theater
“Chinese Massacre” dramatizes little-known history
May 16, 2011Playwright Tom Jacobson takes a Howard Zinn-like "people's history" look at Los Angeles, revealing a little-known pogrom against L. A.'s then-200 inhabitants of Chinese ancestry.
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“The Temperamentals” strikes a blow for the sexual revolution
April 27, 2011The Temperamentals is part of a significant emerging trend in contemporary American theater.
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“Broken Glass”: What it means to be a Jew in America
March 14, 2011Arthur Miller is our very own American Shakespeare. Broken Glass is one of Miller's lesser-known works - it ran only 73 performances when it opened on Broadway in 1994, although it was Tony-nominated - and is...
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This revolutionary “Cradle” still rocks!
February 28, 2011If you're anywhere near Los Angeles, don't miss The Cradle Will Rock, the latest addition to the tide of political plays currently flowing across Southern California stages.
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Jazz-blues opera brings ‘Forgotten’ labor history to life
March 23, 2010In "Forgotten: The Murder at the Ford Rouge Plant," the story of unsung labor hero Lewis Bradford, Methodist minister and union organizer, comes to life in Michigan on March 26.
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