‘Landmark or Home?: The Tensions in Real Estate and Preservation’

Special Post-Performance Panel After Matinee of the New Play Listing

After the Sunday, January 19th, matinee of the new play Listing, theater-goers will be treated to a lively panel discussion on the issues raised in the play on the intersection of preservation, residential real estate, and homeowner’s desires. The matinee begins at 2 PM, with the program immediately following. The panel kicks-off a series of post-matinee “talkbacks” with real estate agents and playwright Russell Brown. (Theatre 40, 241 So. Moreno Dr., Beverly Hills, CA; $35; http://theatre40.org).

“Landmark or Home? The Tensions in Real Estate and Preservation” is moderated by Frances Anderton, whose latest book is Common Ground: Multifamily Housing in Los Angeles. She has collaborated with Russell Brown on FORT: LA’s “Awesome and Affordable: Great Housing Now!”, and “Golden Years in the Golden State: Tales from the Senior City”. Panelists joining Anderton are:

Chris Nichols—writer, editor, preservationist, and former chair of the Los Angeles Conservancy Modern Committee. He is senior editor at Los Angeles Magazine where he also writes the “Ask Chris” column. His most recent book is Bowlarama: The Architecture of Mid-Century Bowling.

Brian Linder, AIA—licensed architect, real estate broker, and principal of the realty company The Value Of Architecture. He has built his practice around the notion that architectural design adds significant value to real property.

Dan Brunn, FAIA—founder of Dan Brunn Architecture, which designs and develops commercial and residential projects in LA and beyond. Brunn draws inspiration from the Bauhaus architecture of his native Tel Aviv as he creates designs to meet today’s needs. 

Listing by Russell Brown looks at how far one realtor will go to preserve a home’s architectural integrity in spite of its suitability for a contemporary family. Lively dialog, romance, forbidden sex, racial tensions, insanity,  deception, and even a touch of the supernatural, come together in the play directed by Tom Lazarus—known for writing the screenplay for horror classic Stigmata. Listing is staged by producer David Hunt Stafford for Theatre 40, and runs January 16-February 16, 2025.

Russell Brown is the founder of Friends of Residential Treasures: Los Angeles (FORT: LA), which seeks to energize, educate and connect Angelenos through the dynamic stories of our homes, neighborhoods and architecture. FORT: LA offers self-guided tours, virtual and on-site programs, educational information, and fellowships. Brown, an award-winning filmmaker, has written and directed five narrative features, two full-length documentaries, and a number of well-regarded narrative and documentary shorts. His films are held in the collection at the UCLA Film and Television archive. Listing is Brown’s first produced work for the stage.

Tom Lazarus, the director of Listing, has a long-time interest in architecture and architects. His play The Princes of Kings Road is about Schindler and Neutra; in Surviving Frank Lloyd Wright, he delves into the relationship between Wright and client Aline Barnsdall during the making of Hollyhock House; and King Kahn about Louis Kahn and his simultaneous relationships with three women. Lazarus’s credits include a long list of film, stage, and television productions as both writer and director.

In addition to writer Brown, director Lazarus, and producer Stafford, the Listing team includes set designer Jeff G. Rack, costume designer Michael Mullin, lighting and sound designer Nick Foran, and assistant to the director Stevie Stern. The cast features Michael Gambiano, Idielis Hernandez, Bradley James Holzer, Michele MacGregor, Nakasha Norwood, Sherrick O’Quinn, Ian Riegler, Katyana Rocker-Cook, Tack Sappington, Anibal Silveyra, Mark Stancato, Mouchette van Helsdingen, and Tamir Yardenne.

Listing

  • January 16- February 16, 2025
  • Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 PM; Sundays at 2 PM.
  • Theatre 40, 241 So. Moreno Dr., Beverly Hills, CA; Mary Levin Cutler Theatre on the Beverly Hills High School campus. Free parking beneath the theatre is accessed through the driveway at Durant and Moreno Drives.
  • Admission: $35
  • Reservations: (310) 364-0535
  • Online Ticketing: theatre40.org
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