The Times’ Theater Beat reviewers named their list of favorites in 2011, including: Best Double Act David C. Nichols: Jenny O’Hara and Nick Ullett of Bakersfield Mist. Best Set Design F. Kathleen Foley: Jeff McLaughlin’s hilariously detailed bargain basement set for Bakersfield Mist at the Fountain Theatre. We could truly believe that this tchotchke-strewn Bakersfield […]
by Stephen Sachs The red-hot Dodgers are the best team in baseball right now. They have a MLB leading record of 66 and 29, have won 11 in a row, and their current 30-4 run is now entering historic territory. They are the first National League team to achieve a run of this dominance since […]
by Jessica Broutt Let me start my last blog post of the summer by saying that I am not a big fan of change. I love re-reading books, seeing movies over and over, and staying friends with people who I have known a long time. I find sameness very comforting. And now, after sitting at […]
Actors Chip Bent and Maleni Chaitoo, two cast members from our smash hit production of Cyrano, got together on their own time and created this ASL Music Video, “Sexy and I Know It”. Check it out! Posted in actors, Arts, Deaf, Fountain Theatre, new plays, performing arts, plays, theatre Tagged “Sexy and I Know It”, […]
This slideshow requires JavaScript. Who says theatre nerds don’t like sports? Our Fountain staff stepped away from our desks and slipped out of rehearsal rooms to enjoy a night out together at Dodger Stadium to cheer on our first-place Dodgers against the Arizona Diamondbacks. We had a great time drinking beer, munching peanuts and Dodger […]
Oscar Arslanian The Fountain Theatre is very pleased and proud to welcome Oscar Arslanian as a new member of its Board of Directors. “I have known and admired Oscar for many years,” said Fountain Co-Artistic Director Stephen Sachs. “He is a longtime advocate for the arts in Hollywood. There isn’t a person in the Hollywood business and […]
I’m Jessica, the new development intern for the Fountain Theatre. During the academic year, I’m a student at UC San Diego and major in Literature/Writing, but this summer I get the pleasure of being back home in Los Angeles and working at the Fountain. Though my focus at college is primarily writing and reading, I […]
El Nogalar Jan 28 – March 11 (323) 663-1525 More Info This entry was posted in Arts, Fountain Theatre, new plays, performing arts, plays, playwright, theatre and tagged Anton Chekhov, El Nogalar, Fountain Theatre, Latino, Los Angeles, new plays, Tanya Saracho, The Cherry Orchard, West Coast Premiere. Bookmark the permalink.
Mid-life journeys in “Heart Song” at the Fountain Theatre by Rachel Ditor I have read countless coming-of-age stories. As a teenager and young adult many of those stories were lifesavers. I still struggled but I didn’t feel alone anymore. I’m discovering now a subset of this genre, the coming-of-middle age story. I don’t feel I […]
by Carla Stillwell Carla Stillwell Let me get transparent with you. I cannot stand the word “diversity.” It makes me uncomfortable because I know what it has become code for. For the first thirty minutes or so of a plenary [at a TCG Conference in Chicago three years ago], there were several accomplished men and […]
by Carla Stillwell Carla Stillwell Let me get transparent with you. I cannot stand the word “diversity.” It makes me uncomfortable because I know what it has become code for. For the first thirty minutes or so of a plenary [at a TCG Conference in Chicago three years ago], there were several accomplished men and […]
Tony Kushner Tony Kushner can’t make a living writing for the stage. America’s most prominent playwright confessed in an interview published in Time Out New York earlier this year that Angels in America doesn’t pay the rent: “I make my living now as a screenwriter. Which I’m surprised and horrified to find myself saying, but […]
by Carla Stillwell Carla Stillwell Let me get transparent with you. I cannot stand the word “diversity.” It makes me uncomfortable because I know what it has become code for. For the first thirty minutes or so of a plenary [at a TCG Conference in Chicago three years ago], there were several accomplished men and […]
Artistic Directors Deborah Lawlor and Stephen Sachs Posted in actors, Arts, arts organizations, Dance, Drama, Fountain Theatre, performing arts, plays, Theater, theatre Tagged artistic director, Deborah Lawlor, Fountain Theatre, giving thanks, gratitude, Los Angeles, performing arts, plays, Stephen Sachs, thank you, Thanksgiving, theater, theatre