FEEDBACK

Kudos to Charles McNulty on his article [“Critic’s Notebook,” May 3] regarding seasoned actors versus new actors on stage in Los Angeles.

I am an avid theater enthusiast and fly to New York on a regular basis just to see good theater. I had flown to New York just to see Philip Seymour Hoffman and John C. Reilly do Sam Shepard’s play “True West.” They had “switched” roles on consecutive days. . . . Unbelievable!

I cannot understand why more of the known, seasoned actors cannot do live theater in Los Angeles and Orange County. Are we chopped liver?

Sharon Sloane

Long Beach

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I agree with Charles McNulty’s comments. What was not mentioned is that so-called name actors who have been making huge sums in film and TV no longer are able to do so. Many take stage jobs that invariably pay far, far less money. That, of course, pushes out the many talented actors who do not have big “names.”

They are paying a heavy financial price. There is a considerable difference between performing in front of a camera as against stage. Many film and TV “names” have flopped on stage. It takes a different aesthetic, a better trained voice that projects and a deeper understanding of the material.

Daniel Saxon, Saxon Associates Management

Los Angeles