There’s an app for that, as the saying goes. But an increasing number of entrepreneurial theater folk have noticed that for a lot of day-to-day legit work, there isn’t an app for that — and they’ve set about remedying the situation. Take Jeff Whiting, the latest legiter to add the unlikely words “software developer” to […]
Morlan Higgins and Julanne Chidi Hill in “The Blue Iris” Back in the year 2000, legendary South African playwright Athol Fugard was residing in Del Mar, teaching playwriting, acting and directing at UC San Diego — while continuing to turn out the prolific body of work that had earned him worldwide acclaim. He heard from […]
Ipek Mehlum Maleni Chaitoo Ipek Mehlum, Maleni Chaitoo, Martica de Cardenas, Erinn Anova Victor Warren Backstage Video by Daniel Durant on Opening Night Cyrano Now – June 10 (323) 663-1525 More Info Get Tickets This entry was posted in actors, Arts, Deaf, Fountain Theatre, new plays, performing arts, plays, playwright, theatre […]
Director Simon Levy speaks to the cast of ‘The Normal Heart’. Yesterday was our first “meet and greet” rehearsal for our upcoming production of The Normal Heart by Larry Kramer, directed by Simon Levy. The groundbreaking drama about public and private indifference to the onset of the AIDS crisis, and one man’s fight to awaken […]
Fred Herko She knew him in the final years of his life. He shared her apartment months before he died. His memory, and the inspiration his passionate spirit ignited, has firmly gripped her for fifty-three years. Next week, Fountain Co-Artistic Director Deborah Lawlor pays tribute to her gifted and troubled friend with Freddy, her new […]
by Carolyn & Bud Rorman It’s been 8 years since our introduction to the Fountain Theatre. We heard about To Be Young, Gifted and Black and put it on our list of “must see’s” as Bud’s cousin, Robert Nemiroff, had produced this play adapted from the works of Lorraine Hansberry Nemiroff. Of course, we were […]
Dan Shaked in On the Spectrum The Fountain Theatre’s West Coast Premiere of On the Spectrum has been named a Highlight of 2013 Theater by writer Don Shirley in LA Stage Times. Written by Ken LaZebnik and directed by Jacqueline Schultz, the funny and poignant play dramatized the relationship between two young people with autism. […]
The “take Fountain” mural across the street from the Fountain Theatre in Hollywood. When Johnny Carson asked Bette Davis for advice on “the best way an aspiring starlet could get into Hollywood,” Ms. Davis replied without hesitation, “Take Fountain.” Fountain Avenue is a local favorite for many people who use it to cut across Hollywood quickly. It runs parallel […]
Enjoy this new video created to honor the 25th Anniversary of the Fountain Theatre. It was screened for 200 guests at the Gala held Saturday, October 3rd, at The Redbury Hotel in Hollywood. Video created by Rosylyn Rhee, with original music by Woody Pak. This entry was posted in arts organizations, Drama, performing arts, Theater, […]
‘Cyrano’ at New York Theatre Workshop The Fountain Theatre and Deaf West Theatre brought their lyrical and romantic deaf/hearing updated-version of Cyrano to New York last Monday, April 29, for a special staged reading at the acclaimed New York Theatre Workshop. The staged reading was performed for a full house of NY theater producers and invited […]
An unforgettable love story inspired by one of the most romantic movies of all time. Stephen Sachs directs Deaf actors Deanne Bray (Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye, Heroes) and Troy Kotsur (title role in Cyrano at the Fountain, Big River on Broadway) in Sachs’ newest play, inspired by the screenplay for Noël Coward’s Brief Encounter. The world […]
Deanne Bray and Troy Kotsur, “Arrival & Departure.” Two acclaimed Fountain Theatre premieres — Arrival & Departure and Cost of Living — have been named Best Production of a Play in 2018 by veteran LA theatre critic Travis Michael Holder on TicketHoldersLA.com. Now in its 27th year, Travis’ Ticketholder Awards celebrate the 100+ Los Angeles […]
“Ms. Smith Goes to Washington” at Los Angeles City Hall by Christine Deitner On Thursday, January 24th a lucky group of citizens in Los Angeles was treated to a unique experience–The Fountain Theatre’s reading of a gender-switched adaptation of Sidney Buchman’s screenplay, Mr. Smith Goes To Washington. The Fountain’s Co-Artistic Director Stephen Sachs adapted the work that was […]
Stephen Hawking by Stephen Sachs In quantum mechanics, the observer effect is the theory that observing a particle changes the particle being observed. Werner Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle determined that the act of our looking at a quantum element impacts the behavior of the thing we are watching. I believe the same can be applied to live theatre. […]