BWW Interview: Simon Levy on Directing the Los Angeles Premiere of THE CHILDREN by Lucy Kirkwood
by Shari Barrett
- Oct 25, 2021
Here's my interview with director Simon Levy on Lucy Kirkwood's funny and astonishing Tony-nominated play is a taut and disquieting thriller about responsibility, reparation and what one generation owes the next. With the outside world in chaos following a devastating environmental disaster, two retired nuclear engineers live a quiet life in a remote cottage on the lonely British coast - until a surprise visit from a former colleague upends the couple's equilibrium and trust. LA. premiere at the Fountain Theatre from Saturday, November 6 through January 23. Featured in the cast are Ron Bottitta, Elizabeth Elias Huffman, and Lily Knight, all three well known around the L.A. theatre scene.
THE CHILDREN Asks Big Questions In L.A. Premiere At Fountain Theatre
by A.A. Cristi
- Sep 24, 2021
What is our responsibility to the future? What legacy do we want to leave? The Los Angeles premiere of The Children, written by Lucy Kirkwood and directed by Simon Levy, asks those questions and more in its Los Angeles premiere at the Fountain Theatre.
SAINT MAUD Debuts on EPIX Feb. 12
by Sarah Jae Leiber
- Feb 5, 2021
The debut film from writer-director Rose Glass, Saint Maud is a chilling and boldly original vision of faith, madness, and salvation in a fallen world.
THREE DAYS IN THE COUNTRY Receives West Coast Premiere At Antaeus
by A.A. Cristi
- May 31, 2018
Full of wit, folly and heart, a tale of unrequited passion unfolds over the course of three days in the sunny Russian countryside as men and women, both young and old, learn the tender and ridiculous lessons of love. Antaeus Theatre Company presents the West Coast premiere of Three Days in the Country by Patrick Marber, a fresh, breezy update of Ivan Turgenev's classic comedy A Month in the Country. Andrew Paul directs the partner-cast ensemble for a July 12 and July 13 opening (one opening night for each cast) at the Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center in Glendale, where performances continue through Aug. 26. Low-priced previews begin July 5.
BWW Review: WAITING FOR GRACE Poses the Question: What if True Love Never Happens or What if it Does?
by Shari Barrett
- Nov 28, 2016
Theatre Planners presents the world premiere of WAITING FOR GRACE, an award-winning comedy by Sharon Sharth, as a guest production at the Odyssey Theatre, directed by Lee Costello. Centering on a woman who wants to have it all, a great career, marriage and children with the perfect husband, but just seems to waste her life with men who don't want what she does. And when she finally meets the right man, what if her fear of abandonment prevents her from ever accepting she has finally found the right man?
Photo Flash: First Look at Odyssey Theatre's WAITING FOR GRACE
by Ashlee Latimer
- Nov 13, 2016
What if true love never happens? Or worse… what if it does? Theatre Planners presents the world premiere of an award-winning comedy by Sharon Sharth. Waiting for Graceopens as a guest production at the Odyssey Theatre on November 12, directed by Lee Costello.
Nominations Announced for 2nd Annual STAGE RAW AWARDS; Ceremony Held This Spring
by BWW News Desk
- Mar 10, 2016
The answer to last year's question of whether the digital arts venture STAGE RAW could bring back its awards ceremony celebrating the best of LA's up-to-99-seat theaters, the answer is YES. STAGE RAW is pleased to announce the SECOND ANNUAL STAGE RAW LOS ANGELES THEATER AWARDS, championing the best work of 2015 in L.A.'s still-embattled theaters of up to 99-seats.
Mutant Collective Presents All-Star INLAND EMPRESS Tonight
by BWW News Desk
- Jan 23, 2016
From that came INLAND EMPRESS, a world premiere drama produced by Mutant Collective and running tonight, January 23, through February 28 at the Lounge Theatre 2 on Santa Monica in the heart of Theatre Row.
Mutant Collective's INLAND EMPRESS Opens This Week
by Tyler Peterson
- Jan 20, 2016
Playwright Tom Cavanaugh still doesn't know what happened to his friend in 2011, whether she was murdered or committed suicide. The mysterious events led him to first write and later visit his deceased friend's mother, who was serving time in prison. Like Cavanaugh's friend before her untimely death, her mother shared stories of the complexities of life in the Inland Empire.
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