Actors Art Theatre

02/15/2026

So miss the possibility of playing on or off stage again with this rock star diva… I know he’s causing all kinds of havic on the other side. Happy Birthday Davino🥰💘

02/04/2026

Thinking of Doug today on his birthday... we miss you and your mischief!🥰

05/24/2023

We lost Gerald Castillo, a great actor and friend this month.🥲Thank you, Jer, for the joy of being on stage with you, the honor of directing you, and the immeasurable pleasure of our kitchen coffee klatches and performance dissections! You were such an inspiration— we’ll aIl miss you so — my kindred spirit forever and a day!❤️❤️❤️all our love to …may Jerry’s devotion and memory be a comfort to you.🥰

Brought to Los Angeles by 'Jeffersons' star Sherman Hemsley, he also had turns on 'Knots Landing,' 'Hill Street Blues' and 'General Hospital.'

01/15/2021

ALAN RICKMAN (1946-2016)

There is so much that is matchless to remember about Alan Rickman. His career was at the highest level, as actor on stage and screen and as director ditto. His last bequest of his film “A Little Chaos” and his indelible performance as Louis 14th, should now reach the wider audience they deserve.

Beyond a career which the world is indebted to, he was a constant agent for helping others. Whether to institutions like RADA or to individuals and certainly to me, his advice was always spot-on. He put liberal philanthropy at the heart of his life. He and Rima Horton (50 years together) were always top of my dream-list dinner guests. Alan would by turns be hilarious and indignant and gossipy and generous. All this delivered sotto, in that convoluted voice, as distinctive as Edith Evans, John Gielgud, Paul Scofield, Alec Guinness, Alastair Sim or Bowie, company beyond compare.

When he played Rasputin, I was the Tzar Nicholas. Filming had started before I arrived in St Petersburg. Precisely as I walked into the hotel-room, the phone rang. Alan, to say welcome, hope the flight was tolerable and would I like to join him and Greta Scacchi and others in the restaurant in 30 minutes? Alan, the concerned leading man. On that film, he discovered that the local Russian crew was getting an even worse lunch than the rest of us. So he successfully protested. On my first day before the camera, he didn’t like the patronising, bullying tone of a note which the director gave me. Alan, seeing I was a little crestfallen, delivered a quiet, concise resumé of my career and loudly demanded that the director up his game.

Behind his starry insouciance and careless elegance, behind that mournful face, which was just as beautiful when wracked with mirth, there was a super-active spirit, questing and achieving, a super-hero, unassuming but deadly effective.

I so wish he’d played King Lear and a few other classical challenges but that’s to be greedy. He leaves a multitude of fans and friends, grateful and bereft.

-- Ian McKellen, London, 14 January 2016

Photo: Ian McKellen, Greta Scacchi and Alan Rickman at the Golden Globe Awards, 1997

11/18/2020

Roosevelt: Charge The Bear stars our friend Phil Johnson as President Theodore Roosevelt, one of the most fascinating people of the 20th century. Phil (pretty fascinating himself!)co-wrote this one man show with Marni Freedman and workshopped it at AAT in 2019 - this year it's receiving a full premiere.... virtually! Buy a ticket and watch Roosevelt come to life in this riveting and passionate performance. Roosevelt: Charge The Bear is presented by the award-winning Roustabouts Theatre Company based in San Diego.
✨Now streaming on-demand 24/7 through December 13.✨ Tickets and more info: https://www.theroustabouts.org/roosevelt

11/03/2020

This is cool!

We have made something special for you!!! AND HERE IT IS!! You have a front row seat for the The World Premiere First Ever Double Magnificent Intergalactic MINIATURE Halloween Parade Produced by New York’s Village Halloween Parade, the first annual online MOVIE event is hosted by Basil Twist’s f...

06/19/2020

Heard this was wonderful...check it out!❤️

Tony Award Winner and ATW Board Chair David Henry Hwang Leads Next Master Class Series on Playwrighting

04/30/2020

Barry Corbin is a national treasure! One of my very favorite actors - we are SO blessed and inspired to watch him work and hear his wisdom. Love you Barry and Jo!!!

Veteran actor Barry Corbin discusses his approach to his craft, working with the Coen brothers and hippie Shakespeare Social distancing has not been an issue for Barry Corbin. The Emmy-nominated actor spends most of his time self-quarantined at his Texas home when he’s not working, though based on