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Lately my thoughts have drifted to Halloween because we live in a culture where, the moment Labor Day hits, polite women stop wearing white shoes and grocery stores start pushing orange bags…
Hamilton just got choreographed in a powerful way. Sarah Tubert translated “Alexander Hamilton” into American Sign Language.
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José Luis Valenzuela and Evelina Fernández are an all-in-one husband and wife theatrical team. José Luis Valenzuela is The Latino Theater Company Artistic Director and the head of t…
When an American playwright with enough interesting insights to win 3 Pulitzer Prizes " 4 if you count the one not given to him because the advisory committee didn’t want to give a pri…
Wendy Worthington is an actor, producer, and founding member of Neo Ensemble Theatre. She joined Actors’ Equity Association only a few years ago. Her motivation was to throw in…
Dakin Matthews is a proud member of Actors Equity for almost 50 years. He has worked under many of its contracts, codes, and plans including, recently, five shows on Broadway. He is also…
On September 10, for one weekend only, native Angelena and three time Emmy award winning composer Denise Gentilini and recording artist Lisa Nemzo will mount their original production, I Am …
On September 2, Actors’ Equity has replied to the court about the Plaintiffs’ rebuttal to Equity’s Motion to Dismiss the lawsuit. The 29 page document may be found here…
There is much in the news these days about how artists, and the personnel infrastructure supporting the artists, need to be appropriately compensated. Los Angeles theater, of course, has…
Footlights received this letter from actor and Actors’ Equity member Leo Marks. In it, he references an upcoming Equity meeting on September 12, 2016: For those of you wonderin…
Under the title “There is Pro99 Data and Then There Are the Facts,” Los Angeles playwright, producer, and stage manager Armina LaManna has published a rebuttal in The DramatistÂ…
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Sacred Fools Theater Company announces their landmark 20th Season and Beyond, featuring World and Regional Premieres, as well as complementary programming to celebrate their history and comm…
Earlier this week, I reviewed Actors’ Equity’s new website equityworksla.com. Equity claims this special site will inform Los Angeles about the coming rule-changes. S…
The center of discussion at the town hall meeting this past Monday was an alternative vision from that of Actors’ Equity for what intimate theater can look like in Los Angeles. Pre…
It’s been 2 years since this story began: After a Prologue of ReImagine LA activity, followed by Equity engagement with the Los Angeles theater community via survey, focus groups, …
Actors’ Equity has launched a new website, equityworksla.com. I wondered why a new website? After all, Equity already has a website and anyone in IT will tell you that maintain…
The Antaeus Theatre Company has officially vacated its NoHo home of nine years and begun the process of transferring over to its new home in Glendale on 110 E. Broadway. The move has influen…
In the latest of the legal battle shaping up between a group of Los Angeles actors who are suing their own union, Actors’ Equity, comes the official response to Equity’s Motion t…
International City Theatre (ICT), the resident professional theater company of the Long Beach Performing Arts Center, has announced its 2017 schedule: Forever Plaid Feb 17 " Mar 5 (previews …
Veteran theater critic Myron Meisel applies his Harvard jurisprudence training to the myriad of legal issues facing the Los Angeles theater community including the lawsuit filed against Acto…
That’s What She Didn’t Say, a Los Angeles non-profit, will present its first Outdoor Voices Festival, a two-weekend theater festival from September 16"18 and 23"25, featuring …
California State University Long Beach has announced its 2016"2017 season: A View from the Bridge (September 23 " October 8) By Arthur Miller Directed by Jeff Paul Celebrating the 100th birt…
The Rubicon Theatre has announced its 2016-2017 season as one with the theme "Stories that Matter": A Christmas Carol December 7 " 24, 2016 Adapted by Producing Artistic Director Karyl Lynn …
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