Thursday, September 29, 2016
This week: “The Merchant of Venice” takes a detour, “The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe” expands, and “Beautiful – The Carole King Musical” returns for a…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PMThursday, September 22, 2016
This week: A song-filled salute to the films of Martin Scorsese, a musical prequel to Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” and an updated take on a saucy 1970s-era satire by German filmmaker Rain…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PMThursday, September 15, 2016
This week: A sendup of a well-known cable-TV personality, a Mel Brooks musical, and a taboo-breaking British drama. (Give) Back to School Show! The Mad Jackrats improv troupe performs in th…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PMFriday, September 9, 2016
For those who like a little song with their dance and vice versa, here’s a rundown of new and classic musicals headed to Southern California stages in the coming months — including the …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PMThursday, September 8, 2016
This week: Musicals for every taste, including a Latino-themed celebration of Morrissey, the singer formerly known as the frontman for the British rock band the Smiths. Assassins Stephen So…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PMTuesday, July 19, 2016
To mark its 50th season at the Mark Taper Forum, Center Theatre Group and its artistic director Michael Ritchie announced on Tuesday a 2017-18 season that includes one Pulitzer-winning drama…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:13PMSunday, July 10, 2016
This week: A dark comedy about a man released from a mental institution, the L.A. premiere of a musical inspired by a famous documentary, and the West Coast premiere of a musical adaptation …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:03PMThursday, April 21, 2016
This week: A look back at the Cold War, new takes on two ancient Greek tales, and a whole lot of "Henry VI." Carnival of the Animals Australian circus troupe Circa performs this family-frien…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:35PMFriday, March 18, 2016
Spring dance performances on our radar. MARCH 25-26 Evidence, A Dance Company Ronald K. Brown's ensemble, based in Brooklyn and influenced by African dance, makes its Broad Stage debut with …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:26PMThursday, February 18, 2016
This week, romance is in the air in “The Mystery of Love & Sex,” "Sex, Faith and Jason Wexler" and the classic farce "The Importance of Being Earnest." Backstory Spoken-word series featu…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:38PMThursday, January 28, 2016
This week: New takes on plays by Shakespeare and Harold Pinter, plus the L.A. premiere of an award-winning drama about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:24PMThursday, July 2, 2015
This week: "Disney's Tarzan" swings into Fullerton, Sandra Tsing Loh has a thing or three to say, and the original power couple meets the ulitimate third wheel in "Adam & Eve and Steve."
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:13PMThursday, June 25, 2015
This week: Shakespeare al fresco, a woman on the verge of radicalization, and some classic Grand Guignol.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:45PMThursday, June 18, 2015
This week: Classic works by two Williams - Messrs. Shakespeare and Inge - plus a contemporary take on an ancient Greek satire.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:09PMThursday, June 11, 2015
This week: A Golden State-themed makeover of a Shakespearean fantasy, an ancient Greek tragedy with a gospel twist, and a new adaptation of a classic French farce.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:10PMThursday, May 7, 2015
Everyone's favorite orphan returns in "Annie the Musical," the "Peter Pan" prequel "Peter and the Starcatcher" is back on the boards, and that deaf, dumb and blind boy sure plays a mean pin…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PMThursday, April 30, 2015
A young orphan makes his way from Guatemela to the U.S. in a new play, "The House of Yes" gets a revival, and a theater troupe tours 16th-century Europe in "I Gelosi." Plus, not one but …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PMThursday, April 16, 2015
Conjoined twins shoot to stardom in "Side Show," two actors play multiple roles in "Murder for Two," and a wild coyote sets events in motion in "My Barking Dog."
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PMThursday, April 2, 2015
Walt Whitman's words inspire teenage students in Lauren Gunderson's "I and You" at the Fountain Theatre, and flight attendants party with a teen pot dealer in Marisa Wegrzyn’s "Mud Blue Sk…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PMThursday, March 12, 2015
A Cockney flower girl gets an extreme makeover in "Pygmalion" at Pasadena Playhouse, Chance Theater heads down the rabbit hole with "Alice in Wonderland," and "Cinderella" is the belle of …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PMThursday, February 26, 2015
A man and woman go around in "Circles" in a world-premiere drama, an Israeli agent probes a failed terrorist bombing in "The English Bride," and that rascal “Figaro” is up to his old…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PMThursday, February 12, 2015
Judy Garland is remembered in "End of the Rainbow" at International City Theatre in Long Beach, A Noise Within presents the Brecht-Weill classic "The Threepenny Opera" in Pasadena, and Deaf…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PMThursday, December 25, 2014
After a stint at the Pantages, the Tony-winning musical "Kinky Boots" sashays on down to Segerstrom Center. Also, Rita Rudner rings in the new at Laguna Playhouse, and Glendale Centre Theatr…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PMThursday, December 4, 2014
The Troubies will rock you with a Queen-inspired take on a classic fairy tale, the witches of "Wicked" are back on the boards at the Pantages, and Lucy Lawless is looking pretty wicked hers…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PMThursday, November 27, 2014
Box Tale Soup brings its puppet-powered adaptation of Jane Austen's "Northanger Abbey" to the Edye, and six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald graces the stage at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Plus…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PMThursday, October 16, 2014
The Tony-winning revival of “Pippin” plays at the Pantages, mask-theater troupe Mummenschanz goes quietly about its business in Northridge and Long Beach, and the devil’s in the detail…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PMThursday, October 2, 2014
Mozart's "The Magic Flute" gets a South African-style makeover at the Broad Stage, and a New York socialite labors under the delusion that she's an opera singer in "Glorious!" at Internation…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PMThursday, September 25, 2014
Untold terrors await in "The Call of Cthulhu," "Night of the Living Dead" and at Wicked Lit 2014. And on a lighter note, there's the nostalgia-fueled revue "Schoolhouse Rock Live!"
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PMSunday, September 14, 2014
Thursday, September 4, 2014
British-German troupe Gob Squad shoots video in and around Downtown L.A. then mixes it with live performance in a new multimedia show at REDCAT. Plus, new productions of a pair of Shakespear…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PMThursday, August 14, 2014
A young girl with a special gift is at the heart of Eisa Davis' "Bulrusher" at the Skylight Theatre, and a Jewish family celebrates a Passover different from any other in "The Face in the Re…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PM 
