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Roger Q. Mason's HIDE AND HIDE to Play 2023 LAX Festival at L.A. Dance Project


by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 21, 2023

Acclaimed Black Filipinx playwright and Kilroys List honoree Roger Q. Mason will present a reading of their play Hide and Hide with the Los Angeles Performance Practice as part of their 2023 Live Arts Exchange Festival on Friday, October 20 at 8pm....

Interview: LIFE Doesn't SUCK for John Ross Bowie


by Gil Kaan - September 20, 2023

Aaron Poser’s Life Sucks. will have its Los Angeles premiere, September 30,2023 at The Broadwater Main Stage (with previews beginning September 24th). Barry Heins directs this reimagining of Anton Chekhov's classic play, Uncle Vanya with the cast of: John Ross Bowie, Anne Gee Byrd, Olivia Castanho, ...

HAUNTING RIGHTS To Be Presented As Part of Hollywood Independent Theater Festival


by A.A. Cristi - August 30, 2023

“Haunting Rights,” written by Michael Perlmutter, is being extended by the Hollywood Independent Theater Festival on September 13 and 27 at Stephanie Feury Studio Theatre - 5636 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles 90038....

David Ives's VENUS IN FUR To Open at McCadden Theatre in August


by Blair Ingenthron - July 08, 2023

Samadahi Entertainment is set to present VENUS IN FUR, by David Ives, directed by Mark Blanchard.  The dark comedy with exceedingly complex characters and a fast-paced play within a play, featuring Russian-born multi-award-winning actress KATYUSHA (Ekaterina Melnik) as Vanda, is set to open August 4...

Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival to Honor Angela Lansbury, Denise Dowse, and More at 2023 Gala


by Blair Ingenthron - March 04, 2023

The 30th Annual Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival (LAWTF) will honor seven women for their exceptional career and life achievements in the Opening Night Champagne GALA and Awards Ceremony on March 23, 2023 at 8:00 pm, preceded by a reception at 6:30 pm, at Barnsdall Gallery Theatre....

Interview: A Hearty Welcome To Jonathan Muñoz-Proulx As The LGBT Center's New Artistic Director


by Gil Kaan - June 16, 2022

Ovation Award-nominated director Jonathan Muñoz-Proulx will succeed Director of Cultural Arts Jon Imparato (set to retire June 30) as the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center’s new Artistic Director.  Besides overseeing the Center’s two live performance venues — the...

20th Annual DANCE CAMERA WEST Festival to Run March 24 - April 2


by A.A. Cristi - March 11, 2022

After a COVID postponement in January 2022, it's time for the Twentieth Season of Dance Camera West when the world renowned festival will screen the top 75 films selected from a record number of 400 submissions from March 24 - April 2, 2022 at Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz and the newly founded 2220 Arts &...

20th Anniversary Dance Camera West Fest Moves To March 24 - April 2, 2022


by A.A. Cristi - February 18, 2022

After a COVID postponement in January 2022, it's time for the Twentieth Season of Dance Camera West when the world renowned festival will screen the top 75 films selected from a record number of 400 submissions from March 24 - April 2, 2022 at Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz and the newly founded 2220 Arts &...

20th Anniversary DANCE CAMERA WEST FEST Runs January 6-15, 2022


by A.A. Cristi - December 20, 2021

It's the twentieth season of Dance Camera West and once again the renowned festival will screen the top selections chosen from around the world. That's 75 films selected from a record number of 400 submissions! The six days of in-person and virtual screenings will happen January 6-15, 2022. ...

Historic Filipinotown's Treasured Bootleg Theater In Los Angeles Permanently Closes


by Alan Henry - June 24, 2021

The owners of the Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles announced on social media that the popular venue in Historic Filipinotown is permanently closed after 20 years (though dark for the last year due to COVID) in operation due to 'irreconcilable differences' with a business partner. ...

Past Shows

LIZZIE
LIZZIE
11/5 - 1/27/2019


NOW EXTENDED! LIZZIE, nominated for 11 Broadway World Awards, including Best Musical, moves to the Bootleg this January LIZZIE - On a sweltering summer morning ...

Ring of Red: A Barrio Story
Ring of Red: A Barrio Story
9/20 - 9/30/2018


The Untold Stories of Chicano Vietnam Veterans to Hit the Stage at Bootleg Theater LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The invisible histories of Chicano veterans of ...

Antigone, or We Are Rebels Asking for the Storm


Creon is King of Thebes, ascending to the throne after the death of his brother King Oedipus, and the deaths of Oedipus’ sons Eteocles and ...

A Very Janky Christmas Show
12/16 - 12/17/2017


dir: Kristin Campbell Taylor. World Premiere...

A Very Janky Christmas Show
12/16 - 12/17/2017


dir: Kristin Campbell Taylor. World Premiere...

Revolution In A Catsuit
Revolution In A Catsuit
4/6 - 4/30/2017


A timely dark comedy that strikes at the heart of the current international 'brown race' profiling crisis, Revolution In A Catsuit explores the world of two actresses of color ...

The Second Woman
11/10 - 12/11/2016


Marissa Chibas; dir: Zoe Aja Moore. World Premiere...

The Second Woman
11/10 - 12/11/2016


Marissa Chibas; dir: Zoe Aja Moore. World Premiere...

The Stand In
10/13 - 11/5/2016


Alicia Adams, Peter Monro; dir: Patrick Murphy. World Premiere...

The Stand In
10/13 - 11/5/2016


Alicia Adams, Peter Monro; dir: Patrick Murphy. World Premiere...


Part revival, part salon, part spectacle, this monthly ‘service’ features performance, visual art, music, food, & literature, designed to inspire, invigorate & amaze the vibrant ...


Part revival, part salon, part spectacle, this monthly ‘service’ features performance, visual art, music, food, & literature, designed to inspire, invigorate & amaze the vibrant ...


dir: Jeffrey Dorchen, Paula Killen, Justin Welborn. World Premiere...


dir: Jeffrey Dorchen, Paula Killen, Justin Welborn. World Premiere...


World Premiere...


World Premiere...

Four Chords And A Gun
Four Chords And A Gun
7/7 - 7/31/2016


FOUR CHORDS AND A GUN is an entirely original play that focuses on the period in 1979-1980 when the Ramones – with four albums already ...

The Late Late Show
10/31 - 11/23/2013


Bootleg Theater: Paul Outlaw; dir: Asher Hartman....

Hot Love: A Rock Musical
Hot Love: A Rock Musical
7/19 - 7/20/2013


Daren Dance; lyrics: Hot Love; dir: Drew Droege....

Chrysalis
Chrysalis
7/12 - 7/13/2013


dir: Soul Lab Dance ....

Rodney King
4/11 - 5/5/2013


- Roger Guenveur Smith; dir: Roger Guenveur Smith....

The Budha Play
2/3 - 3/3/2012

9 Circles
10/19 - 11/12/2011


Kairos in Los Angeles Kairos
David Henry Hwang Theater (4/4 - 4/28)

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