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January 01, 1990 - November 23, 2012 + Opening the Curtain
An All Too Clever Hamlet 
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ab/ab110719an_all_too_clever_ha
Somewhere scrawled on a blackboard in a Shakespeare seminar is that perennial essay question "chart Hamlet's journey through his four soliloquies." Like "to be or...
Peeling Peer's Onion
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ab/ab110712peeling_peers_onion
"You are about to see the rarely performed 1867 masterpiece Peer Gynt, a disembodied voice says, "but instead of the epic 50-character, five-act, five-hour Ibsen...
A real theatre community?
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ab/ab110628a_real_theatre_commu
The clearest lesson of the last two weeks in LA theatre is that festivals rock! Or to try to be a little more erudite, theatre...
Was It All Make Believe?
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ab/ab110621was_it_all_make_beli
So a couple of weeks ago, I told you that this is a critical moment for LA theater...
A step into the past...and maybe the future
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ab/ab110614a_step_into_the_past
Roughly a decade ago, the evidEnce Room was one of the centers of LA theater....churning out thrilling show after show, all
in fantastic warehouse spaces...
The Magic of Polaroid
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ab/ab110607the_magic_of_polaroi
Remember the magic of Polaroid cameras? Unlike the camera on your iPhone, there was that satisfying, mechanical ker-chunk as the photo spit itself out like...
A Desire for Honesty
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ab/ab110531a_desire_for_honesty
Kate Fodor's play 100 Saints You Should Know is all about longing -- for faith, intimacy, a real connection with your child, and perhaps most...
Spotlight on LA
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ab/ab110524spotlight_on_la
For a couple of weeks in June, and perhaps for the first time ever, LA will be the center of the American Theater! No really!...
Fleck's Madness
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ab/ab110517flecks_madness
Depending on your politics and artistic tastes, John Fleck is either famous or infamous as being one of what was called "The NEA Four..."
Sorry, Charlie
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ab/ab110510sorry_charlie
So you work at some high-powered consulting firm...burning the candle at both ends…You're in a bit of trouble, took advantage of a situation and now...
Stage Stars
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ab/ab110426stage_stars
God of Carnage is the story of two couples who come together after their children have gotten into a little playground rumpus.
The Merchant of Venice Goes to Wall Street
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ab/ab110419the_merchant_of_veni
It's been part of the drill for centuries for directors to stage Shakespeare in exotic locales and different time periods. As You Like It in...
The Joys of Simulated Nudity
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ab/ab110412the_joys_of_simulate
You sit down to see Jane Anderson's new play The Escort. The lights go down, a luscious red curtain opens and there is a beautiful,...
History Plays
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ab/ab110405history_plays
Theater is so damn...ephemeral...We can still experience a Michelangelo sculpture, still read James Joyce, but an ancient Greek tragedy performed by ancient Greeks...
Head in the Oven
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ab/ab110329head_in_the_oven
On February 11, 1963, Sylvia Plath turned her gas oven on and opened the door. She carefully placed wet rags under the door to the...
