Why ‘Our Town’ Springs Eternal, but Especially Now
Thornton Wilder’s 80-year-old play offers something more than comforting nostalgia in a troubled American moment.
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Jane Kaczmarek Revisits ‘Our Town,’ Her Favorite Play
This month the ‘Malcolm’ mom will play the Stage Manager in a production with Pasadena Playhouse and Deaf West.
Pasadena Playhouse Centennial Season to Include Deaf West
The two companies will stage ‘Our Town,’ the Hypocrites will bring their immersive ‘Pirates of Penzance,’ and Culture Clash will revisit ‘Bordertown.’
Danny Feldman Named Executive/Artistic Director of Pasadena Playhouse
Feldman will take over for artistic director Sheldon Epps, who will retire at the end of the year.
Pasadena Playhouse Announces 2016–17 Season, Sheldon Epps’s Last
The artistic director’s final season will include a new musical from Randy Johnson and Cheryl West.
In Small Theatres as in Large Ones, Money Talks—but Are We Listening?
In the struggle to make work on tiny budgets, small theatres in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles may have more in common than not.
New Victory Theatre Announces New Season of Work for Young Audiences
The season features 16 productions from all over the globe, with storytelling through shadows, puppetry, and music for the young, from toddlers to teens.
Pasadena Playhouse Announces 2015–16 Season of ‘Curves’ and Musicals
The California theatre plans a new musical by Kirsten Guenther, Cliff Downs and Katie Kahanovitz, plus plays by Josefina Lopez, Ricardo Khan and Harvey Fierstein.
Pasadena Playhouse Exec Elizabeth Doran Leaves for San Diego Job
She leaves the California theatre after three years in the post to take a job leading the San Diego Civic Theatre and the Balboa Theatre.
Adam Szymkowicz, a Regular at ‘Clown Bar’
While his play about gangster clowns surfs the immersive-theatre wave, the well-known blogging playwright has other tricks up his sleeve.
