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January 01, 1990 - February 04, 2013 + Theatre Talk
A David Mamet Comedy 
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It was only a few months ago when it happened. A friend at a dinner party was talking about some absurd situation
involving inappropriate behavior and...
Songs from San Diego
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It's been a rough season for Los Angeles musicals. Ray Charles: Live, Atlanta, Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson, Mask: The Musical,
all of four of these shows...
LA Theatre Awards Promote 'Trying' Times
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It's awards season in the theater world, so it's time for a Theatre Talk pop quiz...
The Time of His Life
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If life was as generous to William Saroyan as Saroyan was generous to
life, the author would be turning 100 this year. Instead, the
Fresno-born writer died...
Playwrights' Verizons
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No single playwright or actor has affected theatergoing in America over
the last ten years as much as the cellular phone. Stage plays have been
performed in...
NewKlub
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In some ways, Los Angeles can be thankful that theater here never saw a "Golden Age." This came to mind on the opening night of...
Fair Enough
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The 20th Century saw the birth of a number of enduring man-made
marvels: the jet engine, the microchip, the artificial heart, and My Fair Lady. There...
An e-Mask-ulated Musical
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The stage has a long tradition of disfigured protagonists. Shakespeare’s Richard III is the embodiment of a character whose hunchback is a metaphor for internal...
Osage: Can You See?
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On Monday, it was announced: Tracy Letts' August: Osage County won this year's Pulitzer Prize for Drama. August: Osage County is Letts' fourth play after...
The Ladies Who Munch Scenery
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The autobiographical theater piece. It's a frightening phrase to say,
and often a frightening thing to behold; but there are occasions when a
staged memoir can rise...
Role Reversals
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In the year 2008, how important is race and gender? Two new revivals of
classic plays both indicate a frustrating answer: absolutely and not so
much...
Come Back, William Inge?
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William Inge was arguably the most successful American dramatist of the 1950's. His play Picnic
won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 and his next two...
Rockin' Operas
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Othello has long been a great vehicle for actors (Emil Jannings, Paul Robeson, Orson Welles, and Lawrence Olivier are just a few of the great...
Some Word(s), Some Action(s)
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In the spirit of this election season, I'd like to draw your attention
to a particular stump speech. Like many you've heard, this one has a
mix...
Young Blood
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Last year it was Ian McKellen's King Lear. Next year it will be Jude Law's Hamlet. But this year, it's Patrick Stewart's Macbeth...
