THE SOAP MYTH Announced At North Coast Repertory Theatre
North Coast Repertory Theatre presents Richard Dreyfuss in A Benefit Reading of The Soap Myth: More than a half-century after WW II, a young investigative reporter (Emily Goss) finds herself caught between numerous versions of the same story as she befriends a Holocaust survivor (Richard Dreyfuss) on a crusade about the atrocity of 'soap' - did the Nazis make soap from the corpses of murdered Jews?
BWW Review: TRYING at North Coast Repertory Theatre
TRYING, now streaming from North Coast rep, is an interesting portrait of two generations meeting and trying to be understood by the other. With all of the talk of Millennials and Baby Boomers, it’s easy to think that these are the first generations to ever have difficulty relating to each other.
Photo Flash: North Coast Repertory Presents TRYING
The story is based on playwright Joanna McClelland Glass’s experience as an assistant to famed Attorney General and Chief Judge at Nuremberg, Francis Biddle, during the final year of his life. Audiences are treated to a highly literate, affecting portrayal of two wildly different personalities struggling to understand each other. Told with great humor, compassion and insight, this is a compelling and deeply satisfying piece of theatre.
North Coast Rep Announces Filmed Production of TRYING
North Coast Rep announces filmed production of TRYING. Based on playwright Joanna McClelland Glass's experience as an assistant to a famed Attorney General and Chief Judge at Nuremberg, Francis Biddle, during the final year of his life. The play is a riveting portrayal of two wildly different personalities struggling to understand each other.
LAB RESULTS: The Antaeus Playwrights Lab Festival Returns This Week
LAB RESULTS: The Antaeus Playwrights Lab Festival a?" Six new plays by award-winning, mid-career writers get developmental readings over the course of two weekends as part of Antaeus Theatre Company's second annual LAB RESULTS series. Each of the plays was developed in the Antaeus Playwrights Lab, an ongoing program that incubates new works that provide compelling roles for actors and creates a nurturing and supportive artistic community. Last fall, two plays from the 2018 LAB RESULTS festival, The Abuelas by Stephanie Alison Walker and Eight Nights by Jennifer Maisel, were given critically acclaimed full productions as part of Antaeus' 2019-20 season.
THE LAST WORD Begins Run At The Garry Marshall Theatre
Three Women in a Box brings an incredible new play to eminent Los Angeles theatre audiences with a?oeThe Last Word,a?? by acclaimed writer Jan Miller Corran (a?oeSnapshots,a?? a?oeTurn Lefta??). a?oeThe Last Word,a?? will make its world premiere as a Three Women in a Box Production presented at the Garry Marshall Theatre for an incredible limited engagement beginning on November 7th.
Live Theatre Presents The World Premiere Of THE LAST WORD
Three Women in a Box brings an incredible new play to eminent Los Angeles theatre audiences with a?oeThe Last Word,a?? by acclaimed writer Jan Miller Corran (a?oeSnapshots,a?? a?oeTurn Lefta??). a?oeThe Last Word,a?? will make its world premiere as a Three Women in a Box Production presented at the Garry Marshall Theatre for an incredible limited engagement beginning on November 7th. This powerful independent production features an incredible all-star cast with Barbara Niven (a?oeChesapeake Shores,a?? a?oeA Perfect Endinga??), John Kapelos (a?oethe Shape of Water,a?? Suitsa??) with Isabella Hofmann (a?oeBurlesque,a?? DC's Legends of Tomorrowa??), Tom Katsis (a?oeLincoln Vs. Bush,a?? a?oeThe Money $hota??), Carole Ita White (a?oeLaverne & Shirley,a?? a?oeFalling Downa??).
Darkly Comic THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN Gets Partner-Cast Production at Antaeus
Dreams are in short supply on the island of Inishmaan, especially for Billy Claven, orphaned and crippled since birth. Antaeus Theatre Company presents The Cripple of Inishmaan, a darkly comic Irish yarn by master storyteller Martin McDonagh. Steven Robman directs a partner-cast ensemble for a Jan. 24 and Jan. 25 opening (one opening night for each cast) at the Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center in Glendale, where performances continue through March 11. Low-priced previews begin Jan. 17.
Review: IN ANOTHER ROOM Offers Site-Specific Haunted House Immersive Experiences
IN ANOTHER ROOM is a site-specific immersive play in which guests will wander the rooms of a purportedly haunted house in Culver City, coming face to face with various souls that have lived and died and suffered tragedy within its walls. After meeting with two hosts, one of whom will take your photo to be sure your soul is clear enough to enter the house without disrupting the spirits there, a ploy of course as the photos will become part of the show later on, guests are invited to knock on the front door for entrance into the evening's adventure.
Stage Raw Announces Its 2017-2018 Theater Award Recipients
The 2018 Stage Raw Theater Awards celebrate excellence on the Los Angeles stages in venues of 99-seats or under. This fourth annual edition included productions that opened between January 1, 2017 and May 31, 2018. Stage Raw is a community funded professional journalism website that was created in response to the decline of arts coverage in local mainstream and alternative media.The Awards ceremony was held Monday night, August 20, at Los Angeles Theatre Center, 514 S. Spring Street in downtown Los Angeles, hosted by Coeurage Theatre Company, and co-directed by Jer Adrianne Lelliott, Thaddeus Shafer and Lauren Ludwig. Winners notated in red below.
BWW Review: THE HOT LIST! What's Hot on Stage Now
What made the Hot List? Check out these productions for a look at the vast creativity of theatre makers in action in Los Angeles: FOREVER BOUND at Atwater Village Theatre, PLUNGE: Part 1 of The Ballad of Bimini Baths Trilogy at Son of Semele, SOFT POWER downtown at the Ahmanson, VIOLET at Actors Co-op, THE GIANT VOID IN MY SOUL from Ammunition Theatre Company, WOOD BOY DOG FISH at Garry Marshall Theatre, and Antaeus Theatre Company's NATIVE SON in Glendale. Reviews by BWW Sr. Editor Ellen Dostal, LADCC.
BWW Review: An Involving FOREVER BOUND Rivets You to the Edge of Your Seat
The world premiere of playwright Steve Apostolina's FOREVER BOUND artfully produces scores of suspenseful 'will he/won't he' moments performed by the talented cast of four. What starts out as a day in the life of a depressed book scout about to be evicted takes welcomed twists and turns to its very satisfying end. Director Ann Hearn Tobolowsky keeps a firm hand in guiding this intermission-less piece smoothly and efficiently to its conclusion.