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Two furry friends are taking the stage in this month’s production of A Christmas Story, The Musical at the Ahmanson Theatre. But “The Bumpus Hounds,” played by two Bloodhounds named Jethro and Reba, are not just regular dogs—they are trained specifically to appear on stage and screen.

Who Let the Dogs Out?

The three theatrical creatives behind Dog Man: The Musical each grew up around theatre. Now, they’re joining forces to bring the heroic story of Dog Man to the stage for a new generation of theatregoers at the Kirk Douglas Theatre this season—and invite everyone to join them along the way.

Flying Fish, Cop Dogs, and Evil Skyscrapers, Oh My!

Hadestown hace su regreso triunfal al teatro Ahmanson, maravillando a los angelinos una vez más. Con su regreso llegan rostros viejos y nuevos, entre ellos, J. Antonio Rodríguez, quien lleva una historia con la querida producción. Rodríguez actuó anteriormente en el Ahmanson en la producción de Hadestown en 2022.

SOÑAR UN CAMINO HACIA EL CENTRO DEL ESCENARIO CON J. ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ

Hadestown makes its triumphant return to the Ahmanson Theatre, enchanting the hearts of Angelenos once more. With its return comes faces old and new, including J. Antonio Rodriguez, who carries a history with the beloved production. Rodriguez previously performed at the Ahmanson in Hadestown’s 2022 engagement.

DREAMING A PATH TO CENTER STAGE WITH J. ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ

In Alexis Scheer’s Our Dear Dead Drug Lord, four high school girls find each other through the ‘Dead Leaders Club,’ in which they attempt to summon dead leaders, like Pablo Escobar, through seances and blood sacrifices in a treehouse. This group ends up being a pivotal way for these young women to cope with the grief and lack of control in th...

Lindsay Allbaugh’s Dear Directorial Debut at Center Theatre Group

“[Intimacy Coordinators] are not the sex police,” Veronica Sofia Burt the intimacy coordinator for Our Dear Dead Drug Lord, said. “If you have boundaries and healthy communication established, then actors are able to be much more vulnerable, and daring, sexy, and bold. They know what the container is so they can go all the way there.”...

Getting Intimate with Veronica Sofia Burt

As humans, each of us has individual and personal experiences that inform our understanding, relationship, and response to the world around us. Theatre can often evoke discomfort when exploring difficult subject matter, such as abortion, consent, and physical assault, as presented in this powerful play.

Continuing the conversation

Alexis Scheer is the playwright behind Our Dear Dead Drug Lord, onstage at the Kirk Douglas Theatre this month. Her other work includes adapting the book of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Bad Cinderella, screenwriting for Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, and projects developed for HBO Max and Salma Hayek’s Ventanarosa. She was born and raised in a Jew...

21 Questions With Alexis Scheer

Sebastian Arcelus and Stephanie J. Block’s love for theatre is rather literal. Not only are they two renowned actors, but they have become a powerful team as husband and wife, both offstage and onstage in Into the Woods at the Ahmanson Theatre this month.

IT TAKES TWO

Theatre is that glorious empty space that challenges imagination, artistry, and discovery like no other place I know. Done well, it entertains, provokes thought, and can be an instrument of change. For weeks I have been the leader in the exploration of Will Power’s Fetch Clay, Make Man, a work, true to the reputation of the author, that tells a s...

A Note from Director Debbie Allen

Fetch Clay, Make Man started with a photograph of Muhammad Ali and Stepin Fetchit in the window of Oakland’s Afrocentric bookstore, Marcus Books.

DUKING IT OUT with Debbie Allen & Will Power