Mercedes De Acosta

Theatre West will present playwright and performer Romy Nordlinger in the West Coast premiere of Garden of Alla: The Alla Nazimova Story. Learn how to purchase tickets!

Macha Theatre/Films will present the critically acclaimed play Garbo's Cuban Lover at Casa 0101 Theatre from February 10 - 25, 2023. Opening night weekend Red Carpet will take place on Saturday, February 11, 2023 with a reception following the performance. The new mounting will be a “reimagined production” of the show, with more music, dance and multimedia.

MACHA Theatre/Films will present the critically acclaimed play Garbo's Cuban Lover. First produced in 2001, the new mounting will be a 'reimagined production' of the show, with more music, dance and multimedia.

Actress/director.producer Odalys Nanin presented her award-winning Frida: Stroke of Passion at Casa 0101 in February of this year to great acclaim. The play bowed originally in 2017 at the Macha Theatre and ran for 3 months. The Casa 0101 engagement was made possible by a grant from the Eastside Arts Initiative. Kahlo wrote the play and directs, produces and stars in it as Frida Kahlo. She will have a fundraiser in August and September so she and her team can continue their programming in 2020 and hopefully acquire a new space. In our interview she talks about her success and points to the difficulty in mounting good theatre in Los Angeles. How did your run of Frida go at Casa 101?

Actors' Theatre of Columbus is proud to announce The Shakespeare Underground presented by PNC Arts Alive, a series of staged readings and performances celebrating the dynamic power of classic theater. Artistic Director Philip J. Hickman has selected twelve plays for monthly staged readings and crafted four site-specific events designed to delight diverse audiences.

On July 20, in celebration of its 40th season, the Mann Center for the Performing Arts will present the North American premiere of FIREBIRD: REIMAGINED, a multidisciplinary interpretation of Igor Stravinsky's orchestral score for the 1910 ballet The Firebird.

On July 20, in celebration of its 40th season, the Mann Center for the Performing Arts will present the North American premiere of FIREBIRD: REIMAGINED, a multidisciplinary interpretation of Igor Stravinsky's orchestral score for the 1910 ballet The Firebird.

Macha Theatre/Films presents a reimagined version of Garbo's Cuban Lover written and produced by Odalys Nanin, directed by Ivonne Coll and Nanin, a suspenseful dramedy that explores the glamorous and secretive lives of the most celebrated divas of Hollywood's Golden Age: Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich, and their love affairs with the enigmatic Mercedes de Acosta. New scenes, plus music and images of the time period have been added to the latest version of this well-received play. July 20 - August 25. Opens Sat. July 20, at 8pm, plays Sun. July 21 at 3pm & Sun. July 28 at 3pm & 7pm. August shows: Thursdays at 8pm; Sundays at 3pm. Tickets: $35; Opening $40; Tickets/info: www.machatheatre.org or (323) 960-4429. Macha Theatre, 1107 N. Kings Road, West Hollywood 90069

Macha Theatre/Films presents a reimagined version of Garbo's Cuban Lover written and produced by Odalys Nanin, directed by Ivonne Coll and Nanin, a suspenseful dramedy that explores the glamorous and secretive lives of the most celebrated divas of Hollywood's Golden Age: Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich, and their love affairs with the enigmatic Mercedes de Acosta. New scenes, plus music and images of the time period have been added to the latest version of this well-received play. July 20 - August 25. Opens Sat. July 20, at 8pm, plays Sun. July 21 at 3pm & Sun. July 28 at 3pm & 7pm. August shows: Thursdays at 8pm; Sundays at 3pm. Tickets: $35; Opening $40; Tickets/info: www.machatheatre.org or (323) 960-4429. Macha Theatre, 1107 N. Kings Road, West Hollywood 90069

Celebrating its 10th anniversary Odalys Nanin's Garbo's Cuban Lover, in its third revival, currently at the Macha Theatre in WeHo, still copiously exudes the passion of Cuban writer Mercedes de Acosta (in Hollywood from 1931 until her tragic illness & death in 1968) for her art and the supposed love of her life, Greta Garbo. Based on the rumored lesbian relationships that de Acosta had with Garbo, Dietrich, Tallulah Bankhead, Eva Le Gallienne and others, Lover is Nanin's lovingly woven fictional account of how she believed it happened.

Taina Elg and an all-star cast read Garbo's Last Walk, the new play by Kristof Bathory, at the National Arts Club, January 25, Friday, 8 pm. Directed by Susan Einhorn, Kathleen Chalfant and Lisa Harrow, the experience is two dueling Garbo's, unveiling the mystery of Hollywood's greatest, most mysterious, screen star.