Tuesday, March 8, 2022
"The Lehman Trilogy,' which dramatizes the rise and fall of a banking giant, arrives at the Ahmanson Theatre fresh from its heralded Broadway run.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:42PMTuesday, March 1, 2022
Spread the word: Buzzy playwright Daf James' "On the Other Hand, We're Happy" gets a stellar U.S. premiere at L.A.'s Matrix Theatre.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:11PMSet in 1973 Atlanta, Pearl Cleage's 'What I Learned in Paris' sets romance against the backdrop of the election of Atlanta's first Black mayor.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00AMPlaywright and actor Harvey Fierstein reveals how a chubby gay kid from Brooklyn became a Broadway powerhouse and LBGTQ crusader.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMThursday, February 24, 2022
The world premiere of 'Detained,' France-Luce Benson's docudrama, at the Fountain Theatre, explores the plight of longtime U.S. residents held in immigration detention.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:52PMWednesday, February 23, 2022
Snehal Desai of East West Players directs 'Assassins,' Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's darkly comic musical about presidential assassins.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:54AMSunday, February 20, 2022
With Bryan Cranston and Amy Brenneman starring in the West Coast premiere of 'Power of Sail' at the Geffen Playhouse, what could go wrong? Well ...
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:46PMThursday, February 17, 2022
"Slave Play," which confronts America's race problem through depiction of experimental sex therapy, is a controversial work making its West Coast debut.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:34PMMonday, February 14, 2022
First staged in 1955, the play — in a new production at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego — gives rise to enduring questions about racism in American theater.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:45PMFriday, February 4, 2022
Mike Lew's latest takes inspiration from Shakespeare's history play to explore how a character gets to play the villain without apology.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:36PMSunday, January 30, 2022
2022 Australian Open singles champions Rafael Nadal and Ashleigh Barty flip the usual script and prove it's possible to be good and great.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:05PMMonday, January 24, 2022
Layton Williams and "RuPaul's Drag Race" winner Roy Haylock reprise their roles in the North American premiere of the West End musical.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:31PMFriday, January 14, 2022
Joel Coen's 'The Tragedy of Macbeth,' with Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand, carves out its own space in the history of Shakespeare onscreen.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AMFriday, January 7, 2022
The late actor will be remembered for his prodigious film legacy, but Poitier's contributions to theater should not go unforgotten.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:16PMThursday, January 6, 2022
Starring Uzo Aduba, Lynn Nottage's latest play offers a modern spin on the tale of good versus evil.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:24PMFriday, December 17, 2021
2021 didn't quite go as planned for stage performances, but our critic has several memories to cherish.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:06PMFriday, December 10, 2021
Stephen Sondheim regretted the original song's lyrics. For the revamped film, Spielberg and screenwriter Tony Kushner came up with an ingenious solution.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:48PMFriday, December 3, 2021
The Old Vic production of the Charles Dickens holiday classic stars Bradley Whitford as Scrooge.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:29PMThursday, December 2, 2021
David Yazbek and Itamar Moses' Tony-winning production has its Los Angeles premiere.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:17PMIn Season 2, HBO's Emmy-winning drama walked a tightrope of savage comedy and Shakespearean drama. In Season 3, it's lost its balance.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AMFriday, November 26, 2021
A critic's tribute to Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, a master of storytelling in song.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:47PMMonday, November 22, 2021
As part of Dominique Morisseau's "Detroit Project" trilogy, the work chronicles the generational struggles of the Black community in the playwright's native city.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:18PMTuesday, November 16, 2021
The Broadway production, which combines '80s hits with a 16th century pastoral romance, is freshly re-conceived at Pasadena Playhouse.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:31PMMonday, November 15, 2021
Playwrights' Arena and Skylight Theatre Company present the world premiere of Inda Craig-Galván's 'A Hit Dog Will Holler.'
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:57PMMonday, November 8, 2021
Lucy Kirkwood's Tony-nominated play arrives at the Fountain Theatre for its Los Angeles premiere.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:35PMWednesday, November 3, 2021
Now receiving its world premiere at Echo Theater Co., Chiara Atik's production offers a drolly modern take on the life of St. Clare of Assisi.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:33PMTuesday, November 2, 2021
Now streaming on Center Theatre Group's website, this cinematic reimagining of the troupe's play offers a history lesson to a too-forgetful Los Angeles.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:58PMWednesday, October 27, 2021
The Ron Sossi-directed revival of the avant-garde production returns after the pandemic cut it short.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00AMWednesday, October 20, 2021
A professor's recent showing of Laurence Olivier's offensive "Othello" prompts a heated — and necessary — conversation.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:02PMTuesday, October 12, 2021
The new solo play written by Richard Greenberg ("Take Me Out," "Three Days of Rain") and starring David Ivers has insights, but also two big problems.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:09PMSunday, October 10, 2021
A review of Jennifer Holliday's concert 'Here's To Life' at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:27PM 
