The One, The Singular Nazimova!

I am very excited about our upcoming presentation of Garden of Alla: The Alla Nazimova Story.  This west coast premiere of this dynamic one-woman show is a powerful remembrance of one of the greats. In an interview with Broadway World, the performer and playwright, Romy Nordlinger writes about her thoughts after reading a biography of the extraordinary Nazimova:
 
"I couldn’t believe that this legendary force of nature, Alla Nazimova, was not a household name. How in the world had her story been seemingly so widely overlooked? She had a Broadway theatre named after her by the Shubert’s – yet not even a plaque remains to commemorate it on 39th street (in New York, current site of an Irish pub and parking lot).  She made the Shubert’s 4 million dollars in sold out runs – about 125 million dollars today. She inspired Tennessee Williams, Eugene O’ Neill, Noel Coward and helped bring critical acclaim in America to Chekhov, Strindberg and Ibsen.  In silent films, she commanded a salary higher than Mary Pickford’s. Then she went on to become one of the first female directors and producers in Hollywood with her own production company. In 1916! Unheard of!
We are the stories we tell and now more than ever, when school curriculums and the pendulum are swinging towards censorship of anything LGBTQ+ or female empowered or ‘other’, basically anything that is not the white male’s story, we need to unveil these stories and take back our collective history. We are standing on the shoulders of giants! Why was Alla Nazimova’s story stolen from her? I knew then that I must tell her story."

Garden of Alla: The Alla Nazimova Story
July 7-23
Fridays/Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm

Plus, we are having two light night screenings of her movies following
our Saturday shows.

Salome
July 8 at 10pm

Camille
July 15 at 10pm

Free with Ticket to Saturday show Or $5 to see the movie by itself.

We look forward to seeing you!

warmly,

Eugene Hutchins
Managing Director

Buy Your Tickets to Garden of Alla

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Buy Your Tickets to Camille

Made possible in part by the support Georganne Aldrich Heller Foundation

Coming to a community near you!
Hansel and Gretel On Tour.

See The Show Live in Your Community in English and Spanish!

July 10 at El Monte’s Tony Arceo Memorial Park Bandshell
July 16 at Panorama City’s Plaza Del Valle
July 22 at Sun Valley’s Sun Valley Park

All Shows 5pm in English and 6:30pm in Spanish FREE

No Reservations Required
 
Made possible in part by the support of the California Arts Council, Lloyd E. Rigler-Laurence E. Deutsch Foundation, and City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs