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Monday, May 25, 2015

Annie Hendy: Still Looking for Mr. Right by Cynthia Citron

"Every day I walk in here I feel so lucky!” Annie Hendy, bubbling over, sits in the lobby of the Falcon Theatre in Burbank to talk about her personal odyssey as she presents it in her …

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:58PM

Elina de Santos Breaks Glass With Arthur Miller by Cynthia Citron

You might call director Elina de Santos an Arthur Miller groupie -- not to trivialize, but to celebrate, her lifelong devotion to the works of the man she considers America's greatest playwr…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:58PM

Israela Margalit Plays for a M�nage a Trois by Cynthia Citron

Fascinated by the life and career of celebrated pianist Clara Schumann and her relationships with her then-less-celebrated husband, composer Robert Schumann, and their prot�g�, Johannes …

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:58PM
Wednesday, December 4, 2013

A Green Thumb Tends Steward of Christendom by Cynthia Citron

On the heels of a great success in "Fallen Angels," Mary-Pat Green turns her attention to Sebastian Barry's "The Steward of Christendom" at the Taper.

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:48PM
Friday, October 25, 2013

Norris’ Pain and the Itch Returns, This Time Set in Pacific Palisades by Cynthia Citron

Bruce Norris' dark comedy "The Pain and the Itch" played Pasadena before his "Clybourne Park" fame. Now, a revival is set in Pacific Palisades. Jennifer Chambers directs Eric Hunnicutt and B…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:56PM
Wednesday, September 25, 2013

New Roads, New Theater by Cynthia Citron

Santa Monica's new mid-size Moss Theater, alongside a New Roads School campus, welcomes professional theater artists, especially if they're willing to do something for the students.

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 03:26PM
Friday, July 26, 2013

Eve Gordon Opens Her Schedule for Open House by Cynthia Citron

Eve Gordon, opening in Shem Bitterman's Open House at the Skylight, has played roles ranging from Marilyn Monroe to the pub proprietor in Peace in Our Time.

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:23PM
Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Fantasia Goes for the Goldoni in West Hollywood Park Play by Cynthia Citron

Shakespeare specialist Louis Fantasia has instead opted for a Goldoni play, Trouble in Chiozza, for this year's Classical Theatre Lab production in a West Hollywood park.

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:13PM
Friday, June 21, 2013

Swetow and Zuker Play Actors Playing Trotsky and Kahlo by Cynthia Citron

Peter Lefcourt's The Assassination of Leon Trotsky is subtitled "A Comedy." Joel Swetow and Murielle Zuker play actors who are in a play about Trotsky and Frida Kahlo.

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 08:03PM
Friday, May 24, 2013

Dunlap Dances to a Flamenco Beat in Heart Song by Cynthia Citron

Pamela Dunlap stars as an out-of-shape middle-aged flamenco student in Stephen Sachs' Heart Song, at the Fountain.

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 08:10PM
Friday, May 3, 2013

Teri Ralston Returns to Laguna for Steel Magnolias by Cynthia Citron

Teri Ralston played her first role at age 12 at Laguna Playhouse. Now she has returned there from New York to play Ouiser in Steel Magnolias.

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 03:33PM
Thursday, April 18, 2013

Believing’s Not Necessarily About Seeing in Yesterday’s by Cynthia Citron

Lindsay Nyman, co-writer and co-director of Theatre for the Blind's new play Yesterday's at Promenade Playhouse, talks about the methodology of working with blind actors.  The title of t…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:11PM
Friday, April 5, 2013

Marshall and Bencivenga Meet Billy & Ray by Cynthia Citron

Two Hollywood legends -- director Billy Wilder and writer Raymond Chandler -- are the subject of the Falcon's Billy & Ray, which is about their work together on Double Indemnity. The pla…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 01:11PM
Tuesday, February 26, 2013

You Can Dance at Your Divorce Party by Cynthia Citron

Mark Schwartz, who produced Menopause the Musical, returns with Divorce Party the Musical, which -- like Menopause --  uses familiar pop tunes with re-written lyrics. It's a collaboration w…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:24PM
Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Lori Jaroslow Gives Birth To The Baby Project by Cynthia Citron

A single, 40-something New Yorker tries to acquire a baby in Lori Jaroslow's musical The Baby Project. It will christen Road Theatre's new second space on Magnolia Boulevard at the NoHo Seni…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 03:00PM

A Sneak Peak at Road Theatre’s New Second Home by Cynthia Citron

Road Theatre's new second space is ready for its close-up at the NoHo Senior Arts Colony on Magnolia Boulevard. It has plenty of restrooms, we're promised. READ MORE

