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Dia de los Muertos. Owner Disney even applied to trademark the phrase — a move met by an outcry in the Latino community, led by Lalo Alcaraz, author of syndicated comic strip Las Cucarachas. L.A. Theatre Center's Evelina Fernandez and others added their voices, and Disney soon dropped the bid.

In the wake of the controversy, Pixar recruited a range of experts to consult on Coco, as the film was renamed — led by Alcaraz and playwright Octavio Solis,...

Seven actors are about to embark on career adventures, having been named by Theatre Communications Group the 2013 recipients of William & Eva Fox Foundation Resident Actors Fellowships. The program awards cash grants to actors and places them with host theater companies from around the country, where the performers work to hone their crafts. This year the Fox Foundation, working with Tcg, awarded grants totaling $217,500. Five up-and-coming actors will receive Extraordinary Potential Fellowships, which will provide each with $15,000 in grant money and an additional $10,000 toward student-loan relief. The recipients are Sun Mee Chomet (who will be hosted by Mu Performing Arts in St. Paul, Minn.), Cindy Im (TheatreWorks, Palo Alto, Calif.), Jennifer Kidwell (Pig Iron Theatre Company, Philadelphia), Orlando Pabotoy (Ma-Yi Theater Company, New York), and Daniel Robert Sullivan (Roundabout Theatre Company, New York). Two established actors—Evelina Fernandez (the Latino Theater Company at the Los Angeles Theatre Center, Los Angeles) and...