theater

color postcard image of Sarah Bernhardt in front of the Venice Canals
Nicholas Beyelia, March 28, 2025

We left Sarah Bernhardt accepting a very lucrative offer to perform in Southern California, and despite reports to the contrary, it was not the only prospect—but it was the only realistic prospect.


color postcard image of Sarah Bernhardt in front of the Venice Canals
Nicholas Beyelia, March 21, 2025

Just before 6 p.m. on the afternoon of May 18, 1906, twenty-year-old Highland Park resident Elizabeth Beatty stepped onto the boardwalk of the newest amusement pier in Los Angeles County.


Sarah Bernhardt larger than life merged with a phto of the hollywood sign
Nicholas Beyelia, October 28, 2024

On a pleasant summer evening in 1891, the Los Angeles Herald's theater critic attended a play that ran for exactly one night.


Collage of audio recordings of plays
Robert Anderson, August 11, 2020

The majority of professional theatre companies across the country have now canceled their performance seasons through at least the end of this year, so it appears that it will be a minimum of six months before any of us sees the inside of the Mark Taper Forum, the Pasadena Playhouse, the Geffen Playhouse,


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