The Ahmanson Foundation has approved a two-year grant to LA Stage Alliance to develop a website for ticketing, listings, reviews and feature articles covering the local performing arts scene, the group announced Wednesday.
“This grant provides the resources to help us accomplish what our stage community has been clamoring for — a ‘go-to’ destination for L.A.’s residents and visitors to clearly and quickly identify what’s playing this week in any neighborhood of their choice,” said Steven Leigh Morris, executive director of LA Stage Alliance. “…In the prior century this was the purview of newspapers, and we’re very grateful to the Ahmanson Foundation for helping to guide us further into and through the 21st century in this comprehensive, civic way.”
The Ahmanson Foundation funds cultural, educational, social service and health-care programs in Los Angeles County.
“The Ahmanson Foundation is committed to the vitality of the arts in Los Angeles and LA Stage Alliance has played a vital role in supporting and promoting diverse non-profit theaters in L.A.,” said trustee Stephen Rountree. “This grant will enable LASA to enhance communications and services to LA’s theater community.”
LA Stage Alliance serves more than 500 arts organizations across Southern California. The group is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.
For more, visit www.lastagealliance.com.
—Staff and wire reports