Friday, October 26, 2018
Political pundits have long been giving drama critics a bad name. Inevitably, in the run-up to an election, some op-ed columnist will make a crack comparing recent political coverage to thea…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:59AMA critic's plan to rescue democracy, reclaim the power of theater and cast young artists as the leads in an extravaganza that turns voting into an act of performance.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00AMPolitical pundits have long been giving drama critics a bad name. Inevitably, in the run-up to an election, some op-ed columnist will make a crack comparing recent political coverage to thea…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00AMSunday, October 21, 2018
There are many reasons “Dear Evan Hansen,” the Tony-winning musical that more than lived up to expectations at its glorious opening Friday at the Ahmanson Theatre, has become a cultural …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:33PM'Dear Evan Hansen,' the Tony-winning musical about a high school outcast who become a hero under false pretenses, arrives at the Ahmanson Theatre with Ben Levi Ross in the title role
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:51PMFriday, October 19, 2018
The critically acclaimed play by Nigerian playwright and poet Inua Ellams leaps from a barbershop in London to Johannesburg, Harare, Kampala, Lagos and Accra, exploring the African immigrati…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:27PM“Barber Shop Chronicles” takes place in a series of barbershops, where men of African heritage gather for fellowship along with a trim in African countries still traumatized by coloniali…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:50AMMonday, October 15, 2018
Jackie Sibblies Drury's drama, which riveted and riled New York audiences this summer at Soho Rep, sparks difficult conversations about race at Berkeley Rep.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:50PMSomething is intentionally askew about the opening scene of “Fairview,” Jackie Sibblies Drury’s blazingly inventive new play, which is now at Berkeley Rep after setting New York abuzz …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:45PMMonday, October 8, 2018
'Oppenheimer," Tom Morton-Smith's acclaimed play about "the father of the atomic bomb," has its American premiere courtesy of Rogue Machine Theatre.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:19PMThe most gripping moments in “Oppenheimer,” the sprawling drama by British playwright Tom Morton-Smith about the man dubbed “the father of the atomic bomb,” are the brainstorming mee…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:15PMFriday, October 5, 2018
Bekah Brunstetter's "The Cake" returns to The Geffen Playhouse, a tasty confection to appeal to red and and blue state appetites alike.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMCharles McNulty talks with Lucas Hedges and Michael Cera about starring in the Kenneth Lonergan play "The Waverly Gallery," now in previews on Broadway with Elaine May and Joan Allen. Hedges…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMFor Lucas Hedges, the first day of rehearsal is like the first day of the new school year. He was so keyed up before the company meet-and-greet for “The Waverly Gallery,” the Kenneth Lon…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMPlaywright Bekah Brunstetter’s “The Cake” was inspired by news reports about businesses that objected on religious grounds to providing their good and services to gay couples who were …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMMonday, September 24, 2018
'Nightwalk in the Chinese Garden': Playwright and director Stan Lai leads audiences on a nocturnal cultural journey at the Huntington's Chinese Garden.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:39PMIt would be hard to find a more enchanting setting for a play than the Huntington’s Chinese Garden in San Marino. This is the locale for playwright and director Stan Lai’s “Nightwalk i…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:35PMFriday, September 21, 2018
Hotel Modern returns to REDCAT with KAMP, a re-creation manipulated by Dutch visual and performing artists Pauline Kalker, Arléne Hoornweg and Herman Helle of the of the Auschwitz concentra…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:30PMIn “The Great War,” the Dutch theater company Hotel Modern simulated the reality of the World War I battlefield in all its muddy, body-mangled horror through the projection of toy soldie…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:30PMWednesday, September 19, 2018
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' "Gloria," a workplace comedy set in a toxic Manhattan magazine office, receives its West Coast premiere in an Echo Theater Company production
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:36PMIt’s a given in a work by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins that something startling will sooner or later occur that will have you rethinking everything you thought you understood about the play. In …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:35PMTuesday, September 18, 2018
"The Heart of Rock & Roll," a new jukebox musical inspired by the songs of Huey Lewis and the News, receives its world premiere at San Diego's Old Globe.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMEven when Huey Lewis was new, he was retro. More old way than new wave, his band, Huey Lewis & the News, is as much a part of the 1980s as the movie “Back to the Future” (which memorably…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMThursday, September 13, 2018
Geffen Playhouse presents the world premiere of Oscar-nominated screenwriter José Rivera's The Untranslatable Secrets of Nikki Corona"at the Geffen Playhouse, directed by Jo Bonney.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:17PMWednesday, September 12, 2018
Jason Alexander directs "Native Garden," Karen Zacarías' comedy about neighbors disputing property lines, horticulture and difference.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00AMMonday, September 10, 2018
Jocelyn Bioh's 'School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play,' a tale about backbiting teenagers at Ghana's most exclusive boarding school, opens at the Kirk Douglas Theatre
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:08PMThe title of Jocelyn Bioh’s “School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play,” is an accurate description of this entertaining comedy, which transplants a familiar American scenario to a…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:05PMSunday, September 9, 2018
Anne Bogart directs Euripides' last play about a young, overconfident ruler who rejects the rowdy new religious sect that has swept into Greece.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:20PMThe surviving Greek tragedies pose inordinate challenges to contemporary theater practitioners, but Euripides’ “Bacchae,” one of his most beloved works, may be the trickiest of all to …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:15PMFriday, September 7, 2018
Review of Lynn Nottage's 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama "Sweat," set in a factory turn in Pennsylvania, where economic fears are igniting racial tensions
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:38PMThe state of the nation play has a long tradition in Britain, where playwrights are encouraged to think of the theater as a public forum, a place to debate the issues of the day and track th…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:35PM 
