520 stories by "Julio Martinez"
IN THE NEWS
The City of Inglewood has awarded an Inglewood Growing Artists Performed Project (IGAPP) grant to playwright Henry Ong to stage his six-hour adaptation of the famed Ch…
by JULIO MARTINEZ
December 1949, just one week before Christmas vacation, the fifth grade classes of Eastmont Elementary in Montebello were given a special treat: a field trip to the hil…
IN THE NEWS
The Geffen Playhouse will honor Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award-winning artists Quincy Jones and Mel Brooks at its 15th annual Backstage at the Geffen fundraiser, "…
IN THE NEWS
Group Rep opened its 43rd season with Phil Olson's premiere comedy, A Nice Family Christmas, with Broadway veteran guest artist Marcia Rodd, running through Dec 18 at …
IN THE NEWS
Hollywood Fringe announces its 2017 Fringe Scholarships program, with awards now doubled from five to 10 scholarships, thanks to a grant from the National Endowm…
IN THE NEWS
Continuing the yearlong celebration of the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's extraordinary legacy, the Library Foundation of Los Angeles will explore the impa…
by JULIO MARTINEZ
the years 1848 to 1870, the city of Los Angeles made a slow, violent transition from its previous Spanish colonial rule to the often brutal rule-of-law imposed by the n…
IN THE NEWS
The 27th Annual LA STAGE Alliance Ovation Awards nominees have been announced. Leading the pack this year with the most nominations is La Mirada Theatre for the Performi…
IN MEMORIUM
Pearl Bordy Frazier, the sister of Drama-Logue founder Bill Bordy, passed away on October 9 at age 88, at her home in Port Charlotte, Florida. Her brother Bill was in …
IN THE NEWS
The Theatre @ Boston Court announces the annual New Play Festival, to be held Saturdays, Nov 5 and Nov 12, at Boston Court Performing Arts Center in Pasadena. This yea…
IN THE NEWS
On Oct 6, Plácido Domingo renewed his contract as LA Opera's Eli and Edythe Broad General Director, through the end of the 2021/22 season. Domingo madeÅ
IN MEMORIAM
Center Theatre Group (CTG) mourns the loss of its Founding Artistic Director, Gordon Davidson, who passed away Sunday, October 2, 2016. Davidson began his career in 19…
by JULIO MARTINEZ
Richard Erdman (born June 1, 1925) made his film debut in Mrs. Skeffington (1944), starring Bette Davis. His seven-decade career encompasses 160 film and TV projects…
IN THE NEWS
Longtime theatrically inconsistent Ricardo Montalbán Theatre " which originally opened as the Beaux Arts in 1927, billed as "Hollywood's first legitimate theater" "…
IN THE NEWS
An aging dowager is finally getting a facelift. The five-story, 92-year-old Variety Arts Center (940 S. Figueroa Ave), a long-time contributor to LA theater"as host to…
IN THE NEWS
East West Players has received a $180,000 grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's Fund for National Projects, which provides support to national performing a…
IN MEMORY OF
Marvin Kaplan, a fifty-year actor-member and former board member of Theatre West, died August 25 at a hospital near his longtime home in Burbank, CA. He was 89. After…
by JULIO MARTINEZ
met the amazing classical/flamenco guitarist Phil Boroff in 1972, when I was playing guitar at the Bla Bla Café in Studio City. When he learned I was also involved in …
IN THE NEWS
This October, the Santa Monica Playhouse will host The BFF: BINGE FREE Festival of THEATRE"the first-ever two-week Santa Monica Fringe Festival featuring LA and Santa …
IN THE NEWS
Antaeus Theatre Company has vacated its NoHo home of nine years and begun the process of transferring to its new site at 110 E. Broadway in Glendale. The company has u…
IN THE NEWS
Rubicon Theatre in Ventura announced its 2016-2017 season with the theme "Stories that Matter, " beginning with A Christmas Carol (Dec 7"24), an original adaptat…
IN THE NEWS
Raising money while having some fun, TreePeople opens its 14th season of Once Upon a Canyon Night this weekend, Aug 12 & 13, featuring a reading of The Best Man…
by JULIO MARTINEZ
southeast corner of 5th and Olive in Downtown LA was destined to house performing venues, despite an awkward history of venue names and production agendas. In 1885, pio…
IN THE NEWS
Road Theatre Company in NoHo reveals its 2016-17 season, beginning with Edward Albee's The Play About The Baby, starring Co-Artistic Directors Sam Anderson and Taylor …
IN THE NEWS
After a relaunch of Cabrillo Music Theatre, the company's Board of Directors announces new staff and board leadership, and a relaunched 2016-2017 season of shows. Taki…
