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This open letter to the L.A. Theater Community first appeared on Facebook and is reprinted here with permission: Dear Colleagues, Actors Equity has chosen to put us on the public “Do N…
I can’t tell you why she affects me so. I only know that if I let my guard down for but a moment, there’s a tightening in my gut and a wave of panic and helplessness comes over m…
Bucket List Theatre has announced their updated 2017 season. All productions will take place at the Let Live Theatre (The Actors Company, 916 N Formosa Ave): April 20-28, 2017 Pageant …
PRESS RELEASE LOS ANGELES (January 23, 2017)Â " The Actors' Gang Artistic Director Tim Robbins, Executive Director Simon Hannah, and chair of the Board, Collette Brooks proudly anno…
Walking into Walden House off of McArthur Park in downtown Los Angeles, can be a slightly unnerving moment. Â It's a discomforting environment, lots of tough looking guys milling about, ta…
Far from dealing with “alternative facts, ” the Bard dealt with eternal truths. Any other quotes come to mind?
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A Saturday afternoon lunch with Jeremy Lelliot, founding artistic director of Coeurage Theatre Company, immediately erupted into a snowball of hilarious storytelling in which Jeremy also rev…
The 2016 Ovation Awards were held on Tuesday, January 17, 2017 in the Ahmanson Theatre. The winners in each category are italicized and in red. The evening’s host was Alexandra…
PRESS RELEASE LOS ANGELES (January 14, 2017)Â " Honoring the wishes of his sister Pearl Bordy Frazier, who passed away on October 9 of last year, Drama-Logue founder Bill Bordy has donated…
If 2017 already seems a little grim, well, it’s likely because it is a little grim. A lot of the country is miserable over the outcome of the presidential election. Or, mor…
The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation has bestowed a $15,000 grant on Sierra Madre Playhouse in support of its upcoming production, Thomas Gibbons' Bee-luther-hatchee. The Sierra Ma…
Walking in at the tail end of rehearsal to interview Academy Award-nominated actor Burt Young (Rocky, Chinatown, The Pope of Greenwich Village), starring this month in The Last Vig, a new co…
The following is a letter to the press from Los Angeles publicist Philip Sokoloff: Actress, Director, and Teacher Barbara Tarbuck passed away at the age of 74 on December 26th, 2016, after s…
On Tuesday, January 31, 2017, the last day of the National Month of Outrage: Theatre Artists Unite, Artists Rise Up Los Angeles (ARULA) will stage, E Pluribus Unum: Out of Many, One, a colle…
I had actually considered leaving this column blank. For many, that is the outlook for theatre in Los Angeles this year. As of December 15th, there are at least 26 theaters that will no …
In a year when the Colony Theatre suspended its regular season and the Courts agreed to dismiss the lawsuit brought against Actors’ Equity, it is good news indeed to have Studi…
For those of you unfamiliar with my story, there were portions of my life that, let me put this delicately, were a bit seedy. I spent a good number of years looking for easier and softer way…
Although 2016 theater news in Los Angeles was dominated by the battle over the elimination or preservation of the 99-Seat Plan, there were other stories that captured Footlights readers&…
Local writers are reflecting on the best that appeared on Los Angeles stages, both large and small, the previous 365 days. Turns out there was a lot: L.A. Times Theater Critic Charles Mc…
Press Release: LOS ANGELES (December 20, 2016)Â " Center Theatre Group has selected three local productions for the inaugural Block Party: Celebrating Los Angeles Theatre at the Kirk Dougl…
Though hard to imagine today, federal law once prevented anyone from using the U.S. Postal Service to send contraceptives. In fact, the same law prevented people from using the Postal Servic…
Little Fish Theatre presents Pick of the Vine opening on January 13, 2007, as the first production of its 2017 season. Pick of the Vine is a collection of original short-subject plays. T…
Press Release: LOS ANGELES (December 14, 2016) " Members of L.A.'s "Pro99" theater community continue to gather signatures to demand a new referendum on Actors' Equity’s 99-Seat Theate…
With the clock winding down on the Settlement Agreement that was first set up in 1989, L.A. intimate theater is about to face new rules from Actors’ Equity. Needless to say, several L.…