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 01:34PM
Tuesday, January 29, 2013

A Conversation With Judd Hirsch — and Freud by Cynthia Citron

Judd Hirsch, playing the title character in Freud's Last Session at Broad Stage, discusses the doctor and Darwin and the subject of playing many Jewish roles -- which have included, besides …

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:19PM
Friday, January 11, 2013

On Making The Rainmaker by Cynthia Citron

A revival of The Rainmaker at Edgemar Center is the occasion for a three-way chat among director Jack Heller, Robert Standley in the title role, and Tanna Frederick -- who plays Lizzie and r…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:07PM
Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Seniors and the Road — NoHo Home Companions by Cynthia Citron

NoHo Senior Arts Colony, a new and partially subsidized housing development, features a professional theater that the Road Theatre Company is about to occupy. The partnership might signify a…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:53PM
Monday, November 12, 2012

Real and O’Hara Explain What A Pancreas Is by Cynthia Citron

Playwright Carole Real turned a misdiagnosis of pancreatic cancer into a comedy. Doesn't Anyone Know What a Pancreas Is? opens Wednesday in Ensemble Studio Theatre's Speakeasy, staged by Jen…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:00PM
Thursday, August 2, 2012

Ojai Marks Milestones in Women’s Lives by Cynthia Citron

Women affiliated with Ojai Playwrights Conference will take the stage to portray discuss transitions and turning points, in Milestones next Thursday as part of the Ojai conference. Here are …

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 03:45PM
Wednesday, July 11, 2012

A Scottish Tale of Two Jessicas by Cynthia Citron

Costume designer Jessica Olson has to create costumes that can fit two casts for the Antaeus Company's Macbeth. And director Jessica Kubzansky is placing the idea that the Macbeths had a chi…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:25PM
Tuesday, June 12, 2012

LA STAGE Talks: Artistic Direction by Cynthia Citron

Artistic directors talked shop with each other, and looked at the bigger picture too, at an LA STAGE Talks discussion Monday at the Geffen. Among the participants were Michael John Garces, O…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 07:46PM
Friday, May 18, 2012

The Word’s the Thing, According to Murray Mednick by Cynthia Citron

Playwright Murray Mednick continues in the tradition of his Padua Playwrights with The Fool and the Red Queen, opening tomorrow night. He’s ably interpreted by director Guy Zimmerman. RE…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:35PM
Tuesday, May 1, 2012

LA STAGE Talks: Criticism in LA by Cynthia Citron

Three theater critics, a playwright and an actress gathered at KPCC Monday to discuss "Arts Criticism -- How Does It Serve Los Angeles?"  It was part of the LA STAGE Talks series sponsored …

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 08:32PM
Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Pianist Golabek Tells Her Mother’s Story at the Geffen by Cynthia Citron

Mona Golabek, a third-generation concert pianist, concentrates on her mother's story in The Pianist of Willesden Lane at the Geffen. As a child, her talented mother was shipped out of reach …

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:44PM
Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Lucy Deutsch Has No Time to Weep by Cynthia Citron

Auschwitz survivor turned clutch purse manufacturer Lucy Deutsch has now turned her autobiography into the musical No Time to Weep, opening at the Matrix. Starring as the young Lucy is Caitl…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:19PM
Monday, April 2, 2012

My Baby Gets a Big Hello At the Rubicon by Cynthia Citron

After directing her daughter's school production of Anything Goes, the former Cheers writer/producer Cheri Steinkellner created a new show from old songs in the public domain in order to giv…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:30PM
Thursday, March 29, 2012

Laura and the Two Davids at Theatre 40 by Cynthia Citron

David McClendon met David Lee Stafford when they were freshmen in an Oklahoma college. Now the former David is directing Laura, the noir play that its more famous for its movie version, for …

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:03PM
Thursday, March 15, 2012

A Diary From Two Russians in West Hollywood by Cynthia Citron

Friends in Russia, Ilia Volok and Eugene Lazarev are now involved in an adaptation of Gogol's Diary of a Madman in West Hollywood. Volok is performing the solo show under Lazarev's direction…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:13PM
Friday, March 2, 2012

Bain’s Latest Mission — Explore Why We Have a Body by Cynthia Citron

Barbara Bain, of Mission: Impossible fame, chose to accept the mission of playing a gallivanting archeologist, who researches the female brain, in Claire Chafee's Why We Have a Body, at Edge…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:00PM

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