What’s it like to perform upside-down in the astonishing The Lieutenant of Inishmore? And a few impressions of Songs and Dances of Imaginary Lands. READ MORE
Does Equity Still Matter?
by Don Shirley | July 16, 2010
Producers, take credit for using Equity contracts. And here are a few postscripts to last week’s discussion about L.A. Times coverage. READ MORE.
Incredible Shrinking Coverage, Summer Shakespeare Shifts
by Don Shirley | July 8, 2010
The Los Angeles Times isn’t reviewing productions at some of LA County’s bigger theaters. Meanwhile, one summer Shakespeare tradition is suspended, while another is enlarged. READ MORE
The Fringe, the Ring, and Supernova
by Don Shirley | June 29, 2010
The Hollywood Fringe Festival was fun, but its scattershot programming didn’t bring much of anything new to LA theater. Let’s compare it to the Ring cycle — and to the kind of festival that might actually yield long-term benefits for our theatrical ecology. READ MORE
Figuring Out the Fringe
by Don Shirley | June 24, 2010
Flustered by the size of the Hollywood Fringe and the anonymity of so many of its participants? Here are a few guidelines and a few comments on non-Fringe shows as well. READ MORE.
On the Eve of the Fringe…
by Don Shirley | June 16, 2010
Can the Hollywood Fringe overcome L.A.’s geography and create a temporary theater district? READ MORE
The NoHo Follies
by Don Shirley | June 8, 2010
The NoHo Show is a funny little web mocumentary about a particular substratum of the L.A. small theater scene. Unfair? Take a look. READ MORE
Naomi Iizuka, Bridge Builder
by Don Shirley | June 1, 2010
Naomi Iizuka had to be a master collaborator — and we mean that in a good way — in order to create Cornerstone Theater’s latest “bridge play,” 3 Truths. READ MORE
1951-2006, Grupo de Teatro Sinergia
by Don Shirley | May 20, 2010
Donald Freed’s new play at LATC tantalizes but tries to cover too much. The Grupo de Teatro Sinergia, which has developed its venue into a beautiful small theater, now faces its possible loss due to increased city rentals. READ MORE.
Full Disclosure, The Twentieth-Century Way, Sick, Dementia
by Don Shirley | May 14, 2010
Four L.A.-set plays take theategoers to the San Fernando Valley, 1914 Long Beach, and downtown’s LATC. READ MORE.
