Dan Weingarten News

Norm Lewis, Myles Frost, and More to Be Honored at NAACP Theatre Awards

by Blair Ingenthron — May 11, 2024

The NAACP Theatre Awards has revealed the honorees for the 30th Annual Awards Ceremony, taking place on June 3rd in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Reveals 2023 Award Recipients

by Chloe Rabinowitz — April 9, 2024

The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle has revealed the award recipients for 2023.

HEROES OF THE FOURTH TURNING Makes Southern California Premiere in August

by Stephi Wild — July 7, 2023

Rogue Machine, renowned for its groundbreaking theatrical productions, announces dates for its most highly anticipated play of the season, 'Heroes of the Fourth Turning.

Interview: Ben Donenberg, Graham Wetterhahn, And Sara Beil On THE TEMPEST: AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE

by Shari Barrett — March 17, 2023

As a fan of Shakespeare and immersive theatre productions, I was intrigued when I heard that The Shakespeare Center LA and After Hours Theatre Company were set to present the premiere of The Tempest: An Immersive Experience, a fully reimagined audience-participation performance based on William Shak

World Premiere of SMILE to Open IAMA Theatre Company's 15th Anniversary 'Jubilee' Season in November

by Chloe Rabinowitz — October 6, 2022

The world premiere of Smile opens IAMA’s 15th anniversary season on November 12 at Atwater Village Theatre, where performances continue through December 5.

Review: LAVENDER MEN at Skylight Theatre

by Tracey Paleo — August 25, 2022

Taffeta’s dialog is often an attack on the audience rather than a composition about Lincoln.

Cast Announced for World Premiere of Roger Q. Mason's LAVENDER MEN at Skylight Theatre

by Chloe Rabinowitz — June 29, 2022

Acclaimed Black Filipinx playwright and Kilroys List honoree Roger Q.

Photos: Inside Look at IAMA's World Premiere of UNTITLED BABY PLAY

by Marissa Tomeo — May 29, 2022

Six women find themselves trapped on an email chain as they plan their friend's baby shower when IAMA Theatre Company presents Untitled Baby Play by Nina Braddock.

World Premiere Production RAPUNZEL ALONE Returns To 24th Street Theatre

by A.A. Cristi — March 24, 2022

24th Street Theatre's world premiere production of Rapunzel Alone, presented in association with the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, returns to the 24th Street venue April 9 through May 1 following a two-weekend run at The Wallis.

BWW Review: RAPUNZEL ALONE at The Wallis Annenberg Center Of Performing Arts

by Tracey Paleo — March 16, 2022

Lettie is a city girl and London is her home.

World Premiere Of RAPUNZEL ALONE Reimagines Classic Fairy Tale at 24th Street Theatre & The Wallis

by Stephi Wild — February 2, 2022

Loosely inspired by the famous children's story, Rapunzel Alone centers on Lettie, a young mixed-race girl from London who is sent to the countryside for her own safety during the daily bombings of World War II.

Long Beach Opera Announces Revised 2021 Season

by Chloe Rabinowitz — March 31, 2021

Long Beach Opera has announced a revised 2021 Season, which will include an exciting return to live opera performance in May with an immersive drive-in Phillip Glass opera, the company’s first venture into longform digital content with a world premiere operatic television series in June, and an o

THE NIGHT BUSTER KEATON DREAMED ME to Have West Coast Premiere at 24th Street Theatre

by Chloe Rabinowitz — March 5, 2020

24th Street Theatre finds color in the lives of two orphan girls living in a silent film world of black, white and varying shades of gray.

Photo Flash: IAMA Theatre Company Presents the West Coast Premiere of FOUND

by A.A. Cristi — February 17, 2020

IAMA Theatre Company presents the West Coast premiere of Found, a new musical inspired by Davy Rothbart's popular Found Magazine, which features scores of actual discarded notes and letters that have been 'found' in the real world by everyday people.

THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE Announced At 24th Street Theatre

by A.A. Cristi — March 5, 2019

Renowned for presenting sophisticated and provocative theater that appeals to both kids and adults, 24th Street Theatre puts a cutting edge spin on a seemingly simple tale.

BWW Review: The American Dream is only a Taco Away in ICE at 24th STreet Theatre

by Ellen Dostal — May 2, 2018

Seduced by the notion that, in America, winning is everything, an immigrant loses sight of what is really important in Leon Martell's world premiere play, ICE.

24th Street Theatre Explores Immigration Issues with Bilingual, Comedy for Families

by Julie Musbach — March 15, 2018

Commissioned by award-winning 24th Street Theatre in celebration of its 20th Anniversary Season, the world premiere of ICE, written by Leon Martell and directed by Debbie Devine, is a bilingual, humorous journey in search of what it means to be "American.