Thursday, January 17, 2019
The plays of Tracy Letts can be broadly divided into two types: Those with men behaving appallingly and those with women behaving abominably. In “August: Osage County,” his Pulitzer Priz…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:05PMTuesday, January 15, 2019
Bette Midler, Barbra Streisand, Ethel Merman, Mary Martin: They all starred in "Hello, Dolly!" but no one had the same kind of giddy, goofy charm as the beloved Carol Channing.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:48PMThursday, December 20, 2018
The stage adaptation of the '70s film, directed with bold flourishes by European auteur Ivo van Hove at Broadway's Belasco Theatre and co-starring Tony Goldwyn and Tatiana Maslany, has somet…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00AMTwo thoughts occurred to me at the end of Ivo van Hove’s stage production of “Network”: Bryan Cranston is one of the most fearless actors working today, and Paddy Chayefsky attained a …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00AMSunday, December 16, 2018
The cabaret drag star who staged his 24-hour music and social history marathon earlier this year, returns with an L.A. holiday show that takes on this, the most materialistic time of the yea…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:25PMImagine a Christmas tree ornament made by Picasso on an absinthe bender and you’ll have some idea of Taylor Mac’s initial costume for “Taylor Mac’s Holiday Sauce,” the festive fand…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:20PMFriday, December 14, 2018
How much Cher is too much Cher? I mean how much pasteurized celebrity information do you really, really want? A related question posed by the new Broadway musical “The Cher Show,” now at…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:09PMDoes anyone really expect genuine drama from this kind of commercial jukebox musical? Get past the lackluster writing, and this production directed by Jason Moore and choreographed by Christ…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:30PMAaron Sorkin's production of 'To Kill A Mockingbird,' which opened Thursday on Broadway, is a top-flight interpretation of the Harper Lee novel under the rustically elegant direction of Bart…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:40PMHow much campiness can a theater audience take? This new musical tests the limits with its tale of Broadway actors who set out to champion an Indiana high school student banned from bringing…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:19PMDuring the deliriously zany setup for “The Prom,” a new musical comedy now at the Longacre Theatre, I thought I might have died and gone to campy heaven. The feeling doesn’t last, but …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:15PMThursday, December 13, 2018
The marquee at the Sam S. Shubert Theatre blasts in big block letters “Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird.” But all it takes is some slingshot dialogue to reveal that the new blockbust…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:50PMAll it takes is a few minutes of slingshot dialogue to reveal that this blockbuster Broadway adaptation belongs to Sorkin, who with director Bartlett Sher and star Jeff Daniels has created a…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00PMTuesday, December 11, 2018
The Times' theater critic names his top productions of 2018, including Jefferson Mays' take on "A Christmas Carol," a daring "Streetcar," Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' ingenious "Gloria" and the s…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00AMThe year started strong with two revivals that invited us to listen anew to modern classics we thought we knew inside out. Richard Nelson’s production of Anton Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya�…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00AMThursday, November 29, 2018
The surprise Broadway hit about a tiny Canadian town's embrace of air passengers diverted on 9/11 arrives at L.A.'s Ahmanson Theatre a little less polished but ultimately still satisfying.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:12PMThe surprise Broadway hit about a tiny Canadian town's embrace of air passengers diverted on 9/11 arrives at L.A.'s Ahmanson Theatre a little less polished but ultimately still satisfying.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:20PMTuesday, November 20, 2018
When it comes to playwriting, Broadway has a supply problem. Although the new generation of American dramatists is blazingly talented, the great majority of these writers prefer the creative…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:39AMFriday, November 16, 2018
Tony-winner Brian Dennehy stars in a double-bill of short works by Eugene O'Neill and Samuel Beckett
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:47PMBrian Dennehy needs no coddling from critics. A two-time Tony-winning heavyweight, he has nothing left to prove, having triumphed (through the blunt force of his acting) in Eugene O’Neill�…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:30PMMonday, November 12, 2018
Review: 'Cost of Living': Martyna Majok's 2018 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama brings an unflinching realism about the disabled and their caregivers to the Fountain Theatre.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:37PMTwo of the best productions this fall have happened at intimate theaters that are keeping up with the exciting developments in American playwriting. Earlier this season, Branden Jacobs-Jenki…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:35PMSaturday, November 10, 2018
Tony-winner Jefferson Mays single-handedly populates "Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol" at the Geffen Playhouse
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AMCharles Dickens has become so yawningly familiar through adaptations that it can be jolting to experience his storytelling genius directly from the fictional works themselves. No literary pr…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AMFriday, November 9, 2018
Luis Valdez's new play explores immigration and the reality of the American dream in a story set during World War II about two families, one of Japanese heritage, the other of Mexican.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMThursday, November 8, 2018
“King Kong,” the stage animal first seen wreaking havoc in Australia, has arrived on Broadway with a seismic thud and a thundering roar. Just how horrifying is the new show? It has turne…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:48PM"King Kong,” the stage animal first seen wreaking havoc in Australia, has arrived on Broadway with a seismic thud and a thundering roar.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00PMSunday, November 4, 2018
NEW YORK — The setting is uncertain in the opening moments of “American Son,” an acutely topical new Broadway drama by Christopher Demos-Brown. But it is clear from the intense perform…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:48PMIn 'American Son,' a raw Kerry Washington returns to Broadway as an anguished mother seeking answers from the police about her missing son . It's a painfully topical, if imperfect, drama
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:00PMThursday, November 1, 2018
obituary/appreciation of playwright Maria Irene Fornes
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:32AMWednesday, October 31, 2018
María Irene Fornés, a pivotal figure in the off-off Broadway movement, wrote diverse and profoundly humane plays that should be part of the American canon.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:15PM 
