Cirque Berzerk: The Darker Side to Soleil

Cirque Berzerk: The Darker Side to Soleil

Features by Don Shirley  |  June 25, 2009

Cirque Berzerk is still enough of a mom-and-pop (and pop) enterprise that its three creators and artistic directors work onstage as well as offstage in their current show, Beneath. READ MORE

Young Idea Project: Classical Themes with a Contemporary Voice

Young Idea Project: Classical Themes with a Contemporary Voice

Features by Janet Thielke  |  June 24, 2009

The Antaeus Academy is hosting a weekend of workshops, readings and roundtables with the intention of introducing Noel Coward’s work to youth ages 16-25. READ MORE

TV Comedy Writer Mark Roberts Goes for the Humor in Rantoul and Die

TV Comedy Writer Mark Roberts Goes for the Humor in Rantoul and Die

Features by Ashley Steed  |  June 23, 2009

“I never censor,” asserts Roberts, “I let the characters go where they want to go.” In the end, “I laughed really hard.” READ MORE

Reprise Presents Broadway Under the Stars June 27

Reprise Presents Broadway Under the Stars June 27

Features by Lee Melville  |  June 22, 2009

As part of the Ford Amphitheatre 2009 season, Reprise Theatre Company is presenting a unique, one-night-only event featuring music from shows in the 2008-2009 Broadway season. READ MORE

Jennifer Holliday to Sing with the Gay Men’s Chorus of LA at the Alex in Glendale

Jennifer Holliday to Sing with the Gay Men’s Chorus of LA at the Alex in Glendale

Features by Lee Melville  |  June 22, 2009

This weekend the chorus will sing songs from Broadway shows in a program that features Tony Award and two-time Grammy Award-winning actress Jennifer Holliday. READ MORE

Martha Demson Directs World Premiere at Lost Studio

Martha Demson Directs World Premiere at Lost Studio

Features by Ashley Steed  |  June 17, 2009

Nowadays dysfunctional families seem to be the norm. Every family has its own set of problems that are either dealt with or ignored. Generally the dysfunction stems from not a lack of love but rather a lack of communication such as experienced by the Maloney family in Laura Richardson’s world premiere comedy Come Back, Little Horny. READ MORE

Kelly McGillis and Julia Duffy: The Women of Little Foxes

Kelly McGillis and Julia Duffy: The Women of Little Foxes

Features by Lee Melville  |  June 17, 2009

LA Stage caught up with the foxy leading ladies after a recent performance. READ MORE

Katselas Theatre Company Schedules Five Shows

Katselas Theatre Company Schedules Five Shows

Features by Julio Martinez  |  June 12, 2009

Gary Grossman recounts the process that led to the canceling of that 2005 subscription season, the renaming of Camelot Artists to the Katselas Theatre Company and the company’s ambitious 2009 season. READ MORE

World Premiere of Groovy ’70s Musical Ecstasy

World Premiere of Groovy ’70s Musical Ecstasy

Features by Julio Martinez  |  June 10, 2009

When the creatively eclectic Scott Claus was preparing to launch his first venture into musical theatre he requested his credit be listed as “Book, Music and Lyrics by S. Claus.” READ MORE

Bill Pullman: A Man of Stage and Soil

Bill Pullman: A Man of Stage and Soil

Features by Deborah Behrens  |  June 10, 2009

Shape shifting from salt-of-the-earth pragmatist to erudite intellectual is as much a through line in his personal life as it is in the characters that Pullman has chosen to play during his nearly 30 year career. Read More