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Artist, actor, playwright, producer | stage @TheatreWest and @behindthebarpro | recovering curmudgeon of moderate renown | grumpy #queer bear | he/him 🏳️‍🌈

Los Angeles, CA
Joined September 2009
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Step right up! It's opening weekend for GARDEN OF ALLA: THE ALLA NAZIMOVA STORY. Please join us! #LinkInBio for tickets and additional details! [Key art image: David Wayne Fox. Main image: Garry Kluger for Theatre West]
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Arts Calendar July 6-12. Artists & playwrights on legacies of hope, trauma, classical experimentation & revival; pioneering personalities in film, theater, music & performance; big summer group shows; dancing for joy, seeding nature & cooking as metaphor. laweekly.com/generational-ar…
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What a terrific spotlight for #Nazimova and our show. Thank you, @KCRW and @RadioChio. We open FRIDAY for a limited three-week run, Angelenos. #LinkInBio #LAThtr #TheatreWest #producer
Angelenos, did you catch @RomyNordlinger, the playwright and star of GARDEN OF ALLA: THE ALLA NAZIMOVA STORY, on @KCRW's "Greater LA" yesterday? Thank you KCRW and host Steve Chiotakis (@RadioChio)! We open FRIDAY. #LinkInBio for tickets! Listen here: kcrw.com/news/shows/greater-…
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Benjamin Scuglia retweeted
Angelenos, did you catch @RomyNordlinger, the playwright and star of GARDEN OF ALLA: THE ALLA NAZIMOVA STORY, on @KCRW's "Greater LA" yesterday? Thank you KCRW and host Steve Chiotakis (@RadioChio)! We open FRIDAY. #LinkInBio for tickets! Listen here: kcrw.com/news/shows/greater-…
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Day 3 of tech for GARDEN OF ALLA: THE ALLA NAZIMOVA STORY, opening FRIDAY at @theatrewest. Tech, teck, tekkity tech. We have a great-looking show coming together. I am tired. #LinkInBio #LAThtr #LAtheatre #TheatreWest #soloshow #producerlife #Nazimova #gardenofallah #onward
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Day Two of tech for "Garden of Alla: The Alla Nazimova Story" at @TheatreWest. Today was all about focusing and tweaking projections; tomorrow, lights. We open FRIDAY. #LinkInBio for tickets and details. #LAThtr #LAtheatre #TheatreWest #producer #Nazimova #gardenofallah
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First day of tech for "Garden of Alla: The Alla Navimova" story at @TheatreWest and I stabbed myself in the thumb within two minutes, which might be a new record; the first piece of spike tape goes down; footing two ladders at once; our marquee. (1/2)
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... I'm the co-producer with my own @behindthebarpro; we open Friday for a limited run in this West Coast premiere. #LinkInBio for details. #LAThtr #LAtheatre #TheatreWest #soloshow #producer #producerlife #Nazimova #GardenofAlla #gardenofallah #thehustle #onward (2/2)
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Alarming to learn that last week's PROUD OUT LOUD presentation — a series I co-created in 2019 — prompted hate mail to our theater. Even if it was one letter, it's too much. What strange, unsettling times we're living through; this is why Pride Month is more vital than ever.
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So proud to spread joy and march with my @SFSisters and our community grand marshal @honeymahogany yesterday at @SFPride! 🩷
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Remembering lesbian iconoclast #AllaNazimova during Pride Month. "Garden of Alla: The Alla Nazimova Story," written and performed by Romy Nordlinger, opens July 7 at @TheatreWest for an exclusive, limited run. Link in bio! (Image: David Wayne Fox) #Pride2023 #LGBTQIAplus
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"Every man over 40 is a scoundrel." — George Bernard Shaw #quotes #birthday #onward
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“My existence is not an attack on your faith. The problem is some people use their faith as an attack on my existence.” Sister Roma Honored In State Capitol For Pride Month, Despite GOP Lawmakers Throwing A Fit sfist.com/2023/06/06/sister-… – at San Francisco, CA
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COMING SOON! For additional details, bookmark the link in our bio: * PROUD OUT LOUD 2023 (June 23-24: FREE) ** GARDEN OF ALLA (July 7-23: Tix NOW on sale) * WESTFEST 2023 (Aug. 4-13) * WALKING IN SPACE (Sept. 8 - Oct. 8) #LAThtr #losangelestheatre #TheatreWest
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