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 08:12AMA doc illuminates the dark hold of Sondheim's 'Assassins' in a Classic Stage Company benefit reminding us why theater has been such a pandemic loss.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:36PMTwo new versions — a National Theatre film coming to PBS and a Public Theater podcast out now — bring new life to Shakespeare's romantic tragedy.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:51PMWhat role can art play in opening eyes to the humanity of people different from ourselves? After the Atlanta-area shootings, the answer is urgent.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:42AMCOVID-19 restrictions are loosening for cultural institutions even though health experts urge caution. We've haven't yet won the fight.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:22PMA year ago Michael Michetti, one of L.A. theater's most accomplished directors, was about to open the Stephen Sondheim musical "Passion" at Boston Court Pasadena. Then the pandemic hit.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:28PMCenter Theatre Group streams "The Gaze ... No Homo," a Larry Powell play examining the possibilities of Black queer work in white environments.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:04PMDaniel Fish, Culture Clash, Dael Orlandersmith, Richard Maxwell, Annie Dorsen and Lars Jan reveal much loss — but also see a way forward.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:37PMREDCAT's digital production of 'Yorick, La Historia de Hamlet' miniaturizes Shakespeare's tragedy into an ingenious hourlong show.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:14AMThe reading actor isn't a thing of the past, but a refined literary sensibility is valued less than social media savvy today.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:14PMAs the Senate impeachment trial gets underway, Shakespeare's tragedy illuminates the politics of rebellion and the quest to maintain a grip on power.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:15PMAdrienne Kennedy, a Black playwright who's more influential than produced, is celebrated in a rare digital festival not to be missed.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:54PMTheater has suffered from placelessness in the digital era. Mark O'Rowe's "The Approach" roots us somewhere theatrically real.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:40PMSame stage, different script: For a theater critic watching President Biden's inauguration, the most notable part of the performance is its humility.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:32AMThe nation's overlapping crises have sparked the notion that audiences want to be uplifted, more than anything else. I disagree.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:36PMPasadena Playhouse streams "You I Like: A Musical Celebration of Jerry Herman," in which paying tribute to the Broadway composer proves harder than it might seem.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:32PMThis was the year that streaming versions of "Hamilton," "What the Constitution Means to Me" and "Ma Rainey" proved stage stories can shine on-screen.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:53PMThe best of the best of Broadway from 2010-2019
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:14AM"In Circles," Al Carmines' musical adaptation of Gertrude Stein's "A Circular Play," gets a topnotch revival at the Odyssey Theatre.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:24PMPlaywright Joshua Harmon's family comedy has its West Coast premiere.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:49PMFall theater season highlight for Los Angeles include a musical version of 'Almost Famous,' Bill Irwin in "On Beckett," a revival of August Wilson's "Jitney" and a new standup show by comic …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:12PMJohn Leguizamo's one-man show, now at the Ahmanson, delves into the Latino history missing from his son’s textbooks. It's a funny, dizzying journey.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:21PMThe annual outdoor production of classic Greek theater is Sophocles reimagined by Aaron Posner, known for adapting Chekhov into "Stupid ... Bird."
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:49PMJiehae Park's "Hannah and the Dread Gazebo," presented by the Fountain Theatre and East West Players, follows a New York woman to the DMZ as she unravels the mysterious death of her grandmot…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:44PM'Fefu and her Friends,' María Irene Fornés' feminist classic, is reborn at the Odyssey Theatre
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:01AMHal Prince redefined the musical and Broadway in the second half of the 20th century.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:24PMGeraldine Inoa's "Scraps" and Dionna M. Daniel's "Gunshot Medley: Part 1" explore pain in the fight for control over black bodies in America and demonstrate exciting new directions in Africa…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:11PM"Into the Woods," Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's musical deconstruction of classic fairy tales, gets a starry, al fresco revival at the Hollywood Bowl with Sierra Boggess, Sutton Foste…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:04PMRob Nagle, Lisa Fernandez and Justin Huen star in E.L. Lewis' latest play, 'Apple Season' at Atwater Village Theatre
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:55PM"X-Men" superstar and Broadway triple-threat Hugh Jackman performs his concert show, "Hugh Jackman: The Man. The Music. The Show," at the Hollywood Bowl.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:07PMOlivier-winning British comedy "The Play That Goes Wrong" arrives at the Ahmanson Theatre as a comedy of blunders with a fringe-theater soul.
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