Review: A FROGGY BECOMES at Open Fist Theatre Company
by Harker Jones - Mar 27, 2024
Writer Becky Wahlstrom imbues A FROGGY BECOMES with an absurdism that is only complemented by the absurdism of the ’80s with the neons and the poofy hair and the synthesized music.
Interview: Playwright Jim Leonard on the L.A. premiere of ANATOMY OF GRAY
by Shari Barrett - Nov 18, 2022
Jim Leonard has published eight plays, including The Diviners, And They Dance Real Slow in Jackson, and Battle Hymn, with his theatrical honors including the Outer Critics Circle Award, an Ovation Award, the Dramatists Guild Award, and an LA Weekly Award for best play.
2015 BroadwayWorld Los Angeles Awards Update - John Lloyd Young, John Rubinstein Lead!
by BWW Special Coverage - Dec 4, 2015
Voting has opened for the 2015 BroadwayWorld Los Angeles Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of November 27th. Nominations were reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors. Voting runs through December 31.
A Noise Within's THE THREEPENNY OPERA and JULIUS CAESAR Enter Final Weeks
by BWW News Desk - May 2, 2015
A Noise Within (ANW), the acclaimed classical repertory theatre company, presents the final weeks of its 2015 Spring repertory season with The Threepenny Opera, Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's groundbreaking theatrical work in Michael Feingold's translation (which has become the most popular production in the history of A Noise Within), now playing through May 27, the Los Angeles Times Critic's Choice Figaro by Charles Morey, freely adapted from Le Mariage de Figaro by Beaumarchais in its West Coast premiere now through May 10, and the Ovation-Recommended Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, in its final extension through May 24.
Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at FIGARO, Playing Over Easter at A Noise Within
by BWW News Desk - Mar 28, 2015
A Noise Within (ANW), the acclaimed classical repertory theatre company, serves up performances of the comedy Figaro, a new production of Beaumarchais' classic play The Marriage of Figaro freely adapted by Charles Morey through May 1 -- especially over Easter weekend Saturday, April 4 at 2pm and 8pm and special after brunch curtain time on Sunday, April 5 at 4pm. Scroll down for a sneak peek at the cast in action!
Carthay Films Presents THE PROTAGONIST, Now thru 8/9
by BWW News Desk - Jul 24, 2014
Carthay Films has announced the Los Angeles premiere of The Protagonist, a new comic play by Tim Livingston, directed by Jeremy Guskin. There will be one preview performance tonight, July 24 at 8pm and opening is set for Friday, July 25 at 8pm. The Protagonist will run through August 9 only.
Carthay Films to Present THE PROTAGONIST, 7/24-8/9
by Tyler Peterson - Jul 14, 2014
Carthay Films has announced the Los Angeles premiere of The Protagonist, a new comic play by Tim Livingston, directed by Jeremy Guskin. There will be one preview performance on Thursday, July 24 at 8pm and opening is set for Friday, July 25 at 8pm. The Protagonist will run through August 9 only.
BWW Reviews: Antaeus Plays Timeless YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU
by Don Grigware - Oct 23, 2012
Playwrights Kaufman and Hart saw the vitality and urgency of comedy within drama when they penned You Can't Take It With You in 1936. It won a Pulitzer for Drama in 1937 and then a Best Picture Oscar for the film version in 1938. Their other big hit The Man Who Came to Dinner in 1939 has a similar theme and tone. In both plays it's wild, zany over-the-top characters and off-kilter incidents that blow the lid off the humdrum existence of the well to do middle class, and to meaningful avail. In Y.C.T.I.W.Y., the wealthy Kirbys are about as unlike the crazy free-living Sycamores as black is to white. Yet, when meshed together, merriment and unexpected happiness abound. With a spectacular cast (double) and brightly paced direction from Gigi Birmingham, Antaeus' Y.C.T.I.W.Y. is a splendid tonic for our depressing economic times and simply a whole lot of fun.
Antaeus Double Casts YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU
by Kelsey Denette - Sep 11, 2012
Find out who's really crazy when a couple of lovebirds bring their mismatched families together. The Antaeus Company, L.A.'s multiple award-winning classical theater company, presents You Can't Take It With You, the timeless comedy about love, life and living by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. Gigi Bermingham directs the fully double cast production Oct. 18 through Dec. 9, with low-priced previews beginning Oct. 11.
Open Fist Presents Works by Shoshana Bean et al. at FIRST LOOK FESTIVAL OF PLAYS this Summer
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jul 13, 2011
The Open Fist Theatre Company presents their third FIRST LOOK FESTIVAL OF NEW PLAYS, with new works written by D. Tucker Smith, Shoshana Bean, Eydie Faye, Laura Richardson, Rebecca Sue Haber, Philip William Brock, Richard Manley, Jesse Bernstein, Jim Bontempo.
Open Fist Theater Presents ROCK ‘N’ ROLL, Previews 12/4
by Gabrielle Sierra - Nov 1, 2010
The Open Fist Theatre Company presents the final production of its 2009-2010 season, the Los Angeles premiere of ROCK 'N' ROLL, written by Tom Stoppard and directed by Barbara Schofield.