Peter Van Norden (1950-2026)
Steven Culp, Michelle Bonebright-Carter, Jocelyn Towne and Peter Van Norden in "Red Ink" at Playwrights'…
Steven MorrisJuly 10, 2026
INTERVIEWS AND ESSAYS
NOTES FROM ARDEN
Can Our Theater Meet This Moment?: Roger Guenveur Smith and Towne Street Theatre’s “In Response”
Can Our Theater Meet This Moment? Roger Guenveur Smith’s in honor of jean-michel basquiat and…
Steven MorrisOctober 23, 2025
Remembering Murray Mednick: A Playwright of Borscht Belt Majesty
Image: Parksville, New York: Heart of the Borscht Belt Remembering Murray Mednick A Playwright of…
Steven MorrisOctober 18, 2025
Pants on Fire: Robey Theatre Company’s “The Great Lover”
CJ Obilom, Tiffany Coty-Goines, and Jenny Cadena (Photo by Jermaine Alexander) Pants on Fire Robey…
Steven MorrisOctober 14, 2025
The Age of Dracula: theatre dybbuk’s Rendition of Bram Stoker’s Novel
The Age of Dracula theatre dybbuk’s take on Bram Stoker’s novel When I was a…
Steven MorrisOctober 8, 2025
Inherit the Dearth: Darryl Vinyard’s “Right” and Jonathan Spector’s “Eureka Day”
The certainty of Jake in "Right": Mitch Rosander (Photo courtesy of the The Whitefire Theatre)…
Steven MorrisSeptember 23, 2025
Ten Guiding Principles for Theater Leaders: The World According to Ken Brecher
Ten Guiding Principles for a Theater Leader The World According to Ken Brecher For many…
Steven MorrisSeptember 5, 2025
L.A. Theater History Keeps Rhyming: Legacies From UCLA and Theatre of NOTE
Carl J. Johnson as Professor Melnitz, and Julianna Robinson as Professor Samantha Albert in "Tune…
Steven MorrisAugust 19, 2025
“The Reservoir” at the Geffen, and “Lear Redux” at The Odyssey: The Fine Art of Losing One’s Mind
Lee Wilkof, Liz Larsen, Geoffrey Wade and Jake Horowitz in The Reservoir at Geffen Playhouse…
Steven MorrisJuly 1, 2025
The comfort of A Detective Who Knows What He’s Doing; and the cautionary tale of a tabloid editor with a vendetta against Elton John
The Comfort of A Detective Who Knows What He's Doing, at Laguna Playhouse; and the…
Steven MorrisJune 24, 2025
The Muzzling of Los Angeles: Johanna Smith, a California-based children’s theater/puppetry scholar, on how stories got told, how they’re now being told, and what remains possible
Puppets on a String: The Muzzling of Los Angeles Johanna Smith, a California-based children's theater/puppetry…
Steven MorrisJune 18, 2025
