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L-R: Yaegel T. Welch (on sofa), Peyton Crim and Jamie Ann Romero in the national tour of “The Play That Goes Wrong.” Written by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields and directed by Mark Bell, “The Play That Goes Wrong” will be presented by Center Theatre Group at the Ahmanson Theatre July 9 through August 11, 2019. For more information, please visit CenterTheatreGroup.org. Press Contact: CTGMedia@CTGLA.org / (213) 972-7376. Photo by Jeremy Daniel.

The Play That Goes Wrong

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2019 Hollywood Fringe Roundup

"This year, on the 10th anniversary of the Fringe, there were 414 shows, up from around 300 shows only two years ago in 2017. Several of these received extensions of a few performances or more, and I highly recommend catching any of them if you can." -- Stephen Fife

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How the 99-Seat Contract Has Changed L.A. Theater

"Passions soared. Screeds about art and commerce abounded, along with accusations: from the suppression of art to union busting. Tropes bounced off the stars. One would have thought this was happening in the 1930s, and that we were all trapped in Clifford Odets’s fist-pumping union play "Waiting for Lefty," but in a production directed by Mel Brooks."

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L-R: Elizabeth A. Davis and Adina Verson in Paula Vogel’s “Indecent.” A co-production with Huntington Theatre Company, “Indecent” runs through July 7, 2019 at the Ahmanson Theatre. For more information, please visit CenterTheatreGroup.org. Press Contact: CTGMedia@CTGLA.org / (213) 972-7376. Photo by Craig Schwartz.

Indecent: Reflections on Paula Vogel’s Play at the Ahmanson

INDECENT, the play by Paula Vogel and directed by Rebecca Taichman, recently opened at the Ahmanson Theatre in a re-mounting of the Broadway production. I was fortunate enough to see that Broadway production towards the end of its run, and I have to say that it was far superior to the version playing here. This is partly due to the cavernous nature of the Ahmanson, which simply overwhelms intimate/delicate shows like this one; and is partly the result of other issues, which I will go into later. Nevertheless, it still retains some of its magic, and magic is always worth checking out." -- Stephen Fife

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