Opening the Curtain

Opening the Curtain

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Opening the Curtain episodes

  • Peeling Peer's Onion

     "You are about to see the rarely performed 1867 masterpiece Peer Gynt, a disembodied voice says, "but instead of the epic 50-character, five-act, five-hour Ibsen original…"

    5 min
  • A real theatre community?

    The clearest lesson of the last two weeks in LA theatre is that festivals rock! Or to try to be a little more erudite, theatre needs community and community needs context...

    5 min
  • The Magic of Polaroid

    Remember the magic of Polaroid cameras? Unlike the camera on your iPhone, there was that satisfying, mechanical ker-chunk as the photo spit itself out like a tongue...

    5 min
  • A Desire for Honesty

    Kate Fodor's play 100 Saints You Should Know is all about longing -- for faith, intimacy, a real connection with your child, and perhaps most poignantly -- for honesty...

    5 min
  • Spotlight on LA

    For a couple of weeks in June, and perhaps for the first time ever, LA will be the center of the American Theater! No really! You should make plans, buy tickets, get a sitter...

    5 min
  • Fleck's Madness

    Depending on your politics and artistic tastes, John Fleck is either famous or infamous as being one of what was called "The NEA Four..."

    5 min
  • Sorry, Charlie

    So you work at some high-powered consulting firm...burning the candle at both ends…You're in a bit of trouble, took advantage of a situation and now it's coming back to haunt you.

    5 min
  • Stage Stars

    God of Carnage is the story of two couples who come together after their children have gotten into a little playground rumpus.

    5 min

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