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Burton, Glover, Rifkin, Sands, Wettig, et al. Set for LATW Season

John Glover
(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)
John Glover
(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)

Kate Burton, John Glover, Ron Rifkin, Julian Sands, and Patricia Wettig are among the artists who will appear this season in L.A. Theatre Works’ The Play’s The Thing series of performances at the Skirball Cultural Center. These shows are taped for future radio broadcast.

The series kicks off with Bertolt Brecht’s The Life of Galileo, October 17-21, starring Sands, Simon Templeman, Douglas Weston, Jill Gascione, and Darren Richardson. It will be followed by Lydia Diamond’s Stick Fly (November 14-18) starring Carl Lumbly; Burton in the title role of George Bernard Shaw’s Major Barbara (December 12-16); Bob Clyman’s Secret Order (January 16-20); Glover, Rifkin, and Wettig in Jon Robin Baitz’s The Paris Letter (February 20-24); and Geoffrey Cowan and Leroy Aarons’ Top Secret: Battle for the Pentagon Papers (March 12-16).

For more information, call 310-827-0899 or visit www.latw.org.