The Wicked Stage

The seats of the Elysian Theatre on Riverside Dr., which in my time in L.A. was the home of the Colony Studio Theatre (later Knightsbridge)....

photo by Gary Leonard When I was starting up Back Stage West  back in late 1993/early 1994, I remember someone suggesting that we do somethi...

Orville Mendoza as Sweeney at the 2014 Sondheimas celebration. (Photo by David Gordon) When Stephen Sondheim died last year, I reflected th...

One of the privileges of my theatergoing in L.A. back in the day was seeing talented actors like David Dukes do some of the best work of the...

It wasn't a one-on-one, alas, but I well remember the day I was ushered into a South Coast Rep rehearsal room for a sort of four-way int...

Note: Sam Jackson is wearing a hat for the Birmingham Black Barons, a Negro League team that played 1920-1960.  Tonight I'm headed to th...

Larry Gilliard Jr. and Harold Perrineau in "Topdog/Underdog" at Center Theatre Group in 2004. It's been a very Suzan-Lori Park...