Urban Theatre Movement

In the summer of 2009, a Long Beach theater company staged Stephen Adly Guirgis’ play on the gentrification of New York City, In Arabia We’d All Be Kings. The play was directed by Jeremy Aluma and the cast included Brenda … Continue reading →

Downtown Los Angeles has been no stranger to DIY theater over the years, from past presenters like Al’s National Theater, which staged plays in the famous punk club, to Poor Dog Group, which this year earned praise for Brewsie & … Continue reading →

How long does it take for one of the 12 apostles to remove himself so completely from his holy role that he actually becomes the devil? The Urban Theatre Movement’s production of “The Last Days of Judas Iscariot” gives a … Continue reading →

Tis the season, right? Many retailers and restaurants have already made the jump from Halloween to Christmas and have completely blown over Thanksgiving—a holiday that is commercially centered around food and family. One of the most widely recognized portraits of … Continue reading →

Good grief: You’re all grown up, Charlie Brown Star rating: 5 out of 5 Life inside a five-block comic strip in the Sunday morning paper was so much simpler. Charlie Brown’s biggest worries were gaining the respect of his peers, … Continue reading →

“100% Sweet”! Colin Mitchell, Bitter Lemons http://bit.ly/cTzHGm SWEET Perhaps it was the long-awaited dawning of the sunshine on Saturday morning, or the breath of refreshingly honest air each moment the actors shared, but I felt uplifted by the dark, heavy, … Continue reading →

A first full-length production is a bit of a milestone for a theatre company. In it, the young collective establishes their identity, carving their place within the theatre-drenched LA scene. Months of fundraising and mission statement tweaking leads up to … Continue reading →

In the title of his best selling book, Robert Fulghum explains, “all you need to know about life, you learned in kindergarten.” This is pretty much the case, in “Dog Sees God,” imparting pearls of wisdom and gems of insight … Continue reading →

Altruistic theater company reimagines Peanuts Less than a year ago, co-founders Brenda Banda and Paul Tully met at Cerritos College in Norwalk, Calif. Both were enrolled in the same acting class, and it wasn’t long before the pair became motivated … Continue reading →

GO! Yes, Charlie Brown, you’re still a good man. But in Bert Royal’s darkly funny parody of the Peanuts comic strip, the gang is all grown up, raising hell and dealing with some very adult issues. CB (Stephen John Williams) … Continue reading →