Comments on: State of Theatre in LA: Critic’s Panel Discussion at Fringe Central

By: Theatre Asylum | LA Theatre Review

Theatre Asylum | LA Theatre Review — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 03:56:02 +0000

[...] support one another, but that we also need to combine forces. One thing that was mentioned in the Critics Panel hosted by LATR is that we need more producers. Thus, Producing Artistic Director and Founder of [...]

By: Elaine Del Valle

Elaine Del Valle — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 21:15:23 +0000

As a visiting Fringe Artist, I was very impressed with the Hollywood Theater community. As the festival went on the crowds grew, and as a credit to the reviews and the reviewers write ups, and word of mouth, I was prompted to see as many shows as I could manage during my show. I was very impressed with local shows as well as other visiting fringers. In all I racked up about 30 shows. I was disappointed that I could not see more. I was an active reviewer on the fringe website and learned so much. I think the Hollywood fringe was especially successful because of the proximity of the theaters. Perhaps a great way to improve the festival would be to get the city involved by providing the artists with free parking at meters. This would encourage more of those of us working in the festival to get around more easily. Additionally, I think the state can provide grants to support the project.
There should have also been a best run theater award, as I feel the theater of NOTE, was especially deserving. NOTE provided a sense of community to all it’s artists and patrons. Also the reviews on the Hff site should not be anonymous, and only be allowed on by known emails associated with panelists, artists and theaters
reviewers.
Lastly visiting artists have a hard time getting audience, as such perhaps it would be important to mandate that every show provide atleast one representative to see and review atleast 3 other shows…for me this was a joy!
Kudos to everyone involved in making this happen! I think it is s better supported festival than the fringe in NYC.

By: Kat

Kat — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 18:53:46 +0000

Thanks for the write up Ashley, but I think some things are missing from here. I’d like to encourage readers to check out Don Shirley’s response to the panel on LAStageBlog as well as Ben Hill’s address to LA on Bitter Lemons. Also, many of the ideas expressed on the panel mirror the conversations LA Stage Alliance will be moderating through out the summer, which LA Theatre Practitioners are welcome to participate in.

Also, to clarify on my hyphenate status being quote “worrisome,” check out my blog post on the topic, which was republished in Bitter Lemons a while back: http://katprimeau.weebly.com/1/post/2009/11/to-review-or-not-to-review.html

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