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Encuentro 2014: Reflecting upon a month of Latina/o theatre Encuentro 2014, a Latina/o theatre festival held at the Los Angeles Theatre Center, brought together 19 theatre companies and more than 150 theatre artists to perform 19 plays in a month. Alexandra Meda, the executive producing director for Teatro Luna, is one such artist. She said: “So...

A Latina perspective: My encounters with Encuentro 2014 Encuentro 2014, a Latina/o theatre festival held at the Los Angeles Theatre Center, brought together 19 theatre companies and more than 150 theatre artists to perform 17 plays in a month. In addition, The Los Angeles Theatre Center partnered with The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to provide fell...

Remembering Phyllis Frelich at the Mark Taper Forum memorial service Phyllis Frelich, who earned a Tony Award for her portrayal of Sarah Norman in Children of a Lesser God, has remained a landmark figure, especially within the deaf theatre community. On Monday, October 20, the Deaf West Theatre honored this legendary woman by hosting a memorial ser...

On Broadway: Adapting a ‘Curious Incident’ Planning your next trip to New York, theatre- lovers? Set aside some time for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. After a successful run at the National Theatre in London, the play is now making its Broadway debut at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York City. Mark Haddon, author of th...

Angela Lansbury to reprise Tony Award-winning performance at the Ahmanson Following the internationally acclaimed production with sold-out engagements on Broadway and in London’s West End, television legend, Oscar recipient and five-time Tony Award®-winner Angela Lansbury returns to the stage in Noël Coward’s smash-hit comedic play Blithe Spi...

Classics heading to regional theatres this fall In last week's fall arts preview, Los Angeles Times theatre critic Charles McNulty said he expects classic works to provide our region's most astonishimg moments at the theatre. Among the plays he highlighted were Horton Foote's, The Trip to the Bountiful, now playing at the Ahmanson Theatre through N...