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A TRANSCRIBER'S TALE Comes to the Broadwater Black Box in June
by Stephi Wild - May 20, 2024


Prepare to embark on a rollercoaster ride through the tumultuous world of mass media and the resilient spirit of New York City in 'Transcriber’s Tale,' a seriocomic solo show with music, written by Joanna Parson with developmental help from director Aimee Todoroff opens at the Broadwater Black Box on June 10, 2024.

Photos: First Look at #CASEYANDTOMMYGETHITCHED at the Loft Ensemble
by Stephi Wild - May 20, 2024


Loft Ensemble in North Hollywood is presenting its next production in Sawyer’s Playhouse (the company’s second stage), the world premiere of #CaseyAndTommyGetHitched by Molly Wagner. Check out all new photos here!

THE PITCH Opens at The Odyssey in July
by Stephi Wild - May 20, 2024


One year ago, Waterfront Productions presented The Pitch at a theatre in Hollywood. The show was a commercial and critical success. Now, The Pitch is back, in a new production with a mostly new cast (eight of the show's twelve actors are new to the play), and The Pitch is moving to the odyssey Theatre, convenient in particular to westside audiences with free parking onsite.

ADOPTED BY APPALACHIANS Brings Southern Twang To Hollywood Fringe Fest
by Stephi Wild - May 20, 2024


Premiering at Hollywood Fringe, this is the true story of how a girl from the Rural South used the investigative techniques she learned on TV to track down her biological father across multiple states over 25 years.

CONVENIENCE Comes to the Henry Murray Stage at The Matrix in June
by Stephi Wild - May 20, 2024


Convenience, with performance and multimedia, takes an intimate look inside the workings of a young woman's mind, as the stresses of modern life push her to the edge. The production accomplishes this while including the techniques of experimental and avant-garde theatre.

Theatre Forty Reveals 58th Season Lineup
by Stephi Wild - May 20, 2024


Theatre 40, the professional non-profit theatre company of Beverly Hills, is coming back with a season of seven plays this year. Check out the full lineup here!

Video: Yelpy Performs 'Gravity' With Live Orchestra For IrelandWeek
by Blair Ingenthron - May 19, 2024


Irish singer/songwriter Yelpy performs his hit single 'Gravity' with a full orchestra at Eimear Noone's 'Ireland - Where Legend Lives' for IrelandWeek in Los Angeles, celebrating Irish arts and culture.

Disneyland Resort Cast Members Vote To Unionize With Actors' Equity Association
by Blair Ingenthron - May 19, 2024


On Saturday evening, May 18, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced that the Disneyland Resort Cast Members who perform as characters or dance in parades and the hosts, leads and trainers who create magic alongside them, have voted to be represented by Actors' Equity Association (Equity).

PHOTOS: Orange County Theatre Guild Announces 2024 Award Winners
by Michael Quintos - May 19, 2024


For the 3rd Annual OCTG Theatre Awards—held at the Samueli Theatre in Costa Mesa on May 13, 2024—lauded productions of RIDE THE CYCLONE, A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER, CLYBOURNE PARK, YELLOW FACE, AND THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME earned the most wins.

Loft Ensemble Presents World Premiere of #CASEYANDTOMMYGETHITCHED
by Blair Ingenthron - May 18, 2024


Loft Ensemble in North Hollywood has announced its next production in Sawyer's Playhouse (the company's second stage), the world premiere of #CaseyAndTommyGetHitched by Molly Wagner.

Review: GHOST WALTZ at Latino Theatre Company At LATC
by Evan Henerson - May 17, 2024


A moody dramatic dive into the life of a violinist whose celebrated waltz got him mistaken for Strauss. As lovely as Alberto Barboza’s production looks on stage at the Los Angeles Theatre Center – and as melodic as it often sounds – GHOST WALTZ’s impact is as fleeting as the spirits who populate it.

ONCE UPON A MATTRESS Starring Sutton Foster to be Presented at Ahmanson Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 17, 2024


Center Theatre Group will present Sutton Foster in “Once Upon a Mattress,” which will come to the Ahmanson Theatre direct from a Broadway run in December. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Interview: Casey Adler of MIX-MIX: THE FILIPINO ADVENTURES OF A GERMAN JEWUSH BOY at L. A. Theatre Center
by Gil Kaan - May 17, 2024


A co-production between Latino Theater Conpany and Playwrights’ Arena, the world premiere of Boni B. Alvarez’ Mix-Mix: The Filipino Adventures of A German Jewish Boy opens May 18, 2024; at the Los Angeles Theatre Center.

