Gordon Davidson

Gordon Davidson, who was named by Variety as one of the top 100 entertainers of the century and has been inducted in the Theater Hall of Fame, is a director and producer and the founding artistic director of Center Theatre Group (the Mark Taper Forum and Ahmanson Theatre at the Music Center of Los Angeles, and the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City). For 38 years he guided hundreds of productions to the CTG stages. This work and his direction of many of the plays have been acclaimed both in Los Angeles and New York, garnering many awards including a Tony Award for the Taper in 1977 for theatrical excellence. Davidson won a Tony Award for his direction of The Shadow Box and Tony nominations for his direction of Children of a Lesser God and The Trial of Catonsville Nine.

In honor of our 50th Anniversary, we are mining our archives for gems that highlight important and interesting moments from throughout Center Theatre Group’s history. This “Note on the Play” by Founding Artistic Director Gordon Davidson appeared in the program for our very first production, The Devils, which opened on April 14, 1967. The Devi...

Do Devils Exist

In honor of our 50th Anniversary, we are mining our archives for gems that highlight important and interesting moments from throughout Center Theatre Group’s history. The following is an excerpt from a note by Founding Artistic Director Gordon Davidson in the program for the 1978 World premiere of Zoot Suit at the Mark Taper Forum. With Zoot Suit...

Evolving Stages