A Parallelogram is Disorienting in a Good Way

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by Armando Huipe Staff Writer Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Bruce Norris’ A Parallelogram doesn’t offer much along the lines of answers or continuity in time or place, but the fragmented reality… Continue reading

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‘Exorcistic’ Conjures Film, Musical Theater, and SATAN

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by Ramona Pilar Gonzales Editor in Chief This isn’t the first time I’ve seen pop culture brought to the stage. Captured Aural Phantasy combines old-school radio theater, comics and stage performances. ElVerde combines the… Continue reading

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#HASHTAG has Heart

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By Raquel Sanchez Staff Writer The moment the voice-over invited me to do the unthinkable in theatre – to feel free to leave my phone on, live tweet, take pictures and social app… Continue reading

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Women and The Art of Mentorship – The Margaret Jenkins Dance Company’s CHIME program spotlights mentorship as an essential tool in creativity

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By Fanny Garcia Founding Editor When modern choreographer Margaret Jenkins returned to her native San Francisco in 1970, she founded her own dance company.  Producing work was not her focus. Instead, she wanted… Continue reading

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Los Angeles Teatristas Working Hard for Improvement and Recognition

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By Oscar Basulto Staff Writer It has been nearly a year since Los Angeles and Orange County based Latina/o theatre organizations and individual artists convened at the Los Angeles Theatre Center (LATC) with… Continue reading

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‘Wet the Hippo’ Not So Moist

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by Oscar Basulto Staff Writer Wet the Hippo, presented by The Idiot Workshop at this year’s Hollywood Fringe Festival is a boldly devised and performed piece of theatre, defiant in its eschewing of… Continue reading

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‘Mid Life Gangster’ Testifies on the Fringes

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Oscar Basulto Staff Writer Evan “Bullet” James’ Mid Life Gangster – Redemption Song tells the often harrowing tale of his road from broken home to addiction to recovery. It is an onstage prequel… Continue reading

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Celebrate a Queer Irish Musical at the Hollywood Fringe: A Man of No Importance

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By Armando Huipe Staff Writer A Man of No Importance was the Good People Theater Company’s opening show. Offered to Los Angeles audiences for the first time at the Hollywood Fringe Festival, this… Continue reading

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Holy BDSM Hollywood Fringe! ‘Philosophy in the Boudoir’, Shockingly Submissive

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by Raquel Sanchez Staff Writer Picture this: a dark black box theatre. An audience awaiting the production’s commencement. Suddenly a flashlight illuminates the face of an actor who subsequently provides a tour into… Continue reading

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All Brown, All Chingon Captures the Heart & Soul of Latino Men

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by Miguel Garcia Contributing Writer Similar to shows like Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues or Josefina Lopez’s 8 Ways to Say I Love My Life And Mean It!, Jose Casas brought four monologues to… Continue reading

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