Do Us Part at Zephyr Theatre

ANNEX By Maddox Pennington To Make World Premiere At Hollywood Fringe!

May 09, 2023

Fringe veteran (and award winner) Maddox Pennington has a profound interest in survivors, both the sturdy friend who gets their life together quickly and the “disaster” friend who takes a bit more time. Pennington (they/them) recognizes the loneliness that both can experience and how that loneliness can sometimes lead people to do something reckless…like conjuring a bowl of talking pink light without knowing what it wants in return.

Interview: I'M More Than A COMEDIAN… I'M Ronnie Marmo

September 10, 2022

Like the proverbial phoenix, Theatre 68 has risen from its pandemic ashes to reclaim their Lankershim theatre space, now re-christened Theatre 68 Arts Complex. Inaugurating this newly re-modelled theatre, will be the reprise of Ronnie Marmo’s very successful I’m Not A Comedian… I’m Lenny Bruce opening September 17, 2022. I got the chance to throw out a few queries to Ronnie, the always multitasking producer/actor/director/producer.

Theatre 68 Arts Complex Returns to North Hollywood, CA

August 23, 2022

Ronnie Marmo (Theatre 68) and Racquel Lehrman (Theatre Planners), two powerhouses in LA Theatre, have partnered to bring you a new and improved state-of-the-art theatrical complex! 

BWW Review: FORT HUACHUCA at the Zephyr Theatre

July 27, 2021

Denied membership in the American Red Cross during WWII, 180 black women of the 32nd and 33rd WAAC companies were reluctantly accepted into the Army, assumed their duties at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, and went on to contribute an important chapter to America's history.

BWW Interview: THIS WILL BE Ali MacLean's YEAR @ SheLa Arts

July 13, 2020

The third annual SheLA Arts' Summer Theater Festival has gone completely digital this year, running July 13 through July 19, 2020. I had the socially distant chance to pose a few questions to one of the five elected playwrights chosen for this year's festival, Ali MacLean, whose THIS WILL BE OUR YEAR will world premiere July 17th via Zoom.

BWW Interview: Dale Dickey Keeps Coming Back to Del Shores & CRAZY

January 23, 2020

The Los Angeles Premiere of prolific playwright Del Shore's latest THIS SIDE OF CRAZY begins January 30, 2020 at the Zephyr Theatre. Del's latest in his entertaining and relatable dysfunctional family tales centers on renown Gospel singer Ditty Blaylock as she's about to be honored by the Gospel Music Network. Unbeknownst to her adoring public, the promised reunion of her three singing daughters, estranged for twenty-five-plus years, may be the death of Ditty yet. I had the chance to ask a few questions of Del Shores regular Dale Dickey, who plays Abigail Blaylock, the crazy, angry daughter.

DO US PART Comes to Zephyr Theatre

September 26, 2019

Dee and Nick are an acrimoniously divorcing couple. They run into each other at their former home while packing up their respective belongings, the day before their divorce is to become final. Sniping begins. Claws are out. Fangs are bared. Then, they make an odd discovery: Despite the anger, despite the bitterness, despite the various emotional cruelties, they still love each other. Is there hope for them?

2nd Annual She LA Arts Summer Theater Festival To Play The Zephyr Theatre

May 20, 2019

She NYC Arts will present the second annual She LA Arts Summer Theater Festival, a festival featuring five new full-length shows by women playwrights, July 28-August 4 at The Zephyr Theatre (7456 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90046). Tickets ($20) will go on sale in June at www.SheLAArts.org. The performance schedule for the festival will also be announced in June.  

BWW Interview: Long-Time Partners JW Walker & Pamela Gaye Walker Enjoying EMPTY-NESTing & Working Together

January 17, 2019

The couple behind (and front and center of) THE EMPTY NESTERS, JW Walker and Pamela Gaye Walker certainly validate the adage 'A couple that works together, stays together.' With a working and personal relationship spanning decades, JW and Pam take time from their respective day jobs, (he producing at Disney/Pixar Studios, she running their production company Ghost Ranch Productions) to bring THE EMPTY NESTERS to the Zephyr Theatre (beginning January 17, 2019) a play they both have a heartfelt connection to. These two multi-taskers were gracious enough to carve out some time to answer my queries.

WINK Survival Story Comes to The Zephyr Theatre

December 08, 2018

Taking over the title role in Neil Koenigsberg's play WINK, Andrik Ochoa begins rehearsals this week after replacing Javen Marquise Smith. A non-binary actor, Ochoa is based in Los Angeles and was recently seen in the film 'Morir de Amor.'