Sunday, August 14, 2016
With the first week of the Rio Olympics coming to an end, my soul had been filled with joy and anguish. NBC’s coverage has been absolute crap but then again, I didn’t expect much…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 08:46PMFriday, July 29, 2016
– cowboys – In an election year you hear a lot of history. A recent statement that the White House was built by slaves was rebutted with the astonishing assertion t…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 02:34PMMonday, July 25, 2016
When I was young, every night after my swing shift I rode down to the Staten Island Ferry. I’d float home at midnight, or 5, because I would get off the train and close bars on the way…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 09:11PMSunday, July 24, 2016
A society can’t claim perfection until it kills its critics. That is how it knows when to make the announcement. Ask Stalin. Ask Mao. Ask the Americans who assault people at …
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 11:57AMThursday, July 14, 2016
MANIFESTO a play of historical fiction by Dmitry Zvonkov Veranda of suburban cottage. A sunny spring day. VLADIMIR ILYICH LENIN and LEV DAVIDOVICH TROTSKY, both in their 50s, with mus…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 02:00PMMonday, July 11, 2016
“Nobody’s perfect.” It’s one of the great European last lines, and it hangs on one of the great American movies. But it’s not the end of the picture. As Michael…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 02:17PM To say last week was rough would be an understatement. Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, and the Dallas PD shooting? Honestly, rough can’t come close to expressing what I’…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 01:27AMSaturday, July 9, 2016
I apologize in advance. This post might be long. I’m sitting in a hotel room alone in Boston and I’m utterly disheartened. I’m writing to help myself – as I sit in fr…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 02:11PMFriday, July 8, 2016
Philando Castile is the best name in America right now. In 1955, Rosa Parks did what Claudette Colvin could not. Claudette Colvin was calculatedly dismissed by civil rights leaders…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 10:36AMWednesday, July 6, 2016
To his friend Brian Aherne, the depressive cad actor George Sanders wrote: December 31st, 1937 Dear Brian, I was very happy to receive your angry letter, and I am glad I shook you up …
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NORTH HOLLYWOOD – Shakespeare’s most endearing classic comedy, “Much Ado About Nothing,” brings Renaissance Italy to life at the Archway Theatre now through Sept. 20. Performances ar…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 01:10PMWednesday, June 3, 2015
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: BORNE IDENTITIES PR Brett Henson – [email protected] A Play by Samuel D. Hunter “A PERMANENT IMAGE” Opening June 6th and runnin…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 02:40AMMonday, May 25, 2015
In honor of the late great Lenny Bruce whose birthday would have been today. This is an audio recording of the routine after his famous obscenity bust. Happy Birthday, Lenny and well blah bl…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 05:58PMOur very own multi-talented AdvoK@, Kat Primeau, has been rocking the SoundCloud with her collaborator Chris Sousa lately. Her latest tune Settled really caught my ear and thought I’…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 05:58PMThe Los Angeles County Arts Commission seeks a full-time development associate. This contract position will support the Arts for All arts education collaborative in achieving its development…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 05:58PM Confucius said, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” As any theatre artist knows, taking that first step towards fundraising, self-producing, or articulating a cr…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 05:58PMWONDERLUST Kat Michels – Stage and Cinema SCIENCE, GOD, AND LOVE: BEGIN ARGUING Buried somewhere in the convoluted twists, turns and ramblings of playwright Cody Henderson’s Wonderlu…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 05:58PMSWEET Though not a perfect production, this is one hole well worth falling into. Steven Stanley – StageSceneLA SWEET Theatre Palisades took a risk in staging the Pulitzer Prize-winning…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 05:58PMCasting for King of the Ice Cream Mountain (Adults performing for kids) August 7th and August 8th (OPEN CALL NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY) West Valley Playhouse 7242 Owensmouth Ave Canoga Park C…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 05:58PMSWEET Director Sheryl Kaller elicits multilayered performances. Marked with sensitivity and grace, this West Coast premiere rendition is alternately hilarious and heartbreaking. Les Spindle …
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 05:58PMAlceste is disgusted with mankind. Everywhere he looks he sees dishonesty, greed, and flattery. The irony is that he is hopelessly in love with Celimene, the biggest flirt and gossip in high…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 05:58PMDAY DRINKERS Madeleine Shaner – Park La Brea News/Beverly Press If I have to see one more bar play, I might disappear with a bad case of “the morning after”. Playwright Justin Tann…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 05:58PMArtists in America have to do a lot of other things to keep themselves in art. Ain’t it? Unless you were born wealthy, in which case I sympathize with your struggle to grow character…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 05:58PMOff-Chance Productions seeks a French speaking actress for the staged reading of a new screenplay by the creator of The Real Girl’s Guide to Everything Else – Carmen Elena Mitche…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 05:58PMSite-Specific World Premiere A Record of Light by Jesse Bliss Produced by Peter Woods Fall 2011 Downtown Los Angeles@ The Last Bookstore www.therootsandwingsproject.com “You don’t co…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 05:58PMYOU MAKE ME PHYSICALLY ILL & SO DAMNED HEAVENLY BOUND David C. Nichols – Backstage It must be said, though without pleasure in the saying: This specious, spurious double bill, a su…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 05:58PMA mesmerizing murumuration. Like living art. Murmuration from Sophie Windsor Clive on Vimeo.
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 05:58PMBAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL comes to the Victory Theatre in Burbank! With recent productions in New York (Sage Theatre, Times Square) and Los Angeles (Whitefire Theatre–where it was no…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 05:58PMSWEET The effect is friendly and inviting, and director Nan McNamara keeps the energetic pace up throughout the show without making it chaotic or overwhelming. Ellen Dostal – Musicals …
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 05:58PMSWEET As notable as 3-D’s first three shows at its new home in Plummer Auditorium, the production’s visuals, special and technical effects, music and musical scenes are first-rat…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 05:58PMSWEET Director Elina de Santos has assembled a top-notch cast and deploys the actors with a keen awareness of the play’s nuances. Neal Weaver – Backstage SWEET Bhutan is well dir…
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