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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