News And Blogs

Two of the most vibrant and wonderful spaces at Center Theatre Group rarely come into view for our audience members but are crucial to the art we put onstage: our costume and prop shop and warehouse in Boyle Heights (known as “The Shop”) and the backstage areas at our venues. These spaces are at their busiest and most exciting when they’re fi...

Shows, Interrupted: Block Party 2020

Have you been dreaming of meeting friends at the theatre while you sip a glass of wine at your latest socially distanced virtual happy hour? Would your colleagues take you more seriously if you were sitting onstage at the Ahmanson as opposed to next to a pile of laundry (true, it’s clean, but they don’t know that) for your next important work m...

Have your Next Zoom Meeting at the Theatre

How do you find an agent? What’s the best way to meet fellow theatre makers? Why is it important to brand yourself as an artist? Months ago, when our Education & Community Partnerships team was discussing this year’s Going Pro Career Fair, they knew that they were going to strive to answer these questions and others about the people who hel...

Launching a Theatre Career from the Living Room

Longtime Center Theatre Group Associate Artistic Director Diane Rodriguez passed away on April 10, 2020 after a two-year battle with cancer. We’re mourning this tremendous loss, and also celebrating a warm, generous colleague with an unforgettable laugh, a nurturing producer and collaborator who shepherded the work of more than 75 artists to our...

Remembering Diane Rodriguez

“Art is a great way to connect people,” said high school student Cielo Valenzuela. “It can be easy to spend your whole day doing something that isn’t really valuable to you, but making art helps you feel better, and it helps bring people together.” Which is why Saturday, March 21, 2020 found Valenzuela glued to a screen...but still connec...

Making that Virtual College Connection

Center Theatre Group was lucky enough to bring Los Angeles audiences a number of works from the great playwright Terrence McNally at both the Mark Taper Forum and the Ahmanson Theatre. Some of the most talented actors in the world spoke his words on our stages, including Nathan Lane and Richard Thomas in The Lisbon Traviata and Audra McDonald and Z...

Remembering Terrence McNally