Sunday, 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 04:27PMTuesday, October 5, 2021
Jeremy O. Harris threatens to pull "Slave Play" from the Mark Taper Forum in solidarity with female playwrights noting the lack of representation.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:16PMMonday, October 4, 2021
"Diana: The Musical," about the ill-starred royal marriage, is streaming ahead of its Broadway opening. There's a reason for that.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:15PMMonday, September 27, 2021
Puzzle master David Kwong turns brain twisters into live theater with his show "The Enigmatist," at the Geffen in Westwood.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:56PM"Moulin Rouge!" takes home 10 Tonys, but Broadway as a whole emerges as the big winner at the pandemic-postponed awards.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:17AMThursday, September 23, 2021
Written and directed by Hagai Levi and starring Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain, this version left our critic dreading, not relishing, each episode.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMWednesday, September 22, 2021
Ben Platt reprises his Tony-winning performance in the movie adaptation of 'Dear Evan Hansen.'
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00AMMonday, September 13, 2021
The comical Troubadour troupe mashes up Liza Minnelli song and dance with the classic Greek political farce about women on a sex strike.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:57PMThursday, September 9, 2021
The hit Broadway musical 'Come From Away,' premiering on Apple TV+, is a stirring way to mark the 20th anniversary of 9/11.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00AMFriday, August 27, 2021
After 17 months, our critic heads back indoors for the reopening of "Hamilton" in Hollywood. The experience is not entirely what he expected.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:05PMWednesday, August 25, 2021
Playwright Luis Alfaro, newly appointed associate artistic director of Center Theatre Group, has a powerful vision for the theater.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AMMonday, August 23, 2021
Dominique Morisseau, the Go-Go's musical, a Liza Minnelli-Aristophanes mashup and — at long last — "The Band's Visit": your guide to the new season.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:32PMThursday, August 19, 2021
Laura Osnes' exit from a show because of COVID-19 vaccination rules divides Twitter, but critic Charles McNulty says there should be no debate. Just get vaccinated.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:35PMMonday, July 26, 2021
Most critics don't enjoy being criticized. But sometimes an angry email isn't so much an artistic quarrel as an appeal to something more human.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:20PMWednesday, July 14, 2021
Outdoor productions of "Julius Caesar" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream" kick off Theatricum Botanicum's return in Topanga.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00AMMonday, July 12, 2021
David Thewlis and Daniel Mays lead the Old Vic's "The Dumb Waiter," which lampoons blind faith in authoritarian power.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:52PMMonday, June 28, 2021
Artistic director Chris Fields spills the secrets of Echo Theater Company's success as it marks a milestone anniversary with 25 alumni performing 25 monologues by 25 alumni playwrights.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:44PMTom Dugan stars in this new show, which imagines the lives of the characters from "Fiddler on the Roof" after they move to America.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:44PMFriday, June 25, 2021
Torrey Townsend's streaming play, presented by Jeremy O. Harris, takes aim at the systemic racism, sexism and hypocrisy in theater.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:52PMMonday, June 21, 2021
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' celebrated 'An Octoroon' has its Los Angeles premiere at the Fountain Theatre's new outdoor stage.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:47PMWednesday, June 16, 2021
Forget musicals. The time is now for the American play, and 'An Octoroon' is just one of many groundbreaking works by women and writers of color.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:28PMThursday, June 10, 2021
Michael Ritchie is stepping down as artistic director of L.A.'s most important theater company. What can his replacement — or replacements — do differently?
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:14PMWednesday, May 19, 2021
What's wrong with using incentives to increase the vaccination rate? The opportunity to see that new musical should be a reward, not a right.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:55PMThursday, May 13, 2021
Casting a straight actor in landmark gay role isn't a misstep. It's a recognition of shared struggle.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:13PMWednesday, May 12, 2021
What ticket buyer wants to spend unnecessary time in a crowded lobby or cramped restroom? Even more important: the broken spell of storytelling onstage.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:15AMThursday, May 6, 2021
In Geffen Playhouse's "Someone Else's House," multimedia artist Jared Mezzocchi opens the door to his family's haunted 200-year-old New England house.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:19AMTheater has returned to UCLA's Royce Hall, pairing perfect strangers in a private encounter.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:19AMSunday, May 2, 2021
With the next chapter of the pandemic comes a fear of returning to the roles we all used to perform, even among friends.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:23PMFriday, April 23, 2021
Celebrating Shakespeare's birthday may seem retrograde, but his plays reveal what drama can do. Here's how I advise students to read the work.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:25PMThursday, April 22, 2021
A James Baldwin-William F. Buckley Jr. debate is fodder for a REDCAT presentation, and CAP UCLA's "Plastic Bag Store: The Film" mixes gravity with whimsy.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:56PMMonday, April 19, 2021
Scott Rudin apologized after allegations of abusive workplace behavior, but he's not the only one. Broadway, it's time to straighten up your act.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:12AM 
