Tagged With Theatre
Don Shirley Not Happy About Being Compared to Terrorists by Steven Leigh Morris
That’s right I just named two actual names in that headline. Why? Well, because those are the two individuals who are actually involved in this little sparring match that I’m about to highlight and also because it gets your attention. Today some call that “click-bait”. Back in the olden days when ink was used to create markings on parchment, it was called “selling newspapers”. Doesn’t make the...
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The Bitter Lemons' Top Rated Los Angeles Theater Productions of 2015
Okay, folks, this is the sumbitch that actually demands some work. And math. Nasty, nasty nasty math. I don’t like math. But I do like you, LemonHead, so I’m pushing through the pain, shaking hands with the demons, and making this list for y’all for the FIFTH YEAR IN A ROW because that’s how we roll here at the Lemon.Deep breath. And release.These are the Top Rated Los Angeles Theater Productions of 2015, pulled directly from our ...
Xmas Letter from the Bachelor Uncle in L.A.
One exit from mine on the Ronald Reagan Freeway, a Southern California Gas storage tank ruptured in October. The greenhouse emissions equate to an additional 2.3 million cars. Two schools and two thousand families have relocated. The problem might be fixed in March.Los Angeles writ large issues eighteen million challenges every day. Broadcaster an...
Merry Christmas, LemonHeads!
Hope everyone is with their family and feeling the tidings of comfort and joy. I sure did. That’s my boy up there in the picture, Max. Yup. He’s a Master Builder. No big deal, cranks out age 18 plus sets all by himself. Yawn.Ever noticed how often people without kids hate Christmas? It’s because it was made for children. So if you’re feeling the blahs either kidnap a child now or get to work immediately with someone fertile and you’ll be all set for next year.I will be vanishing for a week come...
KCRW's Best of Los Angeles Theater 2015
I know, I know, I’m really filling up the old blogosphere today. I’ve been away and so much has happened, well not really, but I know how easy it is to get behind on the latest. So, yeah, I’m filling it up.This will be the last of the day. I hope. Oddly it’s a two parter, you get the first 5 here, and then you’re forced to subscribe to A-Burn’s Backstage newsletter or something and then you c...
Hollywood Fringe Hit "King Dick" Gets a Revamped Read at Rogue Machine's New Home
I enjoyed King Dick in its workshop form at the Fringe, even gave it a little Honorable Mention love in our Best of 2015 list.Now apparently it’s had some serious tweaking and is getting another look see as the first event in Rogue’s new home at the MET Theatre. Here’s the scoop on the poop:What: King Dick Stage ReadingWhen: Friday,...
KCRW's Anthony Byrnes: "I do not believe theaters are really in competition with each other."
Uhhhh. Well, yeah, A-Burn, they are in competition with each other. Doesn’t have to be a bad thing, it just forces you to do what you do better.I will never understand this notion that the world of arts and entrainment must be devoid of competition. Now I’m not talking about “the making of the art”. That’s another beast altogether. When I’m writing a play, or directing,...
Bitter Lemons' Editor to Write for Zombie Joe's 50-Hour Drive-By Theatre Festival
Yup. Some shameless self promotion here, LemonHeads, and yes I just referred to myself in the third person up there. It’s what we do. Or at least it’s what I do. Heh.I will be one of four writers for Zombie Joe’s 15th annual 50 Hour Drive By Theatre Festival, four plays created, rehearsed and staged in 50 hours, culminating in three performances for the public, January 23-25th, performances Saturday...
Critics Fuck Everybody
I spent the last two weeks free of my life in Los Angeles. Sojourning on the east coast, I wrote no journalism and attended only three artistic endeavors: I participated in a script reading, I moshed at a punk show, and I saw two short plays on one bill. But the two plays were...