May 25, 2013
William Shakespeare’s Timon Athens performed by the Los Angeles Drama Club / Shakespeare in the City. Artistic Director Blair Baron Larsen, Executive Director Julia Walker Wyson, Co-Directors Kila Packett and Megan Brotherton, Russell Vargo Film and Music, Editors Kila Packett and Russell Vargo.
A bold and thrilling new musical from the creators of “Chicago” and “Cabaret.” “The Scottsboro Boys” will have you tapping your toes and screaming for justice as the tables are turned on one of the most infamous events in American history: nine African American men accused of a crime they did not commit.
Set in the boxing world of the early 1900s, The Royale is loosely inspired by Jack Johnson, the first black pop culture icon and reigning world heavyweight champion from 1908 to 1915. The Royale is muscular, musical, kinetic: six intense rounds of riveting storytelling punctuated by syncopated dialogue and emotional right hooks. You’ve never seen, heard or felt a play like this.
It’s August 1911. The Great Migration brings a revolving band of strangers to the door of Seth and Bertha’s Pittsburgh boarding house. Lost souls migrating to the industrial North in search of work, a new life and somewhere to belong. www.CenterTheatreGroup.org/JoeTurner
Arthur Miller’s parable draws a chilling parallel between the Salem witch trials of 1692 and subsequent generations of American mass hysteria – up to the present. Through this savage tale of one small community’s too effortless descent into superstition and paranoia, Miller explores in frightening detail what can happen when fear clouds fact and blame replaces reason.
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The Los Angeles Theatre scene is vast and at times disparate, there has been one voice which tried to bind the scene over the last four decades. That voice was Lee Melville. A writer, critic, director, actor, he lived and breathed theatre or his entire adult life. His presence is noted and his wisdom will be missed.
International City Theatre invites high school students to see shows for FREE International City Theatre is offering high school students free tickets to preview performances for the reminder of the 2013 season. “To ensure that younger audiences are exposed to the theater, we are making it easy and affordable with complimentary tickets to preview performances,” says ICT Artistic Director caryn desai [sic]. “We all know that a well-rounded education includes an appreciation for the arts. But even more important, we want to help kids learn to connect on a human level – not through texting or emails, but people-to-people through…
Janet and her mother Margaret both live on Mapleview Lanes – the perfect neighborhood until Lewis Chance buys a house on their street to open a group home for troubled adolescents. Raine, unable to respond emotionally when her mother dies, finds herself at this group home, in a community that has little tolerance for its newest residents. The ensuing battle – over whether the group home stays or not – allows Raine to re-awaken her emotions through a rage, and political will she didn’t know she possessed.
Charles Dickens opens, A Tale of Two Cities, with “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” the novel then goes on giving us a feel for living with purpose through the French Revolution. I bring this up because the same can be said of today. We live in a world so full of marvel, so full of opportunity that it often overshadows the fact that we also have an abundance of despair, hate and greed. As we’re swept through the tumultuous storm of daily living, many are faced with existential questions; sadly some come up…
Matthew McCray by Graham Sibley Matthew McCray is from a small conservative mountain town in Colorado but you would never-ever-ever guess that. He sports stylish Oliver Peoples glasses, drives a Hybrid and is the creative force which unearthed the Son of Semele Ensemble. “When we started SOSE in 2000 we weren’t aware of many companies in LA making an adventurous style of theatre, though I now know they were out there.” McCray says. “I enjoy pushing against the norm. The idea of doing a play that could be done by any theatre company in town feels completely threatening to me. …
Andrew Carlberg, Andrew Carlberg, Andrew Carlberg. Remember this name. One more time — Andrew Carlberg. At 28 years old, Carlberg has produced more theatre, film, television and charity events than anyone I know his age. “I work 24 hours a day. Last night, I was up until four o’clock in the morning looking over a budget for a new musical they want to do here in LA,” he says. Though one day I could see him screaming some assistant out his office, today his demeanor is cool, calm and relaxed. Maybe it’s because he’s tired. Or maybe it’s just because…
Gates McFadden is right on time as she pulls up to the Atwater Village Theatre. There is no designated spot listed for her, she just parks wherever. I mean, she does run the place. “Honey, you mind carrying this in for me?”, as she hands me a bag stuffed with scripts. I follow her inside the bustling theatre and she keys open her office, which is jammed tight with props, plays and programs. “I had kind of a crazy weekend,” she says as she places her slick, new phone on the desk. “I was at a convention this weekend and…
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