Veteran actors Jenny O’Hara (Transparent and The Mindy Project) and Nick Ullett (As the World Turns, The Big Bang Theory) are the kind of real-life married couple with whom you just love being with and hang around. They are smart, funny and finish each other’s sentences and punch lines like a longtime comedy team. They […]
Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson in ‘Brief Encounter.’ Everyone has their most-cherished romantic movie. Even the professionals who make movies. When Time Out London recently polled 101 motion picture experts to select the 100 Best Romantic Films of all time, the panel voted the 1945 classic film Brief Encounter as #1, declaring it “the most romantic film […]
Designers and production team members met with director Jacqueline Schultz and playwright Ken LaZebnik to discuss creating the magical world of our upcoming West Coast Premiere of On the Spectrum. Winner of the Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award and awarded a grant from the Edgerton Foundation New American Plays fund, On the Spectrum […]
Lawrence Stallings, Pablo Castelblanco, Richard Azurdia, Peter Pasco The Fountain Theatre has been honored with three Ovation Award nominations for its Los Angeles Premiere of My Mañana Comes by Elizabeth Irwin. Directed by Armando Molina, the fast-paced comedy/drama about four busboys in the kitchen of an upscale restaurant drew rave reviews. The talented cast featured Richard […]
The Normal Heart hasn’t been done in years. Tell me about the play’s relevance today, from your perspective. The play mentions gay marriage, which is relevant today: DOMA being struck down, Prop 8 being ruled unconstitutional, more and more states are voting to allow for it. The play also brings up the failures of the […]
Check out our Slideshow of photos from Cyrano: This slideshow requires JavaScript. Cyrano April 28 – June 10 (323) 663-1525 More Info Buy Tickets This entry was posted in actors, Arts, Deaf, Fountain Theatre, new plays, performing arts, plays, theatre and tagged American Sign Language, ASL, Bob Hiltermann, Cyrano, Cyrano de Bergerac, Daniel Durant, deaf, […]
Dor Gvirtsman After taking a brief hiatus for the Passover holidays, our smash hit production of Chaim Potok’s The Chosen restarts its critically acclaimed run this weekend. With every performance sold-out since it opened in January, this second and final extension continues to June 10th. We caught up with actor Dor Gvirtsman as he prepared […]
Liza Fernandez, Joshua Bitton, Guillermo Cienfuegos, Victor Anthony, Lesley Fera, Montae Russell and Marisol Miranda What happens when you mix a Pulitzer Prize winning script, a company of phenomenal actors and a skilled director together in one room? You get magic. From the moment the first lines of Stephen Adly Guirgis’ funny and powerful Between […]
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Photo by Jenny Graham by Terri Roberts Twenty months ago, the Fountain Theatre was forced to close in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Downstairs our stage was dark. Upstairs the café was empty. It was an unimaginable time. All of that has changed now. The success of preventatives (vaccines, masks, etc.) have allowed theatres to […]
By France-Luce Benson This Saturday we are joined by playwright, director, and Founding Artistic Director of The Farm Theatre, Padraic Lillis. Founded in 2013, The Farm Theatre develops early career artists with limited support systems through workshops, productions, and mentoring. The Farm Theatre’s name is inspired by baseball’s “farm system” to develop new talent. Similarly, […]
Montae Russell, Joshua Bitton, Lesley Fera, Marisol Miranda, Matthew Hancock. The Fountain Theatre’s acclaimed Los Angeles Premiere of the Pulitzer Prize winning play Between Riverside and Crazy by Stephen Adly Guirgis will extend its sold-out run to January 26, 2020. The original cast will remain intact. The performance schedule continues to be Friday 8pm, Saturday […]
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Anna Khaja, Jason Karasev and Joel Polis Our powerful and moving Los Angeles premiere of My Name Is Asher Lev officially opened Saturday night, February 22nd, to an exuberant standing ovation. It was a glorious performance and a triumphant launch to an already successful run with many future performances sold out in advance. Based on […]