2,046 stories from Bitter Lemons
With the first week of the Rio Olympics coming to an end, my soul had been filled with joy and anguish. NBC’s coverage has been absolute crap but then again, I didn’t expect much…
– cowboys – In an election year you hear a lot of history. A recent statement that the White House was built by slaves was rebutted with the astonishing assertion t…
When I was young, every night after my swing shift I rode down to the Staten Island Ferry. I’d float home at midnight, or 5, because I would get off the train and close bars on the way…
A society can’t claim perfection until it kills its critics. That is how it knows when to make the announcement. Ask Stalin. Ask Mao. Ask the Americans who assault people at …
MANIFESTO a play of historical fiction by Dmitry Zvonkov Veranda of suburban cottage. A sunny spring day. VLADIMIR ILYICH LENIN and LEV DAVIDOVICH TROTSKY, both in their 50s, with mus…
“Nobody’s perfect.” It’s one of the great European last lines, and it hangs on one of the great American movies. But it’s not the end of the picture. As Michael…
To say last week was rough would be an understatement. Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, and the Dallas PD shooting? Honestly, rough can’t come close to expressing what I’…
I apologize in advance. This post might be long. I’m sitting in a hotel room alone in Boston and I’m utterly disheartened. I’m writing to help myself – as I sit in fr…
Philando Castile is the best name in America right now. In 1955, Rosa Parks did what Claudette Colvin could not. Claudette Colvin was calculatedly dismissed by civil rights leaders…
To his friend Brian Aherne, the depressive cad actor George Sanders wrote: December 31st, 1937 Dear Brian, I was very happy to receive your angry letter, and I am glad I shook you up …
NORTH HOLLYWOOD " Shakespeare's most endearing classic comedy, "Much Ado About Nothing," brings Renaissance Italy to life at the Archway Theatre now through Sept. 20. Performances are 8 p.m.…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: BORNE IDENTITIESÂ PR Brett Henson – bh@borneidentities.com A Play by Samuel D. Hunter “A PERMANENT IMAGE” Opening June 6th and runn…
 Confucius said, "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." As any theatre artist knows, taking that first step towards fundraising, self-producing, or articulating a crea…
"They're clever, sometimes silly and not afraid to talk as much as they dance." " The New Yorker WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA " December 9, 2011 " Dance… or theater? Performance duo casebolt …
Lucy, Ricky, Fred and Ethel are set to return to the Greenway Court Theatre in 2012. I Love Lucy® Live on Stage has extended its run for an additional seven weeks of performances through …
Tracy Letts and Amy Madigan head the cast when L.A. Theatre Works records Sam Shepard's darkly comic family drama. Probing deep into the disintegration of the American Dream, Buried Child be…
It's a word that makes even a nice floozy like me cringe. It's also debilitating. It's a killer. And we are all victims. You know what word I'm talking about…COMPS. Comps (or complimentary…
It’s largely a question of sponsorship. The Koch brothers invented the Tea Baggage to further their own financial aims, admittedly a large motivation. We in the theater can rei…
SWEET Moliere meets Oklahoma in this delicious musical farce by Matthew Goldsby at Actors Co-Op. Inspired by the farmer in Moliere’s Georges Dandin, Goldsby sets his scene in 1950s Tex…
SWEET Circus Theatricals lives up to its name with a carnival-themed look and feel for the lively, colorful revival of “The Taming of the Shrew” that marks the company’s re…
SWEET When it comes to wringing the full spectrum of tortured emotions from Shanley’s nakedly autobiographical 1991 memory play, you can’t get more riveting than Larry Moss’…
Natasha Tripney had an interesting article in the UK Guardian Theatre Blog about being the only one in attendance at a play one night and what a strange experience it was. I’d like to …
Had my son Baptized yesterday. What ever you want to say about faith and belief and the failings of the Catholic Church – and they have many – they sure do know how to throw a go…
The Taming of the Shrew by Madeleine Shaner – Park La Brea News/Beverly Hills Press Circus Theatricals is back, and the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble has 'em! After a couple of years separa…
Death by Sculpture. I know, I know, it’s not funny…but it certainly is THEATRICAL. Hence, the Monday Moment for the week.
