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January 01, 1990 - January 07, 2013 + Opening the Curtain
Dinosaurs and Storytelling 
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Before the onslaught of fall theater openings I thought we'd leave the intimacy of local theater and go big . . . really, really big. ...
The History Next Door
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Neighbors, a new play by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, starts in a peaceful, familiar middle class suburb, home to Richard, a black upwardly mobile professor and his...
The Theater Needs You
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ab/ab100810the_theater_needs_yo
It's been said that the role of the theater is to synchronize the audience and the artists in time and space. Traditionally that's been pretty...
Bloody Irresponsible
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It's about two thirds of the way through Martin McDonagh's play The Lieutenant of Inishmore, and the stage is covered in blood. Not just a...
Brewsie and Willie
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When I first came to LA from Colorado, I struggled with time. There was something about the loss of seasons, or at least seasons as...
Procreation
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Male Frontal nudity . . . . check.
Profound familial dysfunction . . . . check.
Gratuitous crotch grab for humorous effect . . . check.
Closeted gay...
A Warehouse and a Dream
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There are works of theater that hold a mirror, or a magnifying glass to life. We go to the theater to examine life as we...
A Human Lear
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"Don't play the idea of a king. You are the king" That's a note you'll hear in Shakespeare classes every time a young thespian tackles...
Theater on the Fringe
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Stick with me. This is a long quote from 25 years ago but it's really relevant right now. "Los Angeles has no great public monument...
Theater of the Cliche
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I laughed, I cried. It's better than Cats. It's a play for the whole family. I'm going again. I heard Shakespeare for the first time....
Anton's Uncles
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ab/ab100608antons_uncle
Anton Chekhov is a daunting figure in the theater. One hundred fifty years after his birth, he's rightly revered as one of the great ensemble...
Towards a Slow Theater
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What if we started a slow theater movement? I’m not talking about boring theater or long theater but what if we stole an idea from...
UCLA Live Theater: Thanks for the Memories
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Four shirtless men seem to float above a table. They're singing in
Polish and I can't understand a word. Beautiful. Two emaciated Italians
wander amongst...
Second
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It’s 8:15 on Saturday night in Echo Park and I’m in a bedroom with a scientist and a hooker and I’m watching TV. This, of...
The 20th Century Way
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In 1914, Long Beach Police Department hired two actors named Warren and Brown as “vice specialists.” Their job was to go into private clubs...
