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Monday, May 25, 2015

Horton Foote�s Young Man Casts Light on Past and Future by A.r. Cassell

fter making its debut Off-Broadway in 1995, Horton Foote�s The Young Man from Atlanta will finally have its Los Angeles premiere on March 11. Presented by the Production Company and staged…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:58PM

Horton Foote's Young Man Casts Light on Past and Future by A.r. Cassell

After making its debut Off-Broadway in 1995, Horton Foote's The Young Man from Atlanta will finally have its Los Angeles premiere on March 11. Presented by the Production Company and staged …

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:58PM
Thursday, December 5, 2013

Alliance Repertory Returns With Eight Abused Reindeer and Daisy Eagan by A.R. Cassell

Alliance Repertory is returning after three years of dormancy with the spiked-punch Christmas show "The Eight: Reindeer Monologues," featuring Daisy Eagan.

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:21PM
Thursday, November 7, 2013

The Seasoning of La Mirada Wins the Big Ovation by A.R. Cassell

La Mirada Theatre's "best season" Ovation Award is the subject for remarks by artistic director Brian Kite, McCoy Rigby's Cathy Rigby and Ovation-winning actress Beth Malone.

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:49PM
Friday, October 18, 2013

‘The Overture Is About to Start’ At Cabrillo’s Kate Under Archibald’s Baton by A.R. Cassell

Darryl Archibald, the musical director of "Kiss Me, Kate" with Davis Gaines and Victoria Strong,speaks out on behalf of big bands and Cabrillo Music Theatre.

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 08:44PM
Thursday, October 10, 2013

Creditors Opens Act 3 of the Sossi and Stehlin Show at the Odyssey by A.R. Cassell

New American Theatre begins its third partnership with and at the Odyssey, beginning with Strindberg's "Creditors," translated by David Greig. Jack Stehlin and Ron Sossi speak.

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:44PM
Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Pasadena Potion #9: Mix the Stollers, Leiber, Polk and Smokey Joe’s by A.R. Cassell

Mike Stoller and his wife helped rescue Pasadena Playhouse from financial ruin. Now the Leiber and Stoller revue "Smokey's Joe's Cafe" is revived at the playhouse by director Jeffrey Polk.

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:09PM
Wednesday, September 11, 2013

A Musical Adventure With Israel, Stewart and The Burnt Part Boys by A.R. Cassell

Director Richard Israel and actor Daniel David Stewart prepare for the West Coast premiere of the Appalachian-set musical "The Burnt Part Boys," at Third Street Theatre.

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 09:16PM
Friday, July 12, 2013

The Sun Rises Again on Sunset Boulevard, This Time in Long Beach by A.R. Cassell

The musical Sunset Boulevard is set in LA and was introduced to America in LA, then vanished for a while. Now it's at Long Beach's Musical Theatre West, with Larry Raben directing Valerie Pe…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 07:34PM
Friday, June 14, 2013

Roston Choreographs revolver as Celebration Plans a Change of Address by A.R. Cassell

Janet Roston is choreographing revolver, the last production Celebration Theatre will produce in its somewhat problematic (the pole at stage left) space on Santa Monica Boulevard .

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:00PM
Thursday, May 30, 2013

Navigating Next to Normal in the Wake of Personal Loss by A.R. Cassell

Bets Malone and Robert Townsend discuss performing Next to Normal at La Mirada Theatre with their director Nick DeGruccio -- in the wake of personal losses.

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 07:26PM
Thursday, May 9, 2013

Heffington’s in the KTCHN With Hendrickson by A.R. Cassell

Ryan Heffington's dance performance piece KTCHN, playing at the Mack Sennett Studios in Silver Lake, is inspired directly by the paintings of Nolan Hendrickson.

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:51PM
Friday, April 12, 2013

Malone and Earley Revamp Seven Brides Roles by A.R. Cassell

Busy Beth Malone and Kevin Earley, in his LA comeback, are playing the leads in La Mirada's Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. They discuss the changing interpretations of their characters in …

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:55PM
Friday, March 15, 2013

Bringing Back Betty’s Songbook in Nuttin’ But Hutton by A.R. Cassell

You remember Betty Hutton? If not, Nuttin' But Hutton seeks to restore the reputation of the wacky '40s musical movie star -- not in a biographical play but in a tribute to the songs she ado…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 03:02PM
Thursday, January 17, 2013

Maynard Follows the Bouncing Boeing-Boeing by A.R. Cassell

While the Boeing company is in the news this week, it's Boeing-Boeing -- the '60s farce -- that's opening Saturday at La Mirada Theatre. "The bones of the play are magically intertwined," sa…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:00PM
Friday, December 14, 2012

A Sinatra-Style Christmas at El Portal by A.R. Cassell

Sinatra sang plenty of Christmas songs. In Christmas My Way at El Portal, two men and two women interpret those songs, as well as some of Sinatra's other hits within a holiday context. It's …

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 01:56PM
Friday, October 19, 2012

DeGruccio Tries to Unify Audiences With Cabrillo’s 1776 by A.R. Cassell

1776 paints a portrait of Americans overcoming differences to work together. Is there anything we can learn from that in 2010? Director Nick DeGruccio asks this question as he stages the mus…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:57PM
Wednesday, October 10, 2012

McClain’s Misbehavin’: A Play, Not ‘Just a Revue’ by A.R. Cassell

Saundra McClain, a stage veteran who moved from New York to LA in 2006, took a while to discover the LA theater community. But this month she's directing a more book-oriented version of the …

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 07:20PM
Friday, September 14, 2012

A Time to Celebrate The Color Purple — and 30 Years by A.R. Cassell

Celebration Theatre's 16 Ovation nominations included 13 for its revival of The Color Purple -- more than any other show received this year. The news provided an ideal way to launch the comp…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:41PM
Friday, May 11, 2012

A Chorus Line in 3-D by A.R. Cassell

3-D Theatricals, which is about to enlarge its turf to include Redondo Beach, opens the last of its Fullerton-only shows, A Chorus Line, this weekend. Director TJ Dawson and others discuss t…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 08:04PM
Friday, March 23, 2012

DOMA Updates Tommy Using a Mix of Seasonings by A.R. Cassell

DOMA Theatre is based on the notion of giving novices experience alongside professionals. Its latest project is The Who's Tommy, which is being given an update to emphasize that nowadays,  …

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:28PM
Friday, February 10, 2012

How Does Huber Solve a Problem Like Being Mom… and Maria? by A.R. Cassell

Kim Huber was a kid who grew up in the Southern California musical theater scene, ran off to New York and Broadway for a decade, then returned here to raise a family and perform in the same …

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:26PM
Friday, January 20, 2012

B.H. Barry Is Back to Making Moon Over Buffalo Move by A.R. Cassell

B.H. Barry, the fight choreographer for the Broadway production of Moon Over Buffalo in 1995, returned to the play in order to stage the fights and physical gags for Open Fist Theatre's 99-s…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:00PM
Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Troubie Talk — Walker and Kennedy on Christmas Eve by A.R. Cassell

There's no resting on their Ovation laurels for the Troubies' Matt Walker and Beth Kennedy. The artistic (Walker) and producing (Kennedy) directors of Troubadour Theater Company discuss thei…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:00PM
Friday, November 11, 2011

The Elephant Goes Retro with Tennessee Williams’ Baby Doll by A.R. Cassell

Joel Daavid, best known as a designer, is directing as well as designing his stage adaptation of Tennessee Williams' Baby Doll screenplay at the Lillian. He's incorporating many storytelling…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:29PM
Wednesday, November 2, 2011

The Long Hello for Ovation Nominee Stefan Marks by A.R. Cassell

As a young man, Stefan Marks was struck speechless by a young woman he encountered, but he did nothing about it -- until he wrote Hello, which tells his imaginary story of what might have be…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 12:59PM
Friday, October 21, 2011

The Sinatrafication of Ovation Nominee Luca Ellis by A.R. Cassell

Luca Ellis didn't move to LA with a plan to make it big as a crooner. But as he listened to more and more Sinatra recordings, he realized that he's got Sinatra under his skin and in his voic…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:02PM
Wednesday, October 5, 2011

The Rude Mechs Return to LA and They’ve Never Been So Happy by A.R. Cassell

The Rude Mechs, that Texas-based group of collaborating theater artists, go West to the Kirk Douglas Theatre once again, following in the wake of their Method Gun. This time, they're opening…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 07:58PM
Friday, September 23, 2011

Poe and Fofi Are Love Sick at the Elephant by A.R. Cassell

Kristina Poe's Love Sick emphasizes the "sick" as much as the "love." The playwright and director David Fofi discuss the latest production from Elephant Theatre. READ MORE

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:10PM
Thursday, September 22, 2011

Reprise Celebrates a “Wunderbar” Season — 17 Ovation Nominations, Including 14 for Kiss Me, Kate by A.R. Cassell

Reprise's revival of Kiss Me Kate was amply kissed by Ovation voters. They gave it 14 nominations -- the most for any single show in this year's contest. The Reprise team of Jason Alexander …

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 08:14PM
Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Marcia Milgrom Dodge Explains Why Life is a Cabaret, Old Chum by A.R. Cassell

Cabaret may not be as "under-produced" as many of Reprise's productions.  But director Marcia Milgrom Dodge believes she has come up with some new ways of interpreting this dark and disturb…

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:07PM

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