Konstantine Stanislavski Love art in yourself and not yourself in art.
Harold Clurman The stage is life, music, beautiful girls, legs, breasts, not talk or intellectualism or dried-up academics.
by Joel Elkins~
John Stuercke claims he wrote The Berlin Dig as a reaction to the recent rise in fundamentalism in the United States and even gives credit to Sarah Palin for inspiring it. We can now add this to the list of things she has inflicted us with.
First of all, the play, [...]
by Ashley Steed~
Chaplin Stage
Company: Full Circle Theatrics DBA El Centro Theatre
Managing Partners Alice Ensor & Joe Koonce
Neighborhood: Hollywood
Address: 804 N.El Centro, Los Angeles, CA 90038
Website: www.elcentrotheatre.com
Seat capacity: 99 (The Circle) & 45 (The Chaplin)
When founded: The theatre itself was founded in 1946. Full Circle Theatrics took over the management of the space in 2007.
Parking: [...]
by Geoff Hoff~
I like to find something good about any play I see. The lighting (by David Graybill) in the production of the original play Nevermore, now playing at El Centro Theatre, was incredible, especially so given the limitations of the space and the set. The costumes (by Sarah Register) were also quite good and [...]
by Geoff Hoff~
I like my stories to make sense. If a story doesn’t make sense, I like them to at least have some compelling reason not to. An example; absurdist plays don’t often make a lot of sense, but that’s the whole point of absurdist plays and I would be hard pressed to find an [...]
by Joel Elkins
“As I come out: this action I now go on
Is for my better grace.”
The Winter’s Tale, Act 2, Scene 1
Anita Bryant Died For Your Sins, making its West Coast premiere at The El Centro Theatre, is a lighthearted, yet tender story of a boy coming of age – and out – in the [...]
by Joel Elkins
A few months ago at the Academy Awards, Hugh Jackman announced to the world that the musical is back. In making his case, he cites to Exhibit A, the worldwide success of Mamma Mia. He can now point to Exhibit B, last Sunday’s musical-studded Tony award show. I’m not sure [...]
