Bertolt Brecht is known to have said about great art that, “nothing is self-evident. I am made to laugh about those who cry, and cry about those who laugh.” We experience a little bit of both in The Other Theatre’s production of George Tabori’s Brecht on Brecht at the Atwater Village Playhouse, directed by Downey… Continue reading Review: Brecht on Brecht at Atwater Village Playhouse
Author: Lana Joy
Lana Joy is an actor, theatre scholar and proud mother living in Downey, CA. She has an MA in Theatre from Cal State University Northridge and has performed on Southern California stages and beyond, such as A Noise Within, Grove Theatre Center, The Odyssey, and Sierra Repertory Theatre.
‘Rough Start’ at Civic Theatre Premature, Underrated
Last week an article came out in the Downey Patriot titled thus: ‘New Era’ Off to a Rough Start. It was referring to a comedy night recently held by H&E Entertainment at the Downey Civic Theatre. The show undersold, and the producers were disappointed. They canceled all future bookings for the year, and their disappointment… Continue reading ‘Rough Start’ at Civic Theatre Premature, Underrated
Greek Trilogy Oresteia at the Downey Theatre
The vision of director and producer Leonidas Loizides is to “hand over the torch of ancient Greek culture” to the rest of us, a task that bears more significance today than ever before.