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Notes from Arden
2023 Stage Raw Awards Party Program
These honors recognize how individual artists and productions were affectionately remembered by individuals belonging to our team of generationally, ethnically and gender-diverse writers.
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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
Got It Covered
“A few days after the ad was posted, Rivera’s casting director Raul Clayton Staggs and Rivera received a letter from a mysterious address Equityworksla@yahoo.com, which, at the bottom of the letter and in small font, stated, “We are in no way authorized to represent AEA and this notification has not been approved or authorized by AEA. We are concerned, professional members of the L.A. Theatre community and we are in support of their efforts.” –BY PAUL BIRCHALL
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Around Town
“Even through the big recession of 2008 and 9/11 we were all wondering if life would go on, and it did change, and still went on. We are resilient as a tribe. . . Old theater couples are stubborn.”
The Summer of our (Dis)Content
Our Town
Imagining the Other: How Through the Looking Glass connects communities through live storytelling.
“Ultimately,” Quickley said, “what I want is a model that allows them to bring in everything that exists in their world…all the things that live and breathe in the world that they’re in. By allowing people to bring in the totality of their thoughts — not just the positive ones, not just the ones we reward you for socially but to bring in everything … and allow them over the course of the project to decide ultimately what has value and what doesn’t.” — by JESSICA SALANS