In 1992, the news of the police officers鈥� acquittal in Rodney King鈥檚 police brutality case reverberated throughout the streets of Los Angeles. Called 鈥渁 riot,鈥� 鈥渁 revolution,鈥� and 鈥渁 social explosion,鈥� the events that followed drew worldwide attention鈥攁nd inspired playwright, actor, and scholar Anna Deavere Smith (Notes from the Field: Doing Time in Education, Let Me Down Easy, Fires in the Mirror) to dissect the anatomy of the civil unrest. Her Tony Award-nominated, Obie Award-winning exploration derived from interviews with more than 350 Los Angelinos reveals the fault lines that set the city ablaze. 鈥淎s necessary now as when Los Angeles was actively smoldering,鈥� (The New York Times), Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 is a stirring cry for reform.
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1994 | Outstanding Director of a Play | Winner |
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Week Ending | Week Number | This Week Gross Potential Gross | Diff $ | Avg Ticket Top Ticket | Seats Sold Seats in Theatre | Perfs Previews | % Cap This Week | Diff % cap |
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Jun 19, 1994 | 3 | $140,916.00 $0.00 | $66,684.00 | $26.33 $0.00 | 5,352 1,104 | 8 0 | 60.60% | 30.12% |
Jun 12, 1994 | 2 | $74,232.00 $0.00 | -$10,676.00 | $27.58 $0.00 | 2,692 1,104 | 8 0 | 30.48% | -5.49% |
Jun 5, 1994 | 1 | $84,908.00 $0.00 | -$7,406.00 | $26.73 $0.00 | 3,177 1,104 | 8 0 | 35.97% | -1.67% |
May 29, 1994 | 52 | $92,314.00 $0.00 | -$9,697.00 | $27.77 $0.00 | 3,324 1,104 | 8 0 | 37.64% | -10.87% |