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January 01, 1990 - January 25, 2013 + Theatre Talk
Why Doubt Matters 
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John Patrick Shanley's Doubt is the most important American play of the decade. Doubt's status as one of the best written, contemporary American plays...
Bach/Rabbit
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What could be funnier than a gaggle of organists in wigs? A lot, it turns out. The new comedy by Itamar Moses, Bach...
LA's Avante-Garde Premieres: The Best of Times, The Worst of Times
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In these early weeks of the fall arts calendar, most of LA's larger theaters are serving up leftovers from Broadway's last few seasons; however, two...
All the World's a Stage
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This summer, Southern California's outdoor theater season featured 11 different Shakespeare plays produced by eight different local companies. A pretty healthy selection; but currently...
Greek to Mee & Classic Getty
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It's always been a great irony that Santa Monica's most avant-garde, European-style theater is next door to a Hooters restaurant. This juxtaposition reaches even more...
Pageant of Disasters
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The urge to recreate famous paintings is seemingly
innate. How many times has Leonardo da
Vinci's "Last Supper" been imitated or parodied in photographs, movies, and
even at...
Serious Celebrities
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A bona-fide celebrity has a way of bringing an audience to even the grimmest news. The 13 million people watching the CBS Evening News on...
Kings and Crustaceans
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The great Polish critic Jan Kott wrote that "King Lear gives one the impression of a high mountain that everyone admires, yet no one particularly...
Curtains
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American musicals: They just don't make 'em like they used to... well, almost. Last week, Los Angeles hosted the world premiere of Curtains, a...
Little Sisters, Tall Fences
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In Chapter 46 of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, the character of Jo thinks to herself, "What do girls do who haven't any mothers to...
Snakes & Shakes
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Nothing kills a death scene faster than a rubber snake. The final scene of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra calls for the Queen of the...
Ironies & Pyrenees
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Of the many consequences resulting from the terror attacks of September 11th, one was supposed to be the death of irony. Yet a quick...
Feast of Fools
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Two giant personalities, who also happen to be fools, are made even larger this month on two of L.A.---s smaller stages. First, Valere, the...
Homeland Insecurities
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Sam Shepard is a playwright whose life and work has always been linked to the American West. Much of his writing is about the west...
Summer School
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Everyone has a favorite teacher from high school. You know, the one who made you think. The one who inspired you, who made...
