We’re a week away from the World Premiere of THE PRINCES OF KINGS ROAD. Three of twelve shows are sold out and tickets are moving briskly on the remaining nine shows. We move the production into The Neutra Institute Museum and Gallery on Monday. We’re working on the projections and the music. We’re polishing the […]
We’re a week away. Rehearsing every day. Still seeing things that need fixing. Little rewrites every night. Working out the last moments that don’t work perfectly yet. The process is so collaborative at this point. The problems aren’t just for me to solve anymore. Now, we’re all in it together – John, Ray and Heather […]
Schindler and Neutra: Architects Who Couldn’t Avoid Each Other, Despite Their Best Efforts Tom Lazarus’s new play ‘Princes of Kings Road’ traces two Viennese modernists who briefly worked together, then split up—then met again in an L.A. hospital. BY JASON ROHRER One common snipe against Los Angeles is that it has no sense of history—that it’s a […]
Schindler and Neutra: Architects Who Couldn’t Avoid Each Other, Despite Their Best Efforts Tom Lazarus’s new play ‘Princes of Kings Road’ traces two Viennese modernists who briefly worked together, then split up—then met again in an L.A. hospital. BY JASON ROHRER One common snipe against Los Angeles is that it has no sense of history—that it’s a […]
Stevie Stern Lazarus, Producer of THE PRINCES OF KINGS ROAD, announced today that the gala world premiere September 12th is sold out along with the October 4th show. “I’m thrilled that the word is getting out and people are clamoring to see THE PRINCES OF KINGS ROAD. Tickets are available for the eleven remaining shows […]
The actors are not depending on their script anymore. They have 95% of the script committed to memory. How do they do it? Beyond me. We’ve also added all the props, so the actors are getting comfortable with how the performance will actually feel. I’m used to directing for TV and film and the pressures […]
The set. 1953. Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. Los Angeles. We’ve been rehearsing in chairs. For two weeks. Not worrying too much about the blocking, i.e. moving around the stage. Getting the script down. Now, we’ve moved in the sets. Beds, tables, a hospital room. It adds a whole new element. The play is being realized. […]
After rehearsing THE PRINCES OF KINGS ROAD for a couple weeks in our rehearsal space with chairs, we finally brought in the set. The play moves closer to a reality. Now, the actors – John Nielsen, Heather Robinson and Ray Xifo – have more to do: continue learning their lines and now finding their places […]
We’re rehearsing today. We’re on one of the big confrontations. Schindler and Neutra are having it. Shouting, revved up, at each other’s throats. A knock at our rehearsal space’s door. It’s a neighbor. Terribly concerned. “I’ve been hearing the fighting – is everything all right?” We had to calm her down. Talk about actors bringing […]
I’m really excited about a new play I’ve written and am directing about iconic L.A. architects Richard Neutra and Rudolph Schindler. We’re in rehearsal now and working with this world class cast – John Nielsen, Heather Robinson and Ray Xifo is absolutely thrilling for me. Writing can sometimes be a lonely business, writing in a […]
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