Hooked on Classics
As artistic director of Dancing Dog Theatre Company, I was dismayed to learn, upon reading “The Merchants of Glendale” (June 21), that we do not exist.
Jan Breslauer writes: “The only major producing group devoted exclusively to classics besides A Noise Within is Shakespeare Festival/LA.” What are we, chopped liver?
For the record:
12:00 a.m. Aug. 2, 1992 For the Record
Los Angeles Times Sunday August 2, 1992 Home Edition Calendar Page 83 Calendar Desk 2 inches; 56 words Type of Material: Correction
A July 12 letter credited productions of “Macbeth,” “Cyrano de Bergerac” and “Twelfth Night” to Dancing Dog Theatre Company. Although members of what is now DDTC acted in those productions, the full production credits are as follows: “Macbeth,” produced by the Shakespeare Society of America; “Cyrano” and “Twelfth Night,” co-produced by the Shakespeare Society and Charmed Life Productions.
DDTC was formed in 1987 and has since mounted major productions of “Macbeth,” “Cyrano de Bergerac,” “Twelfth Night,” “Tartuffe,” Cocteau’s “The Infernal Machine” and, most recently, “Wild Honey.”
All productions were staged in West Hollywood, four at Thad Taylor’s Globe Playhouse and the others at space provided by the Arts Council of the City of West Hollywood in recognition of our contribution to the community. Our 1990 production of “Tartuffe” received seven Drama-Logue awards for acting, production, direction and technical support.
The members of DDTC applaud the work and the success of A Noise Within. However, it is frightening to see the stroke of a pen reduce our last five years of devoted labor in the theater to nothing. Let us hope that the level of artistic awareness at The Times soon rises to meet the level of its public responsibility.
TERENCE MARINAN
Kagel Canyon
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