Category Archive: Los Angeles Theater

Nothing Lost in Translation in ‘Agua a Cucharadas’

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by Oscar T. Basulto Staff Writer   There is an natural, emotional urgency to the cadence of Tantai Teatro’s entertaining production of Agua a Cucharadas, a Spanish translation of Quiara Alegría Hudes’ Pulitzer… Continue reading

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‘Dreamscapes’: Ever Had One of Those Dreams Where You Scream but Nothing Comes Out?

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by Selene Santiago Staff Writer Shot twelve times by four Riverside police officers, nineteen year-old Myeshia Miller is left to dream and die alone in her car on December 28,1998. Written and directed… Continue reading

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Enrique’s Journey – A Honduran Immigration Story Travels from Literature to Encuentro 2014’s Los Angeles Stage

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By Fanny Garcia Founding Editor As a Honduran immigrant who has been living in Los Angeles for 27 years, I have never seen a story about Hondurans or Central Americans on a stage.… Continue reading

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A Dizzying Zoetrope Kaleidoscope Opens Encuentro 2014 at The Los Angeles Theatre Center

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by Selene Santiago Staff Writer A zoetrope is one of several pre-cinema animation devices that produce the illusion of motion by displaying a sequence of drawings or photographs showing progressive phases of that… Continue reading

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Matriarchy Takes Flight Under Roots and Wings

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By Oscar T. Basulto Staff Writer I was nine years old when my uncle was murdered while selling oranges at Whittier Narrows Park. It was an early experience that made a long lasting impact… Continue reading

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Ceiling/Sky: Shakin’ Up the Northridge Quake

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by Natalie Mislang Mann Staff Writer As an admirer of composer John Adams and poet/activist June Jordon (1936-2002), I knew that Long Beach Opera’s Los Angeles premiere of I was looking at the… Continue reading

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