VIDEO: Erik Patterson gets interviewed about ‘SICK’
In this week’s edition of Behind the Scenes, Back Stage’s Jenelle Riley talks to award-winning playwright Erik Patterson about his new play “Sick.” Patterson recently won the WGA Award for “Another Cinderella Story,” starring Selena Gomez and Jane Lynch of “Glee.” Here, he discusses his new play, becoming a songwriter by accident, and hypochondria. via Backstage Read More
LA Times’ Culture Monster Theater review: ‘The Emperor’s Last Performance’ at Los Angeles Theatre Centre
An unjustly forgotten chapter in American theatrical and racial history is the raison d’être of “The Emperor’s Last Performance,” which ends its limited Los Angeles Theatre Center run on Sunday. This respectable Robey Theatre Company staging of Melvin Ishmael Johnson’s drama about the first star of Eugene O’Neill’s “The Emperor Jones” merges the techniques of stage fantasia and social document. Once... Read More
A Word With the Emperor
Robey Theatre Production Kicks Off LATC Spring Season by Ryan Vaillancourt Published: Friday, March 26, 2010 4:42 PM PDT DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – The central conflict in the Robey Theatre Company’s The Emperor’s Last Performance revolves around a racial slur, a word whose use is as controversial now as it was during the 1920s, when the world premiere is set. Against the backdrop of the Harlem Renaissance, the play centers on African-American... Read More
REVIEW: Robey Theatre Company, Scarecrow Press illuminate theatre history
Paul Robeson is well remembered today for his performance as the self-appointed monarch of a Caribbean island in Eugene O’Neill’s “The Emperor Jones.” What’s been largely forgotten is that it was the first important dramatic role for a black actor on Broadway—and that the actor who created the part was not Robeson but a man named Charles Gilpin. “The Emperor’s Last Performance” by Melvin Ishmael Johnson, now in a limited world premiere... Read More
VIDEO: A Preview of ‘The Emperor’s Last Performance’
The Emperor’s Last Performance [more info] Thursday 03/25 8pm (preview) Friday 03/26 8pm Saturday 03/27 3pm and 8pm Sunday 03/28 3pm and 7pm Friday 04/02 8pm Saturday 04/03 3pm and 8pm Sunday 04/04 3pm and 7pm LATC Theatre 4 General Admission: $30 Students: $20 Read More
VIDEO: A Preview of ‘The Einstein Plan’
The Einstein Plan [more info] Saturday 03/27 8pm Sunday 03/28 3pm LATC Theatre 3 General Admission: $30 Students, Seniors and the Unemployed: $15 One 15 minute intermission. Read More
An Interview with The Einstein Plan’s Donald Freed
Donald Freed takes pride in Studs Terkel’s assessment of him as “the most political and pertinent of all American playwrights.” The award-winning writer is perhaps best known for “Secret Honor,” his incisive play and film portrait of former President Nixon coming apart at the seams. Freed’s latest endeavor is “The Einstein Plan,” an interactive experience in which the audience is invited to participate in creating their political... Read More
The Vault + The Einstein Plan + The LATC 2010 Youth Summer Conservatory
March 4 The Vault Cabaret A multi-disciplinary ensemble creating an original weekly cabaret! This 8-week theatrical workshop under the auspices of The LATC aims to write and produce weekly variety shows (30-45 mins) that will be open to the public every Thursday night at 10pm. + Beer & Wine at the LATC Bar + Pay what you can donation! No one will be turned away for lack of funds! March 27 + 28 The Einstein Plan A new play by Donald Freed A... Read More
