re-opens October 13, 2023 at The Bourbon Room (with previews beginning October 11th).
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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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What the Constitution Means to Me George Nakano Theatre (1/08-1/10) |
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Peter Pan Lewis Family Playhouse (3/07-3/14) |
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Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill: The Musical Chance Theater (7/10-8/09) |
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Tucked Away The Helen Borgers Theatre (9/18-9/20) |
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August Wilson's FENCES Mark Taper Forum (5/26-7/03) |
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Langley Ukulele Ensemble James Armstrong Theatre (9/20-9/20) |
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The Traveling Wilburys Revue Winters Opera House home of Winters Live (8/29-8/29) |