Many actors dream of putting their stamp on a hallowed Shakespeare role. Hamlet. Richard III. Macbeth. King Lear. Few women opt for crossing gender on stage to achieve it. READ MORE
John O’Hurley Channels J. Peterman in How to Succeed at Reprise
by Deborah Behrens | May 12, 2010
John O’Hurley is a man accustomed to life imitating art. This week he channels the iconic catalog entrepreneur again in the guise of J.B. Biggley, pompous president of World Wide Wicket Company, for Reprise Theatre Company’s mounting of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying…READ MORE
Douglas Clayton: A Director Who Serves Artists
by Deborah Behrens | April 22, 2010
Clayton is currently helming two completely opposite plays that meet his criteria - Philip Barry’s classic romantic comedy The Philadelphia Story at Actor’s Co-op opening April 23 and a revival of J.T. Rogers’ racism exploration entitled White People for the Road Theatre Company slated to open May 20. READ MORE
Dakin Matthews: At Liberty to Create
by Deborah Behrens | April 14, 2010
Dakin Matthews is a man whose prodigious creative output instantly invokes Orson Welles comparisons for the sheer audacity of its award-winning range. READ MORE
Lisa Kron Creates a Political Wake
at the Kirk Douglas
by Deborah Behrens | March 31, 2010
Titling a play can be a tricky thing. Just ask Lisa Kron whose Center Theatre Group commissioned play The Wake recently world premiered at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, nearly four years to the day since her previous show Well, which she both penned and starred in, made its 2006 Broadway debut…READ MORE
Frances Conroy Explores The Subject Was Roses
by Deborah Behrens | March 11, 2010
While Six Feet Under earned Conroy a Golden Globe Award, four Emmy nominations and a new mass audience, the red-headed Juilliard graduate has long been a favorite of iconic playwrights and directors. READ MORE
Chad Borden & Robert J. Townsend Sing Friendship’s Praises in Story at Havok
by Deborah Behrens | February 25, 2010
Chad Borden and Robert J. Townsend are laughing. Seated in front of a bare stage at Hollywood’s Lillian Theatre, the two stars of the Havok Theatre Company’s second season opener The Story of My Life have just discovered both starred as King Arthur in high school productions of Camelot. READ MORE
Jeanie Hackett Directs the Vast Canvas of Cousin Bette
by Deborah Behrens | January 21, 2010
No one knows better the meaning of the adage, “Be careful what you wish for, lest you get it,” than Jeanie Hackett. READ MORE
Alan Cumming: A Cheeky Chap Brings Cabaret Back to the Geffen
by Deborah Behrens | December 9, 2009
Alan Cumming spoke to LA STAGE about how his cabaret act helped him overcome terror, why Shakespeare is like homophobia and the reason he’s miffed with a certain candy coated chocolate. READ MORE
Anne Gee Byrd:
Authentic in Her Art and Life
by Deborah Behrens | November 25, 2009
Anne Gee Byrd oozes authenticity. Her lack of artifice and zero tolerance for bullshit place the former repertory circuit player squarely in Geraldine Page territory. Think Molly Ivins with a Thelma Ritter twist. READ MORE
