Sherwood alums collaborate on a new Los Angeles play where the city is the star

Fri, 23 May 2014 00:00:00 -0700

Sherwood alums collaborate on a new Los Angeles play where the city is the star

According to Alice Tuan, Los Angeles is what you make of it as you connect the dots of your experience between the many sprawling communities that make up the United States' second largest metropolitan area.

As a girl who grew up in Southern California and then spent a good chunk of time (nearly six years!) living in the nation’s largest city (New York, in case you were wondering), becoming CTG’s 2013 Sherwood Intern was an amazing opportunity to become reacquainted with Los Angeles’ incredibly vibrant theatre scene. Through the internship, and through my employment as general manager of the Ojai Playwrights Conference, I connected with Alice over our mutual love for plays that aim to fuse theatricality into humanity and was invited to join her quest to produce Hit, an early work that began as a commission of the Public Theatre in New York.

Tuan’s Hit does just that, exploring the complexity of human relationships, musing upon the correlation of fate and choice. Hit harkens back to Greek tragedy, examining the expansiveness of a woman’s rage at finally recognizing the vast betrayal surrounding her. It is a scathing commentary on America’s fascination with consumerism and our rapidly disintegrating freedom, all while questioning our inherent human responsibility to each other and searching for that illusive thing we call “love.” Zankou Chicken, karaoke and freeways all collide to form a truly unforgettable theatre experience.

Hit played at the Los Angeles Theatre Center through June 8. As associate producer, I have been tasked with organizing a number of audience engagement events, allowing me to pull from my experiences working at the Kirk Douglas Theatre to create a memorable event that extends beyond the performance. I run karaoke in the lobby after our Friday night shows, and I am organizing a panel about the past, present, and future of Los Angeles Theatre that will take place before our closing performance. Working on Hit has, in fact, become a final exam of sorts, allowing me to use all of the skills I have acquired while on the journey to my MBA/MFA in the theatre management at California State University, Long Beach. And it is certainly one that I will never forget!

About the Author: Tiffany Moon was the 2013 Sherwood Intern and is currently a concierge and post-show facilitator at the Kirk Douglas Theatre. She always has and will continue to refer to L.A. as a “theatre town.”

Theatre from the comfort of your home

Fri, 09 May 2014 00:00:00 -0700

Theatre from the comfort of your home

Nothing replaces the thrill of a live performance, but those of us who love plays in Los Angeles will take theatre any way we can get it.

Here's a look at the live performances appearing soon on large and small screens:

THEATRE IN YOUR LIVING ROOM

1. DVR ALERT: Cast of 'GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE' to Perform on Jimmy Fallon, 5/15 by TV News Desk [BroadwayWorld.com]
May 9, 2014

"A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE leads this year's Tony nominations with 10 nods, including Best Musical and Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical for Jefferson Mays, who plays multiple roles, and Bryce Pinkham. ... "

2. The Nance, Starring Nathan Lane, Will Be Broadcast This Fall on PBS by Adam Hetrick [Playbill.om]
May 8, 2014

"PBS will broadcast the Broadway production of Douglas Carter Beane's The Nance, starring Tony Award winner Nathan Lane, this fall as part of the 40th anniversary season of Live from Lincoln Center. ... "

3. NY Philharmonic's Sweeney Todd, Starring Emma Thompson, Sets PBS Air Date by Ryan McPhee [Broadway.com]
May 8, 2014

“Attend the tale, or at least set your DVR! The previously announced telecast of the New York Philharmonic’s staged production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ... will air on PBS’ Live From Lincoln Center on September 26. … ’”

THEATRE AT YOUR CINEPLEX

4. Driving Miss Daisy Starring Angela Lansbury, James Earl Jones and Boyd Gaines [Screenvision.com]

"A once in a lifetime opportunity to see two iconic Broadway and Hollywood veterans in one of the most enduring and popular stage plays of our time ... "

Tony Awards 2014: 'A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder,' 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' Lead the Nominations Field by Patrick Healy [ArtsBeat.Blogs.NYTimes.com]
Chance and Choice and Risk, Oh My! If/Then Tony Nominees Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey Explore the Roads Traveled (or Not) by Michael Gioia [Playbill.com]
13 Tony Nominees Thank The People Who Inspired Them To Do Theater by Arielle Calderon and Julia Pugachevsky [BuzzFeed.com]
Where Are The Women? by Janice Maffei [HowlRound.com]

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Sherwood alums collaborate on a new Los Angeles play where the city is the star

Sherwood alums collaborate on a new Los Angeles play where the city is the star

About the Author: Tiffany Moon was the 2013 Sherwood Intern and is currently a concierge and post-show facilitator at the Kirk Douglas Theatre. She always has and will continue to refer to L.A. as a “theatre town.”

Theatre from the comfort of your home

Theatre from the comfort of your home

Nothing replaces the thrill of a live performance, but those of us who love plays in Los Angeles will take theatre any way we can get it.

THEATRE IN YOUR LIVING ROOM

THEATRE AT YOUR CINEPLEX

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