7/14/2023 0 Comments Very little theatre david sherman![]() We are thrilled to be working with these exciting Welsh playwrights. Our new work includes a reimagined version of The Emperor’s New Clothes by Alun Saunders, a delight for our younger audiences in both English and Welsh a new play by Alan Harris, Love, Lies and Taxidermy and a new A Play, A Pie and A Pint play by Kelly Jones. From the dark brilliance of award winning The Weir by Conor McPherson, to the much loved warmth of The Borrowers, the Sherman Theatre has something for all. Location: Cardiff, UK Projects I’m working on: The Sherman Theatre’s Autumn season is full of bold, thrilling work classic plays and new plays, produced by us, sometimes in partnership with other companies. We generate opportunities for the citizens of Cardiff to connect with theatre through relevant, inspiring and visionary engagement. We develop and nurture the work of Welsh and Wales based artists. The theatre was razed in the 80’s and in its place stands a bank.What I do: World Class Theatre, New Writing and Emerging Talent, in depth audience development A little more about me: We make and curate exciting theatre for Cardiff audiences. The concession stand and lobby were small, and if we started selling tickets early for the next performance we would have patrons stand in line outside that would sometimes snake around the ice cream store and into the mini-mall area next door. It had an outer lobby with lots of poster cases, a small box office set away from the lobby in it’s own space, connected to the lobby only by the door. The theatre was very charming and they ran carbon arc projectors, which meant the projectionist would have to change the carbon every 20 minutes after the reel change. ![]() Later it moved to the Tiffany Theatre on Sunset Strip where the cult became even more popular. We ran ROCKY HORROR at midnight on the weekends which did well. But the Sherman did it’s part to service the cult movie lovers in the San Fernando Valley. Landmark Theatres also ran the Nuart Theatre in West L.A., with repertory programs which were always more popular than the Sherman ,due to it’s location near UCLA and fashionable Westwood Village. ![]() CLOCKWORK ORANGE always brought in a big crowd, and I remember THE WIZARD OF OZ selling out a Sunday matinee (the capacity was approx. The theatre did best on repertory double bills. premiere run here, but Sherman Oaks was a pretty conservative area to open one of Waters' films, so it did very little business. I recall John Waters' DESPERATE LIVING had it’s L.A. The programming was very eclectic, from a Sci Fi festival, a Silent Film festival, and the amusing “Golden Ladies of the Silver Screen” festival (which featured classic performances of many actresses) to specialized first run films that would be booked for one week only on the theatres movie calendar. Yes, Landmark Theatres took over the Sherman Theatre around 1977, I was the manager for Landmark’s Sherman for about a year and a half when they took it over. A three-week dance film festival included “The Red Shoes†(1948), “Tales of Hoffman†(1951), “An Evening with the Royal Ballet†(1964) and “Guys and Dolls†(1955). An Alfred Hitchcock retrospective included “Shadow of a Doubt†(1943), “Strangers on a Train†(1951) and the director’s first sound film “Blackmail†(1929). For the most part it is devoted to film festivals. The Sherman, located strategically on busy Ventura Boulevard, is one of Parallax’s most recent acquisitions. “Our theaters’ programming is a bit more commercial than what the Fox Venice playsâ€, he said. Kim Jorgensen, who had been affiliated with the Fox Venice, is the reigning executive at Parallax. The Sherman, Nuart, Rialto and Ken in San Diego are part of Parallax Theater Systems, Inc., along with others in Denver, Berkeley, Sacramento, Milwaukee and Madison, Wisconsin. SHERMAN 15052 Ventura Blvd, Sherman Oaks 784-9911 Here is an October 1977 item in the LA Times: ![]()
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