Tuesday, June 5, 2012
The new 90-minute musical by Michael John LaChiusa and Ellen Fitzhugh benefits from its SoCal setting and its study of identity. But it's too diffuse.Commercial success has eluded Michael Jo…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:00AMSunday, June 3, 2012
A new body of domestic work on Broadway, including Tony front-runners 'Clybourne Park' and 'Other Desert Cities,' marks a strong change of pace for playwriting.Had you polled theater pundits…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:00AMWednesday, May 30, 2012
Gershwin purists, this "Porgy and Bess" is probably not for you, even though its official title is "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess." The cast album of the current Broadway production is a str…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:00AMTuesday, May 15, 2012
The quirky musical at the La Jolla Playhouse about contestants trying to win a pickup could use a tuneup, but its folksy, low-key approach is seductive."Hands on a Hardbody," the new musical…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:00AMFriday, May 11, 2012
Visiting L.A. after New York, this landmark Stephen Sondheim work is a dazzling reminder of how brilliantly constructed a musical can be.There's so much to praise in the blissful Broadway re…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:00AMMonday, May 7, 2012
Little comfort can be found in this gripping examination of an American miscarriage of justice. But, man, it razzle-dazzles nevertheless.SAN DIEGO — Musicals are supposed to raise your…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:00AMTuesday, May 1, 2012
Seventy-five million dollars can buy you a lot of things in the theater -- good press, bad press and a huge head-start at the box office, as “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” has o…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:29PMMonday, April 30, 2012
An essay on Tracie Bennett's portrayal of Judy Garland
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:25AMAt New York's Belasco Theatre, Tracie Bennett is astonishing as the aging Judy Garland in Peter Quilter's biographical account of the final chapter of the performer's life.NEW YORK — J…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:00AMWednesday, April 25, 2012
John Lithgow leads a strong cast in his portrayal of star journalist Joseph Alsop in 'The Columnist' on Broadway at the height of the writer's public influence during the Cold War.NEW YORK &…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00PMNot even timeless Gershwin songs can help lift the lackluster new musical comedy 'Nice Work if You Can Get It,' starring an oddly uninspiring Matthew Broderick.NEW YORK — Anyone out th…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:00AMMonday, April 23, 2012
NEW YORK -- The old “contents may have shifted during flight” warning seemed especially worrying for “One Man, Two Guvnors,” the London smash from the National Theatr…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:26PMWednesday, April 18, 2012
Director Bart DeLorenzo's nimble staging and an enticing cast make this 'Ivanov' at Odyssey Theatre a winning exploration of confounding humanity."Ivanov," the play in which Anton Chekhov wa…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:00AMMonday, April 16, 2012
A look at Beckett's and Pinter's literary origins, with questions raised about how we are educating our playwrights today
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:47PMSaturday, April 14, 2012
Friday, April 13, 2012
"Good People" by David Lindsay-Abaire has its West Coast premiere at the Geffen Playhouse.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:04PMThursday, April 12, 2012
"In Paris," a theatrical adaptation of a story by Ivan Bunin starring Mikhail Baryshnikov, has its U.S. premiere at the Broad Stage.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:45PMSunday, April 8, 2012
Steven Drukman's "The Prince of Atlantis" has its world premiere at South Coast Repertory.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:48PMFriday, April 6, 2012
Jordan Harrison's "Maple and Vine" has its West Coast premiere at San Francisco's American Conservatory Theatre
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:45PMJonathan Pryce stars in Harold Pinter's "The Caretaker" at Curran Theatre in San Francisco.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:00PMThursday, March 22, 2012
A revivial of Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot," opens at the Mark Taper Forum, directed by Michael Arabian and starring Alan Mandell, Barry McGovern and James Cromwell.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:31PMMonday, March 19, 2012
It's safe to say that every new production of this critically acclaimed work is a unique experience.It's safe to say that every new production of this critically acclaimed work is a unique e…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:54PMA revival of Donald Margulies' "Sight Unseen" at South Coast Repertory, where the play had its world premiere in 1991.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:54PMIt's a little surprising, though very satisfying, to report that the musical has made a happy Broadway landing at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre.It's a little surprising, though very satisfyi…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:16AMSunday, March 18, 2012
The musical "Once," based on the 2006 Irish film, opens on Broadway.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:49PMFriday, March 16, 2012
The production, directed by Scott Schwartz, approaches the work as broad comedy, but broad comedy without much laughter.The production, directed by Scott Schwartz, approaches the work as bro…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:50PM"A Room With a View," a musical adaptation of E.M. Forster's 1908 novel, has its world premiere at the Old Globe.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:13PMThursday, March 15, 2012
"Death of Salesman" directed by Mike Nichols, opens at the Barrymore Theatre on Broadway, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Linda Emond and Andrew Garfield.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:15PMWhether "American Idiot" represents a new wave of musical theater or a surprising development in music video, there s no denying it's moody kinetic thrills.Whether "American Idiot" represent…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:05PM 
