L.A. theater

Hollywood Fringe Builds on Its Success

The 2013 Hollywood Fringe festival will get an additional week of performances, organizers announced.

Center Theatre Group Leads Ovation Award Winners

Celebration Theatre and Center Theatre Group battled it out for top honors at Monday night's Ovation Awards in L.A.

The Colony Theatre Skirts Bankruptcy For Now

Burbank's Colony Theatre gets needed cash, but bankruptcy still looms.

Critical Acclaim Isn't Paying the Bills for Colony Theatre

With a new production in rehearsal, Burbank's Colony Theatre needs a cash infusion or it faces closure.

Ovation Awards Rule Change Sparks Outrage

Company cut out of nominations fires back at L.A. STAGE Alliance’s definition of an original production.

Diversity Must Not Compromise Artistic Vision, According to Artistic Directors

At a forum on diversity stages hosted by East West players, the artistic directors of L.A.'s leading theater companies couldn’t reach a consensus about expanding opportunities for minority actors.

To Be or Not to Be on the West Coast

Barry Edelstein could reignite Shakespearean drama in SoCal with his new position as artistic director at the Old Globe.

Read for Pasadena Playhouse

The Pasadena Playhouse is accepting submissions for roles in its upcoming Hothouse staged readings series.

Representing Asian-American Actors on L.A.'s Stages

Upcoming forum “Why Not Asian? Why Asian?” will discuss race politics as they relate to under-represented Asian-American actors in L.A. theater productions.

And the Ovation Award Nominees Aren't...

The L.A. Stage Alliance pulls several Ovation nominations after errors were discovered.