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In 2016, Women Run the Mark Taper Forum

The five plays that make up the 2016 season at the Mark Taper Forum are set across three centuries and two continents. They tackle race and religion, war and family strife, broken hearts and long friendships. But they do have one thing in common: all five plays have a woman playwright and/or a woman director behind them.And perhaps what’s mo...

In 2016, Women Run the Mark Taper Forum

Samuel Beckett in Prison

It was December 1974—one of those monochromatic winter days in Paris when the sky, the streets, and the river all seem to turn the same shade of gray.

Samuel Beckett in Prison

Costume Designer Ann Closs-Farley's Dream Job

“My whole day is about fitting people’s bodies,” said costume designer and 2010 Richard E. Sherwood Award winner Ann Closs-Farley—which is one reason why Women Laughing Alone With Salad, which plays the Kirk Douglas Theatre through April 3, 2016, was a dream job for her. On a daily basis, the actors Closs-Farley works with deal with the sam...

Costume Designer Ann Closs-Farley's Dream Job

Artist James Turrell Shines Through the Set for 'An Act of God'

Immersive art installations have become all the rage in Los Angeles, and God—and the Ahmanson Theatre—have both taken notice. Whether it’s the throngs of people lined up outside the Broad Museum to snag a spot in its Infinity Mirrored Room or the disappointment of so many Angelenos in not securing a reservation to Los Angeles County Muse...

Artist James Turrell Shines Through the Set for 'An Act of God'

Celebrating the Playwrights in Our Backyard

Walk into restaurants, boutiques, and bookstores across Los Angeles, and you’ll find chefs and salespeople touting all things “local”: steaks from locally raised cows, handbags by local artisans, and books by local authors. But you hear this buzzword far less often in the city’s theatres, despite the fact that “Los Angeles is a playwritin...

Celebrating the Playwrights in Our Backyard

Diane Rodriguez’s Journey to President Obama’s Desk

It’s not every day that the president of the United States intersects with the world of theatre. After Lincoln, who could blame him? Yet that is exactly what happened when President Obama appointed Center Theatre Group Associate Artistic Director Diane Rodriguez to the National Council on the Arts last year. She was confirmed by the United States...

Diane Rodriguez’s Journey to President Obama’s Desk