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The 2015 Hollywood Fringe Festival ended last night after crowning this year’s award winners at the annual Award Ceremony and Closing Night Party. Over 650 people attended the event. Ã…
You know that indescribable quality that defines a “star”?  Sometimes it is labeled as charisma or sex appeal and other times you just can’t put your finger why someone …
While Los Angeles is world renowned as the Entertainment Capital of the World, most consider that "Entertainment" as film, television and music. But live theatre is a part of that "Entertain…
This is a little bit odd, isn’t it? I mean, we are in the 21st century: a century already full of glowing displays and multiple windows on a single screen all beeping and pingi…
How to Write About Theatre: Independent theatre criticism or payola? –  The Guardian Scotland writer Marc Fisher comments: Linking coverage to cash on the barrelhead can only serve …
The website Bitter Lemons now allows theaters to pay to be reviewed.  Speaking for the  American Theatre Critics Association (ATAC) chair Bill Hirschman had this to say……
So you're a theater having a hard time getting audiences. A new pay-for-play scheme under way by the ever-tempestuous L.A.-based theater website Bitter Lemons allows you to pay the web…
Kevin Delin analyzes AEA logic through a theory of "matter / doesn't matter" in the union's treatment of Los Angeles theater. It turns out when "Matter" is exposed to "Doesn't Matter," the t…
Bitter Lemons, a theatre website based in Los Angeles, has announced a new business model in which productions pay writers to review their productions.  Time Out's David Cote Weighs in on…
My knowledge of the LA theatre scene isn't as intimate of my knowledge of the Bay Area scene, so I'm forced to ask: Is Bitter Lemons so vital to the stability of the scene that it can mak…
Being an Actor in a Town Full of Them. Union actor Wendy Worthington reflects on the underlying purpose of creating theater in Los Angeles, pursuing and acting career and how her union's cha…
For the last sixteen years, The Lillian Theatre has been home to The Elephant Theatre Company, in addition to housing hundreds of other groups and companies, putting up multiple award winnin…
Pay your money! Is This Any Way to Run a Theatre Review Site? This year, Bitter Lemons' annual critic's panel wasn't a discussion of the state of L.A. theatre criticism so much as a defense …
The United States Civil War was likely the first live-tweeted event. Sure, the tweets were distributed by telegraph and President Abraham Lincoln had to go to a special room to pick them…
1) “Don’t you want to pay actors?” sounds to me a lot like “Don’t you love your country?” 2) Speaking of paying actors, one of the “big lies…
Originally published April 21, 2015 in Bitter Lemons.
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Lee Sankowich on the Zephyr Theatre In the current climate of "NO!" within the 99-seat theater community, Wendy MacLeod's "The House of Yes" is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a reviva…
By Graham Sibley, A stint of much needed rain was falling outside The Whitefire Theatre when a petite woman ducked inside the lobby.  She was wearing a bright pink shirt und…
As you may be well aware, there is a battle raging as to what the landscape of LA theatre will look like in coming days. At stake is the ability of seasoned actors that are members of Actors…
by Graham Sibley A stint of much needed rain was falling outside The Whitefire Theatre when a petite woman ducked inside the lobby.  She was wearing a bright pink shirt under her coat tha…
Los Angeles intimate theatre is now under siege. Even if you're tired of hearing about it, it continues. Actor's Equity Association, (AEA) besides unilaterally changing the basic plan for th…
You may be aware that actors in Los Angeles are presently trying to prevent their union, Actors' Equity Association (AEA), from up-ending the local intimate theater culture. At its core, int…
"What defines a Professional?" This seemingly simple question has become a hot topic amid the aggressive and highly unpopular actions the Actors' Equity Association (the actors' union) h…
We know you have been waiting, wondering, and agonizing over when we were going to announce the ticket drawing for CHICAGO staring supermodel Christie Brinkley, playing at the Pantages Theat…
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