How Cornerstone’s ‘Chalk Circle’ in Watts Changed My Life
Staged 20 years ago in a labor action center in south Los Angeles, Lynn Manning’s Brecht adaptation hit me where I didn’t even know I lived.
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Designs for Living: TCG’s Fall Forum Laid Plans and Shared Strategies
A recent convening brought together theatre leaders from across the country to apply lessons of the past to the future.
This Month in Theatre History
From the first bow of Washington, D.C.’s National Theatre to the premiere of Beth Henley’s ‘Crimes of the Heart,’ here are some notable dates in December.
Finding Her Way to ‘Dry Land’
Playwright Ruby Rae Spiegel speaks with a former teacher and mentor about the gestation of her strikingly honest play about high school friendships.
You’re Only Live Once: Big Musicals Hit the Small Screen, With No Retakes
‘Grease: Live’ and ‘The Wiz Live!’ aim to wed TV’s reach to theatre’s liveness. Is this marriage working?
Our Bar Gives Actors Opportunities to Perform Between Gigs
Many actors pay the bills with jobs at watering holes, but Our Bar gives them opportunities to perform at a pub while between shows.
Belarus Free Theatre: a Miraculous 10 Years, Feted With a 10-Show ‘Revolution’
A two-week festival showed this unique theatre-in-exile at its best, with stunning tableaux, riveting storytelling, and a push for change in and beyond their repressed homeland.
How ‘Steel Hammer’ Forges the John Henry Myth Into the Story of a Community
In refracting an American folk legend through a musical-theatrical lens, SITI Company and their collaborators create a powerful tool to fight the machine.
What Will Steven Leigh Morris Do at LA Stage Alliance? A Critical Q&A
The longtime theatre writer for the LA Weekly and Stage Raw was already a local theatre leader; his new job just makes it official.
Theatre During Wartime: Everything Is Different (Again)
This ain’t no party, this ain’t no disco, this ain’t no fooling around.
