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December 1-20, 2009 Performance Times — Matinees: 2:00 PM — Evenings: 8:00 PM in the Reuben Cordova Theatre on the Campus of Beverly Hills High School 241 S Moreno Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Photo Library at Southern Comforts | LA STAGE BLOG
Photo by Ed Krieger
Pics from the Sony Viao release event at Guastavino’s, under the Queensboro Bridge in New York City.
Photo gallery courtesy the ever-so-lovely Pixie @ Pixie Vision Productions Photography :: CIRQUE BERZERK 2009 after the jump…
Continue reading “Cirque Berzerk’s “Beneath” Summer 2009 at Los Angeles Historic State Park”
I am very pleased to announce that I am joining Tribune Production and Frank Olivas and the boys @ KTLA Channel 5 news as a per diem Lighting Director. Duties should include the occasional calls on the morning and evening news and helping Mr. Olivas w/ his CAD & instrument schedules.
A huge thank you to Les Claypool, Mutaytor and Cirque Berzerk for having me step up for an evening at the Wiltern, and another thank you to PRG for access to the ESP Vision studio and making it happen.
ZOO DISTRICT and the PADUA PLAYWRIGHTS present a mini-festival of evenings of work by Murray Mednick.
CLOWN SHOW FOR BRUNO Produced by the Padua Playwrights Directed By Guy Zimmerman
THE DESTRUCTION OF THE 4TH WORLD Produced by the Zoo District Directed By Kristi Schulz and Brian Frette
ARTSHARE LA Mar 26- Apr 19
Show map of 801 E 4th Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Performed on alternating nights on Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays @ 8:00pm
Performed together on Sat @ 5:00pm and 8:00pm. w/ screenings of GIRL ON A BED and other films to follow (opens March 28).
More info @ paduaplaywrights.net
Images from the incredibly dusty but completely lovely Tower Theatre in Downtown LA. Photos pilloried willy-nilly from Flickr & the Internets.
Images of Mutaytor at the Art of Change Inaugural Ball at the Mayan Theatre, photos courtesy CURIOUS JOSH.
This show was a real treat to design- the pictures don’t do this show justice at all.
The premise of this show was to have 9 artists have their artwork or sculptures be the source of inspiration for 9 short one act plays. We instituted a rhythm where each art piece would be showcased as a cue its own, allowing people to take in a consider the piece before fading into the scene written about it.
I found the relationship unfolding onstage to be enjoyable on many many levels and I do hope that Padua returns to this multi-playwright/ multi- artist concept soon.
The 6th Annual LA DecompressionMusic & Arts Festival
October 4th Noon to Midnight Los Angeles State Historical Park 1245 N. Spring Street,Los Angeles, CA 90012
5 Stages of Live Entertainment, Tons of Arts and Activities for all ages
$10 in costume$20 in street wear (children under 12 free)
Complete info, photos, schedule, parking info at www.la-burningman.org
Huge photo gallery after the jump…
The two week show that started the ball rolling… photos after the break!
Previews take place June 6th, 7th and 8th. The show opens Friday, June 13th, and continues through June 29th. Showtimes are Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 7pm. General admission tickets are $20, with preview tickets only $15.
Art Share L.A. / 801 East 4th Place / Los Angeles, CA 90013 / (213) 625-1766
Presented by Padua Playwrights Productions at the Stephanie Feury Studio Theatre, 5636 Melrose Ave., L.A. Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 7 p.m. Apr. 14-May 12. (213) 625-1766. http://www.paduaplaywrights.net.
Where: GTC Burbank, 1111-B W. Olive Ave., Burbank 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays Ends: March 30 Price: $20 Contact: (323) 254-9328 or http://www.syzygytheatre.org
LA Times Review- In London, a `Tender’ intersecting of lives – Los Angeles Times
Photos by Ed Krieger
Inside the Ford Theatre January 18 – February 11, 2007
Written and Directed by Stephen Legawiec
Dance Choreography by Dana Wieluns, Set and Costume by Stephen Legawiec, Lighting Design by Dan Reed, Masks Designed by Beckie Kravetz, Stage Manager: T Keaton-Woods
Presented by Rose Marcario and the L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center’s Lily Tomlin Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center at the Hudson Backstage Theatre, 6539 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood. Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 3 p.m. (Dark Dec. 23-25.) Dec. 10-Jan. 15, 2006. (323) 960-5563.
Presented by Padua Playwrights Productions at the Lost Studio, 130 S. La Brea Ave., L.A. Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m. Sun. 7 p.m. Oct. 13-Nov. 4. (323) 933-6944. reservations@paduaplaywrights.net
Bang! A Love Story, by Anthony Mora, has its world premiere at the Sidewalk Studio Theatre in Toluca Lake. It is both a coming-of-age and a mid-life-crisis story about the relationship between a bright, precocious, gun-toting teenage girl and a middle aged man who is searching for certainty in his life.
GTC BURBANK 1111-B W. Olive Ave. Burbank Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m. Sun., 3 p.m.; Sept 08 thru Oct. 14 2006.
“The Time of Your Life” Open Fist Theatre Company, 6209 Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood. 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 7 p.m. Sundays. Ends July 1. $15-20. (323) 882-6912. Running time: 2 hours, 45 minutes.
BACK STAGE WEST’s Wenzel Jones raves!
“Had John deGroot not written this engaging peek into a vodka-soaked afternoon in the life of Ernest Hemingway, then actor Adrian Sparks would have had to commission this one-man show elsewhere. Rarely does one witness a performer so completely inhabiting the skin of an historical figure. Hemingway prowls around the living room of his Cuban home railing against emasculating women and spinning out his ongoing romance with death while pouring ever pinker Bloody Marys. Unlike real people, this character becomes more captivating the drunker he gets. The script, constructed from interviews with many who knew the famed author, has both the ring of truth and the thrill of eavesdropping, as the portrait is not altogether flattering. It is never, however, unbelievable.
Sparks is a consummate raconteur as he draws the audience in. . . . The directorial hand is so deftly employed as to be invisible. Martha Demson has obviously not let her actor run wild–that kind of show has a special look all its own–but her vision and that of her actor meld so seamlessly as to cause the audience members to forget we’re watching a performance. By the time the show builds to an almost Homeric conclusion, with thunder crashing and Hemingway letting loose a few lighting bolts of his own, we are utterly in its thrall.”
LA WEEKLY’s Steve Mikulan Recommends!
“Playwright John deGroot’s one-man show, starring Adrian Sparks, displays a Papa Hemingway in full sunset glory as self-mythologist, raconteur and critic of American small-mindedness. . . . Under Martha Demson’s relaxed direction, Sparks’ Hemingway is a brawling, profane and surprisingly likable Hemingway who guides us along an anecdotal safari of his life. Sparks also bears an uncanny resemblance to the novelist, which doesn’t hurt. DeGroot may err a little on the side of laughter (Kenneth Rexroth once said a sure way to earn Hemingway’s lasting spite was “to loan him two bits,” a side of Hemingway that remains unexplored here), but his two-act, 90-minute monologue is a pleasant way to reacquaint ourselves with an American legend – and a hard-drinking male American obsessed with sexual swagger and fears of castration.”
Open Fist, 6209 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood
: 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, 7 p.m. Sundays
Ends: Feb. 18
Price: $15 to $20
Contact: (323) 882-6912, http://www.openfist.org
Running time: 1 hour, 50 minutes
LA Times Review- Hemingway captured, in looks and in form – Los Angeles Times
Play7.com- PAPA | PLAY7
Ovation Award – Best Set Design, Jeff Rack
Ovation Award Nomination – Best Production, PAPA
Ovation Award Nomination – Best Performance by a Leading Actor, Adrian Sparks
Ovation Award Nomination – Best Sound Design, Tim Labor
Ovation Award Nomination – Best Lighting Design, Dan Reed
DAN REED LIGHTING DESIGN 