The Los Angeles theater community went from celebrating itself to critiquing its shortcomings during the 45th annual Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards March 17. Bart DeLorenzo, who received the Milton Katselas Award for career or special achievement in direction, blasted local theaters for hiring artists from New York instead of Los Angeles. His critique was interpreted as a knock against Center Theatre Group, which drew applause from John Perrin Flynn. “I loved Bart’s speech,” Flynn, artistic director of Rogue Machine Theatre, told Backstage. “I say this all the time to everyone who will listen: People have to start hiring us. If we want L.A. theater to grow, the Center Theatre Group has to stop hiring directors from New York, designers from New York. We’re just as fucking good; we’re better.” It’s not a new criticism leveled at Ctg, which frequently brushes it aside by pointing out that,...
- 3/18/2014
- backstage.com
Jeff Favreproduction: A Beautiful View, Son of Semele Theatre; Robots vs. Fake Robots, Powerhouse Theatre; Shipwrecked! An Entertainment, Geffen Playhouse.Playwriting: David Largman Murray, Robots vs. Fake Robots.Direction: Don Boughton, A Beautiful View; John Doyle, Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre; Tiger Reel, Cartoon, Art/Works Theatre; Elise Robertson, The Women, Circus Theatricals.Music Direction: Sarah Travis, Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Scenic Design: Simon Higlett, The School of Night, Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum; Christine Jones, Spring Awakening, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre; Anthony Ward, My Fair Lady, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre.Lighting Design: Russell H. Champa, The School of Night; Richard Jones, Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street.Costume Design: Anthony Ward, My Fair Lady.Sound Design: Dan Moses Schreier, Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street.Perfomance In A (Primarily) Straight Play:Gregory Itzin,...
- 3/11/2009
- backstage.com
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