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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    The State of L.A. Theater

    For years, The L.A. Weekly has been the main place to find out what’s happening on small theater stages across L.A. So when the paper announced late last year that it was cutting back its theater coverage by 70%, the arts community took it as a bad sign. People began to ask, “what does this say about LA’s theater scene?”

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    By Madeleine Brand • May 10, 2014 • 1 min read

    For years, The L.A. Weekly has been the main place to find out what’s happening on small theater stages across L.A. So when the paper announced late last year that it was cutting back its theater coverage by 70%, the arts community took it as a bad sign. People began to ask, “what does this say about LA’s theater scene?” This is a question KCRW theater commentator Anthony Byrnes has been asking.

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Andrew Walsh

      Too Beautiful to Live

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anthony Byrnes

      host of 'Opening the Curtain'

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    The full episode

    3 of 5
    Mexican Heroin, Afterlives of Musicians, and LA Theater
    1. 0:00More Ukrainian Unrest?
    2. 8:07Mexican Poppies
    3. 16:30The State of L.A. TheaterYou’re reading this
    4. 25:10The Afterlives of Musicians
    5. 40:07Cricket, Anyone?
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand