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February 2011

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Wednesday, February 2, 2011 – Live On Stage

Gravity Works, Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood

Okay, you're at Hollywood and Vine, Bob Hope Square, grooving on all the movie and television stuff – bronze stars in the sidewalk and all that. But if you drive south on Vine, down to the flats with all the prop and costume and lighting and equipment and postproduction houses, and all the warehouses and small production studios you never heard of, down to Santa Monica Boulevard, you come to Hollywood's Theater Row. Turn right – it runs from Vine to Wilcox or so. And this is where it's live, on stage. Here actors don't get to to do another take. And things can't get fixed in the editing room. And it's not a television show where someone adds a laugh track. You're out there on your own. And of course the folks up the hill love it – this is where you learn your craft, the hard way – in the small theaters down here. It's a curious place.

Gravity Works, Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood

As a bit of visual irony, the attached ironically hip club is "Dragonfly" –

Dragonfly, Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood
Dragonfly, Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood

Now playing –

The Young and the Wrestlers
The Young and the Wrestlers

A few doors away, the Straight Jacket Society –

Straight Jacket Society, Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood

And playing at the Lillian Theater at the Elephant Stages, The Violet Hour – it's about a screenwriter –

Promo for The Violet Hour at the Lillian Theater at the Elephant Stages, Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood
The Elephant Stages, Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood
The Elephant Stages, Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood

This says it all –

Theater Asylum, Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood

Look! A sparrow!

Theater Asylum, Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood

Live stage productions are always risky. Did the gaffers rig things right?

Theater Row Banner, Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood
Theater Row Banner, Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood

Hard times –

Theater Row Box Office, Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood
"The End" Theater, Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood

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Technical Note:

These photographs were taken with a Nikon D200 – the lenses used were AF-S Nikkor 18-70 mm 1:35-4.5G ED, or AF Nikkor 70-300 mm telephoto. The high-resolution photography here was modified for web posting using Adobe Photoshop 7.0 software.

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