‘A crisis unlike any other’: famed LA theater cancels upcoming season amid financial woes

The Mark Taper Forum’s new season – featuring female and non-binary playwrights – was scratched and layoffs were announced A theater that has become the mainstay of Los Angeles’s arts community has announced that it is cancelling its upcoming season – slated as a counter to its male-dominated 2021-2022 lineup – amid financial concerns as regional theaters across the US struggle in the aftermath of the pandemic. The Center Theatre Group (CTG) in Los Angeles announced on 15 June that it will pause 2023-2024 programming at the Mark Taper Forum, its 739-seat house, amid financial woes exacerbated by the Covid shutdown. Continue reading...