Impro Raises the Theatrical Bar
How a troupe of L.A.-based improvisers reawakened one critic’s taste for the possibilities of live theatre.
Category Archives: Features
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Die Onstage
The distance from the Royal Shakespeare Company to the Improvised Shakespeare may not be as far as you think.
Mike Nichols, from ‘Barefoot’ to ‘Betrayal’
A director whose stage career spanned improv, tragedy, even musicals, as well as some very fine film adaptations of plays.
Out of Town but Not Out of 'Times'
When the nation’s most powerful newspaper chooses to review new plays in early productions outside New York, is that helping or hurting the field?
The Conspiracy Theory Theatre of ‘Danny Casolaro’ and ‘Superheroes’
Two new plays in two different cities raise new questions about shadowy government plots of the 1980s. Coincidence?
Gabriel Kahane, a Musical Theatre ‘Ambassador’
The composer’s new hybrid work takes on myths and truths of Los Angeles, as well as one of his recurring subjects: the musical-theatre form itself.
Hal Landon Jr. Readies His 35th Scrooge
The South Coast Rep founding member talks about what keeps him coming back for more humbug.
The Community of Stephen Adly Guirgis
Honored with the Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award this week, the New York-based writer talks about his inspirations, his process and his memorable titles.
Encuentro 2014 Makes a National Case for Latino Theatre
An historic gathering of Latina/o theatremakers put the focus firmly on the work and let the politics—including the identity politics—emerge, or not, from there.
Jim Simpson Looks for Successor, Looks Ahead to Post-Flea Life
The outgoing artistic director of the Off-Off-Broadway Flea Theater talks about his plans for the transition, and what he’s looking for in a new leader.
