Larry Colker has been co-hosting the weekly Redondo Poets reading at Coffee Cartel in Redondo Beach for 15 years. He is the author of four chapbooks: At the Curb, Car Waiting, Boy Standing (1997); What the Lizard Knows (2003); Hunger Crossing (with Danielle Grilli, 2006); Girl with Tattooed Heart, Boy Standing (2008). In 2007 his submission won …
One man shows. One woman shows. Solo Performance. Autobiographical theatrical memoirs. You know the genre, right? Very popular in the theater these days. Especially for the producer. Why not? You have a very small cast – one person; a small, portable set that can usually be in and out of your theater without a trace, …
From 1981 – 1984, as a young and emerging choreographer/director, Sarah Elgart taught dance and created choreography with a small group of maximum-security inmates at California Institution for Women, the state prison. Initially unbeknownst to Elgart, two of the inmates in her class included Patricia Krenwinkel and Susan Atkins of the Manson Family. When each …
Poetry + Murder, Part 2: My Dance with the Manson Women Read More »
If we’re lucky, and we live long enough, we get to have conversations with wise men. In the case of Philippe Mora, the acclaimed director flips this adage on its ear with his upcoming film, Three Days in Auschwitz. A prolific filmmaker whose work includes Mad Dog Morgan, Brother Can You Spare a Dime and Swastika, …
Evolution of a Filmmaker: A Conversation with Philippe Mora Read More »
Neil Gaiman is the universally beloved author of the classics Coraline, American Gods, and The Sandman series, among other works. He has even written a couple of the best Doctor Who episodes in recent years. On October 14, 2013, he gave a lecture at The Reading Agency on the topics of reading and obligation. An …
Into the Woods has probably become the musical for which Stephen Sondheim is best known. In addition to the current Disney film version and innumerable high school, college, and community theater productions, there have been four NYC productions, including the 1987 Broadway original (which should have won the Tony Award for Best Musical over Phantom …
It’s hard to get mad at Dame Edna Everage, the grandly mauve elder stateswoman from Australia with rhinestone everything, from butterfly glasses to sparkly clothes, to draping rivers of unnecessary jewelry that she couldn’t possibly live without. Yes, possums (her term of endearment for all us civilians out there in the dark), Dame Edna’s back …
Theatre doesn’t require a strict adherence to fact; it is famous for distilling broader truths from smart invention. So a play about the famous pages intentionally torn (and never found) from Lewis Carroll’s voluminous diaries is just the tantalizing sort of idea that allows for unhindered speculation. A perfect set-up for dramatic intrigue. Playwright Lily …
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