Tuesday, March 16, 2021
COVID-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 03:22PMFriday, March 12, 2021
A 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 03:28PMSaturday, March 6, 2021
Center 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 06:04PMTuesday, March 2, 2021
Daniel 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 03:37PMFriday, February 12, 2021
REDCAT's digital production of 'Yorick, La Historia de Hamlet' miniaturizes Shakespeare's tragedy into an ingenious hourlong show.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:14AMTuesday, February 9, 2021
The 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 09:14PMMonday, February 8, 2021
As 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 09:15PMTuesday, February 2, 2021
Adrienne 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 06:54PMMonday, January 25, 2021
Theater has suffered from placelessness in the digital era. Mark O'Rowe's "The Approach" roots us somewhere theatrically real.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:40PMThursday, January 21, 2021
Same 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 08:32AMThursday, January 14, 2021
The 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 08:36PMMonday, January 11, 2021
Pasadena 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 09:32PMSaturday, December 12, 2020
This 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 08:53PMFriday, June 5, 2020
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
"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 12:24PMFriday, September 13, 2019
Playwright Joshua Harmon's family comedy has its West Coast premiere.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:49PMWednesday, September 11, 2019
Fall 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 03:12PMMonday, September 9, 2019
John 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 06:21PMFriday, September 6, 2019
The 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 01:49PMMonday, August 19, 2019
Jiehae 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 02:44PMTuesday, August 13, 2019
'Fefu and her Friends,' María Irene Fornés' feminist classic, is reborn at the Odyssey Theatre
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:01AMWednesday, July 31, 2019
Hal Prince redefined the musical and Broadway in the second half of the 20th century.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:24PMSunday, July 28, 2019
Geraldine 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 02:04PMTuesday, July 23, 2019
Rob Nagle, Lisa Fernandez and Justin Huen star in E.L. Lewis' latest play, 'Apple Season' at Atwater Village Theatre
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:55PMSunday, July 21, 2019
"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 08:07PMFriday, July 12, 2019
Olivier-winning British comedy "The Play That Goes Wrong" arrives at the Ahmanson Theatre as a comedy of blunders with a fringe-theater soul.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMMonday, July 1, 2019
Betsy Brandt stars in a new Pasadena Playhouse version of "Riverdale" creator Aguirre-Sacasa's 2008 work, which centers on a prep-school sex scandal.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:20PMThursday, June 13, 2019
PBS’ ‘American Masters’ explores the path-breaking gay writer Terrence McNally through interviews with Billy Porter, Nathan Lane, Rita Moreno and others.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:07PMWednesday, June 12, 2019
Of the many cliffhangers the Tony Awards will resolve on Sunday, the story line that has me on the edge of my seat is whether “Hadestown” will be crowned best musical. Anaïs Mitchell is…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:05AMAt a time in America when lies are rampant in public life and alternative truth has been adopted as a winning political strategy, the 2018-19 Broadway season will be remembered for those gri…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:05AM 
