689 stories from Footlights
Unless you're a vegetarian (or, perhaps, even then) you'll feel like a steak, every once in a while. Trouble is, that has become something of a luxury. I mean, it's not a culinary creation t…
In the heart of NOHO's Arts District, BOW AND TRUSS is the perfect place for dinner before a show, just minutes from several theatres. The odd name, which I thought might be an homage to Wil…
This charmer has been the secret favorite restaurant of Long Beach cognoscenti for three decades and under the same ownership. One of them, Moe Shabbani, has a day job (real estate), a smart…
Playbill.com: “Arrogant” and “cowardly” were words used by Doug Wright, president of the Dramatists Guild, to describe guidelines posted by the Words Players Theatre …
LA Times: L.A. small theater hit “Louis & Keely: Live at the Sahara” is back on its feet after a six-year interruption and is headed for the Geffen Playhouse and Laguna Playh…
Iconic L.A. architects Neutra and Schindler reunite in a site-specific play, 'The Princes of Kings Road,' at the Neutra Institute and Museum of Silverlake. In 1953, iconic L.A. architects…
One of the warriors of the Pro99 movement recently posted a statement on Facebook that is not only worthy of repeating, but important to understand. William Saylers said, "Those who believe …
NPR: Bye Bye Birdie, Our Town and Beauty and the Beast have all spent time at the top of Dramatics’ high school theater rankings. Â There’s just something about the high school…
HowlRound: Jonathan Mandell on the shifting definitions of “amateur”, Â “professional theatre” and “theatre professional.” “Given the economic rea…
L.A. Weekly: "We haven't been treated fairly, and everybody knows it, says actress Maria Gobetti. She’s objecting to the elimination of L.A.’s 99-Seat Theate plan by Actor’…
Stage Raw: There are hundreds of theaters, unknown even in their own back yards. You'd think in an age where "Google" has become a verb, no information could remain hidden. Kevin Delin looks…
Why are you here? This is not one of the metaphysical questions Gauguin painted. It is a very direct question. You are, after all, seated in a theater and waiting for the show to beg…
THE STAGE: Phil Willmott writes why a new generation of directors is too scared to make theatre – Â “I've had people contacting me in tears for advice after being bullied by th…
An LA Actor There are thousands upon thousands of people coming out of high schools and colleges all over America every year that are determined to pursue a life as an ACTOR! Parents …
AMERICAN THEATRE: Â Why do we spell it ‘theatre’? As with many questions of language, there’s a simple answer but not a ‘right’ one. Â 1Jt3EGd
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AMERICAN THEATRE: Every month, American Theatre wants YOUR input. We post up a new cartoon and you, readers, are invited to write a caption to it. This month caption this image and …
BBC News: A group of actors lose an employment tribunal case after claiming they should be paid the minimum wage for appearing in a fringe theatre play. http://bbc.in/1KaIW3q
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First, it took the sitcoms. Now the Netflix pay model is seeping into theater culture. Finally. Third Rail Repertory is the first Portland company pitching a monthly membership subscription …
HuffPost: Maybe it’s the summer doldrums, but an uneasy quiet has settled in on the Western Front wars between Actors’ Equity and LA’s 99-seat theater movement. The  …
theGuardian: When was the last time you went to a new theatre show you knew nothing about? In a venue you had never been to before? Where you read the blurb, looked at the image and de…
by STEVEN LEIGH MORRISÂ Earlier this year the union's heavily-lobbied proposal to replace the 99-Seat plan was put to an "advisory referendum," i.e. a vote of the Los Angeles membership, w…
Broadway World: ‘Spring Awakening,’ in a co-production revival by Los Angeles based Deaf West Theatre and Forest Of Arden, will transfer to Broadway in the fall. Â It was first…
East West Players (EWP), the nation's longest running professional theatre of color and the largest creator of Asian Pacific artistic work, announced today that Tim Dang, Producing Artistic …
Stage Raw: The National Council of Actors Equity Association overruled the overwhelming results of a local referendum. Â Defying the clearly-expressed wishes of its local membership, the u…
Here’s a question for you Angelenos: What has a 2000 person workforce, puts on more shows than any other theatre festival in the country, runs for over three weeks in June in dozens of…
