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Notes from Arden
Stranger Than Fiction
These honors recognize how individual artists and productions were affectionately remembered by individuals belonging to our team of generationally, ethnically and gender-diverse writers.
Featured Column
Art Creates the Human Being
“We can self-realize something rather than being told. Maybe I’m trying to explain to you what the theater is to me.”
Got It Covered
“As the story broke yesterday, now-laid off LA Weekly writer Keith Plocek posted a brief, ominous article, asking, “who owns the publication you’re reading right now?” And, adding, “The new owners… don’t want you to know who they are. They are hiding from you. They’ve got big black bags with question marks covering their big bald heads.” — BY PAUL BIRCHALL
Ask Corbett
What’s an Artist to Do in These Troubled Times? Ask Corbett
“Compound the understandable fear of the future with the incomprehensible uncertainty of the present brought about by a single unstable personality representing himself as the most powerful man in the world and it’s perfectly understandable that national issues are impacting each of us on deeply personal levels.” — BY CORBETT BARKLIE
Ask Corbett a Question!
Have a question about Los Angeles theater and don’t know who to ask? We are now accepting submissions for an upcoming new section aimed to answer you most burning theater-related questions.
Around Town
“Now live theater is back, and with professional level set design, choreography, and a concert hall boasting 927 seats for its enthusiastic audience, this workshop production of Caligari (directed and designed by LA design veteran Joel Daavid) is far from the typical workshop or high school theater experience.”
The Summer of our (Dis)Content
Who’s the Most Popular Playwright in L.A.? Part Three
“But there’s a question beyond what we should expect from the Bard. That question is, how should we process our disappointment on those occasions that Shakespeare’s productions come up short. This question virulently divides artists.” — BY MAUREEN LENKER
Who’s the Most Popular Playwright in L.A.? Part Two
“But there’s a question beyond what we should expect from the Bard. That question is, how should we process our disappointment on those occasions that Shakespeare’s productions come up short. This question virulently divides artists.” — BY MAUREEN LENKER
Who’s the Most Popular Playwright in L.A.? Part One
“On the 400th anniversary of his death, what makes Shakespeare endure as a seminal artistic figure in a city thousands of miles from the land of his birth? What brings Angelinos back to Shakespeare summer after summer? Why has a Moliere summer festival never taken hold? Is ‘The Imaginary Invalid’ or ‘Tartuffe’ not as theatrical, and goofy, and accessible as ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ or ‘Romeo and Juliet?'” –BY MAUREEN LENKER
Our Town
Dan Berkowitz Remembered
“Dan Berkowitz was a force of nature. There’s really no other way to describe him, and I’m not even sure that does him justice. When I was asked to write about Dan, with whom I co-chaired the Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights (ALAP) for 15 years, honestly, I was overwhelmed. How do you even start to describe someone who did so much for so many?” — Jonathan Dorf
Decidedly Delin
Doth Thou Protest Enough?
At 30 years of age, Mr. Crandle was old. Very old. Nevertheless, the 8th grade girls swooned over his helmet of thick blonde hair and his pale blue eyes. I never understood that. Their reaction seemed all wrong. But it’s equally likely the 8th grade girls didn’t understand what the French teacher, Madame Famere, with her fashionably tight sweaters and her long, jet black hair, did for the 8th grade boys.– KEVIN DELIN