January

The cast members of Water by the Spoonful took a break from rehearsals to tell us what drew them to this play and these roles, their experiences in Los Angeles theatre, and where they’re finding inspiration.

The 'Water by the Spoonful' Cast Spills

Quiara Alegría Hudes’ award-winning Elliot Trilogy of plays—Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue, Water by the Spoonful, and The Happiest Song Plays Last—have appeared at theatres around the country over the past decade. Now, for the first time, they are onstage concurrently in one city. From January 27 through March 19, lucky and ambitious Angelenos...

One Playwright. Two L.A. Theatre Companies. Three Acclaimed Plays.

A little known fact is that Spamilton isn’t the only product of Gerard Alessandrini’s poisoned pen. Alessandrini is also the creator, writer, and director of Forbidden Broadway—the Off-Broadway revue that has famously parodied musical theatre for several decades. And that’s probably not the only thing you didn’t know about Forbidden Broad...

15 Things You Didn't Know About Forbidden Broadway

Zakiya Young was a New York stage veteran when she moved to Los Angeles last year to focus on her television and film career. I got out here and saw it’s just about who you know and getting in the door, she recalled. Yet the opposite proved to be true in how she landed her part in Spamilton at the Kirk Douglas Theatre thanks to Equity Principal A...

From an Open Casting Call to the Douglas Stage