‘Gilbert Glenn Brown and Matthew Hancock in ‘The Brothers Size’ Stage Raw today announced its first Stage Raw Los Angeles Theater Awards, honoring professional excellence in theaters of up to 99 seats for the 2014 calendar year. The Fountain Theatre has been honored with 13 nominations: Production of the Year – The Brothers Size Size Size Direction – […]
Roy Allen I brought a guest to last Friday’s performance of Bakersfield Mist and we were both swept away by the brilliant script and the masterful performance of two pros in their prime! The script was pitch perfect and the actors never put a wrong foot forward! Miraculous! Thank you for the uncompromising work and […]
by Theresa Smith Playwright Athol Fugard TO CELEBRATE his 80th birthday on Monday, June 11th, , much lauded South African playwright Athol Fugard wants nothing more than a family braai. Speaking on the weekend by telephone from San Diego, California where he lives with his wife, poet Sheila Fugard, close to their novelist daughter Lisa […]
by Lauren Gunderson “El Nogalar” at the Fountain Theatre. It appears that in many major theaters across the country, men’s roles out number women’s by half. One out of every three roles go to women. (An informal survey of 10 theatrical seasons from across the country that I did put women in only 35% of […]
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Peter Bayne is a composer and award-winning sound designer. At the Fountain, he designed sound for Coming Home, Opus, A House Not Meant to Stand, and Bakersfield Mist. Did you enjoy creating the sound design for Bakersfield Mist? Designing the sound for Bakersfield Mist was a blast. I was only sort of aware of the […]
by Terri Roberts Recently, actress Aleisha Force (Human Interest Story) stopped by the Fountain Theatre simply to pick up her belongings which had been locked in a dressing room since March 2020 when the pandemic closed our doors. But when she arrived, she ran into artistic director Stephen Sachs and a film crew from Spectrum […]
By France-Luce Benson No, you are not experiencing Déjà vu. Our guest this week on Saturday Matinees is actually the identical twin sister of our guest a few weeks ago, and an extraordinary talent in her own right. On Saturday, Leslie Gray Streeter will share an excerpt from her book, which bestselling author James Patterson […]
by Terri Roberts Recently, actress Aleisha Force (Human Interest Story) stopped by the Fountain Theatre simply to pick up her belongings which had been locked in a dressing room since March 2020 when the pandemic closed our doors. But when she arrived, she ran into artistic director Stephen Sachs and a film crew from Spectrum […]
The Spanish term for a heightened state of emotion and authenticity, “duende,” roughly translates to a single word, “soul.” It’s also the elusive ingredient at the heart of flamenco, the centuries-old art form whose Andalusian origins, while not completely known, are an exotic blend of Jewish, Arab, and Roma (also known as Gypsy) cultures. Commonly […]
History repeats itself, for better and worse. And certain plays, like historical events, resurrect with new relevance in our hearts and minds at specific moments in time in our lives. “The Ballad of Emmett Till” (Fountain Theatre, 2011) In 2010 The Fountain Theatre produced the West Coast Premiere of The Ballad of Emmett Till. Emmett Till was […]
Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard in “Brief Encounter” The Fountain is presenting a free screening of the 1945 classic romantic film, Brief Encounter on Saturday, September 22 at 4:30pm. The screening is in conjunction with the Fountain’s current hit production, Arrival & Departure, which was inspired by the Noel Coward screenplay of the movie. Playwright/Director […]
Deanne Bray and Troy Kotsur Love is in the air this summer with the world premiere of Stephen Sachs’ new play, Arrival & Departure, inspired by the screenplay for Noel Coward’s Brief Encounter. Sachs directs his new romantic comedy/drama, opening July 14. In this re-imagined modern-day stage adaptation of Coward’s classic 1945 film, a Deaf man […]
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 […]