2016 | Center Theatre Group

“Los Angeles is a city where, in many ways, it is hard to connect with other human beings,” said Center Theatre Group Director of Social Strategy, Innovation and Impact Leslie Johnson.

Creating Connection Through Community Conversations

Center Theatre Group mourns the loss of our Founding Artistic Director Gordon Davidson, who passed away on October 2, 2016. Davidson led the company for 38 years, transforming Los Angeles into a center of the regional theatre movement and changing the American artistic and cultural landscape in the process.

Center Theatre Group Mourns Founding Artistic Director Gordon Davidson

The best piece of advice outgoing DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg ever received came courtesy of actor and philanthropist Kirk Douglas: You haven’t learned how to live until you learn how to give. Douglas and his wife, Anne, have been giving to causes and institutions across Los Angeles for decades, and to Center Theatre Group since t...

Kirk Douglas Learned to Live by Learning how to Give

Center Theatre Group, The Music Center, and the Ahmanson Theatre staff and crew mourn the loss of Ahmanson Flyman Andy Arnold. He ran the theatre’s fly system backstage and was responsible for flying scenery onto and off the stage. During most productions, he could be found perched on the Ahmanson’s rail, operating battens and holding hundreds...

In Memoriam: Andy Arnold 1958 – 2016

On July 18, 2016, Center Theatre Group Board of Directors Member Manuela Cerri Goren and her husband James Goren opened their incredible home to donors and theatre artists for an enchanting evening. Donors at the Benefactor level and above and their guests entered the event through a stony walkway to find a clear blue pool, vibrant yellow canopies,...

‘Grey Gardens’ Guests Delight Donors

Watching theatre is one thing. Taking a performance to the next level and truly interacting with it is another. Anyone attending the Young Producers Circle Disgraced event on June 24, 2016 definitely partook in the latter....

Young Producers Circle Attends (and Interacts with) ‘Disgraced’

Center Theatre Group’s long history of supporting the LGBT community by producing and presenting work with LGBT themes and characters was honored at Lambda Legal’s West Coast Liberty Awards on June 2, 2016. Artistic Director Michael Ritchie accepted the award on the company’s behalf at a star-studded gala at the Four Seasons Beverly Wilshire....

Lambda Legal Honors Michael Ritchie and Center Theatre Group

On June 8, 2016, Center Theatre Group donors at the Fan level and above were treated to an Up Close Dialogue between Producing Director Douglas C. Baker and Broadway theatre veteran and The Secret Life of the American Musical author Jack Viertel. Viertel, whose recent New York Times bestseller is subtitled “How Broadway Shows Are Built,” is cur...

Broadway Veteran Jack Viertel Delights Donors

If you've visited our website the last couple days, you've likely noticed that Center Theatre Group is sporting a new look as part of a redesign and rebranding in honor of our upcoming 50th Anniversary.

Tony Amendola is a partner at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP, a member of Center Theatre Group’s Corporate Circle. He represents private sector and nonprofit employers in all areas of labor and employment law. He is also an advisor to Center Theatre Group’s Human Resources department....

A Century of Supporting Creative Expression in L.A.

The August Wilson Monologue Competition Southern California Regional Finals is a one-night-only event, but it is six months in the making for the student artists onstage at the Mark Taper Forum—and is part of Center Theatre Group’s decades-long commitment to legendary playwright August Wilson’s work....

Young Artists Journey with August Wilson

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