2016 | Center Theatre Group

Deborah Stein and Suli Holum are the artists behind Stein | Holum Projects and the new play The Wholehearted, which makes its World premiere at the Kirk Douglas Theatre December 2–11, 2016. The Center Theatre Group Podcast sat down to ask them about the origins of this unique work that utilizes live projections, film, and a thumping score to...

Deborah Stein and Suli Holum Discuss the Origins of ‘The Wholehearted’

“I believe that, right now, art can do something that is harder for the media to do,” Jon Robin Baitz has said of his new play Vicuña, which makes its World premiere at the Kirk Douglas Theatre through November 20, 2016. Baitz’s tale of a presidential candidate and his tailor is in excellent company this election season, which has galv...

Theatres and Theatre Artists Respond to Election 2016

It’s no secret that politicians spend a lot of time thinking about how they look. After all, as the saying goes, “Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.” In Vicuña by Jon Robin Baitz, political fashion (and the power of a well-tailored suit) take center stage at the Kirk Douglas Theatre October 23 &n...

Seven Key Fashion Moments in American Politics

In politics, it’s cliché to say that “image is everything,” but in Jon Robin Baitz’s newest play—which is set to have its World premiere at the Kirk Douglas Theatre October 23 – November 20, 2016—image is the only thing. At the center of Vicuña is a real estate tycoon and reality TV star turned presidential c...

A World Premiere Ripped from the Headlines

There is nothing quite like a gifted storyteller, and Lucy Alibar—onstage now at the Kirk Douglas Theatre—is one of the best of America's newest generation. Whether she is penning an Oscar-nominated screenplay like Beasts of the Southern Wild or telling tales from her childhood in Throw Me On the Burnpile and Light Me Up (playing the Do...

Storytelling Podcasts for fans of ‘Throw Me On the Burnpile and Light Me Up’

We interrupted Throw Me On the Burnpile and Light Me Up writer and performer Lucy Alibar and director Neel Keller in the midst of rehearsals and asked them to explain what makes this play a totally unique piece of theatre for the Center Theatre Group Podcast. Listen in full or enjoy the edited excerpt below. Throw Me On the Burnpile and Light Me Up...

A Conversation with Lucy Alibar and Neel Keller

The video above is just a taste of a magical stew of stories that is Throw Me On the Burnpile and Light Me Up. Writer and performer Lucy Alibar, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of the hit film Beasts of the Southern Wild, has also been serving up a lecherous goat, a house full of dogs, cats and Febreze and Daddy's .38 special to audiences at the K...

Have a taste of ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’ screenwriter Lucy Alibar’s magical stew of stories

According to Center Theatre Group (and playwright Ayad Akhtar) Disgraced is a play in one act. But for cast members, our Concierge staff, and hundreds of patrons every night of the play’s run at the Mark Taper Forum (which closes on July 17, 2017), a second act began after the curtain call. The post-show Stage Talks we have held after every perfo...

Stage Talks Bring Audiences Together After ‘Disgraced’

Mark your calendar now for what’s going to be one of Los Angeles theatre’s most exciting celebrations of 2017: April 14 – May 22 is Center Theatre Group’s very first Block Party at the Kirk Douglas Theatre. By presenting three productions from local theatre companies, we are highlighting some of the best work our region has to offer our...

Block Party launches at the Douglas

The works of Samuel Beckett have left a lasting mark on our culture. At their best, they inspire existential contemplation, deep introspection, and a heartfelt interrogation of the human condition. But Beckett lovers are quick to point out that his work is meant to be quite funny (or at least as funny as contemplating existence can be). And as one...

Waiting for Elmo and the New York Critics with Parodies Inspired by Samuel Beckett

Just days after Christmas, if you happened to stroll past a nondescript, dark-curtained storefront—the one just beyond the costume shop and the tax preparer along West Whittier Boulevard—most likely, you wouldn’t have looked twice. You wouldn’t have known that something magical was at work; that while a play was being m...

Down the Rabbit Hole with "Through the Looking Glass"