Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Amy Brenneman stars in the L.A. premiere of Adam Rapp's 'The Sound Inside' at Pasadena Playhouse, directed by Cameron Watson.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:09PMTarell Alvin McCraney, Geffen Playhouse's new artistic director, discusses the "calling" of theater and his vision for the future of the Westside theater.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMFriday, September 8, 2023
Lee Breuer and Bob Telson's 'The Gospel at Colonus,' a reworking of Sophocles' 'Oedipus at Colonus' with gospel music, opens at the Getty Villa's Outdoor Theater in a co-production with Chic…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:42PMTuesday, August 29, 2023
Alexis Scheer's critically hailed and adroitly constructed drama 'Our Dear Dead Drug Lord,' about the savage secret lives of teenage girls, opens at the Kirk Douglas Theatre.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:48PMMonday, August 28, 2023
Harold Pinter's 1959 play 'A Slight Ache' is presented at the Odyssey Theatre in a production featuring Susan Priver, Henry Olek and Shelly Kurtz.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:30PMThursday, August 24, 2023
The first 2024 Republican primary debate unwittingly made the case for why the humanities are fundamental to our nation's future.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:32PMTuesday, August 22, 2023
Playwright and 'Succession' screenwriter Will Arbery's 'Heroes of the Fourth Turning' has its Southern California premiere in a Rogue Machine production at the Matrix Theatre.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:38PMMonday, August 14, 2023
Direct from Broadway, 'Peter Pan Goes Wrong' from the British company Mischief, turns J.M. Barrie's tale into a farcical fiasco.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:35PMFriday, August 11, 2023
August Wilson, the late Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who chronicled the Black experience in America, gets a stirring biography from Patti Hartigan.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:59AMTuesday, August 1, 2023
Lisa Gay Hamilton takes on the stern matriarchal role in 'Zora Howard's Stew,' a Pulitzer Prize finalist for drama in 2021, at Pasadena Playhouse.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMMonday, July 31, 2023
Patti LuPone, Sierra Boggess, Sutton Foster, Norm Lewis, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Skylar Astin join forces in "Everybody Rise! A Sondheim Celebration" at the Hollywood Bowl.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:58PMMonday, July 10, 2023
Antaeus Theatre Company presents a production of Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' as a quasi-radio play, directed by Nike Doukas and starring Peter Van Norden.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:15PMWednesday, July 5, 2023
Ramiz Monsef's 'The Ants,' a horror drama laden with social commentary, has its world premiere at the Geffen Playhouse.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:22PMMonday, July 3, 2023
The Tony-nominated revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's musical arrives at the Ahmanson Theatre in a production starring Tony-winner Stephanie J. Block as the Baker's Wife and Mont…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:01PMTuesday, June 27, 2023
Will Power's 'Fetch Clay, Make Man' at the Kirk Douglas Theatre summons Stepin Fetchit and Muhammad Ali to the stage in well-acted drama directed by Debbie Allen.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:54PMTuesday, June 20, 2023
The world premiere of Anna Deavere Smith's 'Love All' at La Jolla Playhouse brings to the stage the story of tennis great and equality champion Billie Jean King in production starring Chilin…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:15PMSaturday, June 17, 2023
Katori Hall's two-person drama 'The Mountaintop' opens at the Geffen Playhouse.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00AMThursday, June 15, 2023
The two-time Academy Award winner Glenda Jackson, who died Thursday after a short illness at the age of 87, was one of the leading British actors of her generation.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:28PMMonday, June 12, 2023
Solidarity with striking screenwriters from the WGA inspired moving speeches onstage at the 2023 Tony Awards.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:28PMSunday, June 11, 2023
The 2023 best musical nominees are ranked by our critic. 'Kimberly Akimbo,' '& Juliet,' 'Some Like It Hot,' 'Shucked,' 'New York, New York' -- which tops the list?
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:42PMTuesday, June 6, 2023
Broadway audiences deserve a Tony Award this year for helping to make shows like "Leopoldstadt," "Parade" and "Fat Ham" not just excellent productions but unforgettable shared events.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00AMFriday, June 2, 2023
The Mark Taper Forum presents the world premiere of 'A Transparent Musical,' inspired by the Prime Video series and featuring a book by MJ Kaufman and Joey Soloway and a score by Faith Solow…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMFriday, May 26, 2023
The Tony-winning revival of Charles Fuller's 1981 drama 'A Soldier's Play,' directed by Kenny Leon, arrives at the Ahmanson Theatre with a cast that includes Norm Lewis and Eugene Lee.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AMTuesday, May 23, 2023
Josh Groban, who received a Tony nomination for his performance in the new Broadway revival of 'Sweeney Todd,' talks about living out his Sondheim dream.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:42PMPasadena Playhouse wins the Tony Award for regional theater excellence, becoming only the second Los Angeles institution to earn the honor and continuing its triumphant streak after years of…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PMThursday, May 18, 2023
Ben Platt embraces the 'discomfort and anxiety' of 'Parade,' about the 1913 trial and subsequent lynching of Jewish American Leo Frank in Georgia.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:08PMTuesday, May 2, 2023
The musical "Some Like It Hot" led with 13 Tony nominations. "Kimberly Akimbo," the critical pick for best musical, received 8. Tom Stoppard's play "Leopoldstadt," "Ain't No Mo'" and the re…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:45PMThis high-caliber production of 'A Little Night Music' is the crowning achievement of Pasadena Playhouse's six-month-long Sondheim Celebration festival.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:02PMFriday, April 28, 2023
In Suzie Miller's 'Prima Facie," Jodie Comer brings to Broadway her acclaimed West End performance as a successful criminal defense barrister who experiences the other side of the legal syst…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:32PMWednesday, April 26, 2023
Martin Scorsese's 1977 film has been turned into a shlocky Broadway musical despite a Kander and Ebb score and additional lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00PMMonday, April 17, 2023
It's hard to imagine 'Ava: The Secret Conversations' getting produced at the Geffen Playhouse without Elizabeth McGovern on the marquee as the show's star.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:08PM 