Photos: First Look at MIX-MIX: The Filipino Adventures Of A German Jewish Boy at The LATC
by Stephi Wild - May 17, 2024


The world premiere of an epic World War II odyssey inspired by an astonishing, little-known true story opens this weekend at The Los Angeles Theatre Center in a co-production between L.A.’s Latino Theater Company and Playwrights’ Arena. Check out all new photos here!

Rubicon Theatre Company to Present VENTURA LIVE Series Featuring Concerts, Readings & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 16, 2024


Rubicon Theatre Company, celebrating its 25th Anniversary Season this year, launched its new summer concert series VENTURA LIVE!. Learn more about the lineup and see how to purchase tickets.

TWELFTH NIGHT & More Set for Antaeus Theatre Company 2024-25 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 16, 2024


Antaeus Theatre Company has revealed its 2024-25 season featuring THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, TWELFTH NIGHT, and another classic at the Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center in Glendale. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Review: BODY'S MIDNIGHT at Boston Court
by Amanda Callas - May 16, 2024


Body’s Midnight is a brilliant, meditative, fiercely funny and brutally heartrending world premiere drama at Boston Court Pasadena.  It is a hard play to capture its essence, both explosively hilarious and lyrical, surreal, and profoundly mournful, a ferocious elegy to all the things that are disappearing.

Interview: Erika Soto Once Again on the A Noise Within Stage in Misalliance
by Gil Kaan - May 16, 2024


Next up at A Noise Within, George Bernard Shaw’s Misalliance which opened May 12, 2024. Guillermo Cienfuegos directs the cast of: Joshua Bitton, Dan Lin Josey Montana McCoy, Trisha Miller, Riley Shanahan, Erika Soto, Deborah Strang, Frederick Stuart and Peter Van Norden.

CYRANO, LA CAGE AUX FOLLES & More Set For Pasadena Playhouse 2024/2025 Season
by Joshua Wright - May 16, 2024


Pasadena Playhouse has announced the lineup for its 2024/2025 season. The season includes Martin Crimp’s critically acclaimed new adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac; a fresh new revival of Jerry Herman and Harvey Fierstein’s Tony Award® winner for Best Musical, La Cage aux Folles; a new production of Suzan-Lori Parks’ Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award®-winning classic, Topdog/Underdog; and a new play to be announced at a later date. 

Bob Barth's One Night Stand Welcomes Director Of TWO STOP, Tracey A. Leigh
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 16, 2024


Bob Barth's One Night Stand features Sarah Martin of Belle & Sebastian and director Tracey A. Leigh discussing her new work, TWO STOP.

BWW Q&A: Leviticus Jelks of MY WHITE HUSBAND at Moving Arts
by Joshua Wright - May 16, 2024


We spoke to playwright Leviticus Jelks about the production of his play My White Husband at Moving Arts. 

The Reverend Shawn Amos Comes to BroadStage in June
by Stephi Wild - May 16, 2024


Closing out BroadStage’s 2023/2024 blackbox series is a performance by the curator of the series himself, NAACP award-winning author, lauded songwriter, Grammy-nominated producer, and multimedia storyteller The Reverend Shawn Amos.

THE OUTSIDER Comes to International City Theatre in June
by Stephi Wild - May 16, 2024


International City Theatre will present the Los Angeles premiere of The Outsider, a funny and timely satire by Paul Slade Smith about a flawed candidate who might just be the perfect fit for the job.

NORA AND JIM Comes to Los Angeles Next Month
by Stephi Wild - May 16, 2024


“Nora and Jim” is being presented in two locations in June 2024, in Glendale at the Glendale Room and as part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival at the Broadwater Studio.

Arts Advocates Launch Campaign Urging Governor Newsom To Reverse Arts Funding Cuts Proposed In May Revise
by Stephi Wild - May 16, 2024


On Friday, May 10, 2024, Governor Gavin Newsom presented his May Revision proposal for the 2024-25 State Budget. With a remaining $27.6 billion dollar deficit in the current year, the arts were among the hardest hit in Newsom’s proposed spending cuts.


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