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Deborah Klugman with Occidental College student Olivia Davis, at Theatre Banshee's production of "Lay Me Down Softly."
Deborah Klugman with Occidental College student Olivia Davis, at Theatre Banshee's production of "Lay Me Down Softly."
Jimmy Im gave L.A. theater a gift on April 10. It wasn't intended as such. His article in "Vanity Fair" proclaimed our theater dead-on-arrival and provoked a galvanizing retort from the entire stage community.
"A Midsummer Night's Dream" -- featuring the puppets of South Africa's Handspring Puppet Company, closes on Saturday. Pauline Adamek quizzed Artistic Director/puppet-designer Adrian Kohler on how he works his magic.
By BILL RADEN Bill Raden was out of town this week, so "Stage Rows" returns next Wednesday with the latest news-about-town. Posted here is last week's edition about the long and winding road to the LAWees, got really mad at "Vanity Fair," and got really sad when Jacob Sidney removed his handlebar mustache. That, and other tidbits from the gutters (uh, trenches) of L.A. theater