75 stories by "Kevin Delin"
The Los Angeles theater company Deaf West has long been lauded but, with its production of Spring Awakening, it’s currently driving a national conversation. Recently, the National …
Footlights originally published this letter from actress and producer Vanessa Stewart on March 25, 2016. Vanessa has since updated her database making it even more accurate and a more valuab…
If you are of a certain age, your cultural life was dominated by Garry Marshall’s touch. The Odd Couple. Happy Days. Laverne & Shirley. Mork & Mindy. Pretty Woman. The Prin…
Actors' Equity Association has repeatedly expressed concern that the Los Angeles 99-Seat Plan has impeded paid opportunities for actors in the region. Equity President Kate Shindle made rema…
As if their press release earlier in the week wasn’t enough, Actor’s Equity has distributed another press release today in a reaction to the Plaintiffs’ Statement publi…
It’s summer! That time of year when people think about relaxing, stress-free family car trips. When oil companies think about increasing gas prices. And, in Los Angeles, wh…
After the Chicago Reader story on the long-time actor abuse at Profiles Theatre appeared, Colin Mitchell, Editor-in-Chief and Founder of Bitter Lemons published an editorial which, while not…
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Steven Leigh Morris reports the latest twist in the ongoing discussion about the preservation of intimate theater in Los Angeles: actor Ann Colby Stocking has filed an official wage claim ag…
Sometimes you can be a strong presence without being a physical presence. If you lived in Los Angeles in the past 15 years, it’s likely you’re familiar with Steve Julian’s …
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The-Artist-Formally-Known-As-“The-Artist-Formally-Know-As-Prince” is no more, having died today, April 21, 2016.  Like David Bowie, who died only a few months ago, Prince …
Understanding the moment-by-moment emotional drive of a character is fundamental to good acting. That's why the most clichéd of all actor statements is "What's my motivation?" (To which Alf…
The Laguna Playhouse has announced it 2016-2017 season: All Shook Up July 6 " August 7, 2016 (Press Opening July 10) Book by Joe DiPietro A newcomer's rock 'n' roll attitude shakes up an Eis…
Have you heard of the Bechdel test? It was developed to formalize an observation made by Virginia Woolf about the simplicity of women’s characters in literature. A piece of fic…
Yesterday, Actors’ Equity officially applauded a wording change in the casting notice for Hamilton. The tweet was controversial because it begged the question about being able to c…
If you’ve ever walked through a museum like LACMA or the Norton Simon, it’s likely you’ve run into art objects from antiquity. These objects are not signed. There&#…
In the Oxford Dictionary, the first definition of the noun, “classic,” is classic (noun): A work of art of recognized and established value. The inclusion of the words “of …
LA Weekly’s Bill Raden wants theater not just to be beautiful. He wants it bold: And while 2015 offered its share of scintillating Los Angeles stage riches, to this temperamental o…
Every Patron In LA Liked Theater a lot… But the Critic Who lived in his head Did NOT! The Critic hated Theater! The whole LA scene! Yet no one was certain why he thought it obscene. It…
Actors’ Equity, the union for stage actors and managers, released some interesting membership data today. According to their analysis: “Over the [2005-2015] decade, paid memb…
So, it's December in Los Angeles and the ubiquitous holiday music " playing since mid-Novmber " reminds us that Christmas is just around the corner. I've always been troubled by one part…
There are likely few new playwrights today who have more experience with both Los Angeles and New York theater than John Pollono. His raw and dark comedy, Small Engine Repair, was originally…
There’s a modern myth stating that modern audiences won’t appreciate art unless it’s created in modern technology. The art must be accessible to the audience. So fi…
My mother and father always referred to him as “Cousin Gary.” I’m not sure why the family-tree relationship became a permanent part of his moniker.  Perhaps it w…
